The University of Gdańsk Samuel Beckett Seminar 2026 | Research Echoes, and Neurocognitive Beckett

Name: The University of Gdańsk Samuel Beckett Seminar 2026 | Research Echoes, and Neurocognitive Beckett
Start: 2026-05-11T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-11T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Uniwersytet Gdański

Schedule

Mon May 11 2026 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Uniwersytet Gdański | Gdansk, PM

📚We invite scholars and practitioners who are eager to share their current work on the life and work of Samuel Beckett in a variety of local and global contexts. We suggest that the issues posed in the seminar title might trigger papers and discussions of a variety of works, in a variety of ways, and through a variety of approaches. We offer space for intense discussion on current academic and artistic approaches to Samuel Beckett. The seminar will culminate in a round-table discussion “Between.Europe: Ireland” with a confirmed participation of an internationally celebrated actor Clara Simpson.
🎭The University of Gdańsk Samuel Beckett Seminar is part of the Between.Pomiędzy Festival 2026 (11-17 May), which also includes performances, a series of workshops Sharing Crafts run by Complicité (“Devised Theatre”), Clara Simpson (on Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge), Katarzyna Pastuszak (co-ordinator), and Nicholas Johnson (an April session “A Beckett Ensemble”). There are open discussions, meetings with poets and writers, exhibitions, and other events. For more information on the Between.Pomiędzy Festival see: www.between.org.pl
🧠As part of the seminar we propose a two hour session Neurocognitive Beckett co-organised with the Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara (Italy). The session marks setting institutional foundations for furthering research in this field in the forthcoming years. On 11 May 2026 , the keynote address by Professor S.E. Gontarski (FSU) “Neural Circuitry, Information Transfer and the Arts of Literature and/in Performance” will be followed by lectures by Dr Angello Romagnoli (Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara). We offer an invitation to scholars and practitioners who would like to join us in this event in the role of a speaker or in other forms.
📩We invite proposals for 20-minute papers that provide insight into current Beckett scholarship and practice. The deadline for a 200-word proposal is 20 March 2026 ([email protected]).
👉The seminar fee is 100 euros (covers coffee breaks, lunch, and participation in the Between.Pomiędzy Festival). The event is coordinated by Patrycja Zielke.
The Seminar is organised by Beckett Research Group in Gdańsk, and Between.Pomiędzy Research Group in collaboration with Florida State University (USA), the Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara (Italy).
Financial support: University of Gdańsk, and Irish Embassy in Poland.