Tales from the Archive: How do food researchers from different disciplines use archives?

Monday 19 November 2012, The British Library Conference Centre, 10.00 – 16.00

Hosted by the ESRC-funded NOVELLA (Narratives of Varied Everyday Lives and Linked Approaches) project in collaboration with the British Library, this workshop will examine the issues raised by the use of archives in social science food research.

The programme will address questions such as: What historical food data-sets are available and how have they been used for different studies? How do social scientists contextualise historical data in relation to contemporary sources? What can social scientists learn from historians about working with historical data in relation to food?

Speakers:

* Libby Bishop, UK Data Archive/Timescapes and University of Essex

* Abigail Knight, Novella Food and Families

* Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield

* Stephen Mennell, University College Dublin

* Anne Murcott, SOAS/University of Nottingham

* Polly Russell, Curator, The British Library

* David Smith, Hon Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen

* Helen Wakely, Archivist, Wellcome Library

Registration fee (incl. lunch and refreshments):

* UK registered students - £30

* Staff from UK academic institutions, ESRC-funded researchers, UK registered charitable organisations and government employees - £60

* All other attendees - £120 

Book one of the few remaining places here: http://store.ioe.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=122&deptid=112&catid=42