Lincoln and Shakespeare
First Annual Kirk Davis Public Shakespeare Lecture
Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 6:00 pm.
This lecture and demonstration features Michael Anderegg, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Nebraska, speaking about his new book, Lincoln and Shakespeare, accompanied by dramatic readings from Lincoln and Shakespeare, performed by Richard Brestoff, Professor of Drama, UCI. Continue reading
New Swan Theater, UCI
April 23, 2015, Shakespeare’s Birthday, is the official launch date of UCI’s Shakespeare Center. The Center fosters broad-based, research-driven programming that cultivates the forms of embodied speech, imaginative response and historical reckoning that constitute drama as an art form. Under the leadership of Julia Reinhard Lupton, Professor of English and a Trustee of the Shakespeare Association of America, and Eli Simon, Chancellor’s Professor of Drama and Artistic Director of New Swan Shakespeare Festival, the Center aims to make UCI the premier institution in California for the integrated production, study and enjoyment of Shakespeare. Continue reading
Entertaining the Idea: Core Program at Clark Library, Los Angeles, 2016-17, on Shakespeare, Philosophy, and Performance
Organizers: Julia Lupton (UCI), Lowell Gallagher (UCLA), and James Kearney (UCSB)
October 7-8, 2016; Key Words
January 20-21, 2017: Cut Him Out in Little Stars: Romeo and Juliet in Diaspora
April 28-29, 2017: First Philosophy, Last Judgments: The Lear Real