Amanda Coate

Bio

Amanda Coate is a Ph.D. candidate in History at Stanford University. She works on the cultural and intellectual histories of early modern Europe. She is particularly interested in animal-human interactions, the history of medicine and related fields of knowledge, and how people have conceptualized human nature and the extremes of human behavior, such as survival cannibalism. Her dissertation, "Experiences and Meanings of Hunger in Early Modern Europe, c. 1550-1700," examines early modern European cultural understandings of hunger and food scarcity. Using a wide range of sources (including diaries, sermons, news pamphlets, and medical literature), her dissertation tracks the multifaceted ways in which early modern Europeans experienced, portrayed, and comprehended their own and others’ hunger. Her work has been supported by Stanford University's School of Humanities and Sciences, the Europe Center at Stanford University, the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at Stanford University, and the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Stanford University.

Amanda is also enthusiastic about fostering appreciation for history and the humanities through teaching. She is currently working on completing an Associate Level Teaching Certificate from Stanford's Center for Teaching and Learning. During 2022-23, she was a writer for the blog Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal.

Honors & Awards

• Graduate Research Opportunity (GRO), School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2023)
• Graduate Student Research Grant, CMEMS, Stanford University (2023)
• Robert M. Kingdon Prize, Sixteenth Century Society Conference (2023)
• Emerging Scholar Award, 12th International Conference on Food Studies (2022)
• Graduate Student Grant, The Europe Center, Stanford University (2022)
• History of Technology & Science Research Grant, HPS, Stanford University (2022)
• Extraordinary Journeys Featured Senior, Cornell University (2018)
• George S. Lustig Prize, Department of History, Cornell University (2018)
• Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University (2018)
• Goethe Essay Prize, Department of German Studies, Cornell University (2015)
• James E. Rice, Jr. Essay Award, Knight Institute, Cornell University (2015)

Education & Certifications

• M.A., Stanford University, History (2021)
• B.A., Cornell University, History (2018)