March Gastronomy Events
We have a busy second half of the semester planned! Please mark your calendars for the following, post-spring-break events:
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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 4:30 – 5:30PM
Milk and Cookies with Rachel Black Come say hello, meet other Gastronomy students, and discuss the semester – and have some milk and cookies.
Boston University Fuller Building (FLR) Room 109, 808 Commonwealth Avenue. This event is for current Gastronomy students only. ————————————————————————————————————————–SPRING 2012 Gastronomy at BU Lecture Series:
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 6PM
A Fine Linea: How Italian Food Advertisements Reflected and Affected Gender Division Diana Garvin, PhD candidate, Italian Studies, Cornell University
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Building (CAS), Room 211, 725 Commonwealth Avenue.
Lectures are free and open to the public. For more information contact gastrmla@bu.edu or see www.gastronomyatbu.com
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SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2012
BU’s American and New England Studies Program (AMNESP) Conference Beyond Production and Consumption: Refining American Material Culture Studies
For more information, see the official conference poster and registration form.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 4:00 – 5:45 PM
Life After Gastronomy: Part I “Pursuing The PhD”
Interested in continuing your educational journey beyond the MLA in Gastronomy? Join us for an information session and workshop to help you prepare a PhD application. BU Anthropology and History faculty will be on hand to answer questions and offer guidance. Fellow Gastronomy student Emily Contois will provide an applicants point-of-view. All students considering a PhD program are encouraged to attend. Please RSVP to Gastronomy Program Coordinator Barbara Rotger.
Boston University Fuller Building (FLR), Room 109, 808 Commonwealth Ave. For more information contact gastrmla@bu.edu or see www.gastronomyatbu.com. This is event is open to Gastronomy students only.
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SPRING 2012 Gastronomy at BU Lecture Series:
TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 6PM
Universal Free School Meals: An Ideas Whose Time Has Come Janet Poppendieck, Professor of Sociology, Emerita, Hunter College, City University of New York and the author of Free for All: Fixing School Food in America and Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Building (CAS), Room 211, 725 Commonwealth Avenue
Lectures are free and open to the public. For more information contact gastrmla@bu.edu or see www.gastronomyatbu.com
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Please submit events to gastrmla@bu.edu.