Few scientific disciplines have penetrated everyday discourse as strongly as the science of nutrition. Most of us would not be able to name basic concepts from geology or Oceanology, while nutritional concepts such as vitamins, proteins or calories are completely mundane and ubiquitous. The lecture will follow the uneven and unexpected path of food science from its humble beginnings, ranging from innovations in animal feeding in the 19th century. in the XIX century, until its rise to global recognition as the foundation of humanitarian standards 20. century. The lecturer will touch on the following questions: how the discipline, initially intended for animals, was translated into human needs; how the professional discourse co-created the politics of international organizations and what remains for us today when we think about the history of nutrition and about the nutrition of history.
She will lecture
Dr. Alma Plays
Alma Igra received her Ph. D. in history from Columbia University (2020). She is an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam. She researches nutrition, the environment and British global politics. Individual parts of her lecture are based on her upcoming book, The Lion's Share: Scientific Nutrition and the British Animacorld s Animacstem (University of Chicago Press, 2026). He not only writes about nutrition, science, and culture in his academic papers, but publishes essays in English and Hebrew , including in the LA Revie of Books, the Point, and the Amaktorld Literature Toda/.
The lecture will be
Thursday, 12. in March 2026, at 11. uri
in the Hall of the four seasons of ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 2. floor, Ljubljana.
The lecture will be in English.
KINDLY INVITED!
More about the historical seminar at hs.zrc-sazu.si .
Le malo znanstvenih disciplin je tako močno prodrlo v vsakdanji diskurz kot znanost o prehrani. Večina med nami ne bi znala poimenovati osnovnih pojmov iz geologije ali oceanologije, medtem ko so prehranski pojmi, kot so vitamini, beljakovine ali kalorije, povsem vsakdanji in vseprisotni. Predavanje bo sledilo neenakomerni in nepričakovani poti prehranske znanosti od skromnih začetkov, ki segajo vse od inovacij na področju krmljenja živali v 19. stoletju, do njenega vzpona do svetovne prepoznavnosti kot temelja humanitarnih standardov 20. stoletja. Predavateljica se bo dotaknila naslednjih vprašanj: kako je bila disciplina, sprva namenjena živalim, prevedena na človeške potrebe; kako je strokovni diskurz soustvarjal politiko mednarodnih organizacij in kaj nam ostane danes, ko razmišljamo o zgodovini prehrane in o prehrani zgodovine.
Predavala bo
Dr. Alma Igra
Alma Igra je doktorirala iz zgodovine na Univerzi Columbia (2020). Je docentka na Univerzi v Amsterdamu. Raziskuje prehrano, okolje in britansko globalno politiko. Posamezni deli njenega predavanja temeljijo na njeni prihajajoči knjigi The Lion’s Share: Scientific Nutrition and the British World System (University of Chicago Press, 2026). O prehrani, znanosti in kulturi ne piše le v svojih akademskih prispevkih, ampak objavlja eseje v angleščini in hebrejščini, med drugim v The LA Review of Books , The Point in World Literature Today .
Predavanje bo
v četrtek, 12. marca 2026, ob 11. uri
v Dvorani štirih letnih časov ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 2. nadstropje, Ljubljana.
Predavanje bo v angleškem jeziku.
VLJUDNO VABLJENI!
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