Minghella Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading Join us this year for Beckett Week at the University of Reading! If you’re a fan of Beckett’s work, there will be something…Read More >
Beckett International Foundation
Beckett Week 2018 (22-24 November)
Modernist Archives in Context: Periodicals and Performance Q&A with award-winning novelist, Eimear McBride Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Beckett International Foundation Registration is now open for our annual Beckett…Read More >
Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar 2017
The Beckett International Foundation held the 2017 Beckett Research Seminar on Saturday 20 May, 10am-4pm. The event was held in the Conference Room of Special Collections, University of Reading, the…Read More >
Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar 2015
The 2015 Beckett International Foundation Annual Research Seminar brought the University’s inaugural Beckett Week (2015) to a close with thought-provoking papers from Stefano Rosignoli (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Jonathan Heron…Read More >
Tribute to Billie Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014)
Professor Anna McMullan has written a tribute to the renowned Beckett actor, Billie Whitelaw, who sadly passed away yesterday: “The Staging Beckett team, the Beckett International Foundation, and colleagues at…Read More >
Samuel Beckett Week 2014
An exhibition and series of public events was held in the first week of October to celebrate the University’s internationally renowned collection of manuscripts from the Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel…Read More >
Beckett at Reading 2013 (4th – 7th April 2013)
In 1988, with the support of Samuel Beckett, James Knowlson established the Beckett International Foundation as a charitable trust. The Foundation’s objective is to promote the work of Samuel Beckett…Read More >
Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar 2012 (28th April 2012)
The annual Beckett International Foundation research seminar took place on 28 April 2012. Speakers were Yoshiki Tajiri (University of Tokyo), Laura Salisbury (Birkbeck College, University of London), Conor Carville (University…Read More >
Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar 2011 (7th May 2011)
The annual Beckett International Foundation research seminar took place on 7 May 2011. Speakers were Peter Fifield (St Peter’s College, Oxford), John Pilling (University of Reading), Derval Tubridy (Goldsmiths College,…Read More >
Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar 2010
The Beckett International Foundation annual Research Seminar, now in its 22nd year, took place on 8 May 2010. Around fifty delegates attended, and the speakers were Jean-Michel Rabaté (University of…Read More >