"Shakespeare Will Not Save Us" (with Dr. Matthieu Chapman)

About this episode

Dr. Matthieu Chapman discusses his forthcoming book on Shakespeare's role in colonialism and race in Early Modern Studies.

Dr. Matthieu Chapman previews his forthcoming book, Shakespeare and Antiblack World-making , in which reflects on the fields of Pre-Modern Critical Race Studies and Early Modern Studies. He discusses why he portrays Shakespeare as the ultimate colonizer, his sentiments about the ideal of ‘reading generously” and its connection to universality, and how the field of Early Modern Studies was built on the denials of the very concept of race.

People in this episode

Host: Anna Nguyen

Guest: Dr. Matthieu Chapman

Topics covered

• Shakespeare
• Critical Race Studies
• Colonialism
• Early Modern Studies
• Antiblackness
• Reading Generously

Keywords

• Shakespeare
• Antiblack World-making
• Critical Race Studies
• Early Modern Studies
• Colonization
• Reading Generously

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Shakespeare and Antiblack World-making, Shakespeare

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