Rising: A RaceB4Race Symposium

Event description
- Academic events
Rising: A RaceB4Race Symposium invites scholars to consider the ways in which literary, artistic, or scholarly practice compels the transcension of racial trauma we find in lived experience, as we navigate premodern texts and the academy. How do we push at the boundaries of difficulty and find joy through art, scholarship, and community?
Co-hosted by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Shakespeare Centre London (Shakespeare’s Globe and King’s College).
About RaceB4Race
RaceB4Race is an ongoing conference series and professional network community by and for scholars of color working on issues of race in premodern literature, history, and culture. RaceB4Race centers the expertise, perspectives, and sociopolitical interests of BIPOC scholars, whose work seeks to expand critical race theory. Bridging many traditional disciplinary divides, RaceB4Race not only creates innovative scholarly dialogues, but also fosters social change within premodern studies as a whole. RaceB4Race is brought to life by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in partnership with The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Division of Humanities and the Hitz Foundation.
Keynote
Featuring keynote speaker Adjoa Andoh - Register
Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 | 6:00 p.m. | Carson Ballroom, Old Main
Speakers
- Ariane Balizet (Texas Christian University)
- Lisa Barksdale-Shaw (Arizona State University)
- Jermaine Bryant (Princeton University)
- Jonathan Correa-Reyes (Clemson University)
- Rana Ghuloom (University of Chicago)
- Katherine Harloe (University of London)
- Kirsten Mendoza (University of Dayton)
- Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh (independent scholar)
- Madeline Sayet (Arizona State University)
- Elise Wang (California State University – Fullerton)
Livestream information
This event will be livestreamed by ASU Live. The recording will be available to watch on the ACMRS YouTube channel afterwards. If you would like to be reminded of the ASU Live link at the time of the event, please register with the online only option.
Travel information
For information regarding lodging near the ASU Tempe Campus, please visit the Travel Information for ASU visitors page.
This event will take place in Carson Ballroom in Old Main. The closest parking garage to the venue is the Fulton Center parking structure. Learn more about parking rates here.