Cultural History of Race

Marius Turda is Professor in Central and Eastern European Biomedicine at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is the author of Eugenics and Nation in Early 20th Century Hungary (2014); Modernism and Eugenics (2010); The Idea of National Superiority in Central Europe, 1880-1918 (2005), co-author (with Maria Sophia Quine) of Historicizing Race (2018), and the editor of The History of Eugenics in East-Central Europe, 1900-1945: Sources and Commentaries (2015) and Religion, Evolution and Heredity (2018).

Each volume, despite their unique content and editorial flourish, offers the same nine identical chapter titles and topics: “definitions and representations of race”; “race, environment, culture”; “race and religion”; “race and science”; “race and politics”; “race and ethnicity”; “race and gender”; “race and sexuality”, and; “anti-race”. This simple and elegant decision helps to synchronize the volumes, allowing for ease of topical comparison and transforming otherwise discordant chronicles into “useable pasts”.

• Volume One: A Cultural History of Race in Antiquity Edited by Denise McCoskey, Miami University, USA1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Sarah Debrew2. Race, Environment, Culture, Joseph Skinner3. Race and Religion, Denise Kimber Buell4. Race and Science, David Kaufman5. Race and Politics, Grant Parker6. Race and Ethnicity, Naoise Mac Sweeney7. Race and Gender, Shelley P. Haley8. Race and Sexuality, Jackie Murray9. Anti-Race, Dan-el Padilla PeraltaVolume Two: A Cultural History of Race in the Medieval Age Edited by Thomas Hahn, University of Rochester, USA1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Christine Chism2. Race, Environment, Culture, Suzanne Conklin Akbari3. Race and Religion, David Nirenberg4. Race and Science, Maaike van der Lugt5. Race and Politics, Geraldine Heng6. Race and Ethnicity, Thomas Hahn7. Race and Gender, Sarah Salih8. Race and Sexuality, Steven F. Kruger9. Anti-Race, William Chester Jordan and Helmut ReimitzVolume Three: A Cultural History of Race in the Renaissance and Early Modern Age Edited by Kimberly A. Coles, University of Maryland, USA and Dorothy Kim, Brandeis University, USA1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Geraldine Heng2. Race, Environment, Culture, Adam Miyashiro3. Race and Religion, Dorothy Kim4. Race and Science, Rebecca Redfern and Joseph T. Hefner5. Race and Politics, Matthew Vernon6. Race and Ethnicity, Kathy Lavezzo7. Race and Gender, Dorothy Kim and Michelle M. Sauer8. Race and Sexuality, M. W. Bychowski and Robert Sturges9. Anti-Race, Asa Simon MittmanVolume Four: A Cultural History of Race in the Reformation and Enlightenment Edited by Nicholas Hudson, University of British Columbia, Canada1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Dennis Austin Britton2. Race, Environment, Culture, Jean E. Feerick3. Race and Religion, Robert Bernasconi4. Race and Science, Suman Seth5. Race and Politics, Matthew Bennett6. Race and Ethnicity, Noémie Ndiaye7. Race and Gender, Carl Plasa8. Race and Sexuality, Nicholas Hudson9. Anti-Race, Roxann WheelerVolume Five: A Cultural History of Race in the Age of Empire and Nation StateEdited by Marina Mogilner, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Roland Cvetkovski2. Race, Environment, Culture, Emily Kern3. Race and Religion, Marwa Elshakry4. Race and Science, Projit Bihari Mukharji5. Race and Politics, Sergey Glebov6. Race and Ethnicity, Richard McMahon7. Race and Gender, Maria Sophia Quine8. Race and Sexuality, Myrna Perez Sheldon9. Anti-Race, Lynn M. HudsonVolume Six: A Cultural History of Race in the Modern and Genomic Age Edited by Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California Merced, USA1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Saher Selod2. Race, Environment, Culture, Lila Sharif3. Race and Religion, Raymond Taras4. Race and Science, Garland E. Allen and Alan Templeton5. Race and Politics, Manuela Boatca6. Race and Ethnicity, Peter Kivisto7. Race and Gender, Alpa Parmar8. Race and Sexuality, Richard Cleminson9. Anti-Race, George Dei Nana Adusei Sefa Tweneboah and Asna Adhami