**Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’ve had to shift the previously live event online (which necessitated some programme changes, too). The event is free but registration is required, link below.**
This symposium explores the works of William Shakespeare through the thought of the Frankfurt School and associated thinkers.
SHAKESPEARE IN PHILOSOPHY AT GARRICK’S TEMPLE
SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2022
THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND SHAKESPEARE
10.00: Chair: Jennifer Rust (Saint Louis University)
Paul Kottman (New School New York): ‘Shakespeare and the Culture Industry’
11.00: Coffee break
11.30 Chair: Richard Ashby (King’s College University of London)
Julia Ng (Goldsmith’s University of London): ‘Hamlet in the Parlamonium’
Howard Caygill (Kingston University): ‘Benjamin and the Sonnets’
13.00 Lunch
14.30: Chair: David Schalkwyk (Queen Mary University of London)
Björn Quiring (Trinity College Dublin):
‘Shylock or Timon? The Immanent Critique of Karl Kraus and Shakespeare’s Theatre of Judgement’
Avraham Oz (University of Haifa and Alfa Theatre, Tel Aviv):
‘Shakespeare and the Public Sphere: Street Theatre and Pseudo Democracy’
16.00: Tea break
16.30: Chair: Stuart Elden (University of Warwick)
John Joughin:
‘Shakespeare’s Stranger-Subject: Bloch, Job, Lear and life without a why’
17.30:Round Table Discussion
Chair: Jennifer Rust (Saint Louis University)