Anny Gaul [email protected] | annygaul.com | cookingwithgaul.com
EDUCATION Ph.D. Georgetown University, Arabic & Islamic Studies, 2019 Dissertation Title: Kitchen Histories in Modern North Africa M.A. Georgetown University, Arab Studies, 2012 B.A. Yale University, Humanities, 2007
EXPERIENCE Creator, Cooking with Gaul, Middle East & North Africa cooking & food history blog, 2009–present 150+ recipes to date; 15,000+ views and 7,000+ unique visitors in 2019 Culture, History, and Translation Fellow, Center for the Humanities, Tufts University, 2019–present Food Scholar & Copywriter, Ferdos Gourmet, Middle East confectionary & patisserie startup, 2014–16 Translator (Arabic to English) for academic, current affairs, and literary outlets, 2013–present Public Speaker & Educator, engagements speaking to non-academic audiences at U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, research centers in Egypt and Morocco, public schools in DC and Charlotte, NC, 2009–present Small Business Development Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, Morocco, 2007–09
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS Fellow, Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, 2020– Fellowship in Culinary Bibliography, Bibliographical Society of America, 2018–19 First Prize, American Association of Teachers of Arabic Translation Contest, 2018 Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, 2016–17 Oxford Food Symposium Rising Scholar Award, 2015 Fulbright Scholarship and Critical Language Enhancement Award, Jordan, 2012–13
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Making Levantine Cuisine, forthcoming edited collection of recipes, essays, and original research (co-editor) Bastila and the Archives of Unwritten Things, Maydan Nazira Nicola, The Doyenne of Modern Egyptian Cooking, Rawi: Egypt’s Heritage Review Recipes for a Field: Translating Middle Eastern Cookbooks and the Future of Food Studies, Gastronomica Ideology Never Cooked a Duck: A Recipe for Roast Duck, Egyptian Style, Scribe Medieval Arabic Recipes and the History of Hummus, The Recipes Project Seeking Primus Stoves in North Africa, Social Science Research Council Research Matters blog Cooking with Naguib Mahfouz, ArabLit Qamama Chicken from a Frenchwoman in Fes, tajine
LANGUAGES Arabic (Modern Standard + Egyptian, Moroccan, & Levantine colloquial) Spanish & French (advanced reading knowledge + basic conversation)