Theatre, Society, Wellbeing: In Conversation with Jennifer Ruimi

Name: Theatre, Society, Wellbeing: In Conversation with Jennifer Ruimi
Start: 2026-01-26T13:00:00+0000
End: 2026-01-26T13:00:00+0000

26 January 2026

Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

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Join Jessica Goodman and Nicholas Cronk in conversation with Jennifer Ruimi from the Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, about her recently published book, Voltaire et le théâtre de société, as well as her new project on the therapeutic qualities of drama in the eighteenth century. This event is in English - all welcome.

Couronnement de Voltaire, 1778, Engraving by Le Vachez - BnF, département des Estampes et de la photographie