Hosted by: UC Davis Library

Join us for a two-day colloquium with speakers, chef demonstrations, and shared meals.

As a tool for storytelling, inspiration, or cultural preservation, we will explore how greater knowledge of the past can become a powerful avenue for upsetting dominant narratives about food historically and today.

Program

Friday, Dec. 6, 10:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

• Opening Remarks
• Panel 1: Food Networks: Extraction, Expansion, Exchange (Marcy Norton, UPenn; Shantel George, University of Glasgow; Andrés Reséndez, UC Davis)
• Lunch – Plating and Speculating Historical Foods, Served by Chef Martin Draluck (Black Pot Supper Club)
• Panel 2: Food Justice and the Future of Food Histories (Paul Freedman, Yale University; Jeffrey Pilcher, University of Toronto; Enrique Ochoa, Cal State LA)
• Welcome Reception

Saturday, Dec. 7, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

• Panel 3: Narrating Food’s Past: Diaspora, Immigration and Globalization (Martin Draluck, chef; Fabiola Santiago, mezcal educator and activist; Ebony Bailey, filmmaker)
• Lunch – Handheld Pies and Inside Stories
• Reclaiming History in the Kitchen (Cooking Demonstration, chefs TBA)
• Closing Roundtable: Reimagining the Past through Food Justice

Tickets are limited. Please register with the intention to attend the entire two-day colloquium. A detailed agenda will be announced in the weeks before the event.

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