Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship trustee Earl Showerman, MD, said today that he will serve as interim director for the Richard Paul and Jane Roe Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre  (SARC) annual Shakespeare authorship studies conference at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon on April 11-13, 2014. Acting as ambassador for the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship board of trustees, Showerman traveled to Portland this week to confer with Dr. David Kluth -- dean of the Concordia University College of Theology, Arts and Sciences -- who is acting as interim director of SARC since the center's founder and director Daniel Wright, PhD, is no longer employed by the university. (See "Dan Wright leaves Concordia U."  Jan. 29, 2014) A statement by Showerman along with a preliminary roster of conference speakers was posted today on the SOF webpage at "Showerman to act as interim chairperson of SARC annual conference". Update: January 25, 2014 SOF News: "Keir Cut...

by Linda Theil Dr David Kluth,  Dean of the College of Theology, Arts & Sciences at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon announced today that Dan Wright, PhD -- founder and director of the Shakespeare Authorship Research Center at Concordia -- is no longer employed by the university. In a letter to Shakespeare at CU listserv subscribers, Dr Kluth said: . . . As some of you might already know, Dr. Dan Wright was on leave from Concordia University during the second half of Fall semester 2013. I wanted to share with you that Dr. Wright is no longer employed with Concordia University Portland. We appreciate his many years of dedicated service to the University and especially to the Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre (SARC). I’m sure Dr. Wright will continue to provide valuable scholarship to the Shakespeare authorship discussion in the years ahead. We are currently in the process of reshaping the SARC and will keep you posted as events warrant. Concordia University i...