{"id":22,"date":"2016-01-22T10:35:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/firstfolio\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T17:53:05","slug":"symposium-americas-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/firstfolio\/programming\/symposium-americas-shakespeare\/","title":{"rendered":"Symposium: America\u2019s Shakespeare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<nav style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"has-text-color has-black-color has-medium-font-size is-responsive has-text-decoration-underline wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Menu\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" 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1985<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Funded by the C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureship and the Marshall Woods Fine Arts Lectureship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1:00 p.m.: Welcome and introductions<br>1:30-3:30 p.m.: Speakers and Q&amp;A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Shapiro, Columbia University<br>Virginia Vaughan, Clark University<br>Miles Grier, Queens College, CUNY (City University of New York)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:30-4:00 p.m.: Tea and coffee break<br>4:00-5:00 p.m.: \u201cAmerica\u2019s Shakespeare on Film.\u201d A collage of scenes from Shakespeare films set in the US, followed by discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" 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