INSATIABLE APPETITE : FOOD AS A CULTURAL SIGNIFIER

The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) has organized an international and interdisciplinary conference entitled Insatiable Appetite : Food as a Cultural Signifier in Beirut. AGYA’s goal is to strengthen international cooperation between young Arab and German researchers in the various fields of sciences and humanities, with an interdisciplinary perspective. This conference was organized by Julia Hauser (Assistant Professor of Global History, University of Kassel, Germany), Bilal Orfali (Associate Professor of Arabic, American University of Beirut, Lebanon), and Kirill Dmitriev (Lecturer in Arabic, University of St Andrews, UK). Food in the lens of a common heritage and common challenges : this was the focus of the participants’ lectures and activities held over three days, with the added presence of food historian Charles Perry.