Posted on September 29, 2026 by Nicole Poole
UT San Antonio Special Collections has awarded Dr. Ali Atabey the Diana Kennedy Foundation 'Teaching in the Archives' grant for faculty. The grant supports faculty in utilizing Diana Kennedy's papers and research libraries in their teaching.
Dr. Ali Atabey awarded Diana Kennedy Grant
Dr. Atabey is currently teaching a course on the History of Food and Foodways. His course teaches students that all historical eras and world areas are marked by the need for food, the production of food, and the culture of food. Throughout the course, students will engage in detailed investigations of food and drink in history, with particular attention on how food choices and ideologies express social distinctions, collective values, and aspirations. The impact of food on social and political systems, cultural interactions, economic empires, human migrations, and warfare are other themes that have the potential to be explored.
— Nicole Poole
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