This international conference on performance and spectatorship brings together scholars whose work weaves together Shakespeare studies, theatre history and performance studies.

Complete Schedule

Schedule of Events:
Rackham Ampitheatre; Open to the Public

FRIDAY, 10 November

Morning

9:00	Welcome: Associate Dean of LS&A, Michael Schoenfeldt
9:30	Barbara Hodgdon, University of Michigan “Bride-ing the Shrew: Costumes that Matter”
10:00	Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame “It’s All About Me. Deal with It”
10:30	Q & A; Break
11:00	Andrew Hartley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte “Remembering Actors: Embodied Shakespeare and Performative Habitus”
11:30	Robert Shaughnessy, University of Kent “One Piece at a Time”
12:00	Q & A

Afternoon

2:00	Michael Dobson, Birkbeck College, University of London “Watching: The Complete Works”
2:30	Miriam Gilbert, University of Iowa “Hearing with Eyes: Watching Shakespeare”
3:00	Q & A; Break
3:30	Margaret Jane Kidnie, University of Western Ontario “Cultural Vandalism and the Creation of Authority: Dame Judi and the Royal Shakespeare Company”
4:00	Carol Chillington Rutter, University of Warwick “How Am I Supposed to Look?; or, Stratford 2006: Whole Lotta’ Lookin’ Going’ On”
4:30	Q & A

SATURDAY, 11 November

Morning

9:30	Dennis Kennedy, Trinity College, Dublin “Shakespeare and the Intercultural Spectator”
10:00	Ric Knowles, University of Guelph “The Death of a Chief: On Watching (for) Adaptation”
10:30	Q & A; Break
11:00	Russell Jackson, University of Birmingham “Other People’s Feelings: How We Use the Critics”
11:30	Q & A

Afternoon

2:00	Michael Cordner, University of York “Watching Shakespeare Through Others’ Eyes”
2:30	G. B. Shand, Glendon College, York University “Guessing by Splashes: Reading Early Modern Performance in the Ripples of Academic Reportage”
3:00	Q & A; Break
3:30	W.B. Worthen, University of Michigan “Reading Theatre, Seeing Drama”
4:00	Q & A
4:30	LOOKING AT SHAKESPEARE: AN EPILOGUE