Author Archives: Timo Uotinen

About Timo Uotinen

Timo Uotinen was a Finnish PhD student at Royal Holloway, University of London working on Shakespeare and philosophy - more specifically on Baconian philosophy, Shakespearean tragedy, and ethics.

Christian Smith

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Timo Uotinen

We have been shocked and saddened to learn that our colleague Christian Smith died suddenly in Berlin last Saturday. Christian was a dynamic and highly valued contributor to the Shakespeare in Philosophy programme at both the Temple and the Rose … Continue reading →

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CFP: Shakespeare and European Romanticism, Oct 24-25 2019

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Timo Uotinen

Workshop CFP: Shakespeare and European Romanticism 24-25 October 2019 Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church Budapest Once I had read an entire play, I stood there like a blind man given the gift of sight by some miraculous healing … Continue reading →

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Dr Paul Hamilton held at UK border and sent to Iceland

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Timo Uotinen

On November 14, 2017 Dr Paul Hamilton, a member of the Kingston Shakespeare Seminar, flew into Heathrow Airport from Arizona, to assist in the organisation of two conferences at Kingston’s Rose Theatre (‘Marlowe and Shakespeare’ and ‘Shakespeare and the Philosophical … Continue reading →

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Even Francis Bacon Supports Strike Action – and he’s dead

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Timo Uotinen

Today and tomorrow (May 25-26 2016) university teachers and lecturers are going on strike. The issue is about unequal pay conditions, casualisation of contracts, tuition fees and marketisation of education (especially in regards to the recent White Paper). Nina Power sums this … Continue reading →

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Shameful Start to Shakespeare 400: Dr Paul Hamilton Arrested and Held by UK Immigration

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Timo Uotinen

[UPDATE: Dr Hamilton released after 10 days] My friend and frequent Kingston Shakespeare collaborator, Dr Paul Hamilton (a US citizen), was arrested on the afternoon of January 17, 2016 at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon by the West Midlands immigration team … Continue reading →

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Not enough of Shakespeare

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Timo Uotinen

Mina Shah wrote a thought-provoking column entitled Enough of Shakespeare, where she questions the reasons why Shakespeare is taught. She fully admits that her piece is not really about Shakespeare, he serves the role of a ‘scapegoat’. Shah’s real target … Continue reading →

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