The Global Middle Ages: An Introduction discusses how, when, and why a 'global Middle Ages' was conceptualized; explains and considers the terms that are deployed in studying, teaching, and researching a Global Middle Ages; and critically reflects on the issues that arise in the establishment of this relatively new field of academic endeavor.  Meer

For three centuries, a mixture of religion, violence, and economic conditions created a fertile matrix in Western Europe that racialized an entire diasporic population who lived in the urban centers of the Latin West: Jews.  Meer

In The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only began in the modern era.  Meer

In The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only began in the modern era.  Meer

Teaching Early Global Literatures and Cultures is a guide to the terra incognita of the global literature classroom. It should be possible for faculty and graduate instructors to take this Element and begin teaching its sample syllabus right away.  Meer

Teaching Early Global Literatures and Cultures is a guide to the terra incognita of the global literature classroom. It should be possible for faculty and graduate instructors to take this Element and begin teaching its sample syllabus right away.  Meer