The History Department invites you to the 2016 Undergraduate History Conference, which takes place Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16. On Friday, keynote speaker Dr. Ken Albala, professor of History and director of Food Studies at University of the Pacific,will present “Food and Power,” a discussion of the way political regimes through history have exercised power through control of the food supply. But more fundamentally this is a story of how any exploitation of one human by another has usually been involved in the business of food and continues to be so in subtle and unrecognized ways. The keynote address will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Richard's Goat miniplex (401 I Street, Arcata).

Dr. Albala is the author or editor of 24 books on food including academic monographs, popular food histories, encyclopedias, handbooks, and two cookbooks. His food history course is available through the Great Courses company and on Audible. His current project is a book about noodle soup.

On Saturday, students will present their research projects between 9 a.m-4 p.m. in Founders Hall 118 and 125. Contact the History Department office (707-826-3641 or histdept@humboldt.edu) for a conference program noting specific locations and presentation titles.