[H+T--Friends] Fwd: Call for Papers - Food Studies Conference, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, 4-5 October 2012

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sylvia Nam <sylvianam(a)berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 8:57 PM Subject: Call for Papers - Food Studies Conference, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, 4-5 October 2012 To: planning-announce(a)lists.berkeley.edu like to inform you of: interdisciplinary perspectives by exploring new possibilities for sustainable food production and human nutrition. The aim is to consider the dimensions of a 'new green revolution' that will meet our human needs in a more effective, equitable and sustainable way in the twenty-first century. administrators, policy makers and practitioners in food communities. Contributions range from broad theoretical and global policy explorations, to detailed studies of specific human-physiological, nutritional and social dynamics of food. Other topics are welcome, and should focus on the food sciences in the areas such as, but not limited to agricultural and environmental food sciences, food industries and markets, and local and global food sociologies. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois during the Midwestern harvest season. This is the home of the land-grant University of Illinois, located in the United States' agricultural heartland. With cutting-edge research at the University, and a full range of agricultural endeavors in the community, ranging from large agribusiness to urban farmers' markets, Urbana-Champaign represents an ideal location for the Food Studies community to gather. highlighting Urban Food Hubs and their evolving role in the local agribusiness and food industry arena. Conference tour activities will feature an exclusive farm-to-table dinner at Prairie Fruits Farm where participants will experience the slow foods movement first-hand in a unique outdoor, field-side setting. Urbana Champaign can easily be reached by commuter plane, train and road from Chicago and Bloomington, Illinois. explorations of theoretical, methodological and policy questions, to proposals which present finely grained evidence of the connections of economics, public health, government and community practices, sociological, medical and educational perspectives of food in our societies. 'Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.' Description" (thesis statement), a 200-300 word "Long Description" (abstract), and can be submitted electronically through our website. For more information regarding proposal submission requirements and to submit your proposal, please visit the conference website at: http://food-studies.com/conference-2012/call-for-papers/ are encouraged to submit and attend. website. Papers and proposals will be reviewed within two weeks of submission. The deadline to receive the Early Registration Discount is May 4 2012. proposal submission form, please visit the conference website. join us in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA in October 2012. Sylvia Nam Doctoral Candidate Department of City and Regional Planning University of California, Berkeley sylvianam(a)berkeley.edu ************************************************************** * * * This message was sent through the planning-announce listserv. * To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank message to planning-announce-leave(a)lists.berkeley.edu * * **************************************************************