Presentations
The Idea of Race - in Shakespeare's Times and Ours
Monday, October 7th, 2002
Ania Loomba
12 noon
Second Floor, Levis Faculty Center
919 W. Illinois St.
Urbana
Event Description
Introduction by Carol Neely, Professor of English
For centuries, plays like Othello and The Tempest have spoken about race to audiences across the globe. But are concepts like 'race' and 'racism' appropriate to analyze communities in early modern Europe? Or is it that early modern vocabularies have shaped our own notions of difference?
Ania Loomba
Department of English, CAS Associate 2001-2002