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Make everyday a Bloomsday – 28th International James Joyce Symposium

To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin are welcoming over 300 Joyceans from around the world to return once again to the city he situated so durably and resoundingly on the literary map.

The event taking place between June 12-18 will see academics, authors, film makers and composers share their Joycean research and creative projects as the world takes stock of a hundred years of Ulysses.

Over 250 academic papers will be delivered at the week long conference. Experts will thrash out topics including the book’s influence on contemporary Irish women writers such as Sally Rooney and Ruth Gilligan; what the representation of stout and bass in Ulysses can tell us about imperial soft power; and reading James Joyce in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

The public programme started  Monday, June 13 with author Mark O’Connell talking about living with Joyce in Dublin and how to make every day a Bloomsday. Entitled ‘Every Day is Bloomsday: Living with Joyce in Dublin’ he will talk about how Joyce’s work has informed and complicated his relationship with Dublin, in all its frustrations and pleasures. The city of Dublin, he says, can seem a vast monument to Joyce’s writing.

Later day (June 13) composer Roger Doyle discussed his piece ‘Finnegans Wake: Suite of Affections’ with renowned Joycean Vincent Deane. Also on Monday, the Samuel Beckett Theatre held a talk and demonstration of the influence of the ‘magic lantern’ – a popular form of Victorian entertainment – which influenced Joyce and Ulysses

Bloomsday itself, June 16, will be marked by a free public talk delivered by author Eimear McBride on ‘Joyce, Joy and Enjoying Ulysses Still’. This will be followed by a discussion between novelists Nuala O’Connor and Mary Morrissy entitled ‘Reimagining Nora’.

Earlier in the day there will be a preview screening of a major new documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of Ulysses entitled ‘Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses’. This will be followed by a Q&A with the director Adam Low and producer Martin Rosenbaum.

Dr Sam Slote, Associate Professor, School of English, Trinity and one of the organisers of the symposium said:

“David Bowie once said that the thing he admired about John Lennon was how he made the avant-garde accessible to a wider audience. The same would be true of Bowie himself and also of James Joyce and Ulysses. Despite its fearsome reputation, Ulysses is a book enjoyed by many people all over the world, and not despite of Joyce’s stylistic innovations but because of them. Joyce uses his mastery of language to express the complexities of human emotion and psychology. His novel is not just for the professors, but for everyone, not just for Dubliners but the world.”

PUBLIC EVENTS

Mon 13 June: 16.00–17.00

Burke theatre, Arts building

Mark O’Connell: Every Day is Bloomsday: Living with Joyce in Dublin

Chair: Sam Slote (Trinity College Dublin)

Free and open to the public; no reservation needed

Mon 13 June: 19.00–21.00

The Trinity Long Room Hub

Finnegans Wake: Suite of Affections. A Dialogue with Composer Roger Doyle and Vincent Deane

Free, but advance booking is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finnegans-wake-suite-of-affections-with-roger-doyle-vincent-deane-tickets-320691746647

Mon 13 June: 19.00–21.00

Samuel Beckett Theatre

Ulysses – A Magic Lantern Odyssey

Tickets €15, book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ulysses-a-magic-lantern-odyssey-tickets-344782412477

Thurs 16 June: 11.00–12.30

Burke theatre, Arts building

‘Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses

A preview screening of a new documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of Ulysses. A DoubleBand/Lone Star Co-production for BBC Arts and BBC Northern Ireland with the support of Northern Ireland Screen. With Q&A with the director Adam Low and producer Martin Rosenbaum.

Free and open to the public; no reservation needed                 

Thurs 16 June: 14.00–15.00

Burke theatre, Arts building

Eimear McBride: Joyce, Joy and Enjoying Ulysses Still

Chair: Jarlath Killeen (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Free and open to the public; no reservation needed

Thurs 16 June: 15.30–16.30

Burke theatre, Arts building

Reimagining Nora: Nuala O’Connor and Mary Morrissy

Chair: Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin, Ireland)

Free and open to the public; no reservation needed

The full programme is available here:

https://www.tcd.ie/English/ulysses-100/

A new documentary on the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses and Joycean musings on Guinness, the #MeToo movement and Sally Rooney are all part of the eclectic and busy programme of the 28th International James Joyce Symposium being held in Dublin this week.

To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin are welcoming over 300 Joyceans from around the world to return once again to the city he situated so durably and resoundingly on the literary map.

The event taking place between June 12-18 will see academics, authors, film makers and composers share their Joycean research and creative projects as the world takes stock of a hundred years of Ulysses.

Over 250 academic papers will be delivered at the weeklong conference. Experts will thrash out topics including the book’s influence on contemporary Irish women writers such as Sally Rooney and Ruth Gilligan; what the representation of stout and bass in Ulysses can tell us about imperial soft power; and reading James Joyce in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

The public programme started yesterday, Monday, June 13 with author Mark O’Connell talking about living with Joyce in Dublin and how to make every day a Bloomsday. Entitled ‘Every Day is Bloomsday: Living with Joyce in Dublin’ he will talk about how Joyce’s work has informed and complicated his relationship with Dublin, in all its frustrations and pleasures. The city of Dublin, he says, can seem a vast monument to Joyce’s writing.

Later day (June 13) composer Roger Doyle discussed his piece ‘Finnegans Wake: Suite of Affections’ with renowned Joycean Vincent Deane. Also on Monday, the Samuel Beckett Theatre held a talk and demonstration of the influence of the ‘magic lantern’ – a popular form of Victorian entertainment – which influenced Joyce and Ulysses

Bloomsday itself, June 16, will be marked by a free public talk delivered by author Eimear McBride on ‘Joyce, Joy and Enjoying Ulysses Still’. This will be followed by a discussion between novelists Nuala O’Connor and Mary Morrissy entitled ‘Reimagining Nora’.

Earlier in the day there will be a preview screening of a major new documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of Ulysses entitled ‘Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses’. This will be followed by a Q&A with the director Adam Low and producer Martin Rosenbaum.

Dr Sam Slote, Associate Professor, School of English, Trinity and one of the organisers of the symposium said:

“David Bowie once said that the thing he admired about John Lennon was how he made the avant-garde accessible to a wider audience. The same would be true of Bowie himself and also of James Joyce and Ulysses. Despite its fearsome reputation, Ulysses is a book enjoyed by many people all over the world, and not despite of Joyce’s stylistic innovations but because of them. Joyce uses his mastery of language to express the complexities of human emotion and psychology. His novel is not just for the professors, but for everyone, not just for Dubliners but the world.”

PUBLIC EVENTS

Mon 13 June: 16.00–17.00

Burke theatre, Arts building

Mark O’Connell: Every Day is Bloomsday: Living with Joyce in Dublin

Chair: Sam Slote (Trinity College Dublin)

Free and open to the public; no reservation needed

Mon 13 June: 19.00–21.00

The Trinity Long Room Hub

Finnegans Wake: Suite of Affections. A Dialogue with Composer Roger Doyle and Vincent Deane

Free, but advance booking is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finnegans-wake-suite-of-affections-with-roger-doyle-vincent-deane-tickets-320691746647

Mon 13 June: 19.00–21.00

Samuel Beckett Theatre

Ulysses – A Magic Lantern Odyssey

Tickets €15, book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ulysses-a-magic-lantern-odyssey-tickets-344782412477

Thurs 16 June: 11.00–12.30

Burke theatre, Arts building

‘Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses

A preview screening of a new documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of Ulysses. A DoubleBand/Lone Star Co-production for BBC Arts and BBC Northern Ireland with the support of Northern Ireland Screen. With Q&A with the director Adam Low and producer Martin Rosenbaum.

Free and open to the public; no reservation needed                 

Thurs 16 June: 14.00–15.00

Burke theatre, Arts building

Eimear McBride: Joyce, Joy and Enjoying Ulysses Still

Chair: Jarlath Killeen (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Free and open to the public; no reservation needed

Thurs 16 June: 15.30–16.30

Burke theatre, Arts building

Reimagining Nora: Nuala O’Connor and Mary Morrissy

Chair: Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin, Ireland)

Free and open to the public; no reservation needed

The full programme is available here:

https://www.tcd.ie/English/ulysses-100/

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