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Actes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare 37 (2019)

The Double Bind of Ophelia

By MIT Global Shakespeares | July 12, 2019

How does Ophelia become “unbound” through supralinguistic structures of spectacle and music especially in a transgender performance? With case studies of three Hamlet films: Haider (India, 2004), The King and the Clown (South Korea, 2005), and Prince of the Himalayas (Tibet, 2006), this article examines theatrical and cinematic presentations of Ophelia’s double bind as an icon and a victim. Read more in Alexa Alice Joubin’s new article on feminist and transgender performances of Ophelia. Read More

New Book: Eating Shakespeare (Global Shakespeare Inverted Series)

By MIT Global Shakespeares | June 05, 2019

Eating Shakespeare: Cultural Anthropophagy as Global Methodology is a new collection of essays and interviews by leading scholars and researchers offering their perspectives on the meaning of “Global Shakespeare.” It is part of the Arden Shakespeare’s Global Shakespeare Inverted series. Read More

2018 Shakespeare Festival & Conference in Turkey

By MIT Global Shakespeares | June 25, 2018

Dr. Ömer Sekerci and Dr. İlker Özçelik of Suleyman Demirel University organized the “1st Shakespeare Festival” in Turkey and the “2nd International Conference on English Language and Literature” which took place April 20-30, 2018 in Isparta, Turkey. Read More

SAA 2018 Digital Exhibit

By MIT Global Shakespeares | June 15, 2018

Cris Busato Smith and Alexa Alice Joubin previewed the new MIT Global Shakespeares website in Los Angeles at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America on Thursday, March 29th. Read More

Regional editor Cris Busato Smith to speak about Macbeth at conference in Arizona

By MIT Global Shakespeares | February 05, 2014

Dr. Cristiane Busato Smith, Global Shakespeares regional editor for Brazil, will chair a session on Friday, February 07, 2014 on Shakespeare and the Catastrophic at the 20th Annual ACMRS Conference, Arizona State University. She will also be presenting a paper entitled “Macbeth: Visions of Apocalypse Now and Then” on Saturday, February 08, 2014. Read More

The Double Bind of Ophelia

New Book: Eating Shakespeare (Global Shakespeare Inverted Series)

2018 Shakespeare Festival & Conference in Turkey

SAA 2018 Digital Exhibit

Regional editor Cris Busato Smith to speak about Macbeth at conference in Arizona

Introduction to Nós do Morro

Video Highlights from select Brazilian performances

Highlights from Korean Tempest Colloquium

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