AAA CFP: Time and Power in Agrarian Environments
CFP: AAA 2018 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 14-18, 2018 San Jose, California Organizers: Natalia Gutkowski (Harvard University) and Ashawari Chaudhuri (MIT) Time and …
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Christine Wilson Award Submissions Due on July 27, 2018
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) is pleased to invite students to submit papers in competition for the Christine Wilson Awards presented to outstanding…
Where (You Might Think) There’s No Tienda
This fourth installment of the series, “Latinx Foodways in North America,” introduces the work of Teresa Mares, Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Vermont. Mares̵…
THE 1st BIANNUAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD AND COMMUNICATION
It may be a bit bold to declare a conference the 1st biannual (what if there never is a 2nd one?), but the organizers of this particular conference…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, March 12, 2018
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
Southern Foodways Alliance 2018 Graduate Student Conference: Food Studies Across the Disciplines
Received from the Southern Foodways Alliance…this annual conference has proven to be very useful for graduate students with interests in food over the last few years. Oxford, Mississippi…
CFP: Consuming In, and Consumed By, a Trump Economy
The CFP below is for a mini-conference the day before the next annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. It may be of interest to SAFN members and…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, February 19, 2019
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
AFHVS/ASFS CFP Deadline Extended!
Extended deadline for the upcoming AFHVS/ASFS conference. You have another week! Don’t miss it. The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems is pleased to ho…
News of the New Year at SAFN
David Beriss President, Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Happy New Year! We have news of changes here at FoodAnthropology and, more broadly, at the Society…
Sustainable Development Postdoc
The following announcement was received from Amy Trubek, who notes that there are several UVM Food Systems faculty affiliated with the Gund Institute. That, along with the fact…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, December 22, 2017
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
Kiddush: Local Flavor
Leslie Carlin The ‘Kiddush’ lunch is a tradition at many synagogues, including the one I belong to in downtown Toronto. It’s a shared meal to which all are…
Review: A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism
A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of What We Eat, Eric Holt-Giménez, Monthly Review Press, 2017. Jo Hunter-Adams Working in food studies often means grappling…
Eating for Change: Global and Local Perspectives on Food and Transformation
The Jewish Studies Program and the Department of Sociology UC Davis Present the Academic Conference: Eating for Change: Global and Local Perspectives on Food and Transformation Wednesday, May…
AFHVS / ASFS 2018: The Agroecological Prospect
Call for abstracts for the best annual interdisciplinary Food Studies conference. SAFN members, it would be great to organize whole SAFN panels for this event. Start a discussion…
Last Update, Before We Plunge In!
One last program update before heading up to DC. I recently received notification from alert readers about the following panels, which are food-related and interesting. One of them,…
Food at the Museum
A brief reminder about two off-site events during the AAA meetings in DC: The SAFN distinguished lecturer, Paula J. Johnson, is a curator, project director, and public historian…
SAFN Program Updates
A very timely reminder from SAFN program co-organizer Abigail Adams about events coming up this week! This is your SAFN Programs Co-organizer for the AAA annual meetings, looking…
More Food Panels, Papers, and Posters at AAA 2017
A week or so ago we posted a listing of the panels sponsored by SAFN at the upcoming meetings of the American Anthropological Association. It is a glorious…
A “Hoppy” Bubble? Linking Labor and Capital in Washington State’s Beer and Cannabis Industries
Blog Editor’s note: This is the second installment in FoodAnthropology’s series on Latinx foodways in North America. We welcome contributions from researchers in this area. More details about…
2017 Thomas Marchione Award Winner!
We are very happy to announce the 2017 winner of the Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student Award. This annual prize is awarded to a student whose work continues and…
Collecting and Curating Food History for a Hungry Public
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is thrilled to announce our distinguished speaker for the Annual Meetings: Paula J. Johnson is a curator, project director, and…
SAFN Events & Panels at AAA 2017
The annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association is rapidly approaching. The conference will be held November 29-December 3 in Washington DC, mostly at the Marriott Wardman Park…