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5TH FEBRUARY 2010
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Subject: Marriage in Ireland workshop
=A0
MARRIAGE IN IRELAND WORKSHOP (FUNDED BY THE AHRC)
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, 5TH FEBRUARY 2010
=A0
The =91Marriage in Ireland, 1660-1925=92 project is funded by the Arts =
and
Humanities Research Council.=A0 The aim of the project is to research =
and
write a major study on the history of marriage in Ireland, north and =
south,
from 1660-1925.=A0 The time frame incorporates some of the main =
developments
in the history of marriage with the boundary dates marking the increased
legal ambiguity attached to marriages not sanctioned by the established
Church of Ireland in the late seventeenth century, the strict regulation =
of
the marriage ceremony by church and state in post-Famine society and the
denial of divorce in the Irish Free State from 1925.=A0 The primary =
focus of
the study is on the infrastructure and logistics of marriage among the
social classes below the level of wealthy landowning families: how =
marriage
was regulated, perceived and negotiated by church and state as well as =
by
individual men and women.=A0 The project focuses on three areas of =
research:=A0
1) the control and regulation of marriage by church and state; 2) the
identification and selection of spouses and the negotiation of formal =
and
informal marriages; and 3) the logistics of marriage breakdown: why and =
how
did marital partners separate and how was the separation viewed by the
family, the community and church and state authorities.=A0 Key questions =
to be
asked of each of these themes is the extent to which attitudes and =
practices
changed over the time period examined and differed regionally and =
according
to social class.

This workshop will allow for a discussion of some of the above themes =
but
will also, through the work of Dr Bailey, Dr Foyster, Professor Gordon =
and
Dr Probert, allow for a comparative framework for the research being =
done on
Ireland.=A0
=20
Attendance at the workshop is free, and lunch will be provided. Numbers,
however, are limited and if you wish to attend you must inform Maria =
Luddy
(m.luddy[at]warwick.ac.uk) by Friday, 29 January at the latest.=A0=A0=20
The venue for the workshop is seminar room F204, Institute of Advanced
Study, University of Warwick.=A0 This room is on the first floor of =
Millburn
House: directions can be found at
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ias/about/location/.
=A0
MARRIAGE IN IRELAND WORKSHOP (FUNDED BY THE AHRC)
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, 5TH FEBRUARY 2010
=A0
The venue for the workshop is seminar room F204, Institute of Advanced
Study, University of Warwick.=A0 This room is on the first floor of =
Millburn
House: directions can be found at
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ias/about/location/.
=A0
=A0
Programme
10.00-10.30: Registration, coffee
=A0
10.30-11.45=20
Dr John Bergin, The legal dissolution of marriage in Ireland, =
1660=961925
Dr Rebecca Probert, Marriage and the law in Ireland, Scotland, England =
and
Wales, 1660-1925
Professor Mary O=92Dowd, Catholic Church attitudes to marriage in
eighteenth-century Ireland
=A0
12.00-1.00=A0 Lunch
=A0
12.45-2.45=20
Professor Maria Luddy, The abduction of women in nineteenth-century =
Ireland
Dr Joanne Bailey, Household authority
Professor Eleanor Gordon, The decline of the =91traditional family=92?
Dr Katie Barclay, Economic resources and household authority: the Irish
rural household
=A0
2.45-3.00 Coffee
3.00-4.00=A0 Dr Elizabeth Foyster:=A0 Summary and general concluding =
discussion.

=A0

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http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/Research/SeminarProgramm=
es/

Spring Semester Seminar Programme 2010 : Protest and Resistance

The Spring Semester Seminar Programme will commence on Monday 8 February
2010.

The opening lecture will be given by Dr Caroline Magennis (Irish Studies
International Initative, QUB) and is titled 'A ghostwoman with ashes on =
her
breath: Mariolatry and Matricide in Irish Men's Writing'

Seminars will be held 1.00 - 2.00pm in the Institute of Irish Studies,
Seminar Room 1 (first floor), 53-67 University Road. Everyone welcome.
Booking not required.



INSTITUTE OF IRISH STUDIES

Seminar Programme - Spring Semester 2010

Protest and Resistance


8 February =91a ghostwoman with ashes on her breath=92: Mariolatry =
and
Matricide in Irish Men=92s Writing
Caroline Magennis, QUB

15 February U.S. Foreign Policy and the Illiberal Peace
Lise Morj=E9 Howard, Georgetown University

22 February =91The most hated and feared institution in Ireland=92? =
The
workhouse in the north of Ireland 1860-1921
Olwen Purdue, QUB

1 March The Sectarian Dilemma: Writing Violence in Nineteenth-Century
Belfast
Sean Farrell, Northern Illinois University

8 March A case study in Irish demonic possession and witchcraft: the
Islandmagee mass trial of 1711
Andrew Sneddon, University of Ulster

15 March Scottish Politicians in Ulster during the Home Rule Era
Kyle Hughes, University of Northumbria (TBC)

22 March Pastoral Modes in Contemporary Irish Poetry
Alex Wylie, QUB

19 April =91The strongest argument against Home Rule was the Home =
Rulers=92:
The Irish Party under the Leadership of Isaac Butt, 1870-79
Colin Reid, NUI Maynooth

26 April 'A scene for history to scorn'? Royalty and reform in
late-Georgian Belfast
Jonathan Wright, QUB

10 May =91Once upon a time, we all talked about the non-sectarian =
nature of
the Civil Rights Movement=92: Story, Memory with a capital M, and the =
start of
the Troubles
Simon Prince, QUB

ADMISSION FREE

Seminars will be held in the Institute of Irish Studies, Seminar Room 1,
First Floor, 53-67 University Road, 1.00 -2.00pm


Further details can be obtained from the Institute of Irish Studies: 028
90973386
Please check website for last minute changes:

http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/Research/SeminarProgramm=
es/

If you have any additional requirements regarding access or facilities
please contact the above number so that arrangements can be made.

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In Search of the Lace Curtain: Residential Mobility,
Class Transformation, and Everyday Practice...
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This latest article by Willie Jenkins will interest many Ir-D members -
Buffalo, women, novels, lace curtains...

P.O'S.

In Search of the Lace Curtain: Residential Mobility, Class Transformation,
and Everyday Practice among Buffalo's Irish, 1880-1910

William Jenkins
York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, wjenkins[at]yorku.ca

This article addresses social and spatial aspects of intraethnic identity
transitions within an American city between 1880 and 1910. Set within a
theoretical framework that views urban spaces as social and cultural
creations that in turn affect the construction of identities, it focuses on
Irish Catholic immigrants and their descendants in Buffalo, New York.
Evidence is initially presented on their intergenerational residential
movements within the city at a time of widening social distinctions and
occupational mobility. This is then supplemented by material from more
qualitative sources, chiefly a diocesan newspaper and an "urban-ethnic
novel." While Irish American popular culture drew broad lines between
working-class "shanty" lifestyles and those of a more respectable
"lace-curtain" middle class during this era, the Buffalo evidence
demonstrates these categories to be overdrawn and of almost caricature
quality. In bringing the upwardly mobile portion of the group into focus,
however, the article considers not simply the occupational characteristics
of moving households and their destinations but also the sources and effects
of place-based imaginations within the city and the relatively neglected
roles of homes as sites of socialization and identity negotiation within
Catholic parishes. Pursuing these latter lines of inquiry also enriches
understandings of the place of women in the process of Irish American social
mobility.

Key Words: Irish American . space . residence . religion . women

Journal of Urban History, Vol. 35, No. 7, 970-997 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0096144209347740

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Some of the earlier issues of Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd'hui, =
published by
Rodopi, have turned up on the Ingenta web site as FREE CONTENT...

Worth browsing...

P.O'S.


http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rodopi/sbta/2002/00000011/00000001

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rodopi/sbta;jsessionid=3Draeiqgptm2=
wd.al
ice


Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd'hui

Volume 14
AFTER BECKETT / D=92APRES BECKETT edited by Anthony Uhlmann, Sjef
Houppermans, Bruno Clement

Volume 13
Three Dialogues Revisited/Les Trois dialogues revisit=E9s. Edited by =
Marius
Buning

Volume 12
Pastiches, Parodies & Other Imitations/Pastiches, Parodies & Autres
Imitations. Edited by/edit=E9 par Marius Buning, Matthijs Engelberts & =
Sjef
Houppermans.

Volume 11
SAMUEL BECKETT: ENDLESSNESS IN THE YEAR 2000/FIN SANS FIN EN L=B4AN =
2000
edited by/=E9dit=E9 par Angela Moorjani and/et Carola Veit.

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CRBC-CEI
Call for Papers
Ireland and Victims: Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation?


An international conference to be held at the University of Rennes 2,
Brittany, France.
9-11 September 2010

Deadline for submissions: 28th February 2010

The Centre for Irish Studies based at the University of Rennes 2,
France, is soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary conference,
which will run from 9th-11th September 2010.
2009 has been marked by the publication on the island of Ireland of
two high-profile reports on very different aspects of victims. The
publication of the final Ryan Report on institutional abuse in the
Republic, and the Eames / Bradley report from the Consultative Group
on the Past set up in 2007 by the then Secretary of State for Northern
Ireland, Peter Hain, to ?find a way out of the shadows of the past?
have both sparked heated debate in academic and non-academic circles,
in Ireland and abroad.
In the run-up to and following the Good Friday Agreement, the issue of
how to address the grievances, demands and needs of victims of the 30
year conflict has proved highly sensitive, due to differing
perceptions of who the victims really are, of how best to approach
their needs, with some quarters even questioning the wisdom of
?stirring up? the past. Indeed, the steady stream of reports and
commissions investigating the victims of the Troubles is indicative of
the difficulty in reaching consensus on the most appropriate way(s) to
deal with the legacy of the past in order to provide for a more serene
future.

Patricia Lundy and Mark McGovern outline three distinct threads in
dealing with the past in post-conflict transformation today, all
concerned with key concepts of truth, justice, memory and healing:

?The therapeutic, archival and judicial imperatives can be taken as
defining the logic of post-conflict memory work today. They also
establish the, at times, contradictory, ends of truth recovery
processes: to find ?healing? for victims by giving them a public
voice; to re-write the record of the conflict and establish a new,
potentially shared narrative of the past; and to revisit past
injustice in order to establish an accountable, rights-based regime in
the future.? .

In a broader perspective, Ireland?s past and collective memories are
etched with examples of victims, victimhood, and victimisation: the
Famine victims, those who have become martyrs or heroes in both
nationalist and unionist narratives of the past, victims of the siege
of Derry, the Easter Rising, the battle of the Somme, Bloody Sunday,
the Hunger strikes and more recently, those groups left out of the
economic boom, and victims of the growing fear of otherness which
manifests itself in racism and hate crime.

It would now seem an opportune moment to devote a conference to this
general thematic in an Irish context.

We are particularly interested in hearing papers on :
-differing perceptions and definitions of victims and victimhood,
-the plight of victims,
-the reluctance of the State and other parties to delve into the past,
-the input of civic society in representing victims,
-revisiting past wrongs to move forward in the future,
-closure and victims as survivors,
-conflict transformation and peace-building,
-the portrayal of victims in literature, film and the arts

The cross-disciplinary nature of Irish Studies provides a wide range
of approaches from which to examine victims and victimhood. We welcome
submissions for 20-minute papers in English (preferably) or French
from numerous areas including Conflict and Peace Studies, Victims
studies, Law and Human Rights, History, Politics, Comparative
Analysis, Sociology, Psychology, Cultural Studies, Migration Studies,
Literature, Media and Film Studies, Visual Arts, Performing Arts...

We plan to publish a selection of papers in a special edition of the
Re-imagining Ireland series edited by Dr. Eamon Maher (Director,
National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, Dublin).

Keynote Speakers
Keynote speakers confirmed to date:
Professor Marianne Elliott, O.B.E., F.B.A., Director of the Institute
of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool
Patricia MacBride, Commissioner for Victims and Survivors
Rita Duffy, visual artist

Paper Submission

Please submit your proposals (title and 300-word maximum abstract) by
28th February to Dr Lesley Lelourec, copying in Dr. Grainne
O?Keeffe-Vigneron with your institutional address.

lesley.lelourec[at]univ-rennes2.fr

grainne.o-keeffe[at]univ-rennes2.fr

Practical Details

Travel and accommodation details, as well as a registration form, will
be circulated in the Spring.

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The web site of the journal Cycnos has become more visible, and there =
are
many things there that will interest Ir-D members.

http://revel.unice.fr/cycnos/index.html

As I understand it some of the earlier issues have now been published
online, and often you find the full text of articles available, as web =
pages
AND - very useful - as pdf downloads.

The available issues are in a column on the right.

I would draw especial attention to...

Volume 10 n=B02 =C0 quoi jouent les Irlandais ? -
- juin 1993
Online 16 juin 2008

http://revel.unice.fr/cycnos/sommaire.html?id=3D1320


Volume 15 n=B02 Irlande - Exils.

Actes du colloque de la Soci=E9t=E9 fran=E7aise d'=E9tudes irlandaises, =
Nice 20-21
mars 1998
Sous la direction de Monique Gallagher
Online 9 juillet 2008

http://revel.unice.fr/cycnos/sommaire.html?id=3D1554

This includes Richard Deutsch, La diaspora irlandaise et l=92Internet, =
which
in 1998 outlined what has since become a major area of study.

See also
Vincent Hernot, La diaspora dans les discours de Mary Robinson.

But you can find a study of almost any writer you are interested in. In
other issues there are very good studies - for example a good study of =
Swift
by Timothy Mcloughlin in Issue 6, or Marie-No=EBlle Zeender on Sydney =
Owenson,
Lady Morgan, in Issue 19.

I have always enjoyed the different approach you get from scholars of =
'Irish
Studies' based in mainland Europe. It is almost as if they speak =
another
language.

P.O'S.

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Subject: TOC DQR Studies in Literature,
Sub-Versions Trans-National Readings of Modern Irish Literature
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This Special Issue of DQR Studies in Literature, edited by Ciaran Ross, =
has
turned up in our alerts.

P.O'S.


DQR Studies in Literature

ISSN 0921-2507, Online ISSN: 0921-2507
=20
Publisher: Rodopi

Sub-Versions Trans-National Readings of Modern Irish Literature. Edited =
by
Ciaran Ross=20

Foreword by Declan Kiberd

Acknowledgements=20
pp. vii-vii(1)=20
Author: Ross, Ciaran

Foreword=20
pp. ix-xii(1)=20
Author: Kiberd, Declan

Introduction=20
pp. 1-26(26)=20
Author: Ross, Ciaran

The Wisdom of Experience: Patrick MacGill's Irishness Reassessed=20
pp. 29-52(24)=20
Author: Phillips, Terry

Irish Man, No Man, Everyman: Subversive Redemption in Sebastian =
Barry's
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty=20
pp. 53-64(12)=20
Author: Seree-Chaussinand, Christelle

Transgressive and Subversive: Flann O'Brien's Tales of the In-Between=20
pp. 65-85(21)=20
Author: Coulouma, Flore

Down-and-outs, Subways and Suburbs: Sub-Versions in Robert McLiam =
Wilson's
Ripley Bogle and Colum McCann's This Side of Brightness=20
pp. 87-100(14)=20
Author: Mianowski, Marie

Gender Trouble in Contemporary Irish Fiction=20
pp. 101-121(21)=20
Author: Mikowski, Sylvie

Refutation, Reversal, or Subversion? Forms of Negativity in the Work =
of
W.B. Yeats=20
pp. 125-144(20)=20
Author: Bonafous-Murat, Carle

Contemporary Irish Poetry at a Tangent=20
pp. 145-159(15)=20
Author: Grgas, Stipe

Paul Durcan's Unsettled Poetry=20
pp. 161-177(17)=20
Author: Goarzin, Anne

Acutely Discomforting: Subversive Representation in Paul Muldoon's =
Poetry=20
pp. 179-196(18)=20
Author: Schneider, Florence

=93On the Black Road Home=94: Re-radicalizing Beckett's Irish =
Protestant
Legacy (A Re-reading of All That Fall)=20
pp. 199-217(19)=20
Author: Ross, Ciaran

The Native Quarter: The Hyphenated-Real - The Drama of Martin McDonagh =

pp. 219-242(24)=20
Author: Jordan, Eamonn

Postcolonial Sub-versions of Europe: Brian Friel's Fathers and Sons=20
pp. 243-263(21)=20
Author: Balogh, Andrea P.

Contesting and Reversing Gender Stereotypes in Three Plays by =
Contemporary
Irish Women Writers=20
pp. 265-286(22)=20
Authors: Kurdi, M=E1ria

Index=20
pp. 287-299(13)

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The Stowe Missal has turned up in our references a number of times - =
most
recently in 2005.

It seems right to remind Ir-D members of these links...

There is a description of it and an outline of its history on the R.I.A. =
web
site...

http://www.ria.ie/library+catalogue/stowe_missal.html

A link takes you to, after a bit of twiddling, to the Irish Script On =
Screen
site, where you can see the actual pages of the Missal, and other =
wonders...

http://www.isos.dias.ie/

The Stowe Missal has become a central text for the various proponents =
and
variations of 'Celtic Christianity'. And there are certainly issues =
there
to consider. But see, more soberly...

KERRY AND STOWE REVISITED

By J.W. HUNWICKE

http://www.ria.ie/publications/journals/ProcCI/2002/PC02/102C01a.html

http://www.ria.ie/publications/journals/ProcCI/2002/PC02/PDF/102C01.pdf

On The R.I.A. web site...

This new article, below, by Brendan Coffey attempts to address one of =
the
core issues in discussion of the Stowe Missal, its singularity, its
one-ness, and tries to find for it a wider context.


P.O'S.


The Stowe Enigma: Decoding the Mystery

Brendan Coffey
Glenstal Abbey, Ireland, brendan[at]glenstal.org

The Stowe Missal is something of an enigma for the modern scholar. In
attempting to decode this enigma, we discover that two avenues of
investigation open up before us. We can treat the Stowe Missal as the
exemplar of a Celtic liturgical tradition, but we are hampered in this
approach by the fact that Stowe is a lone example of this tradition.
Alternatively, we can examine this missal as an insular example in the =
wider
western liturgical tradition and see what this has to tell us about the
liturgical practice of the ninth-century Irish Church. This is the =
approach
adopted in this article.

Key Words: C=E9li D=E9 =95 Celtic Church =95 liturgical reform =95 =
liturgy


Irish Theological Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 1, 75-91 (2010)
DOI: 10.1177/0021140009343369

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we're Irish!': Oral histories and the discursive construction of
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This is a very substantial and impressive piece of work which uses its oral
history interviews to explore two major research areas: attempts to forge
link between scholars of linguistics and scholars of oral history, and the
long history of Canadian immigrant policy.

Looking at that first point - I have long been perturbed that some
approaches to oral history assume a linguistic simplicity, and I think
Jennifer Clary-Lemon is very useful there. She does not mention Philip
Ullah, but I think it worth noting that there is almost a little tradition
of helpful scholars of rhetoric looking at Irish diaspora identities.

P.O'S.


'We're not ethnic, we're Irish!': Oral histories and the discursive
construction of immigrant identity

Jennifer Clary-Lemon
University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, j.clary-lemon[at]uwinnipeg.ca

This article examines how national and immigrant identities are discursively
constructed through the use of oral histories, using a corpus of 15
oral-history interviews (25 hours of transcribed talk) collected from
members of the Irish Association of Manitoba. Using a simplified
discourse-historical approach, the analysis focuses on content, constructive
strategies of assimilation and dissimilation, and the linguistic means by
which those strategies are achieved, using Wodak et al.'s (1999) framework
from an in-depth study of Austrian discourse and identity. While analysis of
participants' discourse about identity echoed much of the current
theoretical knowledge available about identity - that it is a discursive
construction revealed in narratives, that it is provisional and negotiated
with others - the analysis also showed that for specific subgroups such as
immigrants, identity construction is context-dependent, particularly for
diasporic groups.

Key Words: Canadian identity . Canadian multiculturalism . deixis . diaspora
. discourse-historical analysis . immigrant identity . Irish identity .
narrative identity . oral history

Discourse & Society, Vol. 21, No. 1, 5-25 (2010)
DOI: 10.1177/0957926509345066

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The Sixth Galway Conference on Colonialism, 24th -26th June 2010
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Education and Empire
The Sixth Galway Conference on Colonialism=20

National University of Ireland, Galway
24th -26th June 2010

Continuing in the tradition of Colonialism Conferences at NUI Galway, we =
are
delighted to announce that the sixth conference in the series =96 =
Education
and Empire =96 will take place in Galway from 24th to 26th June 2010.

The aim of this interdisciplinary conference is to explore the role of
education in shaping, promoting, and challenging imperial and colonial
ideologies, institutions and processes throughout the modern world. We
invite papers from every discipline and suggested topics may be found in =
the
Call for Papers.

Since this conference is being in part funded through a grant provided =
by
the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences to an
inter-university group to explore the relationship between empire and =
higher
education in Ireland, a strand of the conference will explore the
particularity of Irish institutions of higher education in shaping the =
above
processes, and of the role of higher education in shaping Ireland=92s
ambiguous coloniality.

Details regarding registration and reserved accommodation will be posted
soon, and general practical information about accommodation and =
transport is
available at links on this website. Participants are responsible for the
conference fee (amount to be confirmed) and the cost of their travel and
accommodation.

We look forward to welcoming back old friends to Galway and meeting new
ones.

Fiona Bateman and Muireann O=92Cinn=E9ide

Please address any queries to us at educationandempire[at]nuigalway.ie

PLENARY SPEAKERS

It is our pleasure to confirm Professor John Coolahan, Professor Sanjay
Seth, Goldsmiths, University of London, and Professor Gauri Viswanathan,
Columbia University, New York, as the plenary speakers.

=20

Previous Colonialism conferences at NUI Galway:
Gender and Colonialism 14th-17th May 1992
Culture and Colonialism 22nd-25th June 1995
Defining Colonies 17th-20th June1999
India and Ireland 2nd-5th June 2004
Settler Colonialism 27th-30th June 2007

Publications
Timothy P. Foley, Lionel Pilkington, Sean Ryder and Elizabeth Tilley =
(eds),
Gender and Colonialism. Galway University Press: 1995.

M=E1ire N=ED Fhlath=FAin (ed), The Legacy of Colonialism: Gender and =
Cultural
Identity in Postcolonial Societies. Galway University Press: 1998.

Terrence McDonough (ed), Was Ireland A Colony? Economics, Politics and
culture in Nineteenth Century Ireland. Irish Academic Press: 2005.

Tadhg Foley and Maureen O=92Connor (eds), Ireland and India: Colonies, =
Culture
and Empire. Irish Academic Press: 2006.

Fiona Bateman and Lionel Pilkington (eds), Studies in Settler =
Colonialism.
Palgrave Macmillan: forthcoming.

SOURCE
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=3D80

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.A. in Irish/Modern History
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY for UK/EU and OVERSEAS STUDENTS=20
=A0
Queen=92s University Belfast =96 Masters degrees in Ancient, Modern and =
Irish
History; Irish Studies; Social Anthropology; Cognition and Culture
=A0
APPLY BEFORE MARCH 26th, 2010
=A0
In 2010, we will be offering up to five scholarships for EU/Overseas
candidates.
=A0
In addition, Queen's is approved by the US Department of Education for
participation in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programme, a
source of loan funding for US applicants to our postgraduate programmes.
More information at:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/mrc/DomesticandInternationalRecruitment=
/In
ternationalOffice/usloans/guidelines.htm

Queen=92s University Belfast has one-year masters programmes in Irish, =
Ancient
and Modern History, Irish Studies, Social Anthropology, and Cognition =
and
Culture. We have a concentration of research-active Irish historians
unparalleled in the UK and amongst the best in Ireland.=20
=A0
A new strand in Modern History called =91British Intelligence History=92 =
is
coordinated by Professor Keith Jeffery who is writing the official =
history
of MI6.=20
=A0
A list of available funding for Masters and PhD programmes can be found =
on
our website at www.qub.ac.uk/historyandanthropology=20
=A0
Applications will be accepted until August 1, 2010 for admission in
September 2010 but ONLY STUDENTS WHO APPLY BEFORE MARCH 26 WILL BE =
ELIGIBLE
FOR THESE COMPETITIVE BURSARIES.
=A0
For more information about studying at Queens, please contact Catherine
Boone at c.boone[at]qub.ac.uk=20
=A0
School of History and Anthropology website:
www.qub.ac.uk/historyandanthropology=20
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This article has appeared in the latest issue of Historical Geography...

"By a Thousand Ingenious Feminine Devices": The Ladies' Land League and the
Development of Irish Nationalism
Adrian Mulligan

Historical Geography
Volume 37 . 2009
Making Places, Molding Memories

Historical Geography has just moved to a new web site
www.historical-geography.net

Jamie Winders
Historical Geography Specialty Group
Chair Editorial Board
The Maxwell School
Syracuse University

Suggests we keep an eye on the web site... 'be sure to check out the site
periodically. Very soon, we will upload pdfs of previous articles...'

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Bath as Spa and Bath as Slum: The Social History of a Victorian
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Many Ir-D members will be interested in this new book by Graham Davis.

Graham's earlier works includes

Davis, Graham. The Irish in Britain, 1815-1914. Dublin: Gill and =
Macmillan,
1991.

And

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

This new book deals with his other interest, the study of his beloved =
city
of Bath. But the book places itself within that whole discourse of the
nineteenth century city, specially 'the slum' - and of course there is a
chapter on the Irish in Bath.

I wrote the Foreword for this book. I'll see if I can put the text of =
the
Foreword on our web site.

The pricing of this book seems all over the place. If you register on =
the
web site you can get a reduced price. And then I have a pdf flyer - =
which I
can email to anyone who wants it - that seems to bring the basic price =
down
to 39.95 dollars.

Graham Davis has already made significant contributions to our own =
field,
Irish Diaspora Studies. This book is a very significant contribution to =
his
other, but linked, area of study. We send him our congratulations.

P.O'S.

http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=3D7929&pc=3D9


Bath as Spa and Bath as Slum: The Social History of a Victorian City
Davis, Graham

Description
This is an intensively researched study that examines the history of =
Bath
and makes a contribution to an understanding of the way urban =
communities
worked. The rhetoric of the city and the slum are both challenged and =
the
interconnections between them examined in detailed case studies. In =
reality,
the municipal politics of Bath, particularly in the field of sanitary
provision, was shaped by competing attitudes to the poor of the Avon =
Street
district. This book contains seven color photographs and eight black and
white photographs.=20

Reviews
=93Graham Davis=92s book thus also takes its place amongst studies of =
local
nineteenth municipal politics =96 showing not so much a unique city =
learning
how to be ordinary, but the ordinariness of city life, in the nineteenth
century and in our own times, demanding a dialogue with the city=92s
uniqueness.=94 =96 Patrick O=92Sullivan, University of Bradford=20

=93His exploration of the slum is a masterly exercise in historical =
recovery
that tears down many myths and stereotypes. He treats the inhabitants of =
the
Avon Street district with a welcome respect. He has a great deal of =
interest
to say about the Irish living in the city. Moreover, he successfully
establishes that Avon Street had its own elite, made up of publicans,
shopkeepers and master craftsmen.=94 =96 Prof. John Newsinger, Bath Spa
University=20

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations=09
List of Tables=09
List of Maps=09
Foreword by Patrick O=92Sullivan=09
Acknowledgements

PART I

Introduction=09
1. The Genteel Image of Victorian Bath
The Selling Of Victorian Bath=09
Population=09
Social Structure
Politics=09
2. The Reputation of the Avon Street District
A Tour of the Avon Street District=09
The Battleground of Public Health
Inside & Outside Perspectives
Political Symbolism
3. The Social Structure of Avon Street=09
An Irish Colony & Lodging House District
A Ruling Elite
Education & Social Aspiration=09

PART II

4. Dirt, Disease and Death=09
Sanitary Provision
Mortality Rates=09
5. Public Health and Public Relations
The Avon Street Lodging-house Scandal
6. The Wants of Bath=09
Appendices=09
Bibliography=09
Index=20

ISBN10: 0-7734-3788-6 ISBN13: 978-0-7734-3788-3 Pages: 392 =
Year:
2010 =20

Subject Areas: Class Studies, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland - =
History,
Ethnic and Immigrant Studies,=20

Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press=20

USA List Price: $119.95 UK List Price: =A3 74.95 =20

Discounts: Discounts are available. Please Register, or if you have =
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The UK National Archives is putting more and more material online.

I have pasted in below the link to The Cabinet Papers 1915-1978 Online, plus
an extract and link to a review of this web site by the Institute of
Historical Research.

This resource will interest a number of I-D members. I always have mixed
feelings about these resources, because the pattern in the UK is that you
quickly meet some sort of pay per view/download gateway. However I was able
to access some Cabinet Papers without paying.

The Review by Michael F. Hopkins is helpful, in explaining what can and
cannot be expected from these Cabinet Papers - terse is the word.

There are various study guides - mostly aimed at school students, I think.
Ireland is not mentioned - but Newfoundland is.

While you are there look around the rest of the UK National Archives web
site. It is getting a bit cluttered and confusing - but at least it is
happening.

P.O'S.

The Cabinet Papers 1915-1978 Online

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/default.htm?WT.ac=Cabinet%2
0Papers%20Home

REVIEW
Website:
The Cabinet Papers 1915-1978 Online
(http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers)
Reviewer:
Michael F. Hopkins
University of Liverpool

Review
In December 1916 the new British prime minister, David Lloyd George, sought
to overcome the problems of waging the First World War through an unwieldy
Cabinet by establishing a smaller, streamlined mechanism, the War Cabinet.
He also set up a secretariat, the cabinet office, which would be overseen by
the cabinet secretary, Maurice Hankey, and his deputy, Tom Jones. On 9
December 1916 Jones took the notes for the first ever Cabinet minutes.(1)
Thereafter, there would be typed (and later printed) agendas, minutes of
meetings and memoranda for discussion at each Cabinet. Despite the
resistance of other parts of Whitehall, and Sir Warren Fisher's treasury in
particular, the Cabinet Office survived the fall of Lloyd George from power
in 1922 and continues to this day.

The cabinet is at the apex of the British governmental system - argument
continues about its position since 1997. Its records offer a clear picture
of the main lines of British government policy on both domestic and foreign
affairs. All the great decisions came to cabinet: only rarely did the prime
minister avoid bringing a topic there. The minutes of these meetings provide
vital indications of what issues reached the cabinet. The memoranda
circulated for discussion contain assessments of issues and policy proposals
that tell us something about government and departmental thinking. The
frequency with which certain topics were discussed and the length of such
discussions are important measures of their significance. These records,
however, have a clinical quality that does not, in general, convey the tone
of the meetings and the importance attached to particular agenda items. Nor
do they usually capture the play of debate, reverting invariably to the
formula that discussion ensued on a number of aspects of the topic. More
valuable for those who want to track the views of individuals and the more
precise points made in debate are the handwritten records of successive
cabinet secretaries who then had to condense them into versions that became
the printed minutes. Even these records, however, can be terse...

Full text at

http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/hopkinsm.html

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LSE 13-15th April 2010 - Programme and Registration
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Below, a message from the organisers of the Association for the Study of
Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) Conference.

'Must nations have 'founding fathers', and nationalist movements =
charismatic
leaders? Does nationalism differ in this respect from any other mass
movement? If nationalism is a species of secular religion, is it also
therefore a cult of the hero or heroine? How important is leadership for =
the
national cause, and what are its effects for good or ill? These are some =
of
the questions which the ASEN's 20th Anniversary Conference seeks to
address.'

I see that 3 papers specifically mention Ireland, 2 of them in a =
comparative
context.

Dr. Daphne Halikiopoulou=20
External Threat Perceptions in Church Discourse: charisma and =
nationalist=20
mobilisation in greece and the republic of ireland=20

Kati Nurmi=20
Charismatic Nationalism and National Narrative in Ireland and Finn land =
at
the Turn of the Twentieth Century=20

Dr. Kris Brown=20
The Charisma of the Dead? - Iconographies, Identity and Transitional
Politics in Northern Ireland=20

P.O'S.

________________________________________

Dear Friends of ASEN,
=A0
We are delighted to inform you that the preliminary conference programme =
for
=91Nation and Charisma=92 is now available to view at
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/annual_conference.html
The conference will take place at the London School of Economics on =
13-15th
April 2010 and we sincerely hope that you will be joining us to =
celebrate
ASEN=92s 20th Anniversary!
=A0
We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you that =
registration
for the conference and the dinner are now also open online:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/ConfRegOnline2010.html
=A0
We look forward to seeing you, and please do not hesitate to contact us
should you have any queries.=20
=A0
With best wishes,
=A0
Vivian and Margit=20
=A0
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Margit Wunsch and Dr. Vivian Ibrahim
ASEN 2010 Conference co-Chairs=20
=A0
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Forwarded on behalf of...
Dr Eamonn Hughes
e.hughes[at]qub.ac.uk
________________________________________
Subject: Newton International Fellowships

We've just received the following information which looks like a very =
good
opportunity for intending non-UK postdocs (especially in these =
cash-strapped
days).=A0 If anyone who is thinking about applying for this wants to =
discuss
the fit between their project and the School of English/Seamus Heaney =
Centre
for Poetry or the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University, =
Belfast
I'd be happy to answer any queries sent via e.hughes[at]qub.ac.uk

Best
Eamonn



Dear Fellows,
The next round of the Newton International Fellowship scheme closes on 8
February 2010. The scheme, run by The British Academy, The Royal Academy =
of
Engineering and the Royal Society, aims to attract the world's best
postdoctoral researchers to UK Universities for two years.

The Fellowships cover the broad range of natural and social sciences,
engineering and the humanities and are open to early-stage postdoctoral
researchers who do not hold UK citizenship and are working outside the =
UK.
Fifty Fellowships are available per round and successful candidates will
receive an annual subsistence of =A324,000, up to =A38,000 for research
expenses, and a one-off payment of up to =A32,000 for relocation.
Newton Fellows may be eligible for follow-on funding of up to =A36,000 =
per
year for ten years, to help develop lasting international networks with =
the
UK.

Applications are invited for Fellowships starting in January 2011 and we =
are
especially keen to attract greater numbers of engineering applications.
We would be grateful for your help in promoting this scheme and to bring
this scheme to the attention of any colleagues who may be interested in
applying.=20
=A0
Apologies in advance for any duplicate mail-outs.
Newton Operations Team
www.newtonfellowships.org
=A0
=A0
--=20
Dr Eamonn Hughes
Senior Lecturer, Director of Education, School of English
Asst Director, Institute of Irish Studies

Postal Address:
School of English
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
N. Ireland

Tel.: +44 (0) 289097 3320/3319
Fax: +44 (0) 289031 4615
e.hughes[at]qub.ac.uk
www.qub.ac.uk/en

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/learning/getwritingni/events/bookofi=
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Abstract
Pacific Historical Review
November 2009, Vol. 78, No. 4, Pages 505=96544 , DOI =
10.1525/phr.2009.78.4.505
Posted online on October 27, 2009.
(doi:10.1525/phr.2009.78.4.505)

Anti-Catholicism and Race in Post-Civil War San Francisco
Joshua Paddison=9D

The author teaches for the American Cultures Studies program at Loyola
Marymount University.

In San Francisco during the 1870s, conflicts over public schools,
immigration, and the bounds of citizenship exacerbated long-simmering
tensions between Protestants and Catholics. A surging anti-Catholic =
movement
in the city=97never before studied by scholars=97marked Catholics as =
racially
and religiously inferior. While promising to unite, anti-Catholicism
actually exposed splits within Protestant San Francisco as it became
utilized by opposing sides in debates over the place of racially marked
groups in church and society. Considered neither fully white nor fully
Christian, many Irish Catholics in turn demonized Chinese immigrants to
establish their own credentials as patriotic white Christians. By the =
early
1880s the rising anti-Chinese movement had eclipsed tensions between
Catholics and Protestants, creating new coalitions around Christian
whiteness rather than broad-based interracial Protestantism.

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Just to remind people, Translocations, is a freely available web =
journal...

Translocations=20
Migration and Social Change=20
An Irish Inter-University Open Access E-Journal

http://www.translocations.ie/index.shtml

http://www.translocations.ie/volume_6_issue_1/index.shtml

I have pasted in, below, the TOC of the latest issue.

P.O'S.


Translocations
Current Issue
Volume 6 | issue 1 | Spring 2010
Guest Editor - Anne MacFarlane

EDITORIAL
Anne MacFarlane
Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
National University of Ireland, Galway

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
The Views and Experiences of Members of New Communities in Ireland:
Perspectives on Mental Health and Well-Being.
Richard Lakeman and Anne Matthews
School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland

Deficits in Health and Well-Being among Immigrant Children in Ireland: =
the
Explanatory Role of Social Capital=20
Michal Molcho, Colette Kelly and Saoirse Nic Gabhainn=20
Health Promotion Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, National
University of Ireland, Galway

Preparing Health Care Workers for a Bilingual and Multicultural Context:
Learning from an Undergraduate Speech and Language Therapy Programme
Jean Healy, Rena Lyons, Mary Pat O Malley and Stanislava Antonijevi=E6
Discipline of Speech and Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, =
NUI
Galway=20

Interpreters and Cultural Mediators - Different but Complementary Roles
Mayte C. Mart=EDn and Mary Phelan
Cultural Mediation Consultant; Lecturer, School of Applied Language and
Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University

PLATFORM
Female Genital Mutilation - the Work of AkiDwA
Siob=E1n O'Brien Green
Co-ordinator, Migrant Women's Health Project AkiDwA

Peer Health Workers in Direct Provision Accommodation Centres for Asylum
Seekers in Galway - an ERF Intercultural Health Project=20
Helen Bartlett
Galway Refugee Support Group=20

Realising a Right to Health through Health Advocacy: A Strategy to =
Improve
Access to Health Services among Ethnic Minorities
Tonya Myles
Community Development and Policy Coordinator, Cairde

Reflections on a Joint Initiative in Challenging Times from a Fellow in
Asylum Seeker and Refugee Healthcare =20
Hans-Olaf Pieper, Fellow in Asylum Seeker and Refugee Healthcare, =
Discipline
of General Practice, National University of Ireland, Galway
Full Text - Word | Full Text -PDF

Development and Implementation of the HSE National Intercultural Health
Strategy: Lessons Learned along the Way.
Diane Nurse=20
National Planning Specialist, Social InclusionIntegrated Services
Directorate, Health Service Executive

The use of Participatory Learning & Action (PLA) Research in =
Intercultural
Health: Some Examples and Some Questions.
Mary O'Reilly-de Br=FAn and Tomas de Br=FAn
Directors, Centre for Participatory Strategies, Galway

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Book Review - some extracts, below...

Journal of Social History
Volume 43, Number 2, Winter 2009

E-ISSN: 1527-1897 Print ISSN: 0022-4529

DOI: 10.1353/jsh.0.0275
Reviewed by
Nancy LoPatin-Lummis
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Hunger. A Modern History. By James Vernon (Cambridge and London: Belknap
Press of Harvard University Press. 2007. xii plus 369 pp. $29.95).

Hunger has been omnipresent throughout human history. How it has been
viewed, understood, judged and prevented have, however, changed in the
modern age. According to this new history on the subject by James Vernon,
from the middle of the nineteenth century, hunger, as a concept, changed
from "part of God's divine plan or the necessary sign of an individual's
moral failure to learn the virtue of labor" (p. 2) to a social problem
reflecting the failure of economic systems and political policies. How this
transformation occurred and the implications of it for the hungry, is at the
core of this extremely interesting and compelling historical narrative.

Vernon begins with the Malthusian explanation for the problems of hunger in
the new industrial world of Britain and its expanding Empire in the late
eighteenth century. But the notion that hunger and hunger alone would teach
people obedience and industry was challenged by criticism from the
evangelicals and others that hunger was the problem, not the solution to
issues of morality and the moral economy. Hunger became seen as a social
problem resulting from legislative policy like the New Poor Law. As the
realities of hunger and poor [End Page 474] relief were publicized in the
press, photography and popular literature, the hungry were seen as
sympathetic figures rather than "architects of their own misery" (p.39).

Once the hungry were made human, feeding them became a litmus test for the
British government. Hunger, therefore, became intertwined in politics. For
nationalists and critics of the British imperial reign, hunger reflected the
incompetence and/or racist policies of the Empire. In Ireland, famine was
explained as a man-made policy of Anglo-Irish landlords, bureaucrats, and
politicians who were motivated by self-interest, efficiency and hatred of
the Irish Catholic poor. In India, famine reflected colonial incompetence at
moving resources and intentionally pauperizing labor to keep the commercial
classes profitable. Force-feeding the hunger-striking suffragettes was a
different kind of political test for the British government, one in which
intolerance for what contemporaries labeled "unconstitutional" treatment of
women, was unacceptable. Asquith's Liberal government and its authoritarian
actions of force-feeding was no better than the harshest of monarchical and
military regimes. For the government to let people starve was inexcusable.
For the government to authorize physical force in order to feed those who
chose hunger as a tool of political protest was equally bad. Hunger and
morality were intertwined and the British government looked for new ways to
depoliticize solutions to the humanitarian problem...

...The hungry marches of the National Unemployed Workers Movement and others
in the 1930s made the issue undeniable and unhidden. No longer isolated in
the slums or hidden in foreign lands, the slow starvation of neighbors and
fellow citizens changed how people and politicians viewed hunger. The
elimination of it became seen as a social right of all British subjects.
Education programs and nutritional standards were one thing, but when
unemployed men who had no means with which to buy any food at all, marched
down the streets of London, asking their government for work and for help,
the humanitarian, scientific and political understandings of hunger were all
immediately transformed into a new national political will. The political
response to hunger was now firmly part of the social democratic welfare
programs of the post-war era with government ministries, private agencies,
nutritional scientists, educators, and labor movements, all playing their
role in ending it. Vernon does a masterful job showing the evolution of both
the understanding and misunderstanding of hunger as a political issue, one
which has never been solved to everyone's satisfaction, but one in which
this book can only help those who read it to shape new solutions to the
still-existent problems connected to hunger in the world today.

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From: Laura Izarra [mailto:lizarra[at]usp.br]=20
=A0
Rubber, the Amazon and the Atlantic World 1870-1914
ROGER CASEMENT

=A023-24 August 2010

VENUE: Federal University of the Amazon, Brazil

The Federal University of the Amazon (UFAM), the Brazilian Association =
of
Irish Studies (ABEI) and the W.B.Yeats Chair of Irish Studies of the
University of S=E3o Paulo will hold an international interdisciplinary
symposium in Manaus in August 2010. Taking as its focus the Amazon =
voyage of
Roger Casement, into the Upper Amazon in 1910, the conference organizers
welcome papers that consider trans-Atlantic relations, borders, =
diasporas,
modernity, indigenous rights, the history of the rubber boom and travel
writing in the geographical dimension of the Amazon.

The scope of the conference is not limited by region or language and the
following speakers have already agreed to deliver keynote addresses:

- Angus Mitchell (Historian and editor of The Amazon Journal of Roger
Casement)
- Jordan Goodman (University College London and author of The Devil and =
Mr
Casement)
- Juan Alvaro Echeverri (University of Colombia)
- Waldir Freitas Oliveira (Federal University of Bahia)
- Maureen Murphy (Hofstra University, New York)
- Aur=E9lio Michiles (film-maker)
- Milton Hatoum (writer)
=20
Please send an abstract of 200 words by email to
abeibrasil[at]yahoo.com.br
and include brief biodata, a full address, institutional affiliation, =
day
telephone, fax and email address. Abstracts may be submitted in English,
Portuguese or Spanish and should be sent no later than 16 June 2010.

The conference will take place in the city of Manaus, Amazon, Brazil. If =
you
wish to attend the symposium without presenting a paper, please register =
by
10 August 2010.=20
=A0
Organisers:=20
Laura P.Z. Izarra (USP/W.B.Yeats Chair of Irish Studies/ABEI), Angus
Mitchell and Luiz Bitton Telles da Rocha (UFAM)

www.freewebs.com/irishstudies

=A0