Birmingham Perspective Is loneliness an exclusively 'modern' epidemic? "An increasing number of historians have delved into the archives in order to discover how individuals of the past responded to feelings of emotional and physical isolation." Join the conversation
Posted 29 September 2021 My month as an Arts Intern at The Birmingham Rep Third year Drama and Theatre Arts student, Emma, shares her experience of her Experience Arts internship at The Birmingham Rep
Posted 23 July 2021 World Shakespeare Congress 2021 Shakespeare Institute faculty and PhD students were extensively involved in this year's virtual World Shakespeare Congress, hosted by the University of Singapore.
Posted 23 July 2021 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust appoints Shakespeare Institute Director to its Board Professor Michael Dobson joins the board as one of the trustees that make up the charity's governing body.
Posted 23 July 2021 Everything to Everybody: Bringing the Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library to the World Professor Michael Dobson in video conversation with Professor Ewan Fernie about the £1.7 million project 'Everything to Everybody'.
Book Launch: Jimmy Packham's Gothic Utterance and Hannah Murray's Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction 27Oct
Visiting Speaker: E. James West (York): 'A Monument to Negro Enterprise': The Black Press and Chicago's Literary Landscapes in the 1920s. 10Nov