GIS Sociabilités seminar The Politics of the ‘Sociable Self’: Theories and Practices (1650-1850)
First thematic session on 'Sociability & Animality', Université de Rennes 2, 8 November 2024 from 17:00 to 19:00
Chairs: Sophie Mesplède (Université de Rennes 2) & KImberley Page-Jones (Université de Bretagne Occidentale)
- Silvia Sebastiani (EHESS Paris) - A social orang-utan? Enlightenment Debates on the borders of humanity
- Jane Spencer (University of Exeter) - A 'fellowship of sense with all that breathes': the representation of human—animal bonds in eighteenth-century and Romantic writing
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