L’école des bêtes (XIIe-XVIe siècle)

journée d’étude « L’École des bêtes (XIIe-XVIe) : l’animal exemplaire, objet de savoir et miroir de l’homme », organisée par le CRPHLL (Centre de Recherche en Poétique, Histoire Littéraire et Linguistique). La réflexion se prolongera lors d’une seconde journée le 20 avril prochain à Bayonne. Programme

Around Timotheos of Gaza

4 novembre 2016 • MSHS, SJA3, Amphi 31 Syriac and Arabic zoological literature (8-15 cent. AD). Studies on Arabic transmission of Greek zoology have mainly focused on Aristotelian tradition (which appears, by the way, to be often indirect). But the influence of Greek zoological texts, usually through Syriac translations, goes Lire la suite…

Towards multidisciplinary research projects on animals in Ancient and Medieval cultures and societies

Research on nonhuman species has remarkably flourished over the last three decades in the Humanities and Social Sciences, suggesting new perspectives and approaches which go beyond the traditional study of animals as either sources of practical benefits (food, raw material, labor work, hunting) or arbitrary cultural representations to be used Lire la suite…