The Bayreuth - Berlin Food and Language (BæFoLa) digital lecture series originated at the University of Bayreuth in winter 2021/2022, back then known as Bayreuth Food and Language lecture series (BaFoLa). With the launch of Season 8, BaFoLa was rebranded as BæFoLa. As monthly lecture series it continues to highlight linguistic research on food, regardless of the subject language.

Season 9 kicks off in October and typically takes place on the last Friday of each month from 12:30 to 13:30 (CET) (see schedule below for exceptions). BæFoLa is co-organized by Prof. Susanne Mühleisen (University of Bayreuth) and Prof. Sofia Rüdiger (Freie Universität Berlin). To request the Zoom link for upcoming talks or to join the mailing list, please email sofia.ruediger@fu-berlin.de.

Program (Winter 2025) - Season 9

October 31, 12:30-13:30 CET: Jonatan Leer (Örebro University)

Food Porn: Food Aesthetics in a Digital Age

November 28, 12:30-13:30 CET: Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza (University of Alicante)

VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming

December 19, 12:30-13:30 CET: Carolin Schneider Ward (University of Duisburg-Essen)

Bake, Tic, Repeat: Multimodal Self-Reactions in the Digital Kitchen

January 30, 12:30-13:30 CET: Stefan Hauser (University of Teacher Education Zug)

Dynamisation Processes in Cooking Videos on TikTok: A Media Linguistic Approach

For an overview of previous talks, see the BæFoLa website.