America???s Shakespeare Symposium
Saturday, April 16, 1-5pm
The Rhode Island Historical Society???s Aldrich House (110 Benevolent St., Providence)
??Brown University Library and RIHS Present ???America???s Shakespeare??? Symposium
The Aldrich House
(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) ??? ???America???s Shakespeare: A Symposium,??? a collaboration between the Brown University Library and the Rhode Island Historical Society, will explore the place of Shakespeare in American culture as the country welcomes a tour of the Bard???s first folio, on loan from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature three distinguished scholars, who will discuss how Shakespeare has shaped American social life, culture, and politics. This will be followed by a collage of scenes from U.S. films that draw on Shakespeare???s works.
The speakers featured in this symposium are James Shapiro, Miles Parks Grier, and Virginia Vaughan.
Shapiro is Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, specializing in Shakespeare, medieval and early modern drama, and British poetry.
Grier is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Queens College in the City University of New York, specializing in teaching Shakespeare, Early American Studies, and African-American Studies.
Vaughan is Professor Emerita and Research Professor in the English Department at Clark University, specializing in early modern English literature, with an emphasis on Shakespeare.
This is a FREE event, but registration is required. Please register here or call 401-331-8575 x136. Parking is available on the street, or in the pay lot at Thayer & Charlesfield streets. It is recommended to allow ??time to find extra parking.
??Find more information at the America???s Shakespeare website.
First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library, is a national traveling exhibition organized by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 2016 of Shakespeare???s death. It is produced in association with the American Library Association and Cincinnati Museum Center. First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring human endeavor, and by the support of Google.org, Vinton and Sigrid Cerf, the British Council, and other generous donors.
The exhibit is free and open to the public, April 11-May 1, 2016 ( Tuesday-Thursday 12-8; Friday-Sunday 12-6). Private tours by request. Cohen Gallery, Granoff Center for the Arts, Angell and Thayer Streets, behind Brown University Bookstore. Parking: On street, and in any Brown University parking lot after 5 pm.