Call for papers: Food in History 82nd Anglo-American Conference of Historians

Food in History
82nd Anglo-American Conference of Historians
11th - 12th July 2013, Senate House (London)
From famine to feast, from grain riots to TV cookery programmes, dieting to domesticity, food features in
almost every aspect of human societies since prehistoric times. At its annual summer conference in 2013
the Institute of Historical Research aims to showcase the best of current scholarly writing, research and
debate on the subject. Our plenary lecturers include Ken Albala, Susanne Freidberg, Cormac O’Grada and
Steven Shapin. The conference will include a publishers’ book fair, policy forum, film screenings and a
historic food recreation event. Bursaries will be available enabling postgraduate students to attend.
Panel proposals (three papers each plus chair) and individual paper proposals are invited on topics across
the full range of food history from ancient to contemporary times, and from all areas of the world: for
example: food technology and regulation; global foods and the globalisation of food trade; migration and
culinary culture; restaurants; food religion and status; diet and nutrition; individual commodities; agriculture,
distribution and markets; retail, advertising and consumption. Early career researchers are particularly
encouraged to participate.
Please send your proposal to IHR.Events@sas.ac.uk by 15 December 2012. The finalised conference
programme will be published in January 2013. For any queries, please visit www.history.ac.uk/aach13
or contact the IHR Events Office using the above email address or on 0207 862 8756.