Chaucer and Shakespeare, the global literary icons, play a major role in the digital world. This cross-disciplinary symposium puts the legacies of Chaucer and Shakespeare in conversation with each other. Speakers will explore the intersections and connections between the afterlives of Chaucer and Shakespeare in world cultures.

Global Chaucer and Shakespeare in a Digital World

Saturday, 4 February 2017
10:00 am – 5:30 pm

National Churchill Library and Center
Gelman Library, First Floor
The George Washington University
2130 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20052

Featured Speaker: José Francisco Botelho, award-winning translator and poet
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

Other participants: Candace Barrington (Central Connecticut State), Jill Bradbury (Gallaudet), Laura Estill (Texas A&M), Alexa Huang (George Washington), Jonathan Hsy (George Washington), Carol Robinson (Kent State at Trumball), Michael Saenger (Southwestern), Mike Shea (Southern Connecticut State), Mercedes de la Torre and Carlos Drocchi (Fundación Shakespeare Argentina), Eve Salisbury (Western Michigan), Sam Yates (George Washington), Katherine Schaap Williams (NYU Abu Dhabi)

With an intermission show “Snape vs Branagh” by Michael Saenger

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How to cite this article:

Alexa Alice Joubin, "Global Chaucer and Shakespeare in a Digital World," Shakespeare on the Move, https://blogs.gwu.edu/ajoubin