The Samuel Beckett Summer School
About the Samuel Beckett Summer School
Trinity College Dublin is honoured to present the annual Samuel Beckett Summer School, a weeklong celebration and exploration of the works of one of its most famous graduates. Each year we will invite the world’s foremost Beckett scholars to present new lectures and seminars on all aspects of Beckett’s works.We hope that the School will appeal to a wide range of Beckett enthusiasts by providing the opportunity to savour and study Beckett’s works in the context of the university where he began his intellectual life.
Each year the Summer School will offer ten lectures on a variety of topics; two of these lectures will be devoted to a specific theme, which will change from year to year. One of the four seminars will also address this theme. There will be two lectures every morning, and a choice of seminars will be available in the afternoon. In the first year we will run four seminars; enrolled students will choose which seminar they wish to attend when they register. In the evenings we will offer a range of activities, including cultural events, performances, field trips, an opening reception and a closing banquet.
The Patron of the Summer School is Edward Beckett.
The 2012 Summer School: 15-20 July
Confirmed Speakers for 2012 include:
Enoch Brater, Terence Brown, Andrew Gibson, Jonathan Heron, Sean Kennedy, Declan Kiberd, Ulrika Maude, Emilie Morin, John Pilling, and Rosemary Pountney.
Seminars will include:
Beckett and Irish Culture, 1929-49 (Sean Kennedy)
Beckett Reading Group (John Pilling)
Beckett's Manuscripts (Mark Nixon & Dirk Van Hulle)
Performance Workshop (Jonathan Heron)
Application and Registration will open online January 2012.
The fees for the Samuel Beckett Summer School have now been set:
670 euro programme only
1170 euro programme plus accommodation at Trinity College Dublin
Further details and the application form are available on the links below.
We are offering one bursary of free programme and accommodation for one international applicant.
We are also offering a limited number of bursaries for Trinity students, both undergraduate and postgraduate; these cover just the programme.
Details on the two 2012 bursaries will be posted on our website shortly.
Please click the links below for further information.
