September 26-29 | Denver, CO
The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship will hold its 2024 Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, at the Hyatt Centric Hotel located at 1776 Champa St. in downtown Denver.
SOF has secured rooms for $239 per night plus tax for single and double occupancy. The special hotel rates are offered for up to two days before and/or after the conference. See full details on lodging.
The event meeting room we will be using for the conference presentations is smaller than ones we’ve used previously, so seating is limited and we will have to turn people away once we hit full capacity so don’t delay – register and book your lodging today.
The conference will be livestreamed. Livestream registration will be available soon.
See the full schedule below (subject to change).
REGISTER
REGISTER EARLY – SPACE IS LIMITED
Full conference registration includes attendance at all presentations.
SOF members – $250 if registering by August 26 (price goes up to $275 after that date)
Non-members – $275 if registering by August 26 (price goes up to $300 after that date)
We will not be offering daily rates until after August 26.
Cancellation policy: We have committed to paying the hotel a minimum fee for booked rooms, food and catering and we will be assessed a penalty if we don’t meet that minimum. In order to best anticipate avoiding a penalty we will issue a full refund up to and including Aug 26. After Aug 26 we will issue a refund of whatever a registrant paid minus $99. That $99 will be applied to the Livestream so you will still be able to enjoy the event.
LIVESTREAM
Attend virtually! Watch the conference live on your computer or phone. Join us virtually from the comfort of your home (or wherever!).
The livestream registration fee is just $99 for the entire four-day event. Everyone purchasing the Livestream (as well as anyone attending in person) will be able to watch the presentations not only as they happen but for a period of 30 days afterward. So if you miss a paper or want to hear it again, you can just go back in!
SCHEDULE
(Subject to change)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
1:00 Welcome: Conference Chair Tom Woosnam and President Earl Showerman
1:15 Tom Townsend – An Authorship 101 Presentation: “Finding Shakespeare from an Historical Perspective”
2:00 Shelly Maycock – “The 1604 Question” and more
2:30 Ron Roffel – “How the Physical Construction of the First Folio Provides Clues to the Identity of the Real Author of the Plays” (Video)
3:00 Refreshment Break
3:20 Lisa Quattrocki Knight – “A Theory of Mind Approach To Understanding The Sonnets”
4:05 David W. Richardson – “The Literary Battle In the First Published Works of Shakespeare”
4:50-5:30 Matt Hutchinson – “Penelope Rich as the Central Muse of the Elizabethan Sonnet Sequence” (Video)
6-7:30 Welcome Reception
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
9:45 Christopher Carolan – “A Comparable Pair” (Video)
10:30 Bonner Cutting – “Hiding in Plain Sight: Ben Jonson and the Editors of Shakespeare’s First Folio”
11:15 Roger Stritmatter “Introducing the new Brief Chronicles Ben JonsonVolume”
11:35 Refreshment Break
11:55 Daniel Cowan – “Edward de Vere and the Renaissance Art of Memory”
12:40 Lunch (on own)
2:40 Oxfordian Jeopardy! Host: Alex McNeil
3:10 Michael Dudley – “Something ‘Wicked’ This Way Comes: Towards a Meta-understanding of the Shakespeare Authorship Debate” (Video)
3:55 Jonathan S. Jackson — “The Moral and Spiritual Vision of Edward de Vere”
4:40-5:25 Sky Gilbert – “Shakespeare Lied”
7:30 Hamlet at the Denver Performing Arts Center (tickets extra)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
8:30 Annual Meeting of SOF (members only)
9:45 Refreshment Break
10:05 Dorothea Dickerman – “Upholding and Raising the Ancient and Most Honorable House: Elizabeth Trentham and What She Tells Us About Shakespeare”
10:50 Earl Showerman – “From Horestes to Hamlet: Topical Allegories Relevant to the Abdication and Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots”
11:35 “The Denver Hamlet:” A panel discussion with Chris Coleman (director), Leann Torske (dramaturg) and a cast member (TBA). Chair: Don Rubin
12:35 Lunch (on own) Lunch meeting of new SOF Board (location TBA)
2:30 William S. Niederkorn – “Discoveries in A Secular Tour of The Tempest”
3:15 Rima Greenhill – “Oxford: His Russia”
4:00-4:45 Katherine Chiljan – Oxford’s Religious Portraits
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
9:00 Ralph McDonald – “Bacon’s Cabala Messages (Read From an Oxford Authorship View)”
9:30 Robert Prechter — “What Pieces, If Any, Did the Earl of Oxford Contribute to the Christopher Marlowe Canon?”
10:05 Cheryl Eagan-Donovan – “Katharine Eggar: A Forgotten Heroine”
10:45 Coffee break
11:05 Michael Delahoyde – “Nothing”
11:50-12:35 Roger Stritmatter – “Theatres and Theatricality in the Audley End Annotations”
12:45-2:15 Awards Banquet
End of Conference
Please note, all times mentioned are tentative. A final conference program will be announced closer to the date.
LODGING
The conference will take place at the Hyatt Centric Hotel located at 1776 Champa St. in downtown Denver.
SOF has secured rooms for $239 per night plus tax for single and double occupancy. The special hotel rates are offered for up to two days before and/or after the conference
Click on this link to make reservations: SOF Annual Conference (hyatt.com)
SUPPORT
We are grateful for the sustained and faithful generosity of our members and donors. Please continue to support the work of the SOF! Donations are always welcome.
