Newcastle Writers Festival presents Hugh Craig
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As part of the Newcastle Writers Festival Professor Hugh Craig, Deputy Head of the Faculty of Education and Arts and Director of the Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing, University of Newcastle, Australia, presents "What's Special About Shakespeare?" The presentation marks the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death. Find out more.
This is a free session, supported by the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Professor Hugh Craig's research interests are in Renaissance literature and humanities computing. He teaches courses in Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Restoration literature, and Text and Technology. He co-edited Shakespeare, Computers, and the Mystery of Authorship (2009) with Arthur F Kinney and is completing a new book on English Renaissance drama more generally, with Brett D Hirsch.
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