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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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«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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We are pleased to announce that Sam Slote (Trinity College Dublin) will be the inaugural speaker in our new Online Lecture Series. Sam Slote’s lecture “Tales of Brave Ulysses: From Swerve of Censorship to Bend of Copyright” will take place on Friday, March 27, 2026, at 6.30 p.m. Zurich time. In this lecture I will

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