Reimagining Shakespeare Education: Teaching and Learning Through Collaboration

Shakespeare education is being reimagined around the world. This book delves into the important role of collaborative projects in this extraordinary transformation. Over twenty innovative Shakespeare partnerships from the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Europe and South America are critically explored by their leaders and participants. –Structured into thematic sections covering engagement with schools, universities, the public, the digital and performance, the chapters offer vivid insights into what it means to teach, learn and experience Shakespeare in collaboration with others. Diversity, equality, identity, incarceration, disability, community and culture are key factors in these initiatives, which together reveal how complex and humane Shakespeare education can be. Whether you are interested in practice or theory, this collection showcases an abundance of rich, inspiring and informative perspectives on Shakespeare education in our contemporary world.

Liam E. Semler is Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Sydney, where he also leads the Better Strangers project. He is co-editor (with Gillian Woods) of the Cambridge Elements in Shakespeare and Pedagogy series. His recent books include The Early Modern Grotesque: English Sources and Documents (2019) and Coriolanus: A Critical Reader (2021).

Claire Hansen is Lecturer in English at the Australian National University. Her research interests include place-based approaches to Shakespeare, ecocriticism, the blue humanities and health humanities. She is the author of the Element Shakespeare and Place-Based Learning (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) and Shakespeare and Complexity Theory (2017).

Jacqueline Manuel is Professor of English Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. Her areas of research, scholarship and publication include student engagement with literature, creativity in English education, English curriculum history and Shakespeare education.