19 June 2020 Keeping Shakespeare alive through puppets As part of her dissertation, MA Shakespeare and Creativity student, Charlotte Bannocks, has been working hard to make Shakespeare accessible to family audiences by creating three short films, using puppets.
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.
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.
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.
06 March 2020 In Conversation with Dame Judi Dench and Professor Sir Stanley Wells CBE Dame Judi Dench was interviewed by Professor Sir Stanley Wells at the annual London Shakespeare Lecture held in his honour.
25 February 2020 Deadpool Shakespeare and Klingon Hamlet Undergraduate English trip to Stratford-upon-Avon.
13 February 2020 More than £1m funding to reconnect Birmingham with its Shakespeare heritage A £1.7 million project to re-connect Birmingham's communities with the city's Shakespearean heritage launched today.
12 February 2020 'Everything to Everybody' brings Birmingham's unique Shakespeare heritage back to life 'Everything to Everybody' - a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council - will revive the fortunes of the city's almost-forgotten Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library.
10 February 2020 David Troughton in conversation Professor Michael Dobson asks about a distinguished career in Shakespearean theatre.
02 January 2020 What We May Be An exhibition and interactive event celebrating identity, in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
05 December 2019 The first great Shakespeare Library - A forgotten Birmingham story Listen to Shakespeare Institute's Professor Ewan Fernie discussing how the first great Shakespearean was in Birmingham
Everything to Everybody A collaboration with Birmingham City Council will revive the fortunes of the Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library