New Variorum Shakespeare
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One of the oldest editorial projects in Shakespearean studies, now in a digital format. Based at Texas A&M University. newvariorumshakespeare.org
We are happy to announce the list of speakers at our two-day conference next year about ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘The Winter’s Tale’.
What a starry cast!
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What a starry cast!
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December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are happy to announce the list of speakers at our two-day conference next year about ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘The Winter’s Tale’.
What a starry cast!
newvariorumshakespeare.org
What a starry cast!
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It’s the US publication date of Voices of Thunder! 📚 It tells the stories of a dozen radical Protestant 17th-century women, including Quaker women who travelled to Boston and beyond #puritans #womenshistory #quakers #booklaunch #earlymodern
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It’s the US publication date of Voices of Thunder! 📚 It tells the stories of a dozen radical Protestant 17th-century women, including Quaker women who travelled to Boston and beyond #puritans #womenshistory #quakers #booklaunch #earlymodern
Our Director Dr. Robert Stagg will be co-leading (with Prof. Kristen Poole of the University of Delaware) a seminar about ‘Wordplay’ at next year’s International Shakespeare Conference @shakesinstitute.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our Director Dr. Robert Stagg will be co-leading (with Prof. Kristen Poole of the University of Delaware) a seminar about ‘Wordplay’ at next year’s International Shakespeare Conference @shakesinstitute.bsky.social
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Tiny reindeer from a map of Norway in vol.1 of Joan Blaeu's 11 volume Atlas Major, 1662 #Christmas #Maps
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Tiny reindeer from a map of Norway in vol.1 of Joan Blaeu's 11 volume Atlas Major, 1662 #Christmas #Maps
A recording of our most recent NVS Seminar by Prof. Steven Urkowitz (CUNY) is now available on our website: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
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December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A recording of our most recent NVS Seminar by Prof. Steven Urkowitz (CUNY) is now available on our website: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
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Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun (b.1558), Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I, painted about 1600. (University of Birmingham Shakespeare Institute)
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun (b.1558), Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I, painted about 1600. (University of Birmingham Shakespeare Institute)
Yesterday we announced that the digital variorum text of ‘King Lear’ will be published in early 2026.
Users will see the full textual history of ‘Lear’, plus critical history, word by word + line by line — accompanied by detailed appendices on many aspects of the play.
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Users will see the full textual history of ‘Lear’, plus critical history, word by word + line by line — accompanied by detailed appendices on many aspects of the play.
newvariorumshakespeare.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Yesterday we announced that the digital variorum text of ‘King Lear’ will be published in early 2026.
Users will see the full textual history of ‘Lear’, plus critical history, word by word + line by line — accompanied by detailed appendices on many aspects of the play.
newvariorumshakespeare.org
Users will see the full textual history of ‘Lear’, plus critical history, word by word + line by line — accompanied by detailed appendices on many aspects of the play.
newvariorumshakespeare.org
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‘Adverbs please God more than verbs . . . the manner of the doing of it, more than our doing itself.’
(Lancelot Andrewes)
(Lancelot Andrewes)
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
‘Adverbs please God more than verbs . . . the manner of the doing of it, more than our doing itself.’
(Lancelot Andrewes)
(Lancelot Andrewes)
TODAY 2:30pm (CT)
Prof. Steven Urkowitz (CUNY) in conversation with Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada) about ‘King Lear’
For more details including Zoom link, see: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
Prof. Steven Urkowitz (CUNY) in conversation with Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada) about ‘King Lear’
For more details including Zoom link, see: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
TODAY 2:30pm (CT)
Prof. Steven Urkowitz (CUNY) in conversation with Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada) about ‘King Lear’
For more details including Zoom link, see: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
Prof. Steven Urkowitz (CUNY) in conversation with Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada) about ‘King Lear’
For more details including Zoom link, see: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
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Textile Fragment with a Repeating Pattern of Interlocked Tulips and Poppies
c. 1628–58
(Met Museum)
c. 1628–58
(Met Museum)
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Textile Fragment with a Repeating Pattern of Interlocked Tulips and Poppies
c. 1628–58
(Met Museum)
c. 1628–58
(Met Museum)
Our Director Dr. Robert Stagg has helped edit and prepare for publication the latest book by Prof. Richard Wilson, ‘Shakespeare’s Fascist Followers’, after the author was incapacitated by a stroke. Out now with Bloomsbury: www.bloomsbury.com/us/shakespea...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our Director Dr. Robert Stagg has helped edit and prepare for publication the latest book by Prof. Richard Wilson, ‘Shakespeare’s Fascist Followers’, after the author was incapacitated by a stroke. Out now with Bloomsbury: www.bloomsbury.com/us/shakespea...
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"Hamnet," Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed novel, is now a major film. On the podcast, O'Farrell and director Chloé Zhao discuss adapting the story of Shakespeare's son, reimagining Shakespeare as a husband and father, and building the film's vivid world: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Hamnet, with Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Hamnet," Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed novel, is now a major film. On the podcast, O'Farrell and director Chloé Zhao discuss adapting the story of Shakespeare's son, reimagining Shakespeare as a husband and father, and building the film's vivid world: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Nice to see one of our NVS undergraduate interns appearing in the @tamu.bsky.social English Department student newsletter this month:
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Nice to see one of our NVS undergraduate interns appearing in the @tamu.bsky.social English Department student newsletter this month:
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Attention #EarlyModern and #Shakespeare friends: join me on this Giving Tuesday in donating to an Open Access fund for Meghan C. Andrews’s book. Cancer took Meghan from us in 2023, but her legacy can live on. Share widely!
Donate to Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph, organized by Sarah Neville
Shakespeare scholar Meghan C Andrews passed away in 2023, after a valiant… Sarah Neville needs your support for Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph
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December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Attention #EarlyModern and #Shakespeare friends: join me on this Giving Tuesday in donating to an Open Access fund for Meghan C. Andrews’s book. Cancer took Meghan from us in 2023, but her legacy can live on. Share widely!
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Please do share far and wide. We are committed to supporting PGRs through the entire process of submitting work and getting it published. Since taking over as Editor of English this has been one of my core commitments, and I will happily field any queries you might have about submitting your work.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! YES, it’s PGR Essay Prize Competition time again! We are delighted to open this year’s competition, and invite PGRs from across the diverse fields of English to submit their essays. Details can be found here:
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English Postgraduate Essay Prize 2026
About the prize
The English Association is pleased to invite submissions to the English journal’s annual essay competition, which is exclusive to postgrad
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December 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Please do share far and wide. We are committed to supporting PGRs through the entire process of submitting work and getting it published. Since taking over as Editor of English this has been one of my core commitments, and I will happily field any queries you might have about submitting your work.
Our final NVS Seminar of the semester takes place this week: Prof. Steve Urkowitz (CUNY) in conversation with Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada) about the textual status of ‘King Lear’.
More details incl Zoom link here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
More details incl Zoom link here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our final NVS Seminar of the semester takes place this week: Prof. Steve Urkowitz (CUNY) in conversation with Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada) about the textual status of ‘King Lear’.
More details incl Zoom link here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
More details incl Zoom link here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
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Join us in two weeks—online and in person in Cape Town—for the first MEMOs Conference!
More details about online registration coming soon, stay tuned 😉
More details about online registration coming soon, stay tuned 😉
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Join us in two weeks—online and in person in Cape Town—for the first MEMOs Conference!
More details about online registration coming soon, stay tuned 😉
More details about online registration coming soon, stay tuned 😉
Next week we will make a special announcement about the New Variorum Shakespeare edition of ‘King Lear’ to accompany our next NVS Seminar about the play.
More details including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
More details including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Next week we will make a special announcement about the New Variorum Shakespeare edition of ‘King Lear’ to accompany our next NVS Seminar about the play.
More details including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
More details including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
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Nov 26, 1607: King Lear is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Stationers' Register entry for King Lear
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Nov 26, 1607: King Lear is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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On 10-11 February 2026 we will be hosting a major international conference about the two plays we recently published in variorum format, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘The Winter’s Tale’.
We’ll be revealing more details of the conference early next month.
Mark your calendars!
We’ll be revealing more details of the conference early next month.
Mark your calendars!
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
On 10-11 February 2026 we will be hosting a major international conference about the two plays we recently published in variorum format, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘The Winter’s Tale’.
We’ll be revealing more details of the conference early next month.
Mark your calendars!
We’ll be revealing more details of the conference early next month.
Mark your calendars!
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If you’re in Welly it’s not too late to register for Patricia Akhimie’s talk on race and setting in Othello - Tues 25 Nov 5pm Hunter Council Chamber
We have a very big week of ELCC events coming up at the end of the month, starting with an exciting lecture by Patricia Akhimie, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library!
Register here: www.wgtn.ac.nz/events/2025/...
Register here: www.wgtn.ac.nz/events/2025/...
“On the brow of the sea”—Race and setting in Shakespeare’s Othello | Events | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Join Dr Patricia Akhimie, Director of Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, as she discusses race and setting in Shakespeare’s Othello.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If you’re in Welly it’s not too late to register for Patricia Akhimie’s talk on race and setting in Othello - Tues 25 Nov 5pm Hunter Council Chamber
Recordings of our two previous NVS Seminars this semester (by Whitney Sperrazza and Eric Rasmussen) are now available on our website here:
newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
And we have one more NVS Seminar to come, about ‘King Lear’: details on this poster ⬇️ and on our website…
newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
And we have one more NVS Seminar to come, about ‘King Lear’: details on this poster ⬇️ and on our website…
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Recordings of our two previous NVS Seminars this semester (by Whitney Sperrazza and Eric Rasmussen) are now available on our website here:
newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
And we have one more NVS Seminar to come, about ‘King Lear’: details on this poster ⬇️ and on our website…
newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
And we have one more NVS Seminar to come, about ‘King Lear’: details on this poster ⬇️ and on our website…
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the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
Our final NVS Seminar of the semester will feature Prof. Steven Urkowitz (CUNY) in conversation with our General Editor Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada) about the textual status of ‘King Lear’.
Thurs 4 Dec, 2:30pm (CT) @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453
Zoom link here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
Thurs 4 Dec, 2:30pm (CT) @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453
Zoom link here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our final NVS Seminar of the semester will feature Prof. Steven Urkowitz (CUNY) in conversation with our General Editor Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada) about the textual status of ‘King Lear’.
Thurs 4 Dec, 2:30pm (CT) @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453
Zoom link here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
Thurs 4 Dec, 2:30pm (CT) @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453
Zoom link here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
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📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
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Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social