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? For our next installment in the NRN Blog Series, we’re delighted to feature committee member Ella Hawkins! Ella is a first-year PhD student at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon. Her research focuses on the representation of Elizabethan England in 21st century stage design for Shakespeare, and is funded by…
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Reflections at 40,000 Feet
The last few weeks have been totally bonkers. Since I last posted, I’ve completed on a house purchase, moved in, and got stuck into redecorating. I’ve been to a wedding in Mississippi and sampled some of the many delights that New Orleans has to offer (beignets, anyone? <3). Throughout all of this I was…
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My name is Ella Hawkins, and I’m currently completing an MA in Shakespeare and Theatre at the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute. During the course of my studies, I’ve been fortunate enough to be involved with one of the most important events in the Shakespeare and Renaissance scholarship calendar: I was…
‘The Winter’s Tale’ Ballet @ the Royal Opera House
It’s been a pretty crazy few weeks. Since I last posted here, I’ve met my Midlands3Cities PhD cohort at a two-day welcome event in Nottingham, crammed my face with cream teas in the coffee shops of Cornwall, and chaired an international conference at the Shakespeare Institute. There’s been so much to blog about, but no…
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Things I Learned While Writing My Latest Papers
My Masters year at the Shakespeare Institute is proving to be something of a learning experience. Not only have I found myself immersed in the relatively unfamiliar world of English literature, I’ve also had to figure out how to deal with multiple-essay deadlines. This time last year I thought having two essays due within the same week was…
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Shakespeare’s Birthday, Stratford-Style
Saturday 23 April was a pretty important date in the Shakespearean calendar. Not only was it Shakespeare’s birthday AND deathday, but it was the 400th anniversary of the latter occasion. So, naturally, Shakespeareans from around the world travelled to Stratford-upon-Avon and took to the streets to celebrate with the help of various famous people and…
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Ella’s Top Places to Get Stuff Done
Until a few years ago, the Easter holidays meant a break from whichever academic institution I was in at the time (school/college). The prospect of a few weeks without classes was an exciting one, and I always looked forward to it: I could spend time with my friends, sleep in late, and – very importantly…
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Post-Essay Chilling
It’s been a good couple of weeks. Last time I posted here I was shamelessly procrastinating from essay-writing, and I’m very pleased to say that all three of my Christmas essays have now been submitted. It was definitely a tad stressful getting them finished, but I’ve since been enjoying a bit of normality. I had…
Read MoreFirst Post! Finally…
So I’m slightly ashamed that it’s taken me this long to write my first post. I signed up to WordPress way back in September, had fun picking out a pretty theme, and then couldn’t decide how to introduce myself. It’s now nearing the end of January, and I’m still not sure how to start. Right…
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