Geraldine Heng

Geraldine Heng is Perceval Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is professor of English and comparative literature, with a joint appointment in Middle Eastern studies and women’s studies. She is also the founder and director of the Global Middle Ages Projects. Her books include England and the Jews: How Religion and Violence Created the First Racial State in the West (Cambridge University Press, 2018), The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages (Cambridge University Press, 2018), and Empire of Magic: Medieval Romance and the Politics of Cultural Fantasy (Columbia University Press, 2003).