Food, Feast, and Famine: Core Elements and Future Directions in the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Food and Famine (A Roundtable)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
International Medieval Congress, Univ. of Leeds
Organizer Name
Axel E. W. Müller
Organizer Affiliation
Institute for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Leeds
Presider Name
Axel E. W. Müller
Paper Title 1
Discussant
Presenter 1 Name
Paul Freedman
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Yale Univ.
Paper Title 2
Discussant
Presenter 2 Name
Philip Slavin
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Kent
Paper Title 3
Discussant
Presenter 3 Name
Iona McCleery
Presenter 3 Affiliation
School of History, Univ. of Leeds
Paper Title 4
Discussant
Presenter 4 Name
Martha Carlin
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Start Date
14-5-2015 7:30 PM
Session Location
Fetzer 2016
Description
In 2016, the special thematic strand of the Leeds International Medieval Congress will be ‘Food, Feast, and Famine’. The study of food, the lack of food (famine) and ritualised, excessive eating of foods (feast) are multi-discipline research areas attracting specialists in literary texts, philology and codicology, visual and material culture, bioarchaeology, finance and law, theology, church history, medicine and everyday life as well as practitioners in schools, museums, historical re-enactment groups, and the film industry. Food forms a crucial link between past and present for teachers, librarians, students, and curators alike. The growth of interest in medieval food, cooking, and eating behaviours has developed so fast in recent years that there is a need now to pause for reflection, define the parameters of the subject, and ask new research questions of a wider range of sources.
This roundtable discussion is intended to broaden the issues raised in the preceding session and to establish a conceptual framework for food and famine, aiming to explore the subject from international and interdisciplinary angles, providing 'food for thought' on the grouping of food, feast, and famine, bringing social and economic historians, archaeologists, theologians, and art historians together with those in literary fields, with the aim of identifying key areas of research for the future.
Axel E.W. Müller
Food, Feast, and Famine: Core Elements and Future Directions in the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Food and Famine (A Roundtable)
Fetzer 2016
In 2016, the special thematic strand of the Leeds International Medieval Congress will be ‘Food, Feast, and Famine’. The study of food, the lack of food (famine) and ritualised, excessive eating of foods (feast) are multi-discipline research areas attracting specialists in literary texts, philology and codicology, visual and material culture, bioarchaeology, finance and law, theology, church history, medicine and everyday life as well as practitioners in schools, museums, historical re-enactment groups, and the film industry. Food forms a crucial link between past and present for teachers, librarians, students, and curators alike. The growth of interest in medieval food, cooking, and eating behaviours has developed so fast in recent years that there is a need now to pause for reflection, define the parameters of the subject, and ask new research questions of a wider range of sources.
This roundtable discussion is intended to broaden the issues raised in the preceding session and to establish a conceptual framework for food and famine, aiming to explore the subject from international and interdisciplinary angles, providing 'food for thought' on the grouping of food, feast, and famine, bringing social and economic historians, archaeologists, theologians, and art historians together with those in literary fields, with the aim of identifying key areas of research for the future.
Axel E.W. Müller