To mark the milestone of fifty years of teaching and scholarship by its renowned Professor Enoch Brater, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is presenting a symposium in his honour. Professor Brater has been a leading figure in Beckett scholarship since the 1970s with publications including the influential Why Beckett? (1989) and The Drama in…
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It is with the deepest sadness that the Samuel Beckett Society has learned of the death of one of its Honorary Trustees, John Fletcher aged 87. Born in 1937, John attended King Alfred School, Plõn, Germany and later Yeovil School, Somerset. He then studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA) and Toulouse University (DÉS, Dr 3e…
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Registration has just opened for Beckett’s Relationships, the 10th annual conference of the Samuel Beckett Society which will take place from 5-7 June at the University of Edinburgh. Conference fees are as follows: PhD, Precarious & Unwaged: FREE Salaried (without institutional funding): £50 Salaried (with institutional funding): £100 Patrons are encouraged to register as early…
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“Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.” Success in Publishing The first seminar of 2025 from Samuel Beckett Early Career Scholars Initiative is a webinar on publishing, titled ‘Try again. Fail again. Fail Better: Success in Publishing.’ The session will share ideas on aspects of getting published in the discipline. The event will include contributions from Dr.…
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A special one-off performance of All That Fall will take place in the atmospheric surroundings of Tullow Church, Foxrock, Dublin, where Beckett worshipped as a boy. The play, which has such a strong resonance of the surrounding area, was described by Beckett as consisting of ‘imprecations from the Brighton Road to Foxrock Station and back…
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The Samuel Beckett Working Group (SBWG) of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) is proud to partner with the journal Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd’hui on a forthcoming special issue dedicated to theme of Beckett and the Tragic. The project emerged from the SBWG’s gathering at the 2024 IFTR conference held in Manila, where the group…
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Following a ballot in which a record number of Society members cast their vote the result has been declared in the election of two new members to serve on the Executive Board of the Samuel Beckett Society. Outgoing president Patrick Bixby announced that the next Vice President (to succeed to the Presidency in two years)…
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A reminder to all that voting to elect two new Executive Board members for the Samuel Beckett Society will close in a few day’s time. Society members in good standing should choose one of the six nominees below (listed in no particular order) and send their name to beckettsociety@gmail.com by Saturday, 1 February. José Francisco Fernández (Universidad de…
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The time has come to cast our votes to elect two new Executive Board members for the Samuel Beckett Society. Society members in good standing should choose one of the six nominees below (listed in no particular order) and send their name to beckettsociety@gmail.com by Saturday, 1 February. José Francisco Fernández (Universidad de Almería) Pascale Sardin (Université Bordeaux…
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The Samuel Beckett Society is now soliciting nominations for two new Executive Board members. Any member in good standing may to provide ONE nomination: the SIX most popular nominees will go out for ballot after the nomination deadline. Two members will then be elected to start office in February 2025. The member with the most votes will become Vice President for two…
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