Appropriation in an Age of Global Shakespeare

Christy Desmet and Sujata Iyengar, co-founders and co-editors of the award-winning, scholarly, multimedia journal Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation (B&L) announce an international conference on “Appropriation in an Age of Global Shakespeare” in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the founding of B&L. We have joined forces with the ongoing Symposium on the Book at the University of Georgia, run by Miriam Jacobson and Anne Meyers Devine. For more information visit: https://shaxandapp2015.wordpress.com/

Support comes from the Departments of English and Theatre and Film Studies, the University of Georgia Libraries, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia.

All panels, roundtables, workshops, brown-bag talks, and readings are open to members of the public

The schedule for the conference is as follows:

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

1A: 10am-12pm (location TBC): Workshop for UGA Graduate Students, “Dissertation and Book Proposals,” with Dr. Matt Kozusko, Ursinus College, co-editor of the book series “Shakespeare and the Stage,” from Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (auditors welcome)

2pm: 1B: Roundtable, Shakespeare on Film. Chair: Dr. Fran Teague, University of Georgia

Confirmed Speakers: Katherine Gillen, Texas A&M University; Jessica Walker, Alabama A&M University

4pm: 1C: Plenary Talk: Dr. Alexa Huang, George Washington University: “Others Within: Ethics in the Age of Global Shakespeare”

6pm: 1D: B&L Birthday Bash

Park Hall Library (Room 261), Department of English

8pm: Dinner on your own

1E: (Time and location TBC): Conversation with an editor

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

9 am: 2A: Panel, “Multicultural Shakespeares,” Chair, Dr. Adele Seeff, Independent Scholar

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

Confirmed Speakers: Brandon Christopher, University of Winnipeg; Monique Pittman, Andrews University; Vanessa Corredera, Andrews University

11 am: 2B: Plenary Talk: Dr. Sheila Cavanagh, Emory University: “‘Tell the World’: Shakespeare in a Global Context”

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

12.30: 2C: Lunch (TBC): Brown-bag lunch for graduate students with plenary speakers

2pm: 2D: Panel, “Shakespearean Remediations,” Chair, Dr. Kevin Quarmby, Oxford College of Emory University

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

Confirmed Speakers: Marina Gerzic, University of Western Australia; Louise Geddes, Adelphi University; Stephen Buhler, U of Nebraska-Lincoln.

3.30 pm 2E: Plenary Talk: Dr. Sharon O’Dair, University of Alabama: “Post-Apocalyptic Global Shakespeare: King Lear, The King is Alive, and Station Eleven”

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

5pm: 2F: Refreshments and conversation

Lobby, Fine Arts Theatre, University of Georgia

5.30-7.30pm: 2G: Staged Reading of a play that appropriates Shakespeare (title TBC)

UGA Fine Arts Theatre, Director Ray Paolino

8pm: 2H: Dinner for plenaries

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

9am: 3A: Panel, “Classical and Biblical Appropriation,” Chair, Dr. Darlena Ciraulo, University of Central Missouri

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

Confirmed Speakers: Lisa Starks-Estes, U of South Florida-St. Petersburg; Barbara Sebek, Colorado State University

11am: 3B: Plenary Talk: Dr. Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada-Reno: “Discovery & Appropriation: The Saint-Omer First Folio Goes Viral”

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

12.30: 3C: Lunch on your own; Exhibit talk, Dr. Sujata Iyengar, “Shakespeare at the Small Private Press,” visit exhibit; etc.

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

2pm: 3D:  Panel, “Subcontinental Shakespeares,” Chair TBC

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

Confirmed Speakers: Amrita Sen, Oklahoma City University; Nishi Puluguratha, Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College

4pm: 3E: Teaching Roundtable, Chair TBC

University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

Confirmed Speakers: Robert Sawyer, East Tennessee State University; Christy Desmet, University of Georgia; Erin Presley, Eastern Kentucky University

6.30pm: 3F: Local musicians and writers: Shakespeare at the New Town Revue

Fire Hall #2 (next to Avid Books), Prince Avenue, Athens, GA