The Beckett International Foundation has announced details of its 34th Annual Research Seminar. The event will take place at the University of Reading and will include four presentations from eminent Beckett scholars Brenda O’Connell, Peter Boxall, ZoĆ« Tweed and Minako Okamuro. The seminar will be held on Saturday 26 October in the University’s Minghella Building with the following timetable:
10.30 ā 11.00: Registration / Welcome
11.00 ā 11.30:Ā Dr ZoĆ« TweedĀ (University of Reading): āHybrid Bodies: A Hydro- and Eco-Feminist Reading of Company SJās Beckett sa Chreig: Laethanta Sonaā.
11.30 ā 12.00: Discussion
12.00 ā 12.15: Tea / Coffee Break
12.15 ā 12.45:Ā Professor Minako Okamuro (Waseda University): āDrive My Car and Beckettās theatre – On the origin of wordsā.
12.45 ā 1.15: Discussion
1.15 ā 2.15: Lunch
2.15 ā 2.45:Ā Dr Brenda OāConnellĀ (Maynooth University): āNeurological disorder, Samuel Beckett, and meā
2.45 ā 3.15: Discussion
3.15 ā 3.30: Tea / Coffee Break
3.30 ā 4.00:Ā Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford): āHappy Days in the Anthropoceneā.
4.00 ā 4.30: Discussion
Full details and registration can be obtained from here
