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CHICAGO AREA FOOD STUDIES WORKING GROUP

Food Economies Brown Bag Lunches
Brown Bag lunches take place the first Tuesday of every month from 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the Institute for the Humanities, lower level Stevenson Hall, 701 South Morgan. The brief, informal presentations will be followed by discussion.
Location map:  http://www.uic.edu/depts/huminst/contact.shtml ) 

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 
Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, UIC History
 
“Managing the Body: Historical Perspectives on Vegetarianism and Alternative Diets"

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 
Lori Baptista, African American Cultural Center 
"Urban Ag Movements in Chicago's Roseland Community"

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 
Phyllis Bowen, UIC Nutrition
"The Hunger Projects Epicenter Strategy: Uganda:  Experience from the Field"
 
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Film: "Cooking History"  

NEW:  Syllabi Circulated at "Teaching Food Issues" Presentation December 1, 2011

These events are free and open to the public. Beverages will be provided. Parking stickers available for UIC West campus and non-UIC participants.

Preregistration is encouraged, either online, by email huminst@uic.edu, or phone 312-996-6354.

The CAFS group brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines and institutions to
discuss issues in the politics, culture and history of food.

Watch for:  April 2013 conference "Hunger, Famine and Abundance:  Global Perspectives on Food since 1945"

Group organized by:
Phyllis Bowen, UIC Nutrition
Molly Doane, UIC Anthropology
Susan Levine, UIC History and Institute for the Humanities
Gayatri Reddy, UIC Anthropology and Gender and Women's Studies
Alice Weinreb, Northwestern University History
Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, UIC History

For additional information contact Linda Vavra at lvavra@uic.edu or 312-996-6354.