Announcement – Winter 2014
We invite NYC area high school teachers to join us for a free interactive workshop on Shakespeare's sonnets and beyond (January 14th from 4:00-6:00 pm at The Morgan Library & Museum). Space is limited. Register by January 12th. This program is offered in partnership with The Morgan Library & Museum and Teachers & Writers Collaborative (Poetry Out Loud).
Announcement
ESU New York
ANNOUNCES
SCHOLARSHIP FOR
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
SUMMER STUDY 2015 in the United Kingdom
The ESU New York will award one scholarship to an instructor of English, humanities, drama, or history to engage in three weeks of formal study in the British Universities Summer Schools Program at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh and Shakespeare's Globe in London. The scholarship will cover airfare from New York City, tuition, and most meals.
The ESU BUSS Scholarship is made possible through the generous contributions of its members.
News – December 2014
We invited schools serving Grades 9-12 in the New York City area (including Westchester and Long Island) to participate in the 2015 Shakespeare Competition. In this free program, high school students nationwide read, analyze, perform and recite Shakespearean monologues and sonnets in as many as three qualifying stages: school, community (ESU Branch) and national levels. To sign-up your school, please complete the 2015 School Participation Form by December 15th.
Event – October 2014
We invite NYC area high school teachers to join us for a free interactive workshop on the Shakespeare Competition on Monday, November 17th from 4:00-6:00 PM at the English-Speaking Union in Manhattan (144 East 39th Street). Space is limited. Register by November 14th.
Announcement
Outgoing President mark Stollar (left) congratulations Dr. Paul Beresford-Hill MBE on his election as the new President of the New York Branch. For background on Dr. Beresford-Hill MBE, click here.
Announcement – August 2014
Joseph Marcell as King Lear (Photo Credit: Shakespeare's Globe)
The English-Speaking Union (in partnership with Shakespeare's Globe, NYU Skirball and The Folger Shakespeare Library) invites local secondary teachers to a workshop on King Lear (October 5, 2015). Learn more.
Announcement – May 2014
The English-Speaking Union is again offering scholarships to educators for its Shakespeare Teacher Intensive in New York City this summer. The Karen Jeff Scholarship, named for the ESU's late Director of Education, is a competitive award open to New York City Board of Education middle and high school teachers. To apply, please complete the application and return by June 23, 2014 to: Katharine Moran, Manager of Shakespeare Education Programs, at kmoran@esuus.org.
News – May 2014
Regan Sims from New York City, a student of Casey McClellan at the Professional Perfoming Arts School in New York, placed as a semi-finalist in the 31st annual English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition. The Competition was held on May 5th at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City for 58 winners of ESU Branch competitions nationwide. Regan had previously won the ESU New York Branch regional competition.
News
Wednesday, May 21
4:30 - 6:00 PM
The Morgan Library & Museum
Gilder Lehrman Hall
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
Debate topic: In the case of the United States government, transparency is more important than security.
The ESU Middle School Debate Program was launched in 2010 with a Chairman's Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities. It initiated our partnership with Claremont McKenna College's Middle School Public Debate Program (MSPDP), the premier program for debate for students ages 10 to 14, with more than ten years of experience in the field.
Event Recap
Evelyn Wrench Speaker Adrian Tinniswood 
On Monday evening, March 31, 2014, Adrian Tinniswood OBE, a distinguished British social historian, writer and lecturer, delivered the Evelyn Wrench lecture for the New York Branch. Before a capacity audience, including Branch members as well as representatives from the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America, the Royal Oak Foundation and the St. George's Society, Tinniswood discussed his new book, The Rainborowes: Pirates, Puritans and a Family's Quest for the Promised Land.
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