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Subject: Article,
Anthropological race psychology 1820-1945: a common European
system of ethnic identity narratives
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A wide ranging survey of those stereotypes, including the Irish as examples.
Obvious sources for that. Including Joep Leerssen.

Anthropological race psychology 1820-1945: a common European system of
ethnic identity narratives
Author: McMAHON, RICHARD1
Source: Nations and Nationalism, Volume 15, Number 4, October 2009 , pp.
575-596(22)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:
.
This article examines ethnic stereotypes in biological race classification
of Europeans between the 1830s and 1940s as part of political discourse on
national identity. Anthropologists linked physical-psychological types to
nations and national character stereotypes through `national races',
achieving an often quite enduring international consensus on each race's
mentality. The article argues that race mentality narratives were therefore
partly dictated by their place within a dynamic interlocking European
system. I focus on two key interacting elements that structured this system:
the central role of the Germanic-Nordic blond and the geographically uneven
process of modernisation. I consider the spatiality of socio-cultural and
political factors `external' to the stereotype system, such as geopolitics
and modernisation, but also emphasise that discursive relationships between
national stereotypes helped structure the international stereotype system.
My conclusion argues for greater consideration of the influence of both
scientific and international systemic factors in research on national
identity.
Keywords: Europe; history of science; geography; international system;
national stereotypes; race science
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2009.00393.x
Affiliations: 1: European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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Subject: 10th Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School,
'Moving Home: the legacy of Plantation in Tyrone and Fermanagh'
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]=20

Forwarded on behalf of
From: Christine Johnston [mailto:Christine.Johnston[at]librariesni.org.uk]=20

Just thought I=92d remind you about this event coming up on Saturday 17
October - information available on our website:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/about/events.htm

Christine

Christine Johnston
Senior Library Asst
Centre for Migration Studies
Ulster American Folk Park
=A0
Tel:=A0 028 8225 6315
Fax:=A0 028 8224 2241
Email:=A0 christine.johnston[at]librariesni.org.uk

The Tenth Literature of Irish Exile, Autumn School

'Moving Home: the legacy of Plantation in Tyrone and Fermanagh'

[Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh]

[Saturday, 17 October 2009]

The Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School, which normally focuses on
emigrants, this year focuses on immigrants. Recognising the 400th
anniversary of the Official Plantation of Ulster, the speakers will look =
at
the Plantation and its legacy, particularly in the counties of Tyrone =
and
Fermanagh.

Speakers

Peter Archdale is a retired Royal Navy commander with a wide experience =
of
Oceanography. He serves on many agencies and trusts overseeing many =
aspects
of Northern Ireland=92s natural environment. He has a longstanding =
interest in
the genealogy and history of his family and its association with west =
Ulster
since the early seventeenth century.

Dr. Kay Muhr is Senior Research Fellow with the Northern Ireland =
Place-Name
Project, Department of Celtic and Irish Studies, Queen=92s University =
Belfast.
Chairperson of the Northern Ireland Place-Name Society, Kay has =
published
extensively on early literature and language, oral tradition, place and
family names and cartography which will form the main focus of her =
attention
today.

Dr. Brian Lambkin and Dr. Patrick Fitzgerald are respectively founding
Director and Lecturer & Development Officer with the Centre for =
Migration
Studies, Ulster American Folk Park. Brian is currently Chairman of the
Association of European Migration Institutions whilst Paddy has been
teaching Irish Migration Studies at Masters level with Queen=92s =
University
Belfast since 1996. In 2008 they jointly authored Migration in Irish
History, 1607-2007 (Palgrave, 2008). =20

=20
The Tenth Literature of Irish Exile

'Moving Home: the legacy of Plantation in Tyrone and Fermanagh'

Saturday 17 October, 2009

PROGRAMME:
10.30 Registration, Tea & Coffee in CMS
11.00 Peter Archdale: =91The Archdales and the Ulster Plantation=92
11.45 Dr Kay Muhr: =91The Plantation Mapmakers of Ulster in Fermanagh =
and
Tyrone=92=20
12.30 UAFP: Campbell and Mellon Houses and Lunch (UAFP Caf=E9)
1.45 Depart for Ulster History Park: Plantation Bawn=20
2.30 Drs Patrick Fitzgerald & Brian Lambkin: Ulster Scots, =91Ulster
English and Ulster Welsh=92 =20
3.30 Tea & Coffee (UHP)
=20
=20
Fee : =A320.00 stg (=A315.00 concession for students, unwaged and senior
citizens)=20
Includes: registration, morning tea/coffee, lunch, afternoon=20
tea/coffee.=20
=20
Contact=20
Tel: 028 8225 6315; Fax: 028 8224 2241; Email:
Christine.Johnston[at]librariesni.org.uk=A0

=A0

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Subject: CFP, Politics of Research with Immigrant Populations,
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The Ethics and Politics of Research with Immigrant Populations


President's Interdisciplinary Conference

June 4-5, 2010
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Deadline for Submissions: December 21, 2009

Conference Chairs
Bic Ngo, Assistant Professor, Department of=20
Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota
Martha Bigelow, Associate Professor, Department=20
of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota
Stacey Lee, Professor, Department of Educational=20
Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Overview

The University of Minnesota's President's=20
Interdisciplinary Conference Initiative supports=20
inquiry that fosters collaboration between=20
scholars in divergent fields and across=20
institutions. This interdisciplinary conference=20
addresses the question: What are the=20
epistemological and ethical considerations in=20
research with immigrant populations? The purpose=20
of this conference is to engage university and=20
community colleagues and students from a variety=20
of disciplines and interests in consideration of=20
this and other questions about ethics and=20
epistemology in their research practices.

Participants in this conference will include=20
individuals from diverse methodological and=20
disciplinary areas, such as education, social=20
work, anthropology, urban studies, the=20
humanities, and the health professions. The=20
conference will emphasize the implications of=20
practices in research design, data collection,=20
analysis and writing of research that involves=20
immigrant populations. These conversations will=20
include concerns related to Institutional Review=20
Boards, as well as those that move beyond IRB,=20
including presentation and dissemination of=20
findings, sharing of research design, and advocacy issues.

We invite proposals that address researchers=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2=20
dilemmas as they move into, through, and beyond=20
their work with immigrant communities. To sustain=20
and extend the work and conversations of this=20
conference, we will select a small number of=20
conference presentations for revision and=20
publication in a peerreviewed edited book.

Submissions

We encourage the following types of submissions:

Individual Presentations, such as research=20
reports or academic papers, artistic expressions=20
or performances, and structured dialogs between=20
researchers and community partners about=20
negotiating research dilemmas and processes.

Symposia of three or four related research reports or academic papers.
Deadline for proposal submission is December 21, 2009.
For more information about themes addressed by=20
the conference and to submit a proposal,
please visit url =3D www .cehd.umn.edu/Immigrant-Research.

--=20
Johanna Leinonen
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of History
University of Minnesota
lein0085[at] umn.edu

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Subject: CFP: Irish Studies and Digital Humanities, 2010 ACIS
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Hi Patrick,

Would you please add this to the list?

Thanks,
Nick Wolf

----

I am seeking a number of participants for a panel forum on digital=20
humanities in Irish Studies for the 2010 ACIS meeting at State College,=20
PA. I intend to submit this proposal as an informal venture in which=20
participants would speak briefly (5-10 minutes) on current teaching or=20
research projects they have conducted using digital resources, to be=20
followed by discussions with the panel audience on methods and=20
applications. The goal will be sharing new teaching and research methods=20
with an eye to the overall advancement of Irish Studies.

I=92m open to proposals on any topic, but participants should have a firm=
=20
project underway that can be demonstrated or discussed at the forum.=20
Some (but by no means all) suggested topics might include the following=20
as they intersect with Irish Studies:

Digital editions of texts

Creative web-delivered course content

Research presented in digital form

Museum and curatorial digital projects

Geographic Information Systems and their applications

Academic blogging

Please contact me (nwolf2[at]gmu.edu ) with a brief=20
message describing your project and interest in participating.

Nicholas Wolf

George Mason University

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Irish Fulbright Awards 2010 - 2011

Call for Applications


Fulbright Scholar Award in Irish Studies


DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 4TH DECEMBER 2009

In conjunction with the Western Institute of Irish Studies
, the Fulbright Irish Studies Scholar Award will
be hosted by the University of California-Berkeley English Department during
the 2010-2011 academic year. This lecturing / research award rotates
annually between University of California-Berkeley and Stanford University.

The UC-Berkeley English Department is home to some of the finest English
scholars and students in the United States. The Department encourages the
appreciation and analysis of English literature, and, more broadly, of the
relations between literary work and other modes of human endeavor. The
Department has a strong tradition of work in Irish literary studies. Recent
faculty members include Thomas Flanagan, Robert Tracy and David Lloyd. See
http://english.berkeley.edu/ for further
information.

The Scholar will be required to teach a graduate seminar and give a public
lecture presenting the research accomplished during the award period. The
lecture may be taped and distributed via the website of the Western
Institute of Irish Studies.

The Scholar must commit to a placement of at least five months. The options
are either:

. the Fall semester (late August through early December) 2010 or

. the Spring semester (January through early May) 2011.


Successful candidates:

. will receive a monetary award of $25,000 ($10,000 from the
Fulbright Commission and $10,000 from Stanford University)

. accident and emergency insurance while in the United States

. can participate on a range of cultural and professional programs in
Ireland and the US

. must apply for and be granted a J-1 visa for the United States
which will remain their status until the completion of their approved
academic program

. are subject to the 2-year home rule. They will not be eligible for
a US residency or work visa until they have fulfilled the two-year home
residency requirement of the J-1 visa

. must take up their award within the academic year for which the
award is granted. All Fulbright awards are for one academic year only. If
an awardee is unable to take up the award within that period, s/he will be
asked to reapply the following year

. must submit progress reports during the course of their award.


For further information / guidelines

Contact: admin[at]fulbright.ie

See: www.fulbright.ie

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There is a new edition of Tony Canavan's history of Newry - information =
below.

The original 1989 edition is still turning up in some book searches - so =
proceed with caution.


Frontier Town
An Illustrated History
of Newry
=20
By Tony Canavan
Price: =E2=82=AC19.95

Choice Publishing & Book Services Ltd

http://www.choicepublishing.ie/index_files/Page3050.htm


About the Book
Newry, one of the most interesting and dynamic towns in Ireland, is also =
one of the oldest. For more than five thousand years the area has been =
the centre of intense human activity: Neolithic settlement, the arrival =
of St. Patrick and Christianity, Viking and Norman invasions, the =
Williamite wars, the Newry Canal (the first true canal in these =
islands), a bustling industrial port, the Great Famine emigration, the =
upheavals of the Home Rule crisis, partition and the Troubles.
=20
This new updated edition of the illustrated history of Ireland=E2=80=99s =
=E2=80=98Frontier Town=E2=80=99 gives a vibrant account of =
Newry=E2=80=99s richly diverse past and of the resilience and vitality =
of its people from ancient times to the present.
=20
About the Author
Born in Belfast and educated at Queen=E2=80=99s University, Tony =
established Newry=E2=80=99s first museum in 1985. He then became =
development officer for the Federation for Ulster Local Studies. On =
getting married in 1996 he moved to Dublin. He is assistant publisher =
with Books Ireland and Museums Editor with History Ireland. He divides =
his time between Dublin and Carlingford, near Newry.

See also
http://www.bagenalscastle.com/whats_new/index.asp?id=3D120

Launch of =E2=80=9CFrontier Town an Illustrated History of Newry, 2nd =
Edition=E2=80=9D at the Museum

25/08/2009
Newry and Mourne Museum was proud to host the launch of =
=E2=80=9CFrontier Town an Illustrated History of Newry=E2=80=9D, the =
second edition of the extremely popular book on 25th August. The new =
updated version gives a vibrant account of Newry=E2=80=99s diverse past =
and of the resilience and vitality of its people from ancient times to =
the present.=20
=20
=20

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The Loughs Agency web site is turning into a useful resource - and under its
Marine Tourism section it has some sensible paragraphs about emigration from
its areas. Including, of course, a link to Centre for Migration Studies, at
the UAFP. Which is also listed as a 'Wet weather option'.

Some material pasted in below...

http://www.loughs-agency.org/site/

The Loughs Agency is a cross-border body, exercising a statutory remit for
conservation, protection and development across the Foyle and Carlingford
catchments. Our objectives for these river systems and sea areas include
development of fisheries and aquaculture, conservation and protection of
inland fisheries and sustainable development of marine tourism.

The Loughs Agency is an agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights
Commission (FCILC), established under the 1998 Agreement between the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and
the Government of Ireland.

Marine Tourism - Emigration

http://www.loughs-agency.org/tourism/content.asp?catid=158

Centre for Migration Studies

Located at the Ulster American Folk Park, near Omagh, County Tyrone, the
Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) has the best collection of material
relating to emigration in Ireland. Its Irish Emigration Database contains
over 30,000 items. The Irish Emigration Database (IED) is a computerised
collection of primary source documents relating to Irish emigration. It
contains a variety of original material including emigrant letters,
newspaper articles, shipping advertisements, shipping news, passenger lists,
official government reports, family papers, births deaths and marriages and
extracts from books and periodicals. There is an extensive library of some
10,000 volumes at the CMS which is open to the public. For opening hours and
other details you should consult the website of the CMS (www.qub.ac.uk/cms).

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Subject: Vacancy: Research officer - International Migration Institute,
University of Oxford
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Research Officer, DEMIG Project

International Migration Institute (IMI)

James Martin 21st Century School


Grade 7: Salary =A328,839-=A335,469

The International Migration Institute (IMI) in the Oxford =20
Department of International Development (ODID) is seeking to =20
recruit a researcher to work on a major research project on =93The =20
determinants of international migration: A theoretical and =20
empirical assessment of policy, origin and destination =20
effects=94 (DEMIG). This project is funded by the European Research =20
Council (ERC) through a Starting Grant recently awarded to Dr Hein =20
de Haas, Senior Research Officer at IMI.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person with the knowledge, =20
skills, and experience to play a full and active part in all =20
aspects of this project. Under the supervision of Dr de Haas, the =20
work of the successful candidate will concentrate on part II of the =20
project, consisting of a review of migration policies, the =20
identification and operationalisation of key policy variables, as =20
well as the measurement of the effects of migration policies on =20
bilateral migration flows using panel data. The main tasks comprise =20
the preparation of literature reviews, the compilation of new =20
databases, advanced quantitative data analysis, and the preparation =20
of joint publications.

Qualifications include a doctorate in economics, demography or a =20
related social science, excellent mathematical modelling and =20
statistical skills, experience with and strong interest in =20
migration issues, and excellent communication skills. Based in =20
Oxford, this full-time post is for five years.

Further particulars may be obtained from the links below and from =20
the Administrator, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, =20
OX1 3TB (tel: 01865 281805, email: recruitment[at]qeh.ox.ac.uk) =20
Applications must quote reference no.VG-09-015 and enclose a =20
completed cover sheet (available at the link below), a letter =20
addressing the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae, and the =20
names of two referees. The closing date for applications is noon =20
on Friday 30th October.

--=20
Dr Hein de Haas

Senior Research Officer
International Migration Institute
James Martin 21st Century School
University of Oxford
hein.dehaas[at]qeh.ox.ac.uk
www.imi.ox.ac.uk
Publications

Address:
Department of International Development
University of Oxford
Mansfield Road
Oxford OX1 3TB
United Kingdom
Tel. + 44 (0)1865 287306
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 287435

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Subject: Music & Migration conference - Southampton - 15-17 October 2009
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English version=20
=A0
**Music & Migration conference - University of Southampton, UK - 15-17
October 2009**
=A0
The above conference is taking place at the University of Southampton
between 15 - 17 October
- Looking at the issues of migration through the prism of migrant =
artists.
=A0
The conference will start with a unique concert, performed by Malagasy =
and
North African Musicians, at the Turner Sims Concert Hall on the Thursday
evening. A ticket to the concert is included in the registration prices.
=A0
The Panel will be chaired by Simon Broughton (editor of 'Songlines'
magazine).
Keynote speakers:
Professor Nina Glick Schiller - University of Manchester
Professor Philip Bohlman - University of Chicago
=A0
If you are interested in registering for this conference, please follow =
the
link below to the information and registration pages
http://www.humanities.soton.ac.uk/conferences/details.asp?id=3D157

For more information on the cultural event follow this link:
http://www.tnmundi.soton.ac.uk/events.htm

Please note that the Madagascar Allstars will be performing a free =
lunchtime
concert at the Turner Sims Concert Hall on Monday 12th at 13:00, for the
launch of their new CD.
=A0
If you need any further information on the conference or any of the =
events,
please contact:
Natacha Borrel - N.Borrel[at]soton.ac.uk
Nicky Robbins - N.E.Robbins[at]soton.ac.uk
=A0
We look forward to seeing you in Southampton soon
=A0

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Subject: Scottish Catholic Archives,
Catholic Parish Registers 1703-1908 online
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The following item has been brought to our attention.

The Scotlands People web site charges for access to documents - as ever the
pricing seems to be based on assumptions about family historians and their
needs.

P.O'S.


-----Original Message-----
Scottish Catholic Archives on Tuesday announced that the contents of
Catholic Parish Registers from 1703-1908 were launched today on
ScotlandsPeople website at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

For more information:
http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/AboutUs/News/tabid/76/Default.asp
x

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Subject: Dublin Review of Books: Issue Number 11 - Autumn 2009, Online
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Dublin Review of Books
Issue Number 11 - Autumn 2009

The autumn 2009 edition of the=A0drb (Dublin Review of Books)=A0is now =
available
free online at www.drb.ie


Kevin Stevens=A0reviews John Updike=92s final collection, and his =
life=92s work:
=93Since Updike=92s death last January,=94 he writes, =93there have been =
times when,
opening the=A0New Yorker=A0or the=A0New York Review of Books=A0, I=92ve =
had a waking
dream of finding a piece written by his ghost =96 an account of a =
Stygian
passing to another realm perhaps, or a short story set in whatever =
afterlife
he=92s landed in, observed, of course, with lapidary detail, gentle =
humour and
revealing irony. Over many decades, I=92ve grown used to seeing Updike =
turn
his worst experiences =96 a failed marriage, health problems, the onset =
of old
age =96 into exquisite fiction. How could he stop now? What else would =
he be
doing for eternity?=94

In a review of a new work on homosexuality in Irish history,=A0Brian
Earls=A0remarks that the celebrated scholar John Boswell =93engaged in a =
gay
variant of Whig history, as figures not utterly unlike the inhabitants =
of
the late twentieth century gay scene were discovered in settings ranging
from ancient Rome to the monasteries and schools of the middle ages. For =
all
his energy and enviable linguistic skills, Boswell brought a cloth ear =
to
the reading of other cultures, as he undertook a blithe transhistorical =
use
of the adjective =93gay=94, unrestrained by any sense of the strangeness =
or
otherness of the past.=94

Also:=A0Rachel Andrews=A0on the clashing personalities of Clive =
James,=A0Enda
McDonagh=A0on John F Deane=92s religious poetry,=A0Majella =
Cullinane=A0on the
reputation of Jane Austen,=A0Thomas Boylan=A0on the historical pioneers =
of
macroeconomics,=A0Maurice Earls=A0on Friedrich Engels,=A0Philip =
Colemanon the
career of poet, translator and broadcaster Pearse Hutchinson,=A0Judith
Devlin=A0on remembrance and survival in Stalin=92s Russia and responses
from=A0Philip O=92Connor and Pat Muldowney=A0and from=A0Niall =
Meehan=A0to Tom Wall=92s
essay =93Getting Them Out=94 in the spring 2009 issue of the drb.
To read the essays=A0click here.

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There is now more information about this event on the web sites...

Note that there is a registration fee of =E2=82=AC55 per person.

P.O'S.

The Irish in Britain
A Conversation with the Diaspora
Organised by the UCD John Hume Institute
=20
VENUE
The Royal Society
Carlton House Terrace
London, SW1Y 5AG
=20
There is a conference registration fee for this event which includes =
catering for the day. Tickets are now available online.

Playwright Frank McGuinness, broadcaster Micheal O Muircheartaigh, =
journalist Bob Schmuhl, businessman Conor Foley, guest of honour, Mary =
Robinson and many more will examine the impact and future of The Irish =
in Britain.
=20
Ticket Booking Form:
https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CDB/events/event_order.c=
gi?tmpl=3Devents&event=3D2237042.0

Programme:

http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/globalforum/edm/diasporaforum/


Outline Programme
08:30 a.m. Registration=20

09:00 a.m. Welcome: Hugh Brady, President of UCD

Opening Address: H.E. Bobby McDonagh, Ambassador of Ireland

09:15 a.m.=09
Session One: Towards 2016

This session takes as its theme the notion of the Irish abroad as the =
significant engine of political change. Contributions will look at the =
influence of the =E2=80=9CIrish=E2=80=9D cities of Britain and America =
on the formation of key figures involved in 1916 and the years that =
followed, the role of the Irish abroad in the formation and sustaining =
of a republican movement, the relationships between the new state and =
the Irish abroad and the consequences of the legacies of historic events =
and their commemoration for the present and future generations.

Participants will include Mary Daly, Diarmaid Ferriter, Michael Kennedy =
and Bob Schmuhl

Session Chair: Adrian Hardiman

10:30 a.m. Coffee

11:00 a.m.=09
Session Two: Joyc(e)ity

The theme of this session will be the Diaspora as creative impulse. In =
particular contributions will explore aspects of the Aesthetic of Exile, =
Joyce and the contribution of the Irish to =E2=80=9CModernism=E2=80=9D =
and the phenomenon of a diaspora of cultural artefacts.

Participants will include Luca Crispi, Anne Fogarty, Frank McGuinness =
and Declan Kiberd.

Session Chair:

12:30 a.m. Lunch

2:00 p.m.=09
Session Three: Ties That Bind

The session will explore cultural branding, identity and social cohesion =
in Britain and Ireland. It will take as a starting point two iconic =
identifiers of =E2=80=9CIrishness=E2=80=9D, the GAA and Guinness, both =
of whom celebrate milestone anniversaries in 2009

Participants will include Cormac O=E2=80=99Grada, Gary O=E2=80=99Toole, =
Paul Rouse and John Treacy

Session Chair: M=C3=ADche=C3=A1l =C3=93 Muircheartaigh

3:00 p.m. Coffee

3:30 p.m.=09
Session Four: What does the future hold for Ireland and its Diaspora?

An open floor discussion will be led by a guest panel which will include =
Garret Fitzgerald, Conor Foley, Rory Godson, Mary Hickman, Barry Maloney =
and Mary Robinson.

Session Chair: Dermot Gallager=20

5.00 p.m.=09
Closing remarks: Hugh Brady

Presentation of the UCD John Hume Medal to Dr. Mary Robinson=20

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Subject: CFP IRISH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, TCD, 5
and 6 March 2010
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Subject: IRISH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

IRISH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF CHILDREN=92S LITERATURE
=A0
Annual Conference
=A0
Sound, Image, Text
5 and 6 March 2010
=A0
Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
=A0
Call for Papers
=A0
Proposals are welcome relating to the above and associated topics in the
context of both Irish and international literature for children, =
children=92s
culture and the culture of childhood: Fiction, graphic novels, picture
books, adaptation, film, theatre, audio books, the history of the book,
poetry, and publishing.
We would also welcome submissions for panels (of 3 papers)
=A0
Proposals of 250 words should be sent to:
Conference Secretary P=E1draic Whyte=A0
Email:=A0padraicwhyte[at]gmail.com
=A0
(Subject line should clearly indicate =91ISSCL Proposal=92)
to arrive no later than 1 December 2009
=20

=20
Affiliated Society of IRSCL
=A0
Elaine McKay
Irish Studies International Research Initiative
63 University Road
Queen's University Belfast
BT7 1NN
=A0
Tel: 028 9097 1402
Email:=A0e.mckay[at]qub.ac.uk
Website:=A0=A0http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/IrishStudi=
esIniti
ative/
=A0

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: CFP SOFEIR, PAYSAGES/LANDSCAPES, UNIVERSITY OF NANTES,
12-13 MARCH 2010
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CALL FOR PAPERS
=A0
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE FRENCH SOCIETY FOR IRISH STUDIES
(SOFEIR)=A0=20
=A0
UNIVERSITY OF NANTES, 12-13 MARCH 2010=A0=20
=A0
PAYSAGES/LANDSCAPES
=A0
There have been many attempts at theorizing landscape as a concept. The
etymology of the word itself has been very much discussed and the ways =
in
which time and space are perceived vary enormously from one period to =
the
other, each period building its own modes of spatial representation. The
philosophy of landscape is therefore vast and has extended ramifications
with the notions of the picturesque and the pastoral but also the =
sublime
whilst it has also been extensively questioned by post-modern
deconstructionists.=A0=20
=A0
The issue here is to study and discuss the various ways and means in =
which a
landscape is constructed but also to focus on all the participants who
contribute to its making, either as spectators and artists or those who
simply walk through it and work in it. For landscapes are as much a =
field of
study for spectators and their subjective points of view as they are for
those who experience it more directly and physically.=A0=20
=A0
The word =91landscapes=92 in the plural as a title for this Congress, =
emphasizes
the vast variety of landscapes and links them to the equally numerous
participants who walk through them =96 tourists, wanderers, hikers, =
explorers,
farmers, artists, landscape designers, environmentalists, developers,
map-makers =96 and therefore to the various subjectivities engaged into
building landscapes.=A0=20
=A0
The geography, geology and climate of Ireland, as well as its history =
have
nurtured a special relationship of the Irish people to the land, often =
woven
with hardship, displacement, exile and expropriation. That harsh reality =
has
in turn fostered the construction of an archetypical and nostalgic =
landscape
picturing the green Erin, its thatch-cottages and bog-lands. What then =
are
the relationships between Ireland and its landscape? The ring-forts and
later the medieval monasteries, but also the 18th century demesnes, have
created specific kinds of walls, enclosures and parks and gardens. What =
role
has Britain on the one hand, and Europe on the other hand, played in the
creation of the Irish landscape? Also how is the frontier between =
Northern
Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to be interpreted in terms of
landscape?=A0=20
=A0
In the past decades, the unprecedented economic development of Ireland, =
as
well as the dwindling role of agriculture, have triggered changes in the
landscape. This recent evolution led the Heritage Council to launch a
=91Landscape Character Assessment=92 in 2006, followed by a =91Landscape =
Policy
Development and Establishment of a National Landscape Program=92. In the =
same
vein, the Heritage Council also initiated an =91Irish Walled Towns =
Day=92. Since
2003, the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government has =
been
carrying out a =91National Inventory of Architecture Heritage=92. =
Therefore,
while inducing major changes in the actual landscape, economic growth =
has
also fostered changes in the way people move through it and look at it. =
Is
it a mere temporary trend or the sign of a deeper evolution? Will the =
crisis
that Ireland has so harshly experienced since the end of 2008 put an end =
to
this focus on landscape?=A0=20
=A0
The notion of =91landscape=92 is also worth studying from a metaphorical =
and
linguistic point of view. We find the use of terms such as =
=91institutional
landscape=92, =91political landscape=92, and =91media landscape=92: is =
there a
particular link between such semantic shifts in discourse and land or
territories? To what representations of Ireland can those metaphors be
linked?=A0=20
=A0
In the field of visual arts and literature, the theme of this Congress =
opens
out onto a number of paths worth exploring in Irish works of every =
period,
both myths and legends, as well as fiction, poetry or drama (Faber Book =
of
Landscape Poetry, Kenneth Baker ed.). In contemporary literature, urban
landscapes are often central, as are no-man=92s lands and deconstructed
territories. Equally interesting, studies that take their inspiration =
from
eco-criticism or geo-poetics would be especially welcome.=A0=20
=A0
=20
=A0
PAPER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15TH 2009=20
=A0
Please send a 500-word abstract in English to:=20
=A0
marie.mianowski[at]univ-nantes.fr=A0=20
=A0

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On behalf of
Posting for Dr John McCavitt,=A0
Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland=20
_________________________________
=A0
=A0
Greetings, colleagues at Irish Diaspora=A0=20
=A0
Following up=A0Patrick Maume's post (6th Oct 2009) which kindly =
mentioned my
present work:=20
=A0
This announces=A0the official launch of my Web site on=A0General Robert
Ross=A0from my home village of Rostrevor,=A0County Down, Northern
Ireland=A0(1766-1814):
=A0
General Robert Ross:=20
The Man Who Captured Washington, DC (1814).
www.themanwhocapturedwashington.com

An Irishman, Ross was a British army officer who participated in=A0the
Napoleonic War and, most memorably, the War of 1812. Ross led the army
which=A0burned=A0public buildings in=A0Washington, D.C., in 1814, and =
thus he is
often credited as the first commander to defeat a full U.S. military =
force
in the field.=A0Mine is the=A0first-ever online=A0treatment of Ross and =
his rather
spectacular career; my new=A0Web site=A0is also an exciting multimedia =
approach
to a complex subject, drawing upon sources in 3 mediums: text, image, =
sound.

=A0
A figure who won worldwide fame or infamy (depending on =
one's=A0viewpoint and
politics), Ross loomed as an enormously significant figure=A0in the =
history of
19thC Britain, Ireland, and America. Ross=A0has now received in this
first-ever digital treatment of his saga a far broader (and certainly =
more
'just') context ; and the Web site has been constructed with a view to
shedding new light on a significant figure in early =
19th-century=A0British,
Irish and American political history.=A0
=A0
This new research resource on=A0Ross and his times=A0was constructed =
with two
principal goals in mind: (1) Visitor-friendly access to a=A0hefty
volume=A0of=A0mostly=A0unfamiliar=A0information on the Ross =
story,=A0organized on the
homepage in a=A0navigational sidebar of no less than 12 linked chapters, =
along
with a=A0set=A0of 8 supplementary links. On the homepage visitors will =
spot
links on such subjects as: the reopened Ross Monument (a grand obelisk)
in=A0Rostrevor, County Down (January, 2009); Ross's prominence in the =
events
described in the lyrics=A0of the American national anthem,=A0"The Star =
Spangled
Banner"; the War of 1812, its Washington DC and Maryland contexts; and =
'Who
killed General Ross?'.=A0Also on the homepage, visitors will find=A0a =
link to a
video of an=A0interview with me on=A0BBC Newsline, which I trust readers =
will
find an informative=A0introduction to=A0this subject.=20
=A0
The sheer organization of=A0historical research and commentary, along
with=A0careful construction=A0of=A0the site's many=A0visual =
components,=A0were
serious=A0challenges=A0in this project, one made far=A0easier =
by=A0capable
assistance from my=A0son, Mark, an undergraduate student of History and
Politics at Queen's University Belfast; Mark has a good background in =
Web
site design, and he=A0consulted=A0some=A060 historical and cultural Web =
sites for
design ideas; he also=A0formulated some distinctive site features of his
own=A0(markmccavitt[at]hotmail.co.uk).
=A0
Note that this is a=A0searchable website, and also that=A0reader =
response is
urged and welcome.=A0By all means,=A0let me hear from you (pro or con). =
This is
the sort of=A0multimedia treatment which the electronic medium=A0now =
makes
entirely possible for all of us. As you'll see, I've seized the moment =
(and
enjoyed it mightily).=A0
=A0
Time permitting,=A0I intend to post online=A0further material on this =
larger
subject, such as selected transcribed primary documents, as well =
as=A0URLs
to=A0online primary and secondary printed resources. In this age of
'Googlebooks' and 'Internet Archives',=A0the=A0labour of=A0a =
scholar-researcher is
greatly facilitated. Thus,=A0I=A0should=A0be grateful if colleagues =
would forward
me apposite references to=A0various=A0extant=A0documents, be =
they=A0already posted
or not,=A0related to=A0the Napoleonic Wars and the War of
1812.=A0If=A0you=A0spot=A0something=A0'important' on=A0Ross, =
unmentioned=A0in my=A0project,
do let me know.=A0
=A0
Appreciatively=20
=A0
John McCavitt,=A0PhD, Rostrevor, Co. Down, No. Ireland
Fellow, Royal Historical Society (London)
johnmccavitt[at]hotmail.com
=A0
My earlier Web=A0site, on 17thC Irish history:=A0
www.theflightoftheearls.net/=20
=A0
Illustrated review in Seventeenth-Century News (2009):=20
http://repositories.tdl.org/tdl/bitstream/handle/2249.1/9304/Maureen%20E%=
20M
ulvihill.pdf?sequence=3D4=20
=A0
___________
=A0

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: NEWS FROM THE Royal Historical Society Bibliography,
Irish History Online AND London's Past Online
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NEWS FROM THE Royal Historical Society Bibliography, Irish History
Online AND London's Past Online

Our latest update is now available online at http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl
(RHS Bibliography), http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie (Irish History
Online) and http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/lpol (London's Past Online).

New records

This update contains just over 8,000 new records. 3,150 of these
relate to Irish history, most of them being provided by Irish History
Online ( http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie/ ). As a result, the bulk of
Writings on Irish History for 2006 are now available, as well as
Writings on Irish History for 1936-2005 and many additional titles on
the Irish diaspora. The number of records in the database relating to
Irish history now totals nearly 70,000; all these records are
accessible using the Irish material only option on the RHS search menu
( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp ), or through the Irish
History Online search menu ( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/ireland.asp ).
A final batch of data from the second phase of Irish History Online
will be included in our next update (which will itself form part of
the new Bibliography of British and Irish History : see
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/docs/news_archive.html#20090629
). There are plans to continue the Irish History Online project at
the Royal Irish Academy; it is hoped that a formal announcement can be
made soon.

Of the remaining new records, 3,100 relate to publications of 2008 and
2009. The RHS Bibliography is continuing the policy, introduced at the
end of 2008, of including records as soon as we have confirmed that a
book or article has been published and relates to British or Irish
history. These records carry provisional indexing which has not yet
been checked by our team of academic section editors (such records can
be identified by a note: 'Record not yet reviewed by RHS section
editor'; see http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/docs/secteds.html for more
information on our editorial team).

Although the London's Past Online project (
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/lpol
) is no longer itself creating new records, new material on London
history continues to be made available by the Royal Historical Society
and (where titles concern the Irish in London) by Irish History
Online. 270 of the new records in this update relate to London and are
available using the London material only option on the RHS search menu
( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp ), or through the London's
Past Online search menu ( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/london.asp ).
These include records for newly completed theses on London history
based on information provided by the Centre for Metropolitan History (
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh
).

The complete database, including titles from Irish History Online and
London's Past Online, now contains nearly 470,000 records.

You can browse all the latest additions, including those from Irish
History Online and London's Past Online, by broad period/country
categories (based on the sections previously used for the printed RHS
Annual Bibliography) by going to our browse page (
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/browse.asp#sections
).

Other news

We have added a list of the series published by record societies and
similar bodies that we include in the Bibliography to our list of
regularly searched journals ( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/journals.asp ).

As in all updates, the indexing of many records initially published in
the CD-ROM version of the RHS Bibliography has been improved.

This is the last RHS Bibliography data upgrade before the launch of
the Bibliography of British and Irish History on 1 January 2010 (for
more information, see
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/docs/news_archive.html#20090629
). This new service will be a partnership between the Royal
Historical Society, the Institute of Historical Research and Brepols
Publishers. Trial subscriptions are now available from Brepols
Publishers: email: brepolis[at]brepols.net ; web: www.brepolis.net.

_______________________________________________________

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Launch,
Music in Irish Cultural History (Irish Academic Press) by Gerry
Smyth
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You Are Cordially Invited to the Launch of=20

Music in Irish Cultural History (Irish Academic Press) by Gerry Smyth=20

Venue: Opus II Music Store, 26 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2=20
Date: Wednesday 4th November=20
Time: 6.30 =E2=80=93 8.30=20

Speaker: Professor Harry White=20

Refreshments will be served.=20

RSVP Karen O=E2=80=99Donoghue 01 2989937; Fax: 01 2982783; E: =
info[at]iap.ie=20
=20
Karen O Donoghue
Irish Academic Press
2 Brookside
Dundrum Road
Dublin 14
Tel: 01-2989937
Fax: 01-2982783


Music in Irish Cultural History
Gerry Smyth

This collection of essays on the subject of music and Irish identity =
covers a number of different musical genres and periods, produced in a =
coherent volume representing a significant intervention within the field =
of Irish music studies. The main essays include the (re) establishment =
of music as a key object of Irish cultural studies; the theoretical =
limitations of traditional musicology; and the development of new =
methodologies specifically designed to address the demands of Irish =
music in all its aspects.=20

With chapters ranging from the politics of betrayal in the songs of =
Thomas Moore to the use of music in the award-winning film Once, the =
book offers an analysis of key moments from Irish cultural history =
considered from the perspective of music.

Music in Irish Cultural History (Irish Academic Press) by Gerry Smyth=20
October 2009 272 pages 978 0 7165 2984 2 cloth =E2=82=AC60.00 / =
=C2=A340.00
978 0 7165 2985 9 paper =E2=82=AC24.95 (Ireland only)

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From: Patrick Maume
Subject: Dickens and the Yelverton case
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From: Patrick Maume
Here's a little query - I hope someone can help.
I have a friend who is interested in the Yelverton case - a famous lawsuit
concerning the legality of a clandestine marriage between a Protestant man,
and a Catholic woman. The husband sought to repudiate the marriage; the
wife claimed that they were married both by habit and repute under Scots law
and in a semi-clandestine ceremony conducted by a priest in Ireland; the
husband denied any agreement valid under Scots law and said the Irish
ceremony was illegal as mixed marriages conducted by a Catholic priest
were invalid by law. The Irish and Scottish courts found in the woman's
favour but the House of Lords decided against her.
The Dickens connection is this: in a profile of Chief Justice [of Ireland]
James Whiteside, who had been the woman's counsel, the Dublin WARDER AND
WEEKLY MAIL of 15 January 1876 p.6 states that Dickens was a friend of
Whiteside and wrote an article on the case in his paper ALL THE YEAR ROUND
entitled "The Unexamined Witness". There is, however, no mention of
Whiteside in the most recent Dickens biography and when I looked up a
checklist of Dickens' journalism (in he last volume of his 4-volume selected
journalism) I found this article is not listed.
Does anyone know why this article has not been attributed to Dickens, and
whether it is possible for me to get a copy of it somewhere?
Best wishes,
Patrick

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From: Patrick Maume
Here's a little query - I hope someone can help.
I have a friend who is interested in the Yelverton case - a famous law=
suit concerning the legality of a clandestine marriage between a Protestant=
man, and a Catholic woman.=A0 The husband sought to repudiate the marriage=
; the wife claimed that they were married both by habit and repute under Sc=
ots law and in a semi-clandestine ceremony conducted by a priest in Ireland=
; the husband denied any agreement valid under Scots law and said the Irish=
ceremony was illegal as=A0mixed marriages conducted by a Catholic priest w=
ere=A0invalid by law.=A0 The Irish and Scottish courts found in the woman&#=
39;s favour but the House of Lords decided against her.

=A0 The Dickens connection is this: in a profile of Chief Justice [of =
Ireland] James Whiteside, who had been the woman's counsel, the Dublin =
WARDER AND WEEKLY MAIL of 15 January 1876 p.6 states that Dickens was a fri=
end of Whiteside and wrote an article on the case in his paper ALL THE YEAR=
ROUND entitled "The Unexamined Witness".=A0=A0 There is, however=
, no mention of Whiteside in the most recent Dickens biography and when I l=
ooked up a checklist of Dickens' journalism (in he last volume of his 4=
-volume selected journalism) I found this article is not listed.

=A0 Does anyone know why this article has not been attributed to Dicke=
ns, and whether it is possible for me to get a copy of it somewhere?
=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 Patrick=A0=A0

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From: Patrick Maume
Subject: Re: Parnell: the Movie
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From: Patrick Maume
I am currently preparing the DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY entry on
Alexander Walker, the film critic and movie historian from Portadown. His
STARDOM - THE HOLLYWOOD PHENOMENON (London, 1970) has a couple of
interesting references to the Parnell movie. He claims that the studio boss
Louis Mayer badgered Gable into playing Parnell, against Gable's own better
judgement, because mayer identified what walker (showing a touch of
Portadown) calls "the tribal wrongs of the Irish" with the persecution of
Jews in Tsarist Russia (and presumably also in Nazi Germany) -p.248. In his
chapter on Gable's star persona Walker argues (pp295-296) that one reason
for the failure of the film was that Gable's persona rested on a type of
heroism which required ultimate victory (even if his character died in the
process) and he was not suited to playing a martyr, i.e. someone who is
ultimately defeated as Parnell is in the film.
I believe thereis some material on how Joe Breen the Hollywood censor
worked to get the makers to minimise the extent of the Parnell-Mrs. O'shea
relationship as much as possible; I will see if I can find any.
It's certainly a pity the moive is not more widely available, even if only
for laughs; the Medved brothers' book on the worst movies of all time lists
it prominently and claims Carole Lombard used to razz him about it for the
rest of her life.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Peter Hart wrote:

> I think it may be on TCM as well.
>
> Peter
>
> Quoting Carmel McCaffrey :
>
> > Joan,
> > I remember the mini series very well and have been trying to get a copy
> > of it for years - but not, I hasten to add, because of its historical
> > accuracy. I don't think it has ever been released either on video or
> > DVD. If so, it has eluded me.
> >
> > I remember it as being "soft" on the politics involving Gladstone and
> > the Liberals' role in the downfall of Parnell - or the more insidious
> > role of the English Conservative Party. Much was put down to Parnell's
> > own emotionally distant personality and what was portrayed as the petty
> > jealousy of Tim Healy. No mention was made of the Coogan assertion
> > [based on Collins' diary entries] that Healy might in fact, by the mid
> > 1880s, have been a British spy. There was also a bogus scene where
> > Catholic Bishops were shown walking around with O'Shea putting pressure
> > on him to act against Parnell and bring the divorce case. No mention of
> > the role the English Conservatives played in conjunction with the
> > Catholic Church - via Rome - to destroy Home Rule.
> >
> > My memory of it - and it has been some time - it that the issue is
> > mostly depicted as being a tragedy almost entirely made in Ireland.
> >
> > Carmel
> >
> > Joan Allen wrote:
> > > Apropos other great/awful versions, what do colleagues (those old
> enough to
> > remember it...) think of the 1990 mini series with Trevor Eve (Parnell
> and
> > the Englishwoman)?
> > > Joan Allen
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
> Of
> > Peter Hart [phart[at]MUN.CA]
> > > Sent: 09 June 2009 20:19
> > > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Parnell: the Movie
> > >
> > > Years ago I asked the list about how to get a copy of the great/awful
> > Clark
> > > Gable potrayal of CS Parnell. I believe others have been looking as
> well.
> > >
> > > So, in case it's of use to anyone out there, the TCM channel in Canada
> (but
> > not
> > > the US, no idea why) will be showing it on June 16th at 1.45 am.
> Whereupon
> > it
> > > could be taped or copied in some other way.
> > >
> > > I don't actually have cable but I'll be asking those who do...
> > >
> > > Peter Hart
> > >
> > > .
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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From: Patrick Maume
I am currently preparing the DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY entry on Al=
exander Walker, the film critic and movie historian from Portadown.=A0=A0 H=
is STARDOM - THE HOLLYWOOD PHENOMENON (London, 1970) has a couple of intere=
sting references to the Parnell movie.=A0 He claims that the studio boss Lo=
uis Mayer badgered Gable into playing Parnell, against Gable's own bett=
er judgement, because mayer identified what walker (showing a touch of Port=
adown) calls "the tribal wrongs of the Irish" with the persecutio=
n of Jews in Tsarist Russia (and presumably also in Nazi Germany) -p.248.=
=A0 In his chapter on Gable's star persona Walker argues (pp295-296) th=
at one reason for the failure of the film was that Gable's persona rest=
ed on a type of heroism which required ultimate victory (even if his charac=
ter died in the process) and he was not suited to playing a martyr, i.e. so=
meone who is ultimately defeated as Parnell is in the film.

=A0 I believe thereis some material on how Joe Breen the Hollywood cen=
sor worked to get the makers to minimise the extent of the Parnell-Mrs. O&#=
39;shea relationship as much as possible; I will see if I can find any.

=A0 It's certainly a pity the moive is not more widely available, =
even if only for laughs; the Medved brothers' book on the worst movies =
of all time lists it prominently and claims Carole Lombard used to razz him=
about it for the rest of her life.

=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 Patrick=A0
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Peter Hart <phart[at]mun.ca> wrote:
I think it may be on TCM as well=
.Peter


Quoting Carmel McCaffrey <cmc[at]JHU.EDU>:> Joan,> I remember the mini s=
eries very well and have been trying to get a copy> of it for years =
- but not, I hasten to add, because of its historical
> accuracy. =A0I don't think it has ever been released either on vid=
eo or> DVD. =A0If so, it has eluded me.>> I remember i=
t as being "soft" on the politics involving Gladstone and>=
the Liberals' role in the downfall of Parnell - or the more insidious
> role of the English Conservative Party. Much was put down to Parnell&#=
39;s> own emotionally distant personality and what was portrayed as =
the petty> jealousy of Tim Healy. =A0No mention was made of the Coog=
an assertion
> [based on Collins' diary entries] that Healy might in fact, by the=
mid> 1880s, have been a British spy. There was also a bogus scene w=
here> Catholic Bishops were shown walking around with O'Shea put=
ting pressure
> on him to act against Parnell and bring the divorce case. =A0No mentio=
n of> the role the English Conservatives played in conjunction with =
the> Catholic Church - via Rome - to destroy Home Rule.>
> My memory of it - and it has been some time - it that the issue is=
> mostly depicted as being a tragedy almost entirely made in Ireland.>> Carmel>> Joan Allen wrote:> > Apropos=
other great/awful versions, what do colleagues (those old enough to
> remember it...) think of the 1990 mini series with Trevor Eve (Parnell=
and> the Englishwoman)?> > Joan Allen> >>=
; > ________________________________________> > From: The Iris=
h Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]JISCMA=
IL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of
> Peter Hart [phart[at]MUN.CA]> =
> Sent: 09 June 2009 20:19> > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > Subject: Re: [IR-D] Parnell=
: the Movie
> >> > Years ago I asked the list about how to get a copy o=
f the great/awful> Clark> > Gable potrayal of CS Parnell. =
=A0I believe others have been looking as well.> >> > So=
, in case it's of use to anyone out there, the TCM channel in Canada (b=
ut
> not> > the US, no idea why) will be showing it on June 16th =
at 1.45 am. =A0Whereupon> it> > could be taped or copied i=
n some other way.> >> > I don't actually have cable=
but I'll be asking those who do...
> >> > Peter Hart> >> > .> >> >>

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Exorcising the Storm: Revisiting the Origins of Repression of La
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An article in the latest issue of=20
Colonial Latin American Historical Review...

CLAHR 15:3 (Summer/Verano 2006)=20
(Special issue on slavery in colonial Cuba./=20
N=FAmero especial sobre el tema de esclavitud en Cuba durante la =E9poca
colonial.)

"Exorcising the Storm: Revisiting the Origins of Repression of La =
Escalera
Conspiracy in Cuba, 1843-1844,"
by Manuel Barcia

In November 1843, Leopoldo O'Donnell, a young Irish-blooded Spanish =
officer,
was taking charge of the government of the most prized Spanish colonial
overseas possession, Cuba. By the time he made the transatlantic =
journey,
O'Donnell already had cemented a reputation as a heavy-handed, unkind =
man.
Soon after taking his post in Havana, he inscribed his name in Cuba's
national history as one of the cruelest men to hold the position =
throughout
the approximately 400 years of colonial rule. Only the name of Valeriano
Weyler, who was responsible for thousands of deaths during the wars of
independence later in the nineteenth century, would rival O'Donnell in =
place
and Legacy.

http://www.unm.edu/~clahr/english.html

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