A Six Day Workshop was organized by the Department of English of Dibrugarh University from 1st to 6th May, 2016 for celebrating the 400 Death Anniversary of William Shakespeare entitled Celebrating Shakespeare: Four Hundred Years and Beyond. The workshop was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor Professor Alak K. Buragohain. In his inaugural address, Professor Buragohain appreciated the Department for organising the Workshop. He drew attention to the commonalities between the creative work of Shakespeare and Srimanta Shankardeva in terms of the basic humanism that is reflected in both the workers creations. He also emphasized upon the need for completing the transliteration of the corpus of Shakespeare's work. Several former faculty members of the English Department which included Emeritus Professor Amaresh Datta, Professor Dilip Kumar Barua, Professor Aparna Datta Mahanta, Professor Pona Mahanta, Atul Goswami and Dr. Ananda Bormudoi attended the inaugural session and reflected upon various aspects of life and work of William Shakespeare. The inaugural function was attended by the Deans of the School of Studies, Faculty members, Research Scholars, and students.
Professor Subir Dhar, senior Professor of the Department of English, Rabaindra Bharati University, Kolkata and General Secretary of the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India was the Chief Guest in the inaugural session. Professor Dhar in his Keynote address dwelt upon the intricacies and the nuances of various dramatic elements - especially that of sound in the dramas of Shakespeare.
There in the Workshop a number of academic and performance based sessions and quiz were conducted by Professor Dhar, Professor Bormudoi, Professor Dilip Kumar Barua, Professor Aparna Datta Mahanta, Professor Pona Mahanta and Atul Goswami.
The six-day workshop came to a scintillating end with the students performing two famous scenes from Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice.
A scene of 'Macbeth' enacted by the The famous Trial scene from the play 'The Merchant
second and fourth semester students. of Venice' performed by the students of the Department.