Amanda Coate

Bio

Amanda Coate is a Ph.D. candidate in History at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the cultural and intellectual histories of early modern Europe. She is particularly interested in the history of cannibalism (especially survival cannibalism), the history of medicine and related fields of knowledge, and human-animal interactions. Her in-progress dissertation examines understandings of hunger and food scarcity in 16th- and 17th-century Europe. 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)

2021-22 Courses

• Cannibalism in Early Modern Europe: The Ultimate Taboo in Historical Context
  HISTORY 42S (Aut)