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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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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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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