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New Book by BSA Member

The BSA is delighted to announce the publication of a new book by one of our members, available from retailers now. Details and an extract from the book can be found below. Shakespeare Calling - the book Why Shakespeare?  Who is... Read More...

CFP: Disability and Shakespearean Theatre Symposium

Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Lilybank Gardens University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ 9.45am-5pm, Wednesday 20th April 2016 Attendance: £25 full, £15 concession, free for BSA members This symposium draws together growing research interest in disability studies and Shakespearean theatre. In discussing... Read More...

British Shakespeare Association Teaching Trustee

The Board of Trustees of the British Shakespeare Association wishes to co-opt a new Trustee from the teaching profession. We are looking for a member of the BSA who is willing to give of his or her time to further... Read More...

MUSE OF FIRE Competition

Members of the BSA are invited to participate in the following competition, a collaboration between the association and Illuminations.   WIN A LIMITED EDITION DVD OF MUSE OF FIRE SIGNED BY JUDI DENCH AND IAN MCKELLEN “An epic road-trip buddy... Read More...

AGM and BSA Awards Ceremony

Details of our AGM and annual award ceremony for new fellows of the British Shakespeare Association are now also available on the events part of this website AGM Awards Ceremony   British Shakespeare Association  Honorary Fellowships 2015 The British Shakespeare... Read More...

Teaching Shakespeare 8 is out!

I'm pleased to announce that the seventh issue of Teaching Shakespeare is now available for free download. CLICK HERE TO READ THE PDF Please note that in this issue we wrongly referred to Robert Sawyer  as an Assistant Professor. His... Read More...

John Russell Brown

The British Shakespeare Association is sad to announce that John Russell Brown passed away on 26th August. John was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Shakespeare Association last year in recognition of his exemplary contribution to British Shakespeare. An... Read More...

Sidelights on Shakespeare: Peter Kirwan on Handling the Apocrypha

To celebrity its 5th birthday, the Sidelights on Shakespeare project has invited one of its founder members (and BSA Trustee) Peter Kirwan to speak on Shakespeare's apocrypha. Details below, and on their poster.     To celebrate our 5th birthday,... Read More...

Sidelights on Shakespeare Event

Members in the Coventry area may be interested by this forthcoming talk from one of our trustees, Sarah Olive, as part of the Sidelights on Shakespeare series at Warwick University. 'Certain o'er incertainty’: eliding Troilus and Cressida’s ambiguity in the... Read More...

Teaching Shakespeare 7 is out!

I'm pleased to announce that the seventh issue of Teaching Shakespeare, on policy, practice and pedagogy, is now available for free download. CLICK HERE TO READ THE PDF You can read back issues of Teaching Shakespeare elsewhere on this website. Read More...
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