Centennial Conference and Gala Benefit
100 Years, 100 Stories
October 19-23,2020
with Honored Guest
Anne, Princess Royal,
President of the ESU
The English-Speaking Union welcomed its members to our Online Annual Conference. For more information, click here.
National Announcement – Fall 2015
On April 23, 1616, William Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon in England, and his extraordinary legacy began. Around the globe next year, theaters, universities, museums and schools will celebrate his plays and sonnets and their impact from Renaissance England to the entire world today. The English-Speaking Union will be taking part in this year-long celebration of the Bard's legacy. Learn more about ESU Shakespeare400.
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2015 BUSS Scholars in Front of Dartmouth House
This summer, 25 American high school teachers participated as ESU British University Summer School (BUSS) scholars in the three-week Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance program at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. The Globe is a reconstruction of the 1599 Elizabethan playhouse on the River Thames, now a major cultural center in England. Many of the BUSS scholars attended on full scholarships granted by their local ESU Branches. They will return to their classrooms this fall equipped with new methods to teach Shakespeare.
For three weeks, the ESU BUSS scholars live and breathe Shakespeare, immersed in the life of this famous working theatre. They are instructed by Shakespearean scholars and members of the Globe Theatre Company responsible for design, direction, movement, music, text and voice. They have the chance to view Globe productions and concluded their course by performing selected scenes from As You Like It on the Globe stage.
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Medha Kirtane (ESU Princeton) and Courtney Powers (ESU Greenwich)
This summer, the University of Oxford has welcomed 19 American teachers as English-Speaking Union British University Summer Schools (BUSS) scholars to its International Summer School program. For three weeks, these American middle and high school teachers study English Literature, History, Politics and Society, or Creative Writing at Exeter College. Founded in 1314, Exeter is one of the oldest and most esteemed colleges at Oxford.
Medha Kirtane, a teacher sponsored by the ESU Princeton Branch currently studying Religion and Politics of the Middle East and the Politics and Economics of Globalization reports "The breadth of the academic focus, the curiosity and passion of my fellow peers, the rich learning environment and the access to great books and resources have really excited and humbled me. I have already experienced the freedom of fresh thoughts and provocative ideas that will stimulate my teaching."
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On May 29th at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City the facts flew back and forth between students from the the Hackley School of Tarrytown, New York, and the Pegasus School of Huntington Beach, California, who were vying to become the 2015 National English-Speaking Union -Middle School Public Debate Program Champions. Arguing in support of the motion "The United States should abolish the death penalty," Hackley convinced the panel of three judges to award them First Place.
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