Spring 2013 Gastronomy at BU Lecture Series
All lectures are free and open to the public. For more information please contact gastrmla@bu.edu or see www.gastronomyatbu.com.
“Understanding and Enhancing the Flavor of Food”
Guy Crosby, Science Editor for America’s Test Kitchen, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health.
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 13, 6 PM
Location: Boston University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Room B12
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA
“To Feed the Revolution: The Black Panther Party and the Politics of Food”
Mary Potorti, PhD candidate, American and New England Studies Program, Boston University
Date & Time: Monday, February 25, 6 PM
Location: Boston University School of Theology (STH), Room B19
745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
“A Fine Linea: How Italian Food Advertisements Reflected and Affected Gender Division”
Diana Garvin, PhD candidate, Italian Studies, Cornell University
Date & Time: Thursday, March 21, 6 PM
Location: Boston University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Room 211
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA
“Universal Free School Meals: An idea whose time has come”
Janet Poppendieck, Professor of Sociology, Emerita, Hunter College, City University of New York and the author of Free for All: Fixing School Food in America and Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 2 at 6 PM
Location: Boston University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Room 211
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA