Friday, October 28, 2016
5–7 pm
Wine
Light Hors d’oeuvres
Lively Conversation
RSVP appreciated by October 26th. Call 860-486-5084.
Shakespeare’s Cultural Legacy
400 years after his death, Shakespeare’s work has significant influence on and continues to inspire much of our culture, language and society.
PANELISTS:
Garrett Sullivan, Professor of English at Penn State University. His areas of specialization are in Renaissance Literature with particular interest in Renaissance drama, especially Shakespeare and Marlowe.
Lindsay Cummings, Assistant Professor in Theater Studies at UConn. Her research interests include community-based performance, feminist performance, affect theory, and theatre for social change. Cummings received her PhD from Cornell University.
MODERATOR
Greg Colón Semenza, Professor of English at UConn, is Series Editor of “The Bloomsbury History of World Literatures on Film” (2015-2020). He is co-author of the Series’ first volume, The History of British Literature on Film: 1895-2010 (2015). He has written extensively on Shakespeare in film and popular culture. In 2015, he also published with Garrett Sullivan the co-edited collection, How to Build an Academic Life in the Humanities.
Admission to the Salon is free. Donations are gratefully accepted.
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