Jennifer R . Shutek
I obtained my Ph.D. in Food Studies at NYU Steinhardt. I researched historical and contemporary foodways in Palestine/Israel. My central interests lie in digital ethnography, digital food activism, the relationships between the digital and "analogue," grassroots gastrodiplomacy, and the ways in which sensory experiences create place.
My interests include cultures of generosity among West Bank Palestinians, experiences of disgust in dining, the roles of food and agriculture in nostalgia, remembrance, and commemoration among diasporic Palestinians and Israelis, and cookbooks as social and community histories.
I obtained my BA from Simon Fraser University, graduating with a major in History, a concentration in Middle Eastern and Islamic History, an English minor, and a focus in French language and linguistics.
I completed a Master of Philosophy in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at St. Antony's College, Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford in June 2015. My thesis, "Culinary Dialogues: Conflict, Peace, and Cookbooks in Palestine/Israel", explored identity formations and historical narratives in cookbooks written by Palestinians and Israelis.
As a co-editor of the Israel/Palestine and Levant pages for Muftah in 2015, I published numerous articles on the culture and politics of Palestine/Israel, and have published pieces with Munchies, Illumine, HARTS and Minds, and Live Encounters Magazine.
The 2015/2016 academic year took me to Vancouver, where I volunteered with Daughters for Life and ISSofBC, held positions in food-related retail, and worked full-time as a private ESL and English teacher.
I have spent two summers in Fès, Morocco studying Modern Standard Arabic. I spent time during the summer and winter of 2014 traveling throughout Palestine/Israel, where I studied Arabic, began research for my M.Phil thesis, and consumed vast quantities of hummus. I returned to Palestine/Israel in the spring of 2017, carrying out preliminary fieldwork for my dissertation, and continued this in Tel Aviv/Yaffa during the spring of 2018 as part of NYU's Global Research Initiative.
Phone: 17787899752
My interests include cultures of generosity among West Bank Palestinians, experiences of disgust in dining, the roles of food and agriculture in nostalgia, remembrance, and commemoration among diasporic Palestinians and Israelis, and cookbooks as social and community histories.
I obtained my BA from Simon Fraser University, graduating with a major in History, a concentration in Middle Eastern and Islamic History, an English minor, and a focus in French language and linguistics.
I completed a Master of Philosophy in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at St. Antony's College, Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford in June 2015. My thesis, "Culinary Dialogues: Conflict, Peace, and Cookbooks in Palestine/Israel", explored identity formations and historical narratives in cookbooks written by Palestinians and Israelis.
As a co-editor of the Israel/Palestine and Levant pages for Muftah in 2015, I published numerous articles on the culture and politics of Palestine/Israel, and have published pieces with Munchies, Illumine, HARTS and Minds, and Live Encounters Magazine.
The 2015/2016 academic year took me to Vancouver, where I volunteered with Daughters for Life and ISSofBC, held positions in food-related retail, and worked full-time as a private ESL and English teacher.
I have spent two summers in Fès, Morocco studying Modern Standard Arabic. I spent time during the summer and winter of 2014 traveling throughout Palestine/Israel, where I studied Arabic, began research for my M.Phil thesis, and consumed vast quantities of hummus. I returned to Palestine/Israel in the spring of 2017, carrying out preliminary fieldwork for my dissertation, and continued this in Tel Aviv/Yaffa during the spring of 2018 as part of NYU's Global Research Initiative.
Phone: 17787899752
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