Higher seminar: Eating word: Food in Modern Arabic Literature: Presentation and and perspectives

Seminar

Date: Wednesday 18 June 2025

Time: 15.00 – 16.45

Location: Conference room, F6, Södra husen

Speakers: Tania Al Saadi and Astrid Ottosson al Bitar, Associate Professors in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at Stockholm University.

How is food portrayed in Arabic novels? In literature, food is more than mere sustenance—it carries layered meanings. This multilingual collection brings together experts in Arabic literature to examine the complex representations of food and eating. Through themes such as dining rituals, foodstuffs, animal consumption, memory, food habits, and hunger, the content of each chapter intersects with literary criticism on food but is uniquely shaped by the Arab world’s local settings and customs. Offering perspectives that reach beyond literature, this book provides a nuanced view of Arab culture and society, inviting readers to explore the multiple significations of food.

The seminar will be dedicated to the presentation of the field and the project, the main thematic and methodological approaches in the volume, and a focus on the editor’s own chapter.

Volume available in open access in:

https://brill.com/edcollbook-oa/title/72047

To participants from outside the department: Please register with Jaqueline Berndt (jberndt@su.se).

Theme

Language, Literature and Culture

Research subjects

Middle Eastern and North African Studies Modern and Contemporary literature

Last updated: June 2, 2025

Source: Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

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