We invite you to join the College of Arts and Sciences for the 2016 Townsend Lecture as we welcome Elizabeth Engelhardt, the John Shelton Reed Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Boardinghouses, commonly run by Southern women, served as the foundation of Southern cuisine and the backdrop to many of the South’s defining moments on race, gender and social class. Foodways, as defined in the humanities, is the study of how we eat, what we eat, and why it matters. Using foodways as a lens, we will explore gender, Southern cultures, and the societal reach of boardinghouses. Following the lecture, there will be a book signing and refreshments. Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences