This Friday, 20 September, sees the first in a series of interdisciplinary seminars which will explore ‘grey temporalities’ in Beckett’s work. The online seminar will include contributions from a list of notable speakers. Organised by Eleanor Green and Swati Joshi, the event is supported by the Samuel Beckett Society. Those who wish to attend can follow this link to register. on the day.
The programme is as follows (all timings BST):
12–12:05pm Introduction
12:05–12:10pm Welcome address Patrick Bixby
12:10–12:25pm Keynote: Laura Salisbury and Michiko Tsushima: ‘Tuning in to Beckett’s Grey’
12:25–12:30pm Discussion and Questions
12:30–1:15pm Lunch break
1:15–1:25 Ryan Kerr: ‘A hundred thousand years later’: Quad Il and the “Grey Temporality” of Postmodernism
1:25–1:35pm Lucas Margarit: ‘Towards the monochromatic poem’
1:35–1:45pm Claire Potter: …under the weather so long… A Lecture on Clouds [Reading Shadows & Grey Transitions]
1:45–2pm Discussion and Questions
2–2:10pm Coffee break
2:10–2:25pm Keynote: James Martell: ‘Beckett in the (Not)iCloud’ or the Grey Beckettian Social Media Image
2:25–2:30pm Discussion and Questions
2:30pm–2:40pm Charles Clements: The Necessity of Characterological Nonsense or, Why Literary Theory Isn’t Astronomy
2:40–2:50pm Evangelia Danadaki: Clouding identity and trans-subjectivization in Beckett
2:50–3pm Discussion and Questions
3–3:15pm Coffee break
3:15–3:30pm Artist talk by Saun Santipreecha: ‘…Colour: none. All grey. Shades of grey.’ Taxonomy, the Ideal and Relational Modularity
3:30–3:35pm Discussion and Questions
3:35–3:40pm Word association games and last reflections
3:40–3:45pm Eleanor & Swati conclude and introduce the next theme
MASTHEAD: ‘But a cloud’ (PIC: F Ó Faoláin)
The Samuel Beckett Society 
Hello, The late British artist Kenneth Loynes was a great admirer of Samuel Beckett. He painted several portraits of him and a series of smaller works from Waiting for Godot. I inherited Kenneth´s Body of Works, and I am now considering a donation to the Beckett Society of some of these paintings. Please advice. The paintings can be seen on http://www.kennethloynes.com under Portrait of Samuel Beckett- Waiting for Godot- Yours sincerely Margrete Geurts-Lakin
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Dear Margrete,
Many thanks for contacting the Society. I am passing on your message to the president Patrick Bixby who will be able to give you more information regarding your generous offer. Would it be possible to share your own email address with us so we can make direct contact?
Best
Feargal Whelan
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