Program in Medieval Studies

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism -- a Lecture by Keidrick Roy (Dartmouth College)

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center

  Learn how Black thinkers in early America challenged ideas of racial feudalism inspired by the medieval past. Keidrick Roy is associate professor of Government at Dartmouth College and author of *American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism* (Princeton, 2024), a prize-winning study of how medieval legacies of haunt liberal democracy in the U.S.

  • Lecture

  

Friday, September 11, 2026

• A Workshop with Prof. Keidrick Roy (Dartmouth College)

  Time

  3:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  TBA

  Faculty and graduate students are invited to register for this workshop with visiting scholar Keidrick Roy, to discuss part of a new project on ideas of patriotism in early Black America, on Friday, September 11th from 3:00-5:00pm. The paper will be circulated to participants about a week in advance. Location TBA. Refreshments served. Contact symes@illinois.edu.

  • Conference/Workshop