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Whitaker, Cord J., Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, and François-Xavier Fauvelle, eds. “Race, Race-Thinking, and Identity in the Global Middle Ages.” Speculum 99, no. 2 (April 2024).
Surveys societies across Africa, Asia and Europe from the 5th to 15th centuries for a themed journal issue. The essays present medieval discourses and practices as not ‘pre-racial’ but instead participating in race-making and identity formation. The introduction argues that race-thinking shaped periodization, connectivity, and scholarly frameworks. The volume engages in studies of race-making, identity, global Middle Ages, and periodization.
