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About Jane Degenhardt
I am a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a specialty in Shakespeare and literature of the English Renaissance period. I approach literature through the history of globalization and early capitalism, and I am particularly interested in theatrical representations of race, religion, and empire. I have written two books -- *Islamic Conversion and Christian Resistance on the Early Modern Stage* (2012) and *Globalizing Fortune on the Early Modern Stage* (2022) -- as well as many articles and collaborative pieces. Aside from my expertise in Renaissance literature, I also have strong interests in Asian American and postcolonial literature, as well as contemporary speculative fiction. I am currently writing a new book that approaches Shakespeare as a speculative fiction writer. I have taught classes on topics ranging from "Early British Lit" to "21st-Century Dystopian Speculative Fiction" for more than 20 years.
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March 27, 2026
Making Pagans
Today’s guest, John Kuhn, is the author of Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England (U Pennsylvania Press, …