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
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
Bloomsday Festival 2019
The James Joyce Centre, in Dublin, has announced the schedule for their 2019 Bloomsday Festival. It will feature a wide array of events and speakers on a range of topics including multiple walking tours, a “Ulysses Haiku Project,” a discussion on how to imagine Lucia Joyce, a pub crawl, and an interview with Senator David…Continue Reading Bloomsday Festival 2019
Finnegans Wake at 80 in Dublin
Finnegans Wake, the book that has baffled and delighted readers since 1939, turns eighty this year. To celebrate this monumental publication anniversary, there are multiple events scheduled in Dublin this spring, which explore the book through a variety of academic, artistic, and popular approaches. The festivities begin April 11-13 with “Finnegans Wake at 80” ,…Continue Reading Finnegans Wake at 80 in Dublin