Hamlet and Method
On April 25, I gave a plenary lecture entitled "Hamlet and Method: Knowledge Before Critical Thinking" at the annual meeting of Deutsch Shakespeare Gesellschaft in Bochum, Germany. Below is an abstract. ABSTRACT: From the sixteenth century onwards, the notion of “truth” developed hand in hand with the notion of “method.” Indeed, we could think of the latter as comprising teachable procedures for establishing and purveying the former. One of the less commonly noted links betwe
New Article Published: "Performance Pedagogy: Theatrical Judgment and Global Citizenship"
Read here . ABSTRACT: This essay makes a case for the crucial role of performance in higher education as a way to help students become...
Renaissance Discernment: Cultures, Contexts, Practices
On 6 June 2025, my team and I brought our 4-year FNS-funded research project, "Theater and Judgment in Early Modern England," to a close...
New Book Out Now! "Shakespeare's Theater of Judgment: Six Keywords"
Out now in hardcover, paperback, and Open Access, my new book Shakespeare's Theater of Judgment , argues for the social and ethical...
Shakespeare and Performance: Thinking, Teaching, and the Public Life of the Arts
Thirty-eight secondary school teachers attended this invigorating one-day continuing education program I put together. Participants were...
Theater, Judgment, Form: Three Case Studies
Come check out our panel on Saturday 23 March at the 2024 Renaissance Society of America conference in Chicago, USA! Session Title:...
