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Professor Jonathan Rose is the William R. Kenan Professor of History at Drew University and specializes in British history, intellectual history, and history of the book. Two of his books are: The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor [2014] and The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes [2001]. The latter won the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History.
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Professor Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She was Director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton from 2005 – 2015. She also remains on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Books include: Guardian of the Constitution: Constitutional Court Presidents and the Struggle for the Rule of Law in Post-Soviet Europe and We are all Post-9/11 Now [both published in 2006]. This presentation will touch on the implications of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union – both to them and to the United States.
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The Rosenbach Museum is located within two 19th century townhouses at 2008 and 2010 Delancy Place in Philadelphia. The museum houses the collections and treasures of Philip Rosenbach and his younger brother, Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach. Together, the two brothers owned the Rosenbach Company which became the preeminent dealer of rare books, manuscripts and decorative antiques in the first half of the 20th century. A curator from the museum will speak to us about its British holdings.
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With a performance of a sonnet and monologue from Shakespeare, Rutvik Ashtikar from Edison, NJ, a student of Darlene Rich at JP Stevens High School in Edison, won a place as one of the 10 finalists in the 34th annual English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition in New York City. The Competition took place on May 1, 2017 on the stage of the Mitzi Newhouse Theater with 54 semi-finalists from as many ESU Branch competitions nationwide. Rutvik previously won the ESU Princeton Branch competition.
The winner of the 34th English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition, Ogechi Egonu, representing the San Francisco Branch, received a full scholarship to attend the American Shakespeare Center Theatre Camp in Staunton, VA, this summer. Second place winner, Brandon Burk, from the Kentucky Branch, won a cash prize of $1,000 from The English-Speaking Union, while the third place winner, Trevon Wainwright, representing the Kansas City Branch of the ESU, received an award of $500 provided by The Shakespeare Society.
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Sunday, September 25, 2016 - Our three scholars will speak on their experiences at The Globe Theatre and Edinburgh University;
Sunday, October 16, 2016 - Professor David Venturo of TCNJ will trace the early musical influences on the Beatles - the Fab Four;
Sunday, November 13, 2016 - Anne Waldron Neumann will examine what it is about Jane Austen that fascinates devoted readers and scholars alike;
Monday, January 2, 2017 - Annual New Year's Party for members only
Sunday, January 15, 2017 - Professor B.J. Rahn, an expert on British crime fiction will explain how Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories help us to understand crime and detection in the Victorian era;
Sunday, February 26, 2017 - Annual Shakespeare Competition for High School Students;
Sunday, March 26, 2017 - Peter Ham will speak on Politics in the Garden. Who knew that the casual gardening style was once a political statement;
Sunday, April 30, 2017 - Architectural historian Joan Berkey will speak on the England and New England influences in the Colonial Architecture of Southern New Jersey
Sunday, May 21, 2017 - John Burkhalter and Sheldon Eldridge play Unheard Music and discuss related 18th Century Literature;
June 2017 - To be determined. British Film and Puddings Night Under the Stars.
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