Black Metaphors: Modern Racism & Medieval Race-Thinking; Prof @Wellesley, DIVERSITY DIFFERENTLY: https://xitter.cf/t.co/1LqflumRyi; https://xitter.cf/t.co/6p8V7w8yLP
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Forbidden Love: Medieval Romance as Critical Race Studies Archive by @ProfCWhit
medievalists.net/2024/09/for… #medieval
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The voyage is coming!
Pre-order now from Fordham UP or assorted other places! With thanks to so many, and looking forward to sailing and swimming in these waters soon!
fordhampress.com/97815315063…
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It's here! The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race, edited by the brilliant @pakhimie! Honored to have an essay in the volume!
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Also , @Duke_English turned my 1970s app for grad school down. When I became Dean at Duke, some of those faculty were still in the department. 🤭 Lesson: don’t let nobody turn you round.
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My tribute to Louise Glück 💜
cnn.com/2023/10/16/opinions/… – at Waterville, ME
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Wrote about Louise nybooks.com/online/2023/10/1… via @nybooks
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If you're in the US & think the US should call for deescalation + a stop to the bombing of civilians in Gaza, plz call your congressional reps NOW. I've been using this page, from Jewish Voice for Peace, for modifiable scripts + easy connection to my reps: jewishvoiceforpeace.org/reso…
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Don't forget to join us TOMORROW for Rights Revoked: An ACMRS Roundtable featuring @Abalizet, Maeve Callan, Lydia M. Harris, Valerie Traub and @ProfKFH! August 9, 1:00 pm PDT. #ASUHumanities #MedievalTwitter #ShakeRace eventbrite.com/e/rights-revo…
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Glad the Respect for Marriage Act passed the House with bipartisan support. Now, my colleagues in the Senate have the chance to protect rights of same-sex and interracial couples.
Some things are bigger than partisan politics. Let’s prove love is one of those things 🏳️🌈
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July 2021 was the hottest July in recorded world history.
June 2022 tied June 2020 for the hottest June on record.
Runways are melting in England, grounding airplanes and restricting travel.
If you're looking for evidence of a climate crisis, look around.
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“Many of the pitfalls of the way white supremacy can be deeply embedded in my field were not fully revealed. They were not able to be fully brought to light until there became a critical mass of scholars of color working in medieval studies." -@ProfCWhit bit.ly/3zPpybw
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Today is the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, where 5 men were killed outside the (Old) State House. Among them was Crispus Attucks - enslaved in Framingham, MA, but self-emancipated 1750. He became a powerful symbol for Boston’s black abolitionists in the mid-18th c
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It's the final day for (in-person and remote) early registration for the 47th Sewanee Medieval Colloquium! Plenary events: Hussein Fancy (Yale), Elina Gertsman (Case Western) and a reading by Jos Charles in conversation with @Transliterature. new.sewanee.edu/academics/me…
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The #DoomsdayClock has remained at 100 seconds to midnight for a third year in a row, as scientists said the world is “no safer” than it was this time last year.
Credit: @BulletinAtomic
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Louis Vuitton presents the Men’s Fall-Winter 2022 Collection by Virgil Abloh in Paris.
#LVMenFW22 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1zqKVBpmo…
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#fridayreads A New Companion to Critical Thinking on Chaucer Ed by Stephanie L. Batkie, Matthew W. Irvin and Lynn Shutters @slbatkie @drbadplan @ProfCWhit @bruceholsinger @RickGodden @addax30 @hollyacrocker @meaning_effect #medievaltwitter #chaucer arc-humanities.org/978164189…
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Signal boosting the upcoming Medievalist Toolkit workshop "History in a Time of Polarization," Saturday, December 11, 12pm-3:20pm EST. Speakers incl @lifeafterhate @ProfCWhit @ISASaxonists @enimust @BretDevereaux @ShokoofehR @prof_gabriele! Register Here:
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/m…
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Author @ProfCWhit (BLACK METAPHORS, out now in paperback) lends his insights to one section of this new @HISTORY article on surprising discoveries from medieval times ow.ly/qcfZ50GzuUN