06 November 2018 Shakespeare and Terrorism Professor Ewan Fernie appeared on Radio 3's Sunday Feature in conversation with Dr Islam Issa, who did his PhD under Dr Hugh Adlington in EDACS and is now a BBC New Generation Thinker. The subject was Shakespeare and Terrorism. You can listen to the programme here:
01 November 2018 10 place rise in THE World University Rankings 2019 We are now ranked 70 in the subject ranking for arts and humanities, which covers art, performing arts, design, languages, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, theology, architecture and archaeology.
25 October 2018 National Lottery funding enables Birmingham to re-connect with 'trailblazingly democratic' Shakespeare heritage A major project to re-connect Birmingham's communities with the city's Shakespearean heritage and re-establish the West Midlands as the world's 'go-to Shakespeare centre'has won National Lottery support.
08 October 2018 Richard O'Brien named as the new Birmingham Poet Laureate Richard O'Brien (Shakespeare Institute) who was named as the new Birmingham Poet Laureate at an event held at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
17 September 2018 Commemorative events for John Barton and Peter Hall Honorary Fellows of the Shakespeare Institute well-represented at memorial events.
15 August 2018 Midlands universities partnership will train the next generation of arts and humanities researchers Eight leading universities in the Midlands are joining together to train the next generation of highly-skilled arts and humanities researchers, thanks to funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
07 August 2018 Meet Birmingham's lost philosopher - George Dawson Ewan Fernie interviewed by History WM.
26 June 2018 Three questions about institutions: Tobi Kyeremateng In the lead-up to Radical Mischief (20-21 July 2018) the TOP blog is hosting responses to the conference's 9 provocations. Tobi Kyeremateng is a theatre, festival and live performance producer based in SW London, specialising in artist development, artistic collaboration and community engagement.
26 June 2018 Three questions about institutions: Corinne Furness In the lead-up to Radical Mischief (20-21 July 2018) the TOP blog is hosting responses to the conference's nine provocations. Corinne Furness is an AHRC funded doctoral researcher with the University of Birmingham and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
30 May 2018 University of Birmingham and Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) see 'Radical Mischief' as the way forward for thought, politics and theatre This ambitious joint venture between the University of Birmingham and the RSC will debate what thought and theatre can do in our time.
21 May 2018 Recreating New Place: Behind-the-Scenes Recent changes to the Shakespeare New Place house model have been spearheaded by period interpreter Phil Watson, the designer of the new vinyl adhesives that have been added.
18 May 2018 Dr Chris Laoutaris of the Shakespeare Institute shortlisted for Outstanding Teaching Award The awards were instituted by Birmingham's Guild of Students to give students an opportunity to nominate "a truly inspiring teacher who can bring a subject to life".
Everything to Everybody A collaboration with Birmingham City Council will revive the fortunes of the Birmingham Shakespeare Memorial Library