Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
SEMINAR
................................................................. Postcode
Telephone
Email
18 APRIL 09
'The University of Reading: Beckett International Foundation'
The Beckett International Foundation is pleased to announce Date: Saturday, 18 April 2009
that the next Beckett Research Seminar will take place on Time: 10.15 to 16.45
Saturday, 18 April 2009. Venue: Conference Room, Special Collections, The University of Reading
The event will be held in the Conference Room of Special Collections
at the University of Reading. 10.15 - 10.30 Coffee
10.30 - 11.00 David Tucker, University of Sussex
As in previous years, our speakers represent a mixture of both local
‘Tracing “a literary fantasia”: Geulincx in Beckett’s works
and international research students as well as established scholars,
1941–1946’
reflecting the current research into Beckett's writing. It is our hope
that the quality of the papers will, as in the past, attract a wide and 11.00 - 11.30 Discussion
varied audience. 11.30 - 12.00 Sean Lawlor, University of Reading
The charge for the day is £20 per participant (£15 unwaged), which ‘Seats of Honour’ - the poem Beckett sat on?
includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day. Directions are 12.00 - 12.30 Discussion
attached. Please note that parking facilities are available at the 12.45 - 14.00 Lunch
venue. If you would like to attend the Seminar, please return the form
overleaf, with payment. 14.15 - 14.45 Antonia Rodríguez-Gago, University Autónoma of Madrid
‘Transcultural Beckett: Cultural and Political Issues
Underlying Performance’
For further information, please contact:
Dr Ronan McDonald Dr Mark Nixon 14.45 - 15.15 Discussion
E: r.d.a.mcdonald@reading.ac.uk E: m.nixon@reading.ac.uk 15.15 - 15.45 Shane Weller, University of Kent
Tel: +44 (0) 118 378 7010 ‘Staging Psychoanalysis: Endgame and the Theory of the
By Post: The Beckett International Foundation Anal-Sadistic Phase’
Department of English, Whiteknights, PO Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA 15.45 - 16.15 Discussion