Symposium: America’s Shakespeare
A symposium on the place of Shakespeare in American culture, in collaboration with the Rhode Island Historical Society.
“There is hardly a pioneer hut in which the odd volume of Shakespeare cannot be found.”
“Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now.”
“Nobody else understands it, but I know that William Shakespeare was a black woman.”
Funded by the C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureship and the Marshall Woods Fine Arts Lectureship.
Schedule
1:00 p.m.: Welcome and introductions
1:30-3:30 p.m.: Speakers and Q&A
James Shapiro, Columbia University
Virginia Vaughan, Clark University
Miles Grier, Queens College, CUNY (City University of New York)
3:30-4:00 p.m.: Tea and coffee break
4:00-5:00 p.m.: “America’s Shakespeare on Film.” A collage of scenes from Shakespeare films set in the US, followed by discussion.
