Shakespeare Stiftung
The German Shakespeare Society mourns the loss of the British English scholar and Shakespeare researcher Catherine Belsey (December 13, 1940 – February 14, 2021). On behalf of all members and the entire Board of DirectorsThe President of the German Shakespeare SocietyProf. Dr. Claudia Olk
read moreAutumn Conference „Romeo and Juliet“, 20-22 November 2020 in Weimar The conference was streamed on YouTube and can be watched via this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1Afp2gwz4Jo4FmLg24LAg Following the adoption of measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic on October 28, 2020, our conference is now only possible in digital format. All contributions, including those originally declared as face-to-face…
read moreCountless writers have come and gone. William Shakespeare has stayed. What has made his works so fascinating for centuries? Article of the President of the German Shakespeare Society, Prof. Dr. Claudia Olk. published in Weltwoche Nr. 43.20 to the article
read moreThe German Shakespeare Society mourns the loss of Frank Günther, one of the greatest Shakespeare translators of our time. He was always a good friend and companion. We will always honour his memory. Our sympathy goes out to his family. On behalf of all members and the Board of Directors The President of the German…
read moreBlog post by the President summarising a talk she gave at the Voltaire Foundation in Oxford in January: https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/beyond-too-much-shakespearean-excesses-in-the-18th-century Entry in the London Review of Books by Michael Dobson (Stratford): https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n13/michael-dobson/bastard-foreigners … Shakespeare for the ears (Podcast with Stefan Schneckenburger) https://www.hr2.de/podcasts/doppelkopf/der-direktor-stefan-schneckenburger-spricht-ueber-die-zahlreichen-pflanzen-im-werk-william-shakespeares,podcast-episode-71698.html
read moreWolfgang Weiß was Professor of English Studies at the LMU Munich, where he headed the Shakespeare Research Library. From 1996 to 1999 he was editor of the Shakespeare Jahrbuch. The German Shakespeare Society remembers his work with sincere gratitude. On behalf of all members and the entire Board of Directors The President of the German…
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