Rising: A RaceB4Race Symposium
Arizona State University | January 26-27, 2024
In person and livestreamed
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
Friday, January 26, 2024 | 6:00 pm | 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)
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Livestream information
This event will be livestreamed by ASU Live. The recording will be available to watch on the ACMRS YouTube channel afterwards.
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.
Symposium schedule
Friday, January 26
All sessions will take place in the Carson Ballroom of Old Main
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Coffee and registration
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Welcome remarks by Ruben Espinosa and Farah Karim-Cooper
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Speaking to God; Arabs, Persians and Shīʿī Duʿāʾ | Rana Ghuloom
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Conversion and Racial Trauma in the Middle English Otuel Romances | Jonathan Correa-Reyes
11:45 am - 1:30 pm
Lunch break
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
“Rome and the righteous heavens be my judge”: Racial Trauma and the Role of Judgment in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus | Lisa Barksdale-Shaw
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Race, Trauma, and Re-forming the Romans | Jermaine Bryant
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Ruffle or Rape: The Mundanaity of Racial Trauma in the Domestic Sphere | Kirsten Mendoza
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Keynote: An Evening with Adjoa Andoh
Saturday, January 27
All sessions will take place in the Carson Ballroom of Old Main
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Coffee and registration
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Talk title forthcoming | Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Racial Trauma and Recovery: The First-Finders of Children | Elise Wang
11:45 am - 1:30 pm
Lunch break
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Sangre Ajedrez: A Boricua’s Guide to Fair Play in Early Modern Studies | Ariane Balizet
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Frozen in Spectacle: Alienation and Connection in Responding to Racial Trauma | Katherine Harloe
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Our Words: Language, Trauma, and Indigenization in Performance | Madeline Sayet
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Closing remarks by Jeffrey J. Cohen