Kitchens and Community in Ancient and Modern Türkiye

Royal Holloway's Associate Professor Erica Rowan, a leading scholar on ancient foodways, will present her research on the role of the kitchen, both ancient and modern, in the formation and maintenance of community in Western Türkiye. Using the Lydian kitchens at Sardis as a case study, she will explore the way kitchens have traditionally been used, especially by women, to form important social bonds and the way modern urban architecture has disrupted these vital processes, leading to the creation of alternative community spaces.

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This is event is made possible by through the generosity of the Mary Ausplund Tooze Endowed Visiting Professor of Islamic + Ancient Art Fund.