The New Haven Annual Conference
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.” Attending live were 83 people, including two Yale University students, with another 49 enjoying the lectures and presentations online. The SOF honored Earl Showerman as Oxfordian of the Year and Richard Joyrich with the Tom Regnier Veritas Award.
Update: For a full update on conference news, as of November 6, 2025, with the full conference schedule and brochure, click here.
The dates for next year’s conference were also announced. It will be held in Seattle, Washington, on September 24–27, 2026.
Special events included a guided tour of the special collections at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Yale Center for British Art.
A detailed summary of the conference will be published in the Fall 2025 issue of the Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter.
[originally published Sept. 29, 2025; updated November 8, 2025]
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