British Shakespeare Association

Another exciting #BSASmallGrantsFund supported project invites academics, students, creative professionals and teachers to explore embodied approaches to Shakespeare and decolonial ways of working with canonical texts. More details, including funding to support attendance via the link!

"It’s a performance [and theater] history but it’s also an intellectual history about Black women as writers and artists,” says Dr. Patricia Akhimie, exhibition curator for "To Hear Her Speak." More from "The Guardian": www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

In today's new episode hear Ben Blyth and I discuss Shakespeare in performance and how non-theatre locations can shape, challenge, and benefit performance. doi.org/10.1017/9781... #theatre #theatrehistory #Shakespeare #sitespecific podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

#earlymodernists #Shakespeers, any thoughts or bibliography on Shakespeare and/as establishment? I want to oppose 'serious' editing & reading of Shx to fun/playful/carnivalesque/festive approaches.

THIS WEEK: an online launch for ‘Collaboration, Technologies, + the History of Shakespearean Bibliography’, by Heidi Craig, @lauraestill.bsky.social, Kris May + Dorothy Todd In ‘Shakespeare and Text’ series, ed @roaringgirle.bsky.social @loughnrv.bsky.social Info: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news

@loughnrv.bsky.social and I spoke to *The Guardian* about some #earlymodern research on Shakespeare and Marlowe www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Free webinar: The Shakespeare Exchange on #Macbeth, the most-taught Shakespeare play in UK schools. Wed 21 Oct, 4.30–5.15pm, online. With Professor Ewan Fernie and Alistair Wilkinson. Register for the live link or recording: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ShakespeareExchange #TeamEnglish

At the Thursday Seminar this week, we're delighted to welcome back our brilliant alumnus @eoinprice.bsky.social , now of @edinburghuni.bsky.social, who is speaking to us about how often early modern playgoers went to see plays 👀 #Shakespeare #earlymodern #earlymodernhistory

Patricia Akhimie, curator of the Folger exhibition "To Hear Her Speak," asks: “What do Black women and Shakespeare have to do with each other?” Read the full excerpt at the link below and visit the Folger to see "To Hear Her Speak," opening Oct. 16! www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

🚨🎉🎉The catalogue for the groundbreaking @Folger.edu exhibit “‘To Hear Her Speak’: Black Women in Shakespeare” is live & open source. But if you are an academic, PLEASE ask your library to buy a copy. We need to show lasting interest in these times! asu.pressbooks.pub/to-hear-her-...

FINAL CALL for all the things! 🚨 BSA Conference 2027 CfP part 1: seminar and workshop proposals 💰 #BSASmallGrants for Shakespeare related events and research 🙋 Applications to be new Membership Officer for the BSA all close today! Find handy pages for all these calls on our website.

And a long time eagerly awaited @deborahcartmell.bsky.social!

Mine & @matthewsteggle.bsky.social's festschrift for the incomparable @lisahopkins.bsky.social is due for publication on 19 October. Each day until then, I'm going to give an overview of the chapters to get you excited for the volume's early moderny goodness. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

Just a few days left to submit your seminar or workshop propsals to part one of our CfP for #BSA2027, 'Sounding Shakespeare: Voice, Music, Sound, Silence' at University of Leeds, 21-24 July! View the full CfP and submit by 30 Sept at www.britishshakespeare.ws/conference

In the 1860s, chess player Howard Staunton produced a photo-facsimile of Shakespeare's First Folio. It was one of the earliest attempts to use new technology to reproduce an old book. @folger.edu has Staunton’s proof sheets. I looked at them last week. If you like media/books/history, they're fun.

2 outstanding reviews of The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Early Modern Authorship! @academic.oup.com Grateful to Will Sharpe & all the contributors! 🎆 Peter Holland in Shakespeare: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🎆 Alexander Thom in The 17th Century: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪

Just a few days left to apply to be the new Membership Officer of the BSA! Join our friendly Board of Trustees and gain benefits in networking, collaboration, professional development, and the opportunity to help steer the BSA to meet the needs of our members. Apply by 30 Sept, info on our website!

GET EXCITED! Our biennial conference is happening in THAT LONDON in 2027! It's our 💎 Diamond 💎 Jubilee, so get ready for a party. The #Renaissance Beyond Borders Warburg, 30 June-3 July 2027 Deadline for proposals: 25 September 2026 all info: rensoc.org.uk/cfp/12th-bie... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

One month to go! Shakespeare at Thirty will be published by @princetonupress.bsky.social on 20 October. A book about Shakespeare before he became Shakespeare: the first thirty years, the experiments, the failures, and the conditions that made a writing life possible. shorturl.at/robu1

Our part 1 CfP for seminar and workshop propsals for #BSA2027 'Sounding Shakespeare: Voice, Music, Sound, Silence' closes next week on 30 September. We look forward to seeing more of your excellent submissions!

The #BSASmallGrantsFund is open for submissions now until 30 Sept! The fund offers financial support for Shakespeare related events or research. We especially encourage proposals from doctoral and ECRs, teachers and educators, and creative practitioners. www.britishshakespeare.ws/bsa-small-gr...

📢 We have extended the call for applications for our new BSA Membership Officer to 30 Sept. The position is open to those interested in supporting oversight of the BSA's membership. Doctoral students and ECRs welcome to apply!

🎭 Introducing The Shakespeare Exchange: our new free online series on Shakespeare and education. First sessions: 23 Sept (the curriculum), 21 Oct (Macbeth), 25 Nov (The Tempest). Free, online, recorded. Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/V4AqjfhNGV #ShakespeareExchange @teamenglish1.bsky.social

Coming soon from the Late Tudor and Stuart Drama Series: "The Edges of Early Modern English Drama: History, Performance, and the Scholarship of Lisa Hopkins" edited by Aidan Norrie and Matthew Steggle. Look for it this fall, or preorder your copy now! wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

From The Taming of the Shrew to The Tempest, echoes of Shakespeare's own life can be glimpsed throughout his plays. Discover an arresting account of love, loss, departure, and homecoming in 'The Complete Life of William Shakespeare'. Coming October | Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/3TvsyGh

Why is it important for lawyers to brush up their Shakespeare? On the podcast, University of Michigan Law professor and author Len Niehoff @lenniehoff.bsky.social discusses what Shakespeare can teach lawyers about looking at problems from every possible angle. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

Oh my goodness! Too many potential avenues with this one!

BSA Conference 2027, 'Sounding Shakespeare: Voice, Music, Sound, Silence' CfP part 1: call for seminar and workshop proposals open now until 30 September! The conference will take place at the University of Leeds, 21-24 July 2027.

Americans have conscripted Shakespeare in causes all the way back to Jamestown's founding. Looking ahead, might Shakespeare's talent for giving "us pause" unite us in a new consensus? As part of our "America's Next 250" series, scholar Paul Menzer explores: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Look at the gorgeous cover! So privileged and lucky to have a chapter in this excellent collection edited by such generous and wonderful scholars and forthcoming from Bloomsbury soon. If you're wondering, it's my _Merchant of Venice_ summer 👀🔥 www.bloomsbury.com/ca/shakespea...

Have you enrolled in your top choices for a #Shax2027 seminar or workshop? You have until September 15 - don't miss out! Visit the member portal today to submit your enrollment: linktr.ee/saaupdates

I did this role for a few years - a great way to get to know the uk Shakespeare community and help shape the organization’s daily life.

Save the date for our next #Shakespeare Webinar with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social. On 7 September at 6pm she will be joined by Dr Harry Newman (Royal Holloway) to explore The Winter's Tale. #WintersTale Free, but registration required. Find out more:

Available for pre-order (The exhibition opens October 18th @folger.edu) Patricia Akhimie’s work here is phenomenal. Featuring work by @profkfh.bsky.social and yours truly.

The BSA is looking for a new Membership Officer! This is a senior position central to our aims to educate, promote and foster a better understanding of Shakespeare and his work. Full details of the post are available at www.britishshakespeare.ws/membership-o... Deadline for applications 28 Aug.

Fancy some summer listening? Five, 15-minute bursts of archive and chat between the actor Samuel West and myself, now available as a playlist on Spotify: The Beeb and the Bard Hear all about how #Shakespeare has sounded on radio over the last century 📻 #AudioDrama 💀🎧 open.spotify.com/playlist/4CQ...

WE’RE HERE & WE OPEN TONIGHT! @Shakespeare North Playhouse #Shakespeare from #cuesonly! 🎫 Love’s Labour’s Lost: 6, 8 August shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/summer... 🎫 Much Ado About Nothing: 7, 8 August shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/summer...

William Shakespeare’s plays—and plays and musicals inspired by him—are always a feature at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest performing arts festival, and this year is no exception. @austintichenor.bsky.social explores the Shakespearean offerings: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

📣 CFP: we’re doing a themed issue of SQ on *King Lear*! Abstracts due Nov 8. Details at this link: academic.oup.com/sq/pages/sha...

Now on the podcast, scholar @carolinebicks.bsky.social talks about how Stephen King's "The Shining" was inspired by "Hamlet" and why the author ultimately chose a different fate for his characters. The full podcast is available here: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

Another wondeful #BSASmallGrants supported project is coming up this Fri 7 Aug! Double Star Productions present 'Retellings Never Did Run Smooth', a night of new stories inspired by Shakespeare in the splendid gardens of Fenton House, Hampstead. Tickets at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london...

'Gascoigne’s critical reception was mixed: by turns scion of C.S. Lewis’s “Drab Age” or progenitor of Lyly, Sidney, and Shakespeare.' Binghampton University's international symposium will bring together scholars to assess Gascoigne’s legacy 450 years on. View their CfP at gascoigneat450.org

Beds, perfumes, doublets, torches, lutes, clocks, handkerchiefs… Who owned these objects in early modern England? How were they used? @profcatheriner.bsky.social's 'Shakespeare's Objects' explores 33 significant objects in full colour illustration. Out today! https://bit.ly/4f7YOaM

New research out now! 📖 Horror on the Early Modern Stage: https://bit.ly/4oOgbk4 📖 Shakespeare and Theories of Political Theology: https://bit.ly/4waQYCQ 📖 The Chorus in Early Modern English Tragedy: https://bit.ly/4b8Iq7c

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians