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Beat Kümin

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Early modernist interested in parish communities, local memory and food / drink history; occasionally successful footie teams and eclectic period pop. Homepage: go.warwick.ac.uk/beatkumin

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Beat Kümin @beatkumin.bsky.social · 26d

CALL FOR PAPERS AND SESSIONS - Eleventh International Convention on Food & Drink Studies at IEHCA Tours in France 10-12 June 2026; check out full details at villa-rabelais.fr/en/iehca-eur... & submit proposals by 15 November

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Beat Kümin @beatkumin.bsky.social · Jun 13

Many congratulations to Serin Quinn from Warwick History on winning the biannual 'Food & History' prize for her essay on sweet potatoes awarded at the 10th Food & Drink Studies convention in Tours today 🎉🍾🏆

Beat Kümin @beatkumin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Raising a glass to two successful PhD journeys with Serin & Daniel at Tours last night 🎉 - 10th IEHCA Food & Drink Studies Convention starts today!

Beat Kümin @beatkumin.bsky.social · Jun 10

How lovely, 🙏 - am I meant to guess the location or can I just ask?

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Beat Kümin @beatkumin.bsky.social · Jun 5

Tower capsule project blog post #22 casts spotlights on shared churches in the Lake Constance region, where Catholics and Protestants worshipped in the same spaces for centuries, naturally not without tensions: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

The Catholic and Protestant churches of Berneck in Saint-Gall. Pic: BK.

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Beat Kümin @beatkumin.bsky.social · May 23

Congrats to the organisers of our @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social conference - a sterling job concluded with a well-deserved terrace reception

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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · May 23

Wrapping up our conference with a PhD alumni panel and Q&A, discussing life post-PhD, decision-making and publication.

Thank you to everybody who presented at and attended the conference 👏

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Beat Kümin @beatkumin.bsky.social · May 23

Lively discussions on mobilities, materiality, gendered bodies and conflict at the annual conference of @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social yesterday - looking forward to panels on institutions, concepts, science and an alumni celebration today !

Panel discussion at the Warwick History PG Conference on 22 May 2025

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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · May 8

Our annual conference returns! All welcome to attend this two-day showcase of exciting postgraduate research from the Warwick History Department

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