Shakespeare and the Cultivation of Difference: Race and Conduct in the Early Modern World

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By Patricia Akhimie ’00

Published Sept. 9, 2021

Akhimie’s book explores the legacy of racial discrimination as applied to the early modern world seen in Shakespeare’s plays. Approaching race through the discourse of conduct, Shakespeare and the Cultivation of Difference (Routledge) explores the impact of various racial stigmas on the pursuit for upward social mobility in the early modern world.

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PAW's July/August 2025 issue cover, featuring a photo of people dressed in orange and black, marching in the P-rade, and the headline: Reunions, Back in Orange & Black.
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July 2025

On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.