– **Early Life and Education**:
– Born in the Côtes-dArmor
– Studied French literature at Paris-Sorbonne University
– Graduated in 2000 with a BA
– Obtained three masters degrees in history, philosophy, and classical literature
– Awarded a PhD in French literature in 2011
– **Career**:
– Assistant professor of French literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara
– Offered a course in vegan studies in 2016
– Runs the Vegan Studies program at the University of California, Santa Barbara
– **Writing**:
– Authored “Le végétarisme et ses ennemis” in 2015
– Co-authored “Le véganisme” in 2017
– Published “Le Végétarisme des Lumières” in 2019
– Authored the preface to “La révolution antispéciste”
– Explores history of vegetarianism and veganism in his works
– **Awards**:
– Received Best PhD Dissertation Award in 2011
– Awarded Prix La Bruyère silver medal in 2016 by the Académie Française
– **Selected Works**:
– “Pensées végétariennes” (2014)
– “Le végétarisme et ses ennemis” (2015)
– “Le véganisme” (2017)
– “Le végétarisme des Lumières” (2019)
– “La pensée végane” (2020)
– **References**:
– Various sources like Ouest-France, Santa Barbara Independent, Le Monde, Slate.fr, and RFI mention Larue
– Larue’s works and contributions are cited in academic and journalistic articles
– He is associated with the Department of French and Italian at UC Santa Barbara
Renan Larue is a French writer, literary scholar and historian of vegetarianism. He is the author of several books on vegetarianism or veganism, including Le végétarisme et ses ennemis (2015), a history of vegetarianism from Pythagoras until the modern day, and La pensée végane: 50 regards sur la condition animale (2020). In 2016 he offered the first course in vegan studies in the United States at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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| Born | Côtes-d'Armor, France |
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| Occupation(s) | Historian, professor, writer |
| Known for | Creating the first vegan studies course in the United States |
| Notable work | Le végétarisme et ses ennemis (2015) |
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