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26th April 2023
Call for contributions: “Learning from Casting”, a symposium at the University of Southampton On the 3rd of July, 2023, the University of Southampton will host a symposium for researchers, actors, and creatives interested in examining current casting practices in Shakespeare productions... Read More...
24th April 2023
This roundtable was recorded on 21st April 2023 to coincide with a forthcoming special issue on the First Folio of the BSA's Shakespeare journal. Speakers: Gabriel Egan (DeMontfort University) Patricia Badir (University of British Columbia) Chris Laoutaris (The Shakespeare Institute,... Read More...
23rd April 2023
Dear Members of the BSA, We hope you will all enjoy celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday today in various ways, watching, reading, performing, writing. For those who would prefer to ‘Open your ears’, Radio 3 is broadcasting a production of Henry IV Part... Read More...
22nd April 2023
'Performance, Playhouse, Practice, and Play' The Blackfriars Conference Returns! ATTEND THE CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 2-5, 2023 This November, the American Shakespeare Center will welcome conference attendees back to the Blackfriars Playhouse, where we will join together each day of the conference... Read More...
14th April 2023
Adjoa Andoh, Honorary Fellow of the BSA, directs and stars in a production of Richard III that remains true to the text but radically transforms our understandings of it. Andoh’s exciting production runs at the Liverpool Playhouse until 22 April and the Rose Theatre Kingston from 26... Read More...
23rd March 2023
Global Macbeth This collection of essays seeks to explore the many exciting new directions surrounding the scholarship concerning Macbeth. Long associated with the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Macbeth continues to fascinate multifarious cultures around the globe. Macbeth’s weird witches and... Read More...
18th January 2023
The 2024 volume of Shakespeare Jahrbuch will be a special issue on ‘Shakespeare’s Libraries’. The editorial board invites contributions on related themes, concepts and debates, from a variety of perspectives, in particular on the material afterlife of Shakespeare’s work in... Read More...
29th November 2022
The Society for Renaissance Studies will hold an online launch event to celebrate the new 'Shakespeare and Adaptation' book series, which is edited by Professor Mark Thornton Burnett (who is a former BSA Trustee). Shakespeare and Adaptation provides in-depth discussions... Read More...
16th November 2022
The 33rd international SEDERI conference, entitled 'Early Modern English Culture in European Perspective: Relations Across the Channel', will take place on 3rd-5th May 2023 at the Facultat de Filologia, Traducció i Comunicació (Universitat de València). The call for papers can... Read More...
24th October 2022
The British Shakespeare Association 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 Liverpool) and Professor Emerita Elspeth Graham (Liverpool John... Read More...Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved