Project Funding and School Prize of the German Shakespeare Society

The German Shakespeare Society funds outstanding projects, initiatives, and teaching formats that convey Shakespeare’s works, person, and era in innovative ways. The call for proposals should motivate learners and teachers to explore creative and contemporary approaches to engaging with Shakespeare’s texts, themes, and characters.

Applications are welcome from student teams, teachers with their classes, subject departments, or project groups (e.g., literature or theatre clubs, interdisciplinary teams) from all school types and grade levels. Each year, up to three projects will be funded, with 500 euros for each project.

Find further information here.

The Forum Shakespeare & School

takes place as part of the conferences of the German Shakespeare Society and reflects the thematic focus of each event. It provides a space to explore questions surrounding contemporary engagements with Shakespeare in the context of foreign language education.

The Forum

• draws on insights from literature pedagogy and cultural learning, as well as from English language teaching practice, dramaturgy, and theatre education
•  is designed as an open and inclusive format aimed at a broad audience: it addresses teachers and student teachers, researchers in the fields of Shakespeare and Shakespeare pedagogy, theatre practitioners, and participants of the Shakespeare conference with an interest in education
• responds to developments in curricula as well as cultural and sociopolitical discourses (e.g. concerning Shakespeare and truth/fake news, gender roles, or popular culture)
• is participatory and dialogic in nature: participants are warmly invited to actively take part, explore teaching approaches and discuss ideas
• can be recognised as a professional development event for teachers

For inquiries or if you are interested in collaborating, please contact Dr Max von Blanckenburg (max.vonblanckenburg@ur.de).