11 June 2020 Quarantine Quartos VIII: Shakespeare has gone to the dogs Tiffany Stern (the Shakespeare Institute) sets to find which Shakespeare text is most 'doggy' by examining six dog-filled plays, and featuring special guest appearances by Millie the puppy.
10 June 2020 Two milestones for the Waseda and Shakespeare Institute collaboration The Shakespeare Institute's continuing research collaboration with Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan's premier university in Shakespeare studies, has this week passed two milestones.
04 June 2020 Quarantine Quartos VII: Playhouse cultures of sight Simon Smith talks about Hamlet and stagecraft
28 May 2020 Quarantine Quartos VI: Europe's National Poet: Shakespeare and Non-English Patriotism How is it that Shakespeare, regarded as Britain's national property, has been embraced so warmly in other countries, and how come they have some the best monuments and theatres dedicated to him into the bargain?
21 May 2020 Quarantine Quartos V: Juliet Stevenson In connection with her acceptance of the 2020 Pragnell Prize, Michael Dobson, recorded an interview with Juliet Stevenson, in which she discusses some of the performances she gave at the RSC.
18 May 2020 In case you missed it: Shakespeare Institute Virtual Open Day Our virtual open day was held on 15 May 2020. In case you missed it we have all our course information videos and questions and answers from the day available to view at your leisure.
14 May 2020 Quarantine Quartos IV: As You Like It In the fourth video in our series Professor Michael Dobson discusses why As You Like It is his favourite Shakespeare play.
07 May 2020 Quarantine Quartos III: Twelfth Night In the third video in our series Professor Ewan Fernie talks about his love for Twelfth Night.
30 April 2020 Quarantine Quartos II In the second video in our series Dr Chris Laoutaris explores what the archaeological evidence of Renaissance magic, witchcraft and superstitious practices might tell us about Shakespeare's Macbeth.
24 April 2020 Quarantine Quartos In the first of the Shakespeare Institute's weekly Quarantine Quartos series, Dr Erin Sullivan discusses her research into the live-streaming of Shakespearean performances, and how it differs from the theatre.
21 April 2020 The Shakespeare Institute shares its Shakespeare under lockdown Celebrating Shakespeare's birthday virtually on 23 April.
03 April 2020 Award-winning doctoral researcher Rowan Mackenzie of the Shakespeare Institute responds to Coronavirus crisis in prisons Over twenty prisons now using materials prepared by Shakespeare Institute scholar to support inmates during the crisis.
Sustainability and environments How we are exploring issues of climate through the arts, humanities and law.
Birmingham ranked in top 70 in the world for Arts and Humanities The College of Arts and Law is placed 67th in the Times Higher Education 2022 rankings, making it one of the best places for study and research in this field globally.
Everything to Everybody A collaboration with Birmingham City Council will revive the fortunes of the Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library