{"id":6053,"date":"2026-03-10T12:26:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/?post_type=events&#038;p=6053"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:26:46","slug":"ulysses-for-all-2026","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulysses for All 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11 March &#8212; 3 June 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6063\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.707037568285165;width:568px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026.png 1414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We are delighted to announce our annual\u00a0<strong>Ulysses for All\u00a0<\/strong>course will start on 11th March 2026. Join our global readership and guest speakers at the James Joyce Centre where\u00a0<strong>Dr. Caroline Elbay<\/strong>\u00a0will lead\u00a0<strong>Ulysses for All 2026: &#8216;<strong>Back to Basics: <em>Ulysses <\/em>and the Meaning of Life Today \u2013 The Reader <\/strong>Responds<\/strong>.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Course Details:<\/strong><br>-Hybrid Zoom\/In-Person at the James Joyce Centre<br>-Start Date: 11th March 2026<br>-End Date: 3rd June 2026<br>-Time: Every Wednesday at 6-8pm GMT<br>-Fee: \u20ac180<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Classes will be recorded. <\/strong>Spaces are limited so it is advisable to register in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course description is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faced with myriad crises of humanity ranging from war and conflict in the Middle East and Europe together with ongoing political upheaval and the rise of fascism and the \u2018far right\u2019 in the US and Europe, the sentiments of Yeats\u2019s poem \u2018The Second Coming\u2019 provide a chilling sense of prescience: \u2018Turning and turning in the widening gyre&#8230; the centre cannot hold\u2026Things fall apart\u2026The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As much a guide to contemporary life as a virtuoso work of literary commentary, <em>Ulysses<\/em> is, without doubt, a pedagogic text \u2013 one that offers a humane view of a more tolerant and decent life despite the pressures of our modern world.&nbsp; The book invites us to look into our own humanity in a world currently engulfed by chaos due to religious, nationalist, and imperialist aggression \u2013 ideologies which Joyce would dub \u2018the wisdom of the old world\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us at the <strong>James Joyce Centre<\/strong> and <strong>online via Zoom<\/strong> for the return of our ever-popular structured reading course <strong>Ulysses for All (2026). <\/strong>&nbsp;Led by Dubliner and Joycean, <strong>Dr. Caroline Elbay<\/strong>, the group will work through the episodes of Joyce\u2019s masterpiece in a structured, accessible, analytical, and relaxed environment. Beginning 11 March, the course runs over 12 weeks and will finish ahead of Bloomsday on 3 June \u2013 just in time for you to boast to the pretenders in costume that you\u2019ve actually read the book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ulysses for All<\/strong> (now in its 14<sup>th<\/sup> year) has and continues to show that contrary to popular perception, Joyce\u2019s epic was not written exclusively for the academics, but for everyman.&nbsp; <em>Ulysses <\/em>is a celebration of the ordinary and mundane, of the tediums and joys of everyday life. It is a book that embraces the notion of a common shared humanity &#8211; making it just as relevant today as when it was first published in 1922.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An \u2018optional extra\u2019 to this year\u2019s reading will also present an opportunity to engage creatively with the text, and responses in various media (critical writing\/ creative writing\/ visual arts\/ drama\/ music) will be most welcome (though not compulsory).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special guest speakers (including Liz Gillis, Ray Clarke, Senan Molony, and&nbsp;others) will offer expert insights across their subject areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to seeing you in <strong>Ulysses for All 2026<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.<\/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:\/\/jamesjoyce.moodlecloud.com\/course\/view.php?id=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6058,"parent":0,"template":"","event_cats":[6],"class_list":["post-6053","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-courses"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ulysses for All 2026 - 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=\"Ulysses for All 2026 - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Course 11 March &#8212; 3 June 2026 We are delighted to announce our annual\u00a0Ulysses for All\u00a0course will start on 11th March 2026. Join our global readership and guest speakers at the James Joyce Centre where\u00a0Dr. Caroline Elbay\u00a0will lead\u00a0Ulysses for All 2026: &#8216;Back to Basics: Ulysses and the Meaning of Life Today \u2013 The Reader Responds.&#8217; [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/\" \/>\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=\"2026-03-10T12:26:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-420.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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/ulysses-for-all-2026\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/ulysses-for-all-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ulysses for All 2026 - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/ulysses-for-all-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/ulysses-for-all-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-420.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T12:26:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-10T12:26:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/ulysses-for-all-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/ulysses-for-all-2026\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/ulysses-for-all-2026\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-420.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-420.png\",\"width\":420,\"height\":420},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jamesjoyce.ie\\\/events\\\/ulysses-for-all-2026\\\/#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\":\"Ulysses for All 2026\"}]},{\"@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":"Ulysses for All 2026 - 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":"Ulysses for All 2026 - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland","og_description":"Course 11 March &#8212; 3 June 2026 We are delighted to announce our annual\u00a0Ulysses for All\u00a0course will start on 11th March 2026. Join our global readership and guest speakers at the James Joyce Centre where\u00a0Dr. Caroline Elbay\u00a0will lead\u00a0Ulysses for All 2026: &#8216;Back to Basics: Ulysses and the Meaning of Life Today \u2013 The Reader Responds.&#8217; [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/","og_site_name":"James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JamesJoyceCentre","article_modified_time":"2026-03-10T12:26:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":420,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-420.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@JamesJoyceCentr","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/","name":"Ulysses for All 2026 - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-420.png","datePublished":"2026-03-10T12:26:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-10T12:26:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-420.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ulysses-for-All-2026-420.png","width":420,"height":420},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-for-all-2026\/#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":"Ulysses for All 2026"}]},{"@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\/6053","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":6,"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/6053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6070,"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/6053\/revisions\/6070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_cats?post=6053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}