Talks, Conferences, Events

I believe in the responsibility for scholars to make their work accessible to audiences outside academia. For this reason, I frequently lecture around the world, participate in conferences and symposia, organize pop-up classes in public spaces, and give talks in festivals and events for general audiences.

 

 

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

“Food Studies: Perspectives and Strategies,” 2nd International Conference

Food and Drink as Symbols: Historical Perspectives, Krakow, October 27-28, 2017.

“Stepping Up to the Plate: the Synergies between Food Studies and Food Design,” Experiencing Food: Designing Dialogues: 1^st International Food Design and Food Studies Conference, Lisbon, October 19-21, 2017.

“Feast Your Eyes: food film, history, and cultural identities.” Second International Conference on Food History and Food Studies, Tours (France), May 26, 2016.

“The Future of Food Studies.” Graduate Conference of Food Studies, Harvard, October 23, 2015.

“Food Studies y Design Studies: La puesta en común.” Disfruta Diseño, Univeridad Nacional de Colombia y Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, October 22, 2014.

“Representations of Caribbean Food in American Popular Culture.” Conference: Caribbean Food Cultures: Representations and Performances of Eating, Drinking and Consumption in the Caribbean and Its Diasporas. Transcultural Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany, September 28, 2012.

“Tasting memories: Film representations of foodways as homemaking practice.” Conference: A taste of home. Food, identity, place and memory in Europe from a historical perspective (19th-20th centuries). FOST (Social and Cultural Food Studies), Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, February 9-10, 2012

“On Mediterranean Diet, its history and politics.” Between the Seas: A Festival of performing Arts from the Mediterranean. New York City, September 1, 2011.

“Shared Meals and Other Pleasurable Symptoms”, Presidential Address, ASFS Annual Conference, Penn State University, May 30, 2009.

“Marketing identities: Geographical indications between Elitism and Local Politics” Presidential Address at the 2008 ASFS Conference in New Orleans, June 6, 2008.

“A Plea For Pleasure.” Presidential Address at the 2007 ASFS Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, June 2, 2007.

 

 

INVITED LECTURES, TALKS, AND PANELS

“Re-designing the Future of Polish Food” (with Mateusz Halawa), Polish Cultural Institute (at Baltic), London, May 16, 2019.

“Ethnography and Food System Design” (with Mateusz Halawa), Royal College of Art, London, May 15, 2019.

“Food Design as Future Making” (with Mateusz Halawa), Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan, February 21, 2019.

“Redesigning the Future of Polish Food” (with Mateusz Halawa), Kantar Poland, Warsaw, January 24, 2019.

“Cosmopolitan Snacking: Street Food in Warsaw” (with Mateusz Halawa), City Food Workshop: Comparative Study of Street Vending Across Time and Place, New York University, November 29 and 30, 2018

“Reinventing ‘Polish food’ as heritage and national identity” (with Mateusz Halawa), L’alimentation comme patrimoine culturel: enjeux, processus et perspectives, Tours, November 15^th-18^th, 2018

“Polish Table: Mine, Yours, Ours,” Museum of Food and Drink, New York City, November 7th, 2018

“Food design i projektowanie przyszłości polskiego jedzenia” (Food design and the project of the future of Polish Food” (with Mateusz Halawa and Pawel Ciacek), Kongres Badaczy Rynku i Opinii, Warsaw, October 25^th, 2018.

“Mediterranean Diet, Intangible Heritage and Sustainable Tourism,” Conference: “Nutrition and Health: Italian Mediterranean Style,” Calandra Italian American Institute, New York City, October 23rd

“Mediterranean Diet, Intangible Heritage and Sustainable Tourism,” Conference: “Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle: from Prevention to Treatment,” Temple University, Philadelphia, October 19^th, 2018

“Food Design as Future Making” (with Mateusz Halawa), Copenhagen University, October 10^th, 2018

“Ethnography and Systemic Food Design” (with Mateusz Halawa), Denmark Technical University, Food Skylab, Copenhagen, October 9^th, 2018

“Food, Design, and Systemic Innovation” (with Mateusz Halawa), Copenhagen University, October 9^th, 2018

“Redesigning the Future of Polish Food: Between the Local and the Cosmopolitan” (with Mateusz Halawa), Leiden University, Anthropology Department, October 8^th, 2018

“The Power of Taste: from Royal Courts to Instagram,” Conference The Power of Taste: Europe at the Royal Table, Wilanów (Poland), October 6^th, 2018

“Institutionalizing Taste: Geographical indications and place-based labels,” Institute of philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Science, October 4^th, 2018.

“The Polish Plate: Food in Poland, Polish Food in the World,” Chatham University, September 27, 2018.

“Food, Gender and Media in Italy,” University of Pittsburgh, September 26, 2018.

“Gender and the Politics of Food,” University of Pittsburgh, September 26, 2018.

“Food, Design, and Systemic Innovation.” SIPA, Columbia University, September 24, 2018

“The flavors of memory: fine dining, modernity, and tradition” (with Mateusz Halawa), Cuisine and history: discovering past and present culinary trends, Gruczno (Poland), August 19, 2018

“Food, Popular Culture, and Politics,” Poznan Food Festival, Poznan (Poland), August 17, 2018

“The Impact, Benefits, and Costs of GI implementation,” Geographical Indications for Food Symposium: Exploring Local Origin, Community Development and Intellectual Property Rights (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Law Institute, and the American Society for International Law), Washington DC, May 31, 2018

“Feasting Our Eyes: Películas gastronómicas y identidad cultural,” Tijuana Book Fair, Tijuana (Mexico), May 27, 2018

“Comida Italiana: Entre Local y Global,” Tijuana Culinary Art School, Tijuana (Mexico), May 25, 2018

“La Cucina degli Emigranti,” eStoria History Festival (Gorizia, Italy), May 19, 2018

“Feasting Our Eyes: Food Films and Cultural Identity.” Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan (Italy), May 17, 2018

“Food Studies and Systemic Design,” Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan (Italy), May 17, 2018

“Redesigning the Future of Polish Food,” CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, April 18, 2017

“Place-Based Labels,” The New School, New York City, April 4, 2018

“Food and authenticity: between history and inventing traditions,” Torun Food Festival, Torun, March 24, 2018

“Foraging and hunting in the Mediterranean food traditions,” Las, łąka i świat: skąd jest nasze jedzenie?, Bydgoszcz, March 23, 2018

“Cuisines, Heritage, and Intellectual Property in the Global Market,” A Taste of Diversity, Bologna University, March 2, 2018 (remote participation)

“Negotiating Value in the Polish Foodscape: The Local, The National, The Cosmopolitan,” with Mateusz Halawa, New York University, February 28, 2018

“Research in Food Studies,” K.A.H.M Unity Women’s College Manjeri, Kerala (India), February 23, 2018

“Food, Memory, and Ethnicity,” P.G & Research Department of History, PSMO College Tirurangadi , Kerala (India), February 22, 2018

“Food Culture, Preservation, and Quality,” MES Mampad College, Mampad, Kerala (India), February 21, 2018

“History of Food,” Department of History, University of Calicut, Kerala (India), February 20, 2018

“Food, Identity, and Culture,” K.A.H.M Unity Women’s College  Manjeri, Kerala (India), February 19, 2018

“Geographical Indicators,” Roundtable Discussion, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and The World Food Law Institute, Washington D.C.. January 30, 2018

Mediterranean Det: Present, Past and Future,” panel discussion, Italian-American Museum, New York City, November 15, 2017

“Coming Where it Comes From,” book launch, The New School, New York City, November 8, 2017

“Landscape to Table. Extremadura, the Acorn Meadows, and the Iberian Pig,” panel discussion, Eat Spain UP series, Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, Washington, DC., October 6, 2017.

“The Urban Foodscape: A New Frontier for Design and Policy,” panel discussion,  The New School, New York City, September 28, 2017

“Food, tourism and festivals as tools for local development,” Festiwal Kuchni Kujawskiej, Lubraniec (Poland), September 10, 2017

“Doing food history: between past and present,” Wilanów Palace Museum, Warsaw (Poland), September 9, 2017

“History and traditions: the dialogue with contemporary cuisine in Italy and the US,” Warsaw Culinary Festival, Warsaw (Poland), September 9, 2017

“Between locality and Europe. The cuisines of Italian courts of late Medieval and Renaissance Times,” Europejski Festiwal Smaku, Lublin (Poland), September 8, 2017

“Local traditional products and the global market,” Local food culture: from history to community development, Gruczno (Poland), August 20, 2017

“L’Italia in tavola.” Panel discussion with Jon Dickie and Alessandro Marzo Magno. History Festival èStoria, Gorizia, May 27, 2017.

“Saziamoci gli occhi/Feasting Our Eyes: cibo e cinema in Italia e USA.” Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milano, May 25, 2017.

“Food Design and Systemic Design.” Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milano, May 25, 2017.

“Un mondo di semi: L’impatto del cibo sugli equilibri del mondo, e sulla nostra vita.” (A world of seeds: the impact of food on the world and on life.” Panel discussion with Marco Boscolo and Giovanni Spataro, Food & Science Festival, Mantova (Italy), May 7, 2017.

“The Food Movement: Now What?” Panel discussion at the Fales Library of New York University, New York, April 20, 2017.

“Urban Food Security in Context.” With Rachel Knopf Shey. EarthWeek: Going Beyond “Green. The New School, New York, April 19, 2017.

“Reshaping Italian Foodways: From Cibo di Strada to Street Food.” CityFood Symposium, New York University, New York, March 4, 2017

“Feasting Our Eyes: Food Films and Cultural Identity in Italy.” University of Massachussets, Amherst, March 30, 2017.

“Food Cultures, Local Economies, and Sustainable Tourism.” Lower Vistula Society, Chrystkowo, Poland, December 17, 2016.

“Place-Based Labels and Local Food Cultures.” Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland, December 16, 2016.

“Food History: Understanding the Past, Reading the Present.” Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland, December 15, 2016.

“Al Dente: Food in Italy between the Local and the Global.” Calandra Italian American Institute, New York City, November 10, 2016.

“Feast Your Eyes: Food, Film, and Memory Making.” Lebanon Valley College, PA, November 9, 2016.

“Food, Fascism, and the Construction of the National Italian Identity.” (VIA SKYPE) 2016 International Symposium History of Food and National Food Culture. Lomonosov Moscow State University, October 28, 2016.

“Spain’s Millennial Chefs.” Round table at NYU’s King Juan Carlso Center, October 27, 2016.

“Feast your eyes: food film, history, and cultural identity.” CUNY Graduate Center, October 26, 2016.

“Food Studies y el Food Design Sistémico.” IV Encuentro de la Red Latinoamericana de Food Design. Ensenada, Mexico, October 20, 2016.“Food, Identity and Globalization.” Discussion panel with Krishnendy Ray and Zilkia Janer. Drew University, Madison NJ, September 29, 2016

“What Does Media Tell us about Food and Ourselves”, MAD/YALE Leadership Summit, Yale, June 16, 2016.

“Design Thinking and Food Systems.” Convescote 68, Goma Design Center, Rio de Janeiro, June 9, 2016.

“Food and Slavery.” 12^th International History Festival. Gorizia (Italy), May 20, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhYYAQ6NwTI

“Global Trade, Food Safety, and the Fear of Invisible Invaders.” Invasive Others conference, The New School, New York City, May 21 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWEN_eRwvWc

“From Columbus to the Nagoya Protocol: How Ecological Imperialism Originated Indigenous Knowledge Exploitation and Biopiracy.” TEDC Skill Labs, The New School, New York City, April 27, 2017.

“Edible Technologies.” Panel respondent. Critical Consumption: The Future of Food Studies conference, Princeton University, April 1, 2016.

“An Interdisciplinary Pairing: Food and English Language Teaching,” with Jessica Dukes and Tamara Kirson. NYS Tesol Applied Linguistics Winter Conference, Columbia University, Teachers’ College, New York City, March 4, 2016.

“Les Migrations du Goût.” Mode d’Emploi Cultural Festival. Hôtel de Region, Lyon (France), November 21, 2015. https://soundcloud.com/villa-gillet/sets/mode-demploi-2015

“Food Studies: The New School and NYC.” Ph.d Course in Food Studies and Food design. AAU/Cph. Aalborg University, Copenhagen, November 17, 2015.

“Redesigning Food Systems and Food Networks.” FINe’s International Outlook and Research Workshop Series Aalborg University, Copenhagen, November 16, 2105.

“Feast your eyes: food in film.” Port Hope Public Library, Port Hope Ontario, November 13, 2015.

“Eating the Future: Design and Sustainable Food Systems.” Northumberland Learning Connection, Cobourg Ontario, November 12, 2105.

“Between Terroir and Global Market: Traditional Products and Place-Based Labels.” University of Toronto Scarborough, November 12, 2015.

“Unequal Territories: Traditional Products in the Global Market.” Department of Food Studies and Nutrition, New York University, New York City, October 2, 2015.

“Italian Food Cultures and the Environment.” Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, September 21, 2015.

“Italian Food History.” Alma Scuola di Cucina. Colorno (Parma), Italy, July 16, 2015.

“Eat it, don’t tweet it: l’alimentation et la satire vidéo aux États-Unis.” L’Image Railleuse conference, Institut National d’Histoire de lart, Paris, June 25, 2015.

“Does Food Need Design?” US Pavilion at the Milano Expo 2015. Milano, Italy, June 4, 2015.

“Al Dente: A History of Food in Italy.” Hunter College, New York City, April 16, 2015.

“Food Design and the Urban-Rural Nexus.” New York University, April 13, 2015.

“Eating, Media, and Politics.” Culinary Art Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria, March 16, 2015.

“Al Dente: A History of Food in Italy.” Harvard University, Cambridge MA, March 5, 2015.

“Food, Design, and Designers; Making Sense of Emerging Practices.” GIDEST, The New School, New York, December 5, 2014.

“Italy: food, identity, and globalization.” Drew University, Madison NJ, November 17, 2014.

“Food, Media, and Communication.” Food-X Business Incubator, New York, November 5, 2014.

“Food in Italy: The Local and The Global.” University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, November 3, 2014.

“Italian Food, Ethnicity, and Globalization.” University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, October 13, 2014.

“Slow-Food et la gastronomie : une voie de libération?” Conference Les Imaginaires de la Gastronomie, Colloques Jacques Cartier, Montreal, October 7, 2014.

“Cuisiner en temps de pénurie, les publications féminines en Italie sous le régime fasciste.” Le Banquet Scientifique 2.0: Guerre et Alimentation, Reims, September 25, 2014.

“Media and Communications in Food Studies.” Food Studies – A New Agenda? Lectures at FINe, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, September 17, 2014.

“The Food Studies program at The New School, NYC” FINe’s International Outlook and Research Workshop Series, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, September 16, 2014.

“Al Dente: A History of Food in Italy.” Drexel University, Philadelphia, August 19, 2014.

“Dining and Design: Art, Function, and Communication,” Cuisine and its Artification by the Arts (16th-21th centuries), conference, Centre d’Archives de Montreal, November 13-14, 2013.

“The History of Italian Food,” Dusit Thani College, Bangkok, July 15, 2013.

“Food, Places, and Names: Local Food, Global Trade, and the Future of Rural Communities,” New York Public Library, May 29, 2013.

“Beyond Marketing and Production: Geographical Indications, Identity Politics, and the Environment.” Taste | Power | Tradition: Geographical Indications as Cultural Property, Ludwig-Uhland-Institute of Empirical Cultural Science, University of Tübingen, May 16, 2013.

“Academic vs. professional training.” Panel Discussion. Future of Food Studies Workshop, Food Choice, Freedom, and Politics: An Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, Indiana University Bloomington, May 10, 2013.

“Food, Identity, and Cultural Reproduction in Immigrant Communities,” Food and Immigrant Life Conference, April 19, 2013.

Food and Film Roundtable, James Beard Foundation, New York, February 25, 2012.

“Feasting your Eyes: Food and Film,” Carne & Co, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January 24, 2013.

“Feasting your Eyes: Food and Film,” Regional Museum of Archaeology, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic, January 22, 2013.

“Food, Film, and Cultural Citizenship,” Segan National Colloquium, Ohio Wesleyan University, November 14, 2012.

“Slow Food and the Culture of the Table: a Viable Model for the US?” Slow Food: A Model for Sustainable and Healthy Living. The University of Maine, Bangor, October 27, 2012.

“Savoring Semiotics: Food in Intercultural Communication,” Molecular Cuisine: The Politics of Taste Conference, School of Visual Arts, October 21, 2012.

“When Weirdoes Stir the Pot: Food and Masculinity in Contemporary Animated Movies.” Food Networks: Gender and Foodways, University of Notre Dame South Bend, January 26-29, 2012.

“Sugar Skulls to King Cakes: Global Memories and Holiday Traditions” American Museum of Natural History. New York City, December 14, 2011.

“Tasting Places: Food, Memory, and Identity.” University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 21, 2011.

“Food Studies and Pop Culture: Research and Methodologies.” CUNY Graduate Center Food Studies PhD Seminar. NYC, October 13, 2011.

“Eating Us Up: Food, Pop Culture, and the Role of Media.” James Beard Foundation Food Conference. NYC, October 12, 2011.

“Who gets to tell the story? Representation, appropriation and distribution of the Black Image.” Panel Participant. Conference Re-Mixed and Re-Mastered: Defining and Distributing the Black Image in the Era of Globalization”, The New School, April 9, 2011.

“Of Food and Popular Culture” Fridays @One series, IRP, The New School, New York, March 4, 2011.

“Food Culture in Italy.” Invited Lecture, Department of Italian, Yale University. New Haven, February 21, 2011.

“Food, memory and history in film.” Invited lecture in the course History of Food and Cuisine (Prof. Paul Freedman, Dept. of History, Acting Chair). Yale University. February 21, 2010.

“The Masculine and The Meal: Representations of Food and Men in Blockbuster Movies.” Public Lecture, The Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University. February 21, 2011.

“Chefs Who’ve Moved to School.” Panel Discussion. IACP New York City Regional Conference. The French Culinary Institute, February 19, 2011.

“Licensing Culinary Heritage: Geographical Appellations and Cultural Consecration.” Menu and the Media, the Humanities Initiative, NYU. November 16, 2010.

“A Cultural Approach to Food Experience.” 1^st International Symposium on Food Experience Design, London Metropolitan College, London (UK) November 9, 2010.

“Food, memory, and the politics of heritage production in film.” Memory And Politics Group, New School for Social Research. The New School, NYC, October 28, 2010.

“Foodshed as Culture”. Speaker and Moderator at the Environmental Consortium Hudson Region Foodshed Conference. Rockland Community Collefe. Suffern NY, October 14, 2010.

“Junk, Fast, Local, Authentic: What is Food Studies about?” Public panel with Andy Smith at the New School Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York, October 7, 2010.

“Food, Memory, and Cultural Heritage in Film.” Campus d’ete of IHECA (Institut Europeen d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation. Tours (France), September 4, 2010.

“Gastronomia, Sabores, Fooding: Na boca de quem estuda, sabe, ensina.” Casa Do Saber. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), August 16, 2010.

“Gli itinerary europei come vie di cultura e vie del gusto” (European itineraries as culture and culinary routes). International Conference Le Vie del Dialogo (The Routes of Dialogue). European Institute of Cultural Routes (Council of Europe). Lucca-Camaiore, May 15, 2010.

“From Lens to Hands: Visual Representations of Food.” Panel organized by the Experimental Cuisine Collective as part of the Umami Food and Art Festival. Dactyl Foundation, New York City, March 8, 2010.

“Geographical Indications:  Food, Politics, and the Law.” From Field to Tablet:  A Symposium on Food, Culture, and the Law. University of Iowa, February 26, 2010.

“Why (and exactly How) New York Simply Loves Italian.” Fales Collection Series, New York University, February 3, 2010.

“Food Show: When Performance Becomes Lunch and Why We Finally Have an Appetite for a New Sort of Show Cooking”, Fales Collection Series, New York University, October 15, 2009.

“Food as a gateway to cultural exchanges”, Conference: Food and Culture Programs: Exploring and Designing Brands, Chicago Expo, July 18, 2009.

“La transmission des valeurs culinaires, une préoccupation citoyenne” Symposium Food Culture, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, July 2, 2009.

“Food, Film, and Masculinity”, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, June 24, 2009.

“Food, Politics, and Media in Europe & the US: Research and Pedagogy Aspects”, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, European Union Center & Department of Advertising, April 1, 2009.

“Gastropolis: Food and New York City” Panel Discussion, New York University, March 13, 2009.

“China’s Economy on the Brink: A Future Food Superpower?” Conference “Dumpling and Dynasties: The Evolution of Modern Chinese Cuisine”, New York University, November 14, 2008.

“The Mediated Meal’ in the series of conferences and events “Feeding Frenzy”, New York University, September 27, 2008.

“The Discovery of the Mediterranean Diet: Food, Culture and Media in Contemporary Italy”, Conference “Exploring the Mediterranean Diet in Italy: Food, Culture and Education.” Chicago Navy Pier, September 20, 2008.

“Le goût et le cerveau”, Congrès Cultures et Saveurs d’Europe, Strasbourg, July 10, 2008.

“La redécouverte des identités culinaires en Italie”, Congrès Cultures et Saveurs d’Europe, Strasbourg, July 9, 2008.

“Food, Identity, and Cultural Rights”, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, June 30 2008.

“Bittersweet flavors: Sicilian food from the page to the screen”, Princeton University, Department of French and Italian, March 27, 2008.

“The Future of Italian Food: Slow Food, Cultural Rights and Intellectual Property”, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Italian Dept. March 24, 2008.

“The Power of the Pen: The Role of the Editor in Writings on Food”, Panel at the Fales Library, New York University, March 13, 2008.

“Sicilian Food in Film and Literature”, A Taste of Sicily Symposium, Boston University, February 23, 2008.

“Le rapport entre traditions gastronomique et identités locales et nationales en Europe”, Council of Europe, Europalia Festival, Bruxelles, Belgium, January 18, 2008.

“Evoluzioni e tendenze della cucina Italiana”, Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Luxembourg and Council of Europe, Librerie Altrimenti, Luxembourg, January 17, 2008.

“The Mediterranean Diet in America: Translation and Marketing”, Conference on “Italy and the Mediterranean Diet: Food Culture, Nutrition, and the Question of Quality”, Casa Italiana, New York University, October 19, 2007.

“Contemporary Food and Media in Italy”, College of Communications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, September 13, 2007.

“Promotion touristique et gastronomie: entre tradition et avant garde, l’exemple de New-York” (Tourism and gastronomy, between traditions and avant-garde: the New York case), Colloque Jacques Cartier: Gastronomie et rayonnement touristique, Université Lyon 2, Lyon France, December 5-6, 2006.

“From Here to There: The Chains and Systems of Food”, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, NYU, New York NY, October 19th 2006.

“Post-revolutionary Chowhounds: Food, Pleasure, and the Italian Left”, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, October 2^nd 2006.

“Exporting the Mediterranean Identity: Gambero Rosso, Slow Food and the New Italian Food Scene”, Third Annual Robert Dombroski Italian Conference, University of Connecticut at Storrs, October 1^st 2006.

“Italian Regionalism and its Role in Food Culture and Identity”, The Mediterranean Diet: Fact and Fiction, NYU La Pietra, Firenze, Italy, May 22^nd 2006.

“Futurist Dinners”, Williams College, Williams MA, March 4th 2006.

“Identity and Diversity in the Culinary Cultures of Europe”, Council of Europe panel, Gourmet Voice Festival, Cannes, France, January 28^th 2006.

“The Cultural Impact and Implication on the American Table of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas/New York Connection”, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, NYU, New York NY, June 15th 2005.

“Food Culture in Italy”, NYU Casa Italiana, November 9, 2004.

“Il Turismo Enogastronomico” (Food and Wine Tourism), Press Forum, BITEG – International Food and Wine Tourism Convention), Riva del Garda, May 8^th, 2004.

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Exploring  the Global Brooklyn: Design, Senses, and the Experience Economy  in the Cosmopolitan Foodscape,” ASFS Annual Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, June 16, 2018

“Roundtable: Design and Food Studies: Teaching, Thinking, Doing,” ASFS Annual Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, June 14, 2018

“Roundtable: Teaching Food History,” ASFS Annual Conference, Occidental College, Los Angeles, June 17, 2017

“Roundtable: Food Studies/Design/Pedagogy,” ASFS Annual Conference, Occidental College, Los Angeles, June 17, 2017

“Honey, Where’s the Stove? Performances of Masculine Domesticity in American Comedy Films,” ASFS Annual Conference, Occidental College, Los Angeles, June 15, 2017

“Roundtable: Social Media for Scholars,” ASFS Annual Conference, Occidental College, Los Angeles, June 15, 2017

“Food studies, design, and systemic strategies,” Association for the Study of Food and Society Annual Conference, University of Toronto at Scarborough, June 25, 2016.

“Gluttonous crimes: Chew, comic books, and the ingestion of masculinity,” NCA Annual Conference, Chicago, November 21, 2014.

“Starred Cosmopolitanism: Celebrity Chefs, Documentaries, and the Circulation of Global Desire.” NCA Annual Conference, Chicago, November 21, 2014.

“Starred Cosmopolitanism: Celebrity Chefs, Documentaries, and the Circulation of Global Desire.” ASFS Annual Conference, University of Vermont, Burlington VT, June 19, 2014.

“Gluttonous crimes: Chew, comic books, and the ingestion of masculinity,” ASFS Annual Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI, June 21, 2013.

“The Rhetoric of Pizza: Intercultural Communication and Italian Politics.” National Communication Association 97th Annual Convention, New Orleans, November 17-20, 2011.

“A Taste of Louisiana: Mainstreaming Blackness Through Food in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.” National Communication Association 97th Annual Convention, New Orleans, November 17-20, 2011.

“Eating La Famiglia: Consumption of Authenticity in Italian-Themed Chain Restaurants.” NEPCA Annual Conference, Western Connecticut State University, Donbury, November 9-12, 2011.

“Marketing Women’s Know-how: Gender, Place, and Geographical Indications.” Association for the Study of Food and Society Conference, Missoula, Montana, June 9 – 12, 2011.

“Consuming a Culture Clash: the Intersection of Foodways and Foodsystems.” Panel Participant. Association for the Study of Food and Society Conference, Missoula, Montana, June 9 – 12, 2011.

“Sicilian Food in Movies”. The 3 Fs in Italian Cultures: Critical Approaches to Food, Fashion, and Film. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York, April 29, 2011.

“Hungry Boys don’t Cry: Food and Masculinities in Blockbuster Movies.” American Men’s Studies Association Conference, Kansas City, April 2, 2011.

“Savoring memory: food, flavors, and the tasting subject.” New School Memory Conference, New York, March 25, 2011.

“Looking At Men’s Tables: Food and Masculinities in Blockbuster Movies.” Chew on This Scholars Seminar. National Communication Association Conference, San Francisco, November 13, 2010.

“Costa Rica between trademarks and geographical indications. A case study in the development of tipicality.” Conference Tipicita’ nella Storia. Universita’ di Parma – Langhirano (Italy), September 10, 2010.

“God’s Diets: The Bible as Eating Guide”, ASFS Annual Conference, Penn State University, May 30, 2009.

“Roundtable: Food as Intangible Cultural Heritage” ASFS Annual Conference, Penn State University, May 29, 2009.

“Jams, Juice, and Forbidden Fruits: Edible Black Masculinities in US pop culture”, ASFS Conference, Boston University, June 7-11, 2006.

“Quilting the Empty Body: Lacan and the Mirror”, ASFS Conference, Portland OR, June 9-12, 2005.

“Soul Food and the Black Female Body”, CAAR (Collegium for African American Research) Conference, Tours April 21-24, 2005.

“Bootylicious: food and representations of the female body in contemporary black Pop Culture”, ASFS Conference, Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, NY, June 10-13, 2004.

“Food and Masculinity in Health Magazines” ASFS Conference, Austin TX, June 12-15 2003.

“Savoring signs: toward a semiotics of food”, American Philosophers’ Association Conference, Cleveland OH April 24-26 , 2003.

“Tasty utopias: Food and Politics in Science Fiction”, ASFS Conference, Loyola University, Chicago IL. June 14-16, 2002.

“Hungry Engrams: Food and non-representative Memory”, Food and Philosophy Conference “Know Thyself: Food and the Human Condition”, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS, April 5-6 2002.

“Of Breasts and Beasts: Vampires and Infants”, ASFS Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN June 7-10, 2001.

 

 

PUBLIC TEACHING (POP-UP CLASSES)

“Tourism and Sustainable Food Systems.” Union Square, New York City, April 22, 2013.

“Local food, global trade, and the future of rural communities.” Union Square, New York City, November 19, 2012.

““Can Food Studies Make Us Better Food Shoppers?” Earth Week Outdoors Classroom, Union Square, New York City, April 13, 2012.

“Food Studies in the City: Exploring Systems and Choices.” New Green City. Union Square, New York City, October 5, 2011.

Food Studies Pop-up Class. Union Square, New York City, April 20, 2011.

 

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