Boshell Lecture Series: Digging into Ethiopian Foodways
Location: Graham Auditorium
Registration is required.
This talk explores how plant and animal products shaped the culinary landscape and religious practices of medieval Ethiopia. In this lecture, scholar Helina Solomon Woldekiros, PhD, Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, will share findings from examining archaeological remains in Ethiopia. Through this research, she will trace the origins of Ethiopian foodways from antiquity and their profound impact on cultural identities across the region.
This program is one of two lectures generously funded each year by the Boshell Foundation.
ASL interpretation will be provided at this program.
2 p.m.: Introductions
2:05 p.m.: Presentation
2:45 p.m.: Q&A Session
3 p.m.: Reception in the Walters Cafe
Available resources: Accessible Seating, Assistive Listening Devices, ASL Interpretation, Sensory Kits
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About the Guest Speaker
Helina Solomon Woldekiros is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Washington University (WU) in St. Louis, Missouri. Woldekiros completed her PhD at Washington University and her MA at the University of Florida. After completing postdoctoral research at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, Woldekiros joined the Department of Anthropology at WU in 2015. Woldekiros’s research interests include state formation, the origin of food production, agriculture, pastoralism, the salt trade, caravan archaeology, and livestock biodiversity in the Horn of Africa.
