Events

Conference and AGM

The Society wil be holding its Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting over Zoom.

The theme for the Conference is ‘Food’. We have a fantastic range of contributors who will be giving extended talks and ‘shorties’ on a diverse selection of topics. There will also be plenty of time for chatting. The agenda for the day is set out below.

14.00 – 14.30 Chat
14.30 – 15.30 ‘Cauldrons, Comfits, Caudle and Coffins: Seventeenth Century Food
and Drink’ with Janet Few in conjunction with Mistress Agnes
15.30 – 15.50 ‘Bakewell and the Bakewell Pudding’ with Gay Evans
15.50 – 15.55 Comfort Break
15.55 – 16.15 ‘Jewish Fraternal Organisations and Food’ with Yechezkel Bund
16.15 – 16.45 Break
16.45 – 17.00 Annual General Meeting
17.00 – 18.00 ‘Feeding the Poor and Feasting the Wealthy’ with Paul Couchman
18.00 – 18.20 ‘Oats!’ with Alexandra Gilbert
18.20 – 18.50 Break
18.50 – 19.00 Introducing Our 2027 Shared Endeavour ‘Healthcare’
19.00 – 20.00 ‘Who Farmed the Land?’ with Mark Winstanley
20.00 – 21.00 ‘Victorians to the Home Front’ with Jenny Stevens
21.00 – 21.30 Chat