The Samuel Beckett Research Centre at the University of Reading is delighted to announce the appointment of two new Creative Fellows 2020-21: Duncan Campbell and Hannah Khalil.<\/p>\n
Duncan Campbell<\/strong><\/span> is an Irish video artist based in Glasgow; he was the recipient of the 2014 Turner Prize for his video work\u00a0It for Others<\/em>. Campbell\u2019s art draws extensively on archival research, and examines the role that archives play in our knowledge of, and emotional connection to, the past. Through combining found and created material, this is work that questions the borders between personal and historical memory, dream and documentary, word and image.<\/p>\n Past subjects include Northern Irish politician Bernadette Devlin (Bernadette<\/em>, 2008), the DeLorean car project (Make it New, John<\/em>, 2009), and Chris Marker and Alain Resnais\u2019 1953 film Les statues meurent aussi<\/em>, (It for Others<\/em>, 2013). Most recently Duncan has worked in the archives of the Irish File Centre to make The Welfare of Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 Hallissy<\/em> (2017).<\/p>\n Campbell has a long-standing interest in the work of Samuel Beckett, as is evident from his 2006 film O, Joan, No<\/em>, based in part on the stage directions for Beckett\u2019s Play<\/em>.<\/p>\n Hannah Khalil<\/strong><\/span> is an award-winning Palestinian-Irish playwright and dramatist.\u00a0Hannah\u2019s \u00a0work for the stage and radio engages closely with identity, displacement and the politics of national history.<\/p>\n Her work for stage includes\u00a0A Museum in Baghdad<\/em>, which moves between the founding of a collection of Iraqi antiquities in 1926, and the aftermath of its looting in 2006, to examine the role of the archive as a national institution. It opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company\u2019s Swan Theatre in 2019.<\/p>\n Hannah\u2019s other plays include Interference<\/em>\u00a0for The National Theatre of Scotland,\u00a0The Scar Test\u00a0<\/em>for\u00a0Soho Theatre and\u00a0Scenes from 68* Years<\/em>\u00a0for the Arcola.\u00a0Scenes from 68* Years\u00a0<\/em>was nominated for the James Tait Black award.\u00a0In 2017 Khalil was awarded The Arab British Centre’s Prize for Culture. Along with her theatre work, she has written numerous radio plays, including\u00a0The Unwelcome, Last of the Pearl Fishers\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Deportation Room,<\/em>\u00a0all for BBC Radio 4.<\/p>\n