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2nd June 2021
A message from Sarah Olive (Editor of Teaching Shakespeare) After twenty-odd issues of Teaching Shakespeare, I will be stepping down from the role of editor from June 2021 as I take on the role of lead editor for the academic... Read More...
21st May 2021
Mette Hildeman Sjölin, Stage Appropriations of Shakespeare’s Major Tragedies, 1980-2010 (Lund Studies in English, 2020) BSA member Dr Mette Hildeman Sjölin tells us about the content and origins of her first monograph, which is available in open access here. ... Read More...16th May 2021
Terra Nova Terra Nova, Northern Ireland’s only inter-cultural theatre company, has been busy with Shakespeare in recent months. Check out their wonderful ‘Intercultural Cohort’ project which includes ‘Shakespeare’s Monologues’ (22 April 2021), a series of five monologues from Shakespeare’s plays.... Read More...
27th April 2021
An online roundtable hosted by the Society for Renaissance Studies Tuesday 4th May 2021, 5:00pm Registration Link: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/shakegerm Romeo and Juliet, but not as we know it… From the 1590s onwards travelling players took various plays from the London... Read More...
7th April 2021
In celebration of Shakespeare’s birthday on Friday 23rd April, there is a veritable feast of events as detailed below: 12.30-14.00 ‘Theatre in Time of Plague’ (12:30-14:00) A lunchtime celebration of William Shakespeare's 457th birthday an online discussion with theatre practitioners (James Wallace... Read More...
6th March 2021
The 11th World Shakespeare Congress: Shakespeare Circuits. 18-24 July 2021. Online from Singapore. The quinquennial WSC will be virtual this year. It will include plenaries, panels and seminars and an array of Asian productions of Shakespeare available both during the... Read More...
2nd February 2021
Online book launch of Alexa Alice Joubin’s Shakespeare and East Asia 5 February 2021 An online book launch for Alexa Alice Joubin's new book, Shakespeare and East Asia, organised by the Society for Renaissance Studies. Register here. Shakespeare, Race &... Read More...
2nd February 2021
Launch of ‘Unprecedented’ ‘Unprecedented’ is a new video project hosted by Shakespeare Link and the Wet Mariners. Access the project launch announcement here and stay tuned for more content. Andrew Smith (Fleeting Year Films) on Hamlet A number of... Read More...
28th January 2021
BSA member Dr Ronan Hatfull shares news of upcoming conference leadership activities and reflects on conferencing during the pandemic. The buzz of conferences in the early days of my doctoral research at the University of Warwick was an integral reason... Read More...
25th January 2021
Congratulations to BSA member Dr Faith Acker on the publication of her first monograph, First Readers of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, 1590-1790 (Routledge, 2020). Read on to learn more from Dr Acker about her book and the process of adapting her doctoral... Read More...Copyright 2026. All Rights Reserved