SoS #8 | Hirohisa Igarashi: Shakespeare's First Folio

08/07/21 • 95 min

Thomas Dabbs speaks with Professor Hirohisa Igarashi of Toyo University about the First Folio of Shakespeare and about teaching and performing Shakespeare in Japan.

Thomas Dabbs speaks with Professor Hirohisa Igarashi of Toyo University about the First Folio of Shakespeare and about teaching and performing Shakespeare in Japan.

Previous Episode

SoS #7 | Pip Willcox: National Archives, U.K.

SEGMENTS listed below. Thomas Dabbs speaks with Pip Willcox, Head of Research, The National Archives, U.K., about online collections, public engagement, and special holdings of the National Archives, specifically Shakespearean holdings.
SEGMEMTS:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:21 - Greetings, Digital Oxford
0:05:55 - The human element
0:07:00 - Pandemic remote work environment
0:13:05 - Pip's role at the National Archives
0:14:11 - Public engagement
0:15:08 - National Archives: Overview
0:30:45 - NA, Shakespeare holdings
0:38:40 - Chancery Court Records
0:47:45 - Maps and the Doomsday Book
0:52:43 - Shakespeare's Will
0:54:26 - Pip's background
0:59:28 - Early English Books Online
1:07:24 - Oxford English Dictionary
1:12:31 - Turning to study Humanities
1:19:22 - Pip's career, digital initiatives, TEI
1:30:15 - Closing remarks
RELATED TAGS:
#nationalarchivesuk
#bodleian
#Shakespeare
#folgershakespeare
#DigitalHumanities
#literature
#englisheducation
#shakespeareperformance
#shakespeareadaptation

Next Episode

SoS #9 | Kyoko Matsuyama: Shakespeare, Manga, and Anime

Available as a podcast from your favorite service at: https://speakingofshakespeare.buzzsprout.com
(See SEGMENTS below): Thomas Dabbs speaks with Professor Kyoko Matsuyama about Shakespeare. Professor Matsuyama examines many elements of Shakespeare, including Shakespearean influences in novels, mange, and anime.
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:16 End of 1st year of pandemic teaching
0:04:55 The wonders of the Odakyu line
0:06:15 Travel limitations, Tokyo
0:07:40 Gothic Literature conference / Titus Andronicus in anime
0:09:55 Educational challenges during a pandemic
0:18:42 Kyoko's research on teaching Shakespeare in Japan / 12th Night
0:23:08 Teaching unfamiliar material with familiar resources,
0:23:45 Manga and YA novels / vampires
0:28:25 Kyoko's international education / cultural adaptation, re-adaptation
0:39:35 Issues with assimilation and re-assimilation / studies in literature
0:47:33 Teachers who inspired / turning to humanities as a career
0:48:43 Research in theatre history / Midsummer / Edmund Kean / Kemble
0:54:10 Shakespeare in Manga and Anime / Gaming
1:09:10 Future research: Funeral of the Rose King anime and Shakespeare
1:11:00 PsychoPass / violence
1:13:10 Comments on violence in popular culture and in Shakespeare
1:20:00 Closing remarks
TOPICS:
#Shakespeare
#manga
#anime
#aoyamagakuin
#literature
#esl
#educationjapan
#englisheducation
#shakespeareperformance
#shakespeareadaptation