This course surveys ancient Egyptian pharaonic civilization. Pyramid Schemes: The Archaeological History of Ancient Egypt Videos are available within 24 hours of the lecture. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 pm starting January 30, 2019, or they can watch them on demand. Notes: The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course African and African American Studies 119x. Assignments address pressing real-world questions related to chocolate consumption, social justice, responsible development, honesty and the politics of representation in production and marketing, hierarchies of quality, and myths of purity. Interdisciplinary course readings introduce the history of cacao cultivation, the present day state of the global chocolate industry, the diverse cultural constructions surrounding chocolate, and the implications for chocolate’s future of scientific study, international politics, alternative trade models, and the food movement. This course examines the sociohistorical legacy of chocolate, with a delicious emphasis on the eating and appreciation of the so-called food of the gods. Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food
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