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2020 BSA Conference Update

23 Mar 2020
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Dear Members, In response to the very fast-moving public health crisis at a national and international level, our Events team have met with staff in Surrey and decided to cancel the BSA conference planned for July 16-18 in 2020. We are very sorry to have to do this, as many of...
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CFP: Shakespeare and the Jews: A Global Exploration

20 Mar 2020
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In 1992, James Shapiro discussed ‘Shakespeare and the Jews’ in the James Parkes Lecture at the University of Southampton, a lecture that would form one of the cornerstones of his ground-breaking book of the same title. Thirty years later, in 2022, the journal Shakespeare pays...
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BSA New Trustee: Minuting Secretary

21 Jan 2020
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The Board of Trustees of the British Shakespeare Association wishes to appoint a new Trustee to take up a position on the Board in Spring 2020. Trustees work voluntarily (with reasonable expenses reimbursed) to further the aims of the BSA across its four main constituencies of...
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Nominations for 2020 BSA Honorary Fellowships

24 Sep 2019
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An Invitation from the Chair of the BSA Fellowship Committee: The British Shakespeare Association endows two Honorary Fellowships each year. This year, 2019, the Fellowship was given solely to Professor John Drakakis, for his outstanding work and lifetime’s achievement in the...
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Teaching Shakespeare 17 available

21 Jun 2019
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Issue 17 (Spring 2019) of Teaching Shakespeare is now available to download. Back issues are also available.
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2019 AGM Agenda and Minutes of 2018 AGM

17 Jun 2019
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The agenda for the 2019 AGM, to be held Friday 19 July 2019, 17:30 to 18:30, in the Talesin Create Mall Room at Swansea University, is now available. The minutes of the 2018 AGM are also now available for consultation.
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Election of new Trustees and Officer

17 Jun 2019
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The Board of Trustees of the British Shakespeare Association wishes to appoint three new Trustees to take up positions on the Board in Autumn 2019. We are looking for members of the BSA who are willing to give of their time to further the aims of the BSA, and with interests and...
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2019 Honorary Fellowship Awarded

05 Jun 2019
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It is with great pleasure that we announce that our new Honorary Fellow for 2019 is Emeritus Professor John Drakakis. John’s past and continuing contribution to the world of Shakespearean studies is immense – he rightly holds the highest status in the field of Shakespearean...
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Garrick’s Shakespeare Jubilee

20 Nov 2018
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The music composed for David Garrick’s great Shakespeare “Jubilee” of 1769, the most talked about cultural event of the British 18th century, is currently being brought back to life in a pioneering recording by BSA member David Chandler, director of the Retrospect Opera, a small,...
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Performance and Media Committee Launched

18 Nov 2018
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The British Shakespeare Association launched a new Performance and Media Committee with a consultation event on 13th October 2018. Members of the BSA were joined by 25 theatre practitioners and academics at the Actors Centre in London to discuss responses to these questions: Why...
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