News
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From January 2026: New Dubliners Reading Group
Starting in January 2026, our Tuesday 6 p.m. reading group will focus on James Joyce’s short story collection Dubliners. Each session will concentrate on one of the fifteen stories (except for the final story “The Dead,” to which we will devote two sessions). Note that the Dubliners reading group will be offered in German as…
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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.
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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.
Events & Workshops
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19.11.2025: Ein Gespräch in literarischen Miniaturen
Von 1901 und 1904 hielt der irische Modernist James Joyce besondere Momente des Alltags fragmentarisch fest: die sogenannten Epiphanies, teils lyrisch, teils dialogisch. Die Form der literarischen Miniatur nutzten der afghanische Schriftsteller Azizullah Ima und der Aargauer Autor Andreas Neeser nun ihrerseits für einen Dialog über Themen, die bewegen: zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen, politische und philosophische Grenzziehungen,…
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28.11.2025: Burgess’s A Shorter Ulysses
We are delighted to announce that Andrew Biswell from the International Anthony Burgess Foundation will be giving an online talk on Anthony Burgess’s A Shorter Ulysses, which will be available from late November 2025 (Galileo Publishers). As stated on the publisher’s website: “This radical reduction of the novel, containing the key episodes which stand at…
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18.12.2025: Joycean Christmas Gathering
Where: Zurich James Joyce Foundation, Augustinergasse 9, 8001 Zurich When: Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 6.30 p.m. More information on this year’s Christmas Event will be made available shortly!