The Power of Taste. Europe at the Royal Table
International Conference on Food History | Wilanów, 5-6 October 2018
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Can the royal table be regarded as a laboratory for the culinary passions of that epoch? How did the royal cuisine contribute to establishing cosmopolitan culinary patterns and a common European identity? How were food and culinary customs used as tools to demonstrate and exert power, both locally and internationally? How can modern museums, especially royal residences, benefit from the knowledge and the research about past dietary cultures taking place in academia? How can museums become active participants in the debate on the role of food in our lives, recall and rediscover culinary traditions, and build educational programs around them, taking advantage of the widespread interest in food for their curatorial mission today?
In a two-day conference, these topics will be explored and discussed among historians, food studies scholars, museum curators, chefs, representatives of institutions promoting traditional food, as well as among culinary journalists, food producers and other people interested in examining the cultural relevance of food, both in history and today.
The Organizers:
- Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw
- Center for Culinary Heritage, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
- Department of History and Material Culture of English Speaking Countries, Pedagogical University of Cracow
Scientific Committee:
- Jarosław Dumanowski, Center for Culinary Heritage, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń
- Fabio Parasecoli, Nutrition and Food Studies Department, New York University, USA
- Andrzej Kuropatnicki, Department of History and Material Culture of English Speaking Countries, Pedagogical University of Cracow
Conference Programme: https://bit.ly/2MbrCOG
The conference is organized in frame of the project “A Place at the Royal Table” project developed by the Network of European Royal Residences for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.
conference, food history, Old-Polish recipes, culinary, adults, Wilanów
