Race, Place, and the Nonhuman in Early Modernity (spring weekend workshop)

Organized by Hillary Eklund and Debapriya Sarkar

Program and Presenters:  Malinda Maynor Lowery (Emory University) and Mónica Domínguez Torres (University of Delaware) will open the workshop with a plenary session on Thursday evening, May 16. Over Friday and Saturday, the following presenters will address four respective topics: Karen Ann Daniels (Folger Theatre and Folger Programming) and Carol Mejia-LaPerle (Wright State University) on Community Engagement; Laura Harjo (University of Oklahoma) and Ashley Sarpong (California State University, Stanislaus) on Scholarship; Vanessa M. Holden (University of Kentucky) and Kathryn Vomero Santos (Trinity University) on Public Humanities; and Olga Sánchez Saltveit (Middlebury College) and Brittany N. Williams (actress and author) on Art. Ruben Espinosa (Arizona State University), Davy Knittle (University of Delaware), and Lehua Yim (independent researcher) will serve as respondents during the course of the workshop.