Fall 2025
Theorizing Food: Critical Approaches to the Global Study of Eating
Instructors: Professor's Ryan Kashanipour (History) and Joshua Schlachet (East Asian Studies)

Please join us for an afternoon of interdisciplinary presentations and conversation with Ryan Kashanipour, Josh Schlachet, and the graduate students of SCCT 510 dedicated to expanding the horizons of food studies, a field both overtheorizing and undertheorized at once. While academic interests in foodways have exploded in recent decades, the field of study has broadly rested on either positivist and materialist accounts of food and consumption or on narrow epistemological interrogations of identity formation, historical tradition, conviviality, or familial inheritance. This slate of innovative graduate research pushes new boundaries in the global history of eating, highlighting the exceptional thinking that our students have created throughout our seminar.

Refreshments (theoretical & edible) and lively discussion provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

When: Wednesday, December 10, 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Location: Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building, Room S225