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"Otherness" at IMC in Leeds: An Open Letter

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Ms Linda Perry
8 years ago

Had a black mistress , wrote black characters. Come on. Do better.

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kayla
8 years ago Featured

People of different backgrounds need to be involved in medieval studies because there has never been just once race in this world, we've all existed throughout time and haven't just disappeared and repapered in history. We need scholars who reflect the world so that the history being recorded reflects that as well.

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Judith Tarr
8 years ago Featured

MA (Cantab) Classics, PhD (Yale) Medieval Studies. Novelist with many works set in the Middle Ages. It's critical that we be allowed to see the full spectrum of the period, for the sake of accuracy and completeness. Or what's scholarship for?

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CE Murphy
8 years ago

Novelist based in Ireland. A disabled woman of color medieval studies scholar has literally changed thousands of peoples' perceptions of the middle ages--including my own, and I'm a history major myself. Diversity in medieval studies is critical, enlightening, and world-changing.

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Informedgal
8 years ago

Inclusion matters Representation matters

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Abigail Ann Young
8 years ago

MSL, Pontifical Institute, PhD, University of Toronto; retired research associate, Records of Early English Drama

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Anonymous
8 years ago

MA, University of Washington

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Thomas Stockinger
8 years ago

University of Vienna

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Bryan Van Norden
8 years ago

Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professor, Yale-NUS College

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Gabriella Turai
8 years ago

Pro for diversity, forever!

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Mark Sundaram
8 years ago

Laurentian University (Canada)

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Meg Gregory
8 years ago

Washington University in St. Louis

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Tyler Cloherty
8 years ago

United States

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Erika Boeckeler
8 years ago

Although we Shakespeareans have a long way to go ourselves, I'm proud that the SAA is taking a stand on this. Thank you, Ayanna, for showing leadership.

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Ilse VanDonkelaar
8 years ago

United States

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Dr Malik Amenhotep PhD
8 years ago

Stop the exclusion of Afrikan scholars from this albino self-love orgy. Support real history against the kluxers of IMC

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Lucy Barnhouse
8 years ago

Visiting Assistant Professor of History and English, College of Wooster

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Rachel S Anderson
8 years ago

Professor of English, Grand Valley State University

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Kristin Burr
8 years ago

Saint Joseph's University

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Alyssa Coltrain
8 years ago

Ph.D. Candidate Rutgers University