International Commission for Research into European Food History (ICREFH)
16th International Congress
EATING ON THE MOVE (nineteenth to twenty-first centuries)
7-10 September 2021, Rome
Roma Tre University (8, 9 September 2021), Via Silvio D’Amico, 77
Hotel Villa Benedetta (7,10 September), Via della Moletta, 10
Tuesday 7 September (Hotel Villa Benedetta, Conference room) | ||||||
15:00 | Conference opening | |||||
Welcome speech by Sylvie Vabre – University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, ICREFH President (France) | ||||||
Welcome speech by the organizers of the conference Introductory speech by Peter Scholliers – Vrije University Brussel (Belgium) | ||||||
15:30-17:00 | 1st Session: Food as salvation and memory through the eyes of the Italians in the 1940s-50s – Chair: Gianpiero Fumi – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (Italy) | |||||
Keti Lelo, Giuseppe Stemperini – Roma Tre University (Italy) | ||||||
Food and the Allied Forces in Italy: 1943-1947 | ||||||
Alessandro Albanese Ginammi – ISEM, CNR (Italy) | ||||||
Memories and Recipes from Italians in Libya in the 1950s | ||||||
Discussion | ||||||
17:00-17:30 | Break | |||||
17:30-18:30 | Biennial General Meeting – Organization of ICREFH 2023 Symposium | |||||
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19:30 | Dinner at Villa Benedetta Hotel | |||||
Wednesday 8 September (Roma Tre University, Department of Business Studies – Sala delle Lauree) | ||||||
9:00-11:30 | 2ndSession – The troubled adventure of food during long and dangerous journeys – Chair: Sylvie Vabre – University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France) | |||||
Isabelle Bianquis – University of Tours F. Rabelais (France) | ||||||
Cooking on the Way to Antarctica | ||||||
James Eduard Malin – New York University (US) | ||||||
Liftoff but Left out: Czech Gastrodiplomatic Suppression on USSR Spacecraft | ||||||
Rita d’Errico – Roma Tre University, Claudio Besana – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Gabriele Rubini, Daniela Bruni – Italian indipendent researchers (Italy) | ||||||
The Food of Migrant People on the Move from Italy to the Americas (19th-20th Centuries) and from Africa to Italy across the Mediterranean (21stCentury) | ||||||
Discussion | ||||||
11:30-11:50 | Break | |||||
11:50-13:20 | 3rd Session: The troubled adventure of food during long and dangerous journeys (part 2) – Chair: Stefano Magagnoli – University of Parma, Daniela Adorni – University of Turin (Italy) | |||||
Ritva Kylli – University of Oulu (Finland) | ||||||
Nourishment, Emotions, Identity – Food in Late 19th Century Nordic Polar Expeditions | ||||||
Caroline Favre – University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (France) | ||||||
Organisation, Ingenuity and Versatility: Cooking for Alexander III on his Official Tour of the Southwest Regions of the Russian Empire | ||||||
Discussion | ||||||
13:20-14:30 | Light lunch | |||||
14:30-15:15 | Open seminar Food History on the Move: focus on the historical changes linked to the spread of railway system and to the economic post-war economic boom treated by Jean Pierre Williot (author of the book Mobilités alimentaires. Restaurations et consommations dans l’espace des chemins de fer en France, XIXe-XXIe siècle, Paris, éditions de la Sorbonne, 2021) and Francesco D’Ausilio (author of the book A tavola. Gli italiani e il cibo tra il 1945 e “i lunghi anni ’80”, Rome, Palombi Editori, 2021). Discussants: Stefano Magagnoli – University of Parma (Italy), Peter Scholliers – Vrije University Brussel (Belgium) | |||||
15:15-15:30 | Break | |||||
15:30-17:00 | 4th Session: The multidimensional journey of food: in time and in art – Chair: Sylvie Vabre – University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès (France) | |||||
Peter Scholliers – Vrije University Brussel (Belgium) | ||||||
Food Names on The Move: Pain de Gonesse in Europe | ||||||
Agata Stronciwilk – Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa (Poland) | ||||||
Migrating Tastes. Food, Politics and Identity in Contemporary Art | ||||||
Discussion | ||||||
18:00 | Guided tours to Basilica of St. Paul and historic district of Garbatella | |||||
20:00/20:30 | Dinner in Garbatella | |||||
Thursday 9 September (Roma Tre University, Department of Business Studies – Sala delle Lauree) | ||||||
9:00-11:30 | 5th Session: Eating on the road – Chair: Carlo M. Travaglini – Roma Tre University (Italy) | |||||
Gianpiero Fumi – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (Italy) | ||||||
A Penny for Your Meal. The Development of Coin-operated Food Selling, with a Focus on the Italian Case | ||||||
David Bell, Theresa Moran – Ohio University (US) | ||||||
What’s in your knapsack?: The food choices of North American and British day hikers, 1900-1990 | ||||||
Ilaria Suffia – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Valerio Varini – Bicocca University, Milan (Italy) | ||||||
Travelling Gastronomy. The Michelin Guides and the Selection of Taste. | ||||||
11:30-12:00 | Break | |||||
12:00-13:30 | 6th Session: Eating on the train – Chair: Rita d’Errico – Roma Tre University (Italy) | |||||
Jean-Pierre Williot – University of Paris Sorbonne (France) | ||||||
The Birth of the Railway Catering in 19th Century France | ||||||
Maria Kapkan – Ural Federal University (Russia) | ||||||
A Taste of Travel or a Bite of Home: Eating on Soviet Trains, 1960s – 1980s | ||||||
Discussion | ||||||
13:30-15:00 | Light lunch | |||||
15:00-17:30 | 7th Session: Eating on the road (part 2) – Chair: Isabelle Bianquis – University of Tours F. Rabelais (France) | |||||
Sylvie Vabre – University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès (France) | ||||||
“Ready-made” Cuisine Raynal & Roquelaure – Capdenac – France | ||||||
Stefano Magagnoli – University of Parma, Daniela Adorni – University of Turin (Italy) | ||||||
Eating on the Road in the Italian Economic Boom. The Picnic Between Tradition and Innovation | ||||||
Andrea Locatelli, Nicola Martinelli – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (Italy) | ||||||
Eating at the “Hotel Posta”: the Case of the Central Italian Alps during the 19th and 20th Centuries | ||||||
Discussion | ||||||
18:30 | Jewish Ghetto of Rome guided tour | |||||
20:00/20:30 | Dinner in the city center | |||||
Friday 10 September (Hotel Villa Benedetta) | ||||||
9:30-12:00 | 8th Session: “Travelling”, imagining, and representing through food – Chair: Maria Kapkan – Ural Federal University (Russia) | |||||
Martin Franc – Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic) | ||||||
Queuing for “Chinese”. Representative Foreign Restaurants in Prague in the 1950s–1980s as a Form of Travelling at Home | ||||||
Catherine Salzman – Independent researcher (Netherlands) | ||||||
Recipes travel | ||||||
Francesco D’Ausilio – Vrije University Brussel (Belgium) | ||||||
Exotic Cuisine in «The Long Eighties»: Culinary Magazine Narratives in the US and UK | ||||||
Discussion | ||||||
12:30 | Light lunch at Villa Benedetta hotel | |||||
15:00-18:00 | Guided tour to Ostia antica (at least 10 participants) |