Off the Menu at the University of Augsburg

It is an honour—and then some—to share the good news: I have received funding from the Elite Network of Bavaria to establish a junior research group at the University of Augsburg.

Off the Menu: Appetites, Culture, and Environment will bring together food studies and the environmental humanities to introduce what I call the “culinary environmental humanities.” In partnership with Augsburg’s international doctoral program, Um(Welt)Denken, our goal is to spotlight culturally shaped eating practices as key sites of environmental transformation and, thus, rethink the environment through a culinary lens.

My deepest gratitude goes to the University of Augsburg, its IDK, my mentors, and to the Elite Network of Bavaria. Danke, danke, danke! Read the press release here (in German).

I cannot wait to get Off the Menu up and running in May 2023. Also, I will be hiring two doctoral researchers and look forward to sharing more details later this year.