This is the first entry in our COVID Check-in series, in which we plan to feature videos by various Joyceans from around the world to update us on how they are handling the COVID pandemic, how their community is responding, and how it has affected their teaching/research. In this initial entry, our editor, Dr. Sean…Continue Reading COVID Check-Ins!
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Announcement: Open Access via Project MUSE, JJQ COVID-19 Response
Dear JJQ Readers, As been the case for everyone, life at the James Joyce Quarterly has been slightly scrambled over the last few weeks as we have followed the social distancing policy put in place at the University of Tulsa. This means that we’ve shifted all our work out of the central office, and we’re…Continue Reading Announcement: Open Access via Project MUSE, JJQ COVID-19 Response
Issue 56.3-4
PERSPECTIVES “Ulysses in the South”: II (Molly) Bloomsday Celebration in Niterói, Brazil, 12 June 2019 Vitor Alevato do Amaral “Lurking at the Edge of the Map, the Siren’s Song”: A Report on the 2019 North American James Joyce Symposium, “Joyce Without Borders,” Mexico City, Mexico, 12-16 June 2019 Gabriela Villanueva “The Macro and…Continue Reading Issue 56.3-4
Clever, Very: Dylan Emerick-Brown
For this installment of our “Clever, Very” series, we interviewed Dylan Emerick-Brown, an English teacher at Deltona High School in Florida who frequently teaches Joyce to his students. His essay, “Engaging Today’s High School Students with ‘The Dead,’” which appears in JJQ 56.3-4, outlines the fundamentals of his his methods for introducing Joyce to contemporary…Continue Reading Clever, Very: Dylan Emerick-Brown
Clever, Very: Jonathan Goldman
For the latest installment in our “Clever, Very” series, we interviewed Dr. Jonathan Goldman, Associate Professor at the New York Institute of Technology and the editor of Joyce and the Law. Recently, Dr. Goldman was appointed Vice President of the James Joyce Society. The JJS has a rich history as one of the earliest Joyce…Continue Reading Clever, Very: Jonathan Goldman
Onthergarmenteries: Zurich Workshop, August 2-8, 2020
The Zurich Joyce Foundation has recently opened applications for its highly acclaimed annual Joyce workshop in 2020. The workshop–which will take place between August 2nd and August 8th, 2020–will focus upon “[c]lothing, in all possible aspects” as its subject matter. This particular gathering will be held in memory of Clive Hart and Rosa Maria…Continue Reading Onthergarmenteries: Zurich Workshop, August 2-8, 2020
86th Anniversary of the Woolsey Ruling
December 6 marks the anniversary of one of the most influential rulings for both First Amendment activists and Joyceans alike. On this day in 1933, Judge John Munro Woolsey of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York lifted the U.S. Customs ban on Ulysses. In 1920, the joint editors…Continue Reading 86th Anniversary of the Woolsey Ruling
Issue 56.1-2: “Anniversary Joyce”
PERSPECTIVES “every ephemeral anniversary”: “Finnegans Wake at 80″ Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 11-13 April 2019Cleo Hanaway-Oakley Dublin Celebrates the Wake’s 80th Birthday: “Finnegans Wake at 80”; “Lucia Joyce: Perspectives”; “Text/Sound/Performance: Making in CanadianSpace”; and “Finnegans Wake-End,” 11-13 April, 25-27 April, and 3-5 May 2019Derek Pyle “Joyce Without Borders”: A Report on the North American…Continue Reading Issue 56.1-2: “Anniversary Joyce”
In Memoriam: Brenda Maddox
We at the James Joyce Quarterly were saddened to learn of Brenda Maddox’s passing last Bloomsday, June 16, 2019, at the age of 87. Brenda Maddox was an American author and journalist who won wide critical acclaim for her biographies of figures ranging from Elizabeth Taylor to William Butler Yeats to Rosalind Franklin. In particular,…Continue Reading In Memoriam: Brenda Maddox
Interview with Professor Mikio Fuse
As Bloomsday approaches, we are delighted to publish this interview which Scarlett Baron (University College London) conducted with Mikio Fuse (University of Sacred Heart, Tokyo) about his Finnegans Wake Genetic Research Archive. It’s a useful reminder of the broad, global scope of Joyce studies–and the rich opportunities for international collaboration that continue to expand. Mikio…Continue Reading Interview with Professor Mikio Fuse