News
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From January 2026: New Dubliners Reading Group
Starting in January 2026, our Tuesday 6 p.m. reading group will focus on James Joyce’s short story collection Dubliners. Each session will concentrate on one of the fifteen stories (except for the final story “The Dead,” to which we will devote two sessions). Note that the Dubliners reading group will be offered in German as
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Forthcoming: Anthony Burgess, A Shorter Ulysses
Edited by Andrew Biswell from the International Anthony Burgess Foundation and published by Galileo Publishers, Anthony Burgess’s A Shorter Ulysses will be available from late November, 2025. As stated on the publisher’s website: “This radical reduction of the novel, containing the key episodes which stand at the heart of the novel, includes an introduction and
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New Joyce Signpost on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse
Have you ever had trouble finding the Zurich James Joyce Foundation? If so, you’ll be pleased to learn that there’s a new signpost in town! Just walk down Bahnhofrstrasse from Zurich Main Station and keep a lookout on your left. You’ll find the new signpost on your left, at the corner of Bahnhofstrasse and Augustinergasse.
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Max Geilinger Prize to Be Awarded to Ruth Frehner and Ursula Zeller
The James Joyce Foundation is delighted that its long-time curators and former managing directors, Ruth Frehner and Ursula Zeller, have been chosen as the recipients of the Max Geilinger Prize 2025. Ruth Frehner and Ursula Zeller have been selected for “decades of great work at the James Joyce Foundation”, as Dr. Peter Mousson, the President
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Zurich James Joyce Foundation’s Annual Report 2024 Online
The Zurich James Joyce Foundation’s annual report for the calendar year 2024 is now available online (in German, PDF). We would like to thank the members of the Board as well as the Friends for their contributions to this look back at a rather special year. Just contact us at info@joycefoundation.ch or via the Contact
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SRF Online News Story: “Mistakes from Goethe to Joyce”
The website of Switzerland’s Germand-speaking broadcaster SRF features a report on why it’s okay for literary texts to contain ‘typos.’ You can find the report here.
Events
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25.04.2026: «Seine gichtigen Klauen plumpsten Akkorde»
Als der Musiker und Künstler Roman Rutishauser diesen Satz im Ulysses von James Joyce entdeckte, war er begeistert: Wie oft krampft man vergeblich nach Worten, um Musik zu beschreiben, nur um einmal mehr feststellen zu müssen, dass es dafür letztlich keine Worte gibt. Umso deutlicher hört man beim Lesen förmlich das Bild vom Klavierspieler und
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24.04.2026: Early Birds-Event: Auf Teufel komm raus!
«Non serviam!» ruft Stephen Dedalus in James Joyces Ulysses – und zitiert damit Luzifer, den Ur-Rebellen der christlichen Welt: «Ich werde nicht dienen!» Im Vorgängerroman Ein Porträt des Künstlers als junger Mann führt Stephen genauer aus: «Ich will nicht dem dienen, woran ich nicht länger glaube, nenne es sich nun mein Zuhause, mein Vaterland oder
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10.04.2026: Book Launch with Arianna Autieri
The Zurich James Joyce Foundation is proud to host a book launch with Arianna Autieri, celebrating the publication of James Joyce’s Music Performed: The ‘Sirens’ Fugue in Experimental Re-Translation. Fugues are complex musical compositions whose intricate contrapuntal texture enchants listeners and performers alike: but how can they be composed from written words, silent on the