Race
The Tempest’s Islamic Ghosts
The Barbary powers are a non-negotiable part of the Mediterranean who are engaged with and even married into.
21 September 2026
Gaza to Titus Andronicus: Children on the Frontline of Genocide
In genocidal circumstances, life, survival and continuity are themselves acts of resistance.
29 June 2026
Unruly Muslim Women and the Construction of European Masculinity in Philip Massinger’s The Renegado
In 'The Renegado', the control of Muslim women is a site for constructing European racial, masculine superiority in contrast to perceived Muslim inferiority.
23 February 2026
Of Scimitars and Shakespeare
As an early modern English playwright, Shakespeare uses the scimitar as a sign of Eastern otherness and the anxieties associated with it across time and space.
9 February 2026
Global Resonances: Francis Drake’s Sonic Encounters
Drake, like other European travellers, took measures to ensure that his English sound would dominate the soundscapes along his journey.
28 October 2024
‘Still questioned me the story of my life’: White Interrogators and Black Personal Histories
People from marginalised backgrounds continue to have similar encounters insisting on access to their personal histories to this day.
6 May 2024
Aaron’s ‘fleece of woolly hair’ and Early Modern Depictions of Black Masculinity
This association between African masculinity and dangerous femininity is no coincidence
27 February 2023