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25.04.2012 - Call for papers
From the 13th until the 16th of February 2013 the College Art Association hosts its annual conference in New York. This year's theme is "Creative Kitchens: Art, Food, and the Domestic Landscape after World War II". Abstracts have to be sent in before the May 4th, 2012. Click here for more information.
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28.03.2012 - Call for papers
From the 16th until the 20th of September 2013 the ICREFH-conference will take place in Brussels, in collaboration with FOST and FARO. Theme of this conference is "Food and major exhibitions in the 19th and 20th centuries". Abstracts have to be sent in before the 1st of December 2012. Click here for more information.
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28.03.2012 - Call for papers
From the 29th of November until the 1st of December 2012 the IEHCA-conference will take place in Tours. Theme of this conference is "Making meat: practices and representations". Abstracts have to be sent in before the 30th of April 2012. Click here for more information.
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28.03.2012 - Year of Brussels gastronomy
On April 25th, 2012 the conference on the year of Brussels gastronomy will take place. Click here for more information.
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29.02.2012 - Call for papers
From the 6th until the 8th of July the annual Symposium on Food and Cookery will take place in Oxford. This year, focus will be upon 'Wrapped and stuffed foods'. Click here for more information.
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29.02.2012 - European Summer School 'Temporalities of food'
The 10th anniversary edition of the IEHCA summer school will address the diverse aspects of temporalities of food in the past, in the present and in imagined futures. If you are interested, please contact Joëlle Denis (joelle.denis@iehca.eu) who will forward a programme (latest update) and the registration forms. For more information click here.
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20.01.2012 - Call for papers 'Food and hospitals: an historical perspective'
On 26 and 27 April 2013, and in collaboration with FOST, the University of Birmingham will organise the conference 'Food and hospitals: an historical perspective' in Brussels. Abstracts have to be sent in before April 30th, 2012.
Click here for more information.
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13.12.2011 - The Duke University Library cookery book collection permanently accessible online
The cookbook collection of Nicole Di Bona Peterson is permanently accessible online. The collection contains 82 cookbooks from the period 1878-1929 that promote specific products and kitchen appliances.
Click here for more information.
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29.07.2011 - Programme 'Food History and Culture'
As of the academic year 2011-2012, students who are enrolled in the Master of Arts in History at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, can specialize in 'Food History and Culture'. Next to the compulsory courses, it will be possible to choose 28 ECTS within the field of food history. The Master's thesis can also be situated within this field of research.
For more information: take a look at the flyer or contact Peter Scholliers.
This is what Flanders Today had to say about this new academic programme.
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06.03.2006 - FOST goes online (in English)
As of today, the FOST website is also available in English!!! This website aims to provide information about social and cultural food studies, on both a national and international level. Get to know the FOST members, learn about FOST research activities, read about publications and take a look at interesting food websites.
So be our guest, and take a look around...
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April 25, 2012