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Subject: Article,
Identity Crisis: Rudyard Kipling's Kim - A Postcolonial
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Epiphany is a refereed semi annual journal and a publication of Faculty of
Arts and Social Sciences of International University of Sarajevo. The
journal started its publication in 2008.

The journal is freely available at its web site and is indexed through the
DOAJ.

This article in the latest issue will interest a certain coterie of Irish
Diaspora list members. The 'Irish' element is very small, and the article
is perhaps most useful as an exploration of ambivalence about the novel,
especially within India. The article is quite fiercely anti-Kim, and is a
bit uneven - I am not sure, for example, that putting 'scare quotes' around
the word 'genetics' deals adequately with issues raised by the use of that
word.

P.O'S.


Title: Identity Crisis: Rudyard Kipling's Kim - A Postcolonial Perspective
Author: Ahmad Abu Baker

Abstract: This paper highlights the problematics of identity formation
in a colonial framework as embodied in Rudyard Kipling's Kim in which he
supports the presence of the Raj in British India. The article examines
Kim's identity crisis; his constant process of redefining and rethinking his
identity (a British, an Irish, an Indian, a native, a coloniser, etc.), his
confusing amorphous physical characterization, his ambivalent relationship
with natives and colonizers, and his Hamlet-like indecision. Further, the
article examines the influence of genetics on Kim's final decision and tries
to explain the ramifications of the decision and foregrounds it in Kipling's
own imperial interests in India.
Journal: Epiphany
Issn: 18403719
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Year: 2009
Volume:
Issue: 3
pages/rec.No: 81-104
Key words

http://www.ius.edu.ba:8080/epiphany/index.php?journal=epiphany&page=index

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The latest issue of Industrial Archaeology Review
Volume 31
Number 2, November 2009=09
Is a special issue
The Archaeology of the Mill

The editor's Introduction mentions '...a charming but archaeologically
utterly unreliable Irish tradition which has Cormac Mac Airt sending to =
Alba
(Britain) for a millwright to save his mistress Ci=E1rnait the labour of
grinding at a quern...'

Anyway... The special issue includes this article...

Water-Power as a Factor of Industrial Location in Early Medieval =
Ireland:
The Environment of the Early Irish Water Mill
Author: Rynne, Colin
Source: Industrial Archaeology Review, Volume 31, Number 2, November =
2009 ,
pp. 85-95(11)
Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:
It has long been known that certain water-powered mill sites, owing to =
the
suitability of their water supply, have continued in use since the later
medieval period. But when, exactly, did medieval millwrights begin to =
make
empirical observations on the efficacy of a particular source of =
hydro-power
and, indeed, on the very site of the mill itself? In the present paper,
important new archaeological evidence from early medieval Ireland (c. AD
600-1100), is used to demonstrate that conscious decisions on the =
location
of mills employing various types of freshwater and estuarine supplies =
were
already being made by the early decades of the 7th century AD. =
Furthermore,
not only were increasingly more challenging locations being adapted for =
use
by early medieval Irish millwrights, but the availability of water-power =
had
already become an important factor in the choice of site for larger
monasteries.

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Subject: Article,
`The Rebels Turkish Tyranny': Understanding Sexual Violence in
Ireland during the 1640s
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Just to note...

This article by Dianne Hall and Elizabeth Malcolm, mentioned in the earlier
Ir-D discussion of the 1641 Depositions Project, has now been published and
has turned up in our alerts.

`The Rebels Turkish Tyranny': Understanding Sexual Violence in Ireland
during the 1640s
Authors: Hall, Dianne1; Malcolm, Elizabeth1
Source: Gender & History, Volume 22, Number 1, April 2010 , pp. 55-74(20)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:
This article analyses gendered violence both in the testimonies of English
Protestant settlers displaced during the 1641 Irish rebellion and in the
pamphlets written shortly afterwards. It argues that, given the settlers'
anxiety to highlight their vulnerability and innocence in the face of
perceived native Irish barbarism, sexual violence with its suggestions of
possible female acquiescence or complicity had an insecure place in their
testimonies. Yet contemporary pamphlet writers described the rape of
Protestant women as widespread and indiscriminate, using such narratives to
question the masculinity of Catholic Irish men. By investigating personal
testimonies of the sexual violence suffered by women, as well as the
subsequent use of such information in narratives sensationalising the ordeal
of Protestants in Ireland in 1641, the complex meanings attached to sexual
violence during the mid-seventeenth century can be better appreciated.

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Subject: 'Ethnicity,
Crime and Justice; Contemporary and Historical Perspectives'
Conference, 8 & 9 June 2010, The Open University, Walton Hall
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From: Jim McAuley [mailto:j.w.mcauley[at]hud.ac.uk]

Subject: 'Ethnicity, Crime and Justice; Contemporary and Historical
Perspectives' Conference, 8 & 9 June 2010, The Open University, Walton Hall

Hi Paddy,

The final session may be of direct interest to some.

All best wishes,

Jim

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Please find attached details of the ICCCR Annual Conference, 8 & 9 June 2010
to be held at The Open University, Walton Hall. All details including
registration form are on the ICCCR website http://www.open.ac.uk/icccr/


PROGRAMME
Day 1: Tuesday 8 June
10:30 -10:45 Registration and tea/coffee on arrival
10:45 -11:00 Welcome by Peter King, Open University


11:00 -12:45 Session 1 'Starting Points and Overviews'
Colin Webster (Leeds Metropolitan University) 'New
Directions in the Ethnicity, Crime and Justice Debate.'
Panikos Panayi (De Montfort University) 'Crime and
Ethnicity in Britain: an Historical Overview.'
12:45 -13:45 Lunch


13:45 -15:15 Session 2 'Policing'
Rene Levy (CESDIP) 'Stops and Checks in Paris: A
Quantitative Observation of Ethnic Profiling.'
Kemi Rotimi (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)
'Hegemony Through the Back Door: Reactions to the Extension of Native
Authority Police Forces beyond the Centralised Hausa-Fulani State Systems in
Colonial Nigeria.'
15:15 -15:30 Tea break


15:30 -17:30 Session 3 'Prisons'
Chris Barnett-Page (NOMS and Open University)
'Understanding and Tackling Race Disproportion in Outcomes for Prisoners in
England and Wales.'
Malcolm Cowburn (Sheffield Hallam) and Victoria
Lavis (Bradford University) 'Resistance, Reluctance or Rejection: Theorising
BME Prisoner Non-participation in Prison Offending Behaviour Programmes.'
Coretta Phillips (London School of Economics) 'The
Dynamics of Ethnicity in the Late Modern Prison.'

Day 2: Wednesday 9 June
09:00 -11:00 Session 4 'Black Offenders/ Victims'
Martin Wiener (Rice University, Texas) 'What
Happened When White Men Killed "Black" Men in the Empire?'
John Carter Wood (Open University) 'Prejudice and
Practice. The Experience of Black Offenders and Victims in the Eighteenth
and Early Nineteenth Centuries'
Amanda Goodrich (Open University) 'Ethnicity,
Identity and the English Criminal Justice System in the 1790s: Henry Redhead
Yorke a Case Study.'
11:00 -11:15 Tea break


11:15 -13:15 Session 5 'Hate crime'
Paul Iganski (Lancaster University) 'Race Hate in
Europe: Still a "Rising Tide"?'
Kusminder Chahal (Open University) 'Race Attacks to
Hate Crimes; The Development of Definitions.'
Abe Sweiry (Lancaster University) 'The Everyday
Consequences of Hate crime for British Jews.'
13:15 -14:00 Lunch

14:00 -16:00 Final Session 'Irish and Jewish Offenders/ Victims'
Peter King (Open University) 'The Emergence of a
Criminal "other". The Irish and the English Criminal Justice System
1750-1830.'
Suki Haider (University of St Andrews) 'A Relative
Absence of Prejudice? Attitudes towards the Irish within the Criminal
Justice System in Dundee 1865-1925.'
Paul Knepper (Sheffield University) 'Perceptions of
"Jewish Criminality" in the Emergence of Crime as an International Problem
1881-1914.'

http://www.open.ac.uk/ccig/
http://www.open.ac.uk/icccr/

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I have forwarded to the Ir-D list information about
The O=92Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies
On behalf of=20
Angela Gehrig
Director, Academic Centre
St Mary's College and Newman College
Melbourne
http://www.academiccentre.stmarys.newman.unimelb.edu.au/

This will be only the second round of the fellowship. I am told the
standard of applications for the inaugural round last summer was =
encouraging
and 2 candidates were selected. There's an outline of their projects on

http://www.academiccentre.stmarys.newman.unimelb.edu.au/?page_id=3D237

The plan is that both will present papers on their fellowship research =
in
the second half of this year.

So, the structure is a bit like the Yeats chair in Brazil, or the =
visiting
scholar program at the Burns Library, Boston College.

Nicholas O'Donnell himself seems, in some ways, one of our archetypal =
Irish
Diaspora figures. I mean, things like his 'invention' of a form of
Irishness - and being wrong footed by Easter 1916 and the =
anti-conscription
crisis. There is a developing research literature about such figures - =
it
is a common diasporic pattern. I have pasted in, below, information =
from
the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

P.O'S.



O'Donnell, Nicholas Michael (1862 - 1920)

Birth:
9 June 1862, Bullengarook, Victoria, Australia
Death:
14 January 1920, Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

O'DONNELL, NICHOLAS MICHAEL (1862-1920), Irish nationalist and Gaelic
scholar, was born on 9 June 1862 at Bullengarook, Victoria, son of =
Michael
O'Donnell, farmer, and his wife Johanna, n=E9e Barry. Showing early =
scholarly
ability, he was sent to study at St Mary's, West Melbourne, in 1871. =
Next
year he returned to Gisborne with his widowed mother and brother David, =
but
in 1876 again set out for Melbourne, to complete his schooling at St
Patrick's College and to study medicine at the University of Melbourne
(M.B., 1884). On 30 December 1884 at St Francis' Church he married Mary =
Anne
Josephine Bruen. He established a medical practice in Victoria Street, =
North
Melbourne, the most Irish part of the city.

O'Donnell quickly became a central figure in the West Melbourne parish =
and a
participant in Catholic activities in the metropolis. But his greatest
devotion was to the cause of Irish nationalism, a commitment first fired =
at
university by a meeting with the ardent Irish nationalist Joseph Winter.
With the establishment in 1887 of the non-sectarian Celtic Club, of =
which he
was president in 1907-09, O'Donnell found a role in Home Rule affairs. =
He
became the key figure in the Irish National League of Victoria and its
successor in 1900, the United Irish League, their long-term president =
and
organizer of the many visits of Irish nationalists.

From the 1890s O'Donnell promoted Irish cultural activities. Almost =
alone at
first, he seized on the Irish cultural revival and battled to revive =
Gaelic
while the Irish-born in Victoria were dying out. His enthusiasm kept the
Gaelic League alive in Melbourne and he became one of Australia's
outstanding Gaelic scholars, writing extensively on Irish language and
politics in both Gaelic and English. His collection of Irish language =
books
is now held at Newman College, University of Melbourne. He was a keen
supporter of the Melbourne Irish Pipe Band and of an Irish National
Orchestra.

The Easter Rebellion of 1916 and the anti-conscription campaign undid =
most
of O'Donnell's lifelong efforts. O'Donnell and a few others remained =
loyal
to John Redmond and the old guard of the Home Rule movement while =
younger
Catholics in Melbourne clustered round Archbishop Daniel Mannix and the
fervent republicanism of Sinn Fein. The ensuing campaign for Irish
independence left O'Donnell stranded as the local tide of Celtic =
enthusiasm
swept past him and speedily destroyed most of the organizations for =
which he
had laboured. The Celtic Club, the U.I.L. and even his cherished Gaelic
clubs split over the national question. In 1919 he withdrew from public
Irish affairs and closed his surgery. He died of cerebral haemorrhage at =
his
daughter's Elsternwick home on 14 January 1920 and was buried with =
Catholic
rites in Melbourne general cemetery. His daughter, wife of Frank =
Brennan,
and three sons survived him.

O'Donnell was a founder and second president of the Australian Natives'
Association in North Melbourne and a councillor of the (Royal) Victorian
Historical Society. The drive with which he tackled Irish questions =
might in
different circumstances have been concentrated on these Australian
activities. Despite his blindness to the changes occurring in Ireland =
during
World War I, O'Donnell remains a towering figure in Australian Irish
affairs. A staunch Catholic, he saw no reason to divorce his religion =
from
his politics, but for the most part he strove for a non-sectarian Irish
nationalism.

Select Bibliography
Victorian Historical Magazine, 8, no 29, Nov 1920, p 14; Advocate
(Melbourne), 11 Dec 1915, 24 Jan 1920; Freeman's Journal (Sydney), 22 =
Jan
1920; G. M. Tobin, The Sea-Divided Gael: A Study of the Irish Home Rule
Movement in Victoria and New South Wales, 1880-1916 (M.A. thesis, =
Australian
National University, 1970); Redmond papers (National Library of =
Ireland).

Author: Chris McConville

Print Publication Details: Chris McConville, 'O'Donnell, Nicholas =
Michael
(1862 - 1920)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne
University Press, 1988, pp 60-61.

SOURCE
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110065b.htm

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Thanks for this reference, Paddy. For those interested in the "Irish" =
element of _Kim_, I'd submit my own, early article on the text, " 'Who is =
Kim?': Rudyard Kipling and the Haunting of the Colonial Imagination," =
where I offer a reading of Kipling's use of Irishness (in the context of =
British imperial identity) as represented in the novel. It hailed out of =
the SSNCI conference in 2000 at Aberdeen and is included in the collection =
_Ireland Abroad: Politics and Professions in the 19th Century_, ed. Oonagh =
Walsh (Four Courts Press 2003)--I'd like to think it is still relevant for =
considering the curious inclusion and treatment of Irishness in the novel.

Best regards,

Kate C-S


Kathleen Costello-Sullivan
Associate Professor, English Dept.
Coordinator of Student Fellowships
Director, Irish Minor Lit Program
Le Moyne College
1419 Salt Springs Road
Syracuse, NY 13214
315 445 4215 phone
315 445 4540 fax
sullivkp[at]lemoyne.edu

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Subject: CFP International Council for Traditional Music, July 13-19,
2011 Memorial University of Newfoundland
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This is the sort of thing we distribute not so much in the hope that =
someone
might attend this conference - and it does look interesting and fun - =
but to
demonstrate developments in approach and discourse. This, we see that =
the
ethnomusos have appropriated the concept of The Gaze from the visual and
literary arts. And much good may it do them.

P.O'S.


CFP:=A0 International Council for Traditional Music 41st =A0World =
Conference
July 13=9619, 2011 Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John=92s,
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada=20

http://www.mun.ca/ictm

ICTM is dedicated to the study of traditional, folk, popular, =
classical,
and urban musics and dances of the world. Deadline for Proposals:=A0
September 7, 2010=20

Conference Themes

1. Indigenous Modernities

This theme invites presentations that address the impact of modernity =
on
communities of indigenous music/dance cultures in any country or region =
of
the world. How are contemporary genres of popular culture, theatre or =
film
being used by indigenous artists to express issues that concern them or
challenges they currently face? What aspects of traditional song and =
dance
knowledge are being either sustained or lost in the late 20th =A0and =
early
21st century? What factors are contributing to their cultural =
maintenance,
change, or decline? How is the production of media by indigenous =
musicians
controlled, enabled, and invested with meaning? How are new contexts, =
new
collaborations, and new audiences reshaping traditional and =
contemporary
musical practices? Scholars who submit abstracts for this theme will be
aware that the term =93indigenous=94 is often a subject of debate and
redefinition. Similarly, =93modernity=94 is a large concept that could =
include
such things as industrial development, media or technological change,
globalization, and intercultural exchange as well as =
deterritorialization
and encroachments on indigenous land or lifeways.

2. Cross-cultural Approaches to the Study of the Voice

ICTM will share one day with the Phenomenon of Singing Symposium, an
international event also taking place in St. John=92s in July 2011
(http://www.festival500.com/). Because the two conferences will bring
together ethnomusicologists, singers, pedagogues and choral directors, =
some
questions are motivated by our potential common interests. How is =
=93the
voice=94 conceptualized=97sonically, socially, physically, =
metaphysically=97in
local traditions? For over a decade, the world music movement in =
Western
education has advocated the use of non-Western vocal techniques and
timbres: Which techniques/timbres have been successfully =
adopted/adapted
and why? How have the uniform expectations and standards of =
international
choral competitions and festivals affected local concepts about =
singing?
How is =93vocal health=94 defined by different cultural groups? =
Similarly, what
are some culturally-specific discourses of vocal pathology and how are =
they
implicated in vocal pedagogy? How are aspects of identity (gender, =
class,
or ethnicity for instance) mapped on to voice types and timbres?

3. Rethinking Ethnomusicology through the Gaze of Movement

For this theme, we borrow the concept of the =93gaze=94 from =
anthropology and
visual art scholarship where the word implies not simply the act of =
looking,
but also assumptions about who looks and from what perspective. To =
rethink
how we might shift ethnomusicology through the gaze of movement then, =
might
imply several different things. It could mean that we start from the
perspective of those who =93move.=94 How do they perceive the time and =
space of
music? Or it could mean that we consider the musical implications of
looking at movement. By starting from the vocabularies, rhythms, and
sensations of movement, how might we think differently about music? By
considering how movement is naturalized, exoticized, formalized or
contextualized, how is our attention to music already framed by these
aspects of the visual and tactile? We encourage a broad definition of
movement, one that might focus on formal dance, on gesture, or on the
physicality of musical performance, to name only a few possibilities.

4. Atlantic Roots/Routes

For centuries, the Atlantic Ocean served as a major route that linked
Europe, Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean. The intense movement of
peoples and cultural practices within the framework of=A0 asymmetrical =
power
relations, constitutes a legacy that has contributed to shaping the =
past
and present of areas linked by the Atlantic. We invite proposals that
address the ways through which political processes and cultural flows =
have
shaped music and dance in the cultural spaces connected through =
Atlantic
routes in the past and present. Taking into account the processes of
globalization, how do historical and current circuits of exchange
contribute to the reformulation and resignification of expressive =
practices
and to the configuration of new cultural spaces? What are the =
distinctions
between the political and cultural processes involving the northern and
southern Atlantic? How can a critical perspective on the Atlantic
contribute with new theoretical insights in ethnomusicology and a new
understanding of the Atlantic as a crossroads?

5. Dialogical Knowledge Production and Representation: Implications and
Ethics

In ethnomusicology, dialogic research (that acknowledges how different
perspectives shape knowledge and facilitates conversations among doers =
and
knowers) has become increasingly common, gradually changing the way
knowledge is produced and represented, and stimulating the involvement =
of
ethnomusicologists as cultural activists. The theoretical, =
methodological
and ethical implications of the dialogical approach have, however, not =
been
sufficiently debated in the discipline. We invite papers that discuss =
the
issues arising from dialogical research for knowledge production and
representation, as well as the involvement of ethnomusicologists with =
the
communities they study. What are the implications of the dialogic =
approach
for the ethnomusicological endeavor? How do ethnomusicologists =
negotiate
knowledge production with their interlocutors? How can the perspectives
gained through dialogic research best be represented through
ethnomusicological discourse and applied to the benefit of the =
communities
studied?

6. Acoustic Ecology

This theme invites discussion of the ways that both human and non-human
beings engage the world sonically, in relation to their environment. =
How do
composers and performers model or integrate nonhuman sonic practices =
into
their own music-making? How do sonic features particular to a place or =
to
environmental conditions (e.g., geological, botanical, architectural) =
help
to shape a local sound aesthetic? Likewise, what impact do =
musical/sonic
practices have on natural or humanly-shaped environments? Given our =
urgent
concern with issues of sustainability, how are messages of =
environmental
degradation and efforts to reverse its effects registered in =
contemporary
music-making? How do species like birds, whales or dogs use =93song=94 =
and what
might they teach us about human communication?

7. New Research

Proposals on new research on other relevant topics are also
welcome.ProposalsProposals are invited in the following categories:=A0
Individual=A0 Paper, Film/Video, Organized Panel, Forum/Roundtable, and
Participatory Workshop.=20

Abstracts of up to 300 words can be submitted online at
http://www.mun.ca/ictm by 7 September 2010.=A0 Forms for mailing or =
faxing
proposals are also available at this site. Proposals will be evaluated
anonymously by the international program committee.


=A0 =95=A0Program Committee Chair Contact Information:Salwa El-Shawan
Castelo-BrancoEmail: secb[at]fcsh.unl.ptTel: 351217908300Fax:
351217908303Location North America=92s oldest city, St. John=92s is the =
capital
of Canada=92s newest province (Newfoundland and Labrador). Located on a
centuries-old shipping route, this historic port city developed at the =
hub
of trans-Atlantic trade, becoming home to a variety of vibrant cultural
traditions. A rich array of performances are in the planning. You will
enjoy local traditions, diverse styles of Native American music and =
dance,
and distinguished performers from across Canada.=A0 Our safe and =
amiable city
is also family friendly.

=95 Local Organizing Committee Contact Information:Email:
ictm2011[at]mun.ca+1-709-737-2058

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Sending money home: a mixed-Methods study of remittances by
migrant nurses in Ireland
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This article has appeared in the open access Journal: Human Resources =
for
Health
http://www.human-resources-health.com/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726118/


Title: Sending money home: a mixed-Methods study of remittances by =
migrant
nurses in Ireland
Author: Humphries Niamh ; Brugha Ruair=ED ; McGee Hannah

Abstract

Background

This paper presents data on the remittances sent by migrant nurses to =
their
families "back home". It gives voice to the experiences of migrant =
nurses
and illustrates the financial obligations they maintain while working
overseas. Although the international economic recession has decreased =
global
remittance flows, they remain resilient. Drawing on the experiences of
migrant nurses in Ireland, this paper indicates how and why migrants =
strive
to maintain remittance flows, even in an economic downturn.

Methods

A mixed-methods approach was employed, and the paper draws on data from
qualitative in-depth interviews undertaken with 21 migrant nurses in
addition to a quantitative survey of 336 migrant nurses in Ireland.

Results

The survey of migrant nurses revealed that 87% (293) of the sample sent
remittances on a regular basis. According to respondents, remittances =
made a
huge difference in the lives of their family members back home. =
Remittances
were used to ensure that family members could obtain access to health =
and
education services. They were also used to provide an income source for
family members who were unemployed or retired.

As remittances played an essential role in supporting family members =
back
home, respondent migrant nurses were reluctant to reduce the level of =
their
remittances, despite the onset of a global recession. Respondents noted =
that
an increased demand for remittances from their families coincided with a
reduction in their own net salaries =96 as a result of increased taxes =
and
reduced availability of overtime =96 and this was a cause for concern =
for
Ireland's migrant nurses.

Conclusion

This paper provides insights into the importance of remittances in =
funding
social support for family members in home countries. It also illustrates =
the
sacrifices made by migrant nurses to ensure continuation of the =
remittances,
particularly in the context of an economic recession.

Journal: Human Resources for Health
Issn: 14784491
EIssn:=09
Year: 2009
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
pages/rec.No: 66

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The Country of the Young: Interpretations of Youth and Childhood
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New England ACIS Regional Conference, November 12-13, 2010,=20
Framingham State College, Framingham, Massachusetts
=A0
The Country of the Young: Interpretations of Youth and Childhood in =
Irish
Culture

=93That is no country for old men,=94 declared W. B. Yeats in =93Sailing =
to
Byzantium,=94 describing his native land=92s fascination with youth and =
legends
of rebirth.=A0 Some fifteen years later, Taoiseach Eamon de Valera =
summoned an
idyllic version of Irish childhood when he pledged his commitment to an
ideal Ireland of happy maidens, sturdy children, and athletic youths.=A0 =
Such
images have been challenged by recent controversy over the experiences =
of
children within Church-sponsored schools, as well as by popular memoirs =
such
as Angela=92s Ashes and Are You Somebody? =96 all of which yield fertile =
ground
for exploration and discussion in this year=92s New England ACIS =
regional
conference.=A0=20

Papers are welcome on such topics as historical depictions of childhood,
contemporary youth culture, schooling in Ireland, children=92s =
literature,
definitions of Irish boyhood and girlhood, memoirs of childhood and
adolescence, and images of Ireland as an infant or ancient nation.=A0 =
Our
tentative list of plenary speakers includes Damian Gorman, playwright, =
and
Maurice Fitzpatrick, writer and co-producer of The Boys of St. =
Columb=92s.
Papers in all Irish Studies disciplines are encouraged, as are all =
papers on
Irish subjects that do not specifically address the conference theme.=A0
Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate.=A0 =
Proposals for
panels are welcome.

Papers should not exceed 20 minutes in length.=A0 Please send abstracts =
of no
more than 250 words to Kelly Matthews, Assistant Professor, Department =
of
English, Framingham State College, kmatthews[at]framingham.edu.=A0 The =
deadline
for submission is September 10, 2010.

Framingham State College is located 20 miles west of Boston, with =
convenient
access to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90).=A0 The Sheraton Tara hotel =
in
Framingham will offer a reduced room rate for conference attendees, and =
will
provide complimentary shuttle service between the hotel and the =
college.=A0 An
airport shuttle service is available from Logan Airport in Boston, with
reduced rates for those sharing transport.

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From: Terry Dunne
Subject: CFP: Spalpeens, Gombeens, Squireens: Class Relations in =
Nineteenth Century Ireland.
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 07:13:41 -0400

*Spalpeens, Gombeens, Squireens: Class Relations in Nineteenth Century
Ireland.*

A one day interdisciplinary conference aiming to bring together =
researchers
whose work offers an insight into the lives of ordinary people in =
nineteenth
century Ireland. The particular focus is on class as those lives were =
bound
up with production, domination, exploitation and conflict.

Given the relatively sparsely documented nature of this topic and the
consequent challenges to research, employing the different approaches
represented by different disciplines can be of great utility in giving =
us a
fuller picture. In addition political/elite history is still the =
predominate
focus of research on the Irish past, but a comprehensive understanding =
is
only possible with a commensurate orientation towards the mass of the
population. It is intended that the conference will attract the
participation of people from different fields including post-medieval
archaeology, historical geography, historical sociology, social history, =
and
economic history (and others are welcome).

We are particularly interested in involving postgraduate students and =
early
career scholars.

The conference will take place in N.U.I. Maynooth on Saturday the 31st =
of
July 2010.

Persons interested in presenting should contact the conference =
organising
committee Eoin O'Flaherty and Terry Dunne at

classconferencenuim[at]gmail.com with the following:

=E2=80=A2 Working title of paper.

=E2=80=A2 An abstract of no more than 250 words.

=E2=80=A2 Contact details: telephone number, e-mail address, =
institutional
affiliation.

=E2=80=A2 Audio-visual requirements (overhead projector, DVD, VCR etc.).

Deadline for submission of abstracts: Monday 21st of June 2010.

There may be a nominal registration fee (e.g. approx. =E2=82=AC20) =
=E2=80=93 further details
to be confirmed, we would appreciate it if people planning on attending =
but
not presenting also notify us by Monday the 21st of June at
classconferencenuim[at]gmail.com

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William H. Mulligan, Jr.=20

Professor of History

Graduate Program Coordinator

Murray State University=20

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

office phone 1-270-809-6571

dept phone 1-270-809-2231

fax 1-270-809-6587

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Subject CFP: Ireland, America, and the Worlds of Mathew Carey,
Philadelphia, 27-29 October 2011

The McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Library Company of
Philadelphia will sponsor a conference on "Ireland, America, and the
Worlds of Mathew Carey" in Philadelphia, 27-29 October 2011.

Carey (1760-1839) made his mark in both his native Ireland and in
Philadelphia as a printer and editor of influential periodicals. By the
mid-1790s he had transformed himself from printer to publisher and from
artisan to manufacturer, becoming the most important American book
publisher of the early national period. Carey's identity as an
Irish-American and a Catholic, and his careers an economist and
political advocate are inseparable from the trans-Atlantic print culture
of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The main
preoccupations of Carey's life and writing are among the most important
issues historians of this period are addressing today: the development
of American capitalism; religious toleration and Catholicism in the
Anglophone world; the history of the book and the public sphere;
arguments concerning American union, federalism, and the extent of
national power; and race and ethnicity in the early American republic.

The organizers invite proposals for papers on aspects of Carey as a
publisher, pamphleteer, polemicist and political economist, as well as
contributions on the larger Irish and American cultural, political and
social contexts in which he worked and lived. Papers of approximately
thirty pages in length will be pre-circulated to all conference
participants. Accepted papers will be due by 1 August 2011. Some support

for participants' travel and lodging will be available.

To apply, submit a 500-word proposal and a c.v. by 1 November 2010 to
mceas[at]ccat.sas.upenn.edu or:

Mathew Carey Conference
McNeil Center for Early American Studies
3355 Woodland Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4531



William H. Mulligan, Jr.

Professor of History

Graduate Program Coordinator

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

office phone 1-270-809-6571

dept phone 1-270-809-2231

fax 1-270-809-6587

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http://nymag.com/news/features/65902/

Some members of the list will know all about the quest for Annie Moore =
already, and I hope the account in this article is accurate. It seems to =
have been a great piece of detective work and serendipity.

Piaras

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Subject: Symposium, Irish women and the diaspora, UCD, Thursday 10th June,
2010
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Jim MacPherson
Subject: Irish women and the diaspora symposium

Irish women and the diaspora: a symposium organised by the John Hume
Institute for Global Irish Studies, UCD

Thursday 10th June, 2010
at NovaUCD, UCD

Speakers included Mary E. Daly (UCD), Breda Gray (University of Limerick),
Mary J. Hickman (London Metropolitan University), Karly Kehoe (UHI
Millennium Institute), Jennifer Redmond (NUI Maynooth), Bronwen Walter
(Anglia Ruskin University) and Charlotte Wildman (University of Nottingham).

Further information: http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/conferences/index.html

To register for this free event, please contact Jim MacPherson
(jim.macpherson[at]ucd.ie)

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Subject: TOC EIRE IRELAND VOL 44; NUMB 3/4; 2009
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EIRE IRELAND
VOL 44; NUMB 3/4; 2009
ISSN 0013-2683

pp. 9-42
``A Vestigial Population'? Perspectives on Southern Irish Protestants in
the Twentieth Century.
d Alton, I.

pp. 43-74
The ``Christian Society' of Garret FitzGerald and Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
Dunlop, J.

pp. 75-93
Sweeney Astray: The Other in Oneself.
Downum, D.

pp. 94-117
``Colleen Modernism': Modernism's Afterlife in Irish Women's Writing.
Reynolds, P.

pp. 118-139
Passion's Possibilities: Kate O'Brien's Sexological Discourse in Without My
Cloak.
Craig, L.P.

pp. 140-170
The Myth Business: Jeremiah and Alma Curtin in Ireland, 1887-1893.
Bourke, A.

pp. 171-199
White, with a Class-Based Blight: Drawing Irish Americans.
Pearl, S.

pp. 200-228
Cockney Tourists, Irish Guides, and the Invention of the Emerald Isle.
Kroeg, S.

pp. 229-247
Whose Island? Sovereignty in Late Medieval and Early Modern Ireland.
Maginn, C.

pp. 248-277
``Facts newly stated': John Curry, the 1641 Rebellion, and Catholic
Revisionism in Eighteenth-Century Ireland, 1747-80.
Gibney, J.

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To: "'The Irish Diaspora Studies List'"
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 11:53:32 -0500

Perhaps of interest=20

James S. Rogers, James=20


Final Program: =93The Migration Letter: Archiving Intimacy in the Postal =
Era=94

Co-sponsors: Asian-American Studies Program; Institute for Global =
Studies;
European Studies
Consortium; Consortium for the Study of the Asias; Center for German and
European Studies;
Center for Austrian Studies; Department of German, Scandinavian and =
Dutch;=20
Department of History.

Monday, May 17
120 Andersen Library
1:00 pm
Greetings
Evelyn Davidheiser, Director, Institute for Global Studies, and Donna
Gabaccia, Director,
Immigration History Research Center

Opening Address
Orm Overland, Emeritus, Bergen University: =93The Role of the
Norwegian-American Historical
Association and the Making of a Collection of Immigrant Letters in the
Norwegian National
Archives, 1923-1929=94

Panel 1: =93Roundtable: Assessing the Scholarly Field=94
Chair: Sonia Cancian, Universite de Montreal, Concordia University
Panelists:
Walter Kamphoefner, Texas A&M
Suzanne Sinke, Florida State University
Solveig Zempel, St. Olaf College
John Willis, Canadian Museum of Civilization
Wolfgang Helbich, Emeritus, Bochum University

Selia Tan, Guangdong Wuyi University: =93Building New Letter Collections =
in
China=94

Panel 2: =93Introducing the IHRC Digital Pilot Project: Letter Writing =
as
Emotional
Connection among Finnish, Ukrainian, Italian and Latvian Immigrants=94
Chair: Suzanne Sinke, Florida State University
Ilze Garoza, IHRC
Johanna Leinonen, IHRC
Sonia Cancian, Universite de Montreal, Concordia University
Daniel Necas, IHRC
Halyna Myroniuk, IHRC
Chelsey Kueffer, IHRC
Marija Dalbello, Rutgers University

Tuesday, May 18
120 Andersen Library
Panel 3: =93Letter Writing in the Postal Era, Part I=94
Chair: Walter Kamphoefner, Texas A&M
Paper-givers:
Jennifer Attebery, Idaho State University: =93Swedish Immigrant Letters =
as
=91Written Oral Texts=92=94
David Fitzpatrick, Trinity College, Dublin: =93Letters from Home: Themes =
and
Functions of
Letters addressed to Irish Emigrants in Colonial Australia=94
Orm Overland, Emeritus, Bergen University: =93Listening to Immigrant =
Voices:
Reflections on
Completing Seven Volumes of Letters from Norwegian Immigrants, =
1838-1914=94

Panel 4: =93Writing in the Postal Era, Part II=94
Chair: John Willis, Canadian Museum of Civilization
Paper-givers:
Haiming Liu, California State University at Pomona: =93Letters as a =
Primary
Source in
Understanding Chinese American History=94
Sonia Cancian, Universite de Montreal, Concordia University: =93Intimate
Letters in Italian
Postwar Migration to Canada: A Case Study=94
Wladimir Fischer, University of Vienna, Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for
Austrian Studies,
University of Minnesota: =93South-Slavic Correspondence between the U.S. =
and
Austria-Hungary=94

Final Roundtable: Researchers and Letters Archives in the Digital Age
Chair: Donna Gabaccia, IHRC
Nando Fasce, l'Archivio ligure della scrittura popolare
Ursula Lehmkuhl, Freie Universit=E4t Berlin
Wolfgang Helbich, Emeritus, Bochum University
Haven Hawley, IHRC
Auvo Kostiainen, University of Turku

Info about conference: http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/pdfs/FinalProgram1.pdf
=20
--=20
Elizabeth Haven Hawley=20
Program Director=20
Immigration History Research Center=20
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities=20

http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/pdfs/FinalProgram1.pdf

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APPEL A CONTRIBUTIONS=A0/ CALL FOR PAPERS=20
=A0
ETUDES IRLANDAISES=20
French Journal of Irish Studies
Spring 2011 issue/Num=E9ro de Printemps 2011
=A0
DATE LIMITE POUR SOUMETTRE / DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 30 SEPT. 2010
=A0
English version
The Editorial Board of Etudes Irlandaises is seeking submissions for the
Spring 2011 volume of the journal.
=A0
Scientific project of the review :
Etudes Irlandaises is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in =
English
and French which explore all aspects of Irish literature, history, =
culture
and arts from ancient times to the present. Etudes Irlandaises publishes
twice a year on a wide range of interdisciplinary subjects including: =
poetry
/ fiction / drama / film / music / politics / economy / social studies, =
etc.
General issues published in Spring alternate with special issues in =
Autumn .
Etudes Irlandaises is aimed at scholars, postgraduate students, =
institutions
specializing in Irish studies as well as people who have an informed
interest in the subject. Each number has a comprehensive section devoted =
to
recently published material on Ireland.
=A0
Submission procedure
Submissions must be sent before September 30 (in order to be published =
in
the Spring issue of the following year) .
=A0
Contacts:=A0=A0
=A0
General Information
Dr Philippe Cauvet (Univ.Poitiers)
cauvetp[at]hotmail.com
=A0
For literature=20
Prof. Sylvie MIKOWSKI (Univ.Reims)
sylvie.mikowski[at]noos.fr
=A0
For history, civilisation, politics
Dr Karin FISCHER (Univ.Orl=E9ans)
=A0karin.fischer[at]wanadoo.fr=20
=A0
For visual arts=A0=20
Prof. Anne GOARZIN (Univ.Rennes2)
anne.goarzin[at]wanadoo.fr
=A0
For book reviews
Dr Cliona NI RIORDAIN (Univ. Paris 3)=20
cniriordain[at]gmail.com
=A0
Version Fran=E7aise
Le projet scientifique de la revue :
=C9tudes Irlandaises se pr=E9sente comme une revue fran=E7aise =
d'information,
d'=E9tude et de r=E9flexion sur l'Irlande, =E0 la fois R=E9publique =
d'Irlande et
Irlande du Nord.
Elle couvre les multiples domaines de la vie, de l'actualit=E9, de la =
culture
irlandaises, rassembl=E9s en deux grands champs : civilisation et =
litt=E9rature.
Ainsi voisinent la langue et l'=E9criture, la vie artistique, la =
politique,
l'=E9conomie, la soci=E9t=E9, =E0 la fois dans leur dimension historique =
et dans
leur existence actuelle. Les articles sont soit en fran=E7ais, soit en
anglais.
________________________________________
Appel =E0 contributions
Le Comit=E9 de R=E9daction de la revue Etudes Irlandaises lance un appel =
=E0
contributions dans les domaines de la litt=E9rature, de la civilisation, =
des
arts et de l'image pour ses num=E9ros de printemps (num=E9ros =
g=E9n=E9ralistes).
Les propositions d'articles doivent =EAtre envoy=E9es avant le 30 =
septembre de
l'ann=E9e (pour parution =E9ventuelle dans le num=E9ro de printemps de =
l'ann=E9e
suivante).=A0
=A0
Contacts:=20
Renseignements g=E9n=E9raux=20
Dr Philippe Cauvet (Univ.Poitiers)=20
cauvetp[at]hotmail.com
=A0
Litt=E9rature =A0
Prof. Sylvie MIKOWSKI (Univ.Reims)
sylvie.mikowski[at]noos.fr
Civilisation
Dr Karin FISCHER (Univ.Orl=E9ans)
=A0karin.fischer[at]wanadoo.fr
=A0
Arts & images
Prof. Anne GOARZIN (Univ. Rennes 2)
anne.goarzin[at]wanadoo.fr
Compte-rendu de livres
Dr Cliona NI RIORDAIN (Univ.Paris 3)
cniriordain[at]gmail.com
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Famine letters bought by archive

ALISON HEALY

SOME 2,000 letters relating to the Famine that were due to be auctioned
today have been bought by an archive in Ireland.

Adam's auctioneers said it could not reveal who bought the letters or for
how much but an announcement would be made in due course.

It said "after intensive successful negotiations, with Kennys of Galway
acting as intermediary, we are delighted to announce that the Stewart and
Kincaid Famine letters are to be kept together as a collection and given to
an important archive here in Ireland, where they will, in due course, be
available for academic research".

The collection includes letters from landlords' agents and sublandlords all
over the country, concerning the collection of rent. There are letters from
clergymen asking for charity for those who could not write and from tenants
asking for relief and mercy.

Stewart and Kincaid acted for landlords such as Lord Palmerston and Col
Wingfield in Sligo, Daniel Ferrall in Roscommon, the Marquess of Westmeath,
also in Roscommon, the Stratford estate in Clare and Limerick and the
Frankfort estates in Kilkenny and Carlow.

There had been fears that the letters were going to leave the country, as
Adam's had received many inquiries from the US.

Adam's director Stuart Cole said the letters were an "unparalleled
collection". He said there would be "a lot of very disappointed people" who
had hoped to acquire some of the letters.

But he said it was good news that the letters were being kept in the country
and kept in a collection, rather than being sold in lots. The letters were
in lots 1-147 in the auction. Lots 148-332 in the auction catalogue are
unaffected and will be offered for sale as planned today. They mainly relate
to sculptures and literature relating to the Famine.

SOURCE

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0518/1224270600078.html

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Boston, New York events explore Choctaw and Irish bond

Next week in Boston and New York, the great bond between the Irish and
Choctaw people will be commemorated in a pair of events. Hosted by Good =
Dog
Films, in association with the Consulate General of Ireland, and the
American Irish Historical Society, =93The Commemoration of The Great =
Irish
Famine & Choctaw Donation,=94 will be a celebration of Irish culture and
Choctaw history.

Both presentations are supported by Culture Ireland and the Department =
of
Tourism, Culture and Sport. The Boston event will be held on Tuesday, =
May 25
at 5:30 p.m., at the Boston Library, 700 Boylston Street, while the New =
York
event will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 27 at The Consulate =
General
of Ireland, 345 Park Avenue, New York.

The bond between the two nations is centered on their shared experiences =
in
dealing with the brutal dispossession of land and habitat at the hands =
of
powerful and merciless governments. Midway through the Irish Famine, =
that
bond was welded together when, despite having virtually nothing, the
Choctaw=92s donated $170 to the suffering people of Ireland.

To commemorate that enduring friendship, Irish film producer Peter J.
McCarthy of Good Dog Films, has put together a truly wonderful panel of
guests to discuss a wide variety of topics. Each event will begin with a
screening of the documentary The Great Irish Famine: Remember Skibbereen =
by
Harvest Films followed by a performance from M=E1ir=EDn U=ED Ch=E9ide, =
the renowned
Sean=F3s singer. After M=E1ir=EDn's performance, there will be an open =
panel
discussion led by McCarthy, who is currently developing a feature film =
based
on the Irish Famine.

The esteemed panel of Irish and Native American speakers at both events =
are
Gary White Deer of Choctaw Nation, Professor Maureen Murphy of Hofstra
University and Mary Pat Kelly, author of "Galway Bay" will speak at all
three events. They will explore the history of the Irish Famine and the
Choctaw =93Trail of Tears,=94 the similarities between the plight of the =
people
from both nations and the political reasoning between the dispossession =
of
land.

SOURCE
http://www.irishemigrant.com/ie/go.asp?p=3Dstory&storyID=3D6615


President of Ireland to visit New York this week

By Amy Invernizzi

President Mary McAleese.
Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, will come to the United States on
Thursday, May 20 to begin a four day visit to New York. The President =
hopes
to strengthen links to the Irish community in the United States, as well =
as
promote economic links with the United States during her visit.
Additionally, she will lead the National Day of Commemoration, which =
will
honor the 1.5 million people who either perished or left Ireland during =
the
Great Famine of the 1840=92s.

Upon her arrival in the states on May 20, President McAleese will attend =
an
event to honor Irish-American=92s who have made great achievements in =
the Life
Sciences. On Friday the 21st, the president will attend a breakfast with
business leaders at the New York Stock Exchange. From there, she will =
visit
a school in Brooklyn, where students are currently learning about the =
Irish
Famine.

Also on the 21st, President McAleese will speak at a seminar, =93Hunger =
in the
21st Century: Ireland and the Fight Against Famine.=94 This event, =
organized
by Self Help Africa and Concern, will take place at the Consulate =
General of
Ireland and will include several notable panelists. The President will =
also
visit the American Irish Historical Society where she will meet with =
older
members of the Irish-American community to celebrate the first =
anniversary
of Senior Connect in the U.S., which encourages the older community to =
keep
in touch and interact online.

That night, President McAleese will open =93Ireland=92s Great Hunger/An =
Gorta
M=F3r,=94 the Quinnipiac University Collection exhibition at the =
Consulate
General of Ireland, followed by a reception for members of the Irish
community.

SOURCE
http://www.irishemigrant.com/ie/go.asp?p=3Dstory&storyID=3D6602

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Irish Latin American Research Fund
2010-2011 Academic Year

Call for Grant Proposals

The Society for Irish Latin American Studies is pleased to announce the
launch of a new edition of its grants programme, the Irish Latin American
Research Fund. The objective of the Irish Latin American Research Fund is to
support innovative and significant research in the different aspects of
relations between Ireland and Latin America.

Grants up to 1,000 Euros will be awarded to exceptionally promising
students, faculty members or independent scholars to help support their
research and writing leading to the publication or other types of
communication of their projects. Awards will be selected on the basis of a
well-developed research plan that promises to make a significant
contribution to a particular area of study about the Irish and Latin
America.

Three prestigious scholars will shortly be announced who will be responsible
for assessing the research proposals and awarding grants to the best
projects. The Irish Latin American Research Fund is open to faculty,
advanced university students, and independent scholars throughout the world.
Applicants from previous academic years who were not awarded a grant may
apply again and submit the same project. Successful applicants must wait
until two rounds of grants have passed before reapplying.

The programme receives no institutional funding and its only financial
source is represented by membership fees and donations. These grants are
possible thanks to the generosity of SILAS members and friends.

Download the Rules, Application Form, and Grantee Agreement

http://www.irlandeses.org/10grants1.htm

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Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland=20
Association irlandaise d=92=E9tudes canadiennes=20
An Cumann le L=E9ann Ceanadach in =C9irinn

In conjunction with the Waterford Institute of Technology

15th Biennial Conference=20

CANADA AND THE WORLD: YESTERDAY AND TODAY/LE CANADA DANS LE MONDE: HIER =
ET
AUJOURD=92HUI=20

14-16 May 2010

The CONFERENCE PROGRAMME can be found at

http://www.canadianstudiesireland.com/conferences.html

This Conference Report, below, can be found at
http://www.citylocal.ie/Waterford/news-in-Waterford/Canadian-Irish-relati=
ons
-in-focus-at-transatlantic-conference-in-Waterford-17121/

Canadian-Irish relations in focus at transatlantic conference in =
Waterford

18th May 10
Topics as diverse as the varying experience of Polish migrants in Canada =
and
Ireland; the challenges faced by refugees from south-east Asia in 1970s
Ottawa and the identity issues of the Irish at home and abroad were in =
focus
at the weekend during an Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland
conference hosted by Waterford Institute of Technology and jointly =
organised
with NUI Galway.

The 15th biennial conference was titled =91Canada and the World - =
Yesterday
and Today' and brought together researchers from Irish, Canadian, =
Lithuanian
and Israeli universities who presented on a range of topics centred on
Canada and its overseas relations.

Delegates were welcomed by Prof Kieran R Byrne, President, Waterford
Institute of Technology and the conference was opened by His Excellency, =
Pat
Binns, Ambassador to the Embassy of Canada in Dublin.

Prof Byrne told the assembled academics that it was "entirely fitting" =
that
they meet in Waterford given the rich tradition of exchange between the
southeast of Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland & =
Labrador.

"Given fresh life and relevance in recent years through initiatives from =
the
Ireland Newfoundland Partnership, this Institute's own Centre for
Newfoundland & Labrador Studies and others on both sides of the =
Atlantic,
the ties between us are real and enduring. They date from the mid-18th
Century to early 19th Century when there was a massive pre-famine =
movement
of people from this region to the island of Newfoundland.

"To the present day, surnames like Murphy, Power and Walsh remain
commonplace in Newfoundland & Labrador and the local accent carries more
than a trace of the southeast of Ireland. In modern times, there are =
vibrant
cultural, economic and social ties between the jurisdictions. We
increasingly recognise that though our countries are of very different
scale, we can each learn from and support the other in a myriad of =
ways."

Ambassador Binns told delegates: "It is fitting that this conference is =
in
Waterford which - as many of you know - is twinned with St John's,
Newfoundland. That relationship has resulted in some great social and
economic projects between the two regions. Prof Byrne has just presented =
me
with a book on the shipbuilding history in Waterford and many of the
transatlantic vessels from this city will have made St John's their =
first
port of call.

"I previously met Prof Byrne here when we commemorated the contributions =
of
Co Waterford native John Palliser to Canada in the 19th Century. He was =
a
geographer who explored western Canada. Indeed, the area became known as =
the
=91Palliser Triangle' and the surname remains prevalent throughout the =
west.
There are - I believe - further opportunities to research Palliser's
achievements," he continued.

"I thoroughly enjoyed sitting in on some of today's presentations.
Incidentally, ice hockey - our national sport in Canada - started from
hurling. Revd William Cochrane from Omagh came from Trinity College =
Dublin
to King's College in Nova Scotia and taught the boys how to hurl. When =
the
ponds froze over, they began to play on skates and that was the =
beginning of
a sport that's now played internationally."

Revd Dr Christine O'Dowd-Smyth, lecturer in French, Waterford Institute =
of
Technology, was a session chair at the weekend conference as well as =
being a
presenter and co-organiser along with Dr Elizabeth Tilley, NUI Galway.
Lecturers Joanne Malone; Mary Keating and Dr Chris Mulhall also worked =
on
the conference event management.

Waterford was also represented among the presenters by John Maher =
speaking
on the lessons the Canadian experience offers in the context of Irish
financial regulation; Dr John Ennis examining modern Canadian poetry and
postgraduate researcher Rosaline Dalton presenting a cultural and =
heritage
case study on the Guinness Storehouse.

Other session chairs from Waterford Institute of Technology included Dr
Seamus O Diolluin; Dr Felicity Kelleher and Anne Marie Lally.