In this, the centenary year of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, the Centre for Irish Studies in Aarhus and the ERC-funded research project Classical Influences and Irish Culture will host a reading group dedicated to the novel. We will read Ulysses together in an informal, in-person setting on Aarhus University’s Nobelparken campus. We meet on a mixture of Tuesdays and Wednesdays across the semester, generally at 14.00–15.30. No previous knowledge of Joyce or of Irish history is assumed.
Location: Nobelparken, Aarhus University, 1481-568
Contact: Ronan Crowley
Tuesday, 6 September, 14.00–15.30: general introduction and selections from the book.
Tuesday, 13 September, 14.00–15.30: 1. ‘Telemachus’; 2. ‘Nestor’; 3. ‘Proteus’.
Wednesday, 21 September, 14.00–15.15: 4. ‘Calypso’.
Wednesday, 28 September, 14.00–15.30: 5. ‘Lotus Eaters’; 6. ‘Hades’; 7. ‘Aeolus’.
Three-week break.
Wednesday, 19 October, 14.00–15.30: 8. ‘Lestrygonians’; 9. ‘Scylla and Charybdis’; 10. ‘Wandering Rocks’.
Wednesday, 26 October, 14.00–15.30: 11. ‘Sirens’ and 12. ‘Cyclops’.
Break for CLIC conference, Irish Migrations and Classical Contexts.
Wednesday, 9 November, 14.00–15.30: 13. ‘Nausicaa’ and 14. ‘Oxen of the Sun’.
Wednesday, 16 November, 14.00–15.15: 15. ‘Circe’.
Tuesday, 22 November, 14.00–15.30: 16. ‘Eumaeus’ and 17. ‘Ithaca’.
One week break.
Tuesday, 6 December, 14.00–15.30: 18. ‘Penelope’.
