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This is Geert Lernout (Belgium). Geert is from the Antwerp James Joyce center. He updated us on the Finnegans Wake Notebooks at Buffalo project, and is currently working on a book about free thinkers in Ulysses. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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This is Sam Slote (USA, now Ireland). Sam was our instant internet and notebook reference. He led us into a scrutiny of Bloom's letterwriting to Martha Clifford. He also knows the names of the Tintin characters in all their translations. He was wearing a Trinity College pin. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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This is Gregory Downing (USA). Greg is interested in cultural studies. Though anchored in New York, he currently teaches English Literature (including Joyce) in several virtual universities. I just read his paper on Leo Taxil in HJS, and really liked it. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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This is Amanda Sigler (USA, now Switzerland). Amanda is researching the Little Review that initially published Ulysses in the USA. She speaks German and was not intimidated by a mean train controller. She is also interested in the various editions of The Cat & the Devil. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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This is David Vichnar (Czech Republic). David is working on philosophical aspects of Joyce, and reviewing critical approaches to his work. He is also the editor of Hypermedia Joyce Studies in Prague. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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This is Scarlett B. (England & France). Scarlett is working on a dissertation about the French writer Gustave Flaubert and Joyce. She gave a talk on the letters of Flaubert and their interface with Joyce's work methods, in particular how both writers gave detailed assignments to various friends and family members, to help construct their work. She looks terribly serious in this picture. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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This is me, Aida Yared (Lebanon, now USA). My main contribution is the JoyceImages website. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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This is Masahiro Tsuji (Japan, sometimes Italy). He speaks fluent Italian and excellent French (+ Japanese of course), and teaches English literature. He came unannounced but fitted right in. After Zürich he continued his travel to various Joycean sites, including Trieste, Siena and Galway. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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This is Christina Gugger, she dropped by the ZJJF to visit. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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Zürich is of importance to Joyceans because the Irish writer lived there 1915-1919, visited in the 1930s (mostly to consult his eye doctors), then came again fleeing Nazi France in December 1940. His many Zürich addresses are nicely illustrated on the ZJJF website. Zürich also has the James Joyce Pub, with furnishings from Jury's Hotel in Dublin (mentioned in Ulysses). (Photo by Scarlett Baron) |
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To reach the ZJJF evey day, chances are you had to walk along the banks of the Limmat river that transects Zürich. It is home to swans and gulls. The latter, larger and more aggressive than Dublin gulls, are likely, said Fritz, to be the model for the Lestrygonian ones. (Photo by Scarlett Baron) |
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Day 0 (August 5). People gradually trickled in. At 7pm we had a gathering and dinner. The various participants were introduced (it was nice to put faces on many of the names), and Fritz gave an overview of the workshop plan. (Photo by Amanda Sigler) |
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This photo shows Sam and John S. in front of Augustinergasse 9. The workshop sessions started at 10am, though Fritz was always there earlier to make the space welcoming. The ZJJF has a coffee machine that makes delicious expresso; many of us immediately headed for it upon arriving in the morning. (Photo by Robert Nicholson) |
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Day 1 (August 6). In the morning, we discussed the nature of the Ithaca chapter. In the afternoon, Judith gave a presentation on Eugene Stratton; it included the program of his performance in Dublin on June 16th 1904, and we got to hear period recordings. (Photo by Fritz Senn) |
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Everyone is listening. You can see the blackfaced singer on the handout (Judith always prepares very nice handouts). (Photo by Fritz Senn) |