Leuven University Press published a book of essays co-edited by Associate Professor of Art Daniel Harkett titled Animal Modernities: Images, Objects, Histories. Co-edited with his colleague from Dartmouth, Katie Hornstein, the book is hailed as an “innovative study of animal art histories in modern art” that “challenges the traditional human-centered focus of art history and explores how modern art, visual culture, and modernity itself emerge from relationships between humans and animals.” Harkett and Hornstein discussed the book on a blog interview. Other Colby contributions to the book include an essay from Laura Nüffer, assistant professor of East Asian Studies; a symposium at Colby involving all of the contributors, which served as a vital step in the writing/workshopping process; McFadden Grants that subsidized the publication; and an intersection with the “Thinking with Animals” PHIL (Public Humanistic Inquiry Labs) Nüffer and Harkett are leading.