Hello! This is Emily with the Scrivener, your weekly source for news in Shakespeare scholarship. There are a slew of calls for papers and other announcements this week, so let’s get to it!
I Must Be Present at Your Conference
The University of Oxford has announced the opening of registration for their upcoming conference on [...]
Read further anon →Hello all, Steven here and welcome to another edition of O What Learning Is. This is your weekly place for all things Education and Shakespeare. What have we got this week for you? Well let’s see: Teachers learning how to teach Shakespeare, A lecture on Shakespeare and Verdi in Chicago, and much more.
Teachers getting taught [...]
Read further anon →Good day, Sirs and Madams. Just when you least expect it, it turns out to be Monday again, which means it’s time for another round of Oberon’s Orb. Let’s see what we can see…
Whoa!
If you love recorded Shakespeare performances, you’ll love this news (and personally, I have to restrain myself not to put [...]
While preparing for the Blackfriars Conference, I’ve taken some time to mull our author’s impact.
It is fair to say few authors are as successful as William Shakespeare. We easily recall his thirty plus plays, his hundred plus sonnets, epic poems and more. We strive to justify his impact, but I would like to try [...]
Read further anon →Greetings! Emily here with your weekly dose of Shakespeare scholarship news. There is much to cover this week, so let us get to it.
Greenblatt and the NBA
The Chronicle of Higher Education put out this list of academics whose works are in the running for this year’s National Book Awards. Among the nominees is [...]
Read further anon →Greetings, groundlings! It’s Monday again, and Monday means Multimedia, which in turn means a glance across Shakespearean creation with the magical orb of Oberon, the elf king.
Shakespeare Comics Rock!
This week the orb has seen fit to show us Shakespeare in a medium that fits his work in ways that are not [...]
It is Monday again, and Monday is multimedia day here at The Shakespeare Standard. As of today, this column shall be known by the name of Oberon’s Orb. Oberon, king of the fairies and the most powerful charater in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, has lent us his personal crystal ball, from which can be [...]
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