Third International Symposium on the History of Food and National Food Culture is a unique academic event in Russia, focusing on the history of food and eating traditions of different nations. We welcome speakers from different backgrounds: academics, journalists, bloggers, entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, museum employees, advertising specialists and all those interested in food history and traditions.

We aim to

• bring together Russian scholars involved in food studies and provide a forum for their interaction with specialists from European and other countries;
• bring together academics, policy makers, industrialists and business people engaged with food history and traditions;
• introduce foreign scholars to the current state of research in food studies in Russia and build contacts with international specialists in this area;
• counter numerous pseudo-scientific studies;
• promote traditional eating practices in the society.