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- For more information on global Shakespeare studies at Queen Mary University of London, please contact Professor David Schalkwyk, Chair in Shakespeare Studies at QMUL.
- For more information on global Shakespeare studies at the University of Warwick, please head to the Global Shakespeare Research Group.
GS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Katherine Hennessey, to co-convene Ireland and Shakespeare symposium at Princeton
Princeton University’s Fund for Irish Studies and Lewis Center for the Arts presents the Ireland and Shakespeare Symposium, a one-day symposium of debate and performance centered on Irish versions and adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays, with contributions from leading Irish directors, actors and critics: Mark Burnett, Bradin Cormack, Katherine Hennessey, Garry Hynes, Patrick Lonergan, Barry McGovern, Conall Morrison, Fintan O’Toole, Lynne Parker, Owen Roe, Robert Sandberg, James Shapiro, Clair Wills, and Michael Wood.
Beginning Saturday, March 5 from 9:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street on the Princeton University campus. A pre-symposium lecture is scheduled for Friday, March 4 at 4:30 p.m. by Columbia University Professor James Shapiro, author of 1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear.
Free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations required.
The symposium is presented with support from Princeton University’s English Department, The David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Fund, and Global Shakespeare.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday, March 4
4:30 p.m. | Fund for Irish Studies Lecture: James Shapiro on “Shakespeare and Ireland”
5:30 p.m. | Reception
Saturday, March 5
9:15 a.m. | Introduction
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Staging Shakespeare in Ireland
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Screening of the film Mickey B, directed by Tom Magill
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Debating Shakespeare in Ireland
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Performing Shakespeare in Ireland
Worlds Elsewhere: global Shakespeare at the LSE Literary Festival
Date: Saturday 27 February 2016
Time: 7-8.30pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Ben Crystal, Andrew Dickson, Dr Varsha Panjwani
Chair: Professor Sheila Cavanagh
The event is open to all and is free to attend. Book your ticket now!
Shakespeare has been translated into virtually all the world’s most commonly spoken languages. His plays are performed in a rich variety of theatrical traditions. How did he become the global phenomenon he is today? And how is his work received and interpreted across the world?
“Fresh Array and Entertainment”: Shakespeare in London 2016
Join Professor Sheila T. Cavanagh, Global Shakespeare's Fulbright Distinguished Chair for 2015/16, as she describes her experience of King's College London's Shakespeare400 festival, which was held in February of 2016.
Shakespeare is everywhere in London this year, with Shakespearean-themed concerts, exhibitions, dance events, book launches and films abounding. Many of these events are gathered under the “Shakespeare400” label, which designates a massive collaboration organized through King’s College, London under the direction of Professor Gordon McMullan and a team of early modern academics and support staff...