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As expected, the 14th Annual Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) Symposium, to take place October 28-30 has sold out. The theme this year is The Cultivated South and will revolve around the culture of agriculture.
If you weren’t able to secure your tickets to this year’s symposium, there’s a waiting list in the event of cancellations as well as special events and dinners that may still be open.
Full details can be found at the SFA website here.
The Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) Fourth Annual Viking Range lecture will feature James E. McWilliams, author of three books, most recently Just Food: How Locavores Are Endangering the Future of Food and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly (Little Brown, June 2009). McWilliams is also an associate professor of history at Texas State University and a recent fellow in the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University.
The lecture will be held Tuesday, September 20, at 6:30 p.m. in the Tupelo Room of the Barnard Observatory at the University of Mississippi. The event is free and open to the public. For more information email sfaevents@olemiss.edu.
The Southern Foodways Alliance is now sharing its complete audio library of oral food histories on broadcastr.com. As of today, you’ll find 60 interviews available on the site, including an engaging 2005 interview with Michael Smith at The Columns Hotel in New Orleans.
When you arrive at the site, simply type “sfa” in the search field at the top and you’ll find all of the SFA audio files, which will play continuously once you start the first one.
As the collection of podcasts grows, more will be added, so be sure to bookmark the site!
This upcoming Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. inside the Nutt Auditorium at Ole Miss The Southern Foodways Alliance will host its third annual Viking Range Lecture.
The lecture is free and open to the public and will explore Andrew F. Smith’s forthcoming work, Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War.
Andrew F. Smith is a writer and lecturer on food and culinary history. He teaches Culinary History at the New School in Manhattan. Smith serves as the general editor for the Reaktion Books Edible Series, and is past Chair of The Culinary Trust, the philanthropic partner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). He is the Editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, and the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. He is author or editor of 15 other books, including this forthcoming work.
For more about Smith, see his website here.
Dr. Charles Reagan Wilson, Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Chair of History and Professor of Southern Studies, will introduce and welcome Mr. Smith to campus. Dr. John R. Neff, director of the Center for Civil War Research and Associate Professor of History at the University of Mississippi, will moderate discussion and questions following the lecture.
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