• BritGrad: for graduate students, by graduate students.

    Important dates at a glance:

    BritGrad 2013 will convene June 6-8.

    Abstracts are due Thursday 25 April.

    Auditor registration closes Thursday 23 May.

Durham MEMSA Conference 2013

The CFP is up, and registration is open! MEMSA Conference 2013.

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BritGrad Invites You…

…To An Informal Gathering We hope you will join us for a small meet-and-greet this Wednesday, 5th June, the evening before the conference starts. We’ll be meeting at the Windmill Inn at 6.30pm, which is just across the road from the Institute on Church Street. If you’re in town, come say hello, meet with old … Read more

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To Boldly Party Where No Man Has Partied Before

A long, long time ago, at a conference far, far away (in Stratford-upon-Avon)… It’s BritGrad’s fifteenth birthday! To celebrate hitting the Awkward Teen phase, our annual party takes the theme of Scholars, Geeks, and Nerds, where we encourage you to ditch your inner Fonzie and celebrate your inner Urkel. The party will be taking place … Read more

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Conference Schedule Now Online!

It’s what you’ve all been waiting for: a final conference schedule is now on the blog for all of you lovely people to peruse! If you want to see when your panel takes place, and/or to formulate a game plan for the weekend [we know how hard it is to choose which panels to attend], … Read more

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Getting to Know Your Plenary Speakers #6

Getting to Know Your Plenary Speakers #6: Dr Yong Li Lan, Dr Ken Takiguchi, and Dr Lee Chee Keng We are pleased to announce that our sixth, and final, plenary is going to Skype in from Singapore to talk about intercultural Shakespeare. The plenary group consists of Dr Yong Li Lan, Dr Ken Takiguchi, and … Read more

‘Provincial Shakespeare Performance’: fully funded PhD studentship

‘Provincial Shakespeare Performance’ fully funded PhD studentship, University of Nottingham/British Library – closing date 7 June 2013 The University of Nottingham School of English and The British Library AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Provincial Shakespeare Performance The British Library and the School of English at the University of Nottingham are seeking to award one fully funded PhD studentship to … Read more

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Smile, You’ll Be On Camera

BritGrad 2013 now has a resident shutterbug! We’re delighted to announce that Jenna Owen will be our official photographer at this year’s conference. Jenna is currently completing her MA in Shakespeare and Theatre here at the Institute, and will also be delivering a paper at the conference: ‘“Do you stand for me”: re-evaluating the ‘play … Read more

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CAKE!

Have we got your attention? Good. BritGrad is holding a bake sale this Sunday, 19th May, in the Parish Centre across from Holy Trinity Church at 11.45am. If you’re in the Stratford vicinity, we hope you’ll join us and sample some delicious treats. If you’d like to prepare some yummy baked goods for the sale, … Read more

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The Lizz Ketterer Memorial Award 2013

Since 2011, BritGrad has presented the Lizz Ketterer Memorial Award to the most promising abstract entered for that year’s conference, chosen anonymously by fellows at the Shakespeare Institute. This award was established in memory of SI alumna Dr Lizz Ketterer, who passed away two years ago. [An excellent piece about Lizz and the award, written … Read more

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Getting to Know Your Plenary Speakers #5

Getting to Know Your Plenary Speakers #5: Christie Carson We are delighted to announce another plenary speaker: Christie Carson! She will join us to deliver a plenary titled ‘Influencing Editors, Influencing Performers: the Page to Stage relationship’. Dr Carson is Reader in Shakespeare and Performance at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has co-edited The … Read more

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