Now in its fourth year, the Samuel Beckett Summer School provides a unique experience for students, scholars
and lovers of Beckett’s works. Each year we invite the world’s foremost Beckett scholars to present new lectures
and seminars on all aspects of Beckett’s works. The School appeals to a wide range of Beckett enthusiasts by
providing the opportunity to experience, savour and study Beckett’s works in the university where he began his
intellectual life.
The Summer School is different from an academic conference in that it is not purely a gathering by specialists for
other specialists. Instead, we aim to engage and explore Beckett’s works from a variety of different perspectives in
order to examine and re-examine Beckett’s evolving legacy and relevance. The aim of the Summer School is to look
at Beckett in an open and pluralist fashion and to consider all of the numerous contexts of his work that are of
interest both to the scholar and to the general reader.
The Samuel Beckett Summer School offers a full week of learning and is complemented by social and cultural
events each evening.
Each morning will feature one or two lectures by leading Beckett scholars. In the afternoons we run our week-long
seminars. Each student chooses one of four seminars and stays with that seminar for the full week. Seminars
include: Samuel Beckett’s Letters, Beckett and Brain Science, Beckett’s Manuscripts , Performance Workshop /
Samuel Beckett Laboratory, Reading Group: Three Novels. The range of seminar topics is meant to reflect the
diverse ways in which Beckett’s works can be approached, and are run by experts in those particular areas.
In addition to the academic programme, we offer a range of activities, including social events, performances, field
trips, an opening reception and a closing banquet. We encourage all of our speakers to attend our social events
and discuss Beckett in more informal settings. Some of our additional events are open to the public and some are
exclusive to participants of the Summer School.
Preliminary list of speakers for the 2014 Samuel Beckett Summer School (10-16 August 2014):
Elizabeth Barry, Gerald Dawe, Lois More Overbeck, Laura Salisbury, Anthony Uhlmann, Dirk Van Hulle.
A Roundtable discussion, ‘Beckett beyond the Humanities’, chaired by Jonathan Heron
Seminars: Samuel Beckett’s Letters (Lois More Overbeck), Beckett and Brain Science (Elizabeth Barry & Laura
Salisbury), Beckett’s Manuscripts (Mark Nixon & Dirk Van Hulle), Performance Workshop/Samuel Beckett
Laboratory (Jonathan Heron & Nick Johnson), Reading Group: Three Novels (Sam Slote).
Registration includes: All Lectures, Seminars, and Workshops; Cultural Events; Film Screenings; Theatre
Performance; Special exhibit of Beckett manuscripts; Field trip; Walking tour of Trinity College; Entrance to Old
Library and the Book of Kells; Opening Welcome event; Summer School receptions; Lunches and Farewell Banquet.
Applications now open
The Samuel Beckett Summer School 2014 will run from 10th – 16th August 2014. To request an application form,
email [email protected]. Application and registration for the 2014 Samuel Beckett Summer School
is due 1 May 2014.
Fees
(A). With campus housing.
Fee: €990.00 or Special Student Rate* €790.00
Stay on campus at Trinity College and choose from either:
Single room ensuite or Share a two bedroomed apartment with shared bathroom, kitchen and living area
(B). No housing
Fee: €700.00 or Special Student Rate* €500.00
This option includes programme only and you agree to arrange your own accommodation.
*Student Fees apply to those engaged in full time undergraduate or postgraduate studies.
Applicants are required to included proof of student status
Airfare is not included.
Students planning to attend the Samuel Beckett Summer School may wish to seek funding for the program by
applying for training funds through the Laney Graduate School’s Professional Development Support (PDS) Training
program. Instructions on how to apply for PDS funds are on the Laney Graduate School’s PDS website:
http://gs.emory.edu/professional_development/pds_funds/index.html Note that it is the student’s responsibility
to coordinate external deadlines with the PDS deadlines. Please pay close attention to the deadline dates,
notification dates, and Payment Schedule when preparing your application. The Program does not require that
students be accepted into conferences, training, or research archives before submitting a request for funding.
Competitive International Bursary
One competitive fellowship for tuition and housing will be awarded. This bursary covers all costs for summer
school attendance including on-campus housing at Trinity College except airfare. To be eligible to apply for the
bursary, entrants must be engaged in full or part-time postgraduate studies. Interested applicants are asked to
email [email protected] to acquire a general summer school application form, and then send back
to that address the completed application form, accompanied by a letter of recommendation and a short essay
(max 500 words) outlining their interest or current studies in the work of Samuel Beckett. To qualify for
consideration , you must apply to the Summer School, indicating your interest, and complete other requirements
before 28 March 2014.
Emory Partnership Bursary
One partnership bursary is available to Emory Graduate Students. It waives the cost of registration, €500. To be
eligible to apply for this bursary, entrants must be engaged in full or part-time postgraduate studies. Interested
applicants are asked to email [email protected] to acquire a general summer school application
form, and then send back to that address the completed application form, accompanied by a letter of
recommendation and a short essay (max 500 words) outlining their interest or current studies in the work of
Samuel Beckett, with a copy to Sam Slote, Associate Professor, School of English, Trinity College Dublin: email
SLOTES@tcd. ie. To qualify for consideration , you must apply to the Summer School and complete other
requirements before 7 April 2014.
Applicants may apply for training funds through the Laney Graduate School’s Professional Development Support
(PDS) Training program. Instructions on how to apply for PDS funds are on the Laney Graduate School’s PDS
website: http://gs.emory.edu/professional_development/pds_funds/index.html Please pay close attention to
the deadline dates, notification dates, and Payment Schedule when preparing your application.