Now the fun begins: in a free-flowing social session, we will post the 2025 topic proposals and invite advocacy in favor of each possibility. Enthusiasm and civilized chaos are our…

Symposium tradition dictates that the final session be devoted to democratically selecting the theme for the symposium three years hence. Zoom polling is doing away with counting raised hands, but…

Drum roll, please. . . we will reveal the parameters of the 2023 topic, Rules & Rituals, preview OFS activities in the 2022-23 season, and come together in one last…

  Not long to the Online Conference now! Please join us for a Sneak Preview on Saturday July 15, 16:00 BST. We’d like to show you some of the interactive activities…

  Blood, water, and (nowadays) coffee are embued with cultural meanings. Whether denoting pollution (to some), blessings, or connoisseurship, the ritualized behaviours around the use and categorization of these liquids…

  When, what, and how much to consume? Whether explicit or implicit, these questions shape cyclical religious fasts and feasts and underlie quotidian practice. In their observance, these rules and…

  Those in control set the menu. Whether reflecting on deprivations, the loss of autonomy through monotony, or using food to celebrate treaties, this panel probes food as an effective…