Professor of English Michael Saenger published an essay titled “Shakespeare and Multilinguistic Affairs: A Strategy for Reading Across Borders” in Contemporary Readings in Global Performances of Shakespeare, edited by Alexa Alice Joubin. The book is published by Bloomsbury Academic as part of The Arden Shakespeare series.

—October 2024

Professor of English Michael Saenger published a blog post at the Times of Israel, titled “How to Spot Antisemitism.” It can be read here.

—September 2024

Professor of English Michael Saenger was flown to Toronto to participate in a video documentary on his little brother, Mohan Govindasamy, aka Launders. Govindasamy was matched with Saenger through the Toronto office of Big Brothers / Big Sisters, and he is currently a major figure in e-sports. The video can be seen here.

—August 2024

Professor of English Michael Saenger has been invited by Old Dominion University’s Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding to take part in their new series, “The Nosh: Taking a Bite Out of Hard Conversations.” Saenger will co-facilitate discussion on the current Israel-Palestine conflict and its impact on American academics.

—July 2024

Professor of English Michael Saenger published an essay that was featured on the Times of Israel website, titled “Keeping the light on, in my campus office.” The essay advocates activism to combat rising antisemitism at American universities. He was nominated to join the Steering Committee of the new initiative he has helped to launch, discussed in the essay, Faculty Against Antisemitism Movement. The essay can be read here.

—April 2024