This is the tenth installment in our COVID Check-Ins series, in which we 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. This entry features John McCourt, a professor at Università di…Continue Reading John McCourt: COVID Check-In
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Joyce in 100 Objects: Bloom’s Potato
Joyce in 100 Objects: Bloom’s Potato “Talisman no.1” “Talisman no.2” “Talisman no. 3” “Talisman no. 4” 57x48cm watercolor paintings by Eoin Mac Lochlainn Exhibited at “Olives, Oysters, and Oranges,” Olivier Cornet Gallery, June 13-30, 2019 In Ireland, the potato is connected irrevocably with the Great Famine of 1845-49, and yet, in Ulysses,…Continue Reading Joyce in 100 Objects: Bloom’s Potato
Megan Quigley: COVID Check-In
This is the ninth installment in our COVID Check-Ins series, in which we 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. This entry features Megan Quigley, a professor at Villanova University,…Continue Reading Megan Quigley: COVID Check-In
Joyce in 100 Objects: Lemon Soap
A bar of soap from Sweny’s Pharmacy. Photo originally taken by Peter Chrisp. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a bar of soap has a variety of new associations— of desperate searching in local stores, of singing “Happy Birthday” twice while scrubbing, of staying home, of remembering the small ways we each contribute to public health…Continue Reading Joyce in 100 Objects: Lemon Soap
Eishiro Ito: COVID Check-In
This is the eighth installment in our COVID Check-Ins series, in which we 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. This entry features Eishiro Ito, who provides us with an…Continue Reading Eishiro Ito: COVID Check-In
Michael Groden: Covid Check-In
This is the seventh installment in our COVID Check-Ins series, in which we 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. This entry features Michael Groden, who provides an update from…Continue Reading Michael Groden: Covid Check-In
Jonathan Goldman: COVID Check-In

This is the fifth installment in our COVID Check-Ins series, in which we 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 entry, Jonathan Goldman, provides an emotional update from…Continue Reading Jonathan Goldman: COVID Check-In
Sam Slote: COVID Check-In
This is the fourth installment in our COVID Check-Ins series, in which we 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 entry, Dr. Sam Slote, provides an update from…Continue Reading Sam Slote: COVID Check-In
Kevin Dettmar: COVID Check-In
This third entry in our COVID Check-Ins series, features Dr. Kevin Dettmar giving an update from Claremont, California where he works as an instructor at Pomona College, as well as the director of their Humanities Studio. Kevin discusses the conundrum of the humanities, without humans and finding ways to connect in a pandemic. Finally, Kevin…Continue Reading Kevin Dettmar: COVID Check-In
Congrong Dai: COVID Check-In
This is the second video in our COVID Check-Ins series, in which we 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 entry, Dr. Congrong Dai, gives an update from…Continue Reading Congrong Dai: COVID Check-In