Time for tea: in celebration of the remarkable craftmanship involved in the making and taking of a cup of tea, Peter Brown tells the extraordinary story of how one of the best-loved beverages was introduced to the Western world

Apollo, April, 2004 by Peter Brown

Topics and speakers include:

Convenor (Deborah L. Krohn, Associate Professor, Bard Graduate Center)

Coffee, Tea and Chocolate: An Introduction to the Exhibition (Jeffrey Munger, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Coffee as Commodity: Mythic Origins, Global Dissemination, and European Competition, 15th-18th Century (Nancy Um, Assistant Professor of Art History, Binghamton University)

From Medicine to Morning Cup: The Role of Physicians in Transforming Coffee, Tea and Chocolate into Items of Mass Consumption (Ken Albala, Associate Professor of History and Department Chair, University of the Pacific) The Coffee House in Revolutionary England; A Paradigmatic Social Institution (Steve Pincus, Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago)

Consuming Porcelain in the two Saxonys: Oriental influences and German Identities, 1720-1780 (Sarah Richards, Research Associate History of Design, Manchester Metropolitan University)

Tales from the Teatable: Women as Patrons of the Decorative Arts, 1690-1850 (Peter Brown, Director, Fairfax House)

Attendance is free of charge, but pre-registration before 10 April is required since seating is limited. To register and for further information please call (001) 212 501 3019 or send an email to liquidculture@bgc.bard.edu.