The attached CFP would seem to be of considerable interest to ATHG
subscribers.

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Jack Blocker
History, Huron College, University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6G 1H3 Canada
(519) 438-7224, ext. 249 /Fax (519) 438-3938

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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:54:15 +1000
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Subject: CFP: Food & Drink in Consumer Societies

Posted by Carol Lockman <[log in to unmask]>


                                CALL FOR PAPERS

                        FOOD AND DRINK IN CONSUMER SOCIETIES

A conference at the Hagley Museum and Library, November 12, 1999

Food and drink have formed perennial, if at times exceptional, sources of
research and insight on cultural patterns in consumer societies. For a
conference on November 12, 1999, the Hagley Museum and Library invites
proposals for papers on the production, distribution, and use of food and
drink within market economies since 1850. We are especially interested in
essays which consider how food or drink studies can influence our
understanding of modern consumer societies, much as material culture
studies already have done. Sidney Mintz (Johns Hopkins University) will
deliver the conference's keynote address. Paper proposals are due by April
1, 1999 and should include an abstract of no more than 500 words and a
brief c.v. Funds may be available to support travel to the conference by
speakers.  Please direct proposals and queries to:

Dr. Roger Horowitz, Associate Director
Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society Hagley Museum
and Library
PO Box 3630
Wilmington, DE 19807
email: [log in to unmask]; direct fax: 302-655-3188