Seventh International Conference on Food History and Food Studies - Tours, France

The Seventh conference, organised by the European Institute for the History and Culture of Foods (IEHCA – University of Tours) will take place next week in France. Keynote speakers are Katarzyna Cwiertka of the University of Leiden, the Netherlands ("Canned tea and rice triangle: Food packaging in Japan and around the world") and Hocine Benkheira from the

École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France ("Praise of Hunger in the Muslim East of the 12th Century"). The full program of the numerous panels may be found here:

The program