Joyce Without Borders 2019 North American James Joyce Symposium Mexico City
Orizaba 24 06700 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Here are today's major announcements about Joyce Without Borders! Thanks everybody for the kind wishes!

Here are the latest announcements about the Joyce Without Borders Symposium in Mexico City next June: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/4aMUZHPjA

One of the historical references portrayed in the second episode of Ulysses, Nestor, is that of the Stuart coins. As the page The Joyce Project describes, 'De...asy's "Stuart coins" are relics of a sorry period in Ireland's history: its invasion in 1688 by King James II of England. In 1689-90, after securing the allegiance of many of the Irish, James issued a series of new coins that were minted from base metals like copper and brass and debased the existing Irish currency'. According to the Gilbert schema, the "Art" of the "Nestor" episode is "History", a theme most memorably referenced by the famous line, History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. Attached are images of the Stuart coins in question. For more information on the subject you can consult: The Joyce Project (http://m.joyceproject.com/notes/020026stuartcoins.html) Nestor by Amy Fish (https://modernism.coursepress.yale.edu/nestor/)

For today’s episode, Lotus Eaters, we’d like to share with you Richard Hamilton’s work "Study for Leopold Bloom for James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’" (1948). This draw...ing illustrates the last paragraph of the episode, in which Mr. Bloom fancies himself naked, in a womb of warmth, oiled by scented melting soap, softly laved and pictures the dark tangled curls of his bush floating, floating hair of the stream around the limp father of thousands, a languid floating flower. For more information on this work, please consult: https://artsandculture.google.com//richard-/2QHSGc0pgY88HQ See more

Did you know that the venue of the "Joyce Without Borders - North American James Joyce Symposium 2019" is in the same neighborhood as the principal setting of t...he award-winning movie Roma (2018), directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón? Roma depicts the life of Cleo, a Mixteca young woman who works as a housemaid for a middle class family. It reflects some of the most relevant issues of late 20th-century Mexico City, such as social structures, political conflicts, and class privileges. Cuarón’s work has been praised for its cinematography, which depicts quotidian scenes in Colonia Roma.

Fernando del Paso was one of the most famous Mexican writers influenced by the works of James Joyce. Born in Mexico City in 1935, Del Paso pursued a diverse ran...ge of professional activities beyond writing, including painting, diplomacy, and academia. Some of his most prominent novels are José Trigo (1966, sometimes compared to Joyce's Ulysses), Palinuro de México (1977), and Noticias del imperio (1986). This Mexican writer also lived for years in London, where he worked for the BBC, and served for a brief period as the Consul General of Mexico in Paris. He passed away on November 14th, 2018. Please don’t forget to submit your proposal to come to Mexico City from June 12-16 to participate in the "Joyce Without Borders - North American James Joyce Symposium 2019"; the deadline is February 25.

Did you know that Ulysses was published on the same day as Joyce's birthday? Its publication was made to occur on February 2nd, at Joyce's instigation, in 1922.... Today we commemorate Joyce's 137th anniversary, so as a way to remember him, we are inviting all Joyceans across the world to send us their abstracts for the "Joyce Without Borders - North American James Joyce Symposium 2019" that will, for the first time ever, take place in Mexico City. Go to https://www.joycewithoutborders.com for more information. Let us remember James Joyce and his unparalleled works of fiction. See more

Deadline Extension to March 11!!!