Seventeenth International Conference on Food Studies

  • Food, Care, Labor: The Politics of Everyday Life
  • 9-10 September 2027
  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France + Online

Themes and Special Focus

The Food Studies Research Network is brought together around a common interest to explore new possibilities for sustainable food production and human nutrition, and associated impacts of food systems on culture. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

The Seventeenth International Conference on Food Studies calls for research addressing the following themes.

  • 2027 Special Focus—Food, Care, Labor: The Politics of Everyday Life
  • Theme 1: Care and Everyday Life
  • Theme 2: Labor, Markets, and Power
  • Theme 3: Justice, Health, and Access
  • Theme 4: Cultures, Ecologies, and Futures

Plenary Speakers

The Seventeenth International Conference on Food Studies will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field. We will offer both place-based and online options for viewing and engaging.

Program

The conference program groups together presentations along similar themes to facilitate knowledge sharing and community building. The first schedule of sessions will be available when we're able to present a complete picture of the conference. We will offer both place-based and online options for viewing and engaging. In the meantime, you may view a list of all accepted proposals (both confirmed to attend and still pending registration) on our List of Accepted Proposals.

Research Network Chairs

Hennie Fisher

Hennie Fisher

University of Pretoria, South Africa

(English)

Blanca Rosa Aguilar Uscanga

Blanca Rosa Aguilar Uscanga

University of Guadalajara, Mexico

(Spanish)

Conference Chair

Barbara Formis

Barbara Formis

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

Host Institution

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