“Trinity College Dublin Talks” Podcast
In December, Susan chatted to Tom Molloy, host of the popular “Trinity College Dublin Talks” podcast series about food, history and the importance of interdisciplinarity in research and teaching.
FoodCult and Shape-ID
On 2nd and 3rd of December 2019, FoodCult joined the Shape-ID team at the Long Room Hub, TCD. Shape ID is an EU-funded project addressing the challenge of improving inter-and transdisciplinary cooperation between the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) and other Sciences. Susan was delighted to share the approaches and methods of the FoodCult project, as a model for History/Humanities led interdisciplinary research.
FoodCult at the Aspects Literary Festival 2019
On the 5th and 6th of September, Susan brought the FoodCult Project to Northern Ireland, contributing to a collaborative cross-border reading event hosted by Lady Dufferin at the Clandeboye Estate. The event, organised by Prof Jane Ohlmeyer, in collaboration with the Aspects Literary Festival, brought together academics from the History and English departments at Trinity College Dublin and Queens University Belfast to explore the theme ‘Food for Thought’ from an interdisciplinary perspective. Susan spoke at a public lecture on the ‘History of What we Eat and Drink’. The talk explored continuity and change in diet and food-ways through time, and challenged the audience to confront a range of dietary myths and misconceptions.
Susan to speak at Aspects 2019 Literary Festival
On Sunday 6th October, Susan will speak about the history of what we eat and drink. The event will take place at the this years Aspects 2019 Literary Festival, held at the Clandeboye Estate, Bangor
Pots and Bones Workshop at the Long Room Hub
The FoodCult Project will host an exciting one day workshop on scientific approaches to the reconstruction of historic diets on 13th September 2019 at the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin.
The FoodCult Project at the Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference
FoodCult’s Principal Investigator, Dr Susan Flavin will give a plenary address at the Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference 2019 at Trinity College Dublin, 16-17 August
New Research Position at Trinity College Dublin
We are currently seeking a Research Fellow in ‘Knowledge Extraction for Digital Humanities’ to join our exciting project. The successful candidate will be based at the ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin and will be responsible for investigating new approaches to the automated extraction of knowledge from various historical and archaeological sources for early modern diet.
The FoodCult Project at the IEHCA’s conference
FoodCult’s Principal Investigator, Susan Flavin, will be speaking at the Cinquième Conférence Internationale d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation in Tours, France, on 6–7 June 2019.
FoodCult team members attend IPMAG conference
Susan, Meriel and Fiona attended the Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group’s conference in Enniskillen on 8–9 February 2019.
Susan appears on RTÉ Radio One’s History Show
Susan chatted to RTÉ Radio One’s History Show presenter, Myles Dungan, about alcohol in early modern Ireland.