Shakespeare Gesellschaft
CFP 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 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 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 moreThe German Shakespeare Society regularly provides impulses to awaken students’ interest in Shakespeare research. As a rule, a Shakespeare study day sponsored by the German Shakespeare Society is held at a university once a year. The next study day is planned for 16 November 2024 at the University of Siegen. Find the programme here.
read moreOur conference will be dedicated to Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida or, to quote Michael Dobson’s lecture title, “the most performed unperformed play in world drama”. Addressed to an “eternal reader”, placed in the Folio Edition between tragedies and histories, often described as a problem play or “bitter war comedy” – Troilus and Cressida is a…
read moreThe German Shakespeare Society regularly provides impulses to awaken students’ interest in Shakespeare research. As a rule, a Shakespeare study day sponsored by the German Shakespeare Society is held at a university once a year. This year, such a study day is planned at the University of Bamberg. Find the programme here.
read moreAfter a long interruption, the German Shakespeare Society is once again able to offer its members the opportunity to attend a week of theater in Stratford with four performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The course is scheduled for the period from Tuesday, July 30, to Friday, August 2, 2024. Further information
read moreThe German Shakespeare Society mourns the death of Norbert Kentrup (May 02, 1949 – December 08, 2023). The actor, director, author and theater founder (bremer shakespeare company and Shakespeare und Partner) was a member of the board from 2002-2006. With his own contributions, including on Shakespeare translations (with Maik Hamburger) or in Shakespeare workshops for…
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