Event
Asian America Across the Disciplines in conversation with Dr. Margaret Magat, folklorist and author
Asian America Across the Disciplines Fall 2022
Please join us for a lecture and lunch with Margaret Magat, folklorist and author of Balut: Fertilized Eggs and the Making of Culinary Capital in the Filipino Diaspora (Bloomsbury, 2019).
Margaret Magat is a Cultural Resources Program Manager with a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Folklore, University of California, Berkeley. She has published on foodways, historic preservation, women and transnational migration, and Asian American cultural practices. She was senior convener for the Transnational Asia/Pacific Section (2018-2020) of the American Folklore Society (AFS) and is now an adviser to the current conveners. She is also a member of AFS’ Cultural Diversity Committee.
Filipino food will be available for attendees. Please RSVP here and join in person or register here and join by Zoom.
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