The Society’s 12th annual conference will be held at the Centre for Textual Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester England, and will take place from 19 to 21 November 2015. The theme is “Users of Scholarly Editions: Editorial Anticipations of Reading, Studying and Consulting”. The CfP is now available from the conference pages. The Centre for Textual Studies also made a CfP Flyer. Please note that all speakers must be members of the Society in good standing.
Variants 11
via Wim Van Mierlo
Variants 11 (2014) has just (at long last) been published. Members will receive a copy in the post, but non-members can order via Brill. For more information, please visit the issue’s official webpage.
Call for Papers: Variants 2015
Submissions are still being accepted for the next issue of Variants to be published in 2015. Please contact the editor (Wim Van Mierlo) with your inquiries. Submission guidelines and a list of previous issues can be found on our Journal page.
Wanted: Variants Review Editor
The Society’s journal, Variants, is looking to appoint a number of new book review editors who can take responsibility for a specific region or language. Book review editors will monitor new publications (monographs, collections of essays, scholarly editions, digital projects) within their area, order review copies, commission reviews and sent copy-edited reviews to the journal editor. This is an ideal opportunity for PhD students or early career researchers. Please contact the editor Wim Van Mierlo, with an expression of interest.
Registration: Samuel Beckett Summer School 2015
via Sam Slote
Registration now open for the 2015 Samuel Beckett Summer School, 9-14 August, Trinity College Dublin
Confirmed list of lecturers for the 2015 Samuel Beckett Summer School:
- C. J. Ackerley
- Amanda Dennis
- Lois Oppenheim
- Paul Stewart
- Derval Tubridy
- David Wheatley
‘The loutishness of learning’: a roundtable on teaching Beckett, chaired by Jonathan Heron
A tour of the Beckett country, led by Feargal Whelan
Seminars:
- Beckett and the Visual Arts, Derval Tubridy
- Beckett and Poetry, David Wheatley
- Beckett’s Manuscripts, Mark Nixon & Dirk Van Hulle
- Performance Workshop, Jonathan Heron & Nicholas Johnson
- Reading Group, Sam Slote
Details of the performance schedule to be announced shortly.
The deadline for bursary applicants is 13 March.
The deadline for registration is 4 May.
For a registration form please email: Sam Slote (sbss@usit.ie)
For more information: http://beckettsummerschool.com
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