Lomuto, Sierra. "Antiracism or Appropriation?: Performing Diversity Work in Medieval Studies." Throughlines. www.throughlines.org/suite-content/performing-diversity-work-in-medieval-studies. [Date accessed].

Performing diversity work in medieval studies

Reimagining medieval studies beyond traditional periodization to challenge the ontology of whiteness.

Sierra Lomuto
Rowan University
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Presented by Sierra Lomuto at Appropriations: A RaceB4Race Symposium in 2020

Sierra Lomuto examines the field of medieval studies and how it privileges whiteness in knowledge production. She argues that whiteness is a structure that informs the engagement of nationalist hate groups and liberal academia with the Middle Ages despite the differences and opposition between the two. However, Lomuto contends that the Global Medieval/Early Globalities as a methodology can open up current structures and create a spacetime beyond Europe and beyond traditional periodization that can challenge the ontology of whiteness.

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