History Homecoming 2022 – Dining Out: Historical Perspectives. This virtual event was hosted by the History Department at UC Berkeley on February 16th.
History Homecoming, the Department’s annual event for alumni and friends, features a faculty panel on a historical theme. Past panels have featured such themes as elections, the historical significance of rivers, and letters as primary sources.
James Vernon’s talk will focus on Great Britain, the country that no-one used to want to dine out in; Wen-hsin Yeh will recount her travels, in the fall of 1988, from Shanghai to Hangzhou, and from there up the Qiantang valley into the mountains of Zhejiang; Rebecca McLennan will trace the history and mythology of the dishless dish that embodies and symbolizes American modernity—the mighty hamburger. The panel will be moderated by Department Chair Cathryn Carson.
Moderator:
Cathryn Carson, Department Chair and Professor of History
Panelists:
Rebecca McLennan, Professor of History
James Vernon, Professor of History
Wen-hsin Yeh, Professor of History