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Teaching Shakespeare Magazine: New Editor Wanted

02 Jun 2021
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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 journal Jeunesse: Young people, texts, cultures. It’s...
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Early Career Researcher News: Mette Hildeman Sjölin

21 May 2021
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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.   I first got the...
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Productions and Events

16 May 2021
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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...
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Early Modern German Shakespeare in Action: Creation Theatre’s ‘Romio und Julieta’

27 Apr 2021
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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...
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Shakespeare’s Birthday Events

07 Apr 2021
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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...
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The 11th World Shakespeare Congress: Shakespeare Circuits. 18-24 July 2021. Online from Singapore.

06 Mar 2021
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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 conference...
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Upcoming Events

02 Feb 2021
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  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 &...
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Videos, podcasts, and more

02 Feb 2021
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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 performers and...
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Early Career Researcher News: Ronan Hatfull, Learning to Lead at Conferences in 2021

28 Jan 2021
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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 why I chose to pursue a...
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Early Career Researcher News: Faith Acker, First Readers of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, 1590-1790

25 Jan 2021
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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 work for publication. What is...
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