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The German Shakespeare Foundation was established in 2000 in Weimar. Its founding body was the reunified German Shakespeare Society (Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft e.V.). This society was originally founded in 1864 at the initiative of the Dessau entrepreneur Wilhelm Ochelhäuser under the patronage of Grand Duchess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, making it the oldest and one of the largest literary societies in Germany. For nearly 150 years, it has promoted engagement with the works of William Shakespeare throughout the German-speaking world, working closely with universities, schools, and theatres.

The German Shakespeare Foundation supports the work of the German Shakespeare Society by providing funding for its larger projects. For example, it annually awards the Martin Lehnert Prize for outstanding theses by students and doctoral candidates, made possible through a bequest from the Berlin-based Anglicist Martin Lehnert.

The foundation supports the Shakespeare Yearbook, which the Shakespeare Society has published almost continuously every year since its founding, making it an outstanding cultural-historical record of Shakespeare reception and scholarship over the past 150 years. Since 2022, it has also honoured individuals from the fields of art and culture with the Shakespeare Prize, recognising those who have made exceptional contributions to the work of William Shakespeare and its dissemination.

To provide the many visitors to the annual Shakespeare Days with special highlights in the form of theatrical, musical, literary, or cinematic events, the German Shakespeare Foundation also subsidises these gatherings of German-speaking Shakespeare enthusiasts.

Spring Conference 2009, Weimar
16. April 2009 no comments in Past Conferences

Shakespeare: The Dawn of Modernity Die Frühjahrstagung der Deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft fand vom 23. bis 26. April 2009 in Weimar statt.     Speech on occasion of the Shakespeare-Days Jonathan Bate, Warwick Speakers Jan Bürger, Marbach Therese Fischer-Seidel, Düsseldorf Peter Holbrook, Queensland Werner von Koppenfels, München Peter Marx, Mainz/Bern Claudia Olk, Berlin Richard Wilson, Cardiff Contributors…

Autumn Conference 2008, Mainz
16. November 2008 no comments in Past Conferences

Hamlet The autumn conference 2008 of the German Shakespeare Society took place on November 21 and 22 in Mainz.   Speakers: Catherine Belsey, Cardiff Stefanie Diekmann, Potsdam Hugh Grady, Philadelphia Friedemann Kreuder, Mainz Freddie Rokem, Tel Aviv Laurenz Volkmann, Jena Günter Walch, Berlin Cooperation partners: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Staatstheater Mainz Stiftung Mainzer…

SHJB 144 (2008) Klangwelten
27. May 2008 no comments in Yearbooks

Shakespeares Klangwelten Im Zentrum des Jahrbuchs stehen die körperlichen, die emotionalen und kognitiven Dimensionen des Hörens sowie die Ästhetik von Stille, Ton und Stimme. Dabei ist die Grundüberlegung, daß sich Shakespeares Dramen nicht in Monologen und Dialogen erschöpfen; auf der Bühne wird vielmehr auch gelärmt, musiziert oder geschwiegen. Zudem geben Shakespeares Dramen Aufschluß über gesellschaftliche…

Spring Conference 2008, Vienna
16. April 2008 no comments in Past Conferences

Shakespeare’s Food: Stage and Banquet In cooperation with the University of Vienna, the Burgtheater Vienna, the Wiener Vorlesungen, the Kulturmagistrat der Stadt Wien and Art for Art, Theaterservice GmbH Vienna.     This year’s Shakespeare-Days took place from April 24-27, 2008 in Vienna.   Speech on the occasion of the Shakespeare Day Daniel Kehlmann (Vienna)…

Autumn Conference 2007, Weimar
16. November 2007 no comments in Past Conferences

Othello The conference took place on November 23 and 24, 2007 in the Youth- and Culture Centre MonAmi in Weimar. Speakers: Tom Cornford (London) Balz Engler (Basel) Michael Neill (Auckland) Lena Orlin (Baltimore)   Programme   Programme Autumn 2007(537 K)    

SHJB 143 (2007) Gewalt und Terror
27. May 2007 no comments in Yearbooks

Gewalt und Terror Gewalt und Terror sind nicht erst seit den jüngsten terroristischen Anschlägen Themen von Kunst und Literatur, sondern bereits im Theater der Shakespeare-Zeit allgegenwärtig. Die Grausamkeiten, die Willkür, die Drohungen, unter denen die Figuren auf der Bühne leiden, lassen sich zu den frühneuzeitlichen Debatten um Politik, Religion, Ehe und Sexualität in Beziehung setzen,…

Spring Conference 2007, Bochum
16. April 2007 no comments in Past Conferences

Soundscape Shakespeare The Shakespeare-Days 2007 took place from April 20-22, 2007 in Bochum.   Speech on the occasion of the Shakespeare-Days Bruce Smith (University of Southern California) Speakers John Joughin (University of Central Lancashire) Doris Kolesch (FU Berlin) James Siemon (Boston University) Contributors Scholarly Seminar Philipp Hinz Judith Luig Carolin Roder Felix Sprang Katrin Trüstedt…

Autumn Conference 2006, Bochum
16. November 2006 no comments in Past Conferences

Autumn Conference 2006 A Midsummer Night’s Dream The conference took place on November 18 and 19, 2006 in the library of the Ruhrgebiet in Bochum. Speakers: Werner Habicht (Würzburg) David Lanier (New Hampshire) Laurie Maguire (Oxford) Peter W. Marx (Mainz) Susanne Rupp (Berlin) Susanne Schroeder-Thürauf (Erlangen) Programme

SHJB 142 (2006) Märchen und Mythen
27. May 2006 no comments in Yearbooks

Shakespeare als Erzähler von Märchen und Mythen Shakespeare als Erzähler? Das Schwerpunktthema mag auf den ersten Blick verwundern, aber das Geschichtenerzählen ist von zentraler Bedeutung in Shakespeares Dramen, in denen showing und telling auf vielfältige Art und Weise miteinander verknüpft sind. Zudem erzählt Shakespeare alte Mythen neu, wie Manfred Pfisters Beitrag an den immer neuen (Re‑)Inszenierungen der trojanischen Königin…

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