Shakespeare Gesellschaft
The German Shakespeare Society mourns the loss of the English scholar Prof. em. Dr. Wilhelm Hortmann. He taught English literature at the universities of Frankfurt, Duisburg and Santa Barbara. After his retirement, Prof. Hortmann worked as a theater historian and author. He preferred to deal with the intersection of culture and politics, with a particular…
read moreThe German Shakespeare Society mourns the death of the Polish translator and author Jerzy Limon. He taught at the University of Gdansk and specialized in Shakespeare and the theater of the Elizabethan period. The Gdansk Shakespeare Theater, which he designed, opened in 2014. On behalf of all members and the entire Board of Directors The…
read moreCountless writers have come and gone. William Shakespeare has stayed. What has made his works so fascinating for centuries? Article of the President of the German Shakespeare Society, Prof. Dr. Claudia Olk. published in Weltwoche Nr. 43.20 to the article
read moreOn the occasion of Hölderlin’s 250th birthday, English literature scholar Christoph Bode (LMU Munich) speaks about what the author means to him. https://hoelderlin.podigee.io/
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