Thursday 22nd November
Modernist Archives in Context: Periodicals This event invites academics, practitioners, postgraduates and other interested parties to engage in discussions surrounding Samuel Beckett’s involvement in Modernist periodicals. It seeks to contextualise the human and material dynamics in which authors like Beckett operated, and offers an opportunity to engage with archival material. The event, supported by the Samuel Beckett Research Centre, will use the Beckett archive at Reading to explore the diverse literary and performance networks that continue to spread across disciplines and genres. Friday 23rd November Modernist Archives in Context: Performance As part of Beckett Week at Reading 2018, this event will discuss Samuel Beckett’s creative relationships in theatre. It will explore Beckett’s lasting influence as a playwright and director, with close reference to Billie Whitelaw and Jocelyn Herbert’s papers, held in the Reading archives, as well as to the Staging Beckett database. Fees for Modernist Archives in Context: Periodicals and Performance This 2-day conference will include lunches and refreshments, as well as attendance of research panels, hands-on workshops, a keynote on modernist periodicals by Professor Andrew Thacker, and a Q&A with additional invited speaker(s). Fees are as follows:
Contact [email protected] for more information. Saturday 24th November Beckett International Foundation Seminar More information about this event will be posted in due course.
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Based at the University of Reading (UK) the Beckett Centre is an interdisciplinary hub for the advancement of creative and scholarly engagement with the works of the Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel Beckett.
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