Shakespeare Colloquiums and Best Practices Workshops at Fairleigh Dickinson University
Each October, from 1992 to 2018, Harry Keyishian organized a day-long Saturday colloquium on Shakespeare, featuring speakers from the academic and theater world. Funding support came, at various times. from The NJ Committee on the Humanities, The Shakespeare Globe Centre USA, the Columbia University Seminar on Shakespeare, Becton College of FDU, and donations from supporters.
He also organized, in partnership with Dr. John Mucciolo, three spring workshops for NJ teachers. Participants in both earned Professional Development hours for their participation.
Project Director: “Shakespeare and his Sources.” June Schlueter (Lafayette College); Thomas Fulton (Rutgers University); Thomas Olson (SUNY New Paltz); Lauren Silberman (Baruch College CUNY). October 28, 2018.
Project Director: “Shakespeare’s Women.” Iska Alter (Hofstra University), Denise Walen (Vassar College), Phyllis Rackin (University of Pennsylvania), Ellen Barry (Actor). October 21, 2017).
Project Director: “Shakespeare’s ‘Other’ Worlds: Politics, Sound, Misogyny, and Pop Culture.” John Mahon (Iona College), Laury Magnus (US Merchant Marine Academy), Margaret Mikesell (John Jay College-CUNY), Louise Geddes (Hofstra University). October 14, 2016.
Project Director: “’Doing’ Shakespeare: The Plays in the Theater.” Donovan Sherman (Seton Hall University), Sidney R. Homan (University of Florida), Cary Mazer (University of Pennsylvania), Nancy Selleck (University of Massachusetts, Lowell). 2015.
Project Director: “Shakespeare Bad and Shakespeare Wrong: Rethinking the Shakespearean.” Zoltan Markus (Vassar College), Iska Alter (Hofstra College), Donovan Sherman (Seton Hall University), Emily Weissbourd (Bryn Mawr College). October 2014.
Project Director: “Julius Caesar.” Eric Johnson-DeBaufre (Harvard University), Naomi Conn Liebler (Montclair State University), Hugh Grady (Arcadia College), Iska Alter (Hofstra University). October 2013.
Project Director: “Shakespeare’s History Plays.” Jean E. Howard (Columbia University), Vimula C. Pasupathi (Hofstra University), Phyllis Rackin (University of Pennsylvania), Tjomas A. Pendleton (Iona College). October 2012.
Project Director: “Othello.” Allison Deutermann (Baruch College-CUNY), Ian Smith (Lafayette College); Eric Johnson-DeBaufre (Drew University), Jeffery Alan Triggs (Rutgers University). (October 2011).
Project Director: “Macbeth!” October 2010. Arthur Kinney (University of Massachusetts), Annalisa Castaldo (Widener University), Stephan Mentz (St, John’s University), Iska Alter (Hofstra University).
Project Director: “Shakespeare and Philosophy.” October 24, 2009. Hugh Grady (Arcadia College), Eric Johnson- Debaufre (Harvard University), Paul Kottman (The New School), Andrew Majeske (John Jay College). October 24, 2009.
Project Director: “Shakespeare and Language: The Art of Close Reading.” Speakers: Maurice Charney (Rutgers University), Frank Occhiogrosso (Drew University), John Mucciolo (Glen Ridge School District), Iska Alter (Hofstra University). October 18, 2008.
Project Director: “Shakespeare and History.” Speakers: Lawrence Danson (Princeton University); Thomas Cartelli (Muhlenberg College); Naomi Liebler (Montclair State University); Phyllis Rackin (University of Pennsylvania). October 20, 2007.
Project Director: “Shakespeare Inside and Outside: Love, Women’s Wealth, Cross-Dressing, and Portraiture.” October 28, 2006. Speakers: Corinne S. Abate (Morristown-Beard School); Elizabeth Mazzola (City College, CUNY); Celeste Woo (Empire State College); June Schlueter (Lafayette College).
Project Director: “Shakespeare and the Archives” [title?]. October 15, 2005. Chris Fitter (Rutgers University; James Bednarz (Long Island University), Margaret Mikesell (John Jay College, CUNY); June Schlueter (Lafayette College).
Project Director: “Shakespeare and Politics.” October 16, 2004. Speakers: Iska Alter (Hofstra University), Thomas Cartelli (Muhlenberg College), Thomas A. Pendleton (Iona College), and Ron Rosenberg (author).
Project Director: “Shakespeare and the Law.” Saturday, October 18, 2003. Speakers: Daniel Schiff and Catherine McCauliff (Seton Hall Law School); Tanya Pollard (Montclair State University).
Project Director: “Global Shakespeare.” Saturday, October 19, 2002. Speakers: director Dina Amin (University of Pennsylvania); Joel Berkowitz (SUNY-Albany); Ayako Kano (University of Pennsylvania); Rick Santos (Nassau Community College).
Project Director: “Shakespeare’s Globe: Then and Now. October 15, 1998. Speakers: Andrew Gurr, Paul Nelsen, James P. Lusardi, June Schlueter.
Project Director: "Lights, Camera, Shakespeare: The New Shakespeare Movies." October 15, 1997 at FDU. Speakers: H. R. Coursen (Bowdoin College); Patricia Lennox (City College-CUNY); James P. Lusardi and June Schlueter (Lafayette College)
Project Director: "King Lear: In Shakespeare’s Time and Ours." October 19, 1996 at FDU. Speakers: Jay L. Halio, Lynda E. Boose, James P. Lusardi, June Schlueter. Funded by NJ Council on the Humanities.
Project Director: "The Disputed Island: Shakespeare's The Tempest Today." October 14, 1995 at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Speakers: David Scott Kastan (Columbia University), Barbara Howard Traister (Lehigh University), James P. Lusardi and June Schlueter (Lafayette College). Funded by NJ Council for the Humanities. Total grant: $2,000.
1994: No Colloquium
Project Director: "The Endurance of Hamlet." November 6, 1993 at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Funded by NJ Council for the Humanities. Total grant: $2,000. Speakers: Maurice Charney, Bernice Kliman, James P. Lusardi, June Schlueter.
Project Director: "Shakespeare's Theatre: Then and Now." October 24, 1992 at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Conference on theatre history funded by NJ Committee on the Humanities and the Shakespeare Globe Centre (USA). Total grant: $3,500. Speakers: Jean Howard, Phyllis Rackin, June Schlueter, James Lusardi, Paul Nelsen.
Best Practices Seminars for NJ Teachers
Project Co-Director: Seminar on “Best Practices in Teaching Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.” Speakers: Margaret Schaefer, Frank Occhiogrosso. Co-organized with Dr. John Mucciolo. April 18, 2009.
Each October, from 1992 to 2018, Harry Keyishian organized a day-long Saturday colloquium on Shakespeare, featuring speakers from the academic and theater world. Funding support came, at various times. from The NJ Committee on the Humanities, The Shakespeare Globe Centre USA, the Columbia University Seminar on Shakespeare, Becton College of FDU, and donations from supporters.
He also organized, in partnership with Dr. John Mucciolo, three spring workshops for NJ teachers. Participants in both earned Professional Development hours for their participation.
Project Director: “Shakespeare and his Sources.” June Schlueter (Lafayette College); Thomas Fulton (Rutgers University); Thomas Olson (SUNY New Paltz); Lauren Silberman (Baruch College CUNY). October 28, 2018.
Project Director: “Shakespeare’s Women.” Iska Alter (Hofstra University), Denise Walen (Vassar College), Phyllis Rackin (University of Pennsylvania), Ellen Barry (Actor). October 21, 2017).
Project Director: “Shakespeare’s ‘Other’ Worlds: Politics, Sound, Misogyny, and Pop Culture.” John Mahon (Iona College), Laury Magnus (US Merchant Marine Academy), Margaret Mikesell (John Jay College-CUNY), Louise Geddes (Hofstra University). October 14, 2016.
Project Director: “’Doing’ Shakespeare: The Plays in the Theater.” Donovan Sherman (Seton Hall University), Sidney R. Homan (University of Florida), Cary Mazer (University of Pennsylvania), Nancy Selleck (University of Massachusetts, Lowell). 2015.
Project Director: “Shakespeare Bad and Shakespeare Wrong: Rethinking the Shakespearean.” Zoltan Markus (Vassar College), Iska Alter (Hofstra College), Donovan Sherman (Seton Hall University), Emily Weissbourd (Bryn Mawr College). October 2014.
Project Director: “Julius Caesar.” Eric Johnson-DeBaufre (Harvard University), Naomi Conn Liebler (Montclair State University), Hugh Grady (Arcadia College), Iska Alter (Hofstra University). October 2013.
Project Director: “Shakespeare’s History Plays.” Jean E. Howard (Columbia University), Vimula C. Pasupathi (Hofstra University), Phyllis Rackin (University of Pennsylvania), Tjomas A. Pendleton (Iona College). October 2012.
Project Director: “Othello.” Allison Deutermann (Baruch College-CUNY), Ian Smith (Lafayette College); Eric Johnson-DeBaufre (Drew University), Jeffery Alan Triggs (Rutgers University). (October 2011).
Project Director: “Macbeth!” October 2010. Arthur Kinney (University of Massachusetts), Annalisa Castaldo (Widener University), Stephan Mentz (St, John’s University), Iska Alter (Hofstra University).
Project Director: “Shakespeare and Philosophy.” October 24, 2009. Hugh Grady (Arcadia College), Eric Johnson- Debaufre (Harvard University), Paul Kottman (The New School), Andrew Majeske (John Jay College). October 24, 2009.
Project Director: “Shakespeare and Language: The Art of Close Reading.” Speakers: Maurice Charney (Rutgers University), Frank Occhiogrosso (Drew University), John Mucciolo (Glen Ridge School District), Iska Alter (Hofstra University). October 18, 2008.
Project Director: “Shakespeare and History.” Speakers: Lawrence Danson (Princeton University); Thomas Cartelli (Muhlenberg College); Naomi Liebler (Montclair State University); Phyllis Rackin (University of Pennsylvania). October 20, 2007.
Project Director: “Shakespeare Inside and Outside: Love, Women’s Wealth, Cross-Dressing, and Portraiture.” October 28, 2006. Speakers: Corinne S. Abate (Morristown-Beard School); Elizabeth Mazzola (City College, CUNY); Celeste Woo (Empire State College); June Schlueter (Lafayette College).
Project Director: “Shakespeare and the Archives” [title?]. October 15, 2005. Chris Fitter (Rutgers University; James Bednarz (Long Island University), Margaret Mikesell (John Jay College, CUNY); June Schlueter (Lafayette College).
Project Director: “Shakespeare and Politics.” October 16, 2004. Speakers: Iska Alter (Hofstra University), Thomas Cartelli (Muhlenberg College), Thomas A. Pendleton (Iona College), and Ron Rosenberg (author).
Project Director: “Shakespeare and the Law.” Saturday, October 18, 2003. Speakers: Daniel Schiff and Catherine McCauliff (Seton Hall Law School); Tanya Pollard (Montclair State University).
Project Director: “Global Shakespeare.” Saturday, October 19, 2002. Speakers: director Dina Amin (University of Pennsylvania); Joel Berkowitz (SUNY-Albany); Ayako Kano (University of Pennsylvania); Rick Santos (Nassau Community College).
Project Director: “Shakespeare’s Globe: Then and Now. October 15, 1998. Speakers: Andrew Gurr, Paul Nelsen, James P. Lusardi, June Schlueter.
Project Director: "Lights, Camera, Shakespeare: The New Shakespeare Movies." October 15, 1997 at FDU. Speakers: H. R. Coursen (Bowdoin College); Patricia Lennox (City College-CUNY); James P. Lusardi and June Schlueter (Lafayette College)
Project Director: "King Lear: In Shakespeare’s Time and Ours." October 19, 1996 at FDU. Speakers: Jay L. Halio, Lynda E. Boose, James P. Lusardi, June Schlueter. Funded by NJ Council on the Humanities.
Project Director: "The Disputed Island: Shakespeare's The Tempest Today." October 14, 1995 at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Speakers: David Scott Kastan (Columbia University), Barbara Howard Traister (Lehigh University), James P. Lusardi and June Schlueter (Lafayette College). Funded by NJ Council for the Humanities. Total grant: $2,000.
1994: No Colloquium
Project Director: "The Endurance of Hamlet." November 6, 1993 at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Funded by NJ Council for the Humanities. Total grant: $2,000. Speakers: Maurice Charney, Bernice Kliman, James P. Lusardi, June Schlueter.
Project Director: "Shakespeare's Theatre: Then and Now." October 24, 1992 at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Conference on theatre history funded by NJ Committee on the Humanities and the Shakespeare Globe Centre (USA). Total grant: $3,500. Speakers: Jean Howard, Phyllis Rackin, June Schlueter, James Lusardi, Paul Nelsen.
Best Practices Seminars for NJ Teachers
Project Co-Director: Seminar on “Best Practices in Teaching Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.” Speakers: Margaret Schaefer, Frank Occhiogrosso. Co-organized with Dr. John Mucciolo. April 18, 2009.