Wendy Pfeffer (University of Louisville): "Putting Pieces Together: Spice Routes and Detective Work"

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February 27, 2015
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Humanities Institute, 104 E 15th St

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2015-02-27 12:30:00 2015-02-27 14:00:00 Wendy Pfeffer (University of Louisville): "Putting Pieces Together: Spice Routes and Detective Work" A Workshop on Material Culture Research Methods. Wendy Pfeffer is Professor of French in Classical & Modern Languages and Associate Dean for Graduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Lousville. Her forthcoming book on the intersections of medieval food, culture, and writing is Le Festin du troubadour: La nourriture, la société et la littérature médiévale en Occitanie, 1100-1500. She has served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Tenso since 1986. She was knighted a Chevalier in the Ordre des arts et des lettres by the French government in 2005.Refreshments  provided (including tasting of titular spices)You are also invited to an informal dinner reception Fri Feb 27 6-8pm at the home of Sarah-Grace Heller, 20 N Stanwood Rd, Bexley (NE corner of E Broad St) Sponsored by the Material Culture Studies Working Group 2015-2015, the Department of French and Italian, and CMRS. Humanities Institute, 104 E 15th St America/New_York public

A Workshop on Material Culture Research Methods. Wendy Pfeffer is Professor of French in Classical & Modern Languages and Associate Dean for Graduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Lousville. Her forthcoming book on the intersections of medieval food, culture, and writing is Le Festin du troubadour: La nourriture, la société et la littérature médiévale en Occitanie, 1100-1500. She has served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Tenso since 1986. She was knighted a Chevalier in the Ordre des arts et des lettres by the French government in 2005.

Refreshments  provided (including tasting of titular spices)

You are also invited to an informal dinner reception Fri Feb 27 6-8pm at the home of Sarah-Grace Heller, 20 N Stanwood Rd, Bexley (NE corner of E Broad St) 

Sponsored by the Material Culture Studies Working Group 2015-2015, the Department of French and Italian, and CMRS.