History 201-206 seminars are open to history majors only during pre-registration. If the course does not reach its enrollment maximum, it will be open to all students beginning with drop/add on a first-come first-serve basis.
HIST 205 Food & Identity: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Freidenreich
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
R | SEM | PRE-1800
This course examines the ways in which religiously inspired food restrictions and food practices relate to the establishment and preservation of communal identity. Considering Jewish, Christian, and Islamic sources in their historical contexts from their foundations to the present day, we will explore the underlying relationship between food and fellowship, the elements distinctive to each tradition, and the factors that prompt historical development in each.
