Throughlines

Professor Cassander L. Smith offers an important reading the double-edged sword of respectability politics in the lives of Black Americans. She explores how this respectability is centuries old and can be found in the first memoir written in English by a Black African, Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789.
Find her full talk on Throughlines.
https://www.throughlines.org/suite-content/olaudah-equiano-and-the-mirage-of-respectability-politics

As a curator, Andrea Achi learned that accepting museums don’t always have all the facts can actually create a better space for learning. Good curation is about creating an environment that invites questions, not just answers.

https://www.throughlines.org/suite-content/curating-from-the-lens-of-critical-race-studies

Earlier this year we got to interview Carol Mejia LaPerle about Shakespeare, affect, and pedagogy. Find more of her insights on Throughlines.

https://throughlines-asu.webflow.io/scholars/carol-mejia-laperle

In early modern Europe theatre was the mass media. From street performances to court theaters, early modern plays laid the groundwork of racializaiton and what Noémie Ndiaye calls "the racial matrix." Find her full talk on Throughlines.
https://www.throughlines.org/suite-content/race-and-early-modern-performance-culture

End of semester quiz: what’s the through line between a renaissance pope and the 21st-century US Supreme Court? See the full video on The Doctrine of Discovery on

What connects a Renaissance Pope with the 21st-century Supreme Court?

The Doctrine of Discovery is one of the oldest and most enduring legal precedents in the Western Hemisphere. Originally issued as a series of papal bulls to resolve territorial disputes between Spain and Portugal, its influence spread across colonial legal systems for centuries.

Scott Manning Stevens provides not only a clear and concise history of this doctrine, but also situates it within the broader context of medieval conquests and intellectual traditions. His full video on Throuhglines highlights how these early frameworks became the epistemic foundation for settler colonial rule.

https://throughlines-asu.webflow.io/suite-content/the-doctrine-of-discovery

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator for Byzantine and North African art Andrea Myers Achi literally goes the extra mile to build her exhibitions. She was gracious enough to offer Throughlines her insights and expertise on curation as pedagogy, the foundational value of North and East Africa in medieval art history, and more.

What skills do you want your students to walk away with? Find more pedagogical resources from Patrica Akhimie and others on Throughlines.

Who's the grumpy uncle in your head 👴🏻? Patrica Akhimie joins Throughlines to talk about the importance of editing in Shakespeare.

https://www.throughlines.org/suite-content/editorial-influence-in-othello