Chiyuma Elliott (Professor of English, Case Western Reserve University)
May 7, 2026
Advisor(s): Hannah Moon and Cassie Moore, NHC Teacher Advisory Council
This webinar focuses on the complicated and longstanding creative relationships that African American artists have with one of the world’s most famous playwrights—William Shakespeare. This session will examine re-creations of, and responses to, Shakespeare’s plays and poems by James Baldwin and Langston Hughes. Not only are these creative encounters with Shakespeare compelling works of art, they provide terrific models for storytelling about friendship, faith, family, community, and standards of artistic excellence.
Attendees will come away from the webinar with knowledge about Shakespeare’s unique place in African American literary history, as well as strategies and resources for talking about the relationship between Western culture and African American art.
Subjects
Literature / History / Art / African American Art / African American History / Harlem Renaissance / Poetry / Plays /
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