Conference: “Women’s Rights and Global Adaptations of Shakespeare”
November 25-26, 2021 Freie Universität Berlin Call for Papers
Autumn Conference 2021, Weimar
Shakespeare and Politics The topic of this year’s conference, “Shakespeare and Politics” could not be more topical in the elction year 2021. Conceptions of the political in Shakespeare and the related questions of legitimations of power, governance and justice, of freedom and tyranny have, as Stephen Greenblatt has recently demonstrated in Tyrant, geopolitical relevance even today. Our…
SHJB 157 (2021) Tanz
Tanz Es entbehrt nicht einer gewissen Ironie, dass ‘Shakespeare und Tanzʼ just in dem Jahr auf dem Programm der Jahrestagung der Shakespeare-Gesellschaft hätte stehen sollen, in dem das Tanzen fast durchgängig verboten war und auch (Tanz‑)Theater-Inszenierungen abgesagt werden mussten. Aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie konnten unsere Tagungen nicht vor Ort stattfinden, und die Frühjahrstagung musste ganz ausfallen.…
Shakespeare translations by August Wilhelm Schlegel and the Tieck circle
I would like to draw your attention to the following conference. It will take place in Dresden from June 13 to 16, 2022: The Shakespeare Translations of August Wilhelm Schlegel and the Tieck Circle. Context – History – Edition: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/index.php?id=133304 The translation of all of William Shakespeare’s plays known as “Schlegel/Tieck” – begun in 1797…
“All the Sonnets of Shakespeare” Eds. Paul Edmondson / Stanley Wells
We are pleased to bring you a video greeting from Stratford-upon-Avon, in which Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells present their new book “All the Sonnets of Shakespeare” to the members of the German Shakespeare Society. You can find it on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1Afp2gwz4Jo4FmLg24LAg
Shakespeare’s Birthday on 23 April
To mark Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23, a recitation from the Weimar Shakespeare Monument will be broadcast on the YouTube channel from 4 pm: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1Afp2gwz4Jo4FmLg24LAg Here you will find the speech by Frank Günther (1947 – 2020), one of the greatest Shakespeare translators of our time, on the occasion of the morning walk to the…
Wilhelm Hortmann (5 June 1929 – 12 April 2021)
The German Shakespeare Society mourns the loss of the English scholar Prof. em. Dr. Wilhelm Hortmann. He taught English literature at the universities of Frankfurt, Duisburg and Santa Barbara. After his retirement, Prof. Hortmann worked as a theater historian and author. He preferred to deal with the intersection of culture and politics, with a particular…
Jerzy Limon (24. May 1950 – 3. March 2021)
The German Shakespeare Society mourns the death of the Polish translator and author Jerzy Limon. He taught at the University of Gdansk and specialized in Shakespeare and the theater of the Elizabethan period. The Gdansk Shakespeare Theater, which he designed, opened in 2014. On behalf of all members and the entire Board of Directors The…
Catherine Belsey (13. December 1940 – 14. February 2021)
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