Bring the Wassail Blue Boar Tavern
December 10, 2024
“The boar’s head in hand bear I, Bedeck’d with bays and rosemary. And I pray you, my masters, merry be Quot estis in convivio. The
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Does this ring true?
December 6, 2024
Those of us those of us doing our Christmas shopping a few years ago may have missed an advertisement from the antique jewelery house Berganza
An update
December 3, 2024
The popular Shakespeare Illuminated series has been temporarily postponed and will resume as soon as technical issues are resolved.
Worldwide Giving Tuesday
November 29, 2024
December 3 is Worldwide Giving Tuesday, a day to support your favorite charities. Please consider a donation to the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship which is working to
First 2024 Conference Videos Available!
November 26, 2024
The 2024 conference in Denver was a great success, with more than 150 people attending in person and watching via livestream. We will be releasing
Grant proposal reminder
November 22, 2024
Grants Program The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship (SOF) is accepting applications for research grants to be awarded in 2025. The purpose is to foster new and
Legal scholar sought for the Editorial Board of The Oxfordian
November 19, 2024
Our Editorial Board is seeking a legal historian with general knowledge of Elizabethan and Jacobean law. If you, or anyone you know, is qualified and
The Earthquake
November 15, 2024
The excerpt on the right from the February 1941 News-Letter (sic) of the The Shakespeare Fellowship, American Branch, is a reminder of the how perilous
The BBC Talk
November 5, 2024
William Kent (1884-1963) was an historian of London who wrote, amongst other books, London Worthies, 1939. He was also a prolific contributor to the Shakespeare
Kepler’s Supernova SN 1604
November 1, 2024
SOF member Jens Münnichow sent this note from his home in the Mannheim region of Germany too late for us to get the timing exactly
News & events in the world of Oxfordian studies
October 29, 2024
In this article: Grants Program Announcement Shakespeare Illuminated – Macbeth on Nov 10 Blue Boar Tavern – Time Travel to 16th C. London on Nov
“I’m feeling better now, Dave.”
October 25, 2024
AI Chatbots and the SAQ, an update. By Tom Woosnam Readers familiar with the brilliant Stanley Kubrick movie 2001 will recognize the title of this
De Vere’s juvenalia, propaganda work and evidence of an affair
October 22, 2024
Phoebe Nir recently posted a 3-part interview series with Bob Prechter on Phoebe_Devere YouTube Part 1 covers De Vere’s juvenalia: https://youtu.be/4yOXFTo-ugI Part 2 covers De Vere’s propaganda
Oxfordian Composition: Daniel Steven Crafts and Jonathan David Dixon
October 18, 2024
Join Bob Meyers in this latest edition of the SOF Interviews for a fascinating chat with composer and teacher Daniel Steven Crafts and actor, lyricist,
Next Blue Boar Tavern – October 17th
October 15, 2024
An Evening with Earl Showerman Did Shakespeare write another Scottish revenge tragedy of royal succession that has been hiding in plain sight for 400 years?
Shakespeare’s Chaucer Illuminated on Sunday Oct. 13!
October 8, 2024
Join us LIVE on Sunday, Oct 13 at 4pm E | 1pm P for a special edition of Shakespeare Illuminated on a topic viewers have been requesting: Professor
