Author: Martin Mühlheim
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16.06.2026: Bloomsday Celebrations
This year, we will celebrate Bloomsday with two events: Note that, for security reasons, the maximum capacity for the event is 50 guests. Please book your places as soon as possible (and no later than by this coming Tuesday, June 9, 8 a.m.), via 044 211 03 01 or info@joycefoundation.ch.
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Discover the Foundation’s New Online Gallery!
Discover some of the highlights from the Zurich James Joyce’s archive in our new online gallery: Our efforts to digitize the collection have been generously supported by the Small Grants Scheme of the Irish government’s Emigrant Support Program.
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The University of Antwerp’s Joyce in Translation Project
The University of Antwerp’s James Joyce in Translation Centre aims to bring together Joyceans, whether translators, Joyce scholars, and translation scholars. Its most recent initiative is Joyce Translated, an annotated international survey of James Joyce’s complete oeuvre as multiply and multilingually translated, exploring in the process a continually expanding literary universe. The volume by Patrick…
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04.09.2026: Dîner “Ulysse” at James Joyce Restaurant & Bar
Step back in time with the Zurich James Joyce Foundation as we recreate the historic 1929 banquet celebrating the French translation of James Joyce’s literary masterpiece, Ulysses. Join us at the James Joyce Restaurant & Bar on Friday, September 4, 2026, from 5.30 p.m. and enjoy a curated menu, authentic Irish music performed by Tale…
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12.06.2026: Nora and Jim, a Play by Nora Connolly
Nora and Jim – an original play written for the Centenary Celebrations of Ulysses on Bloomsday 2022 – charts the tempestuous relationship between the Irish writer James Joyce and his partner and muse, Nora Barnacle. Following acclaimed performances in Dublin, London, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, Trieste, Glasgow, and beyond, Nora Connolly’s masterful play finally makes its…
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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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18.09.2026: Online Lecture with Nell Wasserstrom: Finnegans Wake
We are pleased to announce that Nell Wasserstrom (University of Lausanne) will be the third speaker in our new Online Lecture Series. Nell Wasserstrom’s lecture “‘Passencore’: Figures of Belatedness in Finnegans Wake” will take place on Friday, September 18, 2026, at 6.30 p.m. Zurich time. This talk is part of a larger book project on…
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Irish Voices: Three Readings with Irish Authors
Organized by the UZH Swiss Centre of Irish Studies, and hosted by the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. Details on the readings with Lucy Caldwell, Caoilinn Hughes, and Lisa McInerney can be found at:
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09.05.2026: Irish Voices (III) – Lisa McInerney
Join us for a free reading and discussion with Lisa McInerney, author of the award-winning Cork trilogy The Glorious Heresies, organized by the UZH Swiss Centre of Irish Studies. Lisa began her writing career with the blog The Arse End of Ireland, which chronicled an Ireland “populated by chancers, boy racers, beleaguered mammies, local hard…
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21.03.2026: Irish Voices (II) – Caoilinn Hughes
Join us for the second edition of the literary series Irish Voices, with the poet, novelist and short story writer Caoilinn Hughes, organized by the UZH Swiss Centre of Irish Studies. Caoilinn Hughes is the author of Orchid & the Wasp, which won the Collyer Bristow Prize and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary…