Imbibing Bodies: Histories of Drinking and Culture'

'Imbibing Bodies: Histories of Drinking and Culture'

 ‘Centre for the Study of the Body and Material Culture’

Seminar Series 2012-13

The History Department, Royal Holloway University of London

Seminars will take place at Royal Holloway, 11 Bedford Square, on Wednesday at 5.00pm.

Convenors: Sandra Cavallo, Jane Hamlett, Stella Moss.

Seminar Organiser: Charlotte Brown.

2012 Autumn Term  

17 October, Karen Harvey (Sheffield), ‘Politics by Design: Drink, Allegiance and Manly Consumption’

21 November, Lyanne Holcombe (Kingston), 'Leisured Spaces, Liminal Bodies: Gender and the Practice of Consumption in the Lyons Restaurant, Grill and Hotel 1914-1939'

12 December  Mark Hailwood (Exeter), 'Alehouses, Sociability and Intoxication in Seventeenth-Century England'

Winter Term

16 January, James Kneale (UCL), 'Measuring Moderate Drinking Before The Unit: Medicine and Life Assurance in Britain and the United States, c.1860-1930'

13 February, Stella Moss (RHUL), '"An Abnormal Habit": Methylated Spirit Drinking in Interwar Britain'

13 March, Tessa Storey (RHUL) ‘Salute! Drinking to health in late Renaissance Italy’

ALL WELCOME!

Due to security requirements at Bedford Square we need to notify reception in advance if attendees are coming from outside RHUL. Please let Charlotte Brown know in advance if you wish to attend: charlotte.brown.2010@live.rhul.ac.uk