Promoting the study, practice
and enjoyment of Shakespeare.
3rd November 2026
For more information about the conference theme and descriptions of the available seminars and workshops please visit: https://www.britishshakespeare.ws/conference/ Please use EITHER form 1 (to enrol in a seminar or workshop) OR form 2 (to propose a paper panel, individual paper,... Read More...23rd March 2026
Event organised by the Richmond Shakespeare Society In his 1642 will, Thomas Nash – the husband of Elizabeth, William Shakespeare’s granddaughter – left New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon to his cousin Edward Nash. There was only one problem. New Place, the... Read More...
11th January 2025
BSA 2025 Conference - Second round call for submissions now open! Second round submissions are now open for the BSA 2025 Conference at the University of York! The complex relationship between text and performance is uniquely felt in Shakespeare Studies,... Read More...
6th March 2024
Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies is hosting a one-day colloquium (on the 12th June 2024) intended to bring together postgraduate students working on Shakespeare and early modern drama. They welcome proposals for 20-minute research papers, 5-minute lightning talks and... Read More...
17th June 2022
The British Shakespeare Association is delighted to announce that our next conference will take place at the University of Liverpool, Tuesday 25th - Friday 28th July 2023, organised by Dr Esme Miskimmin (University of Liverpool), Dr Katie Knowles (University of... 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...
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...23rd April 2020
What was Shakespeare Really Like? Birthday lectures by Professor Stanley Wells. From Shakespeare's Birthday (23 April), Professor Stanley Wells is making available a series of four, new public lectures: 'What Was Shakespeare Really Like?' These are commissioned (with Professor Stanley... Read More...13th November 2018
King's Lynn Shakespeare Festival Friday 26th to Sunday 28th April, 2019 St George’s Guildhall, King Street, King’s Lynn PE30 1HA BSA members may be interested to attend the first King’s Lynn Shakespeare Festival. Over three days in April 2019, the... Read More...Copyright 2026. All Rights Reserved