SHAKSPER Directory of Shakespearean Organizations, Institutes, Projects & Journals February 14, 1998, Revision This file aims at comprehensiveness rather than consistency. Entities are listed in alphabetical order, but the following index subdivides them by category. Regularly updated versions of this file are available as "DIRECTORY INSTITUT" on the SHAKSPER Fileserver at listserv@ws.bowiestate.edu. Please address any corrections, additions, or suggestions to Hardy Cook, the editor, at . Shakespearean Organizations: Columbia University Shakespeare Seminar Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft West Internet Shakespeare Editions International Shakespeare Association (ISA) Pennsylvania Renaissance Seminar Renaissance Texts Research Centre Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) Shakespeare Society of the Low Countries / Shakespeare- Genootschap van Nederland en Vlaanderen (SGNV) Shakespeare Centre (Stratford-Upon-Avon) Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham (Stratford-Upon-Avon) West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Shakespearean Institutes & Libraries: Folger Institute, Folger Shakespeare Library Huntington Library Newberry Library Pierpont Morgan Library Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham (Stratford-Upon-Avon) Shakespearean Projects: Oxford University Press Electronic Oxford Shakespeare Munster Shakespeare Wordform Database Shakespeare on Disk Toronto Renaissance Textbase Waterloo Centre for the New OED and Text Research CMC ReSearch Complete Works of William Shakespeare Shakespeare Reading Groups: The Cheltenham Shakespeare Scoiety The Washington Shakespeare Reading Group Shakespearean Journals: *Shakespeare Bulletin* *The Shakespeare Newsletter* *Shakespeare Quarterly* *Shakespeare Studies* *Shakespeare Survey* *The Upstart Crow* CMC ReSearch Inc. Complete Works of William Shakespeare Address: CMC ReSearch, Inc. 7150 SW Hampton, Suite C-120 Portland, OR 97223 Telephone: (503) 639-3395 Focus: Shakespeare. Product: CD-ROM of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in both the Queen's English and Modern English. Columbia University Shakespeare Seminar Address: Columbia University Telephone: (xxx) xxx-xxxx E-Mail: Affiliation: Chairs: Margaret Ranald (Queens College emerita) Irene Dash (Hunter College) David Kastan (Columbia U) Founded: 1982 Membership: 50 individuals (faculty, students, theatre practioners, fans, etc.) Members - faculty from Columbia Associate Members - by invitation, after regular attendance at seminars Vistors - welcome at every session Focus: Hours: First or Second Friday of the Month 5:30 - 7:30 (discussion and dinner) Activities: Publications: *Shakespeare Bulletin* and *Shakespeare Newsletter* Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft eingetragener Verein Address: Windischenstrasse 4-6 D-99423 Weimar, Germany Telephone: xx49 3643 90 4076 Internet: Affiliation: Library affiliated with the Shakespeare Bibliothek, Universitat Munchen, Schellingstr. 3, 8000 Munchen 40, West Germany. President: Professor Dieter Mehl Vice-president: Maik Hamburger Founded: 1864 (Re-established 1963) Membership: 1721 individuals, 151 organizations Focus: Shakespeare, Elizabethan Drama Hours: Consult with the Shakespeare Bibliothek Activities: Annual Conference (according to the *Directory of European Professional & Learned Societies, 1990*.) Publications: *Shakespeare-Jahrbuch* (annual, price varies) Folger Institute, Folger Shakespeare Library Address: 201 East Capitol Street S.E. Washington, DC 20003, USA Telephone: (202) 544-4600 Bitnet: Affiliation: 23 Cooperating Universities Director: Barbara A. Mowat Exec. Dir.: Lena Cowen Orlin Founded: 1932 Focus: Shakespeare, Renaissance, 18th Century Studies Purposes: A collaborative enterprise co-sponsored by 23 major universities, the Institute offers a complex interdisciplinary program of seminars, workshops, symposia, colloquia, and lectures. The library holds the largest collection of English Renaissance books outside the British Isles, as well as extensive collections in the English 17th and 18th centuries, in the Continental Renaissance, and in English and American theatre history from their beginnings to the 20th century. Hours: 08:45 - 16:45 Monday to Saturday Access with Postdoctoral References No annual closure Activities: Conferences, Seminars, Colloquia Fellowships: Yes, contact the institute. Publications: *Shakespeare Quarterly*, Conference Proceedings, Folger Documents of Tudor and Stuart Civilization, Folger Booklets on Tudor and Stuart Civilization, *Shakespeare: The Globe and the World* Travelling Exhibit & Published Catalogue (Oxford University Press). Details: Founded by Henry Clay Folger (1857-1930), President of Standard Oil. Endowment administered by trustees of Amherst College. Performances began in the 250-seat replica of a "typical" Renaissance theatre in the 1960s. Gift Shop offers specially-commissioned posters, musical recordings, printed clothing, and books. Directors: Joseph Quincy Adams (1934-1946), Louis B. Wright (1947-1967), O.B. Hardison, Jr. (1969-1983), Barbara Mowat (1983 - ). Henry E. Huntington Library Address: 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, CA 91108-1218 USA Telephone: (626) 405-2141 Internet: Affiliation: Director: Robert Allen Skotheim, President Robert C. Ritchie, Keck Foundation Director of Research Founded: 1922 by Henry Edwards Huntington Membership: 2000+ friends of the library, 200 library fellows Focus: Shakespeare, English and American History and Art. Purposes: Hours: 12:00-4:30 Tuesday-Friday 10:30-4:30 Saturday and Sunday Activities: Lectures, Conferences, Seminars, Colloquia, Concerts, Workshops Library: 5400 incunabula, papers of 455 British writers, Wallace Stevens and Conrad Aiken. Nearly complete holdings of all books printed during 16th and 17th Centuries. Fellowships: 30 or more research grants per annum. Publications: *Huntington Library Quarterly*, *Guide to American History Manuscripts in the Huntington Library* (1979), *Guide to Literary Manuscripts in the Huntington Library* (1979). Details: Administered by a self-perpetuating board of five trustees. Internet Shakespeare Editions Address: Department of English University of Victoria Victoria, B.C. Canada, V8W 3W1 Telephone: (250) 721-6210 Fax: (250) 598-7899 Internet: Email : Affiliation: University of Victoria Coordinating Editor: Michael Best Focus: Shakespeare's texts: transcriptions of original Folio and quartos texts; modern editions with full annotation; source materials; performance records, interactive discussions. Purposes: To make high quality scholarly texts of Shakespeare freely available in a format native to the medium of the Internet. International Shakespeare Association (ISA) Address: c/o The Shakespeare Centre Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6QW, England Telephone: (0789) 20-4016 E-Mail Affiliation: Independent Chair: Dr. Ann Jennalie Cook Vice-Chair: Dr. Levi Fox Founded: 1973 Membership: 500 individuals Focus: Shakespeare Purposes: Hours: Library: Books received are deposited with the Shakespeare Centre (q.v.) Activities: World Shakespeare Congress held every five years; occasional lectures at different academic meetings around the world. Fellowships: Publications: Occasional Papers; Proceedings of ISA World Shakespeare Congresses held in 1976, 1981, and 1986. Malone Society Contact: Dr John Jowett, The Shakespeare Institute, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6HP, UK. Telephone: 01789 293138 E-mail j.d.jowett@bham.ac.uk OR: Professor Thomas Berger, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617 USA. Telephone: (315) 379 5134 or 5125 E-mail tberg@music.stlawu.edu Product: The Society exists to make available the manuscript and printed materials essential for the study of English Renaissance drama. It publishes editions of sixteenth and seventeenth- century plays from manuscript, photographic facsimile editions of printed plays, and editions of original documents relating to the theatre and drama. Its publications are renowned for their meticulous scholarship and high standard of accuracy. Members of the Society pay an annual subscription and in return receive the annual volume. Publications of the Society currently in print are available to members at prices substantially below those at which they are offered to the general public. Activities: The Society arranges occasional conferences relating to its publications and its editorial objectives. Munster Shakespeare Wordform Database Address: Professor Dr. H.J. Neuhaus, Direktor Englisches Seminar Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Johannisstrabe 12-20 D-4400 Munster Germany Telephone: E-mail: Affiliation: Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Director: Professor Dr. H.J. Neuhaus Focus: Elizabethan England and English (Early Modern, Shakespearean, Elizabethan). Product: Database. A collection of wordforms -- grammatical units rather than lexical units (lemmas) -- permits distinctions among the uses of individual word types (e.g. Database distinguishes between such uses of "love" as common noun, verb, root of a contraction, and component of a hyphenated term.) Options: string search; concordance; dictionary; indexing; parsing; collating; "grammatical windowing". Spevack's *Concordance to Shakespeare* [1968-1980] and Leisi and Wolff's *Chronological English Dictionary* [1970] were used in the computer-assisted lemmatization procedure to produce the dictionary entries. Project uses a Pr1me 250-II computer and CODASYL-DBMS software. Components of the database are being ported from the mainframe to CD-ROM. Newberry Library Address: 60 West Walton Street Chicago, Illinois USA Telephone: Affiliation: Independent, Privately Endowed. Chair: Chalkley J. Hambleton (1979- ) Founded: 1892 by Walter Loomis Newberry Membership: Focus: History, Humanities; Western Civilization from late Middle Ages to the end of the Napoleonic Era in Europe, from the era of discovery to the era of revolution in Latin America, and to modern times in North America. Purposes: Hours: Activities: Renaissance Studies Center (since 1980). Library: 1.4 million volumes, 4,110 running feet of manuscripts, Pullman Railroad Archives, 13,000 pre-1900 maps. Collections in history of printing, cartography, music; the Italian Renaissance, colonial Brazil, Latin Americana. Fellowships: Yes. Publications: *Newberry Library Bulletin* (1944- ), *Newberry Newsletter* (1973- ). Details: 1889 purchase of Henry Probasco collection, 2500 volumes including incunabula and Shakespeare Folios. Oxford University Press Electronic Oxford Shakespeare Distributor: Oxford Electronic Publishing Oxford University Press 200 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Tel. (212) 679-7300 ext. 7370 OCP Info: Oxford Concordance Program Oxford University Computing Service 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN, United Kingdom tel. (0865) 273200 Internet: (questions about OCP mainframe only) Product: *William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Electronic Edition* for the IBM PC, ed. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Oxford University Press, 1989. Description: Textbank to facilitate the analysis of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Micro-OCP (text analysis package) produces word lists, indexes, and concordances. Held in a series of plain ASCII files on low density 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch disks formatted for use on the IBM PC; simple yet comprehensive coding scheme -- reserved characters that act as markers to signal start and end of references, characters to denote accents; fixed format and COCOA format are the two reference schemes; designed for use with the Oxford Concordance Program. IBM PC, XT, AT, or PS/2 micro- computers, or full compatibles. 512K RAM, hard disk (7 mgb min.), DOS of 3.0 or higher, and IBM-PC compatible printer (optional). Program (Micro-OCP) is distributed on two 5.25" or two 3.5" disks (including tutorial). Costs: Micro-OCP $350 (Educational Site License $1750). Complete Works $150 (Site License $450). (Shipping additional). Pennsylvania Renaissance Seminar Address: c/o Dr. Georgianna Ziegler Special Collections, Van Pelt Library University of Pennsylvania 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206, USA Telephone: (215) 898-7552 Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia President: Dr. Georgianna Ziegler Secretary: Prof. Ivy Corfis Founded: Membership: Focus: Interdisciplinary studies primarily in history, art history, classics, English, French, Italian. Purposes: Hours: 09:00 - 16:45 Monday to Friday, 10:00 - 16:45 the first Saturday of each month during term (call 215-898-7088 for further information) Annual Closure: National holidays. Activities: Sponsors speakers, primarily drawn from its own members, or visiting scholars (ca. 6 times p.a.). Lectures are usually in the late afternoon, followed by discussion and dinner. Library: Access to the Rare Book and Furness Shakespeare Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania. Specialization: Shakespeare, Renaissance English Drama, Aristotle, texts and commentaries; Elzevier imprints; Tasso; Ariosto; STC books; neo-Latin literature; 17th cent. Latin Americana; herbals; Golden Age Spanish drama. Fellowships: Publications: Pierpont Morgan Library Address: 36th Street New York, NY USA Telephone: Affiliation: Public Reference Library, NY City (1924- ) Director: Charles Ryskamp (1969- ) Chair: Founded: 1902 by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Membership: 600 Fellows Focus: Shakespeare Folios, Rare books of all kinds, manuscripts, William Morris' library, Library: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts; 2000 incunabula; tens of thousands of autographs, manuscripts, letters and documents (especially Sir Philip Sidney, Milton); Americana; early children's books. Hours: Activities: Graduate study courses, lectures, exhibitions Fellowships: Publications: Renaissance Texts Research Centre Address: English Department, University of Reading, P.O.Box 218, Reading, UK Telephone: Internet: www.reading.ac.uk/globe E-mail: c.miller-schutz@reading.ac.uk Affiliation: Coordinator: Andrew Gurr Focus: Purposes: Study of plays in original performance, especially at the new Globe; work on various projects, including New Variorum TEMPEST. Activities: Now linked with Globe Research, the group recording what is done in performance at the new Globe, and reported on its web page. Renaissance Textbase [Proposed] Address: Center for Computing in the Humanities University of Toronto Robarts Library, Room 14297 130 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1A5 Telephone: (416) 978-8656 E-Mail: Affiliation: University of Toronto Coordinator: Ian Lancashire Focus: English Literature 1450-1700, major poets (Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton) Purposes: Goals: new tools in scholarly editing developed with electronic texts, improved definition of the global literary vocabulary of the age of Shakespeare, and new mapping of allusions and references to printed and manuscript works; Components: unmodernized texts of all major works, commentaries, contemporary glosses of entire vocabulary from period lexicons and complete instances in textbase. TEI markup standards, planned distribution on CD-ROM. Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) Address: c/o Prof. Nancy Elizabeth Hodge Department of English Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas 75275 USA Telephone: Bitnet: Prof. Phillis Rackin Affiliation: Independent Exec. Dir.: Prof. Nancy Elizabeth Hodge Founded: 1973 Membership: 850 Individuals Focus: Drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in England; Shakespeare's verse. Purposes: Activities: SAA Annual Meeting (See VANCOUVR CONFERNC on the SHAKSPER Fileserver for information about the 1991 SAA Conference). Fellowships: Publications: *Bulletin of the Shakespeare Association of America* (1978 - ) (Twice p.a.) Shakespeare Society of the Low Countries / Shakespeare- Genootschap van Nederland en Vlaanderen (SGNV) Address: c/o Dr. A. J. Hoenselaars Department of English, Utrecht University, Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands Telephone: 030-2537845 E-Mail: ton.hoenselaars@let.ruu.nl Affiliation: International Shakespeare Association (ISA) Founded: 1992 Membership: 100 individuals and institutions Focus: Plays and poems of Shakespeare (English, theatre, translation, adaptation) Purposes: Coordinating interest in Shakespeare in The Netherlands and in Dutch-speaking Belgium (Flanders). Interface between the Low Countries and Shakespeare societies or libraries abroad. Activities: Annual General Meeting. Conferences. Pre- and post-performance discussions. Lectures. Guest lectures. Publications: *Folio* (Bulletin of the Shakespeare Society of the Low Countries), twice per annum since 1994. *Reclamations of Shakespeare* (Editions Rodopi: Amsterdam and Atlanta, Ga., 1994). Shakespeare Centre Address: Henley Street Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6QW, England Telephone: (0789) 20-4016 E-Mail: Affiliation: Independent Director: Dr Levi Fox, O.B.E. Sr.Librarian: Mrs Marian J. Pringle Sr.Archivist: Dr. Robert Bearman Founded: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust founded 1847 Membership: Use of the Shakespeare Centre Library facilities is free to any `bona fide' student or scholar. Focus: Shakespeare, the Elizabethan world, theatre, local studies. Purposes: The Centre provides accommodation and facilities for the Trust's educational activities, together with a visitors' centre for Shakespeare's Birthplace. The tasks of the Trust are to preserve and maintain the Shakespearean properties and to be responsible for assisting the general advancement of Shakespearean knowledge. Hours: 10:00 - 17:00 weekdays, 09:30 - 13:20 Saturdays, Annual Closure: Bank holidays and Saturdays preceding Bank holidays. Activities: Colloquia, seminars, exhibitions, conferences. Shakespeare Centre is the administrative office for the International Shakespeare Association (q.v.). Courses: A variety of courses for senior school students, interested individuals, degree students, etc., arranged on request or as part of the regular programme of the Centre's work. Library: ca. 40,000 vols (10,000 mss; 500 rare books; 100 modern imprints; 500 microforms; 20,000 photographs; 50 journals); a Records Office, with its own reading room, is attached to the library Specialization: Shakespeare, theatre, Warwickshire history and topography. Includes the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Library collections. Fellowships: The Jubilee Educational Fund can assist scholars with small financial assistance; details available on written request to the Director. Publications: Guidebooks to Shakespeare properties; Levi Fox, *In Honour of Shakespeare* (Norwich, 1983). Shakespeare Institute Address: Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6HP, England Telephone: 01789 293138 Fax: 01789 414992 E-mail enquiries: Mahonmh@M4-arts.bham.ac.uk Affiliation: University of Birmingham Director: Professor Peter Holland Deputy Diector: Dr. Russell Jackson Librarian: James Shaw Founded: 1951 Membership: Institute staff and registered students. Focus: The study of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, with special emphasis on the plays in performance, textual study, and critical history. Purposes: To further postgraduate research in Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Hours: 09:00 - 17:00 weekdays; access by application to the Director. Annual Closure: Bank holidays and university closures. Activities: The Shakespeare Institute is a centre for research and postgraduate teaching in Shakespeare attached to the Department of English, University of Birmingham. Research students work towards PhD and other degrees assessed by thesis. The Institute also offers full-time one-year courses for the degree of MA and for the Postgraduate Diploma in Shakespeare Studies. The Biennial International Shakespeare Conference (attendance by invitation) is held at the Institute, as is the annual Royal Shakespeare Company Summer School. Library: 120,000 vols (2500 rare books; 54,000 modern imprints 60,000 vol. equivalents in microfilm and microform; 70 journals). Specialization: All aspects of Shakespeare studies and English dramatic literature, 1475-1700. Special collections include Renaissance Theatre Company promptbooks. Visiting Fellowships: Non-stipendiary Visiting Fellowships are available for distinguished scholars and critics. The Institute also welcomes applications for the status of Visiting Scholar. Publications: "Report of the International Shakespeare Conference" (proceedings); *Shakespeare Survey* (annual), edited by the former Director, Professor Stanley Wells. Shakespeare On Disk (Clinton Corners, NY) Update newsletter: Shakespeare on Disk Hollow Road, P.O. Box 299 Clinton Corners, NY 12514 Ordering: Shakespeare on Disk Dept 29B, Hollow Road Clinton Corners, NY 12514 tel. (914) 266-5705 Focus: Elizabethan and Jacobean England; Shakespeare; Milton; Drama. Products: Textbank for literary analysis; Unformatted, untagged ASCII text. ASCII text on 5.25" or 3.5" diskettes for IBM PC. Texts from "specially revised version" of The Shakespeare Head Press Edition; plays include tragedies (A&C, H, JC, KL, M, O, R&J), comedies (AYLI, CE, MV, MND, MAAN, TS, T, TN), and histories (R2, 1H4, 2H4, H5, R3). Shakespeare Complete Plays $350. Twenty Favorite Plays (A&C, H, JC, KL, M, O, R&J, AYLI, CE, MV, MND, MAAN, TS, T, TN, 1H4, 2H4, H5, R2, R3) $175. Seven Great Tragedies (A&C, H, JC, KL, M, O, R&J) $75. Study questions (new feature) available (A&C, H, 1H4, KL, M, O, T) $ 49/play. Complete poetic works of John Milton from the 1645, 1671, and 1674 editions, including Paradis