Shakespeare Gesellschaft
The German Shakespeare Society has lost a great personality in Prof. Dr. Werner Habicht. He was President of the German Shakespeare Society West (1976-87) and editor of the Shakespeare Yearbook from 1980 to 1995. The German Shakespeare Society remembers his work with sincere gratitude. On behalf of all members and the entire Board of Directors…
read moreAdvance notice Conference for teachers & Shakespeare friends. Brush up your Shakespeare: Identity & Diversity Thu, 8 & Fri, 9 December 2022 at the Burkadushaus Würzburg in cooperation with the German Shakespeare Society, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and the Domschule Würzburg Identity and diversity play a major role both in Shakespeare’s time and in our present time.…
read moreThe German Shakespeare Society has sent a letter of condolence to the British royal family to express its sympathy on the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
read morewill be held online, 10-12 November 2022 see details in the Asian Shakespeare Newsletter
read moreConference in Leuven, 26-27 June 2023 Further information can be found here.
read moreThe German Shakespeare Society has lost a great personality in Prof. Dr Ulrich Suerbaum. In 1963, he was the first full professor to be appointed to the Chair of English Philology at the Ruhr University Bochum, a position he held until his retirement. He had a lasting influence on the fortunes of the German Shakespeare…
read moreThe lectures were recorded and can be accessed via the YouTube-channel of the German Shakespeare Society: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1Afp2gwz4Jo4FmLg24LAg Programme 16.6.22 Christa Schuenke: Wieland’s Shakespeare – a case of eloquent silence Why did Wieland omit so much from his Shakespeare? A few thoughts on the presence of the translator in the absent. Christa Schuenke lives in Berlin…
read moreWilliam Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets are without doubt among the most important creations in world literature. There are more than 300 translations into German to date – only the Bible has more. Frank Günther literally devoted himself to the translation of this cycle of poems right up to the last hours of his life and translated…
read moreNovember 25-26, 2021 Freie Universität Berlin Call for Papers
read moreI would like to draw your attention to the following conference. It will take place in Dresden from June 13 to 16, 2022: The Shakespeare Translations of August Wilhelm Schlegel and the Tieck Circle. Context – History – Edition: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/index.php?id=133304 The translation of all of William Shakespeare’s plays known as “Schlegel/Tieck” – begun in 1797…
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