Shakespeare Stiftung
happening 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 moreCFP SHAKESPEARE-SEMINAR 2025: SHAKESPEARE AND POPULAR CULTURES Our seminar will address this issue with a panel of six papers during the annual conference of the German Shakespeare Association, Shakespeare-Tage, which will take place from 25–27 April 2025 in Weimar, Germany. As critical input for the discussion, we invite papers of no more than 15 minutes…
read moreThe theme of this year’s spring conference is Shakespeare and Popular Cultures. The conference will take place from 25-27 April 2025 in Weimar. On the evening before the official opening of the conference, on Thursday 24 April, the Shakespeare Prize will be awarded at 6 pm in the book cube of the Herzog Anna Amalia…
read moreDame Harriet Walter receives German Shakespeare Prize 2025 On Thursday, 25 April 2025, the German Shakespeare Prize 2025 was awarded to the British actress Dame Harriet Mary Walter in the book cube of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar Walter, who has won numerous awards and been nominated for Tony and Emmy Awards, has…
read moreShakespeare Academy during the Shakespeare Days 25.-27.4.25 in Weimar WHAT IS THE SHAKESPEARE ACADEMY? The Shakespeare Academy is a student workshop organised by the German Shakespeare Association to engage young scholars on the annual conference topic. Any bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD student is welcome! While the workshop itself is at the heart of the Shakespeare…
read moreCFP SHAKESPEARE-SEMINAR 2025: SHAKESPEARE AND POPULAR CULTURES Our seminar will address this issue with a panel of six papers during the annual conference of the German Shakespeare Association, Shakespeare-Tage, which will take place from 25–27 April 2025 in Weimar, Germany. As critical input for the discussion, we invite papers of no more than 15 minutes…
read moreThe German Shakespeare Society regularly provides impulses to awaken students’ interest in Shakespeare research. As a rule, a Shakespeare study day sponsored by the German Shakespeare Society is held at a university once a year. The next study day is planned for 16 November 2024 at the University of Siegen. Find the programme here.
read moreOur conference will be dedicated to Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida or, to quote Michael Dobson’s lecture title, “the most performed unperformed play in world drama”. Addressed to an “eternal reader”, placed in the Folio Edition between tragedies and histories, often described as a problem play or “bitter war comedy” – Troilus and Cressida is a…
read moreThe German Shakespeare Society regularly provides impulses to awaken students’ interest in Shakespeare research. As a rule, a Shakespeare study day sponsored by the German Shakespeare Society is held at a university once a year. This year, such a study day is planned at the University of Bamberg. Find the programme here.
read moreby Stefan Schneckenburger can now be ordered via: Stefan Schneckenburger: Bücher online kaufen | Herder.de. The Publication is in German. A contribution about this publication can be found in the hoch 3, the university magazine of the TU Darmstadt: Distel oder Lorbeer; das ist hier die Frage – TU Darmstadt (tu-darmstadt.de)
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