Reimagining the Past through Food Justice
Colloquium: December 6 and 7, 2024
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.
Join us for a two-day colloquium with speakers, chef demonstrations, and shared meals.
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 Saqib Keval and Norma Listman)
- 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.