Shakespeare Gesellschaft
Spring Conference “Shakespeare and Truth” 24 – 26 April 2026 in Bochum The next conference on “Shakespeare and Truth” will take place from April 24 to 26, 2026, in Bochum. Prof. Dr. Julian Nida-Rümelin (LMU Munich) will be giving the opening lecture. We are also looking forward to plenary lectures by Prof. Kevin Curran (University of Lausanne),…
read moreJudi Dench: Shakespeare – Der Mann, der die Miete zahlt translated by Christa Schuenke An evening with Elke Wieditz as Shakespeare, Christoph Heckel as Brendan O’Hea and Christa Schuenke as Judi Dench. As part of the LESARTEN Festival in Weimar, Christa Schuenke, together with the two actors Elke Wieditz and Christoph Heckel, will give a…
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 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.
read moreConference 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 morePREMIERES DECEMBER 2025 Stuttgart, Schauspiel Stuttgart (Schauspielhaus): 06.12.2025, Hamlet. Ü.: Jürgen Gosch und Angela Schanelec, R.: Burkhard C. Kosminski, B.: Florian Etti, K.: Ute Lindenberg. Sonstiges Bremerhaven, Stadttheater Bremerhaven (Großes Haus): 13.12.2025, I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Von: Vincenzo Bellini. ML.: Davide Perniceni. PREMIERES NOVEMBER 2025 Kiel, Theater Kiel (Schauspielhaus): 21.11.2025, Viel Lärm um…
read moreESRA 2025 Shakespeare and Time: the retrieved pasts, the envisaged futures, 14-18 July 2025, Utrecht ESRA 2025 Conference ESRA hosts its main conference every two years to bring together applied survey researchers, methodologists, and statisticians from Europe and beyond. The conference showcases the latest survey research and offers a number of professional development opportunities, including…
read moreWorld Shakespeare Congress 2026, Verona Find the congress’s website here. Pre-registrations are open NOW until September 15, 2025. Pre-register here. From the congress’s website: The 2026 World Shakespeare Congress will mark the International Shakespeare Association’s 50th anniversary. Let us celebrate together in fair Verona, Italy, where, from July 20th to 26th 2026, Shakespeareans will gather in this beautiful…
read morePanel Talk: “What Do You Fear?” at the ifa Galerie Stuttgart On Tuesday, 6 May 2025, a panel talk with Prof. Dr. Sibylle Baumbach, Ülkü Süngün, Martin Mutschler and Gitte Zschoch on the construction of otherness and foreignness in Verdi’s opera Otello will take place at the ifa Galerie Stuttgart. The event is part of…
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…
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