FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011 |
4:00pm – 4:30pm
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Teatime (Quita Woodward Room, Thomas Hall)
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4:45pm – 6:00pm
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Carpenter Library B21)
"The Hungry Gaze: Food and Its Cultural Representations"
Keynote Address by
Darra Goldstein
Professor of Russian, Williams College; Founding editor and editor-in-chief of Gastronomica:
The Journal of Food and Culture |
| 6:00pm – 6:30pm |
*Food as Material and Metaphor Exhibit (Kaiser Reading Room, Carpenter Library)
A collection of objects, prints, photos, and paintings from Bryn Mawr’s Special Collections
*Please visit the Kaiser Reading Room in the Rhys Carpenter Library from November 11 – December 22 to see Food as Material and Metaphor, a collection of food-related objects, prints, photos, and paintings from Bryn Mawr’s Special Collections. This exhibit was made possible by Bryn Mawr’s Special Collections Department. |
| 6:15pm - 8:00pm |
Open Reception (Ely Room, Wyndham Alumnae House) |
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011
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8:00am – 8:30am
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Breakfast (Quita Woodward Room)
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8:45am – 10:15am |
Session I: Putting Food on the Table (Carpenter Library B21) |
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Diane Amoroso-O’Connor, Bryn Mawr College
“Did the Well-Bred Sell Bread?: The Place of the Grain Trader in Roman Society"
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Andrea Achi, Institute for Fine Arts, New York University
“And How Did They Eat? An investigation of food storage, processing, and consumption patterns
in a Late Antique household”
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Stephanie Simms, Boston University
“Stocking the Puuc Maya Kitchen: Prehispanic Culinary Equipment and Cuisine’
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Session I Discussion
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10:15am – 10:40am
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Break I (Quita Woodward Room)
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10:45am – 12:15pm |
Session II: For the Love of Food (Carpenter Library B21) |
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Zacharias Andreadakis, University of Michigan
“Love me? Prove it! Food as proof of love in Venantius Fortunatus”
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Alexander Brey, Bryn Mawr College
“Butchers in the Baths”
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Jennifer Griffiths, Bryn Mawr College
“Marisa Mori’s Edible Futurist Breasts”
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12:00pm – 12:15pm
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Session II Discussion |
| 12:15pm – 2:15pm |
Lunch Break |
2:30pm – 4:00pm |
Session III: You Are What You Eat (Carpenter Library B21) |
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Madeline Chera, Indiana University
“Ideologies of Fermented Foods” |
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Samantha Bellinger, Skidmore College
“Beer, Identity, and Art: The Importance of the Brewing Industry in Seventeenth Century Haarlem” |
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Jamie Fishman, University of Cincinnati
“White Pepper and Black Salt: Food, Genre, and the Satiric Program in Horace’s Satires”
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3:45pm – 4:00pm |
Session III Discussion |
| 4:00pm – 4:25pm |
Break II (Quita Woodward Room) |
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Session IV: Soul Food (Carpenter Library B21)
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Abbe Walker, Bryn Mawr College
“The Ox-Slaying: (Mis)Interpretations of Greek Sacrifice” |
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Rose Wellman, University of Virginia
“Feeding the Moral Family: The “Spirit” of Food Ritual in Iran”
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Sarah Townsend, Fordham University
“Delectable Dalliances and Sweet, Savory Tears: Mutual Nourishment in The Book of Margery Kempe” |
5:45pm – 6:00pm |
Session IV Discussion |
6:00pm – 6:10pm
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Closing Remarks
Darra Goldstein
Professor of Russian, Williams College; Founding editor and editor-in-chief of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture |
