Brewing Civilization: The History, Culture and Science of Beer

3 credits · Undergraduate

Beer and the process of brewing stand at the origins and centre of the key developments of the “West”, its cultural institutions and scientific developments. This lecture/seminar class will take a interdisciplinary approach to the study of the relation between brewing history, science and culture by focusing on primary texts along with in-class reconstructions of particular experiments and activities associated with the history of brewing. EXCLUSIONS: HSTC 3611.03 for the 2007/08 and 2013/14 academic years FORMATS: Lecture