New Article in The Historical Journal
We are delighted that the results of the brewing project have now been published in ‘first view’ by The Historical Journal.
Brewing News Feature by ‘History First’
Mark Bridge, a journalist at History First has written a feature on the brewing project and its recent results.
New Open Access Publication!
Delighted to announce a new open-access paper “Unearthing a new food culture: fruits in early modern Ireland” by FoodCult team members Meriel McClatchie, Susan Flavin and Ellen O’Carroll. This is in Cooking with Plants in Ancient Europe and Beyond, edited by Soultana Maria Valamoti, Anastasia Dimoula and Maria Ntinou and published by Sidestone Press. We were delighted to collaborate with the ERC PlantCult Project on this.
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.
Tracing, Shaping and Reshaping Culinary Heritage September 5-6 2022
On 6th September, Meriel and the FoodCult team will present a paper at the Tracing, Shaping and Reshaping Culinary Heritage Conference in Oslo. The conference is hosted by the FOODIMPACT research project at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo and FoodLessons at OsloMet. The paper will present preliminary results from the Mapping Diet, Isotopes and Organic Residue Analysis work-packages.
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.
Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference
On Saturday 20 August, Charlie is presenting a paper at the annual Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference, held at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. His paper, based on the household accounts of lord deputy William Fitzwilliam, was entitled ‘Dining at Dublin Castle’. The session was recorded and will be available soon as a podcast via the Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference website.
On Location: Material Space and Literary Production c.1500-1651
On Thursday 23 June, Charlie will present findings from FoodCult’s research into Irish household accounts at the ‘On Location’ conference, hosted by Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. The conference examines the connection between material space and literary production, and his paper is entitled ‘Food and power at Dublin Castle: reading the household accounts of a sixteenth-century viceroy’.
See the conference schedule and find registration details here.