The 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference
‘Food and Drink as a Gift’
12-13 October 2023
Cracow, Poland
The Conference
The fourth conference in the "Food and Drink as" series, which began in 2015, aims to gather individuals from diverse academic disciplines and those interested in food and drink from various perspectives, including historical, cultural, culinary, anthropological, health, and medical fields. More information can be found on the conference website: https://foodanddrinkas.weebly.com/
Food and Drink as…a Gift
The 2023 conference, organised by the Pedagogical University Cracow and Technological University Dublin, will be held 12-13 October with the theme of Food and Drink as a Gift.
Food as a gift is a multifaceted concept with cultural, social, moral, psychological, sustainability, and economic implications, making it a rich and complex area of study. By exploring the different perspectives on food as a gift, we can gain a deeper understanding of its significance and its impact on our lives, our communities, and the world.
We welcome original and thought-provoking papers that address the theme from a wide range of perspectives – find the Call for Papers here: https://foodanddrinkas.weebly.com/call-for-papers.html
Keynote Speaker
Carrie Helms Tippen is Associate Professor of English and Assistant Dean of the School of Arts, Science, and Business at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA. Tippen is author of Inventing Authenticity: How Cookbook Writers Redefine Southern Identity (University of Arkansas Press, 2018) and Pain and Pleasure in Southern Cookbooks, forthcoming from University Press of Mississippi. She is series editor of the Ingrid G. Houck Series on Food and Foodways at UPM. Her academic work has been published in Gastronomica, Food and Foodways, Southern Quarterly, and Food, Culture, and Society.
Previous conferences in the series
Food and Drink as Medicine (Dublin)
Food and Drink as Symbol (Cracow)
Food and Drink as a Curse (online)
Organising Committee
Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire (TU Dublin)
Dr Elaine Mahon (TU Dublin)
Dr John D. Mulcahy (TU Dublin/Independent Scholar)
Anke Klitzing (TU Dublin)
Prof Andrzej K. Kuropatnicki (Pedagogical University Cracow)
Dr Marzena Keating (Pedagogical University Cracow)
Dr Natalia Giza (Pedagogical University Cracow)
Dr Marcin Gadocha (Pedagogical University Cracow)