The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship’s 2022 Spring Symposium happened on April 9. Replay videos are available here!
Two major papers on the First Folio will highlight the seminar, presented by veteran researchers and scholars Katherine Chiljan and Roger Stritmatter.
Chiljan’s paper – opening the seminar – will introduce the First Folio and the many intriguing issues it raises for authorship doubters generally and Oxfordians in particular. Stritmatter’s paper will look specifically at “Poetic Form as Code” in the Folio.
Other speakers at this special online seminar will be SOF’s resident historian James Warren, filmmaker Cheryl Eagan-Donovan, scholar Michael Delahoyde and independent researcher Robert Prechter.
A special Authorship101 presentation will be given by Alex McNeil and Board member Ben August will offer a peek into the SOF’s new online pub, The Blue Boar Tavern.
The Symposium date of April 9 was chosen to coincide with Edward de Vere’s 472nd birthday on April 12, 2022.
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022
Session One – 12:00-2:30 pm Eastern (9:00 am-11:30 am Pacific)
Hosted by John Hamill from San Francisco, California. Session Two – 3:15-5:30 pm Eastern (12:15-2:30 pm Pacific)
Hosted by Prof. Don Rubin from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
PROGRAM
The full event program contains author bios and abstracts of all talks. Download here.
12:00 SOF President Bob Meyers: A Welcome.
12:05 Opening Session Conference Host John Hamill. Outline of the day.
12:10 Katherine Chiljan: “An Introduction to The First Folio”
12:55 Michael Delahoyde: “When Shall We Laugh in Oxford’s Merchant of Venice? Never.”
1:30 Cheryl Eagan-Donovan: “Recent Research Discoveries Made in London”
2:00 James Warren: “Building the Oxfordian Library”
2:30 – 3:15 Break
3:15 Second Session Host Don Rubin. Welcome back.
3:20 Alex McNeil: “Oxford 101” Special Session For Those New to the Movement
3:50 Robert Prechter: “Did Thomas Nashe Exist?”
4:20 Roger Stritmatter: “Poetic Form As Code in the First Folio”
4:50 Ben August: About “The Blue Boar Tavern”
5:10 Julie Bianchi: Announcing the 2022 Video Contest
5:15 Don Rubin: Concluding comments and announcements of future events
5:30 Conclusion of the Symposium
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