English Working Papers Series: Carissa Harris

Thursday, April 7th at 3:30 PM via Zoom

The English Working Papers series features the work of Temple faculty from all ranks, including instructional faculty,  who are engaged in active research. Faculty can discuss their projects at any stage—from their initial conception to more advanced formulation, and they might choose to focus on an overview, on a chapter, or on a smaller unit of work.  We also welcome the discussion of recently completed work that reflects on the project in terms of its reception or evolving significance. The series typically features two talks each year, with faculty responding, and presentations are open to the entire English Department, including Graduate Students,  as well as to members of the University community.

Bio: Carissa Harris is Associate Professor of English at Temple. She is the author of Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain (2018) and co-editor, with Sarah Baechle and Elizaveta Strakhov, of Rape Culture and Female Resistance in Late Medieval Literature (forthcoming 2022). Her current book project is titled The Poetics of Rage: Women's Anger, Misogyny, and Political Power in Premodern Britain. 

Title: Twice Militant: Women’s Intersectional Anger from the 1381 Uprising to #SayHerName

This talk, drawn from the fifth chapter of my current book in progress on women's anger, will discuss women's anger at violation from state officials. It draws connections between the women's anger that allegedly sparked England's 1381 Uprising, according to medieval and early modern chronicle accounts, and collective anger at police violence against Black women more recently. 

If you are interested in attending, contact Tara Lemma (tara.lemma@temple.edu) for the Zoom link!