Sarah Bolwell, a Kent, Paris MA student in History and Philosophy of Art , has been chosen by the British Council in Paris to moderate a discussion of Shakespeare by academic specialists. The event, \u2018Brave New World? Shakespeare 400 Years On\u2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the playwright\u2019s death. The participants in the conference, on Monday 21 March at the British Council premises in rue Constantine, are Dr Deana Rankin (Royal Holloway), Dr Preti Taneja (Queen Mary) and Professor Wes Williams (University of Oxford).<\/p>\n
Sarah Bolwell is editor of The Menteur<\/em>, a literary magazine edited and produced in Paris by the University of Kent\u2019s Humanities MA students.<\/p>\n The University of Kent, Paris, in partnership with Columbia Global Centers (Columbia University) is marking the Shakespeare quatercentenary with two open lectures at its Paris campus. On Tuesday 3 June at 6.30pm David Ellis (Professor Emeritus, University of Kent), will speak on Shakespeare\u2019s biography. On Wednesday 11 June at 6.30pm Professor Karen Newman (Brown University) will speak on ‘Shakespeare Celebrated: Souvenirs du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Anglais \u00e0 Paris<\/em>\u2019. Both events are at Reid Hall, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 75006.<\/p>\n