The “Shakespeare and Race” colloquia foreground race—its emergence, adaptability, and scope—within a historical perspective to fortify our understanding of an issue whose social impact is felt everywhere today. With the growing contemporary emphasis on acknowledging race as central to academic inquiry, social justice, cultural and economic diversity, global and multicultural studies, and the fundamental questions of inequality, the rigorous study of race is timely and urgent. While professional scholars and graduate students often participate in such colloquia, “Shakespeare and Race” also addresses an undergraduate audience as part of its inclusive goals.

“Shakespeare, Race, and Queer Sexuality” is the third in the series of “Shakespeare and Race” colloquia at Lafayette College.

Program Schedule

March 24, 2021 – 4:10-5:30 EDT

Ian Smith
Lafayette College
Introduction

“Shakespeare, Race, and Queer Sexuality”:
A Conversation Among Scholars

Jean E. Howard
Columbia University
Moderator

Arthur Little, Jr.
University of California, Los Angeles

Mario DiGangi
Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY

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April 7, 2021 – 4:10-5:30 EDT
Ian Smith
Lafayette College
Introduction

“Shakespeare, Race, and Queer Sexuality”:
An Actor Speaks

Simone Chess
Wayne State University
Interviewer
Skyler Cooper
Actor

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Colloquium Co-Organizers

Ian Smith
Lafayette College

David Sterling Brown
Binghamton University, SUNY

Diane Windham Shaw
Lafayette College (Emerita)