[Ravensfort] [Fwd: [Ansteorra] Call for Papers: The Alexandrian Company Symposium on Food and Festivals in the Middle Ages 8/25/01]

David R. Hoffpauir env_drh at shsu.edu
Mon May 7 06:19:07 PDT 2001


"C. L. Ward" wrote:

> The Alexandrian Company is pleased to announce The Fourth Alexandrian
> Symposium, to be held Saturday, August 25, 2001, in San Antonio, Texas.
>
> The theme for the 4th Alexandrian Symposium is FOOD AND FESTIVAL. This
> includes such various subjects as feasting, fasting, holidays, Lent/Mardi
> Gras, food in religion and ritual, food in literature, the politics of food,
> period food sales and merchanting, spices, table manners, eating habits of
> various cultures and any other subjects pertaining to the cultivation,
> consumption or restriction of food prior to 1600 AD. As this is a scholarly
> lecture and presentation symposium, classes will NOT include cooking
> workshops. Instructors, however, are allowed to bring appropriate samples of
> period food for their classes -- as long as they bring enough for everyone!
>
> THIS IS AN OFFICIAL CALL FOR CLASS PROPOSALS!!!
>
> Topics we would like to see classes on include: Lent and its history; foods
> mentioned in period literature; the influence of food on politics and
> history; the effect of New World foods on European cooking and cuisine; how
> period festivals were celebrated esp Easter, Christmas, Mardi Gras/Carnival,
> May Day, etc; Jewish food & festivals; Muslim food & festivals; period
> cooking methods and utensils; a survey of period bread; presentations on the
> techniques of recipe redaction, to include information on locating the
> medieval recipes and the research techniques needed to transform this into a
> modern recipe; classes discussing the research and archaeology for early
> period foods; symbolic food - how food is used in an art-historical sense in
> the medieval "language" of paintings of the saints etc.; and anything else
> you would find interesting and entertaining.
>
> Submit class proposals or ideas to Karen Moon, 114 Conway Dr., San Antonio,
> TX 78209, or via email to karenmoon at msn.com.
>
> Questions? Write Carolle Ternus at cternus at texas.net or see the Alexandrian
> Company webpage at http://www.vikinganswerlady.org/alexandrians/
>
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