About us
L’Institut Européen d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation
The European Institute for the History and Culture of Foods (IEHCA – University of Tours) is the most important Food Studies research network in Europe. With more than 400 scholars involved in our programs – scholarly meetings, summer schools, international conferences, publications, disseminating scientific knowledge, preservation and valorisation of food heritage – the IEHCA proposes itself to be a major actor in promoting the knowledge of and public debate about good food for everybody, a subject of foremost concern for all.
The IEHCA is deeply involved in the project “Tours Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie en Val de Loire”.
Francis CHEVRIER, founder and director of the IEHCA
Research Committee
- Isabelle BIANQUIS, Université de Tours, France
- Jean-Jacques BOUTAUD, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
- Antonella CAMPANINI, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenze, Italie
- Emmanuelle CRONIER, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
- Pierre-Antoine DESSAUX, Université de Tours, France
- Thibaut DE SAINT POL, École Normale de Paris Saclay, France
- Jaroslaw DUMANOWSKI, Université Nicolas-Copernic, Centre for Culinary Heritage, Toruń, Pologne
- Allen J.GRIECO, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Firenze, Italie
- Marie-Pierre HORARD, Université de Tours, France
- Beat KÜMIN, University of Warwick, Royaume-Uni
- Philippe MEYZIE, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France
- Massimo MONTANARI, Università di Bologna, Italie
- Pascal ORY, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
- Nathalie PEYREBONNE, Université de La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3, France
- Jean-Robert PITTE, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France
- Florent QUELLIER, Université d’Angers, France
- Marie-Pierre RUAS, CNRS, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique, Muséum National d’ Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Françoise SABBAN, École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales, Paris, France
- Peter SCHOLLIERS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgique
- Carmen SOARES, Université de Coimbra, Portugal
- John WILKINS, University of Exeter, Royaume-Uni
- Ursula ZELLER, Alimentarium de Vevey, Suisse
Our operational team
Francis CHEVRIER, Directeur
Olivier ROLLIN, Administrateur – Responsable développement et partenariat
Sylvie VALETTE, Secrétaire – comptable
Loïc BIENASSIS, Chargé de mission scientifique
Kilien STENGEL, Chargé de mission scientifique
Agathe GOURDAULT-MONTAGNE, Chargée d’action culturelle
Gabriel TANG, Logisticien et agent polyvalent
Partenaires
The IEHCA would like to thank the Centre-Val de Loire region, the city of Tours and the University of Tours for their support.
We would also like to thank all the researchers who took part in this event.