The Market as a Village
Blog editors’ note: This is the summer edition of the Latinx Foodways in North America series, which looks at different approaches scholars use to analyze foods and food…
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Alaska Grown
Abigail Adams Central Connecticut State University Our plane descended for landing in Anchorage, which was fully visible at 10 pm in June’s Alaskan midnight sun, and I stored…
Review: In Defense of Jewish Food, A Kosher Eater’s Manifesto contra Michael Pollan
The Food Movement, Culture, and Religion. A Tale of Pigs, Christians, Jews, and Politics. Schorsch, Jonathan Palgrave/Macmillan, 2018. ISBN 978-3-319-71705-0 98 pp.text. Ellen Messer, Ph.D. Tufts U…
Reminder: 2019 Thomas Marchione Award Deadline is July 26!
Do not miss this opportunity to have your work recognized! Graduate Students! Are you doing or have you recently completed research related to food and human rights? Food…
Reminder! 2019 Christine Wilson Awards Applications Due Soon!
Don’t Miss This Great Opportunity! Students! Did you write a research paper on food and/or nutrition this year? Are you writing one now? Want fame and recognition? We…
Eataly and FICO Eataly: The Context
Amy Trubek: My conversation with food scholars of Italy revealed a shared belief that there is much potential for a collaborative, global research endeavor about the phenomenon that…
Food for Thought: Nourishment, Culture, Meaning
Call for papers The Food Studies Program, New York University (NYU), the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Communication (CIRCe) and the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, Univ…
Thomas Marchione Award 2019
Graduate Students! Are you doing or have you recently completed research related to food and human rights? Food security? Food justice? Do you consider that these and related…
Christine Wilson Awards for 2019
Students! Are you writing great research papers on food and/or nutrition? Want fame and recognition? We want to hear from you! The Society for the Anthropology of Food…
CFP: Transformations of Global Food Systems for Climate Change Resilience
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Transformations of Global Food Systems for Climate Change Resilience: Addressing Food Security, Nutrition, and Health Editors: Preety Gadhoke, PhD, MPH (St. John’s University), Bar…
Culinary Historians of New York Scholar’s Grant
These grants are a great opportunity for SAFN members seeking support for their research! CULINARY HISTORIANS OF NEW YORK ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2019 SCHOLARS’ GRANTS APPLICATION DEADLINE FR…
Milk…It’s Good to Think
David McMurray Anthropology, emeritus Oregon State University I am a product of the Upper Midwest with its (waning) Scandinavian and German influences. I am entangled in “milk culture,”…
CFP: AAA/CASCA 2019 in Vancouver, BC
ATTN SAFN MEMBERS: Start planning your sessions for AAA/CASCA 2019 in Vancouver, BC! The time has come to start planning sessions for the annual AAA meeting – this…
AAA Communities Coming Soon!
David Beriss This is going to be a very quick note about two related things. First, many SAFN members (and many members of the American Anthropological Association) have…
The Sophie Coe Prize in Food History 2019
Yet another great opportunity for the essayists among us! For further information, please visit the prize web site. Although the flyer (cited below) notes that Sophie Coe was…
ASFS Pedagogy Award
In a recent post, we reminded you of deadlines for various awards from the Association for the Study of Food and Society. It looks like we missed one…
CFP: Mediations of Food: Identity, Power, and Contemporary Global Imaginaries
Call for Papers 2019: Volume 11, Issue 1 Mediations of Food: Identity, Power, and Contemporary Global Imaginaries The Global Media Journal — Canadian Edition Guest Editor: Dr. Tina…
CFP: Special Issue for Food, Culture, & Society on Food and World’s Fairs/Expositions
A call for papers that could be of particular interest to SAFN members and FoodAnthropology readers who study festivals, fairs, and other events. Call for Papers: Special Issue…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, January 26, 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…
CFP: Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food 2019
CALL FOR PAPERS Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food 2019 15-16 November (Post)colonial foodways: creating, negotiating, and resisting transnational food systems Because of its manifold effects…
ASFS Deadlines, Awards, Opportunities
There is a slew of deadlines, awards, and opportunities for anyone interested in the activities of the Association for the Study of Food and Society. These include an…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, December 22, 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…
Coffee Culture Comes Home
By Jesse Dart Anthropology Department, University of Sydney Starbucks opened in Italy a few months ago. While the hype has worn off a bit, some days you still find…
Eric Holt-Giménez at AAA 2019!
Alert readers of this blog may already know that Eric Holt-Giménez, executive director of Food First, will provide the distinguished lecture at the joint SAFN and C&A event…