Sara Gardner
9 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
Sara M. Gardner is a PhD candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota. Her work focuses on the culinary heritage and cultural identity of the Sephardic Jews. Previously, she served as the Collaborations Manager for the Jewish Arts Collaborative and the Associate Director for Young Adult Programs at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts. From 2016-2017, Sara lived and researched medieval Sephardic culinary heritage in Spain as a Fulbright Graduate Research Scholar. She has presented her work at various international conferences, including the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery and the Dublin Gastronomy Symposium. Sara is also a published cookbook author; her first cookbook is entitled The Rosh Hashanah Seder Cookbook: Stories and Recipes from the Reform Jewish Community of Madrid (2018).
Educational Background
- MA: Spanish & Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, May 2022
- BA: International Literary & Visual Studies, Spanish, Hebrew minor, Tufts University, May 2016
Specialties
- Culinary heritage & cultural identity of Sephardic Jews in Medieval Iberia
- Food Studies
- Iberian Studies
- Sephardic Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Mediterranean Studies
- Diaspora Studies
- Medieval Jewish Women
- Medieval and Early Modern Medicine and Health
- Medieval Magic