Culinary Mind: Center for the Philosophy of Food and the Gastronomica Editorial Collective are inviting submissions for the inaugural Culinary Mind/Gastronomica Lecture in the Philosophy of Food.  

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Conceived to encourage the flourishing of scholarship at the intersection of philosophy and food studies, the lecture is scheduled to be given mid-March 2026 to an international, virtual audience, with the option to record it and post it to Culinary Mind’s website. 

Submissions for the lecture will first be evaluated anonymously by a panel composed of Culinary Mind and Gastronomica members. Final selections will be de-anonymized and will take into account the cover letter as well to ensure finalists meet the early career scholar criteria. 

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The selected scholar will be invited to develop their lecture into an essay for consideration for publication at Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies. After the standard peer review, if accepted for publication, the essay will appear as a “target article” along with two to three invited responses from other scholars. The scholar will also be invited to discuss their published article on the Gastronomica podcast. 

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REQUIREMENTS 

Submissions should be from early career scholars (< 10 years from PhD) and can address any topic in the philosophy of food. Exceptions regarding what counts as early career can be considered on a case by case basis (e.g., in reference to career breaks due to parental leave, disability, illness, etc.).

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GUIDELINES

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• Deadline for submission: December 1, 2025;

• 150-250 word cover letter that includes brief academic biography, years from PhD, and statement of research interests;

• a long abstract of 2500-3000 words on any topic in the philosophy of food, to be developed into a 40-45 minutes lecture; 

• the abstract should be anonymized for review with a clear/descriptive title, word count, and 4-6 keywords; references in Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition: in-text citations (Author, date); double-spaced, Notes/References Cited at the end of the text; American spelling; italics (not underlining) for emphasis;

• All files must be Word documents (.docx or .doc);

• Send submissions to: <andrea.borghini@unimi.it> inserting as subject of your email: “SUBMISSION: Culinary Mind/Gastronomica Lecture in Philosophy of Food.”

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