Anny Gaul | Food & Gender in Egypt & Morocco
We discussed Anny Gaul's work as a cultural historian of food and gender specializing in Egypt and Morocco. We also talked about her research and writing and how she uses food and kitchens to explore how ideas like nationalism, modernity, and domesticity have felt and tasted through time.
Anny Gaul is an assistant professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a cultural historian of food and gender specializing in Egypt and Morocco. Through her research, popular writing, and public speaking she uses food and kitchens to explore how ideas like nationalism, modernity, and domesticity have felt and tasted through time. Other interests include the history of women's movements in the Middle East and North Africa and learning by making. She has taught at Georgetown and at Tufts, works as a translator (from Arabic) and has written a food blog since 2010. Anny holds a PhD from Georgetown University. She also earned an MA from Georgetown’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and a BA from Yale. She has received research funding from the Fulbright program, the Social Science Research Council, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the American Institute for Maghrib Studies, among others.
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