Since the 1970s, a large amount of scholarship has analyzed the prediction of risks in early and modern European societies. Building on the concepts of “risk societies” and cultural theories of risk perception, this workshop explores how risk, originally an economic prediction appearing with the birth of capitalism and global industrialization, permeated every aspect of society, from individual decision-making to artistic and scientific practices and state policies. This workshop aims develop the existing scholarship, bringing scholars from different disciplines whose work focuses on France and the Francophone world.
Hayden Bytheway, University of Toronto
Ursula Carmichael, Independent Scholar
Constance de Font-Réaulx, University of Toronto
Marianne Guernet, University of Toronto
Magdalene Klassen, Johns Hopkins University
Nicole Liao, University of Toronto
Pierre Marty, University of Toronto
Jason Nguyen, University of Toronto
Margaret Schotte, York University
Samantha Wesner, University of Toronto
Matthew C. Hunter, McGill University (April 15 at 3 pm)
Pierre Marty, Samantha Wesner, and Constance de Font-Réaulx
Sponsored by:
The Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World (CEFMF)
The Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies
The Department of Art History
