The Royall House & Slave Quarters is co-sponsoring the online program “Feeding the Nation: Michael W. Twitty on American Foodways and the History of Enslavement.” Michael Twitty — food writer, independent scholar, culinary historian and historical interpreter — is the author of the Afroculinaria blog and the book “The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South.” He will discuss his insights about the role of enslaved people in shaping American foodways, as well as the critical importance of including stories of the enslaved prominently in public history and historical interpretation.

Following his remarks, Twitty will be joined in conversation by Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute and chair of the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery.

Admission is free, but registration is required through the Harvard Radcliffe Institute website.