Autor: Martin Mühlheim
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14.03.2026: Irish Voices (I) – Lucy Caldwell
Join us for the second series of the free literary event “Irish Voices”, organised by the UZH Swiss Centre of Irish Studies! Lucy Caldwell is the award-winning author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and three collections of short stories. Her latest novel, These Days, won the 2023 Walter Scott prize for…
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06.03.2026: Reading and Discussion with Sahar Tavakoli
The Zurich James Joyce Foundation is proud to host the event “Authentic Expression: Literature and the Struggle for Freedom” with Sahar Tavakoli. As a publisher, translator and poet in Iran, Sahar Tavakoli experienced directly the pressures and limitations of producing literature under an authoritarian regime. Living in exile in Switzerland since 2023, she has also…
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Zurich Workshop 2026: “Architecture and City Planning”
The Zurich James Joyce Workshop 2026 on “Architecture and City Planning” takes place from August 3 to 7, 2026. From the role that the pantry plays in “The Dead” to the description of Stephen Dedalus’s school environment or the recurring focus on trains and tramlines in Ulysses, architecture and city planning feature prominently in Joyce’s…
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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…
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Ulrich Blumenbach erhält Voß-Preis für Übersetzung
Congratulations to Ulrich Blumenbach – who is currently working on a German translation of James Joyce’s final work, Finnegans Wake – on being awarded the prestigious Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis for translation! Ulrich Blumenbach receives this award in recognition of his many outstanding translations from English into German. He has previously received several other awards, including the Heinrich…
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20.02.2026: Reading with Novelist Clare O’Dea
The Zurich James Joyce Foundation is proud to host a reading with the novelist Clare O’Dea (Website: https://clareodea.com/). Moderator: Rafaël Newman. Author of two non-fiction books, two novels and a collection of articles, Clare has been telling stories of Switzerland since she first came to live in the country in 2003. Formerly an Irish Times…
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04.12.2026: Online Lecture with Valérie Bénéjam
We are pleased to announce that Valérie Bénéjam (Nantes Université) will be third speaker in our new Online Lecture Series. Valérie Bénéjam’s lecture “Joyce and the Easiest Prejudice” will take place on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 6.30 p.m. Zurich time. After the German invasion of France, and while Joyce was trying to be admitted…
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RTÉ Broadcast: 65th Anniversary of Joyce’s Death
To commemorate the 65th anniversary of James Joyce’s death in Zurich on January 13, 1941, Ursula Zeller, Ruth Frehner and Fritz Senn from the James Joyce Foundation shared their stories with RTÉ producer Kevin Reynolds and visited some of Joyce’s haunts in Zurich with him. You can find the RTÉ broadcast here: https://www.rte.ie/radio/dramaonone/1551751-james-joyce-in-zurich-by-kevin-reynolds.
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22.05.2026: Online Lecture with Pol Vouillamoz: Finnegans Wake
We are pleased to announce that Pol Vouillamoz, who has translated Finnegans Wake into Catalan, will be the second speaker in our new Online Lecture Series. Pol Vouillamoz’s lecture “Four Words for Joyce: A Babelian Act of Love” will take place on Friday, May 22, 2026, at 6.30 p.m. Zurich time. In November 1982, Jacques…
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Joyce at the National Museum of Taiwan Literature
The new exhibition “Love Loves to Love Ireland: Extremely Distant and Incredibly Close” (Dec 19, 2026 to March 8, 2026) at the National Museum of Taiwan Literature features items on loan from the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. The items include James Joyce’s original walking sticks and the suitcase in which the Foundation received the Hans…