Recovering Black Performance in Early Modern Iberia (1500–1800): A Conference and Special Journal Issue
FAIN: RZ-279836-22
Yale University (New Haven, CT 06510-1703)
Nicholas R. Jones (Project Director: December 2020 to present)
Elizabeth Rebecca Wright (Co Project Director: February 2021 to present)
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Planning and holding a conference on Black performance in early modern Iberia (1500-1800) and preparation of conference papers for publication
in a journal special issue. (24 months)
This project will convene a conference on 29-30 April 2022 focusing on how the Atlantic slave trade and resulting African diaspora shaped Iberia’s “Golden Age” of theater. Diverse modes of Black performance enriched this quintessentially early modern entertainment as it took shape in Portugal and Spain on the Iberian Peninsula. This theater also thrived across the Atlantic as these two maritime empires extended their reach. To explore this topic in depth, we will bring together nineteen scholars from North America, Europe, and Latin America to present papers at the conference, which will be free and open to the public, at New York University’s King Juan Carlos I Center. After going through peer review, papers will be published in the Bulletin of the Comediantes (volume 75, no. 1 & 2, 2023), reaching a worldwide audience through print and online editions.