Category Archives: News

Help Richard Wilson Get Home

Posted on September 29, 2022 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

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 →

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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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Jerzy Limon (1950 – 2021)

Posted on March 13, 2021 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

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 →

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Peter Brook and Shakespeare, Oct 26, 2019

Posted on September 23, 2019 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

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 →

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Hannah Arendt and Shakespeare programme, Sept 7, 2019

Posted on August 30, 2019 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

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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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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Hannah Arendt and Shakespeare, September 7, 2019

Posted on July 23, 2019 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

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 →

Posted in KiSS, News | Tagged Avraham Oz, Bjorn Quiring, Caroline Lion, Cecilia Sjöholm, Garrick's Temple, Hannah Arendt, Howard Caygill, Paul Kottman, philosophy, Richard Burt, Shakespeare in Philosophy | 1 Comment

The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare and Political Theology, Hampton Court/Garrick’s Temple, June 21-22 2019

Posted on May 14, 2019 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare and Political Theology event consists of two related events, both of which highlight current thought on political theology in Shakespeare. The first day, held in the Jane Seymour Room at Hampton Court Palace, dovetails into two themes: Crown and Crowd. … Continue reading →

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Roy Eriksen (1948 – 2019)

Posted on April 29, 2019 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

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 →

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Walter Benjamin and Shakespeare symposium programme

Posted on April 4, 2019 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

09.30: Coffee (Temple Pavilion) 10.00: Chair: Richard Wilson (Kingston University) Julia Ng (Goldsmiths, University of London): ‘As You Like It: Benjamin’s Comic Infinite’ 11.00: Coffee (Temple Pavilion) 11.30 Chair: Richard Ashby (Royal Holloway) Hyowon Cho (New York University): ‘Towards a … Continue reading →