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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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== Training ==
  
 
BA Hons ([[Rhodes University]] 1969 – 1972), MA (University of Warwick), D.Phil (1975-1978, Oxford University)  
 
BA Hons ([[Rhodes University]] 1969 – 1972), MA (University of Warwick), D.Phil (1975-1978, Oxford University)  
  
Long time member of the [[English Academy of Southern Africa]] and founding member of the [[Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa]].
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== Career ==
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Long time member of the [[English Academy of Southern Africa]], and a member of the [[South African Academy of Science]] (since 2009), and serves on the Editorial Board of ''Shakespeare'', (Journal of the British Shakespeare Association), ''[[English Studies in Africa]]'' and ''[[English Academy Review]]'' (English Academy of Southern Africa).
  
Also a member of the South African Academy of Science (since 2009), and serves on the Editorial Board of ''Shakespeare'', (Journal of the British Shakespeare Association), ''[[English Studies in Africa]]'', ''[[English Academy Review]]'', (English Academy of Southern Africa) and was the editor of ''[[Shakespeare in Southern Africa]]'', 1992–1998.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
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Reviewer and writer on Shakespeare rpoductions in South Africa, he was a founding member and one time Chairman of the [[Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa]] (today Honorary Life President). He was the editor  of the society's journal ''[[Shakespeare in South Africa]]'' from 1992 to 1998.
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== Awards, etc ==
  
 
Gold Medal, English Academy of Southern Africa (2010)
 
Gold Medal, English Academy of Southern Africa (2010)
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Honorary Life President, Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa
 
Honorary Life President, Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa
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Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Senior Research Medal (2009)
 
Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Senior Research Medal (2009)
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== Sources ==
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Curriculum Vitae - Laurence Wright, Research Unit for Language and Literature in the SA Context[http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0ahUKEwiFy7qy28jTAhXkKsAKHcWvCtoQFgg4MAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwu.ac.za%2Fsites%2Fwww.nwu.ac.za%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2Fp-fa%2FDocuments%2FNE%2FCV%2F07_LWright_cv.doc&usg=AFQjCNEIcfJrc1t9dDYroQHLU6dewH2fVQ&sig2=dA9DWPV2kyYIpM916cKXCQ]
 
Curriculum Vitae - Laurence Wright, Research Unit for Language and Literature in the SA Context[http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0ahUKEwiFy7qy28jTAhXkKsAKHcWvCtoQFgg4MAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwu.ac.za%2Fsites%2Fwww.nwu.ac.za%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2Fp-fa%2FDocuments%2FNE%2FCV%2F07_LWright_cv.doc&usg=AFQjCNEIcfJrc1t9dDYroQHLU6dewH2fVQ&sig2=dA9DWPV2kyYIpM916cKXCQ]
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurence-wright-ba7bb778/?ppe=1
 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurence-wright-ba7bb778/?ppe=1
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Revision as of 06:13, 29 April 2017

Laurence Wright is an academic, a lecturer and researcher in English literature and a Shakespeare specialist.

Professor Emeritus, Rhodes University. Formerly H.A. Molteno Professor of English at Rhodes University and Director, Institute for the Study of English in Africa. Senior Research Associate, in the Research Unit for Language and Literature in the SA Context, North-West University.

Biography

Training

BA Hons (Rhodes University 1969 – 1972), MA (University of Warwick), D.Phil (1975-1978, Oxford University)

Career

Long time member of the English Academy of Southern Africa, and a member of the South African Academy of Science (since 2009), and serves on the Editorial Board of Shakespeare, (Journal of the British Shakespeare Association), English Studies in Africa and English Academy Review (English Academy of Southern Africa).

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Reviewer and writer on Shakespeare rpoductions in South Africa, he was a founding member and one time Chairman of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa (today Honorary Life President). He was the editor of the society's journal Shakespeare in South Africa from 1992 to 1998.

Awards, etc

Gold Medal, English Academy of Southern Africa (2010)

Honorary Life President, Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa

Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Senior Research Medal (2009)

Sources

Curriculum Vitae - Laurence Wright, Research Unit for Language and Literature in the SA Context[1]

https://www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/2011/rememberingatoweringintellectualandanactivist.html

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurence-wright-ba7bb778/?ppe=1

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

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