Lecture by Nafsika Papacharalampous “The Smellof the Greek Rural: Commensality and Identity at Times of Crisis”

Wednesday 22/4/2026 18:30-19:00 – Patari Metaptychiakou

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The lecture will take place as part of the collective workshop titled: “The Soup of the City and the Mountain: Edible Places and Other ‘Urban-Rural’ Encounters”

Short bio:
Nafsika Papacharalampous is a social anthropologist and Research Associate at the SOAS Food Studies Centre, University of London. For more than a decade, she has been researching changing food systems during times of environmental and economic crises. Her work focuses on cuisine, identity, memory, the senses and the past as ways of understanding social change. Her current research extends this work to food waste, social justice and sustainability in Greece. She is the author of “The Metamorphosis of Greek Cuisine: An ethnography of deli foods, restaurant smells & foodways of crisis” (Routledge, 2023).Nafsika is also a chef and consultant, working with artisan food companies, restaurants and food organisations. She also curates culinary experiences around Greek food. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, an MA in the Anthropology of Food from SOAS, and an MBA from the Athens University of Economics and Business. Website: www.nafsikacooks.com / @nafsikacooks

The lecture and the workshop are jointly organized as part of the following spring semester courses:

PELION CHŌRA: Dissecting and Reweaving a Mountain
Instructor: Metaxia Markaki

Cohabiting in the Garden: Architectures of Care
Instructor: Petros Phokaides

FOOD GEOGRAPHIES
Instructor: Thalia Marou