Call for Papers:
TEA CULTURE(S)
International colloquium 2019
Venice, 8
November 2019
Organisers:
Department
of Asian and North African Studies, Foscari University of Venice
Confucius
Institute at Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Italian Association
for Tea Culture
Tea, the
beverage prepared with the leaves of the Camellia sinensis, has a
long history and multifaceted tradition. The custom of drinking tea, first
begun in China, has extended to all continents, becoming the most
frequently consumed drink worldwide, next only to water. Numerous
scientific papers have already analysed the medicinal properties of tea, and an
this beverage.
The present
conference will create a multifaceted discourse among disciplines and area
studies, bringing together research on different aspects of tea culture.
It will open up interdisciplinary and diachronic reflection and capture the
dynamic of tea consumption in different cultural and historical contexts.
The
conference welcomes 20-minute papers from any relevant discipline including,
but not limited to, anthropology, cultural studies, history, art
history, literary studies, linguistics, economics, technical and
scientific studies. The language of the conference will be English.
Possible
topics:
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History of tea drinking
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Tea and literature
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Tea and the arts
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Cultivation and processing
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Sensorial analysis
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Trade and marketing
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Tea and health
Please send
a 200-300 word abstract and a short biography (50-100 words) to livio.zanini@unive.it by 15 September 2019. Notification of acceptance
will be sent by 30 September 2019. Travel and accommodation costs will be
refunded to a limited number of speakers selected by the organisers.
