Shakespeare Gesellschaft
Conference for teachers, lecturers, students, theatre practitioners and individuals who are interested in Shakespeare Würzburg, 13-14 November 2025 Nature, the environment and ecology have always played a central role in Shakespeare’s works. In recent years, these themes have become increasingly important, especially with regard to climate change, natural disasters and the curative power of nature…
read moreThe 2026 World Shakespeare Congress will mark the International Shakespeare Association’s 50th anniversary. Pre-registration for seminars and workshops at next year’s World Shakespeare Congress, 20-26th July in Verona, is open until 15th September. You can find out more information via this link: www.wsc2026.org
read morehappening for free and online over the course of 24 hours, September 12-13. Registration and the full schedule (listed with several time zones) are available here. 52 speakers involved, including scholars, activists, and theatre artists from around the planet, who will be talking about modern performance, environmental history, intersectional scholarship, teaching, and more. Plenary speakers are…
read morePREMIERES APRIL 2026 Bremen, Theater Bremen (Theater am Goetheplatz): 30.04.2026, Hamlet. Ü.: Jürgen Gosch und Angela Schanelec, R.: Alize Zandwijk, B.: Thomas Rupert, K.: Anne Sophie Domenz, M.: Matti Weber. Koblenz, Theater Koblenz (Theaterzelt): 25.04.2026, Was ihr wollt. R.: Markus Bothe, B. und K.: Regina Lorenz-Schweer, M.: Johannes Bartmes. Weimar, Deutsches Nationaltheater (Großes Haus): 18.04.2026,…
read morehappening for free and online over the course of 24 hours, September 12-13. Registration and the full schedule (listed with several time zones) are available here. 52 speakers involved, including scholars, activists, and theatre artists from around the planet, who will be talking about modern performance, environmental history, intersectional scholarship, teaching, and more. Plenary speakers are…
read moreCFP SHAKESPEARE-SEMINAR 2025: SHAKESPEARE AND POPULAR CULTURES Our seminar will address this issue with a panel of six papers during the annual conference of the German Shakespeare Association, Shakespeare-Tage, which will take place from 25–27 April 2025 in Weimar, Germany. As critical input for the discussion, we invite papers of no more than 15 minutes…
read moreThe theme of this year’s spring conference is Shakespeare and Popular Cultures. The conference will take place from 25-27 April 2025 in Weimar. On the evening before the official opening of the conference, on Thursday 24 April, the Shakespeare Prize will be awarded at 6 pm in the book cube of the Herzog Anna Amalia…
read moreOn Thursday, 25 April 2025, the German Shakespeare Prize 2025 was awarded to the British actress Dame Harriet Mary Walter in the book cube of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar Walter, who has won numerous awards and been nominated for Tony and Emmy Awards, has achieved worldwide fame through her theatre career, particularly…
read moreShakespeare Academy during the Shakespeare Days 25.-27.4.25 in Weimar WHAT IS THE SHAKESPEARE ACADEMY? The Shakespeare Academy is a student workshop organised by the German Shakespeare Association to engage young scholars on the annual conference topic. Any bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD student is welcome! While the workshop itself is at the heart of the Shakespeare…
read moreCFP SHAKESPEARE-SEMINAR 2025: SHAKESPEARE AND POPULAR CULTURES Our seminar will address this issue with a panel of six papers during the annual conference of the German Shakespeare Association, Shakespeare-Tage, which will take place from 25–27 April 2025 in Weimar, Germany. As critical input for the discussion, we invite papers of no more than 15 minutes…
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