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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
We wrote a short piece for The Conversation this week, sharing some insights from the ever popular brewing project.
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.
Delighted to chat to the Beer Ladies about the FoodCult Brewing Project and our experiences of recreating a sixteenth-century brewhouse.
At 1 pm tomorrow 30th November Susan and Marc will talk live to Brian O’Connell at Beoirfest about the brewing project. The podcast will be available to listen to later on YouTube.
Newlin Grist Mill will host a special screening of our documentary Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing on 16th November at 6 pm. This will be followed by live Q&A with Marc Meltonville, FoodCult’s lead brewer.