Reckoning with Glasgow’s Past: the role of culinary culture. Dr Peggy Brunache in conversation with Dr Rosie Spooner, Nelson Cummins and Graham Campbell

Saturday, August 01 2026, 10am - 11am, at City Halls, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ

 

Part of PLACE AT THE TABLE: food, drink and Scotland’s identity

A festival from the Oxford Cultural Collective, Glasgow Life and The University of Glasgow

£8.22 per ticket (including booking fee) – follow link to book

 

As Glasgow continues to (re)address its participation in transatlantic slavery, this panel will examine food’s role in Glasgow’s ongoing reckoning, by exploring how culinary culture can illuminate lasting legacies and bring together the city’s diverse communities.

Dr Peggy Brunache is a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow University and was formerly the Director of the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies. She writes, broadcasts and speaks on the food of the African Diaspora.

Dr Rosie Spooner is a Lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of Glasgow, who specialises in British imperial history, critical heritage studies and public humanities. Her research concerns the history, theory and practice of museums and other memory institutions within an imperial context and the legacies of these entanglements.

Nelson Cummins is Senior Curator (Empowering Curator Fellow) at Glasgow Museums. His curatorial remit focuses on how the histories and legacies of transatlantic slavery and the British Empire impact Glasgow Museums and the wider city of Glasgow.

Graham Campbell is both Glasgow’s and the SNP’s first African Caribbean city councillor. He is the Convener of Glasgow’s Education Skills & Early Years City Policy Committee, and chaired Glasgow City Council’s Black Lives Matter/Slavery and Colonial Legacy Working Group. Graham is a regular public speaker on Black politics, African Caribbean history, and public affairs.