Notes ** There is a required reflection for this activity. ** This workshop is done from the lens of teaching literature. Ambereen Dadabhoy (Harvey Mudd College) and Nedda Mehdizadeh (UCLA) Teaching race and cultivating an anti-racist classroom has taken on a new urgency in our current moment. The ongoing protests against police brutality and for the humanity and dignity of Black lives have mobilized our institutions, departments, and programs to stand in solidarity with our Black faculty, students, staff, and community. In this “Critical Race Conversation,” Dr. Ambereen Dadabhoy (she/her/hers) and Dr. Nedda Mehdizadeh (she/her/hers) discuss methods of manifesting such solidarity through pedagogical practice and demonstrate successful approaches to engaging in meaningful, ongoing discussions with their students about race. Drawing on their own pedagogical experiences teaching early modern literature and Shakespeare, Dadabhoy and Mehdizadeh will share strategies for creating space for conversations about race that can sometimes be difficult or fraught for students and teachers alike. They will focus on ways to overcome the fear of talking about race, provide ideas for constructing courses that reflect the centrality and importance of race, and present examples of premodern critical race pedagogy. Event information: https://www.folger.edu/critical-race-conversations#Pedagogy RSVP here if you plan to attend. Following the event, write and upload your reflection to the Workshop Reflection assignment on Carmen. Within your reflection, please include the event title, a short summary, and your reflection. Within your reflection we expect you to say what you learned, how that fits in to your preexisting knowledge, and how you plan to apply that to your teaching/life. This can be in whatever format you feel would be most supportive to your learning. Some examples of formats include: essay, concept map, or an outline for a new or updated assignment based on what you learned with justification for your changes.