Military Foodways Symposium - call for papers - Apr 15-16

Kansas State University Libraries
Center for the Cookbook

From Hardtack to MREs: A Military Foodways Symposium

April 15-16, 2009

Call for Presentations

Kansas State University Libraries’ Center for the Cookbook--housed in the Richard L. D. & Marjorie J. Morse Department of Special Collections--is seeking presentations by academics, food industry professionals, students (graduate and undergraduate), independent scholars, and foodies. Proposals should be no more than one page in length and contain the following information:

1. Name of the presenter, academic or other professional affiliation (if any), and contact information.

2. Title of the presentation or theme of the panel.

3. Abstract of the presentation.

Individual presentations or panels may be on any aspect of military foodways; all subjects, nations, time periods, and military branches are open for this symposium. Presentations will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. Panels will be a maximum of 60 minutes with 20 minutes for questions.

The conference room supports a wide variety of formats (state-of-the-art A/V equipment installed in 2008), has comfortable seating, a high-quality sound system, and a giant screen. Sign Language Interpreters are available; please indicate need on the application.

Please submit proposals electronically to: milfood@gmail.com

For more information about the symposium, K-State, and Manhattan, Kansas, please visit:

www.lib.ksu.edu/symposium

Deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. CST, March 16, 2009.

Center for the Cookbook
Special Collections, Hale Library
Kansas State University
Manhattan KS 66506-1200
785.532.7455 [Roger C. Adams, conference information]
785.532.2164 [Regina M. Beard, registration information]