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Podcast about the Foundation on Swiss National Radio
On the occasion of Bloomsday 2026, “Kulturplatz Talk” – a series of podcasts produced by Switzerland’s national broadcaster – featured an interview with Martin Mühlheim (in German). The talk is available online but can also be downloaded here.
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Article on Finnegans Wake in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung
To mark Bloomsday 2026, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) – one of Switzerland’s leading newspapers – published a full-page article on Finnegans Wake. The wonderful essay is entitled “Die Welt ist ein Buch und das Dasein ein Spiel mit dem Chaos: Warum James Joyces Finnegans Wake das Leben ein bisschen leichter macht” (i.e. “The World…
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Discover the Foundation’s New Online Gallery!
Discover some of the highlights from the Zurich James Joyce’s archive in our new online gallery: Our efforts to digitize the collection have been generously supported by the Small Grants Scheme of the Irish government’s Emigrant Support Program.
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The University of Antwerp’s Joyce in Translation Project
The University of Antwerp’s James Joyce in Translation Centre aims to bring together Joyceans, whether translators, Joyce scholars, and translation scholars. Its most recent initiative is Joyce Translated, an annotated international survey of James Joyce’s complete oeuvre as multiply and multilingually translated, exploring in the process a continually expanding literary universe. The volume by Patrick…
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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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Ulrich Blumenbach Awarded the Voß-Preis for Translation
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…
