Past Institutes

Teaching Shakespeare

On February 26, 2016, Humanities Texas held a one-day workshop in Fort Worth on teaching the plays of William Shakespeare.

Curriculum

Faculty lectures addressed the historical and cultural contexts of Shakespeare's works, approaches to teaching Romeo and Juliet and pivotal soliloquies from Hamlet and Macbeth, and teaching Shakespeare using performance-based strategies.

Fifty-one teachers attended the workshop. Teachers received books and other instructional materials and were trained in the examination and interpretation of primary sources.

Faculty

Workshop faculty included J. Dennis Huston (Rice University) and Paul Sullivan, Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, and John Rumrich, all of The University of Texas at Austin.

Location and Schedule

The program was held at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The workshop overview details the schedule and participants.

Sponsor

The workshop was made possible with major funding from the state of Texas, with ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.