There is a committee of readers comprised of
faculty persons from all the above listed schools that will be reading and
evaluating submissions over the next several weeks. Students whose entries are
accepted for presentation will be notified no later than sometime in
mid-February; if there’s a question or concern related to submissions, please
send inquiries to Jared Colley at jcolley@theoakridgeschool.org
or at r3.conference@gmail.com.
Dr. Kevin Curran, Professor of Renaissance Literature and Theater, from the University of North Texas will be Giving the Keynote Speech!
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| Dr. Kevin Curran Professor of Renaissance Literature & Theater University of North Texas |
The Oakridge School is also thrilled to announce that
Dr. Kevin Curran, Associate Professor of English at the University of North
Texas, will be delivering the keynote talk entitled “Richard III: The First
Modern Criminal.” Dr. Curran specializes in Renaissance literature and theater with
particular interests in Shakespeare, law, political theory, and the history of
selfhood. His first book, Marriage, Performance, and Politics at the
Jacobean Court (Ashgate, 2009), looks at how political, religious, and
sexual understandings of “union” came to bear on the formation of a uniquely
Jacobean political imagination. He is currently working on a new book called
"Legal Ecologies: Law and Selfhood in Shakespeare," and he recently
co-edited a special issue of the journal Criticism on “Shakespeare and
Phenomenology.” Curran has received grants and fellowships from the Folger
Shakespeare Library, the Huntington Library, the Bibliographical Society of
America, and the Harry Ransom Research Center, among others. He is the editor
of a new book series called “Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy,”
published by Edinburgh University Press. At UNT, he is co-convener of the
Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium. In 2012, Dr. Curran won the Kesterson
Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching and the Professor of the Year Award
from the Graduate Students of English Association.
Thank
you to Dr. Curran for agreeing to share his insights on Shakespeare’s famous
play; we can’t wait until March!Stay connected to this website for more announcements about speakers, workshops, scheduling updates, etc., for the 2014 Richard III Paper Colloquium to be Hosted at The Oakridge School on Friday, March 21st.
