Shakespeare Stiftung
Autumn 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…
Countless 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
The 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…
In Table Top Shakespeare, ordinary everyday objects become the “performers” of Shakespeare’s dramas, with the kitchen table serving as a stage for betrayal, murder or the immortal love stories: A salt and pepper shaker for the king and queen. A vase for the prince. A matchbox for the servant. A kitchen table as a stage.…
On the occasion of Hölderlin’s 250th birthday, English literature scholar Christoph Bode (LMU Munich) speaks about what the author means to him. https://hoelderlin.podigee.io/
Romeo and Juliet Our conference theme “Romeo and Juliet” takes on unexpected topicality. In the fifth act, Friar John and his brother in Mantua are suspected of being in a house where the infectious plague is raging and are locked up there, preventing them from delivering the letters to Romeo in which Friar Laurence informs…
Übersetzung “Gilt eine Übersetzung den Lesern, die das Original nicht verstehen?” fragt Walter Benjamin und argumentiert, dass dieses Verständnis zu kurz greift. Zwar “überdauert” das “fremde Wort” in der Übersetzung, aber dabei verändert es sich zwangsläufig. Die in diesem Jahrbuch versammelten Aufsätze setzen hier an, wenn sie Übersetzungen nicht nur als linguistische, sondern als komplexe…
Blog 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
Wolfgang 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…
