Dr. Ema Vyroubalova - Attended Shakespeare: The next 400 years conference

On April 22-24 Dr. Ema Vyroubalova with her PhD students Shauna O'Brien and Kaitlyn Culliton attended  Shakespeare: The Next 400 Years conference at Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, Denmark (the home of the historical Prince Hamlet). The conference focused on the future of  the intellectual and artistic endeavours inspired by Shakespeare's work from academic study and pedagogy through theatre and film to visual and graphic arts.  Dr. Vyroubalova was one of the conference co-organizers and convened a panel on Shakespeare and Language. Shauna O'Brien presented a paper on Afghan productions of Shakespeare and Kaitlyn Culliton spoke about the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Ema, Kaitlyn, and Shauna with Professor Alexa Huang (George Washington University, USA),  who delivered the opening address for the event, and Dr. Ronan Paterson (Teesside University, UK), the main conference organizer.

Ema introducing Professor Mahmood Karimi-Hakak (Siena College, USA) , who gave a keynote talk on directing Shakespeare plays in Iran.