[Scpg] Food Matters: Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UC Santa Barbara theme 2009

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

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Food Matters: IHC theme for 2008-2009
For the 2008-2009 academic year, the 
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UC Santa 
Barbara is presenting a series of talks and 
events on the theme Food Matters. Topics will 
include food production and consumption, food as 
a commodity, the global food crisis, 
environmental aspects of food production, slow 
food, gardens, sustainability, farmers markets, 
diet and the cultural history of food.
  http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/foodmatters.html

Interested parties should contact our program and 
events coordinator, Emily Zinn 
(<mailto:ezinn at ihc.ucsb.edu>ezinn at ihc.ucsb.edu), 
for more information.


Upcoming events:


TALK: Maize and Migration: Connections between 
Traditional Maize Farming in Mexico and Immigrant 
Labor in California
Mary O’Connor (ISBER, UCSB)
Daniela Soleri (Geography, UCSB)
Thursday, February 12, 2009 / 4:00 PM

TALK: Allen James Grieco (History, Villa I Tatti, 
Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance 
Studies)
Monday, February 23 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB

TALK: The Triumphs of French Cuisine from Carême to Ratatouille
Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson (Sociology, Columbia University)
Wednesday, February 25 / 5:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB

TALK: Marion Nestle (Nutrition, Food Studies, NYU), author of What to Eat
Thursday, February 26, 2009 / 7:30 PM
Marjorie Luke Theater

<http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/gradfoodmatters.html>CONFERENCE:  
<http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/gradfoodmatters.html>Food 
Matters: Arts, Activism and Research
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Friday, May 1, 2009

TALK: The Kitchen Sisters (NPR)
Thursday, May 7, 2009 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB

TALK: Rebel Without a Cuisine: Julia Child and the Making of the American Cook
Laura Shapiro, author of Perfection Salad
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 / 4:00 PM
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