Name: Localized Practices of Plant-Based Cuisine: Vegetarian Restaurants in Eastern China
Start: 2026-03-25T13:15:00+01:00
Location: Sölvegatan 18 B, 223 62 Lund, Sweden

Localized Practices of Plant-Based Cuisine: Vegetarian Restaurants in Eastern China

Open lecture with Associate Professor Jakob Klein, SOAS University of London
In this talk, Associate Professor Jakob Klein will share some reflections and initial fieldwork findings from ongoing research on plant-based restaurants in and around Hangzhou, Zhejiang province and at Mount Jiuhua, a Buddhist holy mountain in Anhui province. Approaching plant-based restaurants as sites of culinary and ethical entrepreneurship, the talk explores the localized culinary strategies through which restaurateurs and chefs in Eastern China further their religious and other ethical projects.
See our website for more information: https://www.ace.lu.se/calendar/localized-practices-plant-based-cuisine-vegetarian-restaurants-eastern-china