SHAKESPEARE IN CULTURE COLLOQUY

Focus on POSTHUMANISM

Faculty of Modern Languages Building Dobra 55, room # 1.007

7 November, 2019

SCC PROGRAMME

9:55 – SCC Opening 11:30-1:00 WORKSHOP

Premodern Posthumanism: Shakespeare’s Infinite Variety

2:00-3:00 ROUNDTABLE

Is Shakespeare a (Post)humanist?

OUR GUEST LECTURER

Karen Raber is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Mississippi and Executive Director of Shakespeare Association of America. Her recent books include Shakespeare and Posthumanist Theory (2018), Performing Animals: History, Agency, Theater (co-edited, 2017) and Animal Bodies, Renaissance Culture (2013).

10:00-11:00 LECTURE

Why Posthumanist Theory? An Introduction

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