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German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

With October, we're also welcoming a new recurring format: the first issue of our LinkedIn Newsletter is out today! Featured this time are impressions from "fair Verona", Shakespeare in school and seeds in Shakespeare, as well as many more events from the past and the future. lnkd.in/p/dZ7QGT99

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#1 The past is prologue | Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft / German Shakespeare Society

The past is prologue - Was vor mehr als 400 Jahren aktuell war, schwingt auch heute noch mit. "Wahrheit / Truth" begleitet uns dieses Jahr, angefangen bei der Frühjahstagung zum gleichnamigen Thema bi...

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

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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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Shakespeare's #MeasureforMeasure is very much a play of our time. Do join us in Weimar for this conference and please feel free to share this announcement and the programme with students, friends, colleagues. Anyone interested in #Shakespeare is most welcome to attend! tinyurl.com/2p9n48an

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Upcoming conferences – Shakespeare Gesellschaft

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Bernhard Huss @bernhardhuss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

ANTIKE UND ABENDLAND 2026 ist erschienen Im Gedenken an unseren Freund und Schriftleiter Peter von Möllendorff @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social @fidromanistik.bsky.social

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Just in case you haven't signed this yet: The crisis in Exeter is not over. It's just in that dangerous phase where people forget about it unless they're affected. We're waiting to find out the results of the 'consultation'. There's still time to change course. Share and sign! c.org/VZDjrbTybJ

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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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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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We're hiring! If you're enthusiastic about interdisciplinary #attentionstudies, experienced in #readingstudies, and have a background in #educationscience and/or #psychology, do apply. Please also share this with #postdoctoral scholars who might be interested to join #LitAttention! @erc.europa.eu

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Congratulations to all colleagues at @shakesinstitute.bsky.social and heartfelt thanks for the longstanding collaboration with @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social. It was a pleasure and privilege to celebrate this important milestone with you. Looking forward to all the exciting projects still to come!

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Back at the Swan for some Chekhov after three inspiring days at the International Shakespeare Conference. @dsg-shakespeare.bsky.social

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Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Who's not signed this petition yet? Please help us out! The official line is that this is not targeting Arts and Humanities. So why are 85% of cuts in these subjects? #DefendExeterUni c.org/DTcBbvqxn6

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Congratulations to my dear colleague, Geoff Rodoreda, on being awarded the Publication Prize of our faculty for his marvellous book on George Orwell in #Stuttgart! @unistuttgart.bsky.social

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Theory is largely invisible ... or is it? Looking forward to receiving submissions for the next issue of the #JournalOfLiteraryTheory (#JLT) on "What’s #Invisibility Got to Do with It: In/Visibility and #LiteraryTheory". Deadline: 15 July! #InvisibilityStudies jltonline.de/cfp/2025/CfP...

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Special Issue: What’s Invisibility Got to Do with It: In/Visibility and Literary Theory

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

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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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." #Booksky

Image is of author and essayist George Orwell at his typewriter. Text reads: Dear World, Did you not read my book? Sincerely, George Orwell

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This is insane. The harm being done to colleagues, individual disciplines, faculties and the university as a whole is immense. Sending support and solidarity from Stuttgart.

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

…und wir ‚spielen‘ in einem klimatisierten Raum! Looking forward!

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Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

After a rather drawn-out process, I am so delighted that the festschrift for the wonderful @lisahopkins.bsky.social that @matthewsteggle.bsky.social and I have edited is only a few months out from publication with @dgb-mem.bsky.social! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Teaching Fellow in English Literature. Department of English. Royal Holloway, University of London Salary: £41,374 per annum - including London Allowance #HigherEd #EduSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRX684/t...

The primary focus of the job is 20th century literature: convening and seminars on "New York School" poetry, convening, lecturing and seminars on Introducing Poetry, Thinking as a Critic and Supplementary Discourses and Reading as a Writer on Poetic Practice MA pathway.

Applicants should have a proven record of high-calibre teaching with a specialism in contemporary poetry and poetics. The appointee will be expected to participate fully in delivering the Department’s objectives, undertaking writing, teaching, and public engagement. They will also participate in departmental administration as requested by the Head of Department.

In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

Generous annual leave entitlement
Training and Development opportunities
Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
Free parking

The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Adam Roberts on a.c.roberts@rhul.ac.uk or +44 (0)1784 443511.

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thrilled to welcome Yves Citton for an online talk on narrative #attention, anthropological #curiosity, and Jan Potocki's "Manuscript Found in Saragossa" (1815). Join us via Webex on Thursday at 11:30! #LitAttention @unistuttgart.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu litattention.eu

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Rehearsals are in full swing as we get ready to bring this event to @unistuttgart.bsky.social ! What can #Shakespeare’s drama tell us about key challenges of our own time? This blend of performance/talk/discussion explores what it means to 'speak of me as I am'.Everyone welcome! tinyurl.com/y85xbh69

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Szenischer Vortrag: Speak of me as I am: Shakespeare in Zeiten der Spaltung | Veranstaltung | 24.06.2026 | Zentrum für Lehre und Weiterbildung | Universität Stuttgart

24.06.2026: Besonderer, öffentlicher Studium Generale Semestervortrag mit anschließender Diskussion.

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Mark your calendars for a talk by B. Venkat Mani (University of Madison) on "Collecting and Dispersing Wor(l)ds: Literatures of #Migration" and join us on 16 June at 9:45! @unistuttgart.bsky.social

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Very much looking forward to Kathy Conklin's talk on 'Seeing #Literariness' tomorrow. Join us im Room 17.22 at 11:30. All welcome! #psycholinguistics #LitAttention #ReadingComprehension #eyetracking @unistuttgart.bsky.social

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Coming up: Join us for our summer #LitAttention colloquium! Very much looking forward to Kathy Conklin‘s talk on „Seeing Literariness: #eyetracking as a window into the reading of literary texts“. ALL WELCOME! #attention #psycholinguistics #reading

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Coming up tomorrow: #BornDigital Workshop on #ImaginariesOfTheFuture! Very much looking forward to welcoming our guests from @cdn-bergen.bsky.social as well as @astridensslin.bsky.social who will deliver the keynote tomorrow morning. Do join us in K2, 17.23, Keplerstr. 17! lnkd.in/dqvcKF6F

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

How can #academics make a difference in times of rising authoritarianism? Our #JLT issue on #LiteraryStudies and/as #PoliticalActivism is out now-with statements by Derek Attridge, Marco Carracciolo, N. Katherine Hayles, Caroline Levine, Peter Strohschneider and many more jltonline.de/articles/20.1/

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LitAttention @litattention.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We're kicking off our Summer LitAttention Colloquium on the 21st of May with Prof. Dr. Kathy Conklin, from the University of Nottingham. Join us to learn more about 'Seeing literariness: Eye-tracking as a window into the reading of literary texts'. 📍 K2 Keplerstraße 17, Room 17.22 ⏰ 11:30am

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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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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Very much looking forward to discussing latest research on #LiteraryAttention in our Summer LitAttention Colloquium! 👇

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

What a delight to have welcomed #AnsgarNünning at @unistuttgart.bsky.social for a guest lecture on the #BermudaTriangle of #theories, #methods, and #models in literary and cultural studies! And what did #UdoLindenberg have to do with it? You should have been there...

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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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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Seeking native speakers of #English in the #Stuttgart area! Support science & come by our #LitLab to participate in a #reading study. We ask for 90 minutes of your time and offer compensation of 40 Euro. Please share, sign up for a slot (appointments available Mon-Sat)& find more information below!

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Very much looking forward to the #LitAttention colloquium in the summer semester and our distinguished guests: Kathy Conklin, Yves Citton, and Marion Thain!

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

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

Leaving #Weimar, enthused by marvellous conversations and grateful for the extra time to explore @haab-weimar.bsky.social & #Goethehaus, and the exquisite #Cranach and #Mephisto exhibitions at @haab-weimar.bsky.social. So much to see, yet swift-footed time doth bid me home. Auf bald!

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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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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Ich freue mich sehr auf das #LESARTEN Festival in #Weimar: Am Freitag präsentiert #ChristaSchuenke ihre Übersetzung von #JudiDenchs "Shakespeare: Der Mann, der die Miete zahlt" in einer szenischen Lesung mit #ElkeWieditz und #ChristophHeckel! Not to be missed! #DeutscheShakespeareGesellschaft #DSG

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

*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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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Support science and earn €40,- for 90 minutes of your time. Seeking native #English speakers, born and raised in the #UK, #US, #Canada, #Australia, #NewZealand, or #Ireland to participate in our reading study @unistuttgart.bsky.social. Find more information below! #expats #supportscience

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Extended deadline: Submit your abstract to join our workshop on "Imaginaries of the Future"! www.ilw.uni-stuttgart.de/abteilungen/... ! Students, early-career researchers, and colleagues from @unibergen.bsky.social and @unistuttgart.bsky.social, do spread the word and submit an abstract by 01 April!

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Students at @unibergen.bsky.social & @unistuttgart.bsky.social: How do you envision the future and what role do #DigitalNarratives play in shaping our visions of tomorrow and the ways we interact with the digital world? Join us at the #BornDigital workshop! www.ilw.uni-stuttgart.de/abteilungen/...

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Sibylle Baumbach @sibyllebaumbach.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

⏳ Only 14 days of testing left! Sign up for a slot today, support science, and receive €40 for your participation. We’re looking for native speakers of #English who meet the study requirements. The task is simple: 📖 read a few short texts ⏱ takes about 1.5 hours That’s it! @unistuttgart.bsky.social

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