Woke Shakespeare: A Conversation with Ian McCormick
In the fifth part of this short series of guest episodes before we get back to continuing the journey through the Shakespeare and Jonson cannon I had the chance to speak with Dr Ian McCormick about the collection of essays he edited, which pulls together recent Shakespeare criticism in the framework of woke and anti-woke culture and the culture wars of recent years. It is a wide ranging and thought provoking collection.
Ian McCormick, was a Professor in the Department of English for the School of Cultural Studies at the University of Northampton, where he taught Shakespeare, Renaissance Literature, 18th-century Literature, and Literary Theory. He has edited and contributed to books in various fields including sexuality and gender studies; modern and postmodern literature; teaching and learning strategies; drama education and critical theory. He has contributed to many academic publications, written a novel inspired by 18th century epistolatory novels and in the past he has organized two major international conferences for the British Society for Eighteenth-century Studies, at St John's College (University of Oxford). For the full details of Ian's biography please see the guest page on the podcast website.
Links to 'Woke Shakespeare':
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woke-Shakespeare-Rethinking-New-Era/dp/B0DQYB2TS5/ref=sr_1_1?
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Shakespeare-Rethinking-New-Era/dp/B0DQYB2TS5/ref=sr_1_1?
If you are interested in being considered to make a contribution to the next volume ‘Shakespeare: New Voices’, you have until the 30th June 2025 to make an application via the Penn State University call for papers page, where some details of the requirements are explained https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/05/18/shakespeare-new-voices
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Ian McCormick
Ian McCormick, M.A. (St Andrews); PhD (Leeds), was a Professor in the Department of English (School of Cultural Studies) at the University of Northampton, where he taught Shakespeare, Renaissance Literature, 18th-century Literature, and Literary Theory. He has edited and contributed to books in various fields: sexuality and gender studies; modern and postmodern literature; teaching and learning strategies; drama education and critical theory.
Most recent academic publications: "Border Crossings: Foucault, Philosophy and Fiction" in Finding Philosophers in Global Fiction: Redefining the Philosopher in Multi-cultural Contexts (Bloomsbury, 2024); "The state of play: transgressive caricature and transnational Enlightenment" in TransGothic in Literature and Culture (Routledge); a chapter in Sex and Death in Eighteenth-Century Literature (Routledge). Inspired by eighteenth-century satirical epistolary fiction, he has also published a novel: Class and Cloister: the St Andrews Correspondence (2023). Awards and Prizes: King James VI Prize (St Andrews); Lawson Memorial Prize (St Andrews); British Academy Major State Research Studentship (UK). In the past Ian organized two major international conferences for the British Society for Eighteenth-century Studies, at St John's College (University of Oxford).