A hybrid event organised by the Carl Gustav Jung Institute of San Francisco has just been announced and should be of interest to those interested in the area of Beckett and psychoanalysis and particularly his engagement with Jung and his ideas. As is well known, Beckett attended one evening of Jung’s ‘Tavistock Lectures’ in London…
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Georges Borchardt (1928-2026) The death recently took place in New York of Georges Borchardt, the literary agent who was instrumental in promoting and developing the careers of Samuel Beckett and other notable twentieth century European writers in the United Sates. Raised in France, Borchardt lived a clandestine life during the war because of his family’s Jewishness…
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The latest in the Cambridge Elements in Beckett Studies series has just been released. Authored by Society past-president Patrick Bixby, Quotidian Beckett: Art of Everyday Life will explore the writer’s ‘enduring preoccupation with the quotidian rhythms of modern life, including the experiences of boredom, routine, habit, and consumption.’ By drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s influential theories of…
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When asked by The Times in 1983 to set out his hopes for the coming year, Beckett replied by telegram with an economy worthy of his aesthetic: RESOLUTIONS COLON ZERO STOP PERIOD HOPES COLON ZERO STOP BECKETT By contrast, in 2026 we at the Samuel Beckett Society resolve to continue promoting his work and ideas,…
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As part of the Samuel Beckett: The German Room exhibition currently ongoing at the University of Regensburg in Germany, a one-day conference will take place on January 19 2026 featuring contributions from a fascinating group of noted scholars and practitioners. Taking part in the proceedings will be: Prof. Dr. Oliver Lubrich (University of Bern): ‘What…
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The second issue of the Beckett Review, the Society’s official publication, is now available. The Winter 2025 edition contains a wide variety of news, reviews and items of general interest to all scholars and fans of the writer. This issue sees the first in a proposed series of peer-reviewed essays from early-career scholars: ‘Three Versions…
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The latest issue of the Journal of Beckett Studies, vol. 34 no. 2 (September 2025) is now available. This issue includes contributions from articles by Reuben Slade, Imane Aoulad Ben Ali, Michael D’Arcy, C.J. Ackerley, and John Pilling, as well as an intrview by Galina Kiryushina, and reviews by Leslie Hill, Jane Coyle, Katya Gosteva, and…
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The latest in the Cambridge Elements in Beckett Studies series has just been announced. Beckett and Leopardi is co-authored by Peter Boxall and Peter Nicholls aims to read Beckett in conjunction with Italian author Giacomo Leopardi arguing ‘that the dialogue between them might offer new ways of thinking about the nature of both writers’ pessimism’. Boxall and…
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Anthem Press has just announced the publication of Beckett and Broadcasting: On Works of Samuel Beckett for and in Radio and Television by Clas Zilliacus. This well-known, foundational work in the field was completed in 1976 but received only limited circulation at the time. Now presented with a new introduction by the author and an…
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The celebrated German director Walter Asmus was appointed Honorary Trustee of the Samuel Beckett Society at a presentation at the Beckett International Foundation seminar at the University of Reading on Saturday 1 November. Walter Asmus first met Samuel Beckett at the Schiller Theater in West Berlin in 1974, where he assisted Beckett to direct Waiting For…
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The Samuel Beckett Society 