On 5 and 6 June 2025, the 8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place at Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. The topic this year is Food and the City.
Interested in presenting a paper at the symposium? Submit an abstract of max. 250 words before 26 January 2025 to: Foodhistory-ub@uva.nl.
Abstracts for papers may address any topic related to the study of food and the city including, but not limited to, the following themes:
· Cities and their ‘hinterlands’ (rural & colonial)
· Eating at home and eating out
· Urban food policy and regulation
· Migration and food
· Hygiene, health, and the city
· Urban food inequality, food apartheid, and food deserts
· Food activism and food sovereignty in the city
· Urban agriculture
· Circular economies and sustainability
Applications should include:
· Title of the proposed paper
· Abstract (maximum 250 words)
· Biographical information (short CV)
· Contact information (email, telephone, and postal address)
You will be notified of the decision regarding your paper by 1 March 2025.
The Foodscapes Collective 
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