Event—Center for Renaissance Studies

2023-2024 Dissertation Seminar: Premodern Critical Race Studies

An interdisciplinary, supportive community for graduate students in the early stages of the dissertation who are working on critical race studies before 1800.

Depiction of the Potosí silver mine from Tarih-i Yeni Dünya, el-musemma be hadis-i nev, c. 1600 (VAULT Ayer MS 612)

Description

This seminar provides an interdisciplinary, supportive community for graduate students in the early stages of the dissertation who are working on critical race studies in the ancient, medieval, and early modern worlds (before 1800). Participants will learn research methodologies for utilizing archival sources and explore interdisciplinary approaches to the study of race in the premodern world, particularly considering intersection of racialization and race-making processes with the study of gender, sexuality, geography, and space. Each student will workshop a draft dissertation proposal or chapter and receive constructive feedback from the instructors and seminar members.

Learn more about the instructors: Ambereen Dadabhoy and Roland Betancourt.