> Joyce in Buffalo

Joyce in Buffalo coordinates and organizes cultural and intellectual events throughout the year to disseminate the writings of James Joyce, the writer who transformed the modern novel, to both academic and general audiences. It builds on the success of the annual Bloomsday Buffalo celebration and on the resources of the world-class James Joyce collection in the UB libraries. The James Joyce collection, whose monetary value exceeds $400 million, is a priceless cultural treasure for the university and the city. Joyce in Buffalo, a comprehensive program developed around this collection, serves the interests of the international scholarly community and provides cultural enrichment for the local community.

Upcoming Events:

• Bloomsday Buffalo, June, 2006
  Bloomsday Buffalo is already an established, unique, and growing community event that draws thousands of people from the region to downtown Buffalo for a multi-faceted celebration of James Joyce and his novel Ulysses. Bloomsday is international, celebrated in over 70 cities worldwide, and Bloomsday Buffalo has come to be known as one of the best. Its participants include hundreds of people from all walks of life who volunteer thousands of hours toward the celebration.
  
  
• Annual International James Joyce Film Festival, June, 2006
  Funded by HI in its first year of existence in 2005, the festival brought to Buffalo six rare, powerful films from the Irish Film Archives and from individual directors at greatly reduced cost. It also exhibited "Following James Joyce...Dublin to Buffalo," an acclaimed film that follows Joyce through his life in Europe and then showcases the Joyce holdings at UB.

Annual Events:

• Poetry and Rare Books Special Exhibit for the Humanities Institute Inaugural Conference (October).
  
  
• Joyce Birthday Celebration at Albright Knox Art Gallery: Public lectures by renowned Joyce scholars as well as film, music and theatre performances (February).
  
  
• As an ongoing Joyce in Buffalo initiative, the Humanities Institute and the UB libraries also sponsor the James Joyce visiting fellowship. ("the James Joyce visiting fellowship")
  
  
• Participating institutions in this program include, among others, Irish Classical Theater Company, UB Libraries, UB Departments of English and Comparative Literature, Buffalo State College, Albright Knox Gallery, Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, the Sphere Entertainment Center.