Professor Stern is available to meet with graduate students who would like to discuss their research with her. Please email [email protected] to book an appointment.
Monday, March 29, 2027, 11am–1pm
Emmanuel College Chapel
75 Queen’s Park Cres E.
We recommend that in preparation for the seminar, you pre-read the selected materials:
(Readings to come.)
Step into the vibrant, musical world of early modern England! Join our Distinguish Visiting Scholar, Prof. Tiffany Stern, for a lively, hands-on workshop where we’ll discover how the pop songs of Shakespeare’s day can change the way we understand his plays. Together, we’ll look at broadside ballads, explore their rhythms, and even raise our voices to sing a few of them, becoming the spectators who went to plays with these tunes and rhythms in mind.
All are welcome: students, actors, directors, history buffs, music lovers, Shakespeare fans! Absolutely no singing experience or musical training is needed, and your voice doesn’t have to be good. Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to explore, collaborate and have some fun!
Tiffany Stern
Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, University of Birmingham
Tiffany Stern is Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and a Fellow of the British Academy. A scholar of theatre and book history, she has written over sixty articles, edited five plays and two scholarly collections, and authored six major books: Rehearsal from Shakespeare to Sheridan (2000), Making Shakespeare (2004), Shakespeare in Parts (with Simon Palfrey, 2007), Documents of Performance (2009), Shakespeare, Malone and the Problems of Chronology (2023) and Ballad Business (2026). Her editorial leadership includes past roles with New Mermaids and the Norton Anthology of English Literature, alongside her current position as general editor of the Arden Shakespeare: Fourth Series.
