Shakespeare, Race, and the Practical Humanities

Wednesday, April 19th

Session 1

4: 30-5:30PM – PERFORMING SHAKESPEARE – COLTON CHAPEL
Welcome: Diane Windham Shaw, Skillman Library
A Historical Note: June Schlueter, Emerita, English
Session Chair: Curlee Holton, Art

Presenter: Keith Hamilton Cobb
Title: “The Thing is the Thing: Playing and Not Playing Shakespeare While Black”
Presentation sponsored by the Friends of Skillman Library

 

Session 2

7:00-8:15PM – OPENING NIGHT LECTURE – COLTON CHAPEL
Welcome: Alison Byerly, President, Lafayette College
Session Chair: Pat Donahue, English

Presenter: Michael Witmore
Title: “Is It Practical to Talk about Shakespeare and Race?”

 

Thursday, April 20th

Session 3

7:00-9:00PM – PAPER PANEL
Welcome: Abu Rizvi, Provost, Lafayette College
Session Chair: Ian Smith, English

Presenter: Ayanna Thompson
Title: “Confessions of a Black Shakespearean; or A Talk about Productive Grappling”

Presenter: Peter Erickson
Title: “The Power of Practicality in Shakespeare Studies”

-Brief Pause

Respondent: Kim F. Hall
Title: “Speak This Yearning”

SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS
Ian Smith, English
Diane Windham Shaw, Skillman Library