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The European Beat Studies Network (EBSN) brings together, from across and beyond Europe, those who share an academic or creative interest in the broad field of Beat culture.

The EBSN aims to be inclusive; a genuine community of scholars and students, writers and artists, which not only reaches out to all kinds of people who work on the Beats, but also actively invites their participation. Read more

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EBSN Conference 2025

THE BEATS, RADICALISM, AND THE BIPOLAR WORLD

European Beat Studies Network 13th Annual Conference
University of Hildesheim
September 15-17, 2025

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EBSN Publishing

Scholarship

Take a look at EBSN reviews, interviews and other short pieces of scholarship

  • Voices
  • Reviews
  • Articles

Voices

beat interviews

Conversations and reflections from key figures in the Beat community

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Jack Kerouac
Jürgen Ploog
Oliver Harris
Best Minds
Caroline
ruth weiss

Reviews

beat art

Critical insights and evaluations of Beat books, films and other works

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Michael Maclure
The Beats: Authorships, Legacies
Overpainted Beats
Don't Hide the Madness
Allen Ginsberg in Denmark
ruth weiss

Articles

beat generation

Articles on all aspects of the Beat Generation writers

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Ginsberg
Ambiguous Borderlands
Couverture du premier numéro de Two Cities
Newspaper article
Kerouac Beat Painting
VVV (ed. David Hare, in collaboration with Breton, Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst and including Lamantia on its editorial board)

News

The latest Beat culture news

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