Shields Library is closed through January 1. Requests for books, digitization services, and interlibrary loan will be fulfilled after the new year.
Related Events
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
Ongoing
Shields Library, Archives and Special Collections
View our library exhibit, Cooking Against the Grain, on display now. No registration required. View the online exhibit here.
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
Savor: Open Kitchens
Transforming Food Service through Community, Culture, and Ethical Leadership
Thursday, December 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Register here.
Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, Sensory Theatre and online via Zoom.
Panel discussion among three visionary chefs who are leading change in the food service industry through transparency, labor justice, and storytelling through food.
Presented by the UC Davis Library and the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science
Colloquium: Reimagining the Past Through Food Justice
Friday, December 6 and Saturday, December 7. Waitlist only.
This two-day colloquium approaches the history of food—both as a scholarly discipline and public discourse—through the lens of food justice.
Past Events
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. Sold out (waitlist only).
Graduate Reading Group
Wednesday, November 6, 3:00-5:00 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
Wednesday, November 20, 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
Screening Food
Friday, November 22, 4-7 p.m. Sign up here.
Creuss Theater 1002
Como agua para chocolate (1992)
Alfonso Arau