Contact:  Ariel Cleasby-Heaven, Western Washington University, at Ariel.Cleasby-Heaven@wwu.edu or 360-650-3717. BELLINGHAM ­– Western Washington University’s Academy for Lifelong Learning (A.L.L.) is hosting a preview event of their fall courses and excursions from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at St. Luke’s Community Health Education Center Meeting Room A, 3333 Squalicum Parkway in Bellingham. A.L.L.’s...
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Editor’s note: This is the first foray into our new Asides series, occasional discussion starters about current issues in Shakespeare studies.  We invite your input using our comments feature.  If you have an idea for Asides, please contact voices@theshakespearestandard.com. Last week, we came across Matt Kubus’ account of the International Shakespeare Conference (ISC) in...
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The Marlowe Society will host a lecture titled “The Ruin of a Multitude: Marlowe’s Jew of Malta” on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 11:00am at The Rose Theatre, Bankside, 56 Park Street, London, SE1 9AS. (The nearest station is London Bridge.) The speaker will be Andrew Duxfield. There will be no charge and the...
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Heythrop College and the Institute of English Studies, University of London, will host an international conference titled “The Power of the Word: Poetry, Theology and Life” between June 17 and June 18, 2011. The keynote speakers will be Gianni Vattimo (University of Turin), Helen Wilcox (University of Bangor), M. Paul Gallagher (Gregorian University, Rome),...
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Former Southern Oregon University professor, Liz Eckhart, will host Ashland Independent Shakespeare Seminars this summer on Wednesday evenings at the Ashland Community Library in Oregon.  Eckhart’s first seminar, on July 24, discussed The Merchant of Venice. From the Seminar website:   The Ashland Independent Shakespeare Seminar is a series of public lectures and discussions meant...
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Shakespeare at Kalamazoo will sponsor two sessions at the 46th International Congress of Medieval Studies to be hosted by Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, between May 12 and May 15, 2011. They have issued the following call for papers: We welcome individual paper proposals for a session on “Shakespeare’s Middle Ages” and a...
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New Utah Shakespearean Festival Artistic Director David Ivers talks about their current summer season and his plans for the future.
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As reported in the past, the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress: Renaissance Shakespeare / Shakespeare Renaissances will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, between July 17 and July 22, 2011. Rebecca Totaro (Florida Gulf Coast University) has issued the following Call for Papers for Seminar No. 14, “‘Must I remember?’: Trauma and Memory in Early...
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Gail Kern Paster, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library since 2002, has announced her decision to retire on July 1, 2011. As Director—only the fifth in the Folger’s 78-year history—Paster has emphasized four goals: increasing access and outreach, particularly through digital initiatives; strengthening the educational mission; modernizing the library’s physical infrastructure; and building on the...
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The Ninth World Shakespeare Congress: Renaissance Shakespeare / Shakespeare Renaissances will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, between July 17 and July 22, 2011. Michele Marrapodi (University of Palermo) has issued the following Call for Papers for Seminar No. 3, “Shakespeare and the Italian Renaissance: Appropriation, Transformation, Opposition.” This seminar aims to place Shakespeare’s...
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