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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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  • “So This Is Dyoublong?”: 30th International Joyce Symposium (Krakow, June 15–19, 2026)

    The IJJF have announced that the Joyce Symposium for 2026 will be held in Poland, in the beautiful city of Krakow, hosted by the Jagiellonian University (June 15–19, 2026). Call for papers: will be posted in September, 2025.Keynote speakers: to be confirmed.

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  • Visual Highlights from Our Visitors’ Books Online

    The Zurich James Joyce Foundation holds a collection of visitors’ books that date back all the way to 1985, the year when the Foundation was established. A gallery with some visual highlights from these guestbooks is now available on our website.

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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.

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