EMSoC x SRS Symposium

Join the Early Modern Scholars of Colour Network and the Society for Renaissance Studies for a symposium hosted by the Research Institute for Literature and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University, held in conjunction with Shakespeare's Globe.

Programme:

12.40: Welcome

12.45-14.00: Panel 1: three papers, followed by q&a, chaired by Kate Chedgzoy (Newcastle)

• Shannon Clinton-Copeland (UEA), '‘‘and from him the lake is called": Landscape and Legacy in the Opening Entries of the Annals of the Four Masters’
• Rachel Breckon (Northumbria),  ‘[H]is bones are coral made’: rethinking the binary construction of white masculinity in William Shakespeare and Julie Taymor’s The Tempest' 
• Harriet Scanlon (Sussex), ‘Exploring Katherine Philips’s Lesbian Masochism’

14.00-14.15: comfort break

14.15-15.15: 'Diverse ways to be an academic' roundtable discussion, chaired by Masuda Qureshi

• Wendy Lennon (Founder of Shakespeare, Race and Pedagogy) 
• Anna Fielding (Postdoctoral Researcher and Heritage Consultant)
• Nora Williams (Associate Dean for Access and Participation, BIMM University)

15.15-15.45: coffee break

15.45-17.00: Panel 2: three papers, followed by q&a, chaired by Rachel Willie (LJMU)

• Shanti Giovannetti-Singh (Cambridge), 'Writing the Wonderful: Monstrous Aesthetics in Early Modern Europe'
• Charlotte Pryce (LJMU), 'The Traveller’s Eye and Ear: Sensory Mediation and the Art of Representation in Henry Blount's Writing'
• Rebecca Adusei (King's College London), ‘Black Women’s Lives Matter: The Importance of an Interdisciplinary Approach in Early Modern Studies’

5.00-5.15: close/farewells

This symposium is designed to showcase the work of early career academics, provide reflection on academia beyond the academy, and offers an opportunity to learn more about the EMSoC x SRS mentoring scheme. Launched in 2023 by Shani Banns, Nour El Gazzaz, and Masuda Qureshi, with support from Hanh Bui, Hannah Crawforth, and Rachel Willie, the mentoring scheme supports early career academics, independent scholars, PGRs and PGTs from under-represented backgrounds in early modern studies.