On Friday and Saturday, January 18-19 2019, Arizona State University’s Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies directed by Professor Ayanna Thompson hosted a paradigm shifting conference on race and race studies in the medieval and early modern periods. Following upon The Globe’s Shakespeare and Race Symposium of August 2018, this program expanded the field … Continue reading After Race Before Race
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Some thoughts on SAA 2017
A few weeks before the Shakespeare Association of America meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, I was invited to give a talk on race in the early modern period by the Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley. This group is comprised of seniors who have either a lay interest in Shakespeare or were teachers at the secondary or … Continue reading Some thoughts on SAA 2017