You Are What You Ate

You Are What You Ate offers a series of free public talks by specialists in food science, history and archaeology. There is plenty of time for discussion afterwards. Past speakers have included Chris Woolgar and Peter Brears.

In 2012 , we start our series of talks based on this year's project theme of 'the dark side of eating'. The venue for this season's talks is Pontefract Library, starting at 6.30pm. All talks will be followed with refreshments and a chance to see this year's 'Dark Side of Eating' exhibition at Pontefract Museum. Entry is free and there is no need to book.

Wednesday 14 March 2012
'The vices and virtue of drink (17th-18th centuries)'
Speakers: Prof John Chartres and Rachael Johnson, School of History, University of Leeds

Wednesday 21 March 2012
‘The dark side of diet: what skeletons can tell us about food in the past’
Speaker: Dr Alan Ogden, Research Fellow in Biological Anthropology, University of Bradford

Wednesday 28 March 2012
'It's grim up north: getting enough to eat in medieval Yorkshire'
Speaker: Prof Terry O'Connor, Archaeological Sciences at the University of York

Wednesday 25 April 2012
'Eating yourself to death: food and lifestyle in Renaissance Italy'
Speaker: Dr Alex Bamji, School of History, University of Leeds

Dr Iona McCleery will also be delivering a talk about the 'You are what you ate' project at the next West Yorkshire Heritage Forum Meeting on Saturday 18 February. See here for more details.

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