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Research Projects

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust hosts special research projects and co-supervises doctoral students

Our research has three themes: 

  • Shakespeare’s life and biography.
  • Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • Shakespeare’s creative and global legacies.

We are delighted to host special research projects and to co-supervise doctoral students. Current work includes work on Grassroots Shakespeare (led by William Wolfgang, University of Warwick), the Stratford Antiquarians (led by Alice Maltby-Kemp, University College, London), the International Collections of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (led by Helen Hopkins, Birmingham City University), and the music of Guy Woolfenden (led by Leah Broad, University of Oxford).

‘Shakespeare on the Road’ Oral History Archive

William Wolfgang, Ph.D. Candidate at University of Warwick

International Responses to Shakespeare

Helen A. Hopkins, Ph.D. candidate at Birmingham City University

Shakespeare and the Stratford-upon-Avon Antiquarians

Alice Maltby-Kemp, Ph.D. candidate at University College, London

Opening up (and hearing) the Guy Woolfenden Archive

Dr Leah Broad, Christ Church, Oxford

To find out more about research into our Collections, please browse through our online exhibitions.

Our monthly programme of Research Conversations takes place on the second Wednesday of every month from 5pm to 6pm. Entry is free, simply keep an eye on our What's On pages for details of upcoming events.

If you would like to join our Research e-mailing-list, then please contact our Head of Research, Dr Paul Edmondson.