BIOGRAPHY
Dr Hanh Bui
Dr Hanh Bui is interim Head of Research at Shakespeare’s Globe, where she leads on executing research and scholarly activities while supporting pedagogical development for Higher Education. In addition to teaching early modern drama, theatre, and cultural history to undergraduate and postgraduate students, Dr Bui offers workshops on ‘Anti-Racist Shakespeare’ and runs a Disability Studies reading group for Globe Education.
Dr Bui’s scholarship stands at the crossroads of race, age, disability, and medicine, and has appeared in journals including Shakespeare Survey, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Drama, and Literature/Film Quarterly.
Her work also appears in the edited collection Shakespeare’s Things: Shakespearean Theatre and the Non-Human World in History, Theory, and Performance (Routledge, 2021).
Her current book project is entitled Birthing Race in Shakespeare’s Worlds. Dr Bui heads the steering committee for the Early Modern Scholars of Colour Network (EMSOC), which partners with the Society for Renaissance Studies to run a mentoring scheme for postgraduates and early career researchers.