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Anne Sarah Rubin @annesarah.bsky.social · May 23

I'm happy to have contributed a short piece on #coffee in the #CivilWar South to The Recipes Project's Spring 2025 issue on Food and War. Many thanks to @jesspclark.bsky.social and @vanesamiseres.bsky.social for editing and pulling the issue together. recipes.hypotheses.org/25470

“Like the Genuine Moca”: Ersatz Coffee and Confederate Nationalism during the American Civil War

By Anne Sarah Rubin Coffee, I must have coffee, and if anyone wants to give me a treat, ah!, just give me some coffee! Although written by J.S. Bach and the librettist Picander in the 1730s, the Coffe...

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · May 23

It’s a great piece! Thanks for contributing to this issue! 🥰

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Melissa Reynolds @melkatrey.bsky.social · May 9

I’m really proud of the Spring issue of The Recipes Project: FOOD AND WAR, edited by @vanesamiseres.bsky.social and Jessica Clark. Some incredible posts coming your way this May!

Read more via our Substack: open.substack.com/pub/therecip...

And subscribe if you haven’t already!

Introducing FOOD AND WAR

Our Spring 2025 issue, guest edited by Vanesa Miseres, with our own Jessica Clark

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · May 9

Thank you so much for this opportunity, it was a pleasure! And @jesspclark.bsky.social is amazing! 🙌

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · May 8

The Recipes Project Spring Edition, Food and War is now live. More articles coming out every Thursday during this month, sign up to get notified! I hope you enjoy them as much as I did while working on this issue. Food matters!

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · May 7

Friends going to LASA. Remember to sign up for these food tours! Super proud of this partnership with La Cocina NGO 💜Register using this link: members.lasaweb.org/jru/

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Apr 17

Going to LASA in San Francisco? Sign up for one of these two wonderful food tours organized in partnership with La
cocina, an NGO helping migrant entrepreneurs in the food business. Link: lasaweb.org/en/lasa2025/...

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Mar 12

We have extended the deadline!! Be part of the 19th C forum at the MLA in Toronto 2026 🙌

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Mar 7

A few more days to send your abstracts!

Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Feb 11

The 19th-Century Latin American Forum at the MLA is organizing two panels and a workshop for the 2026 convention in Toronto. Send us your abstracts and share this call with your colleagues!

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Feb 11

The 19th-Century Latin American Forum at the MLA is organizing two panels and a workshop for the 2026 convention in Toronto. Send us your abstracts and share this call with your colleagues!

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Feb 10

Cecilia Vicuña is coming to Notre Dame this Wednesday! We look forward to seeing you there!

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Feb 10

Check this out! Also, consider LARR for submitting your Latin American literature articles 🙌

Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · Feb 10

My article on Sor Juana is now out and open access! Click here to uncover the truth: was she a sphinx or not?

Was Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas | Latin American Research Review | Cambridge Core

Was Sor Juana a Sphinx? Monstrosity and the Poetics of Dedication in Her Transoceanic Enigmas

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Feb 3

Nuevo número de la revista (an)ecdótica de la UNAM sobre la reedición de escritoras e imperdibles reflexiones sobre archivos y pedagogías con perspectiva de género. Comparto índice y enlace! Co-editado con Ainai Morales. revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/anEcdotica/i...

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Jan 28

En unas semanitas nos vemos en este increíble encuentro, como todos los que organiza @ProyectoGima. Se pueden anotar para asistir de forma virtual si les interesan los estudios de género y de cultura material 💜

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Jan 21

Send us your pitch for this exciting and timely issue on food and war, open to all periods and disciplines 😍
CfP: Food and War: Recipes of Survival, Resistance, and Power

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thanks to the Nanovic Institute for featuring my summer research in Berlin! Plus, don't miss my archive selfie 🤣🫣
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Sowing Knowledge Across Continents: Prof. Vanesa Miseres Explores Botanical and Feminist Connections in Berlin

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Dec 6

Notre Dame and Kellogg people, join us this afternoon!

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Dec 4

New publication on 19th C Latin America. Wonderfully edited by Graciela Montaldo and Agnes Lugo Ortiz

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Dec 4

Está mal pero no tan mal … ;)

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Dec 2

Gender Studies 2 year post doc position at Notre Dame. Deadline December 10! 👉 genderstudies.nd.edu/people/postd...

Postdoctoral Fellow

The Gender Studies Program develops, promotes, and supports scholarship, creative work, pedagogy, service, and activism that expand knowledge, respect human dignity, foster solidarity, and build towar...

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Dec 1

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Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies @gastronomica.bsky.social · Nov 30

Good evening #foodstudies community. Gastronomica is now on Bluesky and excited to connect with readers, scholars, professionals, and enthusiasts. We will no longer be using our Twitter account, so follow us here for updates and news.

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Vanesa Miseres @vanesamiseres.bsky.social · Nov 30

Gracias!! 🥰

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