Conference

Animals in history
research paths and perspectives

November 28, 2025 – 10:30 a.m.

Sapienza University of Rome
Department of Political Science – Graduation Hall
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5
Rome

Remote access via Google Meet platform

Poster

On the occasion of the 2025 annual conference of the Italian Society for Environmental History (SISAm), CNR-ISMed, in collaboration with SISAm and the Department of Political Science of the “Sapienza” University of Rome, is organising a study day on the paths and new perspectives of research into the history of animals. The initiative, which will be attended by Italian and international scholars, will cover a vast time span, from antiquity to the present day, opening a discussion on a little-explored but extraordinarily fertile area of research.

PROGRAMME

10.30 A.M. MEMBERS’ MEETING AND AWARDS CEREMONY

12.00 P.M. FIRST SESSION
Chaired by Salvo Adorno (President of SISAm)

Vegetable prejudice: the history of the environment
and animals between the 19th and 20th centuries
Riccardo Rao (UNIBG)

Animal History in Context: Exploring Pathways,
Trends, and Expectations
Regina Horta Duarte (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

1.30 P.M. LUNCH BREAK

2.30 P.M. SECOND SESSION
Chaired by Catia Papa (University of Tuscia)

Archaeological and zoological sources for the study of human-animal relations
in historical times. The case study of Castel Rafenstein (Bolzano)
Umberto Tecchiati (UNIMI)

Exploring human-animal relations.
A re-examination of the zoological section of Pliny’s Naturalis historia
Pietro Li Causi (UNISI)

HistHor, a prin on the history of horses in medieval Italy
Paolo Grillo (UNIMI)

Vegetarians of the 18th century: sensibilities and terminology
Erica Joy Mannucci (UNIMIB)

Farms without land. Intensive farming
and environmental impact in Italian history (1930-2000)
Giovanni Ferrarese (CNR-ISMed)

Animal history: new frontiers in contemporary historiography
Giulia Guazzaloca (UNIBO)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Gabriella Corona, Dario Canzian, Stefano Morosini, Catia Papa, Renato Sansa

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Claudio Brillanti

INFO AND CONTACTS
claudio.brillanti@uniroma1.it
papa.catia@unitus.it