Amanda Coate

Bio

Amanda Coate is a PhD candidate in History at Stanford University, where she studies early modern Europe. Her research focuses primarily on the cultural and intellectual histories of 16th- and 17th-century Britain, Germany, and France. In her work, she has investigated ideas about cannibalism (particularly survival cannibalism), science and medicine in Britain and Ireland, and human-animal interactions. Her ongoing dissertation research examines early modern European understandings of hunger and food scarcity. During 2022-23, she was a writer for 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)
• 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)