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James Joyce Awards

The Literary and Historical Society (L&H) awards the James Joyce Award to outstanding individuals at the forefront their fields. The L&H is the oldest debating society in University College Dublin (UCD).


The James Joyce Award, also known as the Honorary Fellowship of the Society, is an award given by the Literary and Historical Society (L&H) of University College Dublin (UCD) for those who have achieved outstanding success in their given field; recipients have ranged from ranged from respected academics, lauded political figures, skilled actors and, like James Joyce himself, writers.

 

Each year the L&H welcomes esteemed guests to address our society members. It is the highest award that an Irish University society can give. It is named after one of the society's most distinguished alumni, James Joyce, the author of Dubliners, Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegans Wake. Joyce was a student in UCD from 1898 to 1903, where he studied modern languages. In 1900, he presented a paper "Drama and Life" to the society. He also ran for the top position of Auditor and Treasurer, but failed to be elected on both occasions. 
 

Award winners come to address members of the society, and past recipients include: JK Rowling, Noam Chomsky, Emeli Sandé, Will Ferrell, Martin Freeman, Sir Alex Ferguson, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 


A full list of all recipients, including those pictured below, can be found here
 

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi

Patrick J Adams

Patrick J Adams

Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson

Tom Felton

Tom Felton

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau

Picture This

Picture This

Brian O'Donovan

Brian O'Donovan

Erik Per Sullivan

Erik Per Sullivan

Omar Suleiman

Omar Suleiman

Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett

Dermot Kennedy

Dermot Kennedy

Padraig Harrington

Padraig Harrington

Kip Thorne

Kip Thorne

Kristian Nairn

Kristian Nairn

Former Chief Justice Susan Denham

Former Chief Justice Susan Denham

Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Steve Shapiro

Steve Shapiro

Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen

Eamon Ryan

Eamon Ryan

Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell

John Bercow

John Bercow

Peter Tatchell

Peter Tatchell

Reverend Al Sharpton

Reverend Al Sharpton

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch

Making A Murderer's Dean Strang and Jerry Buting

Making A Murderer's Dean Strang and Jerry Buting

Martin Garbus

Martin Garbus

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

Michael Eavis

Michael Eavis

Alt J

Alt J

Brandon Stanton

Brandon Stanton

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Sam Lloyd

Sam Lloyd

Robert Sheehan

Robert Sheehan

Senator Patrick Leahy

Senator Patrick Leahy

Roger Daltry

Roger Daltry

 UCD Literary & Historical Society

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