Eileen M. W. Morgan
Education
M.A. in Medieval Studies, University of Notre Dame (2021); B.A. in History and English, Bryn Mawr College (2015)
Year of Matriculation
2018
Contact
Areas of Interest
Food studies; history of science, medicine, and technology; medieval material culture; critical race studies
Profile
Eileen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute researching Mediterranean foodways. Her dissertation, “Structuring Nature: Peacocks, Food, and the History of Science, c. 1250-1550”, is a longue durée comparative study of the widespread phenomenon of serving roasted peacocks in their skin as though they were alive. She uses the roasted peacock to think through the relationship between material practices and intellectual culture. While her primary research interest lies in food studies, more broadly she is fascinated by the concept of technical expertise and the transmission of embodied knowledge.
Recent Scholarly Activity
- Richard and Peggy Notebaert Premier Fellowship (2018–24)
- NDIAS Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (2022–23)
- Nanovic Institute Graduate Fellowship (2021–23)
- Duffy Fellowship (2020–21)
- Co-Organizer of Pre-Modern Critical Race Studies Working Group (2019–21)