{"id":3000,"date":"2021-10-08T18:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T17:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/english\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2021-10-08T19:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:09:53","slug":"black-history-month-2021-shakespeare-race-and-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/english\/2021\/10\/08\/black-history-month-2021-shakespeare-race-and-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month 2021: Shakespeare, Race and Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black History Month 2021<\/p>\n<p>As part of the series Black History Month, Professor Farah Karim-Cooper will be speaking on Shakespeare, Race and Performance at the Museum of London.<\/p>\n<p>TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021, 6:00PM &#8211; 7:00PM (also live-streaming).<\/p>\n<p>How do Shakespeare&#8217;s familiar plays Othello and Romeo and Juliet reflect the early modern preoccupation with race and emerging concepts of colour-based racism? How do these ideas play out in early modern as well as in contemporary performance?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For more information, please see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/lectures-and-events\/shakespeare-race\">https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/lectures-and-events\/shakespeare-race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Farah Karim-Cooper is Professor of Shakespeare Studies, King\u2019s College London and Co -Director of Education &amp; Research at Shakespeare\u2019s Globe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/professors-and-speakers\/farah-karim-cooper\/\">https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/professors-and-speakers\/farah-karim-cooper\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Shakespeare and Race Festival:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RwzdAwQM-YE&#038;list=PL2alQNZWKx8NboN7uVKg1qQzjo9C1LxQ-&#038;index=4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RwzdAwQM-YE&amp;list=PL2alQNZWKx8NboN7uVKg1qQzjo9C1LxQ-&amp;index=4<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Blog posts on King\u2019s English represent the views of the individual authors and neither those of the English Department, nor of King\u2019s College London.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"Body\"><strong>You may also like to read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KCL events:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/news\/black-history-month-2021\">https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/news\/black-history-month-2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/series\/black-history-month\/\">https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/series\/black-history-month\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumoflondon.org.uk\/museum-london\/london-black-history\">https:\/\/www.museumoflondon.org.uk\/museum-london\/london-black-history<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Black History Month: What is it and why does it matter?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/explainers-54522248\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/explainers-54522248<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black History Month 2021 As part of the series Black History Month, Professor Farah Karim-Cooper will be speaking on Shakespeare, Race and Performance at the Museum of London. TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021, 6:00PM &#8211; 7:00PM (also live-streaming). 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