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Hello Cian,
Are you aware of the Boston /Pilot/'s Missing Friends column in
which immigrants sought for friends and family? If you are not familiar
with the source, go to infowanted.bc.edu. The names of ships people
came on are reported fairly often. I could do a search for you if it
would help. At this point you can't do a search just for a listing of
ships but with some work I can do it through Alpha5.
Please let me know.
Ruth-Ann Harris

Adj. Professor of History & Irish Studies
Boston College


Cian McMahon wrote:
> Can anyone offer tips and advice re: both primary and secondary sources on
> the network of ships that brought Irish emigrants to the United States and
> Canada in the mid-nineteenth-century? I am, at this point, casting a wide
> net and interested in where the papers of the companies, their crews, and
> the ships might be found (on all sides of the Atlantic). The emigrants
> themselves are obviously going to be critically important too but I have
> soem good starting points in mind re: their letters.
>
> Any advice from the list's collective wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cian McMahon
>
> Department of History
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>

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The Directors of Irish Academic Press
cordially invite you to a reception to celebrate the launch of

Inspector Mallon
Buying Irish Patriotism for a Five-Pound Note
Donal P. McCracken

Hosted by Dr Maurice Manning, Chancellor of NUI

Guest Speaker
Conor Brady, Garda S=C3=ADoch=C3=A1na Ombudsman Commission

To be held at
National University of Ireland
49 Merrion Square
Dublin 2
on
Tuesday 20th October 2009
6.30pm

Refreshments will be served
RSVP
Karen O'Donoghue T: 01 298 9937 F: 01 298 2783 E: info[at]iap.ie
=20
Karen O Donoghue
Irish Academic Press
2 Brookside
Dundrum Road
Dublin 14
Tel: 01-2989937
Fax: 01-2982783

Inspector Mallon
Buying Irish Patriotism for a Five-Pound Note
Donal P. McCracken


He was a farm boy from republican south Armagh who rose to become =
Ireland's most famous detective and most feared secret policeman, the =
first catholic to rise as high as assistant commissioner of the Dublin =
Metropolitan Police. For decades Inspector Mallon and the detective G =
men at Dublin Castle hounded the Irish Fenian revolutionaries. Walking =
daily through the cobbled streets of Dublin; chatting with the gentry or =
greengrocers; holing up in seedy smoky bars in the Liberties and Temple =
Bar; or leading his men on night raids, this bear of a man came to know =
Victorian Dubliners as few others did. Always courteous and never =
violent in his own methods, his policing philosophy was one of deterrent =
and intimidation rather than entrapment. Generally contemptuous of his =
enemy, Mallon maintained an extensive network of poorly paid informers. =
He is notorious for having said, 'A good deal of that kind of patriotism =
can be bought for a five pound note in this poor country'.

Often described as catlike for his cunning, and backed by only 30 G men, =
for a generation Inspector Mallon kept a lid on the Irish revolution in =
Dublin, gaining the respect of moderate nationalists and unionist alike, =
but also the fear of most republicans. It is not surprising that he was =
the subject of numerous assassination plots. He is most noted for =
bringing to the gallows the Invincibles, the members of the 'murder =
society' who carried out the Phoenix Park assassinations. Lord =
Lieutenant Spencer, the head of the British government in Ireland, once =
commented, 'Without Mallon we have no one worth a row of pins'.

June 2009 256 pages illus 9780716529934 cloth =E2=82=AC60.00 / =
=C2=A345.00 / $69.95
9780716529941 paper =E2=82=AC19.95 / =C2=A319.95 =20
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Subject: Joyce estate settles copyright dispute with US academic
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Irish Times
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Joyce estate settles copyright dispute with US academic

THE JAMES Joyce Estate has agreed to pay $240,000 (=E2=82=AC164,000) in =
legal costs incurred by an American academic following a long-running =
copyright dispute between the two sides.

The settlement brings to an end a legal saga that pre-dates the =
publication in 2003 of a controversial biography of Joyce=E2=80=99s =
daughter, Lucia, written by Stanford University academic Carol Shloss.

The Joyce estate, which is fiercely protective of its right to the =
author=E2=80=99s works, refused to let Prof Shloss use copyrighted =
material in her book, Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake .

The book, which portrayed Joyce=E2=80=99s mentally ill daughter as the =
muse for Finnegans Wake , received mixed reviews, but Prof Shloss blamed =
this on the fact that her publisher had removed important citations to =
avoid legal action.

Prof Shloss later sued the Joyce estate and reached a settlement in 2007 =
that allowed her to restore the material in the United States and on the =
internet. A federal judge in San Jose, California, in May awarded Prof =
Shloss $329,000 in legal fees and costs, but the Joyce estate dropped =
its appeal last week and agreed to a $240,000 settlement.

The outcome of the case will not create a legal precedent, since the =
excerpts of Joyce=E2=80=99s letters and works were eventually published =
by way of settlement. However, Prof Shloss, a consulting professor of =
English at Stanford, described it as a =E2=80=9Cbreakthrough=E2=80=9D.

=E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99ve established that if you don=E2=80=99t pay =
attention to the rights of scholars, authors and researchers the =
copyright laws protect, you might have to pay something as the Joyce =
estate has had to pay,=E2=80=9D she said.

Relations between the Joycean academic community and the Joyce estate =
are often fraught, with the author=E2=80=99s grandson and co-trustee of =
the estate Stephen Joyce implacably determined to protect his =
grandfather=E2=80=99s legacy and his family=E2=80=99s privacy...

Full Text at

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1001/1224255614239.htm=
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Subject: CFP ESSE Conference (European Society for the Study of English)
- Seminar on Irish studies, Torino
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ESSE CONFERENCE, TORINO -- Call for papers

I have the pleasure to announce that the next ESSE Conference (European
Society for the Study of English), that will take place in Torino (24-28
August 2010), will count with a seminar on Irish studies to which you =
are
all invited to contribute with proposals directly related to the topic
"Place and Displacement: The Irish Writer at Home and Abroad".=20

Those wishing to participate in the Conference are invited to submit a
200-word abstract of their proposed papers --with complete details of =
their
names, affiliations and e-mails-- directly to any of the two convenors
before 31 January 2010. They will let the proponents know whether their
proposals have been accepted no later than 28 February 2010.

Full details of the seminar are as follows:

S.32. Place and Displacement: The Irish Writer at Home and Abroad
Ireland has always, from its position of liminality, engaged with Europe =
and
European cultures and has produced a significant body of work by authors =
who
chose exile as a way to return to their (imaginary) homeland from a more
detached perspective. Canonical Irish writers such as James Joyce, =
Samuel
Beckett, Edna O'Brien or Oscar Wilde cannot be read without a European
framework in mind, and contemporary writers such as Brian Moore, Colm
To=EDbin, Emma Donoghue, or Bernard McLaverty reveal a similar need to =
escape
from the constraints of locality while, at the same time, asserting =
their
own Irish identity. This panel seeks proposals that explore the tension
between place and displacement in the literary and cultural exchanges
between Ireland and Europe, both historically and in a more modern
multicultural context.=20

Convenor: Marisol Morales Ladr=F3n (Universidad de Alcal=E1, ES):
marisol.morales[at]uah.es=20
Co-Convenor: Catherine O'Leary (National University of Ireland, =
Maynooth,=A0
IE): Catherine.M.OLeary[at]nuim.ie
=20
For further information about the ESSE Conference, see the following
webpage: http://www.unito.it/esse2010/home/index.php?contenuto=3Dhome. =
Do not
hesitate to contact us for any query you may have.

Marisol Morales Ladr=F3n
Universidad de Alcal=E1
Dpto. Filolog=EDa Moderna
Colegio Menor S. Jos=E9 de Caracciolos
C/ Trinidad, 3
28801 Alcal=E1 de Henares
MADRID
Tfs: 91 885 53 45; 91 885 44 41
Fax: 91 885 44 45

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John McCavitt is developing a new web site about General Robert Ross, =
the
man who captured Washington in 1814. The website will be officially =
launched
later this month.
=A0
See www.themanwhocapturedwashington.com

Contact John at
john mccavitt [johnmccavitt[at]hotmail.com]

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From: Patrick Maume
When I meet Canadian visitors in Belfast, I generally suggest they should
go down to Rostrevor and look at the ross obelisk if they have time - they
usually find this amusing.
Speaking of which, a point that often strikes me is that much of our
understanding of Irish and Irish-American politics in the nineteenth century
is distorted by the fact that since there never was an actual re-run of the
1812 War (i.e. American army marches into Canada while Royal Navy sails up
and down the American coast bombarding the ports) we tend to forget how
widely expected it was that such a thing would happen and how this affected
Irish nationalists' actions 9e.g. the Young Irelanders' view that O'Connell
should have actively cultivated american support at te time of the
US-Canadian border disputes in the 1840s, the Fenian expectation that
Washington might support their invasions of Canada in the late 1860s, evn
the brief upsurge of nationalist sympathy for the US in the 1896 Venezuelan
crisis.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> John McCavitt is developing a new web site about General Robert Ross, the
> man who captured Washington in 1814. The website will be officially
> launched
> later this month.
>
> See www.themanwhocapturedwashington.com
>
> Contact John at
> john mccavitt [johnmccavitt[at]hotmail.com]
>

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From: Patrick Maume
=A0 When I meet Canadian visitors in Belfast, I generally suggest they=
should go down to Rostrevor and look at the ross obelisk if they have time=
- they usually find this amusing.
=A0 Speaking of which, a point that often strikes me is that much of o=
ur understanding of Irish and Irish-American politics in the nineteenth cen=
tury is distorted by the fact that since there never was an actual re-run o=
f the 1812 War (i.e. American army marches into Canada while Royal Navy sai=
ls up and down the American coast bombarding the ports) we tend to forget h=
ow widely expected it was that such a thing would happen and how this affec=
ted Irish nationalists' actions 9e.g. the Young Irelanders' view th=
at O'Connell should have actively cultivated american support at te tim=
e of the US-Canadian border disputes in the 1840s, the Fenian expectation t=
hat Washington might support their invasions of Canada in the late 1860s, e=
vn the brief upsurge of nationalist sympathy for the US in the 1896 Venezue=
lan crisis.

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Best wishes,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Patrick
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Patrick O'Su=
llivan <=
P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk> wrote:
John McCavitt is developing a ne=
w web site about General Robert Ross, theman who captured Washington in=
1814. The website will be officially launched
later this month.=A0See www.themanwhocapturedwashington.comContact John atjohn mccavitt [johnmccavitt[at]hotmail.com]


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From: Dianne Hall
Subject: CFP: Irish in New Zealand.
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Call for Papers: =8CIrish in New Zealand=B9, a Special Issue of the
Australasian Journal of Irish Studies 2010. Guest editors: Malcolm Campbel=
l
& Lyndon Fraser.

The guest editors of a 2010 special issue welcome submissions on topics
related to the Irish in - or connections with - New Zealand.
>=20
Deadline for proposals to be submitted: 1 December 2009.
Deadline for final essay submissions: 30 April 2010. Proposals/enquiries
should be sent to: Malcolm Campbell, Head of Department, Department of
History, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
(mc.campbell[at]auckland.ac.nz);

or to Lyndon Fraser, School of Social and
Political Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
(lyndon.fraser[at]canterbury.ac.nz).


Thanks


Dr Dianne Hall
School of Historical Studies
University of Melbourne
3010

Book Review Editor=20
Australasian Journal of Irish Studies
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The following title has come to our attention.=20

Fisher, James T., On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and =
the
Soul of the Port of New York. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009. =
xvi,
370 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8014-4804-1.)

Site of the world=92s busiest and most lucrative harbor throughout the =
first
half of the twentieth century, the Port of New York was also the =
historic
preserve of Irish American gangsters, politicians, longshoremen=92s =
union
leaders, and powerful Roman Catholic pastors. This is the demimonde
depicted to stunning effect in Elia Kazan=92s On the Waterfront (1954)
and into which James T. Fisher takes readers in this remarkable and
engaging historical account of the classic film=92s backstory.
Fisher introduces readers to the real =93Father Pete Barry=94 featured =
in
On the Waterfront, John M. =93Pete=94 Corridan, a crusading priest =
committed
to winning union democracy and social justice for the port=92s
dockworkers and their families. A Jesuit labor school instructor, not a
parish priest, Corridan was on but not of Manhattan=92s West Side Irish
waterfront. His ferocious advocacy was resisted by the very men he
sought to rescue from the violence and criminality that rendered the
port =93a jungle, an outlaw frontier,=94 in the words of investigative =
reporter
Malcolm Johnson. Driven off the waterfront, Corridan forged creative
and spiritual alliances with men like Johnson and Budd Schulberg,
the screenwriter who worked with Corridan for five years to turn =
Johnson=92s
Pulitzer Prize=96winning 1948 newspaper expos=E9 into a movie.
Fisher=92s detailed account of the waterfront priest=92s central role in =
the
film=92s creation challenges standard views of the film as a post facto
justification for Kazan and Schulberg=92s testimony as ex-communists
before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
On the Irish Waterfront is also a detailed social history of the New =
York/
New Jersey waterfront, from the rise of Irish American entrepreneurs
and political bosses during the World War I era to the mid-1950s, when
the emergence of a revolutionary new mode of cargo-shipping signaled
a radical reorganization of the port. This book explores the conflicts
experienced and accommodations made by an insular Irish-Catholic
community forced to adapt its economic, political, and religious lives
to powerful forces of change both local and global in scope.

James T. Fisher is Professor of Theology
and American Studies, Fordham University.
He is the author of Communion
of Immigrants: A History of Catholics
in America, Dr. America: The Lives of
Thomas A. Dooley, 1927=961961, and
The Catholic Counterculture in America,
1933=961962.

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Lecture,
James Rogers on "The Green in the Gray Flannel Suit: Irish
America at Mid-century", Glucksman Ireland House, Thursday,
October 8th at 7pm
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Glucksman Ireland House is the Center for Irish Studies at New York
University.
Please use the email address and phone number below to contact us:
ireland.house[at]nyu.edu or 212-998-3950=20
=A0
Prof. James Silas Rogers discusses =93The Green in the Gray Flannel =
Suit:
Irish America at Mid-century=94
=A0
Thursday, October 8th at 7pm
at Glucksman Ireland House NYU
=A0
Professor James Silas Rogers of the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, =
MN),
co-editor with Matthew J. O=92Brien of the recently published After the =
Flood:
Irish-America 1945-1960, speaks on the Irish-American community during =
the
postwar years --- its political views, its progress in economic and =
social
terms, the impact of the surge in immigration from Ireland, and the =
pursuit,
often in deflected and subtle ways, of what was distinctive about being
Irish in America.
=A0
Admission is free for Members of Glucksman Ireland House and for
students/faculty with a valid NYU I.D. card. For all others: $10 =
donation.=20
=A0
In order to ensure a seat, please RSVP to 212-998-3950 (option 3) or =
email
ireland.house[at]nyu.edu.=20

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Book announcement:

ARTHUR O=92CONNOR: The Most Important Irish Revolutionary You May Never =20=

Have Heard Of is now available in e-book format for the KINDLE and =20
SONY e-book readers. Kindle books can now also be purchased and read =20
on the iPhone and the iPod Touch. =93There=92s an =91app=92 for that.=94

How readable is this book in e-book form? As the author, I must say =20
that I=92m not entirely pleased with the way Amazon (the owner of =20
Kindle) digitalized my book, but if readers can tolerate a few small =20
annoyances, the text is sufficiently readable. The main annoyances =20
are that the Table of Contents is difficult to navigate because of the =20=

inelegant format, and the index, while not completely useless, =20
requires more patience than should be necessary. Aside from that, and =20=

an occasional stray page number incorporated into the text, it=92s not =20=

too bad. Researchers with a need to consult the sources in the =20
footnotes and bibliography are advised to avoid the e-book version and =20=

use the paper version instead. People who simply want to read the =20
book, however, should find the Kindle version adequate to their =20
needs. There are a few advantages: A Kindle download is less =20
expensive, and an iPod is more portable than a book. And although I =20
haven=92t tried it myself, I understand that the new Kindle will even =20=

read it aloud to you, if you so desire.

Print editions of Arthur O=92Connor are available in paperback and =20
hardcover from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and other on-line =20
booksellers. If your university library doesn=92t have it yet, please =20=

consider recommending it to the librarian.

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for the KINDLE and SONY e-book
readers. Kindle books can now also be purchased and read on the iPhone =
and the
iPod Touch. =93There=92s an =91app=92 for that.=94




How readable is =
this book in e-book form?  As the author, I must say that I=92m not
entirely pleased with the way Amazon (the owner of Kindle) digitalized =
my book,
but if readers can tolerate a few small annoyances, the text is =
sufficiently
readable.  The main annoyances are
that the Table of Contents is difficult to navigate because of the =
inelegant format,
and the index, while not completely useless, requires more patience than =
should
be necessary.  Aside from that, and
an occasional stray page number incorporated into the text, it=92s not =
too
bad.  Researchers with a need to
consult the sources in the footnotes and bibliography are advised to =
avoid the
e-book version and use the paper version instead.  People who =
simply want to read the book, however, should
find the Kindle version adequate to their needs.  There are a few =
advantages: A Kindle download is less
expensive, and an iPod is more portable than a book.  And although =
I haven=92t tried it myself, I understand that
the new Kindle will even read it aloud to you, if you so desire.




Print editions of =
Arthur =
O=92Connor
are available in paperback and hardcover from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and other on-line
booksellers.  If your university
library doesn=92t have it yet, please consider recommending it to the =
librarian.




Thank you.



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Professor Maria Luddy, Department of History, University of Warwick,
Coventry, CV4 7AL. (02476) 522542, m.luddy[at]warwick.ac.uk.


For Information

POSTGRADUATE BURSARIES SCHEME 2010

The British Association for Irish Studies wishes to announce its 2010
bursary scheme to support Postgraduate research in Britain on topics of
Irish interest. BAIS will award bursaries of between =A3300-=A31000 each =
to
postgraduate students registered at universities in England, Wales or
Scotland conducting research on any aspect of Irish Studies. Students =
may
use the bursary for travel expenses, payment of fees, subsistence or =
other
expenses related to the completion of their research projects. =
Applicants
must be members of the British Association for Irish Studies (or should =
join
when they apply).

Applicants will be required to submit a completed Application Form =
together
with two completed forms from referees, who will be required to send =
these
direct to the Chair of the Bursaries Committee. Deadline for submission =
of
Applications: 12 March 2010. =20

These awards will be announced in April 2010. The decision of the BAIS
Postgraduate Bursaries Committee will be final.

How to Apply: Please email m.luddy[at]warwick.ac.uk for an Application =
Form.

For more information, please contact the Chair of the Bursaries =
Committee:=20
Professor Maria Luddy, Department of History, University of Warwick,
Coventry, CV4 7AL. (02476) 522542, m.luddy[at]warwick.ac.uk.

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Thinking about Greece's relationship with its diaspora is changing - and the
change of government is likely to see further developments.

Some information and links, below...

P.O'S.

Papandreou looks to Greek diaspora as he forms new cabinet
George Papandreou is expected to tap international talent for his government
to help tackle Greece's multiple crises
Helena Smith in Athens
guardian.co.uk

Greece's socialist leader George Papandreou was sworn in as prime minister
this morning amid clear indications that the new government he will lead
will seek to tap talent in the diaspora to address the multiple crises
facing the country.

The English-speaking prime minister, propelled into office following an
overwhelming victory in Sunday's elections, is expected to announce a
cabinet this afternoon to take on Greece's financial and economic crisis and
social malaise.

US-born Papandreou was educated in Sweden, England and Canada and is a
Harvard University fellow. His closest aides include English-speaking Greeks
born and brought up in Africa, America and Australia. The 57-year-old
politician is himself more comfortable speaking English than Greek.

"Part of my identity is being a Greek of Greece and a Greek of the
diaspora," Papandreou told the Guardian. "I think in many ways being Greek
is being ecumenical, open to the world. We are a country that has always
been open with ideas and contact with the rest of the world as a shipping
nation and tourist destination."

Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/06/george-papandreou-sworn-greek-pm


Presentation of Kapa Research study on Diaspora Hellenism

The issue of the voting rights of the Greeks living abroad was highlighted
during the presentation on Thursday of a study on Diaspora Hellenism carried
out by Kapa Research in a special event addressed by Foreign Minister Dora
Bakoyannis, Deputy Foreign Minister Theodoros Kassimis and main opposition
PASOK spokesman on foreign affairs Andreas Loverdos. Also present was World
Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) President Stefanos Tamvakis.

Speaking during the presentation held under the auspices of the foreign
ministry, Bakoyannis underlined: "I want, from my heart, to express my great
sorrow over the fact that this draft law was unable to be agreed upon and
passed by the Hellenic Parliament. I sincerely believe that the government
made every effort so that we could agree that Greeks abroad shall vote."

"Unfortunately, this is in my opinion a typical example of party allegiance
trumping national interest," she pointed out, adding that "I would like to
hope that in the next Parliament, one of the first bills passed will be the
vote for Greeks abroad. They deserve it. It is their right, and in my
opinion we have an obligation to satisfy their request. It is their right to
have a say in developments in our country. It is their right, because they
are mounting their own struggle. It is their right because for us they are a
force and rich resource."

Full text at
http://en.sae.gr/?id=17468

The Global Survey on Hellenism by Kapa Research is available from that web
site, as a pdf file, in Greek. The bit of my brain that learns alphabets
really struggles with Greek. So...

There is a summary of the research on
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2009/09/11/first-international-research-on-diasp
ora-greeks/

First International Research on Diaspora Greeks

Research conducted by the Greek company "Kapa Research" has yielded
significant results regarding the Greek Diaspora communities all over the
world. The results were presented to Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis
who delivered a speech praising the role of the Greek Diaspora and
expressing the hope that Parliament will ratify the Diaspora Vote, which she
described as a link with the motherland.

The research began in 2007 and was conducted by Kapa Research in
collaboration with the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University.
Respondents were drawn from 10,846 Diaspora Greeks, 1,270 Cypriot Greeks and
3,506 Greeks in Greece who responded to a broad range of questions. The
results show not only their commitment and faith in Greece, Greek language,
Greek culture and Greek traditions but also their problems with the Greek
state and primarily with bureaucracy. Also interesting is the fact that 85
per cent of Greeks abroad stay in touch with news and developments in Greece
via the Internet.

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Subject: CFP UPSTAGE,
peer-reviewed online publication dediate to theatre and
theatrical culture
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Forwarded on behalf of
Helena Gurfinkel [mailto:hgurfin[at]siue.edu]=20

UPSTAGE, a new peer-reviewed online publication dedicated to research in
turn-of-the-century theatre and theatrical culture, seeks submissions =
for
its inaugural issue scheduled for the spring of 2010. This is a =
development
of the pages published under this name as part of THE OSCHOLARS, and =
will
henceforth be an independently edited journal in the oscholars group
published at www.oscholars.com, as part of our expanding coverage of the
different cultural manifestations of the fin de si=E8cle.=20

Topics may include, but are not limited to, the work of Granville =
Barker,
Sudermann, Schnitzler, Ibsen, Strindberg, Bang, Wedekind, von =
Hofmannsthal,
Hauptmann, Jarry, Clyde Fitch - Bernhardt, Duse, Mrs Pat, R=E9jane - =
Grein,
Antoine, Paul Fort, Meyerfeld.=20

UPSTAGE welcomes a variety of theoretical and critical methodologies.=20

We are interested in receiving:

Scholarly articles of approximately 3000 words
Book-reviews of approximately 500 words
Reports on work in progress (book manuscripts and doctoral =
dissertations)
(approximately 500-1000 words)
Reviews of contemporary productions of turn-of-the-century plays (or =
plays
about the turn of the nineteenth century) and announcements of future
productions (approximately 500 words)

The publication is international in scope. Although we will publish in
English initially, we hope to include publications in other languages in =
the
future.=20

By December 1st, 2009, please e-mail your submissions, as MS Word
attachments only, to both

Dr. Helena Gurfinkel, Department of English Language and Literature,
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, USA at
hgurfin[at]siue.edu
=20
and

Dr. Michelle C. Paull, Drama Programme, St. Mary's University College,
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, TW1, 4SX, England, at paullm[at]smuc.ac.uk

In order to undergo masked peer-review, scholarly articles must be =
submitted
in the following way: the author=92s contact information and brief bio =
should
appear in the body of the e-mail, while the Word attachment should =
contain
no identifying information.=20

--
Helena Gurfinkel
Assistant Professor of English
Peck Hall, Box 1431
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026
Office Phone: (618) 650-5798

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BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR IRISH STUDIES
HOLDEN GALLERY, MANCHESTER METROPOLITANUNIVERSITY
MILLENNIUM COURT ARTS CENTRE, PORTADOWN
WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY

are pleased to announce

ARCHIVING PLACE AND TIME:
CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND SINCE THE BELFAST AGREEMENT

EXHIBITION & SYMPOSIUM,
Manchester Metropolitan University,
November13/14 2009

It is now just over a decade since the historicBelfast / Good Friday
Agreement was signed, bringing an end to some thirty years of bitter
conflict in Northern Ireland. The 1998 Agreement has broughtsignificant
changes not just for people's everyday lives but their awareness ofboth the
preceding history and their hopes for the future. The effects haveinevitably
registered in the responses of artists to the changed situation.

From November 13, 2009, Manchester MetropolitanUniversity's Holden Gallery
will launch with its partners a major exhibition of contemporary art from
Northern Ireland since 1998. The exhibition will then tour to Portadown,
Northern Ireland and Wolverhampton Art Gallery. The artists selected have
established significant reputations both within and outsideIreland, and
include: Rita Duffy, John Duncan, Sandra Johnston, Conor McFeely,Conor
McGrady, Mary McIntyre, Philip Napier, Aisling O'Beirn, Paul Seawright.Other
artists to be confirmed.

On Saturday 14th November, a symposium will beheld to discuss issues around
the visual culture of Northern Ireland in thisperiod. The symposium will
include contributions from both critics andpractitioners, including the
curators of the exhibition and some of the artistsshowing there.

The exhibition and auxiliary activities havebeen made possible by the Arts
Council of Northern Ireland Lottery Fund.

* * * * * *
SYMPOSIUM

ARCHIVING PLACE & TIME
November14 2009
Manchester Metropolitan University

Confirmed Speakers:

Fionna Barber (Manchester MetropolitanUniversity)
Justin Carville (Dun Laoghaire Institute ofArt, Design & Technology)
Sarah Edge (University of Ulster)
Megan Johnston (Director, Millennium Court ArtsCentre, Portadown)
Sandra Johnston (Independent artist, Belfast)
Declan Long (National College of Art andDesign, Dublin)

Further information:
Email: AidanArrowsmith (a.arrowsmith[at]mmu.ac.uk)
FionnaBarber (f.barber[at]mmu.ac.uk)

www.bais.ac.uk

* * * * * *
EXHIBITION

ARCHIVING PLACE & TIME: CONTEMPORARY ARTPRACTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND SINCE
THE BELFAST AGREEMENT

Holden Gallery, Manchester: Nov 13 2009 - Dec18 2009;
Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown: April- May 2010;
Wolverhampton Art Gallery: June - December 2010.

Participating artists:
Rita Duffy
John Duncan
Paul Seawright
Sandra Johnston
Mary McIntyre
Conor McGrady
Aisling O'Beirn
Philip Napier
Conor McFeely
.other artists to be confirmed .

Curators:
Megan Johnston (Millennium Court Arts Centre,Portadown)
Fionna Barber (Manchester School of Art)

Further information:
Email: FionnaBarber (f.barber[at]mmu.ac.uk)
MeganJohnston (megan[at]millenniumcourt.org)

www.bais.ac.uk

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Subject: Seminar in Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin,
September - December 2009
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Subject: Seminar in Contemporary Irish History

Programme for September - December 2009

This seminar is designed to be a forum where those engaged in research =20
in Contemporary Irish History can discuss their work. It is open to =20
all willing to participate, including researchers visiting Dublin to =20
use the National Library, the National Archives and other =20
repositories.=20

Proposals for papers can be directed to any of the three =20
convenors. These are Dr Michael Kennedy (RIA, difp[at]iol.ie
),=20
Dr Deirdre McMahon (Mary Immaculate College, University of =20
Limerick, (Deirdre.McMahon[at]mic.ul.ie),=20
and Professor Eunan O'Halpin =20
(TCD, eunan.ohalpin[at]tcd.ie , telephone =20
8963473).=20

Seminar details are also posted at
http://www.tcd.ie/history/ccih/seminars/index.php=20

October 7 Throttling the IRA: the FiaNa F=E1il =20
government and the subversive threat, 1939-1945
Dr. Caoimhe Sile Nic Dhaibheid, Queen's University Belfast

October 14 Agricultural Interests and Irish trade policy =20
over the last half century
Professor Frank Barry (TCD)

October 21 Title TBC
Professor Joseph Lee, New York University

October 28 SiN Fein in Britain 1918-1923
Dr K Inouye, Trinity College Dublin

November 4 'The thing is that it will one day be printed': =20
Peter Tyrrell's account of Letterfrack, War and Exile.
Dr Diarmuid Whelan, University College Cork

November 11 The Military Service Pensions Archive Project
Patrick BreNan, Michael Keane and Celine Chemin

November 18 Press obituaries: their strengths and their =20
limitations
Charles Lysaght, The Times

November 25 The 1911 Census project: a review and further =20
developments
Catriona Crowe (and T.B.C), National Archives of Ireland

2 December 2 The diplomacy of revolution: Irish German links =20
1920-23
Dr J O'Brien, Trinity College Dublin

December 9 The Irish political prisoners project
Professor Se=E1n McConville, Queen Mary, University of London

December 16 'A liquid mess of insipid flavour and doubtful =20
colour banked round by badly cooked rice': Indian restaurants, curry =20
and the development of ethnic cuisine in Dublin 1908-2008'
Dr Michael KeNedy, Royal Irish Academy

All seminars will take place at 4p.m. each Wednesday in the IIIS =20
Seminar Room C6002, Level 6, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.

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Subject: CFP British Identity and the Other British Isles,
24-25 June 2010, Huddersfield, UK
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Conference: British Identity and the Other British Isles, 24-25 June 2010
The Academy for the Study of Britishness, University of Huddersfield, UK

As issues of nationalism, identity, and what it means to be 'British'
continue to affect the cultural and political landscape of Britain itself,
its impact on the islands that share (or have shared) a cultural heritage
with the United Kingdom has become new ground for academics. The Academy for
the Study of Britishness at the University of Huddersfield welcomes
proposals for 20-minute papers from academics, postgraduate students,
independent scholars, and other professionals to present at its 'British
identity and 'the other British isles' conference on 24-25 June 2010. The
conference will bring together research from a range of disciplines in order
to explore issues of Britishness within island culture and society. Papers
are welcomed on the identities, cultures, history, heritage, and society of
any island/islands which share a cultural heritage with Britain. This
includes islands within the 'British archipelago' and around the world. The
focus of the conference is on smaller islands, and those whose relationships
with Britain and Britishness have been often neglected in academic study.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:

The culture and identity of The Isle of Man, The Channel Islands, Orkney and
the Shetlands, The Scilly Isles, Anglesey, The Hebrides, Malta, Cyprus, Hong
Kong, Singapore, The Falklands, The British West Indies and other 'British'
islands.

Britishness and the island(s) in wartime

Relationships between the island(s) and Westminster/the Monarchy.

Britishness within the commemoration and celebration of identity.

Britishness in island government and administration.

The impact of Britishness (or Englishness) on the local language and culture

Tourism

Devolution and nationalism within the island(s).

Proposals for 20-minute papers should be no more than 200 words and should
include a one-page CV. The deadline for submission is January 25th.

For further details or an informal discussion, contact the organisers:
Daniel Travers (d.travers[at]hud.ac.uk)or Jodie Matthews(j.matthews[at]hud.ac.uk).

Daniel Travers
Department of Music, Humanities and Media, WG 26
The University of Huddersfield,
Queensgate,
Huddersfield,
HD1 3DH
Email: d.travers[at]hud.ac.uk
Visit the website at
http://www2.hud.ac.uk/asb/identity_and_other_british_isles.php

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Subject: CFP Tales of Transit,
Narrative Migrant Spaces in Transatlantic Perspective
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Tales of Transit
Narrative Migrant Spaces in Transatlantic Perspective
1830-1954
International conference
Felix Archive
Antwerp, Belgium
10-13 June, 2010

Conference Theme
Tales of Transit will bring together insights and methodologies from =
migration and maritime history, translation studies and literary =
studies, and confront these with the rich but largely underexplored =
archive of transatlantic migrant narratives. In view of the opening of =
the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp, Tales of Transit takes the city as =
its starting point to rethink transatlantic migration.=20
We encourage contributions offering comparative perspectives on migrants =
traveling through well-known as well as lesser known ports in Europe, =
Africa and the Americas. The focus may be broadened to include mainland =
cities functioning as nodal points for migration flows or border =
crossing points on the frontier between states or regions. Overall, the =
stress lies on how such liminal spaces are narrated or visualized in =
testimonies or fiction: How vital are these sites for the =
migrant=E2=80=99s tale? Do such loci affirm or rather subvert the =
migrants=E2=80=99 aspirations and hopes? Does the perspective shift in =
accordance with the linguistic medium or audience expectations and, if =
so, in what ways?=20
Contributions may address any of the above questions in relation to the =
Atlantic migration flows that came into force roughly from the 1830s =
onwards, as a consequence of unsettled conditions in Europe and =
elsewhere. The year 1954, when the Ellis Island Immigration Station =
closed, was selected as an appropriate terminus ad quem, indicating the =
transition from steamers to planes as the dominant mode of transatlantic =
transportation.

Suggested Thematic Areas
=E2=96=AA Language and translation
=E2=96=AA Migration as business
=E2=96=AA Iconography of migration
=E2=96=AA Archiving testimonies

A more detailed description of the theme can be found on the conference =
website: http://www.talesoftransit.eu.
Keynote Speakers
=E2=96=AA Matthew Frye Jacobson (Yale University)
=E2=96=AA Nancy K. Miller (City University of New York)
=E2=96=AA Adam Walaszek (Jagiellonian University Krakow)
=E2=96=AA Werner Sollors (Harvard University) TBC

Organizing Institutions
=E2=96=AA Ghent University Association Research Group on Literature in =
Translation
=E2=96=AA Faculty of Translation Studies, Ghent University College
=E2=96=AA Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp
=E2=96=AA Leuven Research Group on Literary Relations and Postnational =
Identities
=E2=96=AA Lessius University College Department of Applied Language =
Studies
=E2=96=AA Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg
=E2=96=AA Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp

Guidelines for Submission and Presentation
Paper proposals in English of no more than 300 words can be submitted to =
michael.boyden[at]hogent or liselotte.vandenbussche[at]hogent.be by November =
15, 2009. The academic committee will evaluate the abstracts and send =
out notifications of acceptance by the end of the calendar year. Each =
participant will be given 20 minutes to present, followed by 10 minutes =
of discussion. A selection of papers will be published in the conference =
proceedings.

Congress Fees
Participants are expected to pay a conference fee of 60 EUR (88 USD), =
which covers the academic program, congress documentation, coffee =
breaks, a reception in the Antwerp city hall and an exclusive guided =
tour of the Red Star Line Museum (http://www.redstarline.be). The =
student rate is 30 EUR or 44 USD.

Accommodation and City
The conference site (http://www.felixarchief.be) is located in a former =
warehouse in the heart of the historical harbor, on walking distance =
from the city=E2=80=99s main attractions.
Special hotel rates for conference participants are being negotiated. =
Details will be posted on the conference website.

Michael Boyden=20
Assistant Professor of American Culture=20
Ghent University College=20
Faculty of Translation Studies=20
Groot-Brittanni=C3=ABlaan 45=20
B-9000 Ghent=20
Belgium
Email: michael.boyden[at]hogent.be
Visit the website at http://www.talesoftransit.eu

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Subject: Article,
Autochthony and activism among contemporary Irish Nationalists in
Northern Ireland
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The latest issue of Nations and Nationalism contains much of interest - the
article on Hebrew poetry by women will interest some Ir-D members.

Two articles stand out, as far as Ir-D is concerned. I will send out
separate emails about them.

First, Zenker v Leerssen...

We do not, on the Ir-D list, closely follow discussion of events in Northern
Ireland. The reasons for this might involve a long story - but basically,
it is a long story. Nor do we follow closely scholarly study of Northern
Ireland.

I think this little exchange might stand as an example of some of the
problems - so many different disciplines and sub disciplines are interested
in Northern Ireland, each with their own traditions and discourses.

Here Olaf Zenker critiques the 'civic/ethnic divide', only to have knuckles
rapped by Joep Leerssen - '...nationalism may be defined as precisely that
ideology that conflates ethnos and demos...'

It is all, sort of, interesting, but muggy.

It is not clear from the journal why Zenker in particular should attract the
attention of Leerssen.

P.O'S.

Autochthony and activism among contemporary Irish Nationalists in Northern
Ireland1, or: if 'civic' nationalists are 'ethno'-cultural revivalists,what
remains of the civic/ethnic divide? (p 696-715)
OLAF ZENKER

Postscript (p 716-719)
JOEP LEERSSEN

Reply (p 720-722)
OLAF ZENKER


Nations and Nationalism
Volume 15 Issue 4, Pages 696 - 715

Autochthony and activism among contemporary Irish Nationalists in Northern
Ireland1, or: if 'civic' nationalists are 'ethno'-cultural revivalists,what
remains of the civic/ethnic divide?
OLAF ZENKER *
* Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland

KEYWORDS
autochthony . civic-ethnic dichotomy . identity . nationalism . Northern
Ireland . politics of belonging

ABSTRACT. This article argues for dissolving the civic-ethnic dichotomy into
several analytical dimensions and suggests 'autochthony' and 'activism' as
two such alternatives. It does so by first presenting a case study of Irish
language revivalism and identity discourses in the North of Ireland, in
which locals turn out to be both 'civic' nationalists and 'ethno'-cultural
revivalists. The article then advocates treating these aspects as belonging
to two distinct dimensions: the first is concerned with the causal logic
underlying the reproduction of nationhood in terms of autochthony, while the
second specifies different forms of activism aimed at (re)constituting the
nation. Finally, reinterpreting the empirical case in terms of these two
dimensions, it is shown that the type of activism is dependent on the
specificities of 'threats' to the nation rather than on the underlying type
of autochthony, which further substantiates the necessity to disambiguate
the civic-ethnic distinction.