Dr. Camille Lardy

Biography

Camille Lardy is an anthropologist specializing in France and Catholicism, with particular interests in Catholic political theology and environmentalism. Her doctoral research, titled ‘Caring for Our Common Home: Écologie Intégrale Political Theology of French Catholics’, involved twelve months of fieldwork in Lyon, France from 2016 to 2017. She has completed degrees at the University of Cambridge, where she earned her MRes in Social Anthropology in 2016 and a BA in Archaeology & Anthropology in 2015. Lardy's research centers around integral ecology and the burgeoning influence of Catholic political theology in France, including the philosophical political legacy of Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si. Her work offers new insights into the intersections of anthropology and Catholicism, addressing the complex relationships between secularism, religious practice, and social activism in contemporary French society. Lardy explores how young French Catholic intellectuals advocate for a holistic environmental framework that encompasses the human 'Common Good' within the political realm, addressing the challenges posed by secularism and the rise of ethno-nationalism. She is currently an Academic Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, teaching various undergraduate and postgraduate courses in social anthropology and related fields.

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