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More Food for Thought
Those interested in cultural, sociological and historical perspectives on food and food justice may also be interested in the following events taking place at or near UC Davis in 2024-2025.
All events are open to the public.
Library Exhibit Tour
Tuesday, November 5, 1:30 p.m.
Shields Library, Archives and Special Collections
Join the lead curators of the library exhibit, Cooking Against the Grain, for a tour of the cookbooks on display. No registration required.
Cultural Memory: Resurging Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Mezcal
Wednesday, November 6, 5:30 p.m.
UC Davis Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, Sensory Theater
Join us for a tasting and workshop on Oaxacan mezcal production practices with Fabiola Santiago, founder of Mi Oaxaca. Registration opens soon.
Graduate Reading Group
Wednesday, November 6, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Sign up here.
Led by Stace Baran, Thinking Food GSR
Moving Crops and the Scales of History
by Francesca Bray, Barbara Hahn, John Bosco Lourdusamy and Tiago Saraiva
Elevated and Gentrified: Tacos in the
Age of Digital Nomads
Wednesday, November 13th, 3 p.m.
912 Sproul Hall
Professor Ignacio Sánchez Prado, Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor in the Humanities Washington University, St Louis
Presented by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Graduate Reading Group
November 20th, 4-6 p.m. Sign up here.
Led by Elizabeth McQueen, Thinking Food postdoc
Author in attendance
Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge
by Charlotte Biltekoff
Graduate Reading Group
Wednesday, December 4, 4-6 p.m. Sign up here.
Led by Leslie Geathers, Thinking Food GSR
In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World
By Judith Carney
Colloquium: Reimagining the Past Through Food Justice
Friday, December 6 and Saturday, December 7. Register here.
This two-day colloquium approaches the history of food—both as a scholarly discipline and public discourse—through the lens of food justice.