Transforming Shakespeare’s Tragedies:
Adaptation, Education, and Diversity
An NEH Summer Institute for Secondary English Teachers
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Depending on public health guidelines related to Covid-19, plans for a residential offering are subject to change.
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DATES: Remote--June 11, 25, and August 20; Residential--July 10-27
FORMAT: Hybrid (2.5 weeks residential; 3 remote meetings)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1st, 2022
PARTICIPANT NOTIFICATION: March 25th, 2022
PARTICIPANT ACCEPTANCE DEADLINE: April 8th, 2022
STIPEND: $2,850
Weber State University invites educators to apply to participate in an NEH Institute on teaching Shakespeare alongside the numerous, diverse, and delightful young adult adaptations of Shakespeare. The institute will take place in beautiful Ogden Utah, where an accomplished faculty of scholars and educators will guide the participants through adaptations of Othello and Hamlet, including but not limited to: multiple films and filmed stage productions, Ophelia by Lisa Klein, Hamlet the Dame (webseries), The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters, Elsinore (video game), To Be or Not to Be by Ryan North, Bloodline by Joe Jiménez, Manga Othello, Desdemona by Toni Morrison and Rokia Traoré, American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb, Chasing the Stars by Malorie Blackman, Speak of me as I am by Sonia Belasco, Othello-San by Theodore A. Adams, and of course, Hamlet and Othello by William Shakespeare. The Institute will also feature a trip to the Utah Shakespeare Festival to see a production of King Lear and participate in a teacher workshop.
Graduate Credits Available: Once accepted to the Institute, participants may elect to receive graduate credits for their participation (to cover professional certification renewal or for any other use). Weber State is able to offer 5 graduate credits in either English or Education for participation in this Institute, for a nominal fee of just $40.
FORMAT: Hybrid (2.5 weeks residential; 3 remote meetings)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1st, 2022
PARTICIPANT NOTIFICATION: March 25th, 2022
PARTICIPANT ACCEPTANCE DEADLINE: April 8th, 2022
STIPEND: $2,850
Weber State University invites educators to apply to participate in an NEH Institute on teaching Shakespeare alongside the numerous, diverse, and delightful young adult adaptations of Shakespeare. The institute will take place in beautiful Ogden Utah, where an accomplished faculty of scholars and educators will guide the participants through adaptations of Othello and Hamlet, including but not limited to: multiple films and filmed stage productions, Ophelia by Lisa Klein, Hamlet the Dame (webseries), The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters, Elsinore (video game), To Be or Not to Be by Ryan North, Bloodline by Joe Jiménez, Manga Othello, Desdemona by Toni Morrison and Rokia Traoré, American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb, Chasing the Stars by Malorie Blackman, Speak of me as I am by Sonia Belasco, Othello-San by Theodore A. Adams, and of course, Hamlet and Othello by William Shakespeare. The Institute will also feature a trip to the Utah Shakespeare Festival to see a production of King Lear and participate in a teacher workshop.
Graduate Credits Available: Once accepted to the Institute, participants may elect to receive graduate credits for their participation (to cover professional certification renewal or for any other use). Weber State is able to offer 5 graduate credits in either English or Education for participation in this Institute, for a nominal fee of just $40.
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