Harvest fluctuations and food shortages

GDRI INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
COORDINATION NETWORK
CRICEC CRISES AND CHANGE IN THE
EUROPEAN COUNTRYSIDE
WORKSHOP
Harvest fluctuations
and
food shortages
in European rural societies
Hosted by Nova University, Lisbon
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
CESNOVA, Nova Centre for Sociological Research
19-20 November 2012
Venue: FCSH ID Building, room 1.06
Av. Berna, 26c, Lisbon
PROGRAMME
Monday, 19 November
8:30 Welcome to participants
The presentations are expected to take up to thirty minutes, and the discussants’
opening questions up to twenty minutes. Refreshments will be available in the room at
all time during sessions. A short break may be taken at the chairs’ discretion.
9:00-12:30 Morning session
Chair: Rui Santos, Nova University, Lisbon, CESNOVA/FCSH
Discussant: Alain Chatriot, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, CRH, Paris
Gérard Béaur, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, CRH, Paris
Opening conference: Revising food crises in Europe / Revisiter les crises alimentaires en
Europe.
Laurent Herment, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, CRH, Paris
Enquête sur le concept de « soudure » dans le Soud-ouest de la Belgique et la France du
Nord pendant la première moitié du XIXe siècle. / Inquiry on the concept of « soudure »
(welding) in the South-East of Belgium and Northern France during the first half of the
19th century.
Alain-Gilles Chaussat, Université de Caen, CRHQ
The role of buckwheat in the alleviation of subsistence crises in the Massif armoricain
ad its fringes, 17th–20th centuries. / L’influence du sarrasin dans l’atténuation des crises
de subsistances dans le Massif armoricain et ses marges du XVIIe au XX siècle.
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-17:30 Afternoon session
Chair: Nicolló Mignemi, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, CRH, Paris and
Bocconi University, Milan
Discussant: Vicente Pinilla, University of Zaragoza, DEHAE
Wouter Ronsijn, Ghent University, EED Research Group,
Harvest crises and dearth crises: a comparison of the causes and effects of the food
crises of the 1840s and 1850s in Belgium. / Crises de récolte et crises de cherté: une
comparaison des causes et des effets des crises alimentaires des années 1840 et 1850
en Belgique.
Rui Santos, Nova University, Lisbon, CESNOVA/FCSH
Food dearth and demographic behaviour in southern Portugal. The region of Évora,
17th–19th centuries. / Cherté des denrées et comportements démographiques dans le
Sud du Portugal. La région de Évora, XVIIe-XIXe siècle.
Teresa Ferreira Rodrigues* and Maria João Guardado Moreira^
* Nova University, Lisbon, IPRI/FCSH
^ Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, ESE and CEPESE
Agricultural crises and demographic transition in Portugal (provisional). / Crises
agricoles et transition démographique au Portugal (provisoire).
17:30 Reception
Tuesday, 20 November
9:00-12:00 CRICEC Preparatory meeting
Food crises. Work perspectives 2013-2015
Crises alimentaires. Perspectives de travail 2013-2015
12:00 End of works