History
Our History...
Our History...
Founded in 2011, the International Conference on Food Studies provides a forum for research and practice-based discussions, in a time of growing public and research awareness of the relations among diet, health and social wellbeing. The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of: agricultural, environmental, nutritional, social, economic and cultural perspectives on food.
The International Conference on Food Studies is built upon four key features: Internationalism, Interdisciplinarity, Inclusiveness, and Interaction. Conference delegates include leaders in the field as well as emerging scholars, who travel to the conference from all corners of the globe and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives. A variety of presentation options and session types offer delegates multiple opportunities to engage, to discuss key issues in the field, and to build relationships with scholars from other cultures and disciplines.
The Food Studies Research Network enables members to publish through two media. First, network members can enter a world of journal publication unlike the traditional academic publishing forums—a result of the responsive, non- hierarchical, and constructive nature of the peer review process. Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides a framework for double-blind peer review, enabling authors to publish in an academic journal of the highest standard. The second publication medium is through the Food Studies Book Imprint, publishing cutting edge books in print and electronic formats. Publication proposal and manuscript submissions are welcome.
The Food Studies Research Network offers several opportunities for ongoing communication among its members. Any member may upload video presentations based on scholarly work to the network YouTube channel. Quarterly email newsletters contain updates on conference and publishing activities as well as broader news of interest. Join the conversations on Facebook and Twitter, or explore our new social media platform, Scholar.
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The International Conference on Food Studies has a rich history of featuring leading and emerging voices from the field, including:
Director of Graduate Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
(2011)
Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, USA
(2012)
Executive Director, Sustainable Food Center, Austin, USA
(2013)
Senior Lecturer, University Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, France
(2014)
Founding Principal, Small Planet Institute; Head, Real Food Media Project, Bay Area, USA
(2016)
Founder, Slow Food San Francisco & Villa Italia Wines, San Francisco, USA
(2016)
Professor and Researcher, Basque Culinary Center, University of Mondragón, Spain, and manager, Food Industry Program, Bachelor Degree of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts and, Program Director, Master (MSc) in Gastronomic Sciences
(2019)