The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 25.495 Thursday, 11 December 2014
From: Internet Shakespeare Editions <
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 6:33 PM
Subject: The Shakespeare Herald--ISE
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The Shakespeare Herald
December 2014
Looking backward, and ahead
The close of the year is traditionally the time for looking back, and the new year for looking forward. Indeed, January is named after the god Janus, who was traditionally figured with two heads, one looking to the past, one to the future.
This issue of The Shakespeare Herald focuses mainly on the future but it also discusses the importance of the past by exploring some challenges that face the creators of digital content, in ensuring that it is stable and effectively archived. The past is also well represented in the news, as we learn of the discovery of an especially interesting copy of that foundational publication for Shakespeareans, the First Folio (1623).
The future looks rosy indeed, as we welcome four distinguished scholars to our team of editors. Drs. Kate McPherson and Kate Moncrief will be spearheading the creation of a new version of our much-visited section of the site on Shakespeare’s Life and Times, and Dr. Kevin Quarmby will assume editorship of the ISE Chronicle—a hub for reviews of current productions of Shakespeare’s plays. Music was a popular component of early drama; we are recognizing its importance in the appointment of Dr. Paul Faber as our first Music Editor. You will also find some entertaining pieces on the omnipresence of Shakespeare in our culture, as we highlight some moments when he, and his works, made news.
The future of the ISE as a scholarly, open-access website depends on our Friends of the ISE — those libraries that are contributing to the development of an enduring endowment to ensure continued funding for the development and maintenance of our site. If you are already among our growing list of Friends, we thank you deeply. If you have not yet supported the site, please take a moment to follow some of the links below, and to visit the section of the site that explains the added research tools that our Friends can employ as they visit the site.
Check out all this, and more, on our website.
• Ruminating on time and the need for archives: a word from the Coordinating Editor
• Top scholars to revise the Life and Times section of the site
• Kevin Quarmby takes the helm at the ISE Chronicle
• Welcome to our regional editors
• Introducing Paul Faber, ISE Music Editor
• Shakespeare in the news:
• The discovery of a copy of the 1623 First Folio
• Shakespeare sparks flash mob
• New plays to which Shakespeare may have contributed
The Internet Shakespeare Editions is supported by the University of Victoria, the University of Victoria Libraries, Friends of the ISE, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.