Our Goal
We are an active community who share an interest in matters concerning James Joyce and in furthering the connection that his life and works link to the city of Zurich. Established in 1987 we support the Zurich James Joyce Foundation through the members’ annual subscriptions. The members are regularly informed of all activities, book donations and acquisitions, and are invited to the Foundations’ events.
Fritz Senn and Martin Mühlheim conduct multiple Ulysses and Finnegans Wake reading groups per week. For the last 30 years, the Friends have supported these events financially so that they remain free for everyone.
Friends have a better Joyce!
News & Events
The Friends hold their annual meeting on Monday, May 12th, 2025 at 6.p.m at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. Documents such as the annual report of 2024, a financial statement and the minutes of the last general meeting can be found here.
The Friends’ Lecture Series
The Friends established and support the Zurich James Joyce Lectures, lectures at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation by Joyce researchers.
Dublin Pilgrimages
If enough participants can be enlisted, the Wandering Friends go on a Dublin Pilgrimage, usually over a weekend in spring, featuring a visit to the Joyce Tower in Sandycove, a Ulysses walk through town, James Joyce Cultural Centre, etc. In its time, the trip has touched on Clongowes Wood, Belvedere College, Guinness Brewery, The Dublin Metropolitan Police Museum, the sources of the Liffey, Glendalough and various museums. In 1994, a similar journey took some of the Friends to Trieste which we plan to take up again in the near future. There is no pilgrimage planned for 2025. For further information about pilgrimages please contact us: Tel. (+41) 44 211 83 01; email friends@joycefoundation.ch.
Scholarships
The Friends of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation invite young scholars engaged in advanced projects to spend about two months at the Foundation. Together with Übersetzerhaus Looren the Friends also sponsor one-month-scholarship for translators working on a Joyce translation under contract with a publisher. For more information about our scholarships, please click here.