From the Archaeology Program at Boston University:
Symposia in Memory of Dr. Mary Beaudry
Both events require registration for in-person and remote attendance.
1.) “Findings: Material Culture And The Immaterial”
–April 22, 2022
-2:30 – 5:00 pm, followed by a reception
-Location: Ladd Room, HAW202, 23 Hawes Street (Fenway Campus)
–Register Here for both remote and in-person
-Guest Speakers:
The Temporary, the Short-Lived, and the Fleeting: Making Sense of the Materiality of the Ephemeral
Carolyn White, University of Nevada, Reno
Witch Bottles: Constituting Self and Other in the Practical Magic of the Early Modern Household
Zoë Crossland, Columbia University
Time and the Materiality of Duration
Ann Stahl, University of Victoria
The Subversive Poetics of Mary C. Beaudry
D0 an Hicks, University of Oxford
2.) “Pots And Pans, Bodkins And Trowels: Reflections On Mary Beaudry”
-April 30, 2022
-1:00 – 5:00 pm, followed by a reception
-Location: Eichenbaum Colloquium Room, RKC101, CILSE
–Register Here for both remote and in-person
-Guest Speakers:
The Interdisciplinary Life of Mary Beaudry
Rebecca Alssid, BUGastronomy
Pots, Pans, and Stills: Millet’s Ancient Journey from Nile, Veneto, and Whole Foods
James McCann, BU History
Bodkins, Beads, and Buttons: Dressing the Part in 17th-Century Massachusetts
Diana Loren, Harvard
Pots, Pans, and Labor: A Birds-Eye View of the History of the Kitchen in America
Nancy Carlisle, Historic New England
Finding Feminist Meaning in Cooking and Its History
Barbara Haber, Writer, Food Historian
Panelists: David Carballo, Jacques Pépin, Ed Bell, others to be announced
Sponsors: BU Center for the Humanities
Archaeology Program
Department of Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
Metropolitan College
Gastronomy Program
Program in Food & Wine
