About this Journal

The Journal of Beckett Studies has been the journal of record for the established and expanding field of Beckett studies for over forty years. It has always been anonymously peer-reviewed and is recognised internationally as a scholarly journal of high standard.

The Journal of Beckett Studies was founded by Beckett’s biographer James Knowlson and well-known Beckett critic John Pilling in 1976. Two issues per year were published until the journal went into abeyance in 1984. Stanley Gontarski, a prominent critic who also knew and worked with Beckett, founded the second series in 1992 and remained sole editor from then until 2008. Late in 2007 a new editorial, under the guidance of Anthony Uhlmann, came together with a view to renewing the journal, consolidating and further building its profile, and moving it into the age of print/electronic publishing.

Now, since 2013, Mark Nixon (University of Reading) and Dirk Van Hulle (University of Oxford) have been acting as chief editors, working with an editorial team of Daniela Caselli (University of Manchester), Stan Gontarski (Florida State University), Laura Salisbury (University of Exeter), Anthony Uhlmann (University of Western Sydney), Pim Verhulst (University of Antwerp) and Shane Weller (University of Kent), together with the review editors Trish McTighe (Queen’s University Belfast) and Ulrika Maude (University of Bristol).

Editors and Editorial Board

Chief Editors

Professor Mark Nixon, University of Reading
Professor Dirk Van Hulle, University of Oxford

Assistant Editor

Dr Olga Beloborodova, University of Antwerp

Editorial Board

Professor Daniela Caselli, University of Manchester
Professor S. E. Gontarski, Florida State University
Professor Laura Salisbury, University of Exeter
Professor Anthony Uhlmann, University of Western Sydney
Dr Pim Verhulst, University of Antwerp
Professor Shane Weller, University of Kent

Performance Review Editor

Dr Trish McTighe, Queen's University Belfast

Review Editor

Professor Ulrika Maude, University of Bristol

Advisory Committee

Chris Ackerley, University of Otago
Richard Begam, University of Wisconsin
Linda Ben-Zvi, Tel Aviv University
Enoch Brater, University of Michigan
Mark Byron, University of Sydney
Bruno Clément, University of Paris, VIII
Steven Connor, University of Cambridge
Matthijs Engelberts, University of Amsterdam
James Knowlson (Founding Editor), University of Reading
Anna McMullan, University of Reading
Peter J. Murphy, Thompson Rivers University
Minako Okamuro, Waseda University
Lois Oppenheim, Montclair State University
John Pilling (Former Editor), University of Reading
Pascale Sardin, University of Bordeaux Montaigne

Indexing

Journal of Beckett Studies is abstracted and indexed in the following:

  • Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
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  • J-Gate
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  • Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers
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Journal of Beckett Studies

Print ISSN: 0309-5207 Online ISSN: 1759-7811
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