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and enjoyment of Shakespeare.
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...
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...
19th October 2022
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the British Shakespeare Association will take place at 4:00pm on Saturday 19th November and will be followed by the BSA's Awards Ceremony at 5:00pm. BSA members are invited to register for the event via... Read More...
13th October 2022
The official launch of the Early Modern Scholars of Colour Network will take place at 6:00pm, Friday 28th October, and will be live-streamed. Led by Professor Farah Karim-Cooper, the discussions will centre around the achievements of the network so far, upcoming... Read More...
12th October 2022
Coordination of the volume by: Jean-Louis Claret, Aix-Marseille Université, LERMA François Laroque, Sorbonne Nouvelle, PRISMES Anne-Valérie Dulac, Sorbonne Université, VALE Estelle Rivier-Arnaud, Université Grenoble-Alpes, ILCEA4 https://utpictura18.univ-amu.fr/rubriques The new journal Rubriques is preparing a special issue dedicated to Shakespearean drama. It... Read More...
11th October 2022
Editor: Adele Lee (Emerson College) Pursuing new directions in the subject of Shakespeare and race and addressing some of the gaps in current conversations about representation, casting, performance, diversity and inclusion, Mixed Race Shakespeares explores the ways in which Critical... Read More...
11th October 2022
As one of the oldest and most widely practised forms of reflection on vernacular literatures, Shakespeare criticism has helped shape modern literary scholarship worldwide. The mutual influence between Shakespeare critics of different nations is well known and has in some... Read More...
5th October 2022
Richard Wilson, a much-beloved member of the academic Shakespeare community and frequent participant at British Shakespeare Association conferences has had a severe stroke while on holiday in Peru. He is currently at a small hospital in Cusco. His partner Mark... Read More...Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved