Upcoming Conference: Gastronomy, Communication, and Heritage in the Diaspora

Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The Global Food Cultures program of New York University jointly present a special symposium on

Gastronomy, Communication, and Heritage in the Diaspora: The Hong Kong Experience

Time : 9:30-12:00 p.m., Tuesday, 8th January, 2013
Venue: LT5, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK(next to the University Station and Hyatt Shatin Hotel)

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This symposium explores the foodways in the lives of people in the global context of diaspora. Speakers include Casey Lum, Professor of Communication at William Paterson University (USA ) and Board of Directors of the Urban Communication Foundation, who has been researching in media ecology and urban food cultures as forms of communication; Sidney Cheung, Professor and anthropologist, who has recently finished a food-related knowledge transfer project on developing touristic resources from within (and for) the local neighborhood in Sheung Wan; Peter Cuong Franklin, a consultant chef and the chef-owner of the Vietnamese restaurant ChomChom and a graduate from Le Cordon Bleu with a Grand Diplôme de Cuisine and Patisserie, who has trained and worked at the like of the Michelin-starred Caprice in Hong Kong, Alinea in Chicago, and La Verticale in Hanoi; and Annabel Jackson, a food and wine expert and consultant, who is head of the Hong Kong Slow Food convivium and the author of Macau on a Plate (1994), Street Café Vietnam (1999), World Food China (2003), Taste of Macau: Portuguese Cuisine on the China Coast (2004) and Modern Indian Cooking (2004).

ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME