Dr Maria Diemling: Jewish Food and Identity - how to eat as a Jew in the early modern period

Sunday 30 April, 10.30 - 11.30am, OS.0.19, Mabb Lovell court lecture room, Old Sessions House

Biblical food laws set distinct food restrictions that separated Israelites from other peoples. How were these ancient laws observed in later times when Jews lived as a minority in Europe? This lecture will discuss case studies such as the increased use of cutlery and how it changed Jewish observance, the Jewish love for garlic and the prominent role the pig plays in many European cuisines to examine how eating or avoiding certain kinds of food maintained a distinct ethno-religious identity and drew religious and social boundaries that were at the same time contested and negotiated.

Maria Diemling is Reader in Jewish-Christian Relations at Canterbury Christ Church University, having previously lectured at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on early modern Jewish history, Jewish-Christian relations, the Body and Food in religious practice and culture, and contemporary Jewish identity.

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