Annual Shakespeare fellow
The annual Dr Alice Griffin Shakespearean Fellowship brings experts in Shakespearean studies to the University of Auckland.
The Dr Alice Griffin Fellowship in Shakespearean Studies was established thanks to the generosity of Mr John Griffin, President of Blue Ridge Capital in New York.
Mr Griffin's donation to the Faculty of Arts established the scholarship in the name of his mother Dr Alice Griffin who held a PhD from Columbia University, served as associate editor and drama critic for Theatre Arts Magazine, and taught modern drama at the City University of New York.
Alice Griffin's ten books on theatre include Living Theater, Understanding Tennessee Williams, Understanding Arthur Miller, and Understanding Lillian Hellman. The latest of her four books on Shakespeare is Shakespeare's Women in Love.
The Dr Alice Griffin Shakespearean Fellowship brings experts in Shakespearean Studies to the University of Auckland and allows Arts students to benefit from their teachings. A public lecture is given by each visiting fellow.
2026 Alice Griffin Fellow: Professor Evelyn (Lyn) Tribble
Professor Evelyn Tribble (University of Connecticut) is a world leader in scholarship on Shakespeare and early modern theatre with research interests ranging over Shakespeare, performance, memory and skill. A former President of the Australia and New Zealand Shakespeare Association, her innovative research has transformed the scholarly field, revealing an entirely new understanding of the early modern theatre as a workplace. Her acclaimed studies include Cognition in the Globe: Attention and Memory in Shakespeare’s Theatre (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare’s Theatre: Thinking with the Body (Arden Shakespeare, 2017). Current projects include an edition of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Arden Shakespeare, 4th series and a book on magic and performance in early modern England.
Previous fellows
- Professor Brett Greatley-Hirsch, 2025
- Professor Rosalind Smith, 2024
- Professor David McInnis, 2023
- Dr Rob Conkie, 2022
- Professor Bridget Escolme, 2019
- Professor Liam Semler, 2018
- Professor Deanne Williams, 2018
- Professor Peter Holbrook, 2017
- Professor Gil Harris and Professor Madhavi Menon, 2016
- Professor Peter Holland, 2015
- Dr Emma Smith, 2014
- Professor Stephen Orgel, 2013
- Professor Lorna Hutson, 2012
- Professor John Kerrigan, 2011
- Professor Tiffany Stern, 2010
- Professor Gary Taylor, 2009
- Professor Jean Howard, 2008
- Professor Adrian Poole, 2007
- Professor Dympna Callaghan, 2006
- Professor Andrew Gurr, 2005