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Forming Nations, Reforming Empires: Atlantic Polities in the Long 18th =20=

Century

This conference discusses the ways in which people and polities from =20
the Americas, Europe, and Africa assumed, legitimized, rejected and =20
interacted with various forms of authority in the =91long eighteenth =20
century.=92 This period is typically characterized by the dissolution of =
=20
Atlantic Empires combined with the emergence of the nation state. Yet, =20=

historians have begun to argue that even as nation states began to =20
emerge in the colonial Atlantic, empires continued to thrive, =20
reconstructing themselves in the face of changing notions of =20
sovereignty, freedom and territoriality. This conference will explore =20=

the affinities, groups and networks that were important to peoples=92 =20=

thinking and acting politically and examine the ways that nations and =20=

empires coexisted and came into conflict during the period of the =20
=91long eighteenth century.=92

'Forming Nations, Reforming Empires' is sponsored by the Atlantic =20
World Program at New York University, and will be held at New York =20
University's Ireland House, in Greenwich Village, New York, NY.

Please see our conference website for further details: =
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/atlantic/Conference2010.html

Program

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH

11:00 am =96 1:00 pm: Registration at Ireland House
1:00 =96 1:30: Welcome =96 Dr. Karen Kupperman (NYU)
1:30 =96 3:30: Panel 1 =96 Migration, Emigration and Expulsion
Jeffrey Fortin (SUNY Oneonta) =96 "Unsettling of a nation is easy: the =20=

settling is not:" Removal and the construction of empire in the long =20
eighteenth century
Mariana Perez (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina) =96 =
=20
How to Migrate to the River Plate: migratory strategies of low-income =20=

Spaniards during the last few decades of colonial times
Andr=E9s Estefane (SUNY Stony Brook) =96 Scientific Expeditions, =20
Territorial Disputes, and the Forging of a National Historiography: =20
the case of Chile
Daniel Papsdorf (Wichita State University) =96 A Fluid Frontier: the =20
Mississippi during the Revolutionary War
3:30 =96 4:00: Coffee Break
4:00 =96 6:00: Keynote Address
Fredrika Teute (Omohundro Institute, College of William and Mary) - =20
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive": love and abandon in the 1790s
6:00 =96 onwards: Conference Dinner

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH

8:00 am =96 9:00 am: Coffee and Refreshments
9:00 =96 11:00: Panel 2 =96 The Local in the Atlantic
Martha Few (University of Arizona) =96 The Fetus as Colonial Subject: =20=

gender, race, and reproduction in the eighteenth-century Spanish =20
Atlantic
Liza Gijanto (Syracuse University) =96 Commerce, authority, and =20
consumption in Niumi, the Gambia, during the height of the Atlantic =20
trade
James Coltrain (Northwestern University) =96 Fuerte Real: The Castillo =20=

San Marcos and provincial identity in the Atlantic world
Steve Lenik (Syracuse University) =96 Moving Beyond the Mission in =20
Frontiers and Borderlands: A Jesuit plantation and church within the =20
cultural landscape of Grand Bay Quarter, Dominica, West Indies, =20
1748-1763
11:00 =96 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15 =96 1:15: Panel 3 =96 Negotiating Interstitial Power
Ross Newton (Northeastern University) =96 Networking and Empire: =20
politics and territorial sovereignty in the Bay of Honduras
Adrian Finucane (Harvard University) =96 Anglo-Spanish Imperial =20
Interaction in the Caribbean, 1713-1739
Christopher Ebert (CUNY Brooklyn College) =96 Maintaining Exclusion: =20
British trade with Brazil after the War of the Spanish Succession: =20
1714-1750.
Luis Granados (University of Chicago) =96 Crust and Crumb of the U.S.-=20=

Mexican War
1:15 =96 2:15: Lunch
2:15 =96 4:15: Panel 4 =96 Mechanisms of Imperial Control
Karen Racine (University of Guelph) =96 Coded Anti-colonialism: The use =20=

(and misuse) of Napoleon in the rhetoric and practice of late colonial =20=

Spanish American patriotism, 1808-1814
Elena Schneider (Princeton) =96 British Occupation and the Limits of =20
Imperial Sovereignty in 18th-century Havana
Pernille R=F8ge (Oxford) =96 Danish, British and French colonial =20
experimentation on the West African Coast, 1780s - 1790s
Akin Ogundiran (UNC Charlotte) =96 Political Economy and Cultural Works =20=

of the Old Oyo Empire
4:15 =96 4:30: Coffee Break
4:30 =96 5:30: Closing Roundtable =96 States, Nations, Empires and =20
Polities in the Long 18th Century
Jerusha Westbury (NYU)
Anelise Shrout (NYU)
5:30 =96 7:30: Refreshments

Anelise Shrout
Ph.D. Candidate, Atlantic World History
New York University
ahs4[at]nyu.edu

"Must we give up history as a serious study but keep it as a =20
delightful amusement, turn away from European wars and watch the =20
ladies thronging to the toy ships, cease studying what sort of =20
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Forming Nations, Reforming Empires: Atlantic Polities in the Long 18th =
CenturyThis conference discusses the ways in which =
people and polities from the Americas, Europe, and Africa assumed, =
legitimized, rejected and interacted with various forms of authority in =
the =91long eighteenth century.=92 This period is typically =
characterized by the dissolution of Atlantic Empires combined with the =
emergence of the nation state. Yet, historians have begun to argue that =
even as nation states began to emerge in the colonial Atlantic, empires =
continued to thrive, reconstructing themselves in the face of changing =
notions of sovereignty, freedom and =
territoriality.  This conference will explore the =
affinities, groups and networks that were important to peoples=92 =
thinking and acting politically and examine the ways that nations and empires coexisted and came into =
conflict during the period of the =91long eighteenth =
century.=92'Forming Nations, Reforming =
Empires' is sponsored by the Atlantic World Program at New York =
University, and will be held at New York University's Ireland House, in =
Greenwich Village, New York, NY.Please see our =
conference website for further details: http://www.=
nyu.edu/pages/atlantic/Conference2010.htmlPr=
ogramFRIDAY, FEBRUARY =
26TH

11:00 am =96 1:00 pm: Registration at =
Ireland House
1:00 =96 1:30: Welcome =96 Dr. Karen =
Kupperman (NYU)
1:30 =96 3:30: Panel 1 =96 Migration, =
Emigration and Expulsion

Jeffrey Fortin (SUNY Oneonta) =96 "Unsettling of a nation is easy:
the settling is not:" Removal and the construction of empire in the
long eighteenth century
Mariana Perez (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, =
Argentina) =96 How to
Migrate to the River Plate: migratory strategies of low-income Spaniards =
during the last few decades of colonial times
Andr=E9s Estefane (SUNY Stony Brook) =96 Scientific Expeditions,
Territorial Disputes, and the Forging of a National Historiography: the =
case of Chile
Daniel Papsdorf (Wichita State University) =96 A Fluid Frontier: =
the Mississippi during the Revolutionary War

3:30 =96 4:00: Coffee Break
4:00 =96 6:00: Keynote Address


Fredrika Teute (Omohundro Institute, College of William and =
Mary) - "Bliss was it in that =
dawn to be alive": love and abandon in the 1790s


6:00 =96 onwards: Conference =
Dinner

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH

8:00 am =96 9:00 am: Coffee and =
Refreshments
9:00 =96 11:00: Panel 2 =96 The Local =
in the Atlantic

Martha Few (University of Arizona) =96  The Fetus as Colonial
Subject: gender, race, and reproduction in the eighteenth-century
Spanish Atlantic
Liza
Gijanto (Syracuse University) =96 Commerce, authority, and consumption =
in
Niumi, the Gambia, during the height of the Atlantic trade
James Coltrain (Northwestern University) =96 Fuerte Real: The =
Castillo San Marcos and provincial identity in the Atlantic world
Steve
Lenik (Syracuse University) =96 Moving Beyond the Mission in
Frontiers and Borderlands: A Jesuit plantation and church within the
cultural landscape of Grand Bay Quarter, Dominica, West Indies,
1748-1763

11:00 =96 11:15: Coffee =
Break
11:15 =96 1:15: Panel 3 =96 =
Negotiating Interstitial Power

Ross Newton (Northeastern University) =96 Networking and Empire: =
politics and territorial sovereignty in the Bay of Honduras
Adrian Finucane (Harvard University) =96 Anglo-Spanish Imperial =
Interaction in the Caribbean, 1713-1739
Christopher Ebert (CUNY Brooklyn College) =96 Maintaining =
Exclusion:
British trade with Brazil after the War of the Spanish Succession:
1714-1750.
Luis Granados (University of Chicago) =96 Crust and Crumb of the =
U.S.-Mexican War

1:15 =96 2:15: Lunch
2:15 =96 4:15: Panel 4 =96 Mechanisms =
of Imperial Control

Karen Racine (University of Guelph) =96 Coded
Anti-colonialism: The use (and misuse) of Napoleon in the rhetoric and
practice of late
colonial Spanish American patriotism, 1808-1814
Elena Schneider (Princeton) =96 British Occupation and the Limits =
of Imperial Sovereignty in 18th-century Havana
Pernille R=F8ge (Oxford) =96 Danish, British and French colonial =
experimentation on the West African Coast, 1780s - 1790s
Akin Ogundiran (UNC Charlotte) =96 Political Economy and Cultural =
Works of the Old Oyo Empire

4:15 =96 4:30: Coffee Break
4:30 =96 5:30: Closing Roundtable =96 =
States, Nations, Empires and Polities in the Long 18th =
Century

Jerusha Westbury (NYU)
Anelise Shrout (NYU)

5:30 =96 7:30: =
Refreshments
Anelise =
ShroutPh.D. Candidate, Atlantic World HistoryNew =
York Universityahs4[at]nyu.edu"Must we give up history as =
a serious study but keep it as a delightful amusement, turn away from =
European wars and watch the ladies thronging to the toy ships, cease =
studying what sort of government our ancestors had and enquire what they =
had for dinner?"

=

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Child Abuse & Neglect
Volume 33, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 586-597

Copyright C 2009 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.

Development and initial validation of the institutional child abuse
processes and coping inventory among a sample of Irish adult survivors of
institutional abuse

Roisin Flanagan-Howarda, Alan Carra, , Mark Shevlinb, Barbara Dooleya, Mark
Fitzpatricka, Edel Flanagana, Kevin Tierneya, Megan Whitea, Margaret Dalya
and Jonathan Eganc

aSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4,
Ireland

bSchool of Psychology, University of Ulster, Magee campus, Londonderry, UK

cThe Arches National Counselling Centre, HSE, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland


Received 16 July 2007; revised 2 October 2008; accepted 20 October 2008.
Available online 8 October 2009.

Abstract

Objective

To develop a psychometric instrument to evaluate psychological processes
associated with institutional abuse and coping strategies used to deal with
such abuse.

Methods

As part of a comprehensive assessment protocol, an inventory containing
theoretically derived multi-item rational scales which assessed
institutional abuse-related psychological processes and coping strategies
were administered to 247 Irish adult survivors of institutional child abuse.
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to derive 6-factor
scales, the reliability and validity of which were assessed.

Results

Factor scales to assess the following constructs were developed (1)
traumatization, (2) re-enactment, (3) spiritual disengagement, (4) positive
coping, (5) coping by complying, and (6) avoidant coping. There were varying
degrees of support for the validity of the scales with most support for the
traumatization and re-enactment scales.

Conclusions

The Institutional Child Abuse Processes and Coping Inventory (ICAPCI),
particularly its traumatization and re-enactment scales, may be used in
future research on adult survivors of institutional child abuse because they
are currently the only scales that have been developed with this population
to provide reliable and valid assessments of these constructs.

Practice implications

The ICAPCI may be used, cautiously, to assess adult survivors of
institutional child abuse.

Keywords: Institutional abuse; Clerical abuse; Abuse processes; Coping with
abuse

Article Outline

Introduction
Methods
Participants
Instruments
Procedure
Results
Development of ICAPCI factor scales and assessment of their factorial
validity
Reliability
Discriminative validity: correlations of ICAPCI with indices of
institutional and familial child abuse
Construct validity: correlations of the ICAPCI with indices of adult
adjustment
ICAPCI profiles of groups who had suffered different types of child abuse
ICAPCI profiles of groups with different numbers of psychiatric diagnoses
Discussion
Practice implications
Acknowledgements
References

This study was funded by a grant from the Commission to Inquire into Child
Abuse.

Corresponding author.
Alan Carr

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This article has not yet been assigned a place in the paper version of the
journal...

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Article in Press, Corrected Proof - Note to users

Airline competition in the British Isles

Alberto A. Gaggeroa, , and Claudio A. Pigab,

aDepartment of Economics, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4
3SQ, United Kingdom

bDepartment of Economics, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU,
United Kingdom


Available online 30 September 2009.
Abstract

We study the relationship between pricing and market structure on the routes
connecting the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Because in 2007 the European
Commission prohibited the takeover of Aer Lingus by Ryanair, the analysis
focuses on their pricing strategies in particular. We use an original
dataset of fares posted on-line, which allows to control for the fares'
inter-temporal pattern for each specific flight and each carrier's specific
yield management system. Our evidence supports the European Commission's
view that the elimination of a competitor in the Irish airline market is
likely to have harmful consequences for consumers.

Keywords: Merger evaluation; Yield management; Inter-temporal pricing

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. Data collection
3. Inter-temporal pricing
4. Econometric model
5. Results
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References

Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0)1206 874468; fax: +44 (0)1206 872724.

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The keynote speaker, Sarah Churchwell is a very active 'public
intellectual', writes well and usually has something to say...
http://www.uea.ac.uk/ams/People/Academic/Sarah+Churchwell
=20
She has turned up, for example, in this weekend's Guardian, talking =
about
editions of Carver and Hemingway...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct/24/ernest-hemingway-raymond-carv=
er

But maybe old fogeyism beckons...
Sarah Churchwell: Why can't British students write like Americans?
Expression and thought are linked. Crude language means crude thinking
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/sarah-churchwell-why-ca=
nt-
british-students-write-like-americans-456739.html

P.O'S.

Centre for Studies in Literature (CSL)
Call for Papers
University of Portsmouth Centre for Studies in Literature
Annual Postgraduate Symposium
'Framing the Self: Anxieties of Identity in Literature & Culture, 1800 =
to
the present day'
21st May 2010=20

Keynote speaker: Dr Sarah Churchwell (University of East Anglia)
=20
Identity remains one of the most central and most contested concepts in
circulation today. No individual or group can escape the question of
identity in a range of categories be it gender, class, nationality or =
race.
Yet, an understanding of one=92s =91self=92 in relation to these =
somewhat rigid
categories is problematic and as a result representations of identity =
are
continually plagued by an irresolvable sense of unease and anxiety. =20
This symposium will provide a stimulating environment for postgraduate
students and other researchers to present work and discuss key ideas =
centred
on the anxieties of modern identity from the early nineteenth century to =
the
present day. Although the symposium=92s primary focus will be literature
based, proposals are also welcome from postgraduates in related =
disciplines.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Memory and identity
Gender, sexuality and identity
Postcolonial identities
Identity and consumerism
Race, nation and identity
Authorial identities: appropriation and rewriting
Identity as =91performance=92

Abstracts of no more than 300 words for papers not exceeding 20 minutes
should be submitted by 31st January 2010 to the organisers at:
cslpgconf[at]port.ac.uk. Please include the title of your paper, your name,
e-mail address, institutional affiliation, and any AV requirements.=20
The conference fee is =A325.00 for all delegates. Registration forms =
will be
available in due course.
If you have any queries or require further information, please e-mail =
the
conference organisers, Jon Evans, Lisa Felstead and Katrina Morgan at:
cslpgconf[at]port.ac.uk .

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SPECIAL ISSUE Transnational Spaces in History
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The latest issue of the European Review of History is a special issue...

European Review of History: Revue europeenne d'histoire, Volume 16 Issue 5
2009
Transnational Spaces in History

The articles in this special issue were presented at a workshop at the
European University Institute in Florence which took place on 12 November
2008, and which we kept an eye on.

A number of Ir-D members will find this Special Issue of interest - though
there is no Irish material. The word 'diaspora' is used in some articles.

The introductory article by Muller & Torp gives a good summary of debates
and developments around the 'transnational' from WITHIN the discipline of
history. Much talk of 'space'. And we note that there is a 'nation' hiding
within 'transnational'...

P.O'S.

Conceptualising transnational spaces in history
Authors: Michael G. Muller; Cornelius Torp (Show Biographies)
Published in: European Review of History: Revue europeenne d'histoire,
Volume 16, Issue 5 October 2009 , pages 609 - 617

'Introduction

Although often considered to be the most recent trend in our discipline, the
debate on 'history beyond the nation-state' has been going for at least
three decades. Nevertheless, the claim could hardly be made that this trend
has resulted in the development of broadly shared and methodologically
operationalised new concepts of space in historical research. One of the
primary reasons for this unsatisfactory state can be found in the fact
rather than there being just one debate on transnational history there are
several only partially overlapping ones, each with its own specific
challenges, academic and political, and agendas...'

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Friends have been asking how I got on in Liverpool...

The answer is, Very Well. An excellent evening...

First, I am pleased to report that I coped well with jet lag...

Then, we seem to have inadvertently created the perfect format. We had =
6
musicians, 3 Irish and 3 Latin American. And whenever the musicians =
need a
rest we went back to the discussion - and vice versa.

I decided that I should not try to emulate Edmundo Murray - not handsome
enough, etc. See below...

I took the line that the study of the Irish in Latin America was a case
study in the development of the historiography of the Irish Diaspora -
starting points were small scale family histories and studies, often in
English, of occasional figures who had become visible to history, or =
heroes.
So, in mentioning Bernardo O'Higgins I noted that here was a man who
demonstrated his love for his country by NOT starting a civil war.

Then I outlined the work of our 4 heroes and their accomplishments...

Eduardo A. Coghlan
Patrick McKenna=20
Brian McGinn
Edmundo Murray

Not one of them a career academic, but laying the foundations for works
like...

Davis, G. J. 2002. Land! Irish pioneers in Mexican and revolutionary =
Texas.
Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Tex.

Marshall, O. 2005. English, Irish and Irish-American pioneer settlers in
nineteenth-century Brazil. University of Oxford, Centre for Brazilian
Studies, Oxford

Murray, E. 2006. Becoming Irland=E9s: Private Narratives of the Irish
Emigration to Argentina 1844-1912. L.O.L.A. Literature of Latin America,
Buenos Aires.

I spent most time on Oliver Marshall's book - a classic diaspora study,
looking at very different groups making their way through hope to =
failure in
Brazil...

Then, thinking of 'Irish Studies' as a phenomenon of diaspora I looked
briefly at the work of Munira Mutran and Laura Izarra.

The discussions were very wide ranging. This was mostly not an academic
audience, but I felt that there was real wish for knowledge and - yes - =
good
stories but based on sound scholarship.

And I really enjoyed the music. In effect, two separate bands, who had
never met before - and created fusion. Thanks to Martin, Pete and Alan =
from
the Irish tradition, and to Francisco, Oscar and Ivan from the Latin
American tradition - and of course not forgetting Ajniaszka. There was =
a
particularly memorable duelling duet involving Pete on whistle and =
Francisco
on drums.=20

I dedicated the evening to the memory of Brian McGinn.

I also used my time in Liverpool to re-establish connection with friends =
and
colleagues. Especially good to see John Belchem and Mervyn Busteed...

Paddy O'Sullivan



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Subject: [IR-D] Patrick O'Sullivan in Liverpool - Lecture at El Rincon
Latino, Roscoe Street/Oldham Street

If you look at the web site of the Liverpool Irish Festival=20

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/

You will see that Edmundo Murray was scheduled to give one of his =
learned
entertainments this coming Thursday...=09

The Irish in Latin America
El Rincon Latino, Roscoe Street/Oldham Street, Liverpool, L1 2SU
October 22, 2009, 8.00pm
Edmundo Murray,

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/info.php?id=3D131

Edmundo finds that he cannot make it to Liverpool for this event. I =
have
been asked to step in.

I have explained to the Liverpool Festival organisers that I am not as
handsome as Edmundo Murray, nor as charming, and not as talented.

Nevertheless...

I will be El Rincon Latino this coming Thursday night, when I will make =
a
presentation about The Irish in Latin America, looking at the heroes of =
the
historiography and patterns and problems within the historiography. =
Part of
my lecture will involve praise for the work of Edmundo Murray and the
Society for Irish Latin American Studies.

http://www.irlandeses.org/imsla.htm

We will move seamlessly then into a session, involving a group of Irish =
and
Latin American musicians that we have collected together.

If there is sufficient demand I will sing my song summarising Chapter 1,
'The Origin of Negation', of Sartre's Being and Nothingness.

I am looking around to see if there are other events that I can coincide
with, while I am visiting the Liverpool Irish Festival.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford =
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Congratulations to Michael Kenneally and his colleagues at the School of
Canadian Irish Studies...

The formal inauguration took place last week.

Patrick O'Sullivan


CONCORDIA INAUGURATES SCHOOL OF CANADIAN IRISH STUDIES WITH CELEBRATION

The School of Canadian Irish Studies recently celebrated its inauguration
with a special event on October 19th.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest, former Prime Minister Paul Martin, Concordia
President and Vice-Chancellor Judith Woodsworth, Canadian Irish Studies
Foundation Chair Brian Gallery, and trustees and donors to the Foundation
were in attendance.

More information at

http://alumni.concordia.ca/calendar/news/2009/10/19/015529.php

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Reading the Newsletter of the CAIS one item is of special interest to the
Ir-D list...

Jerry White is stepping down as Editor of the Association's journal, the
Canadian Journal for Irish Studies - his 5 years in the role have given us
some very strong issues, including studies of the Irish language, women and
the Irish in Newfoundland. Jerry is to be thank and congratulated...

More information on...

http://www.irishstudies.ca/

http://www.irishstudies.ca/canadian-journal-of-irish-studies/sample-page/

Rhona Richman Kenneally, of Concordia, takes over as editor, and we wish her
well. And of course we will distribute the CFPs...

The Canadian Journal for Irish Studies is shortly to become part of the
JSTOR 'Ireland Collection' - a very significant event with the addition of a
quality scholarly journal to that resource.

P.O'S.

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Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

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O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 9050

Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/
Irish Diaspora Net
http://www.irishdiaspora.net

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford Bradford
BD7 1DP Yorkshire England

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... Except of course for those of us who have no access to JSTOR ...

David
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The Canadian Journal for Irish Studies is shortly to become part of the
JSTOR 'Ireland Collection' - a very significant event with the addition of a

Quality scholarly journal to that resource.

P.O'S.

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I am very glad to hear about the fussion, or fussions -- talk & music, Iri=
sh & Latin American -- a format that was originally intended to be performe=
d by the same characters. Incidentally, I contributed a piece in the latest=
IMSLA issue: "Una poca de gracia: Irish Music in Latin America", which som=
e colleagues found a bit harsh on the side of Irish traditional music (http=
://www.irlandeses.org/imsla0907.htm).

Edmundo

Ref. other comments ... you are definitely in the hyperbolic mood...

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Friends have been asking how I got on in Liverpool...

The answer is, Very Well. An excellent evening...

First, I am pleased to report that I coped well with jet lag...

Then, we seem to have inadvertently created the perfect format. We had 6
musicians, 3 Irish and 3 Latin American. And whenever the musicians need a
rest we went back to the discussion - and vice versa.

I decided that I should not try to emulate Edmundo Murray - not handsome
enough, etc. See below...

I took the line that the study of the Irish in Latin America was a case
study in the development of the historiography of the Irish Diaspora -
starting points were small scale family histories and studies, often in
English, of occasional figures who had become visible to history, or heroes=
.
So, in mentioning Bernardo O'Higgins I noted that here was a man who
demonstrated his love for his country by NOT starting a civil war.

Then I outlined the work of our 4 heroes and their accomplishments...

Eduardo A. Coghlan
Patrick McKenna
Brian McGinn
Edmundo Murray

Not one of them a career academic, but laying the foundations for works
like...

Davis, G. J. 2002. Land! Irish pioneers in Mexican and revolutionary Texas.
Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Tex.

Marshall, O. 2005. English, Irish and Irish-American pioneer settlers in
nineteenth-century Brazil. University of Oxford, Centre for Brazilian
Studies, Oxford

Murray, E. 2006. Becoming Irland=E9s: Private Narratives of the Irish
Emigration to Argentina 1844-1912. L.O.L.A. Literature of Latin America,
Buenos Aires.

I spent most time on Oliver Marshall's book - a classic diaspora study,
looking at very different groups making their way through hope to failure i=
n
Brazil...

Then, thinking of 'Irish Studies' as a phenomenon of diaspora I looked
briefly at the work of Munira Mutran and Laura Izarra.

The discussions were very wide ranging. This was mostly not an academic
audience, but I felt that there was real wish for knowledge and - yes - goo=
d
stories but based on sound scholarship.

And I really enjoyed the music. In effect, two separate bands, who had
never met before - and created fusion. Thanks to Martin, Pete and Alan fro=
m
the Irish tradition, and to Francisco, Oscar and Ivan from the Latin
American tradition - and of course not forgetting Ajniaszka. There was a
particularly memorable duelling duet involving Pete on whistle and Francisc=
o
on drums.

I dedicated the evening to the memory of Brian McGinn.

I also used my time in Liverpool to re-establish connection with friends an=
d
colleagues. Especially good to see John Belchem and Mervyn Busteed...

Paddy O'Sullivan



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If you look at the web site of the Liverpool Irish Festival

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/

You will see that Edmundo Murray was scheduled to give one of his learned
entertainments this coming Thursday...

The Irish in Latin America
El Rincon Latino, Roscoe Street/Oldham Street, Liverpool, L1 2SU
October 22, 2009, 8.00pm
Edmundo Murray,

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/info.php?id=3D131

Edmundo finds that he cannot make it to Liverpool for this event. I have
been asked to step in.

I have explained to the Liverpool Festival organisers that I am not as
handsome as Edmundo Murray, nor as charming, and not as talented.

Nevertheless...

I will be El Rincon Latino this coming Thursday night, when I will make a
presentation about The Irish in Latin America, looking at the heroes of the
historiography and patterns and problems within the historiography. Part o=
f
my lecture will involve praise for the work of Edmundo Murray and the
Society for Irish Latin American Studies.

http://www.irlandeses.org/imsla.htm

We will move seamlessly then into a session, involving a group of Irish and
Latin American musicians that we have collected together.

If there is sufficient demand I will sing my song summarising Chapter 1,
'The Origin of Negation', of Sartre's Being and Nothingness.

I am looking around to see if there are other events that I can coincide
with, while I am visiting the Liverpool Irish Festival.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Dear Paddy
Grateful if you would circulate this please.
Best wishes
Brian

Attached please find the call for papers for the 18th Ulster-American=
Heritage Symposium to be held at Western Carolina University's Mountain=
Heritage Center June 24-27, 2010. We would appreciate it if, in addition=
to considering submitting your own proposal, you would pass along the CFP=
to any and all, including organizations, that would be interested in the=
Symposium. Thank you for your assistance.

Tyler Blethen
Department of History
Western Carolina University
828-227-3868

CALL FOR PAPERS
18th Ulster-American Heritage Symposium
June 24-27, 2010

Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723



The Ulster-American Heritage Symposium convenes every two years,=
alternating between educational institutions in Northern Ireland and the=
southeastern United States, to explore the significant historical and=
cultural transatlantic ties that migration has created among the Scottish=
Lowlands, Ulster, Atlantic Canada, and the American backcountry. Its=
multidisciplinary presentations offer the latest insights in understanding=
the relations, links, and parallels that have developed between the old=
and new Atlantic worlds. The American meetings typically focus on the=
experience of those immigrants popularly known as the Scotch (or=
Scots)-Irish.=0D
Proposals are invited for original presentations 15-20 minutes in
length,=
addressing fields such as history, language and literature, folklore and=
folk life, archaeology, economics, religion, social and political=
relations, music, and craft, as well as other fields and combinations of=
fields, that examine the past 300 years. In light of recent books by US=
Senator James Webb, Jeff Biggers, and others, and the emergence of a=
national focus on "Obama's Appalachian problem" in the recent presidential=
election, presentations addressing issues of identity are especially=
welcome.
Proposals must include the name of the presenter(s), title of=
presentation, a one-page abstract of the presentation, and maximum=
two-page vita for each presenter. Proposals should be emailed to Scott=
Philyaw (Philyaw[at]email.wcu.edu). Review of proposals will begin November=
1, 2009, and presenters will be notified of their selection by December=
15. Further information can be found on the Mountain Heritage Center's=
website, www.wcu.edu/mhc.

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I'm interested in proposing a panel - I hope an interdisciplinary one - at=
the national ACIS next year (May 5-8 in State College PA) around the idea=
of the Irish experience of suburbanization/Irish takes on suburbia/ or som=
ething like that.

If anyone has ideas on possible papers , let me know. One possible co-pane=
list has had to decline, so at the moment the panelists number exactly one=
(me). Maybe there's not a panel out there, but I'd like to try -- please =
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Paddy

I am glad the trip to Liverpool did not jet lag you beyond your ability =
to
cope. Sounds like a good format emerged. Wasn't there a lecture or =
book
launch as well? =20

Your remark about O'Higgins is especially thought provoking -- students
usually react oddly when I point out that George Washington's two =
greatest
contributions to the US may have been when he simply went home--first at =
the
end of the revolutionary war and again at the end of his second term as
president.=20

Bill =20

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: Catherine Burns [mailto:cmburns2[at]wisc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:51 PM
To: tjarchde[at]wisc.edu
Subject: Thomas N. Brown

I saw in today's Boston Globe that Thomas N. Brown (Irish-American
Nationalism, 1870-90) died.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/10/28/thomas_n_br
own_historian_steeped_in_boston_ethos_professor_at_umass_89/?page=1

Katie

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Forwarded on behalf of

Shaun RICHARDS=20

Subject: BAIS Scholarships for IASIL Conference 2010

BAIS is funding a Scholarship for the International Association for the
Study of Irish Literatures conference 2010: Irish Literature & Culture - =
Old
& New Knowledges, NUI Maynooth, 26-30 July 2010.
=20

The Scholarship will cover: travel expenses of EUR200/=A3185; a fee =
waiver for
the conference; all lunches, tea/coffee during morning and afternoon =
breaks;
opening night reception; conference dinner; single room university
accommodation for five nights.=20

Please see the BAIS web-site (Postgraduate Funding) for notes on
eligibility; application form, referee's form.

Shaun Richards=20

http://www.bais.ac.uk/

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Forwarded on behalf of From: Conn Holohan [mailto:choloha[at]tcd.ie]
Subject: CFP Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar 2010

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below a call for papers for the seventh annual Irish
Postgraduate Film Research Seminar, to be held in Trinity College Dublin
next April.

I would appreciate your help in distributing the information to groups
or individuals who may be interested in the event.

Please contact me with queries or for further information.

Regards,
Conn


Dr. Conn Holohan,
Film Studies,
School of Drama, Film & Music,
Trinity College Dublin,
Dublin 2
IRELAND
(+3531) 8962559

Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar 2010
22nd - 23rd April, Trinity College, Dublin


The 7th Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar will take place at Trinity
College Dublin on the 22nd and 23rd April 2010.

The Seminar is aimed at postgraduates who are researching in the field of
Film Studies. It is designed to provide a platform for the presentation of
new research by film scholars in Irish third-level institutions, and for
those working on Irish film topics in non-Irish universities and colleges.
The emphasis is on encouraging the development and exchange of ideas, and is
intended to contribute to the training of students in research methods and
to the advancement of their academic profiles.

Presentations are invited from (a), Irish postgraduate students working on
film research projects; (b), postgraduate students working on Irish film
projects in non-Irish universities; and (c), post-doctoral students who have
completed their degree on an Irish film topic in the two years prior to the
conference date.

Those wishing to make a presentation are invited to submit by 11 December
2009 an abstract of no more than 250 words on a topic about which they wish
to speak, plus a short CV and summary of their research interests.
Postgraduate film research students who may not be making presentations, and
film and media academics, are encouraged to attend the event. There is no
charge for attendance.

To record your interest in the Seminar or to be included in future mailings,
send your contact address, details of your academic institution, and an
outline of your research topic, to the conference organiser, Dr. Conn
Holohan, Film Studies, School of Drama, Film & Music, Trinity College
Dublin: choloha[at]tcd.ie, or ring (01) 8962559

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Subject: CFP Tales of Transit; Narrative Migrant Spaces in Transatlantic
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Subject: cfp: Tales of Transit; Narrative Migrant Spaces in Transatlantic
Perspective, 1830-1954; Antwerp, Belgium; 10-13 June, 2010

Tales of Transit

Narrative Migrant Spaces in Transatlantic Perspective, 1830-1954

International Conference
Felix Archive
Antwerp, Belgium
10-13 June, 2010

Keynote speakers
Adam Walaszek (Jagiellonian University Krakow)
Matthew Frye Jacobson (Yale University)
Nancy K. Miller (City University of New York)
Werner Sollors (Harvard University) TBC


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



Call for papers

The period between 1830 and 1940 witnessed the most dramatic population
movement in recorded history. Motivated by economic, religious and
political upheavals, millions of migrants left their familiar homes in
search of a better life, whereby the Atlantic functioned as one of the
central thoroughfares. Many of these travelers left testimonies of their
journeys, whether in written or oral form. Traditionally such narratives
have been approached within the framework of either the source or the
receiving societies, and consequently most research energy has been
invested in the ways migrants managed or failed to adapt to new
conditions, how they reconciled the often conflicting impressions of the
new culture with the one they were born into. Studies of this kind often
start from a preset agenda regarding the nature or development of a
specific culture. In reaction to such restricted national or subnational
perspectives, recent approaches in migration research and literary and
cultural studies address no longer just the starting or end points of
migration movements but also the diverse trajectories before and after
the journey, as well as the role of corporations and agencies involved
in oceanic travel. The aim of Tales of Transit is to bring together
these new insights and methodologies and confront them with the rich but
underexplored archive of transatlantic migrant narratives.

Transit places - docks, hotels, railway coaches, inspection offices,
dormitories, churches, ship's decks, etc. - normally figure only
marginally in migrant narratives. They are mentioned in passing, as a
prelude or even in counterpoint to the new life that waits after the
journey. Precisely because of this, these peripatetic places (both in a
literal and a figurative sense) can help us to challenge received
notions about migration as a form of one-way traffic whereby supposedly
nothing is lost or gained along the way, and to reconceptualize it as a
multicausal process. In view of the opening of the Red Star Line/People
on the Move museum in Antwerp, Tales of Transit takes the city as its
starting point to rethink transatlantic migration. 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: How vital
are these sites or loci for the narrative? Do they affirm or rather
subvert the migrants' aspirations and hopes? Does the perspective shift
in accordance with the medium or audience expectations and, if so, in
what ways?

Within the framework sketched out above, we have selected a number of
subtopics, one or more of which can form the basis of paper or panel
proposals:


Language and Translation
Whether transmitted through writing or not, migrant narratives are
inevitably subject to, or involved in translation. To convey his or her
story, the migrant has to choose a language: either that of the home
culture or that of the adoptive country, or else, something in between.
How do such translation processes contribute to the construction of an
"authentic" account? What if there are several mother or father tongues
to choose from? Does that mean there is more than one "original"
narrative? Or could it be there is none (as with fake translations)? How
common are self-translations and how are they different from or similar
to other translations? What, finally, is the status of retranslations?


Migration as Business
Migration is never a matter of individual stories of tragedy or success
alone, but also constitutes a flourishing business. Comparative research
on the competition between ocean lines and intermediary agencies for the
recruitment of migrants is still in its infancy. In what ways did such
corporations play a role in preselecting the trajectories of migrants?
Did the agents of these companies differentiate along ethnic, religious
and/or linguistic lines? What was the impact of steamship lobbies on
national and international immigration legislation? How important were
aid organizations and charities? Do touristic routes overlap with
migration routes, and, if so, in what ways do these economies obstruct
or facilitate each other?


Iconography of Migration
Passing migrants do not often leave a lasting imprint on the cultural
life of a nation or community, yet traces survive in most transit
places. The advertisements by which companies used to lure migrants
constitute a visual culture in its own right, the stereotypes and
counterstereotypes circulating in the local press another.
Paradoxically, even while serving as instruments of transnational
displacement, ocean lines at the same time constitute emblems of
national pride. How do (sub-)national literatures of the period
1830-1940 represent migrants? What role do museums and monuments play in
the construction or subversion of stock images about migrants in transit
places? To what extent do for instance cartoons and other more or less
popular art forms serve to set off "good" from "bad" or "new" from "old"
migrants?


Archiving Testimonies
Migrant narratives are almost by definition difficult to locate in
library collections. An important heuristic question is how we can gain
access to the migrant narratives that are dispersed all over the globe.
This also involves broader issues of visibility and belonging. Should
there be a kind of Schengen Convention or Free Trade Agreement for
migrant testimonies? Should collections cut across ethnic, national,
linguistic and other faultlines, or should they preserve them?
Institutionalizing the migrant heritage may always appear paradoxical,
as such initiatives tend to pin down what is not directly localizable.
Given that successful migrant groups tend to dissolve themselves, what
would be a viable policy toward the preservation and memorialization of
migrant narratives?


Paper proposals in English of no more 300 words can be submitted to
michael.boyden[at]hogent.be 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 November.


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.

http://webs.hogent.be/talesoftransit/

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Subject: CFP The Possibility / Impossibility of a National Cinema, ACLA,
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http://www.acla.org/acla2010/

Please circulate the following call for papers for the Annual American
Literature Association Conference which will take place in New Orleans,
Louisiana, on April 1-4, 2010.

Call for papers:"The Possibility / Impossibility of a National Cinema," for
the Annual American Comparative
Literature Association Conference which will take place in New Orleans,
Louisiana, on April 1-4, 2010.

To submit a paper proposal for this seminar, "The Possibility /
Impossibility of a National Cinema," please go to
http://www.acla.org/acla2010/?page_id=6

Proposals need to be submitted by November 13, 2009. If you have questions
about the seminar, please contact ocicek1[at]binghamton.edu or
ozgur1cicek[at]yahoo.com.

The Possibility / Impossibility of a National Cinema

* Seminar Organizer: Ozgur Cicek, SUNY Binghamton

Within the complexities of globalization and immense mobilization, cinema,
more than anything else moves across boundaries and travels the world in
international film festivals. At that point, national cinematic codes (if
there is a way to define a cinematic code as national?) and cultural
commodities, cross boundaries, reach diasporas, interact with different
codes of narration and create the grounds for transnational cinema. However,
this definition ignores the question of the possibility or the impossibility
of a national cinema within specific borders, and under specific titles like
"British Cinema", "German Cinema" or "Turkish Cinema". From this standpoint,
this seminar will explore the current dynamics in national cinemas. We will
focus on the films of diasporic filmmakers, subnational ethnic communities,
co-productions and discuss how these films complicate matters about the term
"national cinema."

Suggested paper topics include but are not limited to:

* National and transnational cinema
* Diasporic Film-making
* Cinema and ethnicity
* Transnational and international stardom
* Foreign language film-making
* Bilingual or multilingual film-making
* Co-productions - international productions
* Auteur cinema as national cinema
* Genre and mid-genre
* Copyright and distribution

Ozgur Cicek
SUNY Binghamton
ozgur1cicek[at]hotmail.com
Email: ocicek1[at]binghamton.edu

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Tom, thanks for this - many in Ireland, like myself at present, might have
missed it. It is a long time since I met him, but he wrote like an angel,
and Irish- American Nationalism is a book for the ages.
Joe Lee.

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Thomas J. Archdeacon wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Catherine Burns [mailto:cmburns2[at]wisc.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:51 PM
> To: tjarchde[at]wisc.edu
> Subject: Thomas N. Brown
>
> I saw in today's Boston Globe that Thomas N. Brown (Irish-American
> Nationalism, 1870-90) died.
>
>
> http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/10/28/thomas_n_br
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Tom, thanks for this - many in Ireland, like myself at present, might have missed it. It is a long time since I met him, but he wrote like an angel, and Irish- American Nationalism is a book for the ages.
Joe Lee.
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Thomas J. Archdeacon <tjarchde[at]wisc.edu> wrote:
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Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:51 PMTo: tjarchde[at]wisc.eduSubject: Thomas N. BrownI saw in today's Boston Globe that Thomas N. Brown (Irish-AmericanNationalism, 1870-90) died.
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Dear Paddy:

Thank you for bringing the attention to the Irish in Latin America in
Liverpool. Indeed, Coghlan=B4s, McKenna's & McGinn=B4s efforts were =
outstanding,
as well as Edmundo Murray's invaluable contribution with his own work =
but
with the establishing of SILAS (Society of Irish Latin America Studies). =


I help Coghlan, McKenna and McGinn in their researchs and I'm very proud =
of
this. It was very noce of you to dedicate your exposition to Brian=B4s
memmory.

With best regards

Guillermo MacLoughlin =20

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De: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] En =
nombre
de Patrick O'Sullivan
Enviado el: martes, 27 de octubre de 2009 08:26
Para: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Asunto: Re: [IR-D] Patrick O'Sullivan in Liverpool - Lecture at El =
Rincon
Latino, Roscoe Street/Oldham Street

Friends have been asking how I got on in Liverpool...

The answer is, Very Well. An excellent evening...

First, I am pleased to report that I coped well with jet lag...

Then, we seem to have inadvertently created the perfect format. We had =
6
musicians, 3 Irish and 3 Latin American. And whenever the musicians =
need a
rest we went back to the discussion - and vice versa.

I decided that I should not try to emulate Edmundo Murray - not handsome
enough, etc. See below...

I took the line that the study of the Irish in Latin America was a case
study in the development of the historiography of the Irish Diaspora -
starting points were small scale family histories and studies, often in
English, of occasional figures who had become visible to history, or =
heroes.
So, in mentioning Bernardo O'Higgins I noted that here was a man who
demonstrated his love for his country by NOT starting a civil war.

Then I outlined the work of our 4 heroes and their accomplishments...

Eduardo A. Coghlan
Patrick McKenna
Brian McGinn
Edmundo Murray

Not one of them a career academic, but laying the foundations for works
like...

Davis, G. J. 2002. Land! Irish pioneers in Mexican and revolutionary =
Texas.
Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Tex.

Marshall, O. 2005. English, Irish and Irish-American pioneer settlers in
nineteenth-century Brazil. University of Oxford, Centre for Brazilian
Studies, Oxford

Murray, E. 2006. Becoming Irland=E9s: Private Narratives of the Irish
Emigration to Argentina 1844-1912. L.O.L.A. Literature of Latin America,
Buenos Aires.

I spent most time on Oliver Marshall's book - a classic diaspora study,
looking at very different groups making their way through hope to =
failure in
Brazil...

Then, thinking of 'Irish Studies' as a phenomenon of diaspora I looked
briefly at the work of Munira Mutran and Laura Izarra.

The discussions were very wide ranging. This was mostly not an academic
audience, but I felt that there was real wish for knowledge and - yes - =
good
stories but based on sound scholarship.

And I really enjoyed the music. In effect, two separate bands, who had
never met before - and created fusion. Thanks to Martin, Pete and Alan =
from
the Irish tradition, and to Francisco, Oscar and Ivan from the Latin
American tradition - and of course not forgetting Ajniaszka. There was =
a
particularly memorable duelling duet involving Pete on whistle and =
Francisco
on drums.=20

I dedicated the evening to the memory of Brian McGinn.

I also used my time in Liverpool to re-establish connection with friends =
and
colleagues. Especially good to see John Belchem and Mervyn Busteed...

Paddy O'Sullivan



-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf
Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: 19 October 2009 08:49
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Patrick O'Sullivan in Liverpool - Lecture at El Rincon
Latino, Roscoe Street/Oldham Street

If you look at the web site of the Liverpool Irish Festival=20

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/

You will see that Edmundo Murray was scheduled to give one of his =
learned
entertainments this coming Thursday...=09

The Irish in Latin America
El Rincon Latino, Roscoe Street/Oldham Street, Liverpool, L1 2SU October =
22,
2009, 8.00pm Edmundo Murray,

http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/info.php?id=3D131

Edmundo finds that he cannot make it to Liverpool for this event. I =
have
been asked to step in.

I have explained to the Liverpool Festival organisers that I am not as
handsome as Edmundo Murray, nor as charming, and not as talented.

Nevertheless...

I will be El Rincon Latino this coming Thursday night, when I will make =
a
presentation about The Irish in Latin America, looking at the heroes of =
the
historiography and patterns and problems within the historiography. =
Part of
my lecture will involve praise for the work of Edmundo Murray and the
Society for Irish Latin American Studies.

http://www.irlandeses.org/imsla.htm

We will move seamlessly then into a session, involving a group of Irish =
and
Latin American musicians that we have collected together.

If there is sufficient demand I will sing my song summarising Chapter 1,
'The Origin of Negation', of Sartre's Being and Nothingness.

I am looking around to see if there are other events that I can coincide
with, while I am visiting the Liverpool Irish Festival.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

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