Renan Larue

Renan Larue
Larue in 2013
Born	Côtes-d'Armor, France
Education	University of Paris IV Sorbonne (BA in French Literature, 2000) EHESS (MA in History, 2002) University of Paris I Sorbonne (MA in Philosophy, 2003) University of Strasbourg (MA in Classical Literature, 2006) Agrégation de lettres modernes (2007) University of Picardy Jules Verne (PhD in French Literature, 2011)[1]
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)
Awards	Best PhD Dissertation Award (University of Picardy Jules Verne, 2011) Prix La Bruyère ("La Bruyère Prize") silver medal (Académie Française, 2016)

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.