Category Archives: Podcast archive

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David Hawkes: ‘Marx and Shakespeare Today: Towards an Ethics of Representation’

Posted on November 25, 2018 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Richard Wilson introduces the Shakespeare and Marx symposium held Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare on June 24, 2017. He also introduces the first speaker David Hawkes (Arizona State University) who discusses usury in his talk ‘Marx and Shakespeare Today: Towards an … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Podcast archive, Shakespeare and Marx | Tagged David Hawkes, economics, Karl Marx, Merchant of Venice, Richard Wilson, usury | Leave a comment

Yanis Varoufakis: Shake the Superflux -texts

Posted on March 23, 2018 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Below you may find the Kingston University press release on the talk by Varoufakis, Richard Wilson’s introduction as well as links to the text of the talk itself and an article about the event. Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, News, Podcast archive, Shakespeare Birthday Lecture | Tagged economics, Richard Wilson, Shakespeare Birthday Lecture, Yanis Varoufakis | Leave a comment

Jean Howard: Playing History at the Rose

Posted on January 24, 2018 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Jean Howard (Columbia University) gives the third plenary lecture at the Marlowe and Shakespeare conference that is titled Playing History at the Rose. The session is introduced and chaired by Alison Findlay. Abstract: This paper addresses what constitutes historical drama in … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Marlowe and Shakespeare, Podcast archive | Tagged Alison Findlay, Christopher Marlowe, history, Jean Howard, politics, Rose Theatre | Leave a comment

Frank Whately: Edward Alleyn and the Rose + Conference Introduction

Posted on January 24, 2018 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Robert O’Dowd opens the Marlowe and Shakespeare -conference held at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. He is followed by Richard Wilson introducing Frank Whately (Kingston) who is giving the opening plenary with a lecture entitled Edward Alleyn and the Rose. Abstract: The actor … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Marlowe and Shakespeare, Podcast archive | Tagged Christopher Marlowe, Edward Alleyn, Frank Whately, Richard Wilson, Robert O'Dowd, The Rose Theatre | Leave a comment

Jennifer Ann Bates: Hegel and Shakespeare on the Measure for Measure: The Hangman’s Mystery -recordings

Posted on June 23, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

In her illumination of Shakespeare through Hegel, Jennifer Ann Bates reads the logic of measure from Hegel alongside Measure for Measure. Bates argues that each text is an initiation into the execution of the logic of measure with a focus … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Podcast archive, Shakespeare and Hegel | Tagged G.W.F Hegel, Garrick's Temple, Jennifer Ann Bates, Measure for Measure, Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic | Leave a comment

Paul Kottman: Herder, Hegel and Shakespeare -recordings

Posted on June 22, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

By discussing the German philosophers Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803) and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), Paul A. Kottman proposes to see Shakespearean tragedy as the birth of a distinct art form. He argues that Shakespearean tragedy works through and … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Podcast archive, Shakespeare and the Enlightenment | Tagged art, Enlightenment, G.W.F Hegel, Garrick's Temple, Johann Gottried Herder, Paul Kottman, social bonds, tragedy | Leave a comment

Introduction to Shakespeare and the Enlightenment by Richard Wilson

Posted on June 17, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Professor Richard Wilson introduces the symposium on Shakespeare and the Enlightenment at Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare in Hampton, London. This is part of the Shakespeare at the Temple series. Unfortunately the original video file was corrupted, hence the slideshow video. … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Podcast archive, Shakespeare and the Enlightenment | Tagged David Garrick, Enlightenment, Garrick's Temple, Richard Wilson, The Winter's Tale | Leave a comment

Sir Stanley Wells: The Genius of Shakespeare -podcast

Posted on May 7, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Sir Stanley Wells delivers the 2017 Rose Theatre Shakespeare Birthday Lecture. The lecture is entitled ‘The Genius of Shakespeare’. The session is chaired by Richard Wilson. The Shakespearean actor Andrew Jarvis receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Shakespeare Association on behalf … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, News, Podcast archive, Shakespeare Birthday Lecture | Tagged Andrew Jarvis, John Barton, Shakespeare Birthday Lecture, Stanley Wells | Leave a comment

Michael Bogdanov: ‘The Readiness is All: Existential Shakespeare’

Posted on April 18, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

[This paper was given on October 24, 2013 as part of the series on Shakespeare and Philosophy] The Readiness Is All Good evening. For the purposes of this lecture, I am going to concern myself with six plays – Hamlet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcast archive, Shakespeare and Philosophy | Tagged existentialism, Hal, Hamlet, Henry IV, Macbeth, Marxism, Michael Bogdanov, realpolitik, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Tempest | 1 Comment

Theatrical Thresholds -podcast (KiSSiT: Shakespearean Thresholds)

Posted on July 3, 2016 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

The opening session of KiSSiT: Shakespearean Thresholds features Jami Rogers and Ildiko Solti within and without the theatre and performance. Dr Rogers discusses casting politics on stage and in cinema focusing on the portrayal of race in the media (from … Continue reading →