PRESS RELEASE - For Release 09/04/2024
Media Contact: Mary Amelia Taylor
maryamelia.taylor@archives.alabama.gov
(334) 353-4692
FOOD FOR THOUGHT LUNCHTIME LECTURE AT THE ARCHIVES
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AT 12:00PM
MEXICAN CULTURE AND CUISINE IN ALABAMA HISTORY
PRESENTED BY MICHAEL INNIS-JIMÉNEZ
Montgomery, AL (09/04/2024) – The Alabama Department of Archives & History (ADAH) will continue its 2024 Food for Thought lunchtime lecture series on Thursday, September 19th, at 12:00pm CT. Historian Michael Innis-Jiménez will present Mexican Culture and Cuisine in Alabama History in the ADAH’s Joseph M. Farley Alabama Power Auditorium in Montgomery. Admission is FREE. The lecture will also be livestreamed on the ADAH’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, and a recording will be available after the program.
Dr. Innis-Jiménez will discuss the history of Mexican food in Alabama and the American South. His lecture will also focus on the role of Mexican-influenced dishes and restaurants as cultural and culinary ambassadors for contemporary Mexican society.
Innis-Jiménez currently serves as professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama. His books include Steel Barrio: The Great Mexican Migration to South Chicago, 1915-1940 (NYU Press, 2013) and a book currently under contract with the University of Texas Press titled Made in Chicago: Mexican Food, Tourism, and Cultural Identity. In addition to being a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, he has served as consultant for the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Latino New South Project and with the Levine Museum of the New South.
For additional information, contact Alex Colvin at alex.colvin@archives.alabama.gov or (334) 353-4689. A complete schedule of our 2024 lunchtime lecture series is available at
archives.alabama.gov.
Food for Thought 2024 is sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Friends of the Alabama Archives.
The Alabama Department of Archives and History is the state’s government-records repository, a special-collections library and research facility, and home to the Museum of Alabama, the state history museum. It is located in downtown Montgomery, directly across Washington Avenue from the State Capitol. The Museum of Alabama is open Monday through Saturday from 8:30am to 4:30pm. The EBSCO Research Room is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30am to 4:30pm. To learn more, visit www.archives.alabama.gov or call (334) 242-4364.
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