Folger Institute

Fellow Layla Zeitouni explains how the Term “Major” Allowed the Gutenberg Bible to Supersede the Donatus

A participant in the undergraduate seminar, Whose Sovereignty?, explores depictions of Othello in the Folger collection

A participant in the undergraduate seminar, Whose Sovereignty?, experiences the materiality of the 1583 edition of John Foxe’s Actes and Monuments

Fellow Anandi Rao takes a close look at a copy of an Urdu translation of The Comedy of Errors.

Fellow Sara Pennell hunts down the former owner of one the Folger’s many recipe books.

Fellow Alex Baines looks at the drawings of C. Walter Hodges and how they continue to impact how we imagine the Globe Theatre

Artistic fellow Casey Carsel shares their process designing textile works in response to questions about the Early Modern Jewish experience

Folger Fellow Ianick Takaes explores an early modern staging of heaven and hell.

A look at items in the Folger collection belonging to William Stukeley, an antiquarian with an interest in Robin Hood

Artistic Fellow Camille Thomas shares how research at the Folger helps inform her play, Sweet Blood.

In a continuation of a series, a member of the RaceB4Race Mentorship Network discusses what they’re reading and thinking about in their monthly Reading Group.