Silvia Sebastiani

Silvia Sebastiani

École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Early Modern History

silvias@ias.edu

Statement: A specialist in the Scottish Enlightenment, Silvia Sebastiani is currently developing a project on the boundaries of humanity. Her research focuses on entangled networks of animals, slaves and material goods in the eighteenth century, exploring how they activated scientific, philosophical, political and legal debates that re-framed Enlightenment sciences of humanity.

While at IAS:
Office: W-102 Phone: 609-734-8354

Member in Residence for: Year

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