ADHS mentions may recall that the University of Central Lancashire is the home of the Livesey temperance history library. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Postles, Dr D.A." <[log in to unmask]> > Date: September 7, 2005 5:15:16 AM EDT > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: cfp: Food and History > Reply-To: H-Net List for British and Irish History <H-ALBION@H- > NET.MSU.EDU> > > > Please note that this is a cross-posting and interested people > should contact Liz Kelly. Thanks. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: history-teaching >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf >> Of Eliz J Kelly >> Sent: 07 September 2005 09:42 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: [HISTORY-TEACHING] Conference Announcement and Call >> for Papers >> >> >> Many Apologies for Cross Posting >> *************************** >> >> Conference Announcement and Call for Papers >> >> Food and History: Health, Culture, Tourism and Identity >> >> University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 29 June - 1 July 2006 >> >> 'Food and eating practices are at the centre of the new concern in >> western societies about the body, self-control, health, risk, >> consumption and identity' (Deborah Lupton). This international, >> interdisciplinary conference, organised by the Faculty of Health and >> Department of Humanities at the University of Central >> Lancashire, seeks >> to explore these issues in original ways and in historical >> perspective >> through plenary and parallel sessions. It brings together >> methodologies >> drawn from the humanities and the medical sciences to interpret and >> challenge current myths about the history, production and >> consumption of >> food and to explore the roles of taste, texture, and technology in >> constituting identities and marketing experiences in this >> sphere. Within >> this framework a strand dealing with the relationships >> between tourism, >> food and history will run through the conference, under the >> auspices of >> the International Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism. >> >> We invite papers which address physiological, psychological and >> political aspects of food, health, history, tourism and identity, as >> well as examining issues relating to food production, regulation and >> marketing, and analysing representations of and responses to food, >> health, history and tourism in cultural practices and media outlets, >> whether these focus on literature, film, television or the arts. >> Participants are encouraged to interpret these proposals >> generously and >> to adopt interdisciplinary approaches, as befits the >> traditions of this >> University of Central Lancashire conference series. >> >> The language of the conference will be English. >> >> Abstract guidelines >> Abstracts of 2-300 words should be sent as e-mail attachments in the >> first instance to the conference administrator, Liz Kelly: >> [log in to unmask] The deadline for submissions is 31 October 2005. >> Intending participants should supply, on a separate page, author's >> name, work address with telephone, fax and e-mail, job title and >> abstract title. >> Papers will be made available in advance on the conference website >> www.uclan.ac.uk/food and where appropriate on the International >> Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism website at >> www.ichtt.org >> In order to facilitate this process participants are asked to send >> copies of their paper to the conference organiser at least >> two weeks in >> advance of the conference opening. >> >> Who should attend >> Participation and attendance are encouraged from academics and >> practitioners across a spectrum of disciplines, from the health >> professions through food, history and tourism studies to literary, >> cultural and media studies. Papers are welcomed from all strata of >> the >> academic profession, including postgraduates and research assistants, >> and plenary speakers will be of international standing. >> >> Please note, all paper presenters will need to register for the >> conference and pay a discounted presenter's fee for the day(s) they >> would like to attend. >> >> >> Liz Kelly >> Events Co-ordinator >> Faculty of Health >> University of Central Lancashire >> Preston >> PR1 2HE >> Tel +44 (0) 1772 893809 >> Fax +44 (0) 1772 892995 >> >> Any representations, views and/or opinions in this e-mail are >> those of >> the sender, and not necessarily of the University. 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