{"id":5446,"date":"2025-06-05T16:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5446"},"modified":"2025-06-13T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:16:20","slug":"joyce-and-the-magic-lantern","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyce and the Magic Lantern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bloomsday Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, 12 June 2025 at 5pm<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Latern.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5447\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsdayfestival.ie\/bloomsday-film-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Bloomsday Film Festival<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0presents\u00a0<strong>Joyce and the Magic Lantern by Keith Williams &amp; Jeremy Brooker\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>Thursday, June 12th at 5pm<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>The James Joyce Centre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this collaborative talk,&nbsp;<strong>Keith Williams<\/strong>&nbsp;(University of Dundee) will discuss the key influence of the Magic Lantern on the cinematic features of James Joyce\u2019s writing with&nbsp;<strong>Jeremy Brooker<\/strong>&nbsp;(former chair of the Magic Lantern Society).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When people think of Joyce, they tend to think of \u2018highbrow\u2019 influences, but Joyce was just as inspired by the popular culture of his time. This talk will show how Magic Lantern imagery and techniques found their way into Joyce\u2019s themes and methods long before those of film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This talk will serve as an introduction to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsdayfestival.ie\/event\/bloomsday-festival-a-magic-lantern-odyssey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Jeremy\u2019s Magic Lantern show on June 14th<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsdayfestival.ie\/event\/bloomsday-film-festival-a-volta-cine-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keith\u2019s presentation of Volta Films at the IFI on June 16th<\/a><\/strong>.<\/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>\u00a0is organised by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesjoyce.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The James Joyce Centre<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in partnership with F\u00e1ilte Ireland, Olhausen\u2019s 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\/talk-joyce-and-the-magic-lantern-by-keith-williams-jeremy-brooker-tickets-1388099967369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5448,"parent":0,"template":"","event_cats":[20,67,51,14],"class_list":["post-5446","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-bloomsdayfestival","event_categories-bloomsday-film-festival","event_categories-film","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>Joyce and the Magic Lantern - 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=\"Joyce and the Magic Lantern - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Bloomsday Festival Thursday, 12 June 2025 at 5pm The Bloomsday Film Festival\u00a0presents\u00a0Joyce and the Magic Lantern by Keith Williams &amp; Jeremy Brooker\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday, June 12th at 5pm\u00a0in\u00a0The James Joyce Centre. In this collaborative talk,&nbsp;Keith Williams&nbsp;(University of Dundee) will discuss the key influence of the Magic Lantern on the cinematic features of James Joyce\u2019s writing with&nbsp;Jeremy [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JamesJoyceCentre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-13T17:16:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Latern-420.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@JamesJoyceCentr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\\\/\",\"name\":\"Joyce and the Magic Lantern - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Latern-420.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-05T15:31:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-13T17:16:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Latern-420.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Latern-420.png\",\"width\":420,\"height\":420},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Joyce and the Magic Lantern\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/\",\"name\":\"James Joyce Centre\",\"description\":\"James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"James Joyce Centre\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/JJC-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/JJC-Logo.png\",\"width\":425,\"height\":487,\"caption\":\"James Joyce Centre\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/JamesJoyceCentre\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/JamesJoyceCentr\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/jamesjoycecentre\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Joyce and the Magic Lantern - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Joyce and the Magic Lantern - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland","og_description":"The Bloomsday Festival Thursday, 12 June 2025 at 5pm The Bloomsday Film Festival\u00a0presents\u00a0Joyce and the Magic Lantern by Keith Williams &amp; Jeremy Brooker\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday, June 12th at 5pm\u00a0in\u00a0The James Joyce Centre. In this collaborative talk,&nbsp;Keith Williams&nbsp;(University of Dundee) will discuss the key influence of the Magic Lantern on the cinematic features of James Joyce\u2019s writing with&nbsp;Jeremy [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/","og_site_name":"James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JamesJoyceCentre","article_modified_time":"2025-06-13T17:16:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":420,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Latern-420.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@JamesJoyceCentr","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/","url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/","name":"Joyce and the Magic Lantern - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Latern-420.png","datePublished":"2025-06-05T15:31:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-13T17:16:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Latern-420.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Latern-420.png","width":420,"height":420},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/joyce-and-the-magic-lantern\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Events","item":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Joyce and the Magic Lantern"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/","name":"James Joyce Centre","description":"James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/#organization","name":"James Joyce Centre","url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JJC-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JJC-Logo.png","width":425,"height":487,"caption":"James Joyce Centre"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JamesJoyceCentre","https:\/\/x.com\/JamesJoyceCentr","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamesjoycecentre\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5450,"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5446\/revisions\/5450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_cats?post=5446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}