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Pernille Røge @pernilleblues.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

CFP: The Black Atlantic, Women, and the Majestic. Please submit individual paper proposals of up to 300 words with the title of the paper, name, institutional affiliation (if applicable), e-mail address, and a brief 2-page curriculum vitae, by email attachment to medren@pitt.edu. Please share widely

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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 07/10/2026

"To Hear Her Speak" (opening Oct 16 at the Folger) explores how Black women have engaged with Shakespeare’s work over hundreds of years through literature, performance art, fashion, and activism. Take an early look at the exhibition courtesy of @washingtonian.com: washingtonian.com/2026/10/05/a...

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An Intriguing Exhibit on Shakespeare and Black Women

The Folger looks into some under-explored history.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Looked down at my phone and it was busily transcribing the dialogue from a series I’m watching. It was the murderer’s confession, about to be sent via text to @profchander.bsky.social I don’t have an alibi!

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This symposium on “Whiteness as Property” will be absolutely incredible and I am so grateful I will be able to attend! Cheryl Harris will speak, along with a list of scholars from around the world

The Harris Seminar & Dialogues
Whiteness as Property: Reflections and Retrospectives
October 19th-21st, 2026 | Amherst College, MA
The Race and Regency Lab announces The Harris Seminar and Dialogues, a series of global scholarly conversations centered on Cheryl I. Harris's landmark essay Whiteness as Property. Co-convened by Professors Kim Hall (Barnard College), Patricia Matthew (Montclair State University), and Amelia Worsley (Amherst College), the seminar brings together an international collective of community organizers, museum professionals, and scholars of pre-1900 cultural studies.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

www.raceandregency.org/events 10.19–10,21 Amherst College

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anne Carson’s BBC interview on winning the Nobel is delightful. Go find it.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you. I’m the editor not the author but really appreciate your thoughts.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m thinking about all of this today especially because it’s the 10th anniversary of my mom’s passing.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But I know that this next book (still in progress) emerged from the community I found with this book. There is NO PATH to the questions it proposes without the Black folks I’ve met these last ten years.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The book connected me to **remarkable**thinkers of color, and those connections helped me navigate my own institutional challenges. There are always people ready to tell me it doesn’t “count” (it’s an edited volume, it’s not in my field). Maybe they are right, institutionally.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ve tried to channel the best of what I’ve learned into building a community with the Race and Regency Lab, a space where we can reflect on complex issues free from institutional obstacles. It is more work than talks or workshops, but the possibilities for meaningful disruptions feel very real.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The work that felt most meaningful was almost always the private lunches (I pushed hard for those) I had with faculty of color. I also was invited to do serve as an external reviewer for a department that felt RICH with promise. It went beyond talks and into departmental history and structure.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I learned invaluable lessons in the talks and workshops I was part of. Many of those lessons came from women of color. I also saw first hand, across the country, how institutional resistance operates. I worried a lot about providing cover for disingenuous academic leaders.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It put my career on a completely different path than the one I planned. And A LOT of people thought I would become a DEI administrator. That was never my goal. But I am glad that it has positioned me to help academics of color, sometimes taking TO/WITH them and sometimes speaking on their behalf.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I found a community among academics of color, especially Black women. Those friendships and new role models about how to be ethically academic sustained me. I also found deeply committed allies among white academics. I value those relationships.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My copies were waiting for me in Brooklyn when I got back from her memorial service. I was so crushed I couldn’t really process that it was out. But the reaction was so overwhelming positive and the invitations to share what I learned helped keep me from going completely under. I mean that.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This autumn is the 10th anniversary of the publication of Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure. It came out during a heartbreaking time, my mom’s passing. I worked on copy edits and proofs from her living room, between medical appointments. uncpress.org/978146962771...

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Written/Unwritten

The academy may claim to seek and value diversity in its professoriate, but reports from faculty of color around the country make clear that departments and ...

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We hope you’ll ask your libraries to purchase all of these.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

www.raceandregency.org/events Soon!

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s a good day in Bed-Stuy. New memorials in these time are especially uplifting. ESPECIALLY.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was told that one of my responsibilities as an Arsenal fan was to show up at the same place to watch every game. I am missing today…I fear the current score is my fault. 🥴

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thrilled to announce the year’s schedule for this series at BU’s American Studies Program. Join us if you are in town!!

AMERICAN STUDIES FOR THE FUTURE
October 5, 2026: Bradley Craig and Jessica Marie Johnson
April 9, 2027: Nicole Smythe-Johnson and Huey Copeland
May 5, 2027: Carolyn White
Please check our website for details about locations and accessibility
BU.EDU/AMERICANSTUDIES/FUTURE
Website here

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Celeste-Marie Bernier presents the first standalone biography of Anna Murray Douglass, wife and co-revolutionary of Frederick Douglass, honoring her history-making role as a campaigner, liberator, and freedom-fighter. Read a sample for free now: buff.ly/4etAj6v

Cover of Anna Murray Douglass: Biography of a Revolutionary by Celeste-Marie Bernier. The cover is a photograph of Anna Murray Douglass as a duotone in pink and red. There are three squares made of transparent gold triangle patterns overlayed. The title is written large in a bold white script across the cover. The subtitle is smaller below and aligned left. The authors name appears in the top left corner of the cover in white.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yes. When we talked about it they patiently explained to me how figurative language functions. (I think they ended up with a B on the essay)

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gearing up to teach Coleridge and remembering being flummoxed 20 years ago by a student’s claim that “The Eolian Harp” was a poem about a man having sex with a wind chime. ChatGPT/AI could NEVAH!

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yes! Confirmed. I’ve just been told they aren’t a really good team lately. #17 last year.

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David @razed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Welcome! If you're ever in Kansas City on match day feel free to join the KC Gooners at Johnnie's Tavern at Power & Light! This is us from the championship celebration last year:

A crowd of Arsenal fans posing for a photo and cheering, with signs that say Kansas City Gooners.

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I already have a homework assignment: read Black Arsenal

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m excited to learn what you mean!

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m happy to announce that I’ve decided to enjoy football beyond World Cup. And, based almost ENTIRELY on my seat at this restaurant bar, I’ve chosen Arsenal. I’ve been recruited by a contingent of Black Arsenal fans. I already hate Chelsea.

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