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Hosted by Emily Rome, This March 2024 episode of Shakespeare's Shadows features interviews with actor Michael Blake, Pilobolus choreographers Matt Kent and Renée Jaworski, and SUNY New Paltz professor Matthieu Chapman as they discuss post-colonial interpretations of The Tempest.

In this February 2024 podcast episode of Critical Literary Consumption hosted by Anna Nguyen, Dr. Matthieu Chapman discusses his experiences with genre shift from academic to his hybrid Memoir, Shattered: Fragments of a Black Life. He shares his thoughts on craft, genre, "the canon" in Early Modern Studies, the fallacy that Shakespeare is inclusive, and the importance of Afropessimism.

In this June 2025 podcast episode of Critical Literary Consumption hosted by Anna Nguyen, Dr. Matthieu Chapman previews his book, Shakespeare and Antiblack World-making. He discusses why he portrays Shakespeare as the ultimate colonizer, his sentiments about the ideal of 'reading generously' and its connection to universality, and how the field of early Modern Studies as built on the denials of the very concept of race.

"False Memories of Timeless Whiteness" with Dr. Matthieu Chapman, an educator, scholar, theorist, director, and dramaturg. Join us for a conversation about "how our current understandings of the world influence how we remember and misremember white history and whiteness in history."

Coordinated by Daphnie Sicre, Loyola Marymount University and Eric Mayer-Garcia, Indiana University Panelists present practical steps for creating inclusive syllabi informed by recent conversations on antiracism and decolonizing the canon. The panelists, from a mix of rank and teaching positions at private and public institutions, speak to the topic as it applies to a variety of courses (intro to theatre, theatre history, design, stage management, acting).

The online Shakespeare Beyond Borders Alliance Equality Shakespeare Festival ran as a series of online events throughout May and June 2022. The Festival brought together theatre practitioners, film-makers, ‘applied theatre’ specialists, academics, actors, poets, life-writers, translators, and arts organisations to discuss, celebrate and explore the ways in which Shakespeare can be used to further equality, social justice, inclusivity, diversity and international collaboration.