Greetings and Salutations! This is Emily with the Scrivener and the latest news in ShakespeareScholarship. Lots of exciting things happening this week, so let’s get to it.
Shakespeare’s Sisters
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. recently opened a new exhibit about Shakespeare’s 
Sisters: Voices of English and European Writers 1500-1700. This exhibit, which runs through May, features the works of more than 50 16th and 17th century female writers working across a variety of genres. In addition to further information, the website features a number of links to related videos, publications and teaching resources, and can be viewed here. Those in the D.C. area for the RSA next month should check this out!
Hot off the Presses
The Oxford University Press announces the new book by Stanley Wells, Shakespeare, Sex and Love. Wells examines Shakespeare’s representation of human sexuality and their relationship to sexual conventions and behavior in Early Modern England. The work also discusses the metamorphosis of Shakespeare’s attitude toward sex, the comedic uses of sex, and the homoerotic elements of these works. Wells offers a taste of the work, as well as a response to Ian McKellan’s declaration that Shakespeare was gay, here.
Remember, Remember
March 1st is the due date for applications to NEH Summer Institutes and Seminars. There are some great programs in Early Modern/Medieval Studies this year, including an examination of Tudor Books and Readers, Health and Disease in the Middle Ages, Leonardo da Vinci, and studies in the Muslim-Christian-Jewish Medieval Mediterranean. There are a number of funding opportunities available, but applications are due soon!
Call for Papers
The Shakespeare International Yearbook seeks abstracts for a special issue on Digital Shakespeares: Innovations, Interventions, Mediations. The editors seek papers that explore the impact of new technologies on Shakespeare studies, the influence of the digital on the performance of Shakespeare, and the changes in pedagogical approaches given these new media options. For more information, please see the full call here.
The SEAA announces a call for proposals for its 2013 conference on Laughing Matters: Discourses on Laughter in 17th and 18th Century England and America. The conference will explore laughter as a subject matter from the Early Modern period through the long 18th century, including laughter and humor, smiling, the language of laughter, and laughter in the realms of science and politics. Additional information about the subject matter and submission process may be found here.
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