Call for Applications: Editorship of The Oxfordian
December 16, 2025
The SOF is currently seeking an Editor for its annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal The Oxfordian. If you would like to apply or if you would
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Blue Boar Tavern Tonight: Ask the Cast Anything!
December 9, 2025
“[L]et them play it. Is not a comonty a Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick?” (“comedy” and “gambol” mispronounced by Christopher Sly the Tinker) — The
Blue Boar Tavern Dec. 9: Mark Your Calendars!
December 2, 2025
Ask the Cast Anything! “[L]et them play it. Is not a comonty a Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick?” (“comedy” and “gambol” mispronounced by Christopher Sly
Fall Newsletter Published: Get It While It’s Hot!
November 29, 2025
The Fall 2025 issue of the Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter has been published. SOF members have received the printed edition if they chose that option. All
Don’t Miss Latest Videos! New Haven Update
November 28, 2025
Don’t miss our latest videos during the holiday weekend! The SOF has started releasing on YouTube a selection of talks presented at the 2025 Annual
Eagan-Donovan Film Nears Finish Line
November 27, 2025
Post-Production Kickstarter Appeal Underway Cheryl Eagan-Donovan, 2019 Oxfordian of the Year and director of the acclaimed 2018 documentary Nothing Is Truer Than Truth (available on
New Haven Conference Talks on YouTube
November 26, 2025
The SOF has started releasing on its YouTube channel a selection of talks presented at the 2025 Annual Conference. The first batch includes the keynote
Earl Showerman: Oxfordian of the Year
November 5, 2025
Earl Showerman, M.D., longtime scholar, teacher, and leader in the Shakespeare authorship field (and SOF President, 2022–24), was honored on September 20, 2025, as Oxfordian
Blue Boar Tavern Tonight: What Do We Really Know?
November 4, 2025
“Then take him up and manage well the jest. Carry him gently to my fairest chamber And hang it round with all my wanton pictures.
Blue Boar Tavern Nov. 4: Mark Your Calendars!
October 28, 2025
“Then take him up and manage well the jest. Carry him gently to my fairest chamber And hang it round with all my wanton pictures.
Renaissance Quarterly Reviews Sky Gilbert Book
October 7, 2025
Professor Sky Gilbert’s recent book, Shakespeare Lied, was published by Guernica Editions in September 2024 (available from the publisher and on Amazon). A review by
“Bringing Down the Courses”: Fennel, Angelica and Abortifacients in Early Modern England
October 3, 2025
by Dorothea Dickerman “Madam, I sent yesterday of my water to my Lord for my Lady Oxford. Methinks there is some doubt made of it
The New Haven Annual Conference
September 29, 2025
The 13th Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Annual Conference was held in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 18–21, 2025. The theme was “Women and the Authorship Question.”
Shakespeare Illuminated Returns
September 9, 2025
Shakespeare Illuminated episodes Zoomed live last year will be posted henceforth on Professor Michael Delahoyde’s new YouTube channel. The second episode of that series, Julius
SOF Launches Official Online Merch Shop!
September 2, 2025
Want to show off your Oxfordian pride? Phoebe Nir and Lyle Colombo have created a line of SOF logo merch featuring a wide variety of
A Reasonable Doubt presentation
August 29, 2025
On Wednesday September 3 at 5:00pm PT/8:00 ET, SOF Trustee Tom Woosnam will be presenting an argument for Reasonable Doubt on the Morristown, Summit and
