The end of globalisation? What food and politics tell us about the state of globalisation

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Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Room 0002, John Galsworthy Building, Penrhyn Road campus, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE
Price: free

Has globalisation run its course? The question can be approached from a variety of angles, and this event investigates the question in reference to food and politics. Food is yet another battle ground where regionalism, nationalism and globalism compete for supremacy, which is reflected to politics in a complex manner. Drawing from two recent publications on food and politics (Alex Colas, Jason Edwards, Jane Levi and Sami Zubaida (2018) Food, Politics and Society, University of California Press and Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta and Venetia Johannes (eds) (2019) The Emergence of National Food, Bloomsbury, the panel discusses if globalisation has come to an end in reference to food and its politics. The panel will also considers the significance of Brexit in thinking about globalisation, food and politics.

This roundtable is part of the Centre for Research in Communities, Identities and Difference (CResCID) open symposia series that provides a platform for intellectual exchange and engagement across the academic community and with wider audiences.

Schedule 

6-6.10pm Welcome
6.10-7.00pm Presentations and panel discussion
7-7.45pm Open discussion

Speakers

Dr Ronald Ranta (Kingston University)
Dr Alex Colas (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Dr Jason Edwards (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Dr Claudia Prieto-Piastro (Brunel University)

Chair: Dr Atsuko Ichijo (Kingston University)

There is no registration fee, but please arrive early to be guaranteed a place.

For further information about this event:

Contact: Dr Egle Rindzevičiūte
Email: e.rindzeviciute@kingston.ac.uk