The Vegetable Gardener by Giuseppe Archimboldo, c.1590
Participants in this blog are the natural constituency for the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery. So please note: The 27th annual Symposium is at St Catherine's College, Oxford, 11-14 September, 2008, and the theme is vegetables.
Speakers include Simon Schama and biodiversity expert James Godfrey, Chair of the International Potato Centre. As co-chair (with Claudia Roden) of the event, I've noticed that the average age of Symposiasts is pleasingly plummeting, and here's a new incentive to still-youthful scholar-foodies.
The American Friends of the Symposium has received a big anonymous donation to fund The Cherwell Food History Studentship for young scholars (under 30). It includes a $1000 (US) award and a second payment, given at the Symposium, to cover the cost of fees for the weekend as well as transport.
It's open to (and intended for) applicants of all nationalities and backgrounds, and to independent researchers, as much as to full-time graduate students, from any number of fields that study of food in a serious manner. Formal proposals, including detailed plans for research, should be submitted by email to the American Friends, sokolovr@gmail.com by Tuesday, 1 April 2008.
The applicant should also submit a proposal for a paper to the Symposium editor in the traditional manner: consult the Symposium website.
