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).
Beoirfest Podcast
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.
Film Screening at Newlin Grist Mill, Pennsylvania
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.
Food Systems and Practices: Past, Present and Future
On 28th June, the FoodCult Team presented a panel at the ‘Food Systems’ conference hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield. Through six integrated papers we showcased recent results from the project with a focus on a case study from Carrickmines Castle.
Posthumus Conference Keynote
On 24th May, Susan gave a keynote lecture at the Posthumus Conference, hosted at the University of Antwerp. The conference theme was ‘food inequalities’ and the lecture focused on the the value of interdisciplinary research and practice based approaches to understanding diets in the past.
Brussels Institute of Advanced Studies Workshop: Keynote
On 17th April 2023 Susan presented a keynote lecture at a BrIAS Workshop on
‘Dietary Dilemmas: Influences on Consumer ‘Choice’ in Preindustrial Societies’. The workshop was organised by Prof. Dr. Beat Kümin & Prof. Dr. ir. Frits Heinrich as part of a collaboration between Department of History & Food GRP, University of Warwick and the Brussels Institute of Advanced Studies. The paper focused on food and religion in early modern modern Ireland and presented findings from across the workpackages, exploring the significance of religious ideas and practices on consumption and social interaction in early modern Ireland.
International Barley Hub Seminar
On 2nd February, Susan will present a talk on ‘Bere and Brewing History’ at the IBH seminar. The seminar is focussed on working with heritage barley, and the talk will share the FoodCult teams’s experience of recreating sixteenth century beer with bere.
Society for Historical Archaeology Conference 2023
On 6th January 2023 the FoodCult team presented a panel of 7 papers at the SHA annual conference in Lisbon. These papers represented individual ongoing workpackages, but also our efforts to integrate our approaches towards developing a deeper understanding of diet and food culture in Ireland.
Ales Through the Ages
Marc Meltonville, FoodCult’s ‘Brewer in Chief’, will present a paper featuring our recent research at the ‘Ale Through the Ages’ Conference at Williamsburg VA. The paper, ‘Beer & Roses, building a Tudor brewery’ reflects on the process of recreating historic beers and the challenges of authenticity. The conference runs from 11-13th November.
New Article
Delighted to announce the publication of a new open access article in The Historical Journal. The article, which is based on the forensic analysis of household accounts from Dublin Castle transcribed as part of the Food Microhistories work-package, explores the role of food and drink in the demonstration and negotiation of power in Ireland.