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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 22d

The full programme of #GreeningTheGlobe 🌱 includes talks by Felix Sprang, Max von Blanckenburg, Carsten Albers, Maria Eisenmann and Kirsten Sandrock. We will also be seeing #RichardII 👑 and #Romeo&Juliet ❤️ at Würzburg. All welcome!
www.neuphil.uni-wuerzburg.de/anglistik/ac...

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 25d

Join us for our upcoming conference on 13-14 November on #Shakespeare, #Ecocriticism and #Education @uni-wuerzburg.de, in collaboration with the #Domschule, the #Mainfrankentheater and the #Chambinzky Theater in #Würzburg. For more information, visit www.neuphil.uni-wuerzburg.de/anglistik/ac...

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Jul 26

Happy Birthday to our former president, Tobias Döring, and all the very best from all of us! It was a joy to celebrate with you at #LyrikKabinett!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Jul 12

Final day of #ESRA 2025 and it's time to thank #RuiCarvalhoHomem and his team for organizing such a fruitful, welcoming and inspiring conference on #Shakespeare and #Time. It was fantastic to meet and reunite with so many Shakespeare colleagues from around the world!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you to all contributors to #ESRA Seminar 17 on 'The Temporal Affordances of #Shakespeare's #Drama - Time, Space and the Senses' for their highly productive papers, responses and discussion questions. It was a pleasure to meet in person in #Porto after our fruitful exchanges online.

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Jul 10

Congratulations to #DSG member and #Shakespeare Seminar co-convenor #JonasKellermann for organizing such a fantastic panel on 'Shakespeare's Queer Afterlives' at #ESRA 2025. Such important papers and questions on queer temporalities, Shakespeare adaptations and the politics of (queer) hope!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Jul 9

#ESRA2025 on #Shakespeare and Time is opening now in #Porto with a keynote by Michael #Dobson. Several #DSG members are participating in ESRA 2025 with seminars and panels. Stay tuned for details and updates.

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · May 6

It was an enormous pleasure to participate in this panel to discuss 'Otello', 'Othello', and otherness. Many thanks to the organisers and everyone who attended. Can't wait to see Verdi's 'Otello' at @staatsoper-stgt.bsky.social. #StgtOtello
www.staatsoper-stuttgart.de/spielplan/a-...

What Do You Fear? - 06.05.2025, 19:00 | Staatsoper Stuttgart

What Do You Fear?, Panel Talk, Im Rahmen der Ausstellung Shadowily in different tongues

www.staatsoper-stuttgart.de

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 27

Well-deserved, @shakespeerie.bsky.social! Congratulations! 🍾🥂

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 27

The Martin Lehnert Prize 2025 goes to #EmilySmith from University of Geneva for her brilliant thesis on „‚The Play’s the Thing’: Underspecification in Shakespearean Drama“. Congratulations, Emily! Many thanks to Felix Sprang for a beautiful laudatio and to the jury!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 27

A huge thank you to all speakers and participants for a fabulous conference on #popularCultures! Thank you, #Weimar, for making us feel so welcome! We’re very grateful to @stadtweimar.bsky.social, @stadtbochum, @thueringen.de, @klassikstiftung.bsky.social & @dfg.de for your support!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 25

Our conference on #Shakespeare and #PopularCultures is in full swing with two fantastic talks by Douglas Lanier and Christina Wald. #ShakesPop @stadtweimar.bsky.social

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 25

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"Downton Abbey" in Weimar: Shakespearepreis für Harriet Mary Walter | MDR.DE

Die britische Schauspielerin Harriet Mary Walter ist in Weimar mit dem Shakespearepreis ausgezeichnet worden. Bekannt ist sie unter anderem durch die Serien The Crown und Downton Abbey.

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 24

Congratulations, Dame #HarrietWalter, to being awarded the #German #Shakespeare Prize 2025. 🎉 Thank you for coming to #Weimar this evening, and also to #PhyllidaLloyd for such a fantastic, deeply moving laudatio.

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 24

Tonight Dame Harriet Walter will receive the #ShakespearePrize of the German Shakespeare Foundation. Looking forward to celebrate with her and Phyllida Lloyd in Weimar @haab-weimar.bsky.social tonight! zeit.de/news/2025-04..., shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/wp-content/u... #ShakesPop #ShaxRules

Auszeichnungen: Shakespeare-Preis für Schauspielerin Harriet Walter

Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Auszeichnungen“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Shakespeare-Preis für Schauspielerin Harriet Walter“.

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 23

Only a couple of days and our conference #Shakespeare and #Popular #Culture opens in #Weimar! Our fantastic lineup of speakers includes Lena Steveker who will be speaking on Shakespeare in Civil War pamphlets. 📝

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 19

We are all looking forward to #Zeno #Ackermann's talk on #Shakespeare's #sonnets in #popular #music, taking place a week from now in #Weimar 🎸🎤📀 See you there soon!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 14

9 days to go! On April 24th, the German Shakespeare Prize will be awarded to Dame #HarrietWalter! Join us at @haab-weimar.bsky.social for the award ceremony (#PhyllidaLloyd will be there as well!) - and register for our conference on #Shakespeare and #PopularCultures (April 25th-27th, Weimar) today!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 2

'Shakespeare & Schule' is a regular, highly popular part of our spring conferences, looking at the intersections of #Shakespeare & #school. There is a fantastic lineup of speakers this year, so check out the conference program: shakespeare-gesellschaft.de

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Mar 27

And another upcoming spring conference highlight: Gina Bloom will be speaking on #teaching #Shakespeare with #videogames 🌱 Come and listen, or interact with a video installation in #Weimar
@ginabloom5.bsky.social

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Mar 20

Re-connecting with fellow Shakespeareans at #Shax2025 & looking forward to having a drink with good old Will later on! Kudos to
@saaupdates.bsky.social
for putting together a fantastic programme (as always).

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Mar 17

Another highlight we are looking forward to is Christina Wald's talk on The #Tempest and #popular #post-apocalypse. To find out more, join us for our spring conference in #Weimar!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Mar 15

Our spring conference 'Shakespeare and Popular Culture' is approaching quickly🌷🪻🌼As one of many highlights, Diana Henderson will be giving a talk: 'On Whose Authority? Reshaping Shakespeare - and Expertise - in a Time of Populist Resistance'. To find out more, go to shakespeare-gesellschaft.de

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · Mar 4

Join us for our annual conference at #Weimar to explore #Shakespeare and #PopularCultures. You'll find the programme here: shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/wp-content/u... Hope to see you there! #Shakespop

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