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IASEMS was founded in 2008 to promote scholarship and research on Shakespeare and early modern English literature, language and culture. It has quickly become an intellectual home for scholars and students of early modernity in Italy and beyond.
IASEMS also welcomes theatre, cinema professionals, and all interested in the European Renaissance. Join us!
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CFP • IASEMS Conference 2026 • Affective Shakespeare and the Early Modern Imagination: Empathy, Voice, and Spectatorship
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, 28–30 May 2026 ... Read more
2026 Bursaries for early-career IASEMS members
The Italian Association of Shakespearean and Early Modern Studies is accepting applications for bursaries to support the participation of early-career members (i.e. PhD students and ... Read more
Call for submissions • Mariangela Tempera Book Prizes 2026
IASEMS awards a biennial “Mariangela Tempera” Book Prize and “Mariangela Tempera” Early Career Book Prize for books published in the area of Early Modern English ... Read more
16th IASEMS Conference in Viterbo • 2025
16th IASEMS CONFERENCE Forms and Discourses of Spirituality and Materialism in Early Modern Texts Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo 29 September - 1 October ... Read more
15th IASEMS Conference in Lecce • 2025
15th IASEMS CONFERENCE Waters: Fluidity and Crossing in Shakespeare and Early Modern Texts University of Salento, Lecce 16-17 May 2025 PROGRAMME Graphic design by Michela ... Read more
CFP • 16th IASEMS Conference in Viterbo • Forms and Discourses of Spirituality and Materialism
The Sixteenth IASEMS Conference in Viterbo, Tuscia University, 29-30 September 2025, aims to connect with some distinctive features of the Tuscia region while revisiting classical ... Read more
