“The Ideal Body”: Perceptions of Perfection from Early Modernity to the Present
This virtual conference organized by Cambridge Body and Food Histories Group will bring together academics and professionals working within interdisciplinary fields including history, sociology, medicine and theology. It aims to […]
Food and the Book: 1300-1800
Digital Conference organized by David B. Goldstein, Allen James Grieco, and Sarah Peters Kernan, co-sponsored by the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library and Before ‘Farm to Table’: […]
From the Fruits of Paradise to the Racialization of Nutrition
For the next talk on Agriculture and the Making of Sciences (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science), Anil Paralkar (University of Heidelberg) will give a talk entitled “European […]
Intoxicating Spaces: Global and Comparative Perspectives
A free online conference organised by the HERA research project “Intoxicating Spaces: The Impact of New Intoxicants on Urban Spaces in Europe, 1600–1850,” to be held live via Zoom. Monday […]
Medieval Food and the History of Science
The next Food History webinar at the University of London will host Eileen Morgan (Notre Dame) on “Beyond Dietetics: Medieval Food and the History of Science.” Thursday 29 February 2024, […]
Drinking Plain Water: Disease Prevention and Therapeutics
The next CSMBR webinar at Villa Comel will host David Gentilcore (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) on “Drinking Plain Water in the Early Modern Period: Disease Prevention and Therapeutics.” Tuesday […]
The Wonders of Gastroscience in Rabelais
The next CSMBR webinar (Villa Comel Pisa) will host Guido Giglioni (University of Macerata) on “The Wonders of Gastroscience in Rabelais: A Few Galenic Salvos from the Renaissance”. Tuesday 8 […]
Renaissance Physiognomics of Food
The next CSMBR webinar (Villa Comel Pisa) will host Cecilia Muratori (University of Pavia) on “You Look What You Eat: Renaissance Physiognomics of Food.” Tuesday 11 February 2025, 17:00 (CET) […]