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A Global History of Food (HI2A7): Timetable

Term

Week

Lecture and Seminar Topic

Autumn Term 1

No formal classes: please collect a small flowerpot and seeds from my office in FAB 3.68.

2

Introduction: Food as a Total Social Fact

Practical Exercise: Windowsill Horticulture

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3

A Brief History of Agriculture

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4

Colonialism, Improvement and the Columbian Exchange

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PLUS a session at the Modern Records Centre on their food-related holdings on Wed. 25 Oct

5

Famine, Entitlement and Inequality

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6

Reading Week (no lecture or seminar):

Begin thinking about your long essay by reading THIS

7

Industrial Food and Imperialism

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8

Vegetarianism

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Plus a visit to the Leamington Museum and Art Gallery for a hands-on session about using material culture to explore the history of sugar on Fri. 24 Nov.

9

The Cookbook as Document

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10

Authenticity, Tradition and Nationalism

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Winter Vacation
Spring Term 1

Calories, Vitamins and Nutritional Science

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2

Cooking at Home: Technologies

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Practical Exercise: Object Biographies

3

Developmentalism, Green Revolutions, and GMOs

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4

Religion

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5

Feeding Cities

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6 Reading Week (no lecture or seminar)
7

Neoliberalism, Food Security and Food Sovereignty

(guest lecture by Dr Marta Guerriero, Global Sustainable Development)

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8

Dieting, Discipline and Fat as a Feminist Issue

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This week will discuss topics that may be uncomfortable for some. Please let me know if you will find the week difficult.

9

Food and the Environment

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10

Food and War

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Easter Vacation
Summer Term

1

Orthorexia

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2

The Art of Food

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  4

Revision Session

Note that the revision session will take place on Monday 13 May (week 4) to avoid the bank holiday on Monday 6 May (week 3).

The revision seminars will likewise take place in week 4.

There will, in other words, be NO lecture or seminars in week 3.