SAA 2021: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of Mass Incarceration

This seminar examines the deployment of Shakespeare in prison classrooms and programs to envision best practices for premodern pedagogy in a space of incarceration. Participants might: investigate the motivations and ambitions of bringing Shakespeare into prison; consider shifts in investments and approaches across men’s and women’s facilities; identify how political and institutional (educational and correctional) demands and limitations shape how and why we teach Shakespeare in prisons.

31 March - 3 April 2021