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The Center for British Studies was created in January, 2012 by faculty from various disciplines to further the study of all aspects of British culture, support student and faculty engagement in this study, and enrich the intellectual life of 69色情视频 students.
The Center ended its activities in May of 2019. This site is an archive of its activities during that period.
Board Members: Patricia Ard, Roark Atkinson, Todd Barnes, Yvette Kisor, Ellen Ross, and Terra Vandergaw.
Ramapo Reads: FrankensteinOn October 31, 2018, students, faculty and administration of the College joined together for an all-day reading of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein.聽The Halloween event took place in the wood paneled York room of the Birch Mansion. Student Hannah Frascella observed that “the reading of a classic horror novel on Halloween, in the supposedly haunted Birch mansion, was truly a one of a kind experience.”
Shakespeare At Ramapo 2018
The British History behind Game Of Thrones
Shakespeare聽At Ramapo 2017Visual and performing artist Melissa Bartley Chernowetz, Ramapo Alumna ’02, gave an artist’s talk on Friday, April 21st. This talk was followed by three, free puppetry workshops, which were offered twice per day on the 22nd and 23rd. Then, on Tuesday, April 25th, from 7-7:30pm in the Grove, students presented their puppets in a pageant. The pageant was followed by “Shakespeare Live,” from 7:30-10:30, an open mic/performance party in BC 216. Students presented scenes, sonnets, soliloquies, music, and dancing. On Thursday, April 27th, Professor Todd Barnes opened up his “Shakespeare’s Plays” course to the public. Held in the Laurel Hall Screening Room, his lecture, “Richard II: Staging History, Staging Power,” focused on the controversial turning point in that play, Act 4, Scene 1, wherein Richard abdicates his throne to Henry Bolingbroke, who then becomes Henry IV. Throughout the lecture, Prof. Barnes also shared clips from the BBC’s recent series, The Hollow Crown.聽
The Joy Of Jane: Austen’s 200 Year Afterlife2017 marked the 200th anniversary of the death of British novelist Jane Austen. Literature Professor Patricia Ard, who teaches and publishes on Austen, spoke about the novelist鈥檚 enduring appeal and status as a literary celebrity 200 years after her death.
Talk by Web Mistress Melissa Anelli on Harry PotterMelissa Anelli has been reporting on the Harry Potter phenomenon since 2001. As the webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron she has written and spoken for Harry Potter fans in media outlets worldwide. She graduated Georgetown University in 2001 and spent several years as a daily news reporter and features writer in New York City. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her ferocious cat, Moochka.
Her book, Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon tells the story of the Harry Potter phenomenon through a superfan’s eyes.

2016 was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Thus, the British Studies Center sponsored numerous events relating to this important anniversary.
Cry Havoc!After six years in the Army and battling PTSD, Stephen Wolfert hoped off an Amtrak train deep in the mountains of Montana, wandered into a theatre and saw Shakespeare’s Richard III. He was so moved by this experience that he left the Army and went to graduate school to become a classical actor. 聽Twenty years later, Wolfert relives his odyssey by seamlessly interweaving his story with the voices of William Shakespeare’s veterans in his tour de force solo show, Cry Havoc.
Cry Havoc dramatizes the way young, psychologically malleable men and women are recruited and “wired for war” but then, at the end of their military service, are not ” un-wired from war” or “re-wired” for society.
Cry Havoc is a thought-provoking, gut-wrenching, and yet shockingly funny evening of finely crafted theater.
Proceeds from Cry Havoc went to the Heroes for Heroes nonprofit and Ramapo Veterans Lounge.
Shakespeare Day 2015This event, sponsored by the Salameno Center for British Studies featured performances of various scenes, sonnets, and soliloquies by students. 聽Additionally Montclair University Shakespeare scholar Adam Rzepka joined professors Todd Barnes, Terra Vandergaw, Yvette Kisor, and Fulbright scholar-in-residence and director, Rafael Bianciotto, for a freewheeling discussion of how Shakespeare’s plays are performed today, taught, and incorporated into everyday life.
The Salameno Center for British Studies sponsored a talk from Professor Dean Chen on 鈥淭he Ghost of 1842: China鈥檚聽Insecurity and Occupy Central in Hong Kong鈥 on Wednesday 19 November.
Joe Strummer鈥檚 Transatlantic Rockabilly WarOn April 16, the Center hosted Professor Ed Shannon鈥檚 presentation on 鈥淛oe Strummer鈥檚 Transatlantic Rockabilly War: The Punk Politics and Folk Roots of The Clash.鈥 This well attended lecture, based on one of Professor Shannon鈥檚 recent publications, drew fascinating connections between the life and work of Joe Strummer and folk traditions embodied by Woody Guthrie.
Harry Potter Film SeriesThe Center also hosted a Harry Potter Film Series. Throughout the semester, Professor Yvette Kisor hosted screenings and discussions for all of the films.
Shakespeare at Ramapo 2014On April 23, on the occasion of Shakespeare鈥檚 450th birthday, the Center once again sponsored a series of events to celebrate 鈥淪hakespeare at Ramapo.鈥 The daylong celebration included performances by students in Professor Todd Barnes鈥 鈥淪hakespeare鈥檚 Plays鈥 course; scenes, sonnets, and soliloquies performed by students in Professors Vandergaw鈥檚 and Vail鈥檚 acting classes; a screening and discussion of the new film Caesar Must Die; and a stage combat workshop hosted by alumna Lize Meisenzahl.

On April 23, the birthdate of William Shakespeare, the BSC sponsored several relevant events for the college community. Professors Roark Atkinson and Todd Barnes each gave a talk related to the poet’s life and work. Professor Yvette Kisor led students in a lively Shakespeare centered game.
The Center hopes to make this an annual event.

On Tuesday, November 19, Dumbledore鈥檚 Army and the Salameno聽Center for British Studies co-sponsored a screening of an聽episode of Doctor Who (鈥淭he Name of the Doctor鈥) in the Laurel聽Hall Screening Room. The screening was well attended. We hope聽this event is the first of many collaborations between the two聽groups.

On November 21, 2013, Professor Todd Barnes (Literature) gave a public聽talk entitled 鈥淭he Tempest and Its聽Discontents.鈥 This talk, sponsored by聽the Salameno Center for British Studies, was scheduled to coincide with聽the current campus production of The Tempest. In his talk, Professor Barnes聽discussed the history of the play鈥檚 reception. He discussed, in particular, the聽play鈥檚 role in larger debates concerning early modern and contemporary ways of聽thinking about colonialism, patriarchy, globalization, geography, and of course,聽theatre and performance studies. The talk was well attended by students and聽faculty from across the聽campus, and it was followed聽by a lively discussion.

On October 16, 2013 Martin Francis, Henry R. Winkler Professor of Modern聽History at the university of Cincinnati, gave a public talk to the College聽community.The talk was provocatively titled 鈥淧oets or Killers?: Royal Air Force聽Flyers and British Culture During WWII,鈥 and concerned the complex public identity of聽the pilots; they were indeed national heroes but the death rate among them was forty聽percent! The talk was sponsored by the British Studies Center, a campus organization聽established to foster the study and discussion of all things British, as well as by the聽History Club.

The newly forming Salameno Center for British Studies of 69色情视频 sponsored a talk on Monday, November 19th, 1-2 in SC 137 by Jane Austen scholar Juliette Wells of Goucher College.
Juliette Wells is the author of the 2012 book Everybody鈥檚 Jane: Jane Austen in the Popular Imagination. This book, which was the subject of her talk, explores the fan culture that has sprung up worldwide and in countless mediums, centered upon the British novelist, Jane Austen. Professor Wells explored why Austen has such a varied 鈥渇an鈥 base, of people of all ages and nationalities, including academics and non-academics. This resurgence of Austen 鈥渇andom鈥 has sparked an industry of film adaptations, material objects related to Austen, as well as 鈥渕ashups鈥 or popular rewritings, of her six famous novels. These fan fictions include continuations of her novels, dating guides, mystery novels based on her books, and countless other 鈥渜uirky cultural creativity.鈥 Support for this event was generously provided by the 69色情视频 Foundation, with additional support provided by Platinum funds.
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