The University of Gdańsk Samuel Beckett Seminar 2026 | Research Echoes, and Neurocognitive Beckett
Schedule
Mon May 11 2026 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Uniwersytet Gdański | Gdansk, PM
🎭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.
Where is it happening?
Uniwersytet Gdański, ul. prof. Marii Janion 7,Gdansk, PolandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:



















