Dear delegates, How about travelling to Verona with the Lufthansa Group? A dedicated booking platform with special discounted fares is available for our participants. Feel free to contact us if you would like to make use of this offer ✈️

Preparations for #WSC2026 continue. We look forward to welcoming a diverse international community to Verona for a week of exchange, discovery, and collaboration.

We’ll be at the World Shakespeare Congress this summer @wsc2026verona.bsky.social to lead an informational event about the New Variorum Shakespeare. Speakers will include our Director Dr. Robert Stagg, one of our Digital Editors Dr. Dorothy Todd, and one of our General Editors Prof. Paul Werstine.

Shakespeare speaks in many languages — through translation, adaptation, and performance. On every evening of the WSC, come and enjoy a show of the Verona Shakespeare Fringe (VSF): skene-veronashakespearefringefestival.dlls.univr.it #WSC2026 will celebrate this plurality.

Verona’s historic urban landscape has shaped cultural encounters for centuries. The Welcome Reception will be hosted at Palazzo Verità Poeta, a gergeous Renaissance building. #WSC2026

Collaborations across borders are essential to Shakespeare studies today. #WSC2026 will provide a platform for building new international research networks.

Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!

Which Shakespearean space most powerfully reshapes identity? 🌲 The Forest 🏝 The Island 🏰 The Court 🌊 The Sea Vote and share your thoughts. #WSC2026

Where will you be travelling from to join us in Verona for #WSC2026? Reply below — let us map the global Shakespeare community. 🌏

We warmly encourage participation from PhD candidates and early career researchers. The future of Shakespeare studies depends on new voices and perspectives. #WSC2026

Have you secured your place for #WSC2026? Early-bird registration rates will close on 31 March. Details: www.wsc2026.org/registration/

How does Shakespeare resonate across cultures, media, ecologies, and technological worlds? From the age of print humanism to the digital and post-human present, the Congress will explore new constellations of enquiry, debate, and engagement. #WSC2026

⏰ "Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends" (1Henry 6, 3.2) - Well, not dangerous per se in this case, but do remember that the EARLY BIRD fee expires on MARCH 31!

📚 Most seminars, panels, workshops in two main venues: Polo Zanotto and Polo Santa Marta. They are just 15 minutes away from each other on foot in the vibrant Veronetta neighbourhood. #WSC2026

🎓 Speaker Spotlight — WSC 2026 The third Keynote, Piero Boitani, will give a lecture titled: “Stellar Shakespeare”. Verona 2026 will explore the innovative ways in which Shakespeare is stellar. #WSC2026

🎓 Speaker Spotlight — WSC 2026 The second Keynote will be given by Jason Allen-Paisant, who will talk about: “Oceanic Fathers: Othello and the Work of Voice”. Verona 2026 will focus on how Black performance invents other ways of organising meaning and survival. #WSC2026

🎓 Speaker Spotlight — WSC 2026 We are pleased to welcome Shormishtha Panja, who will give a Keynote titled: “Macbeth Visits Manipur”. Verona 2026 will provide a forum for global dialogue. #WSC2026 www.wsc2026.org/kenotes/

Prestigious recognition for the World Shakespeare Congress 2026 🎭 We’re proud to announce that the upcoming Congress has received the official patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture. 🔗 www.wsc2026.org #WSC2026 #Shakespeare #Verona2026

⏰🐦 Early bird alert!

Planning ahead for Verona 2026? Early-bird registration rates close on 31 March! Participants are encouraged to secure reduced fees at this stage. Details: www.wsc2026.org/registration/ #WSC2026

From Stratford to Singapore, from Prague to Brisbane, Shakespeare’s works continue to generate new meanings. #WSC2026 will reflect on this global afterlife and the diverse forms it takes today. internationalshakespeare.org.uk

The World Shakespeare Congress brings together scholars at every stage of their careers — from established researchers to early career academics. Verona 2026 will be a space for dialogue, discovery, and new collaborations. #WSC2026

🏛 The University of Verona, a centre of international research and teaching, will host sessions of #WSC2026. Here, sustained scholarly exchange will unfold in spaces dedicated to learning, collaboration, and the advancement of knowledge wsc2026.org/venues/

Why Verona for #WSC2026? Not only the city of Romeo and Juliet, but a crossroads of Mediterranean, European, and global cultures. A fitting setting for reflecting on Shakespeare’s mobility across languages, media, and borders.

World Shakespeare Congress 2026 — Verona In 2026, scholars, performers, and practitioners from across the globe will gather in Verona for the WSC. Theme: Planetary Shakespeares Dates: 20-26 July 2026 #WSC2026 #ShakespeareVerona #shakespeare

We'll keep you updated and showcase some of the many exciting events we have in store. Follow and share our posts! #shakespeare #verona #wsc2026

Check out our website: wsc2026.org And yes, the dates indicated here www.wsc2026.org/calendar/ for panels, seminars, workshops, etc are final:

This is the official Bluesky account of the World Shakespeare Congress, taking place in Verona from 20 to 26 July 2026 #wsc2026 #verona #shakespeare