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SOAS Food Studies Centre : the political, economic, cultural dimensions of food. Retweets are for info only. Apply to our MA programme

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In our MA Anthropology of Food programme @SOASanthro, we ask why has food become an intense focus of struggle over ideas about nationhood, religion, gender, race and other identities? Click here to find out more and apply: https://t.co/P9LtZ7q5az Application deadline: 31st July

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Interested in studying an MA in the Anthropology of Food? Come to SOAS to find out more at our Open House on 4th December! @SOASanthro

[SOAS Alumni @SOASalumni]

Did you know you can continue your academic journey at SOAS or support a family member with a generous 20% off postgraduate study?
Join our Postgraduate Open House for more info!

📅Thu 4 Dec, 5-8pm
👉https://t.co/9IoM9deeHK

#SOASalumni #Postgraduate #OpenHouse #AlumniDiscount

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Digitalisation is changing how food assistance is delivered, but comes with risks... New research by @HouamedYasmin at @SOAS Food Studies 'Digitalizing Food Assistance' project @DigitalfoodRESC @SOASanthro https://t.co/RIWBzxwUYv

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Special issue on political dynamics of recent food security and famine crises: are they new trends or politics as usual? With contributions from FSC members @JasparsSusanne (also co-editor) and @lizzie_hull1 https://t.co/j0sB8BN0sw

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'Hunger in global war economies' by Alex de Waal, first presented at the SOAS Food Studies Centre Distinguished Lecture 2023, is now published open access in @hpg_odi's Disasters journal https://t.co/7soDFCSFEl

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Proud of our former student Tyfanny Choi who won the 4th EASA award for her @SOAS MA Anthropology of Food dissertation, 'Feeding hungry ghosts in Hong Kong: Thinking with food and hauntology' Anthropology of Food Network - Award (https://t.co/LtyOAryCSo) 👏 @SOASanthro

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New podcast explores migration and journeys from South Asia through food!

[Lizzie Hull @lizzie_hull1]

Sophie Chao at SOAS next week! Don't miss this talk about hunger in the plantationocene @SOASFoodStudies @SOASanthro

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The anthropologist Sophie Chao will be the speaking at SOAS Food Studies Centre on 8th May. No registration required. See you there!

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The Food Studies Centre will be hosting this lecture by Sophie Chao with @SOASanthro on 8th May. No need to register. See you there!
https://t.co/TC6dyA7fDW

[SOASFoodStudiesCTR @SOASFoodStudies]

The Food Studies Centre will be hosting this lecture by Sophie Chao with @SOASanthro on 8th May. No need to register. See you there!
https://t.co/TC6dyA7fDW

[SOAS Department Of Anthropology @SOASanthro]

Are you joining our distinguished @SOASFoodStudies lecture - This Wednesday at 6pm!

[Lizzie Hull @lizzie_hull1]

Join us tomorrow to find out how rice became so materially and symbolically central to diets in China - 6pm at the Food Studies Centre annual lecture. You can register here: https://t.co/irtPzwAWX1

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6pm tomorrow @SOAS Food Studies Centre, Annual Distinguished Lecture by Francesca Bray, exploring millet as the key staple in China before rice took over as the essential dietary, economic and cultural staple. @SOASanthro @lizzie_hull1 Register here: https://t.co/7snC74dMwF

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Join us this evening 6pm at the SOAS Food Studies Centre for a launch of 5 new books! See here for more info: https://t.co/cxBD7fju2V

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This panel on the politics of #FoodSecurity for the DSA conference (SOAS, 26-28 June) invites paper submissions (deadline 23 January).

[DigitalFoodResearch @DigitalfoodRESC]

📢 📢 📢 We are excited to announce that our panel for the Development Studies Association Conference (DSA2024) has been accepted! We are now open to paper submissions (deadline: 23 Jan 2024). Please check out our abstract and submit a paper at the link: https://t.co/G2hMOibReO

[SOASFoodStudiesCTR @SOASFoodStudies]

Panel on politics and governance of food insecurity at the DSA conference (SOAS, June 26-28) invites papers. Deadline: 23 Jan

[Lizzie Hull @lizzie_hull1]

I'm co-convening this panel on the politics of food insecurity at the DSA conference. Submit your abstracts. Deadline: 23rd January! @SOASanthro @SOASFoodStudies @JasparsSusanne https://t.co/gsUKMHJ7Uy

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New SOAS Food Studies Centre project on the digitalisation of food assistance in UK, Sudan and India launches its website!

[DigitalFoodResearch @DigitalfoodRESC]

🚀 Exciting news! Our project's website https://t.co/uopUVRjb7g is officially live! Feel free to explore it and stay tuned for insightful events, reports, and blogs!

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Pauline Harlay, PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at SOAS, is presenting her work on “Taiwanese tea merchants and the invention of Taiwanese terroir” next week at the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies.
https://t.co/O9wnAhM7ZU

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Focusing on individual behavioural causes of #malnutrition rather than its political underpinnings reproduces ethnic stereotypes and hierarchies in Somalia, argues @JasparsSusanne in this newly published article https://t.co/gtRRDWcDvP

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New book on the politics of women's food work

[Diana Garvin @DianaEGarvin]

Today I am breaking out the prosecco! @AHAhistorians awarded #FeedingFascism (@utpress2022) the 2023 Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in #ItalianHistory. https://t.co/1lvlgxAzsp