Shakespeare Stiftung
With Prof Dr Hans-Jürgen Diller, the Shakespeare Society has lost an important personality. He was a regular guest during the Shakespeare Days and, under Prof Dr Dieter Mehl’s term as president, also a member of the society’s board. He was especially involved in the reunification of the German Shakespeare Society in 1993. During the revision…
read moreCFP SHAKESPEARE-SEMINAR 2026: SHAKESPEARE AND TRUTH Our seminar will address this issue with a panel of six papers during the annual conference of the German Shakespeare Society, Shakespeare-Tage, which will take place from 24–26 April 2026 in Bochum, Germany. As critical input for the discussion, we invite papers of no more than 15 minutes that…
read moreThe German-British Society Bonn invites you to a lecture in English by Prof. Tiffany Stern FBA The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham ‘Shakespeare, Marlowe, Milton and the Puppets’ on Monday, 26 January 2026, in Bonn, 6.30 p.m. read more
read moreCFP SHAKESPEARE SEMINAR 2026: SHAKESPEARE AND TRUTH Our seminar will address this issue with a panel of six papers during the annual conference of the German Shakespeare Society, Shakespeare-Tage, which will take place from 24–26 April 2026 in Bochum, Germany. As critical input for the discussion, we invite papers of no more than 15 minutes…
read morewill take place in Hong Kong from 12–14 June 2026. Co-hosted by Hong Kong Baptist University and City University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with the Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival, the conference offers a vibrant platform for scholarly exchange, theatrical inspiration, and cultural discovery. For detailed information about the conference, including guidelines for abstract…
read moreAt the opening event of our 2018 spring conference on the topic of ‘’Flight – Migration – Exile,’ Dorothee Elmiger read from her novel “Schlafgänger”. On 13 October 2025, she received the 2025 German Book Prize for her novel “Die Holländerinnen”. We warmly congratulate Dorothee Elmiger on this award.
read moreConference for teachers, lecturers, students, theatre practitioners and individuals who are interested in Shakespeare Würzburg, 13-14 November 2025 Nature, the environment and ecology have always played a central role in Shakespeare’s works. In recent years, these themes have become increasingly important, especially with regard to climate change, natural disasters and the curative power of nature…
read moreThe 2026 World Shakespeare Congress will mark the International Shakespeare Association’s 50th anniversary. Pre-registration for seminars and workshops at next year’s World Shakespeare Congress, 20-26th July in Verona, is open until 15th September. You can find out more information via this link: www.wsc2026.org
read morehappening for free and online over the course of 24 hours, September 12-13. Registration and the full schedule (listed with several time zones) are available here. 52 speakers involved, including scholars, activists, and theatre artists from around the planet, who will be talking about modern performance, environmental history, intersectional scholarship, teaching, and more. Plenary speakers are…
read morePREMIERES DECEMBER 2025 Stuttgart, Schauspiel Stuttgart (Schauspielhaus): 06.12.2025, Hamlet. Ü.: Jürgen Gosch und Angela Schanelec, R.: Burkhard C. Kosminski, B.: Florian Etti, K.: Ute Lindenberg. Sonstiges Bremerhaven, Stadttheater Bremerhaven (Großes Haus): 13.12.2025, I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Von: Vincenzo Bellini. ML.: Davide Perniceni. PREMIERES NOVEMBER 2025 Kiel, Theater Kiel (Schauspielhaus): 21.11.2025, Viel Lärm um…
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