In her talk, Callaghan will argue that the question, “What is your substance, whereof are you made?” from Shakespeare's Sonnet 53, which has long fascinated readers and critics alike, is more than philosophical, it demands a specifically material answer, such as marble, flesh or wax.

Callaghan is Dean's Professor in the Humanities and former William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities (1999-2003). She also received the 2005 Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award, a Getty Long-term Scholar award and a 2001 Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowship. She is the author of seven books and many articles on Shakespeare and English Renaissance literature. Her most recent book is “Romeo and Juliet: Texts and Contexts.”

Mary Marshall (1903-2000) was a founder of Syracuse University Library Associates, sponsor of the lecture. She was the first woman at Syracuse University to achieve the rank of full professor in The College of Liberal Arts. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Contact: Anne Roth – phone: 685-6832 – e-mail: ABJigger@aol.com