Dr Katja Haustein, Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Literature, has jointly organised a two-day workshop with Katharina Rowold and Charlotte Faircloth from the University of Roehampton entitled ‘Representing Breastfeeding: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Nutrition, Politics, and Identity.’ The workshop will take place on Thursday 15 September and Friday 16 September 2016 in the Convent Parlour, Digby Stuart College, at the University of Roehampton in London.
The event draws together scholars from Europe and the US to discuss the historical, political, moral and cultural implications of representations of breastfeeding in art, literature, social policy, media and medical texts.
The Keynote speaker at the event is Jutta Sperling from Hampshire College with a lecture entitled ‘The Iconography of Roman Charity in the Context of Medical Theories on Breastfeeding as Cure’. This will be followed by two panels and a round table discussion.
Further details of the event and how to register are available at: http://estore.roehampton.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=205&prodid=253
The event is supported by the Wellcome Trust.