The long-awaited publication of Beckett’s German Diaries is scheduled for 20 August. The German Diaries represent the last significant unpublished writings by Beckett. They provide insights into the evolution of Beckett’s aesthetics in his critical confrontation with literature and visual art. But also into the motivations behind his decision to embark upon this trip. They…
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Radio France has dropped a five-part podcast in its France Culture series on the life and work of Samuel Beckett. The French language series, titled Avoir Raison avec Samuel Beckett is presented by Arnaud Laporte and contains a vast array of interviews with authors, actors and academics covering the broad range of the writer’s oeuvre…
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An event which organisers describe as ‘an afternoon of lectures and performances exploring Samuel Beckett’s lifelong engagement with the visual arts’ will take place on Saturday 29 August at the Bel Ami Gallery in Los Angeles. Drawing on David Lloyd’s account of painting as Beckett’s ‘thing,’ this symposium asks how language and aesthetics relate throughout…
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A reminder that the latest in the Samuel Beckett Early Career Scholars Initiative will take place this Tuesday 11 August. Titled “Getting known: Publishing in Beckett Studies”, the session will share ideas on aspects of getting published in the discipline. An attractive list of experience speakers will include: Dr. Amanda Dennis (The American University of Paris),…
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The death has taken place of leading Beckett scholar Charles Krance on 28 July last at his home in Ruisse, France. A pioneer in the area of genetic scholarship in Beckett Studies, he taught at the University of Chicago from 1969 to 1994, specialising in twentieth-century French Literature (and in particular Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Beckett),…
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The Journal of Beckett Studies has invited submissions in the form of a 300 word abstract for a special issue titled Beckett and Travel scheduled for publication in April 2027 as issue 36:1. Samuel Beckett was for all his life an inveterate traveller. Early travels to France, Florence and Kassel in the 1920s were followed…
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Galina Kiryushina and Pim Verhulst have published a call for papers for a special issue of Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd’hui titled ‘Broadcasting Beckett Across Borders’ which they are planning as guest editors. Over the past decade, Beckett’s exploration of technological media has attracted much interest, with essay collections such as Samuel Beckett and BBC…
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An interesting roundtable event has been announced around the subject of Beckett and Cyprus. The event will be hosted at the Centre of Visual Arts and Research in Nicosia and will co-organised by the Centre’s Collections manager Holly Kunst and international Beckett scholar Swati Joshi. Planning for the event is ongoing but the organisers have…
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The Samuel Beckett Early Career Scholars Initiative has just announced its latest webinar. Titled “Getting known: Publishing in Beckett Studies”, the session will share ideas on aspects of getting published in the discipline. An attractive list of experience speakers will include: Dr. Amanda Dennis (The American University of Paris), Book Reviews Editor, The Beckett Review Dr.…
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Dans le cadre du festival « After Beckett : Festival Beckett/Not Beckett » organisé à Bordeaux du 9 au 11 décembre 2026, ce nouveau Beckett Brunch propose de réfléchir aux réécritures contemporaines de l’œuvre de Samuel Beckett plus de trente-cinq ans après sa disparition. Une attention particulière sera portée à la traduction comme pratique de transmission, aux nouvelles…
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