Shakespeare’s White Others

Dr David Sterling Brown – a tenured Associate Professor of English at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, and a member of the Curatorial Team for The Racial Imaginary Institute, founded by Claudia Rankine – will offer a brief reading from his new Cambridge University Press book entitled Shakespeare’s White Others. Brown’s book was written with a general audience in mind. And it is a useful resource for anyone who wants to learn, by way of Shakespearean drama, about such subjects as performance, sociology, social psychology, Black feminism, sexuality, Black male studies, critical race studies, anti-Blackness, mental health, domestic violence, trauma and more.

Following the reading, Brown will give a brief tour of his innovative virtual-reality art gallery and its inaugural exhibition entitled Visualizing Race Virtually, which were supported by the Mellon Foundation and American Council of Learned Societies. Featuring 39 pieces of artwork from the world-renowned Folger Shakespeare Library, the virtual-reality exhibition complements Brown’s Cambridge University Press book, and offers resources that enable the general public to learn about Shakespeare and race – Brown’s primary areas of scholarly expertise.

Finally, following the reading and art gallery demonstration, Brown will engage with audience members in a Q&A session.

Shakespeare’s White Others is available to buy now at: https://www.cambridge.org/ie/universitypress/subjects/literature/renaiss...