ESRA Announcement

Dear ESRA members,
As we witness the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, the European Shakespeare Research Association wishes to express its solidarity with the Ukrainian academic community and, beyond, with the whole population of this country which only aspires to a democratic and peaceful life. We also support the Shakespeare scholars and theatre-makers in Russia, who openly assume the risk of repressive action when protesting.

We join our voices to all those who call for an immediate end to the use of weapons and call for a return to dialogue to solve conflict and restore peace. We call all our academic institutions to do everything they can to support the Ukrainian people in these cruel circumstances and are working at the constitution of a Shakespearean Alliance to explore ways of providing help and support to the Shakespearean colleagues who are at the heart of this conflict, in the short and longer terms.

The Board of ESRA

• Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin, Chair, (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France)
• Nicoleta Cinpoeş, Secretary (University of Worcester, UK)
• Anna Maria Cimitile (Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale, Italy)
• Kinga Földváry (Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest, Hungary)
• Efterpi Mitsi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
• Kirilka Stavreva (Cornell College, Iowa, USA)
• Tiffany Stern (Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK)
• Jana Wild (Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia)