{"id":5332,"date":"2025-05-31T18:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5332"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:33:45","slug":"james-joyces-ulysses-and-the-assassination-of-jfk","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/james-joyces-ulysses-and-the-assassination-of-jfk\/","title":{"rendered":"James Joyce&#8217;s Ulysses and the Assassination of JFK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bloomsday Festival 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 12.30pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joyce-and-JFK-1278-1024x532.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joyce-and-JFK-1278-1024x532.png 1024w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joyce-and-JFK-1278-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joyce-and-JFK-1278-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Joyce-and-JFK-1278.png 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The James Joyce Centre<\/strong>\u00a0is proud to present &#8220;<strong>James Joyce\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Ulysses<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0and the Assassination of JFK<\/strong>,&#8221; a lecture by\u00a0<strong>Prof. Barry Keane<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Saturday, June 14th at 12.30pm<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsdayfestival.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Bloomsday Festival<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Keane will present the shared frames of Bloomsday (June 16th 1904) and the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy (November 22th 1963), as viceregal cavalcade and presidential motorcade wind their ways through Dublin and Dallas respectively, both routes having been announced in the newspapers and taking place against tense historical backdrops, with enigmatic onlookers offering riddles, mysteries and ambiguities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considered will be the figure of Lee \u201cLeopold\u201d Oswald, who, like a composite of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, is out of sorts socially and professionally, nurses personal historical hurt and strong political views and is ill at ease in his domestic circumstances. What is more, Oswald boasts a strange clutch of associates and is given to fl\u00e2neurial wanderings, turning up in the most unexpected of places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JFK Day in Dallas looks to commemorate and reclaim the city\u2019s \u201cnightmare of history\u201d in ways that we readily associate with Bloomsday, showcasing as it does cultural events, walks, and reenactments &#8212; many of which take place at locations which are cultural heritage landmarks associated with the events of that infamous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this talk, Prof. Keane will weave facts and narratives across time, nations and literature in a demonstration that the truth can be stranger than fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Dublin,&nbsp;<strong>Barry Keane<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Professor of Comparative Studies in the Institute of English Studies at the University of Warsaw. He has written widely in the fields of Classical Tradition, Irish and Scottish literature, and Polish literature, and his book publications include critical editions of the Baroque poetess Anna Stanis\u0142awska\u2019s matrimonial saga titled&nbsp;<em>Orphan Girl<\/em>&nbsp;(New York, Toronto: Iter Press 2016, 2021, and due 2025). He has also written:&nbsp;<em>Irish<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Drama in Poland. Staging and Reception<\/em>&nbsp;(Bristol: Intellect 2016). These books are available to view&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/author\/K\/B\/au25255687.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The event is free but booking is essential.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsdayfestival.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Bloomsday Festival<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is organised by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesjoyce.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>The James Joyce Centre<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;in partnership with F\u00e1ilte Ireland, Olhausen&#8217;s Sausages, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/bloomsday-festival-2025-james-joyces-ulysses-and-the-assassination-of-jfk-tickets-1374226110289?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5334,"parent":0,"template":"","event_cats":[20,14],"class_list":["post-5332","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-bloomsdayfestival","event_categories-lecture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>James Joyce&#039;s Ulysses and the Assassination of JFK - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Joyce&#039;s Ulysses and the Assassination of JFK - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bloomsday Festival 2025 Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 12.30pm The James Joyce Centre\u00a0is proud to present &#8220;James Joyce\u2019s\u00a0Ulysses\u00a0and the Assassination of JFK,&#8221; a lecture by\u00a0Prof. Barry Keane\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday, June 14th at 12.30pm\u00a0for\u00a0The Bloomsday Festival. 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