Tuesday May 5 between 5.30 and 7 p.m. (Cascina Albertina, classroom 5), Professor Günter Küppers of the Institut für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung (IWT, the Institute for Science and Technology Studies) of the University of Bielefeld will hold a conference on “Cooking Styles: Between Tradition and Innovation”.
Physicist and mathematician, Günter Küppers has focused his scientific research on the complexity and emergence of social structures, and specifically addressed subjects like culinary practices and food management. A food-related volume appeared in 2005, which he co-authored with E.H. Hüser, entitled Labor der Lüste – Über die Kultur des Essens und Trinkens (The laboratory of lust. On the culture of eating and drinking), Kleine Verlag Bielefeld.