The lecture “Our Relationships with Animals: What Does Psychology Tell Us?”, presented by Kevin Vézirian, lecturer and researcher at the Inter-University Psychology Laboratory (LIP/PC2S) – Faculty of Letters, Languages, and Humanities (LLSH), will take place on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Pôle culturel de la Visitation, 2 Place du Marché, 74000 Thonon-les-Bains.
About the conference
For thousands of years, animals have inhabited our caves, been hunted, domesticated as companions or working animals, glorified, or raised for agricultural purposes. Today, our relationships with “non-human animals” are evolving at a rapid pace, raising unprecedented questions and prompting us to rethink their place in society.
Are they all endowed with intelligence, personality, and emotions? Do our pets truly understand us? Do certain great apes deserve special moral and legal status?
Beyond studying differences between animal species, psychology helps us better understand certain mechanisms. What shapes our perception of the cognitive and emotional abilities of non-human animals? What really influences our behavior towards them?
This conference will also be held:
- Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in Annecy
- Thursday, February 26, 2026, at 7 p.m. in Faverges-Seythenex
- Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in Annemasse
- Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 6 p.m. in Chambéry