The Annual SAT Authorship Conferences
The SAT has organised conferences at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London since 2003. From 2009 to 2021, conferences were in conjunction with Brunel University London. Below are details on our upcoming online conference in 2022, and on our most recent events.
A number of previous presentations can be viewed on our YouTube channel. If you are interested in future conferences, please join our mailing list.
PAST: SAT Conference 2023
The First Folio • London
We are delighted to invite you to our special celebration of the 400th anniversary of the First Folio publication, an event we are hosting jointly with the De Vere Society (DVS). We have an exciting programme and hope you can join us on this most eventful day.
PAST: SAT Conference 2022
One Hundred Years of the SAT
The Shakespearean Authorship Trust began on November 6, 1922, in London, the first meeting being held at the Pembury Tavern on Amhurst Road in Hackney, London. In celebration of this centenary, a special performance is planned.
PAST: SAT Conference 2021
Volumes that I prize above my dukedom:
Shakespeare’s Sources
Online Zoom webinar • In association with Brunel University London
Saturday November 13 and Sunday November 14
Our conference this year looks at the myriad sources in both manuscript and book form, as well as in foreign languages, that were clearly used by the author of the Shakespearean plays.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2020
I all alone beweep my outcast state—
Insiders, Outsiders: Shakespeare and the Court
Online Zoom webinar • In association with Brunel University London
Saturday November 28 and Sunday November 29
Shakespeare seems fascinated by themes of exile, exclusion, and separation from loved ones, repeatedly dramatising outsiders banished from favour. At the same time, many scholars suggest his plays are riddled with insider knowledge of the Elizabethan Court.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2019
He told me that rebellion had bad luck:
Shakespeare, Essex, and Authorship
Sunday, November 24, 2019 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
The Essex Rebellion was an important turning point in English history, and it was important to whoever wrote the works of Shakespeare.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2018
The merciful construction of good women:
Gender, Shakespeare, and Authorship
Sunday, October 21, 2018 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
Various speakers take a look at the possibility of female candidates, at Shakespeare’s well-known feminism, and other facets of the feminine in the Shakespearean works.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2017
What’s the New News at the New Court?
Sunday, October 29, 2017 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
What’s the New News at the New Court? Developments in the Authorship Question.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2016
“Who’s There?”: Shakespeare Biography, Biografiction, and Bardolatry
Sunday, November 20, 2016 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
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PAST: SAT Conference 2015
Shakespeare’s Histories: Whose Agenda Do They Serve?
Sunday, November 22, 2015 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
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PAST: SAT Conference 2014
Shakespeare—The French Connection
Sunday, November 23, 2014 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
Presenters explore the French references and historical characters in Shakespeare’s plays, including Love’s Labours Lost, All’s Well That Ends Well, Macbeth, Measure For Measure, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Henry 5. Key scenes are performed by some of our leading Shakespearean actors.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2013
Much Ado About Italy
Sunday, November 24, 2013 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
Our conference this year challenges the assumption among orthodox scholars that Shakespeare was no true traveller. Topics include the Author’s familiarity with Italian literature and the arts.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2012
Shakespeare and the Mysteries
Sunday, November 18, 2012 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
What are the implications for the Authorship Question of Shakespeare’s profound knowledge of Renaissance Neoplatonic and Hermetic traditions?
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PAST: SAT Conference 2011
Last Will. & Testament
Sunday, November 27, 2011 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
The conference showcases a new film that explores the evolution of the Authorship Question since Shakespeare’s time, with particular emphasis on the Earl of Oxford.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2010
Shakinomics*: Building Bridges in Shakespeare Studies
Sunday, November 28, 2012 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
Presentations, discussions, and debate by academics, independent scholars, biographers, and actors, concentrated on the issue of current themes in Shakespeare Biography.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2009
Challenging Authority
Sunday, November 15, 2009 • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre • London
Presentations and discussion of the lives and writings of some of the authors around Shakespeare who also challenge authority.
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PAST: SAT Conference 2005
Collaboration
Speakers at the conferences included Michael Wood, Prof. Daniel Wright from Concordia University, and Robin Williams. Download Mike Llewellyn’s lecture on “Collaboration” (33 pages).
Download the conference report by Sarah Dustagheer (4 pages).