Susan Flavin, Author at FoodCult

Talk with Trinity

Brewing the Past: A Journey into History Through Beer and Film
Talk with Trinity | 26 March 2025

Yesterday, we were delighted to present Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing as part of Trinity College Dublin’s Talk with Trinity public series at Unit18. This session brought together community members for a special screening of our short film exploring our journey towards recreating historical beer and brewing processes.

The film forms part of FoodCult’s broader mission to uncover the role of food and drink in shaping society, culture, and politics. After the screening, we enjoyed a lively Q&A and discussion with a fantastic and engaged audience.

A huge thanks to everyone who came along—and to Trinity’s Community Engagement team for hosting!

Susan Flavin2025-03-27T13:39:22+00:0027 March 2025|Conferences and talks, Events, News|

Discovering the Past Through Beer: A Special Film Screening and Discussion

As part of the Glasnevin Cemetery Spring Lecture Series, a screening of Drunk? will take place on March 19th at 7:30 PM.

Venue: Milestone Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery, Finglas Road, Dublin D11 XA32

Admission is free but booking is recommended: booking@dctrust.ie or info@dctrust.ie. Or 01 882 6550

Susan Flavin2025-03-19T10:21:47+00:0019 March 2025|Conferences and talks, Events, News|

Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies (USIHS)

On Thursday 6 February 2025 the USIHS will screen Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing. The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion and reflection on historical recreation as a methodology, and its potential for radical cross disciplinary collaboration.

Details and Booking

Susan Flavin2025-01-23T16:27:25+00:0023 January 2025|blogs, Conferences and talks, Events, News, Results|

International Society for Gastronomic Sciences (ISGSS Congress)

On 27th September, Shreepali Patel (University of the Arts London) will present a paper on the FoodCult film-making project at the ISGSS Congress (University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo). The paper, ‘Weaving complex historical food narratives through sonic and visual artistic practice’ will explore the potential for integrating film and practice-based history to engage diverse audiences. This will be published by the team in coming months.

• See here for more information

Susan Flavin2024-09-27T11:47:43+00:0026 September 2024|Conferences and talks, News|

RTE Brainstorm News

Great to see more national news coverage of our brewing project this week on RTE. This piece includes a Drive Time radio interview with Susan.

• Read here

Susan Flavin2024-04-29T14:30:03+00:0029 April 2024|Media, News|

Mornings with Simi

Delighted to share our research with radio listeners in Vancouver, Canada this week. Check out the episode on Mornings with Simi on 980CKNW to hear about the differences between 16th century and modern beer.

• Listen here

Susan Flavin2024-04-23T13:22:27+00:0023 April 2024|Media, News|

Affective Artefacts

Looking forward to discussing the FoodCult brewing project at the Affective Artefacts seminar at the University of Manchester next week. The seminar takes place at 4 pm on 24th April (Sam Alex, A112).

Susan Flavin2024-04-19T12:51:48+00:0019 April 2024|Conferences and talks|

The Conversation

We wrote a short piece for The Conversation this week, sharing some insights from the ever popular brewing project.

• Read it here

Susan Flavin2024-04-19T12:29:29+00:0019 April 2024|News|

The Best Beer Writing of 2023…

We are very excited to see our Historical Journal article on early modern beer feature on Boak and Bailey’s list of the Best Beer Writing of 2023. The article is open access and freely available to read.

• Read the article here

Susan Flavin2024-02-09T17:15:36+00:009 February 2024|blogs, News|