Events - Critical Food Studies

Call for journal abstracts: Re-reading “Africa” Through Food

24th March 2022

Journal of African Cultural Studies Special Issue Title: Re-reading “Africa” Through Food Guest Edited by Desiree Lewis Background/Rationale of the Issue African social and cultural processes and struggles have been…

Attend our virtual seminar: In search of the perfect curry in two contemporary cookbooks on 29 June 2021

8th June 2021

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Virtual Seminar 2: In search of the perfect curry in two contemporary cookbooks Date and time: June 29, 2021 13:30PM – 15:30PM Johannesburg Meeting ID: 912 1835 5844 Zoom link:…

Attend our virtual Seminar: Corporate fast food advertising targeting children on 25 May 2021

10th May 2021

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This seminar is based on interdisciplinary research in cultural studies, anthropology and linguistics and is presented by CFS scholars at UWC and UKZN. It raises the way that a transnational…

COMPETITION! What do students eat?

12th November 2020

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Students University Food Cultures: Call for Submissions Artwork, Photographs, Personal Essays, Reflective Essays, Opinion Pieces, Articles South African universities are slowly beginning to address the problem of students’ access…

Panel discussion: What do students eat? Causes, Complicities and Contexts

5th October 2020

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CFS Panel Discussion Hosted by the Critical Food Studies Programme, UWC, UKZN and UP Date: 19 October 2020 Time: 12:00-2:00 P.M Virtual Link: https://uwc.zoom.us/j/93687064220 Download and share our poster: CFS…

Panel discussion: Epidemic shocks and food cultures in the new millennium

7th May 2020

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Panel discussion: Epidemic shocks and food cultures in the new millennium Join our panelists, Psyche Williams-Forson, Mariam Mayet and Carla Tsampiras 29 May 2020, 15.00-18.00 (GMT+2) Zoom Meeting: https://uwc.zoom.us/j/96515423982 Meeting…

CFS Seminar: Hunger and University Students in South Africa

2nd March 2020

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Critical Food Studies (CFS) Seminar 1: Hunger and University Students in South Africa 18 March 2020 11:00-1300 Venues: UWC: Dean’s Boardroom (Old Arts Faculty Building) UP: Dean’s Boardroom on level…

Position of Postdoctoral Researcher

3rd December 2019

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Position of Postdoctoral Researcher: Critical Food Studies Programme, University of the Western Cape 2 December 2019 Applications are invited from South African PhD humanities graduates for the position of postdoctoral…

Towards decolonial transdisciplinary research: The humanities in food studies

5th November 2019

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This workshop was hosted by the Critical Food Studies: Transdisciplinary Humanities Approaches Programme. It aimed at generating conversations, fostering transdisciplinarity, and encouraging relevant theorising and methodological work on food studies.…