Brandeis Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (BOLLI)

Professor Merry “Corky” White, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University

Monday, November 17th at 1:00 pm in-person at 60 Turner Street

Bio: Merry (“Corky”) White is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University, with
specialties in Japanese studies, food, and travel. A caterer prior to entering graduate
school, she has written two cookbooks, one of which—first published in the mid-
1970s—was recently reissued by Princeton University Press.
She currently has the following projects in the works:

• Completing a study of Japanese food workers and conducting new research on the
  Japanese whiskey industry, including distillery visits, interviews, and participant
  observation.
• “Don’t Tell the Kinder,” a family history of art and rescue in the exhibition, “Try All What
  is Possible”: How Emil Singer’s Art Saved Lives, 1936-1942.
• Co-Curator, “Objects of Use and Beauty” Exhibition of Japanese Culinary Tools, Fuller
  Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2018
• Co-author with Dr. Benjamin Wurgaft, “Ways of Eating: Exploring Food through History
  and Culture,” Oakland: University of California Press, 2024. Coming out in eight foreign
  language editions. Currently on book tour