~ the permanent utility of original texts
It was with deep sadness that members of Council received the news, at their meeting on October 17th, of the death of Professor Thomas L. Berger the previous week. Tom Berger became Malone Society Treasurer for the United States (a position he held for nearly thirty years) at a particularly turbulent period in the Society’s … Read more
Our annual competition for Malone Society Fellowships and Research Grants closes on 30 October 2015. Take a look at our Grants page for details, and do consider making an application. You can see a report from one our 2014 grant-holders, Maria Shmygol, on her research into William Percy’s manuscript play The Aphrodysial, in two posts … Read more
This is the second of two blog posts from Maria Shmygol about her research into William Percy’s manuscript play The Aphrodysial, for which she received a Malone Society Fellowship. Maria is based at the English department of the University of Liverpool, where she is assisting Nandini Das with her work editing Volume 6 of a fourteen-volume critical edition of Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations, … Read more
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the John Edward Kerry Prize for 2015 is Amy Lidster of King’s College London. Amy is working on a PhD entitled ‘Producing the “History” Play: From Stage to Page’ under the supervision of Sonia Massai. Her research research investigates the influence of performance and publication practices on the … Read more
This is the first of two blog posts from Maria Shmygol about her research into William Percy’s manuscript play The Aphrodysial, for which she received a Malone Society Fellowship. Part two can be found here. Maria is based at the English department of the University of Liverpool, where she is assisting Nandini Das with her work editing Volume 6 of a … Read more
The Malone Society is very pleased to inform members and others that a symposium, ‘Marginal Malone’, will take place on 26 June 2015 at the University of Oxford. This symposium examines the lives and afterlives of Malone’s readings of English literature, and is a collaboration between the Yale Program in the History of the Book and the Bodleian … Read more
We’re holding a symposium! Reverend Productions and The Malone Society present: King Leir A staged reading and symposium Saturday 16 May, 10:30am-6:30pm The Chapel, Somerville College, Woodstock Road, Oxford The staged reading will commence at 11am. Speakers in the afternoon symposium will include Professor Tiffany Stern, Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones and Professor Sir Brian Vickers. Please see below for … Read more
Most of us have a favourite Malone Society title. Add a dash of creativity and a photo, and you could win that volume. We are launching our brand new photo competition today, and this is how you participate: 1) pick your favourite title from our list of publications (https://malonesociety.files.wordpress.com/…/malone-catalogu…) 2) Get creative: create a little scene with … Read more
Dear all, We are changing our Book of the Month scheme. We have gone through our entire catalogue at this point, and, not wishing to repeat ourselves, we will now be tailoring our offers to relevant events on the academic and performative early modern stage instead. Check this space for future updates, and feel free to … Read more
The Book of the Month for December 2014 is Collections IX. If you’re a member of the Malone Society, take advantage of this great deal and buy a copy today for only £5.00 plus £3 postage! (The regular price is £15). DECEMBER: Collections IX The ultimate bargain! Five fascinating items, offering a range of insights into … Read more