Linguistics of Food
Linguistics of Food
Convenors: Cornelia Gerhardt (Saarland University, Germany), Polly Szatrowski (University of Minnesota, USA), Sally Wiggins (University of Linköping, Sweden), Jon Coltz (University of Minnesota, USA)
We are pleased to announce the launch of the ReN on The Linguistics of Food.
This research network will provide a space for researchers from interdisciplinary backgrounds to develop collaborative research within the linguistics of food. Building on an increasing global interest in food and eating studies, the network will enable a focus on the cultural and social interactional issues around food, incorporating all forms of applied linguistic research. The aims of the network are to make more visible the diversity of linguistics research on food and to provide an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural meeting point for researchers in food and language studies.
The network will be launched by the convenors at an online video conference in the first half of 2018. This conference will be used to spark discussions, complimentary research interests and to initiate collaborative work. A ReN website will be created to enable people to join the network and to find out about network activities.
- Upcoming conferences (by/with members or for potential meetings of sub-groups)
- “Talking about Food: Local & Global Contexts”, 26-28 April 2018, Chair of English Linguistics, University of Bayreuth, Germany (organised by Sofia Rüdiger & Susanne Mühleisen)
- Conference on the Language of Japanese Food, 4-5 May 2018, York University, Toronto, Canada (Keynote Polly Szatrowski)
- 8th International Conference on Food Studies, 25–26 October 2018, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada with a focus on Digital Food Cultures