Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
20 June 2007 repeat 24 June 2007
DRINK AND SOCIETY Different drinks have come to prominence in different times, places and cultures, from stone-age villages to Ancient Greek dining rooms or Enlightenment coffee houses. What do they tell us about the course of human history?
Laurie Taylor is joined by Tom Standage, Business Editor at The Economist and the author of a new book entitled A History of the World in Six Glasses, and historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto who is Prince of Asturias Professor at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. They discuss how beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola have influenced the events and patterns of history.
VARIETIES OF NATIONALISM This evening, Roy Foster, Professor of Irish History Oxford University is giving the Eva Colorni Memorial Lecture. It is entitled Forward to Methuselah: Varieties of National Identity, and discusses the survival and changing influence of nationalism from the early 19th century to the present day.
A History of the World in Six Glasses Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN-10: 1843545950 ISBN-13: 978-1843545958
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Professor of History, Prince of Asturias, Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization at Tufts University, Medford Massachussetts
Food: A History Publisher: Pan Books; New Ed edition ISBN-10: 033049144X ISBN-13: 978-0330491440
Roy Foster, Professor of Irish History Oxford University
Eva Colorni memorial lecture Forward to Methuselah: Varieties of National Identity Wednesday 20th June 2007 at 6.30pm Venue: Moorgate building of London Metropolitan University, in the City of London. 84 Moorgate, London EC2M 6SQ tel: 020 7320 1613
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