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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Very excited to have the opportunity to think about #TitusAndronicus as a precursor to/trial run/source of #MeasureForMeasure for this event. So many crossovers: in/justice, consent, rape, forced marriage, revenge, mercy, piety, pleading, beheading, substitutions ... and silence.

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📣 Registration is open! Join us in Weimar on 6–7 November to discuss authority and its abuses, governance, and legitimacy in #Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure! We're very much looking forward to welcoming our distinguished speakers, including @pascaleexeter.bsky.social and @lizschafer.bsky.social.🎭

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thank you to the organizers & entire team of #Anglistiktag 2026 @lmu.de and to all participants of our panel on #Shakespeare as a #Renewable #Resource. What a fantastic discussion and turnout it has been! Looking forward to seeing many of you in #Weimar for the #DSG fall conference 2026. 🍁🌻🍂

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Panel description of Shakespeare as a Renewable Resource.

Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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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:

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English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare Webinar Series with Professor Emma Smith

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Have you signed the change.org petition to fight cuts in Humanities and Social Science departments at Exeter yet? If so, you might want to sign this, too: there's a wholesale attack on the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire. This goes way beyond a single institution: it's an ecosystem.

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The link for the University of Hertfordshire petition is here: www.change.org/p/save-the-h...

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Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

❤️felt thanks to @wsc2026verona.bsky.social, the #ShakespeareBirthplaceTrust, the #InternationalShakespeareAssociation & the local organizers for a splendid week in 'fair Verona'! What a fantastic congress it has been, bringing together global networks of scholars, artists & enthusiasts. A true joy!🎉

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We have written a letter in support of our colleagues at @universityofexeter.bsky.social facing redundancy. #ShakespeareStudies at Exeter is an internationally admired community of collaboration and exchange. Please share and sign the petition (link below) #HigherEd shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/8834

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The @wsc2026verona.bsky.social is in full swing with fantastic keynotes, roundtables, panels, seminars, workshops, interviews & the @ardenpublisher.bsky.social Shakespeare Fourth Series presentation now. 🎉 Evenings are also a highlight with the #Verona #Shakespeare Fringe. What a Shakespeare feast!

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Kicking off #WSC2026 with Greg Doran in conversation with @paul-edmondson.bsky.social about Greg's memoir 'Walking Shadow: Love, Loss and Shakespeare' @wsc2026verona.bsky.social bit.ly/4ptABiw

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World Shakespeare Congress 2026 Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

WSC delegates, don't pass up on the opportunity to see the Macbeth produced by the students of the Shakespeare and the Mediterranean Summer School. Free admission – no ticket required. 📅 25 July, 4:00 pm 📍 Teatro Fucina Machiavelli (Via Madonna del Terraglio, 10) #wsc2026

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What a fabulous opening of the @wsc2026verona.bsky.social with #Tempest Toss'd last night, the opening ceremony and a fantastic keynote by #ShormishthaPanja this morning and an interview with @gregdoran.bsky.social by @paul-edmondson.bsky.social at Juliet's Tomb now. Kudos to all organizers! 🎉

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Happy 75th Anniversary to @shakesinstitute.bsky.social! 🎉 It was a joy to celebrate with our friends and colleagues at #ISC2026. Here's to many more collaborations—and to the next 75 years of Shakespeare scholarship, friendship, and discovery! Celebrations continue @wsc2026verona.bsky.social!

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Fourth Series General Editor Tiffany Stern and Fourth Series Fellow Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social repping the series in their on-brand outfits at the ISC conference @shakesinstitute.bsky.social last week! bit.ly/4yrQoCA

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

'In fair Verona' - The WSC @wsc2026verona.bsky.social is starting tomorrow with delegates from all over the world, including members of the German Shakespeare Society. What a gorgeous setting 🫶🏼

Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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All you need is an empty stage... Es hat viel Spaß gemacht, nach unserer Performance über die Relevanz Shakespeares in der heutigen Zeit zu diskutieren. Herzlichen Dank an Marcel Zuber (Steinfuß-Theater), Niels Pfeffer (#HDMK) und Orlando Schenk (Akademie für gesprochenes Wort) & alle Teilnehmenden!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Am 24. Juni findet um 18:00 an der @unistuttgart.bsky.social im Rahmen des #StudiumGenerale der #SzenischeVortrag "'Speak of me as I am' - #Shakespeare in Zeiten der Spaltung" mit @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social statt. 🎶 Musik und 🎭 szenische Präsentation: Niels Pfeffer, Orlando Schenk & Marcel Zuber.

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Join us on 19 June, 16:00-16:45 CET for an online discussion of Hamnet! All details, including the registration link, can be found on our website: shakespeare-gesellschaft.de

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Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek @haab-weimar.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

#Veranstaltungshinweis: Wir hoffen, Sie sind ausgeschlafen! Denn heute findet in der Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek die „Lange Nacht der Museen“ statt. Von 18 bis 24 Uhr gibt es Bibliotheksführungen, Mitmachangebote und Einblicke „hinter die Regale“.

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

May the 4th be with you! 🗡️ #Shakespeare #StarWars shakespeare-gesellschaft.de?lang=en

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

FAIRY: 'I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.' (Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 1)

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A thousand thanks to all speakers and participants who made our conference on #Shakespeare and #truth a success. We're especially grateful to our plenary speakers, to #Schauspielhaus Bochum for their hospitality, and to @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, and the city of #Bochum for their generous support!

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

'Is not the truth the truth?' Falstaff's (false stuff?) question invites a closer look at practices & performances of 'truth' in Shakespeare's plays. We welcome submissions to the #Shakespeare Yearbook on the topic of #truth. 🗓 Submission deadline: 31 May. shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/publications...

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Call for Papers – Shakespeare Gesellschaft

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

🍓 Final conferences day with our #Martin-Lehnert Prize ceremony, a podium discussion with @ruhr-uni-bochum.de #DFG Graduiertenkolleg 2945 on truth production and plenty of opportunities in the afternoon. 🍓

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

🍓 Our conference on #Shakespeare and #Truth continues this afternoon with two classic formats: the podium discussion and the Shakespeare Seminar. As always, we are looking forward to excellent research as well as engaging discussions. 🍓

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

🍓 This morning on our conference agenda is an excellent lineup of keynote speakers - Anne-Julia #Zwierlein, Kevin #Curran and Subha #Mukherji - as well as the Forum Shakespeare und Schule with Imke #Lichterfeld. 🍓

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

🍓 Thanks to our two fantastic plenary speakers today, Prof. Julian #Nida-Rümelin and Prof. Alison #Findlay, for opening our conference #Bochum with such thought-provoking keynotes. Looking forward to continuing the discussion on #Shakespeare and #Truth over the next two days! 🍓

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

📣Up next in our featured speakers is Kevin Curran from the Université de Lausanne, who will be speaking on "Hamlet and Method: Knowledge before Critical Thinking". 🔗Find the full abstract on our website! #DSG #AcademicCommunity #Shakespeare #shakespeareingermany #shakespearegesellschaft

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Next up in our teacher and practitioner panel at the #DSG conference @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is Imke #Lichterfeld with a workshop on 'Casting/Othering: Shaking #Shakespeare's Truths?' Explore contemporary approaches to both casting and Shakespeare 🍓🍓🍓

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Looking forward to the upcoming #conference on #Shakespeare and #Truth? So are we! Joining us from @lancasteruni.bsky.social, Alison Findlay will be speaking on “Shakespeare’s Stagings of Truth”. Find the full abstract on our website!

Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

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Wir gehen Konstruktionen und Mechanismen von Wahrheit und Wahrheitsdurchsetzung auf den Grund-mit #Shakespeare in #Bochum! Ich freue mich auf unsere Gäste & auf ein spannendes Rahmenprogramm mit 'Romeo und Julia', 'Leben und Schicksal', 'Hamnet' & 'Hamlet'. All welcome!👇https://tinyurl.com/4fhd4jat

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Frühjahrstagung „Shakespeare und Wahrheit“ – Shakespeare Gesellschaft

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

A splendid evening with Christa Schuenke, Elke Wieditz, Christoph Heckel - and Judi! Thank you, @haab-weimar.bsky.social, @klassikstiftung.bsky.social @stadtweimar.bsky.social for making this event possible! @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social #LESARTEN #Festival #shakespeare #manwhopaystherent #JudiDench

Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek @haab-weimar.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

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#Veranstaltungshinweis für Kurzentschlossene: Heute Abend öffnet das #Studienzentrum seine Türen für ein heiteres Spektakel: Im Rahmen der #WeimarerLesarten werden Ausschnitte aus Judi Denchs „Shakespeare – Der Mann, der die Miete zahlt“ inszeniert – als szenische Lesung und Performance.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Our next live #Shakespeare webinar takes place on 6 April at 6pm. We'll be discussing the new Oxford World's Classics edition of HENRY VI PART I with Prof Emma Smith & Dr Amy Lidster. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A. All welcome! #HenryVI

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English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Henry VI, Part I

In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Henry VI, Part I from Oxford World's Classics.

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

👆🏼 Reminder: Diesen Freitag, am 27. März, findet in #Weimar in der @haab-weimar.bsky.social die szenische Lesung der Übersetzung von #Judi #Denchs Buch mit Christa Schuenke, Christoph Heckel und Else Wieditz im Rahmen der #Weimarer #Lesarten statt: #Shakespeare: Der Mann, der die #Miete zahlt! 💰💷

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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*Now in paperback* 'Shakespeare’s First Folio 1623-2023' edited by Matthias Bauer & Angelika Zirker examines why the Folio came into being 7 years after Shakespeare’s death & how it has been continually reimagined after initial publication. Shop now: bit.ly/3ZO4vlF

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

👆🏼 Reminder: This Sunday, 22 March, #DSG president @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social will speak with #Gwendolyne #Melchinger about #Hamlet at #Schauspiel #Stuttgart. Come and see 'Who's there'! 👻

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World Shakespeare Congress 2026 Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Prestigious recognition for the World Shakespeare Congress 2026 🎭 We’re proud to announce that the upcoming Congress has received the official patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture. 🔗 www.wsc2026.org #WSC2026 #Shakespeare #Verona2026

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The International Shakespeare Association Invites You To Verona For Its Twelfth World Shakespeare Congress: PLANETARY SHAKESPEARES.

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📣Don't forget to register for our upcoming #conference on #shakespeare and #truth by 31 March! Secure tickets for the #hamnet 🎬screenings and #lebenundschicksal 🎭 at the #schauspielhausbochum by 31 March and book your room by 24 March. All information on the programme and on our website!

Klassik Stiftung Weimar @klassikstiftung.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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⭐ Morgen erwartet euch wieder eine neue Geschichte aus Ovids Metamorphosen. Kommt vorbei, kostenfrei und ganz ohne Anmeldung! 🤩 Mehr Infos gibts hier 👉 www.klassik-stiftung.de/ihr-besuch/…

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📢 Our conference programme is online now for #Shakespeare and #Truth in Bochum! Go to shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/conferences/... for the full version in larger print 📝

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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Our #DSG conference on #Shakespeare and #truth is coming up soon @ruhr-uni-bochum.de.👀 Registration is open now at shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/conferences/.... Let's bring some 'truth to light' together! 🔦

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

A heartfelt thanks 🙏🏼 to @ralfhaekel.bsky.social & his team @unileipzig.bsky.social as well as to all speakers & students for making this #Shakespeare Study Day so enriching! Much food for thought on #sonnets, including 107, imagining a time 'when tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent'.

German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Today in the gorgeous #Biblioteca #Albertina in Leipzig: the #DSG #Shakespeare Study Day on Shakespeare's #Sonnets. What a beautiful space for beautiful literature! ✒️ @ralfhaekel.bsky.social