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Help Richard Wilson Get Home
I’m raising funds to get my friend and mentor Richard Wilson home and help his partner Mark Wheeler with the medical expenses and travel. While Richard and Mark were visiting friends in Peru, Richard suffered a serious stroke that left … Continue reading
Caroline Lion: Hannah Arendt’s Worst Nightmare
Caroline Lion investigates Hannah Arendt’s moral philosophy in the light of rabbinic teachings and Shakespeare’s drama, especially The Merchant of Venice. Caroline Lion is a PhD research student at the Shakespeare Institute under the supervision of Ewan Fernie. Conferences at … Continue reading
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Jerzy Limon (1950 – 2021)
We have been shocked and deeply saddened by the news of the loss of Jerzy Limon. Jerzy helped organise the conference we hosted at the Rose Theatre in 2015 on ‘Jan Kott: Our Contemporary’; and he co-chaired ‘New Old Spaces’, … Continue reading
Catherine Belsey (1940-2021)
It is with deep sadness that we received the news that Catherine Belsey died on 14 February. Kate was an enthusiastic supporter of our ‘Shakespeare in Philosophy’ project, and gave two important and inspiring lectures in the programme. On 15 … Continue reading
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Peter Brook and Shakespeare, Oct 26, 2019
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Peter Brook’s seminal A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the founding of his International Centre for Theatre Research, the Institut Français and Kingston Shakespeare Seminar are honoured to co-host a conference on the director’s productions of … Continue reading
Hannah Arendt and Shakespeare programme, Sept 7, 2019
KINGSTON SHAKESPEARE SEMINAR AT GARRICK’S TEMPLE SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2019 HANNAH ARENDT AND SHAKESPEARE 09.30: Coffee (Temple Pavilion) 10.00: Chair: Richard Wilson (Kingston University) Avraham Oz (University of Haifa): ‘Arendt, Shakespeare and the Banality of Nationhood’ 11.00: Coffee (Temple Pavilion) … Continue reading
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Hannah Arendt and Shakespeare, September 7, 2019
David Garrick built his Shakespeare Temple beside the Thames at Hampton in 1755, as a place where ‘the thinkers of the world’ would meet to reflect on the plays. He hoped Voltaire would come. Now the Kingston Shakespeare Seminar is … Continue reading
Roy Eriksen (1948 – 2019)
We are deeply saddened to announce that Professor Roy Eriksen died last Monday, April 22. He had been a powerful supporter and a loyal contributor to the Kingston Shakespeare Seminar from its beginning, and the masterly lecture he gave in … Continue reading