Please note that this is a cross-posting and interested people should contact Liz Kelly. Thanks.
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From: history-teaching
Of Eliz J Kelly
Sent: 07 September 2005 09:42
Subject: [HISTORY-TEACHING] Conference Announcement and Call
for Papers
Many Apologies for Cross Posting
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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:
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
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