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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.

Poster that says "Cooking Against The Grain" on a black background with fish prepared for cooking

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.

Book cover of Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge

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

Poster of the film Como Agua Para Choclate, with two lovers looking over a display of food.

Screening Food

November 22nd, 4-7 p.m. Sign up here.
Creuss Theater 1002

Como agua para chocolate (1992)
Alfonso Arau

Book Cover for In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World

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

An excerpt from the Florentine Codex depicting a shared meal.

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.

Overview Fall 2024: Reimagining the Past through Food Justice Winter 2025: Reclaiming Our Food Narratives as a Social Justice Practice Spring 2025: Imagining and Enacting Just Food Futures Related Events

Past Events

A hand from one person pours mezcal into the cup of another's.

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

A plate of tacos in duotone yellow and white

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