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30.08.2025: Guided Walking Tour “James Joyce in Zurich”
As part of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation’s 40th anniversary celebrations in 2025, we invite anyone who’s interested to join our guided walking tour on Joyce’s connection to the city of Zurich. The tour “James Joyce in Zurich” takes place on Saturday, August 30, from 9.00 to c. 10.30 a.m. Please note that places are…
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20.08.2025: Zoom-Talk by Chris Wogan: Trees in Joyce
The Friends of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation support us in many different ways. It is, for example, thanks to the Friends that the Foundation can invite two to four scholars per year to do research here at the Foundation (see Scholarships page). One of those who received a scholarship for 2025 is Chris Wogan, who is…
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30./31.07.2025: Team Nora vs. Team Molly: A Card Game
The final stage of UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 is fast approaching. With the support of Her Game Culture, we have created a soccer-inspired James Joyce card game that focuses on some of the real-life women who had a massive influence on Joyce (“Team Nora”) as well as on a selection of female characters from across…
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Tuesday 6 p.m. Reading Group(s) in 2026
Dear Friends of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation, We would like to know which Tuesday 6 p.m. Reading Group(s) you’d prefer us to organize in 2026. Please pick your favorite from the options below. (Of course, we’ll continue to offer the Tuesday Zoom group as well as the Thursday Ulysses and Finnegans Wake groups.) Thank…
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12.06.2025: Schreiblustig mit Joyce – Zürcher Jugendliche lesen eigene Texte
Zwei jugendliche Schreibteams waren in der Stadt Zürich auf den Spuren von James Joyce unterwegs. Ihre dabei entstandenen Texte lesen sie dort vor, wo Joyce selber Mitglied war und an seinen Romanen schrieb: In der Museumsgesellschaft! Ausgehend von Passagen aus «Ulysses» haben zwei Schreibteams der Kantonsschule Enge und des Gymnasiums Unterstrass Bestvertrautes einzufangen versucht, um…
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16.06.2025: Bloomsday 2025
The Zurich James Joyce Foundation was established on May 9, 2025. To mark the Foundation’s 40th anniversary, this year’s Bloomsday celebrations will include a look back at some highlights from the past four decades. In addition, there will be music, readings from Joyce’s works, and of course food and drinks. Places are limited, so please…
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15.04.–18.05.2025: James Joyce, Ulysses, and the Law
An Exhibition with Paintings by Aidan Hickey The life and works of the Irish modernist James Joyce are deeply entangled with the complex and, at times, conflicting legal frameworks of his time. The exhibition “James Joyce, Ulysses, and the Law,” marking the Zurich James Joyce Foundation’s 40th anniversary, will not only introduce visitors to the…
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09.05.2025: Queer Joyce – Von perversem Vergnügen und eigenwilligen Frauen
James Joyces modernistischer Klassiker Ulysses galt einst als so pornographisch, dass er in den USA schlicht verboten war. Und tatsächlich tummeln sich in diesem und anderen Werken allerlei inhaltliche und sprachliche Grenzüberschreitungen. Kommt hinzu, dass diese Werke ohne die tatkräftige Unterstützung lesbischer und bisexueller Frauen nie zu Stande gekommen wären. Höchste Zeit also für eine…
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21.05.2025: In Memoriam – Michael Longley
with Ron Ewart and Andreas Flückiger On January 22, 2025, Michael Longley – described by the Guardian as a “Belfast poet of exceptional poise and eloquence” – passed away at the age eighty-five. Longley not only visited and spoke at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation; he also gifted us a handwritten copy of his poem…
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03.–09.08.2025: Workshop “Joycean Noise”
Joycean Noise Workshop 2025 For further information email fritzsenn@mac.com, cc: info@joycefoundation.ch
