Weeks Hall became known for hosting elaborate cocktail parties that captured the imagination of locals and visitors. Historian Dr. Kristen Burton explored Louisiana’s famous cocktail culture that stretches back to the nineteenth century. Attendees joined us as we sipped an old fashioned and followed the creation of timeless cocktails, the elaboration of nineteenth and early twentieth-century mixology, and the powerful bond created between Louisiana culture and the art of drinking.

Thank you to our event sponsor, Distillerie Acadian!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Kristen D. Burton earned her Ph.D. in Transatlantic History in 2015 from the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Burton is a historian of cultural and social history, specializing in the history of alcohol production and drinking cultures across the early modern Atlantic World. She has taught history courses at the university level at the University of Texas at Arlington, Louisiana Tech University, and Loyola University New Orleans. From 2018-2021, she joined the staff at The National WWII Museum to create original classroom curriculum on the history of WWII, lead professional development workshops for teachers, and host the museum’s podcast, To the Best of My Ability. In the fall of 2021, Dr. Burton joined the faculty in the Department of History, Classics, and Religion at The University of Alberta to teach courses on US History, the history of gender and sexuality, and the history of food and drink.