E very culture wants a literature of its own, a canon of works that reflects something deep and unique about an imagined community larger than the individual.. In the 18th century, writers like ...

Black Dandyism, the 2025 Met Gala's Theme, Has Its Roots in 18th-Century Painting. Story by Emi Eleode • 48m. A young Black boy, wearing deep red livery with gold trimming, ...

Much more than a Black Mozart, new film ‘Chevalier’ tells amazing story of 18th-century composer Published: Apr. 18, 2023, 7:00 a.m. Kelvin Harrison Jr. in “Chevalier,” which opens Friday ...

We asked three Black writers to share their recommended reads featuring ... In pursuit of science’s fictions of the ‘human’ in 18th-century speculative science and 20th- and 21st ...

But I think when I get started, kind of asking these sorts of questions about 18th century writers in graduate — it’s in graduate school that I’m thinking about this, some 20 years ago at ...

In celebration of Black History Month, numerous news outlets — as well as the University Libraries — have released lists of critically acclaimed books, films and television shows that celebrate the ...

Who’s Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the 18th-Century Invention of Race Edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran. Belknap, $29.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-674-24426-9 ...

The Black Figure in 18th-century Art. By David Dabydeen Last updated 2011-02-17. ... and writers. Sancho's friends included David Garrick, the theatre owner and Shakespearean actor; Lawrence ...

The 2025 Met Gala—themed "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style"—is an ode to the Black dandy. Ahead of the event on May 5, here's everything you need to know about Black dandyism.

A new study Acquired in 1970, the 18th-century painting was the first to formally enter the museum’s collection, which was initially established through an enormous gift to Yale of British works ...

Authors and playwrights in 18th-century Europe helped make science accessible to the common reader. Photo illustration by Shaylyn Esposito; Photos courtesy of Wikipedia, iStock/Khaneeros, iStock/baona ...

For years, academics and researchers at William & Mary, a university in Virginia, had known about the Bray School, where Black children, free and enslaved, were taught to read from 1760 to 1774.