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In Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius - on the BBC at 9 & airing for the first time in America - I found myself reflecting on how Hamlet's utterance, 'the interim is mine', crystallises his fundamental opposition to the revenge he is called to.
The project isn't exactly about turning Shakespeare's works into video games, but our wonderful 'boffins' (read: Professor Erin Sullivan and Dr Sarah Olive) certainly deserve attention from every news outlet! thesun.co.uk/news/40740185/s…
For this week's Thursday Seminar, Dr Sophie Mann, a historian of medicine, is giving an amazingly informative account of the connection between religion and health in the early modern period, exploring religious divide, chronic illness, "double health", and "double cure".
Today at 4.30pm UK time: #Macbeth in the Shakespeare Exchange. 🎭 Professor @EFernie and Alistair Wilkinson. Free, online. Register for the link: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r… #ShakespeareExchange #Shakespeare #Webinar #teamenglish
Tomorrow! ⏰ #Macbeth in the #Shakespeare Exchange, 4.30–5.15pm UK time, with Ewan Fernie and Alistair Wilkinson. Free, and registering gives you access to the recording too: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r… #ShakespeareExchange #Macbeth #Webinar
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#HelloSIL Come and see our exhibition space. it’s regularly updated with a new display. We also have online exhibitions over on Flickr: flickr.com/photos/shakespear… @ShakesInstitute
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#HelloSIL Some books are so rare we keep them locked away. To see one, ask at the front desk, and we will fetch it. (Marked r on FindIt) @ShakesInstitute
Our Tiffany Stern is heading to Madrid 🇪🇸 to speak at "Reescribiendo los Ecos del Pasado," an international seminar on palimpsest, intertextuality & hybridisation. Catch her talk "Ballads as Theatre 'Merchandise' in Shakespeare's London" — 20 Oct, 12:00, UCM. It's free!
Professor Ewan Fernie joins the fun in our
final round of 'Who is the best Shakespearean Traitor?'
Who would you choose? Drop your answer in the
comments 👇
#ShakespeareSunday #TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors
Yesterday's Thursday Seminar was a real treat!
The magnificently charismatic Jed Wentz from the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts at Leiden University demonstrated 18th-century acting styles based on annotations and published guides to speech and movement from the time.
Meet the speakers: Alistair Wilkinson (@StJamesSchoolGY), Head of English and Curriculum Design, and Shakespeare Institute MA student. Talking Macbeth with Ewan Fernie, Wed 21 Oct, 4.30pm UK. Free: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r… #ShakespeareExchange #Macbeth
Five days left! ⏳
Did you know we offer an affordable short course for learners of all levels? Fall in with Shakespeare starts 27 October — six weeks online with the world-leading experts from the Shakespeare Institute.
Applications close 19 Oct 👉 birmingham.ac.uk/study/short…
One week to go! 🗓️ Next Wed 21 Oct, 4.30pm UK time: #Macbeth in the Shakespeare Exchange with Ewan Fernie and Alistair Wilkinson. Join live or watch the recording. Free, online: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r… #ShakespeareExchange #Macbeth @Team_English1
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#HelloSIL Shakespeare in Performance is a database of C17th-20th promptbooks from the Folger Shakespeare Library tinyurl.com/39d9hja3 @ShakesInstitute
Meet Professor @EFernie, Chair of the Shakespeare Institute, academic anchor for BBC's Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius and co-author of Macbeth, Macbeth. Talking Macbeth with Alistair Wilkinson, Wed 21 Oct, 4.30pm UK. Free: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/… #ShakespeareExchange #Macbeth
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
@EFernie
and Alistair Wilkinson. Register for the live link or recording: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r… #ShakespeareExchange #TeamEnglish
As The Traitors return this week, we present you with round two of a Shakespearean twist on the question: which character would make the best Traitor?
Our students have some excellent suggestions! Add yours below 👇
#TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors #BBCTraitors #Shakespeare
🎭 Shakespeare and Rome are natural partners, and we're proud of our partnership with @SapienzaRoma! Delighted to announce that our colleagues Tiffany Stern (18 Feb) & Jessica Chiba (28 Apr) will speak in the 2026–27 Permanent Seminar in Shakespeare Studies. Full programme 👇
🎮⚔️Professor Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, @unibirmingham) and @DrSarahOlive (@AstonUniversity) have secured £590,000 from @ahrcpress to build "The Shakespeare Arcade", a free platform of Shakespeare-inspired games and classroom resources: aston.ac.uk/latest-news/asto…
