Nigel Rothfels

Nigel Rothfels is a historian of animals and cultures. He is author of Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo (2002), a study of the origins of naturalistic exhibits in zoological gardens, co-author of Elephant House (2015), an exploration of the lives of elephants and keepers in a contemporary American Zoo, and editor of the cross-disciplinary collection Representing Animals (2002) -- one of the foundational works in Animal Studies. He is the General Editor of the series Animalia: Of Animals and Cultures, published by Penn State University Press. His new book, Elephant Trails: A History of Animals and Cultures will be published by Johns Hopkins UP in November 2021.