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The New Titles page at Irish Academic Press is worth looking at...

http://www.irishacademicireland.com/acatalog/New_Titles.html

Amongst the books that caught my eye were...

Benjamin Hazard
Faith and Patronage
The Franciscan friar Flaithri O Maolchonaire was a man of many roles: Gaelic
scholar and educator, special envoy, and consummate politician with deep
religious convictions. Benjamin Hazard has written a fascinating and
engaging study of this flawed yet brilliant man and his times. O
Maolchonaire left Ireland in the 1590s after Tudor state-building policies
had spread from the Pale into regions previously controlled by his family's
powerful Gaelic allies. He studied at the University of Salamanca, leaving
him ideally placed to act as diplomatic agent between the Ulster earls and
the Spanish crown 15 years later. He first gained renown when Spain
intervened in Ireland's Nine Years War after which O Maolchonaire used his
influence to find employment for battle-hardened Irish veterans in the
Spanish armed forces. With the favor this gained for him at the Spanish
court, he established St. Anthony's College at the University of Leuven,
thereby providing the foundations for a new network of Irish Franciscan
colleges throughout Europe. His desire to see the restoration of Catholicism
and the Ulster earls in Ireland made his religious and political aims
indivisible. With all his efforts directed towards this objective, we see
both his genius and his hubristic aversion to compromise. Anglo-Irish
Catholics wished to reach an accommodation with Whitehall and O
Maolchonaire's resistance to this aim demonstrates the internal divisions
inherent to Irish politics. The serious student of Irish history must study
this period, and O Maolchonaire in particular, to gain insight into what
followed. Hazard's systematic approach and meticulous archival research in
five countries brings his subject and the period to life.


McAuley, James
Ulster's Last Stand?
This book considers the politics of the Protestant Unionist Loyalist
population in Northern Ireland during and following the peace process, and
the political positioning of the main organizations representing them as
they inch towards a post-conflict society. One central question remains:
how, if at all, unionism has changed following the political accord and the
establishment of devolved government. McAuley sets out in detail how senses
of identity and political processes are understood within unionism and how
unionists and loyalists interpret these as a basis for social and political
action. This forms the basis for an investigation of the extent to which the
political settlement has been grounded within unionism, and how in turn
unionist hegemony has reconstructed around the interpretative frame of the
DUP. Drawing on collective memories in a particular way has enabled the DUP
to convince broad strands of unionism that they have been able to best
identify and resist major threats to the Union, arguing that it was their
strategy which finally brought Irish republicanism to account. That
reasoning justified their entry into a coalition government with Sinn Fein.
This in turn has again brought to the fore the cry of 'sell-out' from other
unionists, this time aimed directly at the DUP leadership.


De Nie, Michael; Farrell, Sean
Power and Popular Culture in Modern Ireland
Essays in Honour of James S. Donnelly, Jr.
Featuring some of the leading scholars of Irish history, Power and Popular
Culture in Modern Ireland brings together some of the best new work in Irish
history to honor James Donnelly's career and impact on Irish Studies. The
volume has at its heart the issues that have permeated Donnelly's work,
namely how ordinary Irish men and women experienced and responded to
expressions of state and elite power and economic change. Reviewing the
scholarly production of James Donnelly, the greatest American historian of
Ireland of his generation, is no easy task. In his 37 year career, Donnelly
has published widely and his work is of exceptional quality and widespread
influence. Throughout his career, Donnelly has made critical interventions
in a variety of fields in Irish historical scholarship. In each case,
Donnelly's contributions have played a central role in establishing the new
historiographical consensus, as well as serving as exemplars of meticulous
and objective scholarship.

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Whilst browsing the Irish academic Press web site I noticed this...

John Day Tully
Ireland and Irish Americans, 1932-1945
In this book, author John Day Tully deals with the interaction between the
Irish and Irish Americans as both groups struggled to create an identity
during the turbulent years before and during World War II. The strategic
importance of the island of Ireland during World War II became a focal point
to bring together both groups' search for identity and their place in the
world. Tully explores how each group negotiated their new identities, how
each struggle played itself out, and how their interactions affected each
other. For the Irish, asserting an international identity apart from Great
Britain - and maintaining it despite pressure from the British and American
governments - was an important element in Irish independence, and Irish
leaders turned to Irish America for support. Irish Americans, never fully
assimilated, responded to these approaches, at least until December 1941.
Tully offers a window into how Irish Americans felt about themselves, their
relationship to Ireland, and their place in American society during these
important years. Looming large over all of this was World War II, British
security concerns, and the wider British-American partnership.

This is, I think, John Day Tully's first full length book.

There is more about the book and his approach on his web sites...

http://www.history.ccsu.edu/tully/default.htm

http://www.history.ccsu.edu/fac/tully.html

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Colleagues



Please remember to send messages for the list to IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk while
Paddy is on holiday. There will be a significant delay posting messages
sent to him.



Bill



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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Subject: CFP: Midwest meeting ACIS
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This may be of interest to many on the list. If anyone is interested in
participating in a Diaspora session contact me directly. I am interested in
organizing one.



The 2010 ACIS-Midwest will be held 21-23 October on Grand Valley State
University's Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids, MI. The conference theme,
"Whose Ireland?", emerges from focused discussions held during the past two
ACIS-MW conferences regarding the representation of Ireland both here in the
States and in Ireland itself. The conference committee welcomes all papers
but will appreciate in particular proposals that seek to analyze Ireland's
depiction, description and portrayal and the motivations that may exist
behind these statements by historians, cultural critics, essayists, fiction
writers, poets, and visual artists who characterize Ireland. As we have
witnessed at our two prior meetings, the contested space of Ireland's
identity is as critical in today's global-economic market and as vital to
those who call themselves "Irish" as it has been in centuries past when the
island was under direct English occupation and cultural influence.



To propose a paper for presentation at the conference, please submit a
300-word abstract (double-spaced and titled), omitting all reference to the
submitter. Critical panels pre-organized by the participants also are
welcome; please submit a 300-word abstract for each paper and note the
proposed session title, as well, on each abstract. Both individual and panel
proposals should be accompanied by a title page that includes the
submitter's name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, academic
affiliation (if applicable), and title of the proposed paper. Proposals may
be submitted by mail to: Kurt Bullock English Department Grand Valley State
University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 Submissions also may be made
electronically to: bullockk[at]gvsu.edu. The deadline for conference proposals
is 9 August; accepted submitters will receive e-mail notification by the end
of August.



The Holiday Inn in Downtown Grand Rapids, located just one block from the
GVSU Pew Campus, will serve as our conference hotel. Room rates, which
include free downtown parking, wifi, and access to all hotel facilities,
will be $109; please identify yourself as part of the ACIS-Midwest
Conference when seeking reservations, which must be made by 20 September.
Conference meetings will take place in the L.V. Eberhard Center and the
Richard M. DeVos Center, with dozens of public dining options available
within blocks of the campus and hotel. With average high temperatures of
sixty degrees and the convenience of GVSU's campus in the heart of an
energetic downtown atmosphere, Grand Rapids will be, we trust, an enjoyable
site for October's conference.



Should you require additional, please feel free to contact either
conference co-host, Jim Bell (bellja[at]gvsu.edu) or Kurt Bullock
(bullockk[at]gvsu.edu).

Contact Kurt Bullock
English Department, Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401
bullockk[at]gvsu.edu



Bill Mulligan

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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This editorial from today's Irish Examiner may be of interest to the list.


Immigrants and emigrants - A debate we can't dodge any longer


Saturday, July 10, 2010

THIS country's cyclical dependency on emigration is our greatest social
failure since the foundation of the state.


Read more:

http://www.examiner.ie/opinion/editorial/immigrants-and-emigrants--a-debate-
we-cant-dodge-any-longer-124627.html#ixzz0tJCJPKOB



Bill



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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Hi Bill

Thanks for posting this editorial. I think it is metricious, dishonest =
and morally ambivalent in the worst possible way.

After a number of predictable, unexceptionable, rambling and not very =
original thoughts on the evil and pain of emigration, we come to the =
crunch, in the final three paragraphs:

"In recent days we have had controversy surrounding asylum seekers in =
Mosney. Just yesterday we had the Supreme Court=92s dismissal of =
Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai=92s appeal against her deportation. She =
sought to have the decision by the Minister for Justice to deport her =
and her two daughters to Nigeria reversed.=A0

These are hugely emotive issues and the instinct of most Irish people is =
to be as helpful as they can be. Nevertheless, in the absence of a =
well-defined policy on immigration =96 like Canada, America and New =
Zealand say =96 these issues will continue to turn something that should =
not be a problem into a problem.=A0

We might take the soft option and hope that our economy makes us an =
unattractive destination even for the most desperate, but that would be =
unwise. Despite the fact that we face so many daunting issues we need a =
debate on immigration that considers all points of view not just the =
voices that suggest our obligations are unavoidable and open-ended."

What lessons do we draw from this?


(a) there is some sort of equivalence, never spelled out clearly between =
the situation of Irish emigrants and immigrants and asylum-seekers in =
this country
(b) there is no racism in Ireland and Irish people instinctively want to =
help because we've been there ourselves.
(c) something that should 'not be a problem' is a problem. What is this =
'something'? Answer: immigration
(d) most dishonest of all, the straw man of the 'open door' crowd is =
then deployed i.e. people who 'suggest our obligations are unavoidable =
and open-ended'. Who are these people? We aren't told.=20
I've been in this game for more than twenty years. I don't know anyone =
who argues that our obligations are 'unavoidable and open-ended' when it =
comes to immigration in general. As far as humanitarian rights are =
concerned i.e. the asylum system Ireland, along with most other =
countries, has signed the 1951 Refugee Convention - which does entail a =
legal humanitarian duty. Even then Ireland does its level best not to =
comply fully with its obligations under that convention.=20
The deliberate conflation in the Examiner editorial of immigration in =
general with the asylum regime in particular is one of its most =
disgraceful aspects. But it is not the only one.

The most salient fact: Ireland has the _lowest_ rate of successful =
applications for asylum in the entire EU - by some distance. Secondly, =
while it would be simpy wrong to claim that this country is a hotbed of =
racism, there are widespread assumptions about 'who belongs' (white, =
ethnically Irish, Catholic) - others are here on sufferance. And there =
has been a spate of racist attacks, including at least three murders, in =
part couple of years. Finally, we have a savagely inhumane, thuggish and =
unanswerable immigration service, who treat people like so many objects =
and with extreme harshness. Some of the people in Mosney have bee there =
for up to seven or even eight years and are still living in limbo - no =
decision, they cannot work or get an education or get on with their =
lives. The ILIR crowd who were demonstrating in Dublin not so long ago, =
with their ridiculous claims of 50,000 undocumented Irish in the US and =
their special pleading for a special solution (read: white entitlement - =
be nice to us because we're white and civilised) hadn't a word to say =
about this.

We do need a robust debate, but the Examiner's kind of faux-naif =
'concern' is just the kind of thing we don't need. I am doubly =
disappointed as this paper generally follows a fairly responsible line.

We need a read debate about immigration and a real, separate, debate =
about emigration. Government politicians have been almost totally silent =
about the fact that their policies have led directly to the return to =
large-scale immigration on a scale not seen since the 1980s. With no =
stimulus package, no credit in the market place and no ideas from our =
leaders that can only continue.

best

Piaras

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SILAS expresses its regret at the death of human rights advocate Patricio Rice

SILAS is very sad to learn of the death of human rights advocate Patricio R=
ice. Patricio had been editing a special edition of our on-line journal 'Ir=
ish Migration Studies in Latin America' on the topic of human rights, which=
was due to be published later this year.

Patricio was a survivor of torture and imprisonment under the military dict=
atorship in Argentina during the 1970s On his release he devoted his life t=
o campaigning for human rights. He was founding chair-person for the Commit=
tee for Human Rights in Argentina and helped organise the US congress heari=
ng on the 'Disappeared' in Argentina. He went to found FEDEFAM (the Latin =
American Federation of Association of Relatives of Disappeared-Detainees) a=
nd served as its Executive Secretary from 1981 to 1987 and acted as senior=
advisor to its Executive Committee from 1999 to 2010. He was recently appo=
inted as Coordinator of the International Coalition against Enforced Disapp=
earances.

He will be deeply missed by all at SILAS, who had the pleasure of working w=
ith him. We at SILAS wish to extend our sympathies to Patricio's wife Fatim=
a and their three children, Carlos, Amie and Blanco.

________________________________
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t(s). Please note that this message may contain confidential information. I=
f you have received this message in error, please notify me and then delete=
it from your system.

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This will surely interest many on the list.=20
=20
David=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
-------Original Message-------=20
=20
From: Richard Dietrich=20
Date: 14/07/2010 16:06:54=20
To: Recipient list suppressed:,=20
Subject: Review of Shaw Festival's "John Bull's Other Island"=20
=20
Below is a review of the Shaw Festival's current production of John Bull'=
s
Other Island. If you haven't booked the Shaw Symposium at the Shaw Festiv=
al
yet (July 23-25), you should. See http://www.shawsociety
org/SummerSymposium-2010.htm for how to do that.=20
=20
=20
=20
J. Kelly Nestruck=20
Globe and Mail Update=20
Published on Monday, Jul. 12, 2010 3:41PM EDT=20
Last updated on Monday, Jul. 12, 2010 4:49PM EDT=20
=20
John Bull=92s Other Island=20
Written by Bernard Shaw=20
Directed by Christopher Newton=20
Starring Graeme Somerville, Benedict Campbell=20
At the Shaw Festival=20
In Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.=20
=20
No one ever went broke underestimating the sentimental nationalism of the
Irish diaspora.=20
=20
Among the innumerable items sold to make a buck from idealized images of
Ireland as a poet-filled paradise, there is a popular poster called Irish
Writers that is marketed especially to folks who haven't read any. It
features black-and-white photos of the likes of James Joyce, Samuel Becke=
tt
and Bernard Shaw with quotations from their work printed in a Celtic font
underneath.=20
=20
When, like many Canadians with Irish heritage, I went through a phase in =
my
early teens of believing my soul belonged to a country I had never visite=
d,
this poster hung on the wall above my bed. I recall that under the pictur=
e
of Shaw, looking old, wise and mischievous, was a line that I assumed spo=
ke
to the innate artistic talent of those born on the Emerald Isle: =93An
Irishman=92s heart is nothing but his imagination.=94=20
=20
Well, whoever put together that poster had a real puckish sense of humour=
=96
repurposing one of the most cynical lines from John Bull=92s Other Island=
as a
romantic one, using a quotation from a play that demolishes Irish
stereotypes to reinforce them.=20
=20
In Shaw=92s 1904 comedy, getting a thoughtful and thorough production at =
the
Shaw Festival , English civil engineer Tom Broadbent (Benedict Campbell)
heads off to a small Irish town called Roscullen to develop some land,
dragging along his reluctant Irish-born partner, Larry Doyle (Graeme
Somerville).=20
=20
Broadbent has a misty-eyed view of Ireland, while Doyle, who was raised i=
n
Roscullen and has been exiled in London for 18 years, has an equally skew=
ed
opinion of his hometown as a =93hell of littleness and monotony.=94=20
=20
When Broadbent refuses to believe that Doyle=92s heart doesn=92t yearn fo=
r home
as much as any other Irishman abroad, Doyle erupts: =93Never mind my hear=
t: An
Irishman=92s heart is nothing but his imagination. How many of those mill=
ions
that have left Ireland have ever come back or wanted to come back?=94=20
=20
John Bull=92s Other Island, Shaw=92s only major play set in the country o=
f his
birth, is a dramatic illustration of the tension between the sentimental =
or
cynical images of a country and a culture and its realities. It=92s as fu=
ll of
discussion and debate as any of Shaw=92s works, but the arguments seem mo=
re
serious than usual as if the Irish question was one that Shaw was
emotionally, not just intellectually, invested in.=20
=20
Many of the specific talking points may have lost their relevance, but th=
e
overall themes are as strong as ever =96 and quite universal. How a count=
ry
sees itself, how the world sees it and how it actually is are certainly
questions that Canadians struggle with.=20
=20
Director Christopher Newton=92s precise production has a strong grip on t=
he
ideas, but works well as drama too because he clearly connects the themat=
ic
dots to the relationship between Doyle and Nora Reilly (Severn Thompson),
the girl he left behind. These two also struggle with the gulf between
romance and reality, their memories and prejudices of one another,
frustratingly, keeping them from connecting when they reunite. Somerville
and Thompson have strong chemistry and, through deep and detailed
performances where much is communicated through silence, their characters=
=92
bullheaded failure to come together wrenches the heart.=20
=20
Doyle loses Nora, or gives her away, to Broadbent, who falls in love with
her =96 or, rather, the idea of a small-town Irishwoman =96 instantly and
proposes within minutes of meeting her. Campbell paints a jolly portrait =
of
Broadbent as a fool who takes himself so completely seriously that he mak=
es
a fool of all around him. Soon enough, not only has he won Nora and his g=
olf
resort, but the villagers of Roscullen have nominated him for Parliament.
All this despite an ill-fated trip transporting a pig in a motorcar. It i=
s
likely that this scene is the one that made Edward VII laugh so hard that=
he
reportedly broke his chair. It=92s quite funny here too, though no furnit=
ure
is in any danger of being harmed.=20
=20
Among the inhabitants of Roscullen, Jim Mezon is suitably enigmatic as an
ex-priest who wanders the hillside telling uncomfortable truths. Ric Reid=
,
Patrick McManus and Mary Haney fill out the village well.=20
=20
Newton=92s production, elegantly designed by William Schmuck, avoids too =
many
longueurs =96 having two intermissions was a stroke of genius. While it l=
oses
a bit of steam at the end, it=92s about as good as a faithful representat=
ion
of this thought-provoking play could be.=20
=20
John Bull=92s Other Island runs at the Court House Theatre in
Niagara-on-the-Lake until Oct. 9.=20
=20
Richard F. Dietrich=20
Treasurer & Webmaster, International Shaw Society=20
(Homepage: www.shawsociety.org)=20
(Members Page: http://www.shawsociety.org/2010memberspage.htm)=20
=20
Series Editor, University Press of Florida Shaw Series:=20
( www.upf.com/seriesresult.asp?ser=3Dgbshaw)=20
=20
Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida=20
dietrich[at]usf.edu / 813-503-0584=20
=20
Membership Application for the ISS can be found as a link from:=20
http://www.shawsociety.org/2010-Membership-Form-&-Benefits.htm=20
=20

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This may be of interest to the list.



Bill Mulligan



Dear ACIS member,



I invite you to submit a proposal for the New England ACIS regional
conference, to be held November 12-13, 2010 at Framingham State College,
approximately 20 miles west of Boston. The conference theme is "The Country
of the Young: Interpretations of Youth and Childhood in Irish Culture," but
papers on all topics in Irish studies are welcome. Plenary sessions will
feature Boston College professor James Smith, playwright Damian Gorman, and
filmmaker Maurice Fitzpatrick, writer and co-producer of the documentary The
Boys of St. Columb's.



The official call for papers appears below, along with information about
plans to publish a collection of essays by conference presenters. You will
find further information, including a draft schedule, on our conference
website,
www.framingham.edu/2010-neacis. If
you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.



I hope you'll join us in November.



Regards,



Kelly Matthews, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of English

Framingham State College

100 State Street

Framingham, MA 01701

508-626-4815



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New England ACIS Regional Conference, November 12-13, 2010,

Framingham State College, Framingham, Massachusetts



The Country of the Young: Interpretations of Youth and Childhood in Irish
Culture

"That is no country for old men," declared W. B. Yeats in "Sailing to
Byzantium," describing his native land's fascination with youth and legends
of rebirth. 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. 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's Ashes and Are You Somebody? - all of which yield fertile ground
for exploration and discussion in this year's New England ACIS regional
conference. Papers are welcome on such topics as historical depictions of
childhood, contemporary youth culture, schooling in Ireland, children's
literature, definitions of Irish boyhood and girlhood, memoirs of childhood
and adolescence, and images of Ireland as an infant or ancient nation. Our
list of plenary speakers includes Dr. James Smith, playwright Damian Gorman,
and Maurice Fitzpatrick, writer and co-producer of The Boys of St. Columb's.

Papers in all Irish Studies disciplines are encouraged, as are all papers on
Irish subjects that do not specifically address the conference theme.
Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate. Proposals for
panels are welcome.

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

We hope to publish a collection of essays on the conference theme, and
encourage each presenter interested in publication to submit an expanded
version of his or her conference paper for editorial consideration.

Essays to be considered for publication should be 6000-8000 words in
length, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font. Please include a
brief author's biography which lists affiliations and previous publications.
Two hard copies and an electronic attachment of the manuscript should be
sent to Dr. Kelly Matthews, Department of English, Framingham State College,
100 State Street, Framingham, MA 01701, kmatthews[at]framingham.edu.

Framingham State College is located 20 miles west of Boston, with convenient
access to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). 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. An
airport shuttle service is available from Logan Airport in Boston, with
reduced rates for those sharing transport.

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Subject: Conference 'Post-Globalisation:Rethinking the Relationship of
Ireland and the US
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FYI

We would be grateful if you could pass on details to your members or anyone
who might be interested in attending/participating.

This September the Clinton Institute of American Studies with financial
support from the Graduate School in Arts and Celtic Studies at UCD, will be
hosting a conference entitled 'Post-Globalisation: Rethinking the
Relationship of Ireland and the United States'.

The conference will take place in the William Jefferson Clinton Auditorium
at UCD on the 22 September 2010. Confirmed speakers include Kingsley Aikins=
,
(Ireland Funds), Prof. Se=E1n O Riain (Sociology Department, NUI Maynooth) =
and
Prof. Tom Inglis (UCD School of Sociology) with more to be announced.

For further details please visit our Web site at
www.postglobalisation.wordpress.com

Thank you very much
Kind regards

Geoff O'Connor

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Dear Paddy,
May I trouble you to bring this to the listserve's attention?
Many thanks,
Breen


The Roger Casement 2010 August Gathering
Tionoil Lunasa 2010 Ruairi Mhic Easmainn


Monday, 2 August 2010
Mount Brandon Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry


*Session 1: Morning & Afternoon*
**
10:00-10:15 AM Official opening by Mayor of Tralee

10:15-10:30 AM - New developments in the Roger Casement debate

10:30-11:30 AM - Xander Clayton, 'The Casement Ship'

11:30-12:30 PM - Donal J. O'Sullivan, 'The Ballykissane Tragedy'

3:00-5:00 PM - Field Trip to Banna Strand guided by Sean Seosamh O
Conchubhair

*Session 2 - Evening*
**
7:00-8:00 PM Leo Keohane, 'Imperialism to Anarchism: Captain J.R. White &
the Irish Citizen Army'

8:00-9:00 PM Angus Mitchell, 'The Language of the Outlaw: Roger Casement and
the Irish Language'

9:00-10:00 PM - Film Screening: Roger Casement and the Rings of Saturn


Admission for each session 5 Euro
Enquiries: phone 066-7125205
e-mail seandawn[at]eircom.net

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Forwarded on behalf of Sean Farrell





Peter David Hart, (1963-2010) passed away yesterday in his hometown of St.
John's, Newfoundland. Canada Research Chair of Irish Studies and Professor
of History, Memorial University, he was the author of the award-winning The
IRA and its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork 1916-1923 (1998), Mick:
the Real Michael Collins (2005) and other books. Died peacefully in the
company of family and friends at the Health Sciences Complex, where he
received superb care. Left with memories of deep love and admiration, his
partner of many years Robin Whitaker; parents Anne and David, brother
Stephen; sister Susan (Stephenson Yang) and their children Peter and
Stephanie and many relatives and friends throughout Canada, Ireland and the
United Kingdom. He will also be missed by cats Sheilagh and Louis. Peter
will be buried in a private service; a memorial service will be held at a
later date. Donations in Peter's memory may be made to the SPCA - P.O. Box
1533, St. John's, NL A1C 5N8. To send a message of condolence or to sign the
memorial guestbook, please visit www.carnells.com




Sean Farrell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115

Vice President
American Conference for Irish Studies
(815) 753-6658
sfarrel1[at]niu.edu

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Here's a more direct link to the condolences:
http://www.inmemoriam.ca/announcement-200713-Peter-David-Hart-PhD.html

Bill Mulligan wrote:
> Forwarded on behalf of Sean Farrell
>
>
>
>
>
> Peter David Hart, (1963-2010) passed away yesterday in his hometown of St.
> John's, Newfoundland. Canada Research Chair of Irish Studies and Professor
> of History, Memorial University, he was the author of the award-winning The
> IRA and its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork 1916-1923 (1998), Mick:
> the Real Michael Collins (2005) and other books. Died peacefully in the
> company of family and friends at the Health Sciences Complex, where he
> received superb care. Left with memories of deep love and admiration, his
> partner of many years Robin Whitaker; parents Anne and David, brother
> Stephen; sister Susan (Stephenson Yang) and their children Peter and
> Stephanie and many relatives and friends throughout Canada, Ireland and the
> United Kingdom. He will also be missed by cats Sheilagh and Louis. Peter
> will be buried in a private service; a memorial service will be held at a
> later date. Donations in Peter's memory may be made to the SPCA - P.O. Box
> 1533, St. John's, NL A1C 5N8. To send a message of condolence or to sign the
> memorial guestbook, please visit www.carnells.com
>
>
>
>
> Sean Farrell, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of History
> Northern Illinois University
> DeKalb, IL 60115
>
> Vice President
> American Conference for Irish Studies
> (815) 753-6658
> sfarrel1[at]niu.edu
>
>
>

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There have been a few list items already about the impact of the recession =
in Ireland and emigration.

This issue was a feature item on the Today programme yesterday - the mornin=
g news radio magazine on BBC radio 4. Very depressing to imagine that 5=2C0=
00 people are leaving Ireland every month.=20

There's a webpage article (first link) and a listen again item - usually th=
ese are only available for maximum 7 days=2C and list members outside the U=
K might not be able to access the listen again item.

** Ireland's new exodus **
The story of one village caught in the upheaval of emigration


** Leaving Ireland behind them **
Sanchia Berg reports from the Irish village of Gneeveguilla on the impact o=
f emigration

=20

Sarah Morgan

=20
_________________________________________________________________
http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/

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For those of you outside the UK who prefer to listen, I've put a
downloadable MP3 of the audio broadcast here:

http://www.mdn.fm/files/167250_685fd/Ireland%20New%20Exodus%20BBC%20R4%2023%20July%202010.mp3

If you have any problems accessing it, let me know.

Best

Liam

On 24/07/2010 17:21, Sarah Morgan wrote:
> There have been a few list items already about the impact of the recession in Ireland and emigration.
>
> This issue was a feature item on the Today programme yesterday - the morning news radio magazine on BBC radio 4. Very depressing to imagine that 5,000 people are leaving Ireland every month.
>
> There's a webpage article (first link) and a listen again item - usually these are only available for maximum 7 days, and list members outside the UK might not be able to access the listen again item.
>
> ** Ireland's new exodus **
> The story of one village caught in the upheaval of emigration
>
>
> ** Leaving Ireland behind them **
> Sanchia Berg reports from the Irish village of Gneeveguilla on the impact of emigration
>
>
>
> Sarah Morgan
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
>

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Subject: CFP: 2011 Annual Meeting of ACIS -- Madison, Wisconsin
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Call for Papers



The 2011 International Meeting of

The American Conference for Irish Studies at The University of Wisconsin -
Madison March 30-April 2, 2011



Global Networks and Local Ties



Submissions Due October 15, 2010 to acis2011[at]gmail.com



As the ACIS enters its second half-century, the 2011 conference organizers
invite you to join us on the campus of the University of Wisconsin - Madison
for a four-day meeting of papers, roundtables, lectures, exhibits, readings
and performances. The conference welcomes papers on all topics and aspects
of Irish studies, including history, literature, language, culture, and
arts, and encourages paper submissions considering the notions of the
"global" and the "local" in Irish Studies.



While the recent "Celtic Tiger" boom and bust made glaringly apparent the
impact of globalization on Irish history and culture in contemporary times,
the tension between global and local perspectives has informed Irish and
Irish diaspora cultures for centuries. This tension also informs Irish
Studies research, which has increasingly adopted interdisciplinary
approaches to examine the Irish experience in the context of wider cultural,
theoretical and geographical networks. The 2011 conference invites members
to consider the impact of these approaches on Irish Studies research, as
well as on the concept of Irish Studies as an academic field.



Some approaches to this topic include:

. The Cosmopolitan and the Vernacular in Irish Literature and Arts

. Ireland's relation to its own and other Diaspora Communities

. Ireland's Immigrant/Emigrant Ethos

. Ireland and the European Union

. World Empires and their Local Impact

. Global Technology and Irish Nationalisms

. Irish Studies in the Age of Interdisciplinarity

. Irish Bodies



Along with papers specific to the conference theme, we are interested in
using this conference to highlight the most recent work in the field.

Therefore, we welcome submissions addressing any and all topics or themes
relevant to Irish studies.



ACIS 2011 Keynote Speakers are Kerby A. Miller, Christopher Morash and Julia
M. Wright.



Please submit your proposal by October 15, 2010 to acis2011[at]gmail.com. Both
individual paper and panel submissions (3-4 participants) are welcomed, as
are proposals for presentations in non-traditional formats (posters,
performances, exhibits). Please send any questions to Mary Trotter, Director
of UW-Madison's Celtic Studies Program, at the conference e-mail address.

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: TOC JOURNAL OF IRISH ARCHAEOLOGY VOL 17; 2008
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Do note that there has been a recent tidying of the web page of the JOURNAL
OF IRISH ARCHAEOLOGY
http://journal.iai.ie/index.html

Further tidynesses and updatings are promised. Meanwhile the is a useful
outline of the history of the journal, a list of past editors, links with
the web page of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland and with JSTOR -
where earlier issues are available to some. Vols. 1-11 1983-2002 are part
of the JSTOR Ireland Collection.

In the latest issue the article by Gill Boazman will interest a number of
Ir-D members. The article arises out of the UCC project
MAKING CHRISTIAN LANDSCAPES
Settlement, Society and Regionality in Early Medieval Ireland

http://www.ucc.ie/en/DepartmentsCentresandUnits/Archaeology/Research/Researc
hGroupList/EarlyMedievalandVikingResearchGroup/EarlyMedievalandVikingResearc
hProjects/MakingChristianLandscapes/

P.O'S.


JOURNAL OF IRISH ARCHAEOLOGY
VOL 17; 2008
ISSN 0268-537X

pp. 1-18
Largantea and the dating of Irish wedge tombs.
Schulting, R.; Sheridan, A.; Clarke, S.; Ramsey, C.B.

pp. 19-56
Archaeological investigations at Ross Island Cave, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
O Brien, W.; Comber, M.

pp. 57-84
An early medieval settlement/cemetery at Carrowkeel, Co. Galway.
Wilkins, B.; Lalonde, S.

pp. 85-112
Excavations at Kilgobbin church, Co. Dublin.
Bolger, T.

pp. 113-136
Cork and Cornwall: settlement patterns and social organisation during the
establishment of Christianity, AD 450-800.
Boazman, G.

pp. 137-152
Identifying and interpreting Ireland's post-medieval conflict archaeology.
Shiels, D.

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Subject: Article, The Catholic Church, Ireland and the British empire,
1800-1921
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This is a bold and wide raging article by Oliver Rafferty and will interest
many Ir-D members. To a certain extent it builds on the book, Rafferty, The
Catholic Church and the Protestant State: 19th-Century Irish Realities
(Dublin, 2008), and expands into the British Empire... Page 2 of the
article says

'There is perhaps a certain sense in which one can say that Catholicism
itself was an empire. But its real expansion in the nineteenth-century phase
of its history was ironically propagated on the coat-tails of an unlikely
ally in the shape of Protestant Britain as the major and growing power in
the world. The reasons for this are many and complex but they have their
origin in the relationship between Britain and Ireland and in the presence
of an Irish and Catholic heart in the body of the Anglo-Saxon and
Protestant empire.'

P.O'S.

Historical Research
Early View (Articles online in advance of print)
Published Online: 26 Jul 2010
C 2010 Institute of Historical Research

The Catholic Church, Ireland and the British empire, 1800-1921
Oliver P. Rafferty 1
1 Heythrop College, University of London

ABSTRACT
This article sets out the ironic contours of the relationship between the
Catholic Church and the British empire in the period 1800-1921. Despite
mutual sectarian antipathy, and the unconstitutional nature of the practice,
the church and empire evolved a modus vivendi that enabled financial support
to be given to Catholic missionary activity from government funds. Imperial
and ecclesiastical expansion was facilitated by Irish Catholics,
notwithstanding what they regarded as the hostile Protestant governance of
Ireland. Utilizing material from state and ecclesiastical archives and
drawing on a wide range of printed and secondary material, the article for
the first time in the literature reveals not only how the Vatican
appreciated British government largesse but also that successive popes were
quite prepared to downplay Irish Catholic interests for the sake of church
expansion in the empire as a whole.

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Subject: Article,
Swimming against the tide: Outward staffing flows from
multinational subsidiaries
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We have discussed a number of time in the past, on Ir-D, Human Resource
Management studies, and the International Human Resource Management studies
- with their own research literature, their own jargon, their own
preoccupations, and their specific methodologies. I guess that this one
adds usefully to diaspora literature and it is interesting that it addresses
what it sees as a gap in the Human Resource Management literature.

P.O'S.


Human Resource Management
Volume 49 Issue 4, Pages 575 - 598
Special Issue: Special Section: Entrepreneurship - Part 2
Published Online: 19 Jul 2010
Copyright C 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company

HR Science Forum
Swimming against the tide: Outward staffing flows from multinational
subsidiaries
David G. Collings 1 *, Anthony McDonnell 2, Patrick Gunnigle 3, Jonathan
Lavelle 3
1National University of Ireland, Galway
2Centre for Institutional and Organisational Studies, University of
Newcastle, Australia
3Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland
email: David G. Collings (david.collings[at]nuigalway.ie)
*Correspondence to David G. Collings, J. E. Cairnes School of Business &
Economics, NUI Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland, Phone: +35391495385

KEYWORDS
global staffing . expatriates . inpatriates . third country nationals .
international assignments . resource-based view . institutional theory

ABSTRACT
Studying the flows of parent country nationals in multinational enterprises
(MNEs) to subsidiary operations has a relatively long tradition. Studying
flows of subsidiary employees to other subsidiaries, as third country
nationals, and to the corporate headquarters, as inpatriates, however, has
empirically much less pedigree. Drawing on a large-scale empirical study of
MNEs in Ireland, this paper provides a benchmark of outward flows of
international assignees from the Irish subsidiaries of foreign-owned MNEs to
both corporate headquarters and other worldwide operations. Building on
insights from the resource-based view and neo-institutional theory, we
develop and test a theoretical model to explain outward staffing flows. The
results show that almost half of all MNEs use some form of outward staffing
flows from their Irish operations. Although the impact of specific variables
in explaining inter-organization variation differs between the utilization
of inpatriate and third country national assignments, overall we find that a
number of headquarters, subsidiary, structural, and human resource systems
factors emerge as strong predictors of outward staffing flows. C 2010 Wiley
Periodicals, Inc.

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Subject: CFP, Celts in the Americas 2011, Saint Francis Xavier University,
Nova Scotia
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(CFP revised July 2010)

The Celts in the Americas conference will be held 29 June - 2 July,
2011 at Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, hosted by the
Celtic Studies Department of St FX and the Centre for Cape Breton
Studies at Cape Breton University.

The Celts in the Americas conference will offer a unique opportunity
to share scholarship about the history, culture, and literature of
Celtic-speaking peoples in North and South America: it will be the
first academic conference devoted to this theme, with presentations
about aspects of the experiences, cultures, and literatures of the
communities speaking Breton, Cornish, Irish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic,
Scottish Gaelic, or Welsh in the Americas.

We invite submissions for talks for 30 minute time slots which discuss
issues such as:
* Factors in emigration of Celtic-speaking communities; settlement and
placename patterns
* Examinations of Celtic literatures and folklore of the Americas
* Social movements and organizations formed by and for Celtic
immigrant communities
* Developments in the folklife of Celtic immigrant communities
* Issues of linguistic and cultural maintenance and sustainability for
Celtic immigrant communities
* Assessments of the history or current state of the field of Celtic
Studies in the Americas
* New sources of information about Celtic-speaking peoples
* Preservation of and access to archival cultural resources, esp.
digitization projects

One day of the conference will be devoted to examining the
interactions between Celtic peoples and non-Celtic peoples in the
Americas, with a special emphasis on indigenous peoples and peoples of
African descent. Suggested topics include:
* The development of the idea of Other and racialism
* Indigenous peoples, Imperial frontiers, and cultural invasion
* Mutual reflections of Others in literature (Celtic, indigenous, and
Afro-centric)
* Mutual cultural, folkloric, and linguistic influences and exchanges
* Mutual influences in movements for civil, cultural, and linguistic
rights

Presentations may be offered in English, French, or any of the Celtic
languages. A selection of papers from the conference is expected to be
published.

Please submit your name, institutional affiliation, paper title, and
abstract (between 150 and 300 words) by 5 December 2010 via email to:
mnewton[at]stfx.ca

Further details about the conference will be made available on the St
FX Celtic Department website:
http://www.mystfx.ca/academic/celtic-studies/AllAboutConference.pdf