Throughlines

A dynamic pedagogical resource for engaging premodern critical race studies in the classroom.
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Throughlines offers a variety of freely accessible teaching materials to help you incorporate premodern critical race studies into your teaching. Specifically designed for use in higher education, the materials on Throughlines include lectures, pedagogical approaches, exemplar syllabi, classroom discussion models, an annotated bibliography and more.

Throughlines will continue to grow over time. So be sure to check back regularly or join our mailing list to stay in the loop on content related to your research and teaching.

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Our scholars

Throughlines materials are developed by cutting-edge scholars in the fields of premodern studies, in collaboration with the Throughlines team.

Contributors include Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Kim F. Hall, Cord J. Whitaker, Chouki El Hamel, Leslie Alexander, Margo Hendricks, and more.

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Video
Alani Hicks-Bartlett

Redefining the “foreign” in medieval and early modern texts

Making premodern texts relevant and accessible to students by creating contemporary connections and breaking down linguistic boundaries.

Essay
Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Deep dive: Biopolitics and citizenship in Euripides' Ion

Dan-el Padilla Peralta dives into the question of citizenship in the ancient Mediterranean world and how it resonates across the long legacy of racialization.

Video
Madeline Sayet

Indigenizing Shakespeare Movement

Many Native artists have found ways to reimagine Shakespeare, bridging communities to illustrate the importance of Indigenous language revitalization, Native art, and storytelling.

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