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BSA Conferences for 2018, 2019 and 2020

The BSA is proud to announce its next the locations, institutional partners and themes of its next three conferences: Shakespeare Studies Today, 14-17 June 2018, Queen’s University, Belfast Shakespeare: Race and Nation, July 2019, Swansea University Shakespeare in Action, July... Read More...

We want your opinion on Teaching Shakespeare!

Our Education Network magazine, Teaching Shakespeare is seeking feedback. Even if you do not know the publication well, please consider taking some time to fill out this extremely short survey: GO TO SURVEY Read More...

Shakespeare Lives in Korea

By Sarah Olive In November, I had the pleasure of participating in several British Council Korea events to round out the year-long Shakespeare Lives project, marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. This involved chairing the Sonnet Exchange on 24th... Read More...

Join our panels at the ‘Shared Futures’ conference!

The BSA invites members – teachers, theatre practitioners, enthusiasts, academics – to participate in a series of three Shakespeare panels we will be running at the Shared Futures conference in Newcastle from 5th to 7th July 2017: ‘Why Shakespeare Now?’... Read More...

CFP: Offensive Shakespeare

Call for papers Offensive Shakespeare conference Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 24th May 2017 Sponsored by the British Shakespeare Association                                                                                  Keynote speakers: Prof. Douglas Lanier (University of New Hampshire) Dr Peter Kirwan (Nottingham University) ‘Outrage as BBC bosses... Read More...

Teaching Shakespeare 10 is out!

I'm pleased to announce that the tenthissue of Teaching Shakespeare, with articles about Bardolph's Box, Shakespeare in Korea and much else, is now available for free download. CLICK HERE TO READ THE PDF You can read back issues of Teaching... Read More...

First Impressions: Teaching Shakespeare with a Purpose by Ayanna Thompson and Laura Turchi

This post is part of a series of brief, ‘first impression’ reviews of books on Shakespeare in Education. Look out for others posted to the BSA’s Education Network Blog. 15-minute reviewer: Paul Young In a nutshell, this book is about:... Read More...

Our new honorary fellows!

At our Hull conference, we awarded honorary fellowships to John Barton and Ann Thompson. The following post gives a little more information about each new fellow. John Barton For over fifty years John Barton has been at the forefront of... Read More...

Reports from the Hull BSA Conference

  This post has been prepared as an archive of the 2016 BSA Conference at the University of Hull. Enjoy! Shakespearean Transformations: Death, Life, and Afterlives University of Hull, 8-11 September 2016 Key Events Keynote Speakers Susan Bassnett (University of... Read More...

Honorary Fellowship Nominations 2017

The following message is sent on behalf of Andrew Jarvis, chair of the BSA's Fellowship Committee. The British Shakespeare Association endows two Honorary Fellowships each year. This year, 2016, the Fellowships were given to Emeritus Professor Ann Thompson and to... Read More...
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