Early Modern Food: Desire, Theory, and Innovation

Document Type

Lecture

Department

History

Conference Title

Renaissances, Graduate Research Series

Organization

Stanford University, Division of Literatures, Cultures and Languages

Location

Stanford, CA

Conference Dates

November 2, 2015

Date of Presentation

11-2-2015

Abstract

For the first event of the Renaissances Graduate Research Series, "Early Modern Food: Desire, Theory, and Innovation," Molly Taylor-Poleskey, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Stanford, and Ken Albala, Professor of History and Director of Food Studies at the University of the Pacific, will discuss Taylor-Poleskey’s dissertation chapter: "Dietary Theory and Practice at the Court of Brandenburg-Prussia" in the light of Albala’s project: "Japanese Food in the Early Modern European Imagination."

Molly Taylor-Poleskey uses food to understand the cultural program that shaped the consolidation of Brandenburg-Prussia in the 17th century, and explores the intellectual climate at court where dietary theory developed in line with the interests and ambitions of the ruler. In her discussion with Professor Albala, she wishes to reflect on the shaping of identity through food in the shifting cultural landscape of the early modern period.

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