Board Members

Dr Anke Klitzing

Lecturer

Anke Klitzing lectures on food and culture, literature and media (Gastronomy and Food Studies) at the Technological University Dublin where also serves as programme co-ordinator for the MA Gastronomy and Food Studies. Her research combines food studies, literature and Irish studies and focuses on developing the gastrocritical paradigm – the theory and methodology of understanding the nexus of food and writing. Her monograph on the topic, Reading Food in Literature, Film and Other Imaginative Texts, was published with Routledge in 2026. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching from TU Dublin, an MA in Food Culture and Communication (Promozione e Gestione del Patromonio Enogastronomico e Turistico) from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy and a BA (Hons) in English Literature and Sociology from UCD (Ireland). Her professional experience in Ireland, Italy, and Germany includes restaurant and bar management as well as journalism, communications, and PR in the agro-culinary and NGO sectors. In 2023 and 2026, Anke was nominated in the category “Early Career Researcher” at the TU Dublin Excellence in Research and Innovation Awards.

She currently serves on the executive committee of Softball Leinster (chair 2023-2026; ordinary member since 2026) and on the board of Softball Ireland (since 2024).

Professional Information

Programme co-ordinator MA Gastronomy and Food Studies
Submissions editor and programme coordinator Dublin Gastronomy Symposium
Organising committee member Food and Drink as… conference series
Editor-in-chief Stirring Words
Editor Journal of Franco-Irish Studies
Production editor European Journal of Food, Drink, and Society
Founding Board Member TU Dublin Centre for Irish Studies
Member Association for Franco-Irish Studies

Research interests:

Gastrocriticism; food writing, literature, media and communications; food culture, history and sociology; literary nonfiction writing in theory and practice; modern Irish and anglophone literature; Irish culture, history and society; academic careers; interdisciplinarity.

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