Shakespeare Gesellschaft
The research network known as the BHSN would like to invite speakers to a conference on the topic of Shakespeare and visuality, to take place in Weimar, Germany, on October 7-9, 2026. The BHSN is a research network founded by Professor Stuart Sillars in Bergen in 2006, arranging yearly conferences ever since. Their website contains…
read moreShakespeare and Goethe: Anthropological Juxtapositions within European Modernity Date: 16 March 2026 – 17 March 2026 Location: Südliches Schlossrondell 23 80638 München Download: conference programme Infos and registration for “Shakespeare and Goethe – Anthropological Juxtapositions within European Modernity” here (PDF, 9,307 KB)
read moreProject Funding and School Prize of the German Shakespeare Society The German Shakespeare Society funds outstanding projects, initiatives, and teaching formats that convey Shakespeare’s works, person, and era in innovative ways. The call for proposals should motivate learners and teachers to explore creative and contemporary approaches to engaging with Shakespeare’s texts, themes, and characters. Applications…
read moreShakespeare Study Day, 26 February 2026, Leipzig The German Shakespeare Society regularly provides impulses to spark the interest of students in the study of Shakespeare. This is why the Shakespeare Study Day, funded by the German Shakespeare Society, usually takes place once a year at a German university. The next study day will take place…
read moreWith Prof Dr Hans-Jürgen Diller, the Shakespeare Society has lost an important personality. He was a regular guest during the Shakespeare Days and, under Prof Dr Dieter Mehl’s term as president, also a member of the society’s board. He was especially involved in the reunification of the German Shakespeare Society in 1993. During the revision…
read moreCFP SHAKESPEARE-SEMINAR 2026: SHAKESPEARE AND TRUTH Our seminar will address this issue with a panel of six papers during the annual conference of the German Shakespeare Society, Shakespeare-Tage, which will take place from 24–26 April 2026 in Bochum, Germany. As critical input for the discussion, we invite papers of no more than 15 minutes that…
read moreThe German-British Society Bonn invites you to a lecture in English by Prof. Tiffany Stern FBA The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham ‘Shakespeare, Marlowe, Milton and the Puppets’ on Monday, 26 January 2026, in Bonn, 6.30 p.m. read more
read moreCFP SHAKESPEARE SEMINAR 2026: SHAKESPEARE AND TRUTH Our seminar will address this issue with a panel of six papers during the annual conference of the German Shakespeare Society, Shakespeare-Tage, which will take place from 24–26 April 2026 in Bochum, Germany. As critical input for the discussion, we invite papers of no more than 15 minutes…
read morewill take place in Hong Kong from 12–14 June 2026. Co-hosted by Hong Kong Baptist University and City University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with the Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival, the conference offers a vibrant platform for scholarly exchange, theatrical inspiration, and cultural discovery. For detailed information about the conference, including guidelines for abstract…
read moreAt the opening event of our 2018 spring conference on the topic of ‘’Flight – Migration – Exile,’ Dorothee Elmiger read from her novel “Schlafgänger”. On 13 October 2025, she received the 2025 German Book Prize for her novel “Die Holländerinnen”. We warmly congratulate Dorothee Elmiger on this award.
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