Fourteenth International Conference on Food Studies

  • Place Matters: The Valorization of Cultural, Gastronomic, and Territorial Heritage
  • 2-4 October 2024
  • Politécnico de Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal + Online

2024 Plenary Speakers

The Fourteenth International Conference on Food Studies featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Gerrie du Rand

Gerrie du Rand

Associate Professor, Department of Consumer and Food Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa

“Tracing Culinary Identity through Sense of Place: Perspectives Gained from Past Lessons to Inform Future Structures"

Ricardo Bonacho

Ricardo Bonacho

Assistant Professor, Universidade Europeia of Lisbon, Portugal

"Let the Simplicity of Form Lead to the Complexity of Taste: A ‘Rissol’ in Shape or the Shape of a ‘Rissol’"

Francesc Xavier Medina Luque

Francesc Xavier Medina Luque

Full Professor, Academic and Programmes Co-Director, Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

“Does ‘Place’ Really Matter? On Food, Culture, Heritage and Socioeconomic Development"

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)

Local Conference Hosts

Cátia Rijo

Cátia Rijo

Vice President of Higher School of Education of Lisbon, Lisbon Polytechnic, Portugal Coordinator of the Visual Arts and Technologies DegreeDesignLab4U Founder

 Vera Barradas

Vera Barradas

Pró-Presidente, Comunicação e Imagem Institucional, Coordenadora Mestrado design de identidade digital, Polytechnic University of Portalegre, Portugal

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2024 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Kelly Spring

Kelly Spring

The Fork Front, USA

(In-Person)

Mariane Ravagio Catelli

Mariane Ravagio Catelli

São Paulo State University, Brazil

(In-Person)

Evelyn Lambeth

Evelyn Lambeth

University of Tasmania, Australia

(In-Person)

Ellen Gonzalez

Ellen Gonzalez

PUC Rio, Brazil

(In-Person)

​Erika Borrelli

​Erika Borrelli

University of Windsor, Canada

(In-Person)

Mónica E. Lugo-Vélez

Mónica E. Lugo-Vélez

North Carolina State University, United States

(In-Person)

Danica Trifunjagić

Danica Trifunjagić

Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies, Germany

(In-Person)

Alison Kuah

Alison Kuah

University of Cape Town, South Africa

(Online Only)

Bruna Blaskievicz

Bruna Blaskievicz

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(Online Only)

Diana Pinto

Diana Pinto

University of Porto, Portugal

(Online Only)

Dishari Chattaraj

Dishari Chattaraj

Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India

(Online Only)

Lee Frankel-Goldwater

Lee Frankel-Goldwater

University of Colorado Boulder, USA

(Online Only)

Nida Saeed

Nida Saeed

University of London, UK

(Online Only)

Conference Partners