The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0411  Monday, 15 October 2012

From:        BSA < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         October 15, 2012 9:52:13 AM EDT

Subject:     Redcrosse in Coventry

British Shakespeare Association

On the evening of Saturday the 17^th of November the RSC will be performing Redcrosse, the new poetic liturgy for England and St George which BSA member Professor Ewan Fernie (Shakespeare Institute) wrote with the major poets Jo Shapcott, Michael Symmons Roberts and Andrew Motion, and the theologian Andrew Shanks, as part of a multi-grant-winning Religion and Society project.  Redcrosse got considerable national press last year, in The Guardian, on radio and television, and even in The Daily Star, when it was performed in Windsor Castle and Manchester Cathedral.  Its RSC production in the modernist masterpiece of Coventry Cathedral will be its most dramatic and exciting instantiation to date.  Don’t miss it.  For further details and tickets, please see the link below.

http ://www . coventrycathedral . org . uk/goldenjubilee/EVENTDETAIL2 . php?event_id_choice=19400

Dr Rowan Williams on Redcrosse:

‘How do we think about identity in ways that don’t reflect anxiety, fear of the other, uncritical adulation of our past and all the other pitfalls that surround this subject? The Redcrosse project manages to negotiate these difficulties with immense imaginative energy and honesty: no sour notes, no attempt to overcompensate by desperately overapologetic rhetoric, simply a recovery of deep roots and generous vision. As much as it takes its cue from Spenser, it’s a contemporary working out of some of the great and inexhaustible legacy of Blake, a unique contribution to what is often a pretty sterile discussion of who we are in these islands.’

Dr Rowan Williams

Archbishop of Canterbury

UK

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0410  Monday, 15 October 2012

From:        UC Davis - School of Education < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:11 PM

Subject:     Shakespeare Works When Shakespeare Plays

Shakespeare Works When Shakespeare Plays 

A Workshop-Conference for Teachers

A dynamic three-day conference for English and Drama teachers held on January 18 – 20, 2013

Teaching Artists from some of the world’s most respected Shakespeare Theatres will share active and playful approaches to enliven the teaching of Shakespeare. The weekend is presented by the UC Davis School of Education and the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at UC Davis in association with Globe Education (Shakespeare’s Globe, London) and the Shakespeare Theatre Association. 

Download our e-flier here.

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Register here! 

Early Bird Registration until November 1: $349. 

After November 1: $375. 

Send a team and save. 

Groups of six or more take $30 off per registration.

Invited Presenters

American Shakespeare Center (Virginia)

Atlanta Shakespeare Festival

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Folger Shakespeare

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare’s Globe (London)

Shakespeare & Company (Lennox, Mass.)

Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles

Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada)

Utah Shakespeare Festival

We invite you to join us for a weekend of lively workshops designed to provide teachers with strategic, practical approaches to understanding Shakespeare’s work and the connections and applications that his work inspires. Our second annual conference at the beautiful Mondavi Center, UC Davis, brings together actors, directors and teaching artists from the world’s leading Shakespeare festivals to share their insights for teaching Shakespeare in the classroom.

Please Visit The Conference Website For More Information:
http://shakespeareplays.ucdavis.edu

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0405  Friday, 5 October 2012

From:        Al Magary < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         October 2, 2012 7:38:29 PM EDT

Subject:     Shakespeare and the Second World War

Al Magary forwarded this announcement from the FICINO list:

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Dear All,

Marissa McHugh and I are delighted to share the good news that our multi-authored book, Shakespeare and the Second World War:  Memory, Culture, Identity (University of Toronto Press) has just been published.  

Here is the link:
http://www.utppublishing.com/Shakespeare-and-the-Second-World-War-Memory-Culture-Identity.html

and a description from the dust jacket:

Shakespeare’s works occupy a prismatic and complex position in world culture: they straddle both the high and the low, the national and the foreign, literature and theatre. The Second World War presents a fascinating case study of this phenomenon: most, if not all, of its combatants have laid claim to Shakespeare and have called upon his work to convey their society’s self-image.

In wartime, such claims frequently brought to the fore a crisis of cultural identity and of competing ownership of this ‘universal’ author. Despite this, the role of Shakespeare during the Second World War has not yet been examined or documented in any depth. Shakespeare and the Second World War provides the first sustained international, collaborative incursion into this terrain. The essays demonstrate how the wide variety of ways in which Shakespeare has been recycled, reviewed, and reinterpreted from 1939–1945 are both illuminated by and continue to illuminate the War today

Please share this information with interested friends, colleagues, and students, and especially with your university librarian!

With thanks,

Irene (Irena) R. Makaryk

Professor 

Department of English

University of Ottawa

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0404  Friday, 5 October 2012

From:        Hattie Wilson < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         October 5, 2012 10:48:46 AM EDT

Subject:     Shakespeare Among the Courtesans

New From Ashgate Publishing . . . 

Shakespeare Among the Courtesans by Duncan Salkeld

Paying special attention to Anglo-Italian cultural and sexual relations during the Renaissance, this study traces the development and decline of the courtesan in English drama. Salkeld draws on original historical materials to explore contradictory dramatic representations of courtesans in a variety of texts ranging from Shakespeare's poems and plays to works by Aretino, Nashe, Dekker and Middleton.

http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754663874     

WAS £55.00  NOW £44.00

Duncan’s book is available for the members of SHAKSPER.net at a special 20% discount! Simply enter the code C12GWR20 in the box marked promotional code at www.ashgate.com/literary

We are also offering our UK customers free P&P until 31^st December 2012.

Hattie Wilson

Marketing Executive

Ashgate Publishing

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0403  Friday, 5 October 2012

From:        Donna Sy < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         October 5, 2012 9:12:41 AM EDT

Subject:     Fellowships in Critical Bibliography 

Rare Book School Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Fund Fellowships in Critical Bibliography

Rare Book School welcomes applications from scholars of Shakespeare to The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography.  The aim of this new Mellon Foundation-funded fellowship program is to reinvigorate bibliographical studies within the humanities by introducing doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty to specialized skills, methods, and professional networks for conducting advanced research with material texts.  

Fellows will receive funding for Rare Book School course attendance, as well as generous stipends, and support for research-related travel to special collections, over the course of three years. Weeklong intensive courses at Rare Book School cover topics such as paleography, codicology, scholarly editing, and the history of the book.

The deadline for application to the program is DECEMBER 1, 2012. Applicants must be doctoral candidates (post-qualifying exams), postdoctoral fellows, or junior (untenured) faculty in the humanities at a U.S. insitution at time of application.  Interested scholars are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. For more details, please visit:

http://www.rarebookschool.org/fellowships/mellon

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Rare Book School Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Fund Fellowships in Critical Bibliography

New fellowship program seeks to reinvigorate bibliographical studies within the humanities

Charlottesville, VA, October 1, 2012 – Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia has been awarded an $896,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a new three-year fellowship program, The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography, whose aim is to reinvigorate bibliographical studies within the humanities.

The Mellon Fellowship program will enable a select group of doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty in the humanities to receive advanced, intensive training in the analysis of textual artifacts. Led by a distinguished faculty drawn from the bibliographical community and professionals in allied fields, fellows will attend annual research-oriented seminars at Rare Book School and at major special collections libraries nationwide. Fellows will receive stipends to support research-related travel to special collections, and additional funds to host academic symposia at their home institutions.

“This grant will enable our School to deepen and extend its service to the bibliographical community by helping scholars incorporate bibliographical and book-historical methods into their own research and teaching,” said RBS Director Michael F. Suarez, S.J. “I am humbled by the trust that the Foundation has placed in our organization – and deeply gratified by its ratification of our core mission of bibliographical education.”

“I expect that these fellowships will sow the seeds for some of the most exciting work from the next generation of humanistic scholars,” commented Michael Winship, Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. “This Mellon Foundation grant is wonderful news! It will ensure that graduate students and early career academics have an opportunity to be exposed to the theories and methodologies of bibliographical practice.”

Twenty Mellon Fellowships will be awarded in the spring of 2013. The deadline for application to the program is December 1, 2012. More information about the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography is available at:   http://www.rarebookschool.org/fellowships/mellon

About Rare Book School (RBS)

Rare Book School provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the fields of bibliography, librarianship, book history, manuscript studies, and the digital humanities. Founded in 1983, RBS moved to its present home at the University of Virginia in 1992. RBS is a not-for-profit educational organization affiliated with the University of Virginia. More information about RBS is available on its website:http://www.rarebookschool.org

For more information, contact:

Donna Sy

Mellon Fellowship Program Director 

Rare Book School

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Phone: (434) 243-4296 

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0402  Friday, 5 October 2012

From:        Jim Harner < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         October 4, 2012 4:25:57 PM EDT

Subject:     Shakespeare Position Announcement

Associate Professor in Digital Shakespeare Studies

The Department of English at Texas A&M University invites applications for a tenured position at the associate professor rank in Digital Shakespeare Studies to begin in the Fall of 2013.  Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field and a substantial scholarly record in both Shakespeare Studies and Digital Humanities as well as ongoing research initiatives in these areas.  The successful candidate will teach a 2/2 load, including undergraduate and graduate courses in Shakespeare as well as a range of courses in early modern literature and Digital Humanities.  The DH courses will contribute to the offerings of the Digital Humanities Certificate.  The successful candidate will also assume the role of Executive Editor of Early Modern Digital Projects at the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture (IDHMC), including the World Shakespeare Bibliography, Digital Donne, eMOP (the early modern OCR project), and the digital Cervantes and Quixote Iconography projects.  The IDHMC, in collaboration with the Visualization Department (the only one in the country) and Computer Science, is developing sophisticated data analysis and visualization capacities to work with one of the largest digitized collections of early modern texts – 45 million page images.

Applicants should submit as PDFs a letter of application specifying how the applicant’s work advances research and teaching in Shakespeare Studies and Digital Humanities, together with a CV, by e-mail to Robert Griffin ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).  Applicants should also have 3 letters of recommendation sent to Professor Griffin.  We will begin reviewing applications on November 12, 2012, and continue until the position is filled.  Interviews will be held at the MLA.

Minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Texas A&M is an AA/EEO employer, committed to diversity, and responds to the needs of dual-career couples.  Visit the English Department and IDHMC websites at: http://www-english.tamu.edu/ and http://idhmc.tamu.edu.

James L. Harner

Samuel Rhea Gammon Professor of Liberal Arts

Editor, World Shakespeare Bibliography

Department of English

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843-4227

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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0401  Friday, 5 October 2012

From:        Robert Appelbaum < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         October 3, 2012 9:24:57 AM EDT

Subject:     CFP: Studia Neophilologica

Call for Papers

Studia Neophilologica, one of the oldest continuously published journals in the humanities in the world, issued on-line and in hard copy by Taylor & Francis, is now accepting submissions on all topics in the field of English Literature.

We are particularly interested in articles that address:

Early Modern English Literature, including Shakespeare

Literature and Violence

Literature and Material Culture

Literature and Aesthetic Theory

Instructions for authors can be found at the following website:

http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=snec20&page=instructions

Robert Appelbaum

Professor of English Literature

English Department

Uppsala University

Uppsala SE-751 20

http://www.engelska.uu.se/People/Appelbaum/

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0398  Monday, 1 October 2012

From:        Jessica M Maerz < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         October 1, 2012 2:00:56 PM EDT

Subject:     SW/TX PCA/ACA, Shakespeare on Film Area

CFP:  Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association

Shakespeare on Film, TV, and Video

Albuquerque, NM

Feb. 13-16, 2013

The Shakespeare on Film, Television, and Video Area is now accepting proposals for the SW/TX PCA/ACA’s 34^th annual conference, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center in Albuquerque, NM.  This year’s theme is “Celebrating Popular/American Culture(s) in a Global Context”; we welcome proposals that engage with the overarching conference theme, as well as those that treat the convergence of filmed Shakespeare, pop culture, and mediatization more broadly. 

Potential topics might include: global Shakespeares; inter- and cross-cultural Shakespeares; Shakespearean auteurs; digital Shakespeares; Shakespeare and film genre; Shakespeare and the digital humanities; and postmodern Shakespeares.

Please submit a CV and 250-word proposal to conference2013.swtxpca.org by November 16, 2012. Inquiries may be directed to Area Chair Jessica Maerz at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Details about the conference, including information about conference travel and graduate student awards, can be found at www.swtxpca.org.

Jessica M. Maerz

Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies

School of Theatre, Film, and Television

University of Arizona

P.O. Box 210003

Tucson, AZ 85721-0003

Flyer for CFP  CFP_Shakes_Film_Area_PCA_2013 (171.38 kB)

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0396  Thursday, 27 September 2012

From:        Jeremy Fiebig < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         September 26, 2012 5:16:06 PM EDT

Subject:     The Shakespeare Standard Calls for Editors & Contributors

The Shakespeare Standard announces a Call for Editors and Contributors.

Editors are primarily responsible for selecting, and in some cases, generating content in areas including Education, Performance, Multimedia, Voices (commentary and editorials), Foolery, and Language, as well as several At-Large and Special Project positions. Editors in our main content areas work, generally with other members of an editorial team, to produce our weekly posts in that content area. Social Media editors work primarily on our Twitter and Facebook platforms, developing and implementing interaction and conversation in those platforms. We also invite interested persons to suggest hybrid or special project positions.

To find out more about our internships, click here.

While all contributors are volunteers, The Shakespeare Standard does allow contributors to include our donation coding in their posts so that they may receive payment. These details are all discussed with our Editors once you make a successful application.

To apply, email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Be sure to include your name, contact information, a cover letter detailing your interest areas, a brief biography, and a current resume or vita.

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0395  Thursday, 27 September 2012

From:        Shakespeare’s Globe < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         September 25, 2012 12:27:03 PM EDT

Subject:     Globe on Screen Opens in Cinemas Across the USA

See three of the Globe’s critically acclaimed 2011 theatre season productions in cinemas across the USA.

This autumn, Shakespeare’s Globe in association with Arts Alliance Media, are bringing three of the critically acclaimed 2011 theatre season productions to cinemas across the USA.

Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well (begins October 11) and Much Ado About Nothing (begins October 23), and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (begins November 8) will be shown in their entirety. Recorded in HD, the films capture the experience of being at the Globe and offer a truly distinctive cinema experience.

“With the advent of new technology it is now possible to see and hear theatrical productions in the cinema with a wonderful sharpness and clarity.” Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director

Visit the Globe On Screen website to find a cinema near you and book tickets.

The Shakespeare Globe Trust

21 New Globe Walk 

Bankside, London SE1 9DT.

Nearest Underground stations: London Bridge, Mansion House, Southwark, St Paul’s. Nearest National Rail stations: London Bridge, Cannon Street, Blackfriars, Waterloo.