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From: Liam Greenslade Academic
Subject: San Francisco Irish Oral History Project Benefit Evening
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Hillary Flynn has drawn the following event to the attention of the list:

Saturday, October 9

A Benefit for The San Francisco Irish Oral History Project/

Music Provided by: /

*The Gasmen
The Wrenboys
Autumn Rhodes and Friends*
/And other special guests/

The Plough & Stars Pub
116 Clement Street [at] 2nd Avenue, San Francisco

8:00pm
$10 Donation Request


The Crossroads Irish-American Festival is creating an oral archive about
the history of the Irish and Irish-American communities in the San
Francisco Bay Area. We are currently focusing outreach to men and women
who emigrated in the 1950's.

You can find out more about the project here:
http://www.irishamericancrossroads.org/oral_history.html

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Review, ANN ROSSITER,
Ireland's Hidden Diaspora: the 'abortion trail'
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Ireland=92s Hidden Diaspora: the =91abortion trail=92 and the making of =
a
London-Irish underground, 1980=962000
By ANN ROSSITER=20
(London, IASC Publishing, 2009), 250 pp. =A38.00.

The Irish diaspora was always unusual in that it involved =
disproportionately
more women than men. This story was rarely acknowledged. In Britain, =
racist
stereotyping of Irish people was nearly always confined to an =
exclusively
male, violent and subhuman =91Paddy=92. (Interestingly this was not the =
case in
the USwhere =91Paddy=92 was often presented alongside his female =
counterpart
=91Biddy=92 =96 equally unreliable and apelike.) So the whole herstory =
of Irish
women=92s migration to Britain is characterised by silence. This reality =
is
further compounded by the particular aspect of the diaspora covered in =
this
book =96 Irish women from north and south of the border who are forced =
to
travel to Britain for abortions because of the failure to provide choice =
on
either side of the border.

Every year, some 5,000 women from the Republic of Ireland and some 1,500
from the Six Counties are forced to seek an abortion in a British =
clinic.
This book is not an account of the experience of abortion seekers by the
women themselves =96 that story remains to be told. But the book tells =
the
equally important story of the London Irish women who supported many =
such
individualsbefore, during and after their journey =91across the =
water=92. It is
also a record of their campaigns for a change in the law in both parts =
of
the island. The supporters and campaigners were members of the Irish =
Women=92s
Abortion Support Group (IWASG) and the Irish Abortion Solidarity =
Campaign
(IASC).

Traditionally, campaigns have focused on extending the 1967 Act to =
Northern
Ireland and on the Irish constitution, while remaining concerned that
neither legal mechanism will deliver a women=92s right to choose as =
such. This
struggle continues but it is clear that the bare minimum demand is that =
both
states clearly de-criminalise women who need abortions in the early =
stages
of pregnancy.

It is shocking that such a situation continues ten years after a peace
agreement which supposedly built human rights and equality into its very
fabric. Opposition to abortion in Ireland remains characterised by an
unholy alliance of fundamentalist Catholicism and Protestantism. Thus =
the
current Catholic Primate of Ireland recently admitted to swearing into
secrecy two children who had been sexually abused by a notorious abusive
priest who then went on to abuse many more children. Equally the DUP =96 =
the
dominant unionist party in the north =96 continued to lecture on sexual
morality even as one of its MPs most associated with homophobia and
=91biblical values=92 was exposed as using her power to further her =
affair with
a teenage boy some forty years her junior. Rossiter=92s work is an =
important
testament to ongoing struggle =96 a little recognised part of the =
dynamics of
Irish migration to Britain. It is also a reminder of the =91unfinished
revolution=92 =96 the continuing aspiration for an Ireland, north and
south, that can confront its profound hypocrisy on sex and sexuality and =
no
longer export and exile those people most affected by it.

Derry=20
ROBBIE McVEIGH

Race & Class
Copyright =A9 2010 Institute of Race Relations, Vol. 52(2): 104=96109
10.1177/0306396810377004 http://rac.sagepub.com

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Subject: Irish Emigration Today
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Dear All

My colleague Caitr=EDona N=ED Laoire and I are seeking to engage with a =
range of issues concerning the current renewed wave of emigration out of =
Ireland - a topic which does not seem to have received much attention in =
academic circles, at least here in Ireland, as yet.=20

In an initial attempt to map out any work going on, we would be most =
grateful if you could indicate to us any publications or ongoing =
research that you or your colleagues might be aware of, of whether you =
or others are supervising any students undertaking work in this field.=20

Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED
Department of Geography
University College Cork

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Subject: CFP, Irish Drama of the XX and XXI Century
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CALL FOR PAPERS=20

Irish Drama of the XX and XXI Century: Changes and Evolutions
=A0
Lodz 9-11 June 2011
University of Lodz
Poland
Irish Drama of the XX and XXI Century: Changes and Evolutions is a fifth
edition of an annual conference devoted to international drama organized =
by
the Department of Drama in cooperation with other Polish academic =
centers.
The previous editions of the conference focused among others on drama =
and
theatre from Austria, Germany and Spain. This time the organizers would =
like
to examine Irish drama which grows more and more popular on Polish =
stages.

Since the beginning of the 20th century Ireland has experienced two =
major
shifts which significantly influenced its society and dramatically =
redefined
its culture. The inception of the Irish Free State in the second decade =
of
the previous century was preceded by a long period of intense political
activity and cultural exploration, aiming at constructing and defining =
Irish
national identity. Literature, drama and theatre of the Celtic Revival =
were
supposed to provide a major driving force in the combined effort of =
bringing
the Irish back to their cultural roots and changing a chaotic collection =
of
individuals into self-conscious and proud citizens who would be able to
resist the dominating presence of the neighbouring British Empire. Such
playwrights as W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, S. O'Casey, G. B. Shaw or O. =
Wilde
actively participated in the shaping of the cultural and political =
climate
of the Celtic Revival. Their dramatic works as well as political =
pamphlets
or immediate involvement in the business of politics represent a richly
diversified variety of approaches to the themes of national literature =
and
identity, while their formal experimentation offers an inspiring insight
into avant-garde movements of modernism.=20

Second major turning point in Irish cultural history can be seen rather =
not
as an actual point but a prolonged period of slow drift away from the
traditional and rural concept of the Irish identity which was formed at =
the
beginning of the twentieth century. Questioning the basics of national
creed, founded on at least three major tenets of religion, land and =
history,
coincided with Ireland's accession to the European Union in 1974. =
However,
the need to start a discussion on the condition of national
self-consciousness could be seen much earlier, in 1950s, when =
playwrights,
novelists and poets offered a strikingly different image of the Irish
society than that constructed by the official propaganda of a =
conservative
government. Plays written by such dramatists as B. Friel, T. Murphy, H.
Leonard or T. Kilory depict a number of economic and cultural dilemmas
facing a society slowly breaking out of the national and rural vision of
itself. In practice, the next generation of Irish playwrights (Martin
McDonagh, Conor McPherson, Marina Carr, Enda Walsh, Billy Roche, =
Christina
Reid, etc.) continues the same kind of exploration in dramatic forms =
which
marry traditional and modern influences.=20

We invite scholars and academics to this international conference to =
discuss
Irish theatrical culture in its diversity and richness. In order to =
properly
present a number of topics and issues listed below, we suggest that =
papers
and plenary lectures should take into account the opposition between
tradition and modernity in Irish culture. Therefore, we particularly =
welcome
proposals which trace the evolution from more traditional dramatic forms =
to
contemporary ones or present the clash between older playwrights and =
their
contemporary followers. We are also interested in papers presenting the
history and current developments in Irish drama in Irish language as =
well as
those which investigate the proposed issues in pre-twentieth century, =
early
Irish period.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:
- Irish diaspora Shaw, Wilde, Beckett, McDonagh;=20
- emigration in Irish drama;
- myth, religion, ritual in Irish drama;
- Irish drama as an expression of national and cultural identity;
- between London and Dublin - is Irish drama Irish?
- Irish verbal theatre;
- role of Hiberno-English in Irish drama and literature;
- drama in Irish;=20
- the dramatic in ancient Irish literature;
- the local and universal in Irish drama;
- dance in Irish drama;
- politics in Irish drama;
- images of women in Irish drama;
- Irish drama between realism and avant-garde;
- Irish drama in Polish translations;
- Irish drama on Polish stages.

All abstracts (maximum of 100 words) must contain the title of the =
proposed
paper, the name of the author and contact information (institutional
affiliation, mailing address and email address). Abstracts should be
submitted before 28 February 2011. Selected papers will be published in =
a
post-conference volume. The conference is held in English and in Polish =
and
since simultaneous translation will be provided during all sessions, we
would like all participants to send full versions of their papers by 30 =
May
2011. Papers should not be longer than 25 minutes of presentation time.=20

Conference fee: 300 euro (Includes: conference materials, coffee breaks,
three meals and three nights in a single room at the University of Lodz
Conference Center. Conference fee does not cover travelling expenses.)
Conference venue: Biedermann Palace, 1/5 Franciszkanska Street, Lodz


Organizing Committee:

Prof. Ma=B3gorzata Leyko (Department of Drama)
Prof. Jadwiga Uchman (Department of Drama and Pre-1800 Literature)
Prof. Piotr Stalmaszczyk (Dean of the Faculty of Philology)=20


Please, send your abstracts or submit queries to:

Dr. Micha=B3 Lachman: milach[at]poczta.wp.pl

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Notice,
Queer Notions: New Plays and Performances from Ireland
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Forwarded on behalf of
Mike Collins=20
Publications Director=20
Cork University Press/Attic Press=20

Queer Notions: New Plays and Performances from Ireland Edited by Fintan =
Walsh is published today
=20
Queer Notions is a seminal anthology of new plays and performance =
documentation from Ireland.=20
=20
=E2=80=98This is a very exciting collection which will make a vital =
contribution to literature on Irish theatre and drama studies. It will =
also greatly help in documenting the rich, challenging and vibrant =
nature of LGBTQ culture in Ireland. Perhaps most importantly, it should =
provoke and entertain a wide audience.=E2=80=99
Ivana Bacik, Senator and Reid Professor of Law, Trinity College, Dublin.
=20
=20
Foreword by Frank McGuinness
=20
This collection is a record of some of the most important performative =
ideas and embodied interventions that have shaped queer culture and =
theatre and performance practice in Ireland
in recent times, principally in the years following the =
decriminalization of homosexuality in
1993, up to and including the present. The anthology includes plays, =
experimental performance documentation, and a visual essay that reveal =
the impassioned creativity that illuminates and invigorates the margins =
of culture.
=20
Introduction: The Flaming Archive by Fintan Walsh
The Queen & Peacock (2000) by Loughlin Deegan
Passage (2001) by Deirdre Kinahan
A Cure for Homosexuality (2005) by Neil Watkins
The Drowning Room (2006) by Verity-Alicia Mavenawitz
Danny and Chantelle (Still Here) (2006) by Phillip McMahon
The Ecstasy of Tomorrow (Visual Essay, 1987-2010), by Niall Sweeney
Victor and Gord, Ali and Michael (2009) by =C3=9Ana McKevitt, with cast
A Woman in Progress (2009) by Panti
=20
Fintan Walsh is IRCHSS Government of Ireland Post-doctoral Research =
Fellow in Drama at the School of Drama, Film and Music, Trinity College, =
Dublin.
=20
=20
October 2010 ISBN 978-185918-469-1, =E2=82=AC39, =C2=A335, Hbk, 234 x =
156mm, 276pp
=20
Further details at: =
http://corkuniversitypress.com/Queer_Notions:_New_Plays_and_Performances_=
from_Ireland/328/
=20
Regards
=20
=20
Mike=20
Mike Collins=20
Publications Director=20
=20

Cork University Press/Attic Press=20
Youngline Industrial Estate=20
Pouladuff Road, Togher=20
Cork, Ireland=20
Tel: + 353 (0)21 4902980=20
Fax: + 353 (0)21 4315329=20
http://www.corkuniversitypress.com=20
=20
=20

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Subject: CFP Society for Irish Latin American Studies,
Dublin City University March 2011
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Forwarded on behalf of
John Kennedy
Society for Irish Latin American Studies


Third Conference of the Society for Irish Latin American Studies=20
SILAS 2011 - Dublin City University=20
Friday March 11th ; Saturday 12th March 2011

Secrets and Lies... clandestine=85hidden=85concealed=85covert...
=85private=85confidential=85
=85secretive=85
=85occult=85 obscure=85 mysterious=85

All these concepts can be present and instrumental in the interactions
between people, societies, cultures, civilisations and all their =
artefacts=85
The many guises of secrets, and the multi-facetted nature and impact of =
lies
permeate all aspects of all relationships, be it at private or public
levels. For this very reason, this cross-, inter-, and =
multi-disciplinary
conference aims at providing a platform on which to discuss all =
occurrences
of secrets and lies arising between Ireland, Latin America, the =
Caribbean
and Iberia.

We invite abstracts and posters related to the above topic from academic
fields such as comparative literature, intercultural studies, language
studies, translation studies, migration studies, business studies, media =
and
communications, law, geography, art, literature, visual studies, =
sexuality
studies, psychology, sociology, anthropology, women studies, gender =
studies,
queer studies, art history, and history.=A0 Practitioners from varied
professional backgrounds are also welcome.

Proposals on other themes dealing with Ireland, Latin America and Iberia =
are
also encouraged to be presented at the Conference.

All abstracts proposals (oral and/or poster presentations) are to be
submitted using the online form.=20

The languages of the conference are English, Irish, Spanish and =
Portuguese.
The language of the submission piece is the language of the =
presentation.
Only abstracts submitted through our submission form will be considered. =
The
submission form contains the following fields:
=95 Title of Applicant=20
=95 First Name of Applicant=20
=95 Surname of Applicant=20
=95 Institution and=A0 Country of Applicant=20
=95 Email of Applicant=20
=95 Title of Abstract=20
=95 Abstract -=A0300 words maximum=20
=95 Biography - 150 words maximum=20
=95 Keywords =96 5 maximum

Deadlines:
Abstracts to be submitted: Friday October 29th 2010=20
Acceptance confirmation: Friday November 19th 2010=20

Conference homepage:
http://www.dcu.ie/salis/conferencesecretsandlies2011/index.shtml
Contacts:
Jean-Philippe Imbert (SALIS), jean-philippe.imbert[at]dcu.ie

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Tenure-track position,
Irish Literature and/or the Literature of the Irish Diaspora,
Concordia University
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School of Canadian Irish Studies

Irish Literature

Over the past several years, Canadian Irish Studies has developed
significantly as a multidisciplinary area of study at Concordia University,
culminating in the creation of the School of Canadian Irish Studies in 2009.
The School offers Minor and Certificate programs in Canadian Irish Studies,
sponsors a prestigious annual lecture series, hosts Visiting Scholars,
provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students, presents an
Irish Studies Seminar Series, organizes various community-outreach events,
and will host international conferences in 2011 (Canadian Association for
Irish Studies and 2012 (International Association for the Study of Irish
Literatures). In September 2011, the School is planning to introduce a Major
in Canadian Irish Studies.

The School now invites applications for one tenure-track position in any
period of Irish Literature and/or the Literature of the Irish Diaspora. The
ideal candidate will have a completed PhD, a strong research and teaching
profile, a demonstrated multidisciplinary approach to his/her own subject as
well as a broad interdisciplinary conceptualization of Irish Studies. In
addition to teaching courses in Irish Literature, the successful candidate
will be expected to play a central role in the further expansion of Irish
Studies at Concordia University. We anticipate filling this position, at the
rank of Assistant Professor, for July 1, 2011.

Applications must consist of a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae,
copies of recent publications, a statement of teaching philosophy/interests,
a statement of research achievements, and evidence of teaching
effectiveness. Candidates must also arrange to have three letters of
reference sent directly to

Dr. Michael Kenneally, Principal, School of Canadian Irish Studies
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8
Michael.Kenneally[at]concordia.ca
Applications should reach the School no later than December 6, 2010.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens
and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Concordia
University is committed to employment equity.

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From: Patrick Maume
Dear Paddy,
Thsi may be of interest to the list.

On 14 September 2010 University College Dublin Press published A MINGLING
OF SWANS by John Sarsfield Casey, edited by Mairead Maume, Patrick Maume,
and John Sarsfield Casey - paperback, 336 pages, E24.00.
This is an edition of material relating to the experience of the Fenians
deported to Western Australia on the last convict ship ever to leave Britain
for Australia. It covers their experiences from arrival in Western
Australia at the beginning of 1868 (when they were set to work on
road-building) through the release of some on ticket-of-leave, the pardon
issued to the majority of the prisoners in 1869, the fund-raising in Ireland
and among Irish-Australians which enabled those prisoners who wished to
leave the country to do so, and the return of a group (including John
Sarsfield Casey) to Ireland at the beginning of 1870.
There are three bodies of original material. The first is a collection of
correspondence between some of the Australian Fenians (not just Casey) and
with their relatives and sympathisers in Ireland and Australia.
The second consists of two series of articles published by Casey in the
neo-Fenian Dublin weekly *The Irishman* in 1870. The first series describes
the harsh climate and living conditions of Western Australia and warns
prospective emigrants against going there; the second describes the journey
of the released Fenians from Western Australia along the south coast to
Sydney, their enthusiastic welcome by Irish-Australian sympathisers,
and concludeswith their embarkation.
the third section of original material is a series of fragmentary jottings
by Casey about the prisoners' experiences and working conditions while
quarrying and road-building.
The editors have added an introduction (with a short account of Casey's
life and a discussion of his sense of himself as an exile and of the support
networks which helped to sustain the prisoners), notes elucidating
references in the text, appendixes on the early history of Western
Australia, on the Catholic Church in Westrn Australia in the nineteenth
century, and on the Amnesty Movement which campaigned for the release of the
Fenian prisoners. There are also biographical notes on the Fenian prisoners
and on other people mentioned in the text.
The editors hope this book will shed further light on the Fenian movement
and on the history of Western Australia.

For further details see the publishers' website:
http://www.ucdpress.ie/display.asp?isbn=9781906359003&

Best wishes,
PAtrick Maume

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Dear Patrick,
It is indeed of great interest to some of us. Amazon tell me my copy has
dispatched and I am awaiting its arrival as I write.
anthony
--
Dr Anthony McNicholas
Principal Lecturer
Director CAMRI PhD Programme
School of Media, Arts and Design

University of Westminster
Watford Road
Northwick Park
Harrow HA1 3TP
United Kingdom

T +44 (0)20 7911 5000 x4603
mcnichc[at]wmin.ac.uk
westminster.ac.uk








On 06/10/2010 12:11, "Patrick Maume" wrote:

> From: Patrick Maume
> Dear Paddy,
> Thsi may be of interest to the list.
>
> On 14 September 2010 University College Dublin Press published A MINGLING
> OF SWANS by John Sarsfield Casey, edited by Mairead Maume, Patrick Maume,
> and John Sarsfield Casey - paperback, 336 pages, E24.00.
> This is an edition of material relating to the experience of the Fenians
> deported to Western Australia on the last convict ship ever to leave Britain
> for Australia. It covers their experiences from arrival in Western
> Australia at the beginning of 1868 (when they were set to work on
> road-building) through the release of some on ticket-of-leave, the pardon
> issued to the majority of the prisoners in 1869, the fund-raising in Ireland
> and among Irish-Australians which enabled those prisoners who wished to
> leave the country to do so, and the return of a group (including John
> Sarsfield Casey) to Ireland at the beginning of 1870.
> There are three bodies of original material. The first is a collection of
> correspondence between some of the Australian Fenians (not just Casey) and
> with their relatives and sympathisers in Ireland and Australia.
> The second consists of two series of articles published by Casey in the
> neo-Fenian Dublin weekly *The Irishman* in 1870. The first series describes
> the harsh climate and living conditions of Western Australia and warns
> prospective emigrants against going there; the second describes the journey
> of the released Fenians from Western Australia along the south coast to
> Sydney, their enthusiastic welcome by Irish-Australian sympathisers,
> and concludeswith their embarkation.
> the third section of original material is a series of fragmentary jottings
> by Casey about the prisoners' experiences and working conditions while
> quarrying and road-building.
> The editors have added an introduction (with a short account of Casey's
> life and a discussion of his sense of himself as an exile and of the support
> networks which helped to sustain the prisoners), notes elucidating
> references in the text, appendixes on the early history of Western
> Australia, on the Catholic Church in Westrn Australia in the nineteenth
> century, and on the Amnesty Movement which campaigned for the release of the
> Fenian prisoners. There are also biographical notes on the Fenian prisoners
> and on other people mentioned in the text.
> The editors hope this book will shed further light on the Fenian movement
> and on the history of Western Australia.
>
> For further details see the publishers' website:
> http://www.ucdpress.ie/display.asp?isbn=9781906359003&
>
> Best wishes,
> PAtrick Maume


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Subject: Job, Director, Irish Institute, Boston College
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Director, Irish Institute

SOURCE
https://www7.bc.edu/erecruit/index.html


Requirements
* Advanced degree
* Excellent communication and public speaking skills
* Outstanding management and organizational skills
* Demonstrated leadership
* Entrepreneurial attitude
* Creativity
* Ability to work well with and build relationships with diverse groups of
people
* Knowledge of contemporary Irish affairs, culture, public policy, history
of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the United States.
* Availability to work on evenings and weekends, as well as for domestic
and international travel is essential
* Flexibility - the Institute is a small team and the director must be
willing to assume any and all tasks, irrespective of whether that entails
long term strategic planning, networking with leaders from business and
politics, setting up or breaking down a room for a meeting, or rushing out
to purchase last minute conference supplies.
Position Details
Department: 051003 - Irish Institute at Boston College
Position: 00009504 - Director
Grade or Band: 3RD

Salary is commensurate with experience.

This position is dependent on external funding and is therefore temporary,
subject to annual review of grant funding.

Job Description
Boston College's Center for Irish Programs seeks a new Director for the
Irish Institute, its executive education arm. Since 1997 Irish Institute
exchange programs in the U.S. for leaders from Ireland and Northern Ireland
support the peace and reconciliation process on the island of Ireland and
are funded by the U.S. government. Topics of exchange are extremely varied,
changing on an annual basis, and have included education, policing,
politics, media, leadership, local government, and management. The Institute
also has a growing portfolio of executive education programs delivered in
collaboration with and on behalf of Irish universities and a variety of
corporate and nonprofit partners.

The Director is currently responsible for a budget of over $1 million and a
full-time staff of three (Associate Director, Program Administrator, and
Budget Coordinator). The Institute designs, develops, and delivers more
than 16 exchange programs annually. Programs range in length from one to
four weeks. The Irish Institute is renowned for delivering programs of the
highest standards and the Director is responsible for ensuring program
quality by taking into account participants' needs and interests; engaging
leading academics and best practitioners in the U.S. on a particular topic;
and offering opportunities for meaningful and transformative exchange during
and after the programs.

The position requires 20-30% travel domestically and annual visits to
Ireland and Northern Ireland; travel currently averages one full week per
month. The position also requires significant evening commitments. The
Director represents the Center for Irish Programs at a variety of
Irish-related events in Boston, Washington, D.C., and further afield. In
addition, the Director is responsible for the strategic direction of the
Institute, for managing existing grants and securing future funding, for
developing client relationships, and for sustaining relations with over
1,000 program alumni on the island of Ireland.

The Irish Institute Director reports to the Executive Director of the Center
for Irish Programs and will collaborate on a variety of projects with Boston
College's other Irish initiatives, namely, Boston College-Ireland, the Burns
Library Irish Collections, and the Irish Studies Program, in order to
achieve institutional goals.

How To Apply
Please submit all application materials online. If you need assistance
applying, please call Boston College Human Resources at 617-552-3330. All
applications must be directed to the Boston College Office of Human
Resources. The Executive Director and the hiring committee cannot accept and
will not review any applications sent directly to the Center for Irish

Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.

Boston College is a leading national Jesuit, Catholic university, enrolling
9,000 undergraduates and close to 5,000 graduate and professional students.
Located six miles from downtown Boston, the University has approximately 680
full-time faculty and 2,300 full-time employees, an operating budget of $767
million, and an endowment of $1.5 billion.

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From: Patrick Maume
Dear Anthony,
Glad to hear it - let me know what you think of it. Thanks for getting in
touch.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Anthony Mcnicholas wrote:

> Dear Patrick,
> It is indeed of great interest to some of us. Amazon tell me my copy has
> dispatched and I am awaiting its arrival as I write.
> anthony
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> On 06/10/2010 12:11, "Patrick Maume" wrote:
>
> > From: Patrick Maume
> > Dear Paddy,
> > Thsi may be of interest to the list.
> >
> > On 14 September 2010 University College Dublin Press published A
> MINGLING
> > OF SWANS by John Sarsfield Casey, edited by Mairead Maume, Patrick
Maume,
> > and John Sarsfield Casey - paperback, 336 pages, E24.00.

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"The North-West and the East": Russian Influence on Northern
Irish Poetry
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A number of Ir-D members will find this article interesting, if a little
programmatic, as it chronicles the Northern Ireland poets attempts to
rewrite themselves eastwards.

By the way, in the latest issue of the satirical journal Private Eye =
there
are some splendid parodies of Heaney - whoever wrote them has responded =
with
irritation to Heaney's blatherskite tendencies. The parodies do not =
seem to
be available on the Private Eye web site.

P.O'S.=20


=93The North-West and the East=94: Russian Influence on Northern Irish =
Poetry
Stephanie Schwerter

+ Author Affiliations

=C9cole des Hautes =C9tudes en Sciences Sociales
54 boulevard Raspail
75006 Paris
France
sschwerter[at]yahoo.com

Abstract

In Irish literature, there are numerous examples of writers who have =
become
attracted by Russia. Poets especially seize upon the differences and
similarities between Ireland and Russia in order to draw attention to =
the
two countries' political and historical parallels. Through translation =
of
Russian poems as well as allusions to Russian authors, literary figures,
politicians and cities, they attempt to reconstruct the Russian =
situation in
Irish terms. In particular, poets from Northern Ireland choose to
communicate the Northern Irish experience through a Russian framework. =
This
study examines the different ways in which three contemporary poets =96 =
Seamus
Heaney, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian =96 establish a connection =
between
Northern Ireland and Russia. I shall explore how each addresses and =
echoes
Russian masters such as Alexander Pushkin, Anna Akhmatova and Osip
Mandelstam, and alludes to Russian politicians such as Vladimir Ilyich =
Lenin
and Nadezhda Krupskaya in order to give voice to their personal vision =
of
Northern Ireland.

Key words
poetry Russia Northern Ireland political violence Heaney, Seamus Paulin, =
Tom
McGuckian, Medbh

Forum for Modern Language Studies Volume 46, Issue 3 Pp. 249-266

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Alcohol and unnatural deaths in the West of Ireland: a 5-year
review
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The Journal of Clinical Pathology is a BMJ journal, and the BMJ is moving
towards a policy of open access. So you might be able to get to this
article for free. The BMJ is also opening access to its journal archives.
I have to say I find this a difficult web site to navigate - but then I have
no medical training...
http://www.bmj.com/

P.O'S.


J Clin Pathol 2010;63:900-903 doi:10.1136/jcp.2010.078741
Original article
Alcohol and unnatural deaths in the West of Ireland: a 5-year review
Helen Ingoldsby, Grace Callagy
+ Author Affiliations

Discipline of Pathology, NUI Galway, Clinical Science Institute and
Department of Pathology, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
Correspondence to
Professor Grace Callagy, Discipline of Pathology, NUI Galway, Clinical
Science Institute, Costello Rd, Galway, Ireland; grace.callagy[at]nuigalway.ie
Accepted 16 July 2010

Abstract
Aim To investigate the prevalence of alcohol in unnatural deaths in the West
of Ireland between 2003 and 2007.

Methods The reports of 1669 postmortem examinations carried out at Galway
University Hospitals were reviewed; 379 non-homicidal unnatural deaths were
eligible for the study. Alcohol levels were measured in blood and/or urine
in 311 cases. For each case, gender, age, cause of death and toxicology
results were recorded.

Results Alcohol was detected in 162 out of 311 cases (52%); 133 (82%) cases
were men and 29 (18%) were women. Alcohol levels >150 mg/100 ml were found
in 99 cases (61%), most commonly in 18-49-year-olds (n=74; 75%). Road
traffic crashes (RTCs) (n=38; 23%), drownings (n=38; 23%) and hangings
(n=25; 15%) were common unnatural deaths associated with alcohol. The
majority of RTC deaths involved the driver (n=27; 71%). The alcohol level
was higher than the legal driving limit of 80 mg/100 ml in 82% (n=22) and
>150 mg/100 ml in 59% (n=16) of these. Mortality of passengers (n=6; 16%)
and pedestrians (n=5; 13%) was less common.

Conclusions Alcohol remains a major contributor to unnatural deaths in the
West of Ireland, particularly with respect to mortality in young people.
Young men are especially vulnerable. Deaths in RTCs and by drowning and
hanging are commonly associated with alcohol. Many driver fatalities involve
alcohol levels far above legal limits. Alcohol measurement in all unnatural
deaths would facilitate more accurate determination of its role.

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Alcohol and Alcoholism is an Oxford University Press (OUP) journal. OUP is
developing an open access model, but it is a complicated model, applying
only to some journals and some articles in other journals.

P.O'S.


Alcohol-Attributable Mortality in Ireland
Jennifer Martin1,*, Joe Barry2, Deirdre Goggin1, Karen Morgan3, Mark Ward3
and Tadhg O'Suilleabhain4
+ Author Affiliations

1Department of Public Health, Merlin Park, Galway, Ireland
2Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for
Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
3Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
4Statistics Department, AIB, Dublin, Ireland
* Corresponding author: Department of Public Health, Dr Steeven's Hospital,


Dublin 8, Ireland. Tel.: +-353-866-098910; E-mail: Jennifer.martin[at]hse.ie
Received January 5, 2010.
Accepted May 25, 2010.
Abstract

Aims: The study aim was to calculate Irish alcohol-attributable fractions
(AAFs) and to apply these measurements to existing data in order to quantify
the impact of alcohol on mortality.

Methods: Exposure of the Irish population to alcohol was derived from a
national survey and combined with estimates of the alcohol-disease/injury
risk association from meta-analyses in the international literature to
calculate Irish AAFs. In diseases for which relative risk estimates were not
available, such as injury, AAFs were taken directly from Ridolfo and
Stevenson [(2001) The quantification of drug-caused mortality and morbidity
in Australia, 1998. In Drug Statistics Series no. 7. AIHW cat. no. PHE 29.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra]. AAFs were applied to
national datasets to calculate alcohol-attributed mortality caused or
prevented and potential years of life lost (PYLL) or saved. Results: In
Ireland, over the 5-year period from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2004,
alcohol was estimated to have caused 4.4% (6584) of deaths and 10.8%
(131,245) of all-cause PYLL. Alcohol was estimated to have prevented 2.7%
(3967) of deaths and 1.5% (18,285) of all-cause PYLL. This resulted in an
estimated net effect of 1.8% (2616) of deaths and 9.3% (112,959) of
all-cause PYLL. Chronic conditions were responsible for 69% of
alcohol-attributable deaths and acute conditions for 31%. Conditions not
wholly attributable to alcohol accounted for 83% of deaths as opposed to 17%
for conditions wholly caused by alcohol.

Conclusions: This study showed for the first time the full magnitude of
deaths from alcohol in Ireland and revealed that while young people and
those dependent on alcohol are at high risk of negative outcomes due to
alcohol, particularly acute injuries, at an individual level, at a
population level it is in fact moderate drinkers and chronic diseases, not
wholly attributable to alcohol, that are associated with most
alcohol-attributed deaths. The findings of this study suggest that policies
focusing on the whole population attitude to alcohol, and chronic conditions
and conditions partially attributable to alcohol, would yield considerable
public health benefits.

Alcohol and Alcoholism (2010) 45 (4): 379-386.
doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agq032
First published online: June 7, 2010

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Subject: CFP Flann O'Brien - Special Centenary Issue,
Review of Contemporary Fiction
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Flann O'Brien: Review of Contemporary Fiction - Special Centenary Issue
(submit proposals by Oct 31st, 2010)
Special Issue: Flann O'Brien (Guest Editors: Keith Hopper and Neil Murphy)

On the occasion of his centenary year (2011) and in acknowledgement of the
extraordinary influence of Flann O'Brien's work on postmodernism, avant
garde fiction, metafiction, and innovative fiction in general, the Review of
Contemporary Fiction will devote a special issue to the author's work. Over
the past two decades, the central importance of Flann O'Brien's work has
been repeatedly acknowledged in critical circles, and has been demonstrated
by its continued presence on university syllabi. Many major literary critics
have increasingly emphasized O'Brien's unique position in the history of
fiction and, as a result, new generations of readers and critics of O'Brien
have turned their attention to his work. In keeping with the Review of
Contemporary Fiction's commitment to form, aesthetics, narrative experiment
and innovation, we invite contributors to revisit O'Brien's fiction with the
intention to offer new critical markers for Flann O'Brien scholarship in the
coming years.

SUBMISSIONS
Initial submission of essay proposals: Potential contributors are invited to
submit a 300 word proposal outlining the primary focus of the essay,
including an indication of critical approach.

Send proposals to both Keith Hopper and Neil Murphy at the following e-mail
addresses: keith.hopper[at]conted.ox.ac.uk and camurphy[at]ntu.edu.sg

Deadline for proposals: October 31st, 2010. The editors will respond by
November 31st, 2010, at the latest.
*Contributors are advised to visit the homepage of the Review of
Contemporary Fiction to familiarize themselves with the journal's critical
ethos: http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/reviews/RCF/
Theoretical approaches are welcome but each essay should be lucidly and
elegantly written.

Completed essay submissions: Those who are invited to complete the essays
will bear the following in mind: Essays, prepared in accordance with MLA
guidelines are to be submitted via email in the form of a WORD document
(attachment) to both Keith Hopper and Neil Murphy at the following e-mail
addresses: keith.hopper[at]conted.ox.ac.uk and camurphy[at]ntu.edu.sg

Essays should be approximately 5000 words (including notes, etc.).
Deadline for final submission of essays: March 15th, 2011.
Publication Date: Autumn 2011.
Address all inquiries to Keith Hopper and Neil Murphy via e-mail.

*************
Keith Hopper,
Kellogg College,
62 Banbury Road,
Oxford OX2 6PN,
England

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Urban Modernisation and the Politics of Heritage in Mountjoy
Square Dublin, 1960-1970
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The first London Irish Studies Seminar for 2010-11 will take place on Friday
8 October:

SPEAKER: Erika Hanna (Oxford), 'Urban Modernisation and the Politics of
Heritage in Mountjoy Square Dublin, 1960-1970'.

VENUE: Room G23, Senate House, University of London, Russell Square, 6-8 pm.

The seminar will be followed by drinks as usual. All are welcome: please
pass on this notice to anyone else who might be interested.

Best wishes,


Ben Levitas
Ian McBride

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Diaspora-Homeland Relations as a Framework to Examine
Nation-Building Processes
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The web site of Dan Lainer-Vos
http://college.usc.edu/soci/people/faculty_display.cfm?person_ID=3D102735=
6


Diaspora-Homeland Relations as a Framework to Examine Nation-Building
Processes
Dan Lainer-Vos
Article first published online: 3 OCT 2010

Abstract
This article examines diasporization practices =96 practices through =
which
homeland and diaspora communities engage each other =96 as a prism =
through
which to explore the process of nation-building and the formation of
national belonging. Instead of treating =91nation=92 or =91diaspora=92 =
as bounded
entities, it explores the various ways through which members of diaspora
communities negotiate their position vis-=E0-vis national homeland =
movements
on the one hand and host societies on the other. Specifically, it =
examines
practices of fundraising, diasporic lobbying, the extension of =
citizenship
to members of diaspora communities, and the consumption of images =
through
communication technologies. Through these ongoing, negotiated =
encounters,
=91homeland=92 as well as =91diaspora=92 are produced. Close examination =
of these
practices may offer fresh insights regarding the process of =
nation-building
in the diaspora that has a heuristic value beyond this particular =
setting.

Sociology Compass
Volume 4, Issue 10, pages 894=96908, October 2010

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A month ago we told Ir-D members of the current SAGE journals current Free
Online Access offer. A number of Ir-D members have written in with thanks -
or are they complaints?

You can end up with a lot of stored stuff. The advice with these online
journal free offers is to get in there, grab and store everything you are
interested in. We are now into a new month, so that there is new material
of interest. I've had a quick look.

We also have some new Ir-D members, who might want to be aware of this
offer, before it expires. Next Friday.

P.O'S.

Free Online Access to all SAGE Journals until October 15, 2010
With content available from 1999-current

Thank you for your interest in the SAGE Journals Online free access period
running until October 15, 2010. Register below and you will have access to
more than 290,000 articles from more than 560 SAGE journals with content
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Transcending the borders of Irish identity? Narratives of
northern nationalist footballers in Northern Ireland
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A SAGE journal.

Transcending the borders of Irish identity? Narratives of northern
nationalist footballers in Northern Ireland
Darragh McGee darragh.mcgee[at]utoronto.ca
University of Toronto, Canada
Alan Bairner
Loughborough University, UK

Abstract

In light of a growing trend by which Northern Irish-born footballers opt to
pledge their sporting allegiance to the Republic of Ireland, the issue of
player eligibility has become the subject of much public and political
debate across the island of Ireland. In seeking to shed light on this
controversial topic, this article examines the myriad factors which are
negotiated by northern nationalist footballers when faced with the choice of
which 'nation' to which they belong. Based on extracts from a series of
interviews with northern nationalist players, the study situates their lived
experiences within the broader socio-political landscape of Northern
Ireland, highlighting a range of factors from the perceived culpability of
the Irish Football Association (IFA) to sporting pragmatism on the part of
the players. The research is theoretically grounded in the writings of
Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu, in particular by utilizing their
respective interpretations of the socio-psychological concept of habitus in
an attempt to understand the interplay between the relatively superficial
and potentially temporary nature of sporting identity and a more deeply
ingrained sense of national or political identification.

International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Published online before print October 8, 2010, doi: 10.1177/1012690210380584

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Rioting Refigured: George Henry Hall and the Picturing of American
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Our attention has been drawn to the following article...

The Art Bulletin
September 2010, Volume XCII Number 3

Rioting Refigured: George Henry Hall and the Picturing of American Political
Violence
ROSS BARRETT
211

In 1858, American artist George Henry Hall completed A Dead Rabbit (Study of
the Nude or Study of an Irishman), a stunning picture of a working-class
Irish rioter. Directly engaging a subject-political violence-that
contradicted the orderly imperatives of antebellum aesthetic and democratic
theory, Hall undertook a project fraught with risk and difficulty. Reframing
the midcentury rioter as an ideal nude, A Dead Rabbit seems both to temper
and exacerbate the alarming connotations of violent upheaval. Marked by
contradiction, the painting offers a unique lens on the broader conflicts
and quiet ambivalences that complicated bourgeois responses to antebellum
violence.


MODERATOR'S NOTE
George Henry Hall, A Dead Rabbit
Can be seen on these web sites. Scroll down:

http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2009/george-henry-hall-skinner-national-acad
emy/

http://americangallery.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/george-henry-hall-1825-1913/