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Global Shakespeare at the Being Human Festival
The Global Shakespeare team is involved in some exciting events as part of the Being Human Festival of the Humanities. Dr Preti Taneja, Dr Katherine Hennessey and Professor David Schalkwyk will join other scholars, artists, and actors as part of two events:
Being Human Lab (Thursday 12 November, 13:00 - 18:00)
Preti will be part of a whole afternoon of activity, in which the participants come together to respond to the question: ‘What new issues must humanity face in the near future, and how can the humanities help?’.
Preti will present some of her recent research observing Shakespeare plays performed in Jordan and Syria; her talk will focus on what we can learn from these productions as increasing numbers of people fleeing the conflict seek refuge in Europe. Her talk will advocate for the importance of humanities scholarship in realising language and cultural rights, and shows how essential these are for increasing intercultural understanding in times of conflict.
Bringing the world to King Lear (Monday 16 November, 18:00 - 20:00)
In June 2015, director Tim Supple of Dash Arts brought a group of celebrated actors to the University of Warwick, for a two week long series of workshops exploring the text of King Lear in multiple languages, and through a variety of acting traditions. The group came from Tanzania, India, Italy, Belgium, South Korea, USA, Morocco, Ireland and Russia as well as the UK. This event will begin with a panel presentation, chaired by David Schalkwyk of Global Shakespeare, with Tim Supple and other workshop participants as speakers. It will also include a screening of workshop video footage and Q&A with the audience afterwards.
Update from the Blackfriars Conference
Check out this fantastic photo of Dr Paul Prescott giving the keynote lecture at the 2015 Blackfriars Conference in Staunton, Virgina!
Postgraduate Open Evening
Are you considering a Master's? Come along to the QMUL Open Evening to find out more about the Global Shakespeare MA. We'll be offering a taster session, and you can chat to the team about the programme.
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