Call for Participation: Beckett’s Beginnings/Comment C’est, Commencez avec Beckett. Tours, France, May 2026.

A multi-disiciplinary event marking the centenary of Samuel Beckett’s formative cycling holiday to Tours has just been announced for 28 May 2026 with the organisers issuing a call for papers, presentations and performances. Titled Beckett’s Beginnings/ Comment C’est, Commencez avec Beckett: Beckett, France and the Touraine – 1926-2026/Beckett, la France et la Touraine – 1926-2026,…

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Próxima reunión en la serie Vertice Samuel Beckett/Latest session in Spanish language series

El seminario Vértice Samuel Beckett continua con la intervención de Gabriela Vescovi (UNICAMP) de Brasil hablando sobre el tema ‘el distópico en la obra de Samuel Beckett: los textos claustrofóbicos’ en el viernes 20 de febrero. 14:00 Brasil/Argentina; 11:00 Mexico; 18:00 España. Se puede unirse a la reunión con este link. The latest session in…

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Samuel Beckett: The German Room. A one-day conference in Regensburg, Germany

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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BIF 35th Annual Seminar to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Warten Auf Godot

The Beckett International Foundation has just announced that the 35th annual BIF Seminar will take place at the Minghella Studios, the University of Reading, on 1 November 2025. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Beckett’s production of Warten auf Godot at the Schiller-Theater in Berlin in 1975, Walter Asmus, who assisted Beckett on this production, will join the conference for a…

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