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What\u2019s Past is Prologue: The UBC Shakespeare First Folio <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When the University of British Columbia acquired a copy of the Shakespeare First Folio in 2021, this cultural treasure became the permanent property of the people of British Columbia. To celebrate the 400th<\/sup> anniversary of its publication, we invite you to attend a thought-provoking panel discussion as part of a larger academic symposium. The panel will explore whether or not a centuries-old book, steeped in the legacies of colonialism and capitalism, can catalyze a reevaluation and transformation of our understanding of the role Shakespeare\u2019s works play in our society today. Join us for an evening of intriguing possibilities, complete with an opportunity to see the folio in person and a catered reception.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday, November 17, 2023   
Reception: 4:00pm\u20136:00pm
Forum: 6:00pm\u20137:30pm
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SFU Harbour Centre
Room 1400
555 West Hastings Street\u00a0
Vancouver, BC V6B 4N6<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Budra <\/strong>(he\/him\/his<\/em>) \u2014 Professor of English, Simon Fraser University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Budra teaches Shakespeare and early modern literature and has published articles on Renaissance literature and contemporary popular culture. He is the author of A Mirror for Magistrates and the de casibus Tradition and Shakespeare Early and Late: A Textbook<\/em>. He is the co-editor of the essay collections Part Two: Reflections on the Sequel<\/em>; Soldier Talk: Oral Narratives of the Vietnam War<\/em>; From Text to Txting: New Media in the Classroom<\/em>; and Shakespeare and Consciousness<\/em>. He is a past president of the Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society, former Chair of SFU\u2019s English Department, former Associate Dean of SFU\u2019s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and winner of the SFU Excellence in Teaching Award for 2004. He is the director of SFU Publications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Patricia Badir <\/strong>(she\/her\/hers<\/em>) \u2014 Professor and Head of English Language and Literatures, University of British Columbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patricia Badir is Professor and Head of the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia. She teaches Shakespeare and Renaissance literature and publishes on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as on the literary afterlives of New Testament saints. She is currently finishing a book on Shakespeare and colonial infrastructure in British Columbia, tentatively titled Settling Shakespeare: Bardolaty in BC, 1900-1960<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Speakers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Linc Kesler<\/strong> (he\/him\/his<\/em>) \u2014 Retired Associate Professor, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Linc Kesler has degrees in English literature from Yale and the University of Toronto. At UBC, he served as the first director of First Nations Studies in the Faculty of Arts and then worked in central administration on Indigenous strategic initiatives as Director of the First Nations House of Learning and Senior Advisor to the President on Aboriginal Affairs. He led the development of the university\u2019s first Indigenous strategic plan and other initiatives, including the establishment of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre. Since becoming an emeritus professor, he has returned to research and is completing a book, on Early Modern drama, time, and causality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aaron T. Pratt<\/strong> (he\/him\/his<\/em>) \u2014 Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aaron T. Pratt is Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center, a special collections library, archive, and museum at the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching focus on bibliography, the history of the book, and the literature and culture of early modern England. His writing has appeared \u2014 or will soon appear \u2014 in a number of venues, both academic and public, including Fine Books and Collections<\/em>, Shakespeare Quarterly<\/em>, Shakespeare Studies<\/em>, The Library<\/em>, and edited collections published by Oxford and Cambridge. His first major exhibition, The Long Lives of Very Old Books, is open at the Ransom Center through the end of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Smith<\/strong> (she\/her\/hers<\/em>) \u2014 Professor of Shakespeare Studies, Hertford College, Oxford; Associate Scholar, Royal Shakespeare Company; 2023 Sam Wanamaker Fellow, Shakespeare\u2019s Globe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford. She is the author of The Making of Shakespeare\u2019s First Folio<\/em> (2015, second ed. 2023) and Shakespeare\u2019s First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book<\/em> (2016, second ed. 2023). Her work focuses on Shakespeare\u2019s reception in print, performance, and criticism. She has worked as a dramaturg, is Associate Scholar with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is the 2023 Sam Wanamaker Fellow at Shakespeare\u2019s Globe. She is currently working on an edition of Twelfth Night<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Very Book Indeed<\/em> by Paul Budra<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A staged reading\/workshop performance of an original one-act play<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Through a partnership with Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, we present the first public reading of The Very Book Indeed<\/em>. Written by Simon Fraser University\u2019s Paul Budra, this one-act play tells the story of the complex, arduous endeavour of bringing the First Folio into being. Witty and playful, the The Very Book Indeed<\/em> introduces us to key historical figures as well as delightful invented characters as it weaves text from Shakespeare\u2019s folio plays into the story of this heroic project. Directed by Moya O\u2019Connell and produced by Dean Paul Gibson and Patricia Badir, with actors from Bard on the Beach. The performance will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday, November 18, 2023
7:30\u20139pm
Free to attend<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BMO Theatre
162 West 1st Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Y 0H6<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Moya O\u2019Connell  <\/strong>(she\/her\/hers<\/em>) \u2014 Director, Actor, and Educator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moya O\u2019Connell is a Canadian director, actor, and educator. Most recent: Acting- The Sound Inside<\/em> for Coalmine Theatre (Toronto). Directing- Hedda Gabler<\/em> for United Players (Vancouver). Eleven seasons at The Shaw Festival, eight seasons at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival and seen in countless productions across this vast country playing leading roles in the theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has played Queens, warriors, princesses, conspirators, daughters, wives, mothers, psychopaths, writers, waitresses, fascists, teachers, heiresses, paupers, ingenues, heroines, harridans, weightlifters, scientists, socialites, academics, nuns, political radicals, housewives, and ordinary citizens. Slammed doors in farces, killed herself in tragedies, kissed and slapped faces in romantic comedies, been shipwrecked, robbed, cheated on, murdered, lied to, fallen in love over and over, tried to escape evil stepmothers and  found severed heads. She has killed emperors, seen ghosts, gone mad and been shot in the head an uncommon amount of times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She loves language and spends any time she has away from stage and screen teaching. She is the senior instructor of acting at Vancouver Film School, adjunct professor at UBC, and a Teaching Artist with Bard on The Beach. MFA in directing from UBC. Next up: directing Hedda Gabler<\/em> for Coalmine Theatre\u2019s 2024 season in a new adaptation by Liisa Repo-Martell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sponsors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We would like to thank the generosity of the following sponsors, whose support has helped to make these public events possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n