The Samuel Beckett Society

April 24, 2015October 30, 2016

Samuel Beckett: Archive, Text & Performance

A new Masters Degree programme to be launched at the UK’s University of Reading

April 17, 2015October 30, 2016

International Beckett Season

June 2015 · Barbican, London

April 16, 2015October 30, 2016

MERL, University of Reading · 28-29 October 2015 Beckett and Europe28th – 29th October 2015 – MERL, University of ReadingAbstract Deadline: 8th June 2015Keynote Speaker: Dr David Tucker (Chester University) The Beckett at Reading Postgraduate group is pleased to announce a new postgraduate and Early Careers two-day conference with the theme of Beckett and Europe.…

February 16, 2015

Beckett’s Bodies: Affect, Disability, Performance

SAMLA 85: Durham, NC Nov 13-15, 2015 The Samuel Beckett Society, Affiliated SessionConference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)Chair/contact: Michelle Rada, Brown University Beckett’s Bodies: Affect, Disability, Performance This panel seeks to explore the ways in which bodies are figured and disfigured in Beckett’s work. On their own constituting an expansive “body of…

October 27, 2014October 31, 2016

Conference: Staging Beckett and Contemporary Theatre and Performance Cultures

Minghella Building, University of Reading 10-11 April 2015 Staging Beckett and Contemporary Theatre and Performance Cultures Minghella Building, University of Reading 10-11 April 2015 Conference Call for Papers The Staging Beckett team is pleased to announce the project’s third and final conference, Staging Beckett and Contemporary Theatre and Performance Cultures. Building on the conversation begun…

October 27, 2014October 31, 2016

Reminder: Inaugural Samuel Beckett Society Conference in 2015

How to get involved In collaboration with the Samuel Beckett Society, Arizona State University will host an international conference at the Clarendon Hotel in Phoenix, AZ on February 19th and 20th, 2015. The inaugural conference of the Samuel Beckett Society will bring together new, emerging, and established perspectives on the Nobel laureate’s writing for a…