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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The latest in the Samuel Beckett Early Career Scholars Initiative series of webinars has just been announced. This session will focus on forming research clusters for Beckett ECRs. As the organisers state: ‘At the beginning of your career, it’s important to form supportive networks that can help you develop your work. Doing so is also…
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The closing date for applications for a Ruby Cohn Travel Bursary has been extended to 15 March to provide support for those wishing to attend the society’s annual conference, Beckett and Intertextuality, which will be held in Antwerp, Belgium in May 2026. The Samuel Beckett Society is committed to strengthening the field of Beckett Studies by…
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A reminder that the closing date for submission of abstracts for MLA Convention 2027 is approaching. The Society is seeking applications for three separate panels for which full details are provided below. One panel is guaranteed to be accepted by the MLA organising committee while two will be submitted for consideration by the selection process.…
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Beckett publishers Faber are planning a day-long seminar on Waiting for Godot at their London headquarters in Hatton Garden. The event, which will be hosted by past-president of the Samuel Beckett Society Professor Laura Salisbury, will take place on Saturday 21 March and will be strictly limited to fifteen participants. More information on application and…
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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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The Samuel Beckett Society is committed to strengthening the field of Beckett Studies by supporting new scholarship from early career researchers across all geographic areas. In this spirit, and to honour an outstanding past member and scholar, we would like to invite postgraduate researchers, as well those within eight years of submitting their PhDs and…
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The Samuel Beckett Society is pleased to announce calls for papers for the 2027 Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association which will take place in Los Angeles in January. One panel is guaranteed to be accepted by the organising committee while two will be submitted for consideration by the selection process. In the spirit…
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A rare opportunity is being afforded those who are lucky enough to be in and around Phoenix, Arizona next week as the highly rated production of Happy Days from Níl Dabht Productions plays for one night only at the Irish Cultural Centre and McLelland Library. Starring Monica Horan as Winnie and Timothy Durkin as Willie,…
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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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