{"id":254,"date":"2026-05-01T08:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marcoinstitute\/?p=254"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:39:00","slug":"2023-marco-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/2023-marco-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Marco Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">19th Annual Symposium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201c<strong>The Canon of Shakespeare at 400\u2033<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 24-25, 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s Marco Symposium explores 400 years of Shakespeare since the publication of the First Folio. The Symposium will take place March 24-25, 2023, in the West Wing (Third Floor), Haslam Business Building, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The symposium is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-19-at-11.19.57-AM-1024x298.jpg\" alt=\"Banner photo showing the upper half of a portrait of a man.\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-19-at-11.19.57-AM-1024x298.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-19-at-11.19.57-AM-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-19-at-11.19.57-AM-768x224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-19-at-11.19.57-AM-1536x447.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-19-at-11.19.57-AM.jpg 2012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symposium Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, March 24, 2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:00am:<\/strong>&nbsp;Coffee and Registration<br><strong>9:30am:<\/strong>&nbsp;Welcome<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:45-11:15am: Session 1<br>Patricia Ahkimie<\/strong>, \u201cEditing&nbsp;<em>Othello\u201d<\/em><br><strong>Zachary Lesser<\/strong>, \u201cTo the Weyard Sisters (Again)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:30am-12:30pm:<\/strong>&nbsp;Shaheen Collection at Rare Books, Hodges Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:35-1:30pm:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1:45-3:15pm: Session 2<\/strong><br><strong>Marvin McAllister<\/strong>, \u201cIntertheatrical Shakespeare and African Tragedians; How Ridiculous and Sublime\u201d<br><strong>Elizabeth Rivlin<\/strong>, \u201cThe Education of Everybody: Shakespeare and the Great Books Canon\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote Lecture<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, March 24, 2023 at 5pm<br>Strong Hall 101, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/emma-smith_2-300x300-1.png\" alt=\"Headshot photo of a woman with short hair in a black shirt\" class=\"wp-image-256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/emma-smith_2-300x300-1.png 300w, https:\/\/artsci.utk.edu\/marco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/emma-smith_2-300x300-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Emma Smith,&nbsp;<\/strong>University of Oxford&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow a Folio Became the First Folio: Shakespearean Cultures in the Age of Slavery\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday, March 25, 2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:30am:<\/strong>&nbsp;Coffee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10:00-11:30am: Session 3<br>Jeff Masten<\/strong>, \u201cMarlowe\u2019s First Folio\u201d<br><strong>Claire M. 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