Eligibility and Themes

Eligibility

• Undergraduate and graduate students (BS, MPhil, PhD)
• Independent scholars and culinary artists working with food narratives or gastronomic practices
• Participants from any discipline are welcome, provided the submission aligns with the symposium themes

Themes

• Cross-cultural influences in contemporary food practices (China, Japan, Korea, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, USA or any other country)
• Food memoirs, culinary essays and literary representations
• Recipes and rituals as markers of regional, national or diasporic identity
• Food, nostalgia and storytelling in migrant communities
• Social media food trends, digital cookbooks as new literary forms
• Virtual food aesthetics, photography and digital gastronomy
• Representation of global cuisines in K-drama, anime, film and fiction