Thanks to the pioneering work of Professor Lisa Hopkins, the field of early modern English drama is now much more attuned to the various edges, spaces, and intersections that characterise the dramatic...

Abstract. In the period 1650–1715, a growing consensus emerged that educational culture in England did not meet the needs of the population, and that chang

County maps for six early modern England & Wales datasets

Abstract. This article takes the case of a group of Ethiopian boys brought to Rome by Catholic missionaries in the early 1700s as an entry point to explore

The Race and the Early Modern seminar is delighted to be welcoming Aman Williams on 9th November to discuss a paper titled: ‘“As if she were his owne lawfull wife”: Marriage, Household, and the Queeri...

How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries.

In 1628, the Dutch West India Company captured a Spanish silver fleet off the shore of Cuba. A broadside by Claes Jansz Visscher (1587–1652) celebrated the event, illustrating the battle and providing...

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We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...

Abstract. In the period 1650–1715, a growing consensus emerged that educational culture in England did not meet the needs of the population, and that chang

This bibliography offers a genealogy of the scholarly work in premodern (critical) race studies. It exhibits the long history of this scholarship and shows the new directions for critical inquiry t…

Created by field-leading scholars, Throughlines’ pedagogical approaches offer accessible and critical ways to incorporate discussions of race in the premodern studies classroom.

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