[SOLD OUT] Course | Reading Ulysses with Vicki Mahaffey | In-person

All Program Dates October 4, 2026 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm March 7, 2027 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm November 1, 2026 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm April 4, 2027 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm December 6, 2026 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm May 2, 2027 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm January 3, 2027 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm June 6, 2027 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm February 7, 2027 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm Registration Tuition for this course is $540. Members receive exclusive discounts on our programs and courses. Not a member? Learn more. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected]. This program is for those 18 and older. To promote access to onsite and virtual Rosenbach experiences, we offer scholarships for each Signature Program. To inquire, email Sunstein Senior Manager of Digital Initiatives Edward G. Pettit at [email protected]. This course is now sold out. If you are still interested in joining the waitlist, please email [email protected]. Description Read Ulysses with one of the leading James Joyce scholars in an intimate in-person setting at the Rosenbach. One of the challenges of reading Ulysses on one’s own is that we tend to see (or object to not seeing!) what we expect to find. Slow reading in a communal setting allows readers to access the unexpected, the incomprehensible, the bizarre complexity of daily life. Furthermore, it teaches us to laugh at our (shared) blindness. With renewed humility comes greater openness to the tarnished and startling real. Learning to laugh at oneself—with delight, understanding, and sympathy—is a step towards accepting mortality. It is also a prerequisite for establishing reciprocal relationships with others. The book is daring us to “Bloom” and continue blooming; to open both heart and mind to the multitudinous differences and idiosyncrasies of others as they change across time. It aims to replace an unconscious hunger for perfection with a renewed appreciation for the unstable joys and losses of life. In class, we will read selected passages from the assigned reading aloud and then discuss them closely and honestly. Ulysses syllabus Sponsors Reading Ulysses with Vicki Mahaffey course is generously sponsored by Lenni H. Steiner and Perry A. Lerner About the Instructor