Instruments of Dining: A research symposium

Description

March 31, 1:30–4:45 pm
38 West 86th Street, Lecture Hall

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Staging the Table in Europe 1500–1800, this symposium brings together historians of food, culture, and print to further explore the themes of performance on and around the table. Talks will consider English coronation feasts, German court carvers, musical accompaniments to dining, and more. Evelyn Lincoln will join exhibition curator Deborah L. Krohn and the speakers for a discussion following the presentations.

 

Symposium Schedule:
1:30 pm–Welcome and Introduction
Deborah L.. Krohn (Bard Graduate Center)

1:45 pm–Dillegrout and Puffins Cold: The Role of Emblem and Ritual in British Coronation Feasts
Ivan Day (Food Historian)

2:30 pm–The Carver in the Archive: What German Court Records Tell Us about the Practice of the Trancier’s Art
Molly Taylor-Poleskey (Middle Tennessee State University)

3:10 pm–Coffee Break

3:30 pm
Elizabeth Weinfield (Juilliard School)

4 pm–Reflections
Evelyn Lincoln (Brown University)

4:15 pm–Roundtable and Q&A

4:45 pm–Reception

Date & Time

Fri, Mar 31, 2023 1:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Venue Details

Bard Graduate Center

38 West 86th Street
New York, New York 10024

Bard Graduate Center