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An Gorta M=C3=B3r Symposium Programme=20
NUI Maynooth
Thursday 25 November 2010

The opening of the Iontas Building offers the opportunity to foster new =
forms of interdisciplinary research at NUI Maynooth. Research on the =
Great Famine is currently being developed by researchers in the =
Departments of Geography and History, the School of English, Media and =
Theatre Studies, the National Centre for GeoComputation and An Foras =
Feasa: the Institute for Research in Irish Historical and Cultural =
Traditions. This one-day symposium brings together researchers from all =
of these areas and will demonstrate current research as well as =
exploring new interdisciplinary research opportunities.

Location: An Foras Feasa Seminar Room, Middle Floor, Iontas Building, =
NUIM North Campus, Maynooth. Registration is free.

To reserve a place, please contact Lindsay Janssen at =
lindsay.janssen[at]forasfeasa.ie.

10:00-11:30: Panel I
=E2=97=8F Prof A Stewart Fotheringham and Dr. Mary Kelly, National =
Centre for GeoComputation, NUI Maynooth: =E2=80=98Mapping Population =
Change in Ireland 1841-1851: Quantitative Analysis using Historical =
GIS=E2=80=99.
=E2=97=8F Prof Patrick J. Duffy, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth: =
=E2=80=98The Famine in Monaghan and Surrounding Counties=E2=80=99.
=E2=97=8F Ciar=C3=A1n Reilly, PhD student, Department of History, NUI =
Maynooth: =E2=80=98The Irish Land Agent and the Great Famine=E2=80=99.

11:30-12:00: Coffee Break=20

12:00-13:00 Keynote Lecture
Dr. Margu=C3=A9rite Corporaal, Department of English, Radboud =
University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Principal investigator of =
European Research Council Project Relocated Remembrance =
(http://www.ru.nl/hlcs/relocated_remembrance): =E2=80=98Haunted by =
Hunger: Images of Spectrality in Literary Recollections of the Great =
Irish Famine, 1850-1900=E2=80=99.

13:00-14:15: Lunch=20

14:15-15:45: Panel II
=E2=97=8F Prof Chris Morash, School of English,Theatre and Media =
Studies, NUI Maynooth: =E2=80=98Ghosts and Wires: The Famine, the =
Telegraph, and Spectrality=E2=80=99.
=E2=97=8F Christopher Cusack, postgraduate with the Departments of =
English and Literary Theory, Radboud University, Nijmegen, UCL, and NUI =
Maynooth: =E2=80=98Famine and Religion in Second Generation =
Irish-American Literature, 1850-1875=E2=80=99.
=E2=97=8F Lindsay Janssen, postgraduate with the Departments of English =
and Literary Theory, Radboud University, Nijmegen, and research intern =
at An Foras Feasa: =E2=80=98Portable Cultural Identity?: or, behaving =
and portraying Irishness in Irish Diasporic Fiction, 1860-1900=E2=80=99.

15:45-16:15: Conclusion
Prof Margaret Kelleher, Director, An Foras Feasa: =E2=80=98Famine and =
the Future of Commemoration=E2=80=99.

16:15-17:15: Reception and presentation of research projects=20

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Greetings:

Jim Donnelly and I have been troubled by a drop-off in the number of =
quality manuscripts coming to us for the Ireland and the Irish Diaspora =
Series of the University of Wisconsin Press. The series has had a =
number of notable books, including some co-publishing ventures. A list =
follows this message. We had to slow our rate of production for a =
while, due to financial conditions at the University of Wisconsin Press. =
That storm has now passed. For their own set of reasons, the Press and =
the editor closed another series on "Irish Studies in Literature and =
Culture, but that decision had and has no implications for ours. The =
Ireland and the Irish Diaspora Series will not be loosening standards, =
but, because Jim and I have little in the pipeline, grand opportunities =
exist for outstanding manuscripts.=20

We hope to hear from you.

Tom Archdeacon=20

A Nation of Politicians
Gender, Patriotism, and Political Culture in Late Eighteenth-Century =
Ireland
Padhraig Higgins
2010

Captain Rock
The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821=E2=80=931824
James S. Donnelly, Jr.
2009

Ireland's New Worlds
Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, =
1815=E2=80=931922
Malcolm Campbell
2008

Tourism, Landscape, and the Irish Character
British Travel Writers in Pre-Famine Ireland
William H. A. Williams
2008=20

Remembering the Year of the French
Irish Folk History and Social Memory=20
Guy Beiner
2007

The Bible War in Ireland
The "Second Reformation" and the Polarization of=20
Protestant-Catholic Relations, 1800=E2=80=931840
Irene Whelan
Copublished with Lilliput Press, Dublin
2006

The Slow Failure
Population Decline and Independent Ireland, 1920=E2=80=931973
Mary E. Daly
2006=20

Old World Colony
Cork and South Munster 1630=E2=80=941830
David Dickson
Co-published with Cork University Press and Attic Press
2005

Stakeknife
Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland
Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin
Co-published with The O=E2=80=99Brien Press, Dublin
2005=20

The Same Age as the State
M=C3=A1ire Cruise O'Brien
Co-published with The O=E2=80=99Brien Press, Dublin
2005=20

The Eternal Paddy
Irish Identity and the British Press, 1798=E2=80=931882
Michael de Nie
2004

New Directions in Irish-American History
Edited by Kevin Kenny
2003

Sinn F=C3=A9in
A Hundred Turbulent Years
Brian Feeney
Co-published with The O=E2=80=99Brien Press, Dublin=20
2003A recent correspondent=20

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Tunepal: the traditional musician's toolbox
Author: Bryan Duggan Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland

=B7 Proceeding eHeritage
Proceedings of the second workshop on eHeritage and digital art =
preservation

ABSTRACT
In this paper we present Tunepal, a search engine and music retrieval =
tool
for traditional musicians that runs on an iPhone/iPod Touch (2nd
generation)/iPad. Tunepal connects musicians the scores and metadata of
13,290 traditional Irish, Welsh, Scottish and Breton dance tunes. These
tunes are drawn from community sources, such as the website =
thesession.org
and "standard" references including O'Neills Dance Music of Ireland and
Brendan Breathneach's Ceol Rince Na h=C9ireann series. Tunes can be =
retrieved
by typing in a title or by playing a twelve second extract from the tune =
on
a traditional instrument. Tunepal can be used in sitiu in traditional =
music
sessions, classes and concerts. This paper presents background =
information
on the sources of music contained in the Tunepal corpus and describes =
the
functionality, operation, development and usage of the app.

SOURCE
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3D1877922.1877931&preflayout=3Dflat=


http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3D1877922&picked=3Dprox&cfid=3D1142=
76107&cft
oken=3D76439199

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Middle-Class Ideologies and American Respectability: Archaeology
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Note that this article has not yet been assigned a place in the paper
version of the journal.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-010-0128-4

Middle-Class Ideologies and American Respectability: Archaeology and the
Irish Immigrant Experience
Stephen A. Brighton

Abstract
This study illustrates the materialization of identity shifts through
refined ceramic and glass forms recovered from working class Irish immigrant
and Irish-American communities. The sites used in this article were chosen
because of their spatio-temporal compatibility covering dynamic periods of
Irish identity in the United States. Historians argue that 1880 marks the
beginning of an identity shift from Irish immigrant to Irish-American. This
research attempts to provide the necessary materials to begin a discourse
bringing together material and historical evidence illuminating the conflict
between competing ideologies of respectability and changing conceptions of
Irish identity in America.

Keywords Irish identity - Material culture - Ideology - Class conflict

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'FACTS NOTORIOUS TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY': THE POLITICAL BATTLE OVER
IRISH POOR LAW REFORM IN THE 1860s
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Research Article
'FACTS NOTORIOUS TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY': THE POLITICAL BATTLE OVER IRISH POOR
LAW REFORM IN THE 1860s*
Virginia Crossmana 1
a1 THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST

Abstract
This paper focuses on the campaign to reform the Irish poor law in the
1860s. Debate on poor law reform highlighted fundamental divisions over the
principles underlying the New Poor Law as well as widespread dissatisfaction
with the poor law system in Ireland particularly within the Catholic
community. Led by the leading Catholic cleric, Archbishop Paul Cullen,
critics of the Irish poor law sought to lessen reliance on the institution
of the workhouse and to expand outdoor relief thus bringing the system
closer to its English model. The poor law authorities supported by the Irish
landed elite fought successfully to maintain the limited and restrictive
nature of the system fearful of the consequences of extending local
discretion. The paper reveals the contested nature of poor relief both in
principle and in practice, and the centrality of social issues to Irish
political debate in decades after the Great Famine.

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (Sixth Series)
'FACTS NOTORIOUS TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY': THE POLITICAL BATTLE OVER IRISH POOR
LAW REFORM IN THE 1860sTransactions of the Royal Historical Society (Sixth
Series) (2010), 20: 157-169 Cambridge University Press
Published online by Cambridge University Press 05 Nov 2010

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"The Irish Buddhist": journal special issue and centenary of his
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]=20

Forwarded on behalf of
Laurence Cox

Note the launch events in London and in Cork. I think that there is =
also an
event planned for Dublin.

P.O'S.


Dear colleagues,

Please find=A0below the details of a forthcoming special issue of =
Contemporary
Buddhism on U Dhammaloka, "The Irish Buddhist".

The first western Buddhist monks have traditionally been identified as
gentlemen scholars; this special issue of Contemporary Buddhism, =
however,
highlights a hidden world of early western Buddhist monastics of all =
social
classes =96 many of them "beachcombers" (white drifters) who had "gone
native".

In particular, it explores the life of U Dhammaloka (?1856 - ?1914). A
migrant worker from Dublin, Dhammaloka was an autodidact, atheist and
temperance campaigner who became known throughout colonial Asia as an
implacable critic of Christian missionaries and a tireless transnational
organiser of Asian Buddhists from Burma to Japan and from Singapore to =
Siam.

The articles collected in this special issue shed entirely new light on
Ireland's hidden Asian connections, the politics of colonial Burma, the
Buddhist revival in Asia and the construction of Buddhist Studies and
western Buddhism. They also bring to life the extraordinary life and
remarkable personality of one of contemporary Buddhism's forgotten =
founders.

Laurence Cox
Department of Sociology
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Co. Kildare
Republic of Ireland

Tel. (+353-1) 708 3985
email: laurence.cox[at]nuim.ie

U Dhammaloka, "The Irish Buddhist":
rewriting the history of early western Buddhist monastics
Special issue of Contemporary Buddhism, 11/2 (Autumn 2010)
and launch events in UK and Ireland
=A0
The articles collected in this special issue shed entirely new light on
western Buddhism, the Buddhist revival in Asia, the history of Buddhist
Studies, the politics of colonial Burma and Ireland's hidden Buddhist
connections. They also bring to life the extraordinary life and =
remarkable
personality of one of contemporary Buddhism's forgotten founders.=A0 The
contributors include Thomas Tweed (University of Texas at Austin; author =
of
The American encounter with Buddhism), Brian Bocking (University College
Cork, Professor of the Study of Religions), Alicia Turner (York =
University,
Toronto; editor, Journal of Burma Studies) and Laurence Cox (National
University of Ireland, Maynooth; editor, Interface social movements
journal).
=A0
Contemporary Buddhism http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rcbh


Copies of the special issue will be available for sale at these events.
UK and Irish launch events (all welcome)

London: Thursday 16 December 2010, 5pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, School
of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG, London.
Buddhist Forum / Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions joint =
seminar
and UK launch
"U Dhammaloka in Tokyo: the hidden history of Western Buddhist =
monastics".
Brian Bocking,
Laurence Cox.=20
Contact: Dr. Kate Crosby (kc21[at]soas.ac.uk)

Cork: Saturday 19 February 2011, 2.30pm, Lecture Theatre Boole 3,
University College Cork
=93Dhammaloka Day=94 Celebrating the centenary of U Dhammaloka's 1911 =
trial for
sedition and the Irish launch of the special issue . Including =
illustrated
talks on =91The Irish Buddhist=92 with Thomas Tweed, Alicia
Turner, Laurence Cox and Brian Bocking.=20
Contact: Prof. Brian Bocking b.bocking[at]ucc.ie

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This is Laurence Cox's earlier article on Laurence O'Rourke / U Dhammaloka.
The article is freely available on the NUI Maynooth web site.

http://eprints.nuim.ie/1689/

http://eprints.nuim.ie/1689/1/cox09.pdf


Cox, Laurence (2009) Laurence O'Rourke / U Dhammaloka: working-class Irish
freethinker, and the first European bhikkhu?

Journal of Global Buddhism, 10, 2009. pp. 135-144.

Abstract

The first European members of the bhikkhu sangha have normally been
identified as Gordon Douglas / Asoka (1899), Allan Bennett / Ananda Metteyya
(1901), and Anton Gueth / Nyanatiloka (1903 / 4). However, this note
suggests that the first westerner to be ordained, in Burma in the mid-1890s,
was working-class Dubliner Lawrence O'Rourke / Dhammaloka. The note
summarises the evidence for his remarkable life and his free-thinking
views.1

The Irish Sunday Independent for August 6, 1911 has an article describing
what it rightly calls "Dublin man's remarkable career." The gist of the
article, which cites "the American Press" as an authority for its
information, is that a Dublin-born Irish-American, Lawrence O'Rourke, having
been "sailor, tramp, shepherd, truckman, stevedore and tally clerk" (this
last for "a British timber firm in Rangoon") came across a Buddhist pamphlet
in English, studied Pali with bhikkhus and became a novice at Tavoy
monastery in Rangoon (learning Burmese and Tibetan in the process). After
five years as a novice he was fully ordained, and sent travelling "from
village to village on the front teaching the gospel of Buddha." After this,
according to the article, he became an elder, and subsequently an abbot,
finally attaining "a rank which corresponds to a Bishopric in Christian
churches" (Anon. 1911: 8).

At this point, according to the article, "every Buddhist monk above the rank
of abbot must make a pilgrimage to Lhassa [sic]," which he is represented as
doing, meeting the Dalai Lama and staying for three months.2 The article
adds that on his return, the population of Mandalay was too busy acclaiming
him to pay any attention to Lord Curzon, and concludes by distinguishing
Dhammaloka from Ananda Metteyya, who had recently visited England. Again
according to the article, he was a noted newspaper correspondent,3
and his letters "displayed a very remarkable interest in Western religious
controversy and a very advanced theological standpoint for a gentleman
signing himself as a Buddhist priest" (Anon. 1911: 8).

Keywords: Laurence O'Rourke; U Dhammaloka; working-class; Irish
freethinker; European bhikkhu;

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Forwarded on behalf of=20
From: Elaine Cramer mailto:cramere[at]eou.edu

Who can be contacted at that email address.

The introductory message is from her supervisor.

P.O'S.


Greetings from Eastern Oregon University,
=A0
Below you will find a brief list of interview questions=A0from a student =
of
mine, Elaine Cramer, who is currently conducting thesis research.=A0 =
Elaine
and I value your expertise on this issue, and would really appreciate it =
if
you could answer these questions.=A0 Please be assured that the results =
of
these interview questions will be featured solely in a student-created
thesis to satisfy a Bachelor of Arts degree in=A0History, and will =
remain on
the campus at Eastern Oregon University (our theses are not =
digitized).=A0
Elaine has spent a great deal of time and energy conducting research for
this thesis, so your feedback would be greatly appreciated.=20
=A0
Many thanks,
=A0
Ryan Dearinger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Eastern Oregon University
One University Blvd.=20
La Grande, OR 97850
(541) 962-3709
rdearinger[at]eou.edu
=A0
=A0
I hope this email finds you well. My name is Elaine Cramer and I am
currently a student at Eastern Oregon University. As it is my final =
year, I
am writing a thesis. I spent a semester at Queen=92s University Belfast =
and am
interested in examining the role of education in the memory of the Great
Irish Famine. As you are aware, there are many controversial aspects of =
the
Famine that are apparent in current debates on how the Irish Famine =
should
be approached in school curriculums at=A0the high school (equivalent of
secondary school in Ireland and England) and college level. In my =
thesis, I
plan to give an overview of the history of the Famine, how it has been
remembered, how it is remembered today (such as in pop culture and oral
tradition), and how it is taught to today=92s generation. It would be =
greatly
appreciated if you would answer a few questions below. Also, I am =
interested
in curriculums used to teach the Famine. Please attach these if =
possible.=A0
Also, please indicate in your reply if you would like to remain =
anonymous,
or if you will grant me permission to use your name in my thesis.=A0 =
Thank you
kindly!

All the best,
Elaine Cramer
503-798-8356

1. In what ways is the Great Irish Famine misunderstood?
2. Is Charles Trevelyan=92s role during the Irish Famine exaggerated?
3. Was the Famine prolonged by Britain=92s failure to provide relief?
4. Was the Irish Famine (passive) genocide?
5. How is the Irish Famine taught at your school/university?
6. What is the legacy of the Irish Famine?

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From; Patrick maume
This looks very interesting. I have forwarded the material to the
DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY office to have O'Rourke/ U Dhammaloka
considered for inclusion in a future update.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> This is Laurence Cox's earlier article on Laurence O'Rourke / U Dhammaloka.
> The article is freely available on the NUI Maynooth web site.
>
> http://eprints.nuim.ie/1689/
>
> http://eprints.nuim.ie/1689/1/cox09.pdf
>
>
> Cox, Laurence (2009) Laurence O'Rourke / U Dhammaloka: working-class Irish
> freethinker, and the first European bhikkhu?
>
> Journal of Global Buddhism, 10, 2009. pp. 135-144.
>
> Abstract
>
> The first European members of the bhikkhu sangha have normally been
> identified as Gordon Douglas / Asoka (1899), Allan Bennett / Ananda
> Metteyya
> (1901), and Anton Gueth / Nyanatiloka (1903 / 4). However, this note
> suggests that the first westerner to be ordained, in Burma in the
> mid-1890s,
> was working-class Dubliner Lawrence O'Rourke / Dhammaloka. The note
> summarises the evidence for his remarkable life and his free-thinking
> views.1
>
> The Irish Sunday Independent for August 6, 1911 has an article describing
> what it rightly calls "Dublin man's remarkable career." The gist of the
> article, which cites "the American Press" as an authority for its
> information, is that a Dublin-born Irish-American, Lawrence O'Rourke,
> having
> been "sailor, tramp, shepherd, truckman, stevedore and tally clerk" (this
> last for "a British timber firm in Rangoon") came across a Buddhist
> pamphlet
> in English, studied Pali with bhikkhus and became a novice at Tavoy
> monastery in Rangoon (learning Burmese and Tibetan in the process). After
> five years as a novice he was fully ordained, and sent travelling "from
> village to village on the front teaching the gospel of Buddha." After this,
> according to the article, he became an elder, and subsequently an abbot,
> finally attaining "a rank which corresponds to a Bishopric in Christian
> churches" (Anon. 1911: 8).
>
> At this point, according to the article, "every Buddhist monk above the
> rank
> of abbot must make a pilgrimage to Lhassa [sic]," which he is represented
> as
> doing, meeting the Dalai Lama and staying for three months.2 The article
> adds that on his return, the population of Mandalay was too busy acclaiming
> him to pay any attention to Lord Curzon, and concludes by distinguishing
> Dhammaloka from Ananda Metteyya, who had recently visited England. Again
> according to the article, he was a noted newspaper correspondent,3
> and his letters "displayed a very remarkable interest in Western religious
> controversy and a very advanced theological standpoint for a gentleman
> signing himself as a Buddhist priest" (Anon. 1911: 8).
>
> Keywords: Laurence O'Rourke; U Dhammaloka; working-class; Irish
> freethinker; European bhikkhu;
>

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Creativity and Innovation in the Sociology of the 21st Century
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K.D.Pawlikowska [mailto:kp222[at]kent.ac.uk]


PUBLISH YOUR RESEARCH IN SKEPSI

Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Research Journal in the Humanities and Social
Sciences

As research students, you are aware of the significance of publishing the
outcome of your research in the form of journal articles before you actually
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peer reviewed interdisciplinary online journal based in the School of
European Culture and Languages at the University of Kent. Skepsi - which
originally meant 'thought' in Ancient Greek - symbolizes our will to explore
new areas and new methods in the traditional fields of academic research in
the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Previous issues of Skepsi can be found on our website and blog:

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CALL FOR PAPERS
NEXT ISSUE: 'Creativity and Innovation in Sociology of the 21st Century'
Our next issue will be dedicated to 'Creativity and Innovation in the
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that their research includes original, creative and innovative methods and
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We invite those students who in their research aim at establishing new
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The length of the article should not exceed 5000 words. The provisional
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We will gladly answer to any questions that you might have.

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This article is one of the free samples at Indiana University Press.

http://inscribe.iupress.org/page/readforfree


Journal of Modern Literature

American Encounters in Dubliners and Ulysses

Genevieve Abravanel

Summer 2010, Vol. 33, No. 4, Pages 153-166
Posted Online September 9, 2010.

At first glance, it might seem unlikely that the United States could provide
a significant frame for understanding a writer who grew up under British
imperialism, lived much of his adult life in Paris and Trieste, wrote
obsessively about his native Ireland and never even made a transatlantic
tour. Nonetheless, Joyce's treatment of the United States offers a new
perspective that brings together several distinct aspects of Joyce
scholarship, including work on nation and empire, on popular culture and on
language. Specifically, I suggest that in his Dubliners story, "An
Encounter," Joyce presents the United States as a model of postcolonial
existence for Ireland. At the same time, I argue that claims about Joyce's
deformation of the English language in Ulysses, as well as his embrace of
mass and popular culture, can be seen anew in the context of modern American
influence in the early twentieth century.

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'You Might All Be Speaking Swedish Today': language change in
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The author's name will be known to many Ir-D members because of his
comparative work on American Indian Children and Irish Children.


'You Might All Be Speaking Swedish Today': language change in 19th-century
Finland and Ireland

Author: Michael C. Coleman

Abstract
In 1800, almost four times as many people spoke Irish as Finnish. That year
the Act of Union joined Ireland to Great Britain; half of the population,
over three million, were monoglot Irish speakers. Finland was then a part of
the Kingdom of Sweden. An increasing number, perhaps 15%, spoke Swedish; the
remainder, less than one million, spoke Finnish. A century later in 1900,
however, as national agitation for independence grew in both countries,
Ireland and Finland had become almost reverse mirror images linguistically.
A tiny fraction of Irish people habitually spoke Irish, but Finnish had
become the overwhelmingly dominant language in Finland. The present
exploratory comparative study in language change points to three major
conclusions: the importance of contingency, or chance, in such historical
developments; the importance of individual agency; and the complexity and
dynamic nature of the relationship between national identity and language.

Keywords: language change; Finnish language; Swedish language; Russian
language; Irish language; English language; Kingdom of Sweden; Russian
Empire; Finland; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Republic of
Ireland; Northern Ireland

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of History, Volume 35, Issue 1 March
2010 , pages 44 - 64

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan =20

I am going to pop across to Maynooth next week to attend the Famine
Symposium on Thursday 25 November 2010. It looks like a very =
interesting
gathering, and of course a good way to bring myself up to date on =
current
directions in Famine research.

I will be travelling by Ryanair (Ugh!), now the simplest way to get from
Yorkshire to Dublin. But, because I am travelling by Ryanair, will have =
to
return on the Saturday morning.

So, I will be busy at the Symposium all of Thursday. Friday 26 November =
I
have free - I might wander into Dublin. But I won't be able to buy any
books - because I am travelling by Ryanair.

Paddy O'Sullivan


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An Gorta M=F3r Symposium Programme
NUI Maynooth
Thursday 25 November 2010

The opening of the Iontas Building offers the opportunity to foster new
forms of interdisciplinary research at NUI Maynooth. Research on the =
Great
Famine is currently being developed by researchers in the Departments of
Geography and History, the School of English, Media and Theatre Studies, =
the
National Centre for GeoComputation and An Foras Feasa: the Institute for
Research in Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions. This one-day =
symposium
brings together researchers from all of these areas and will demonstrate
current research as well as exploring new interdisciplinary research
opportunities.

Location: An Foras Feasa Seminar Room, Middle Floor, Iontas Building, =
NUIM
North Campus, Maynooth. Registration is free.

To reserve a place, please contact Lindsay Janssen at
lindsay.janssen[at]forasfeasa.ie.

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Subject: Franco-British History Seminar, 2010-2011, Paris IV-Sorbonne
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Our attention has been drawn to the following...

S=E9minaire franco-britannique d=92histoire - Ann=E9e 2010-2011
Universit=E9 Paris IV-Sorbonne

En partenariat avec le Groupe d=92histoire intellectuelle (Universit=E9 =
Paris
8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis) et

l=92Institute of Historical Research (University of London)

The full list of sessions is at

http://www.paris-sorbonne.fr/fr/spip.php?article13389

The sessions of special interest would seem to be those by G=E9raldine
Vaughan, John Tosh, John MacKenzie. See below...

John Tosh is developing projects around masculinity, emigration and
imperialism - so it will be interesting to hear what he has to say.

P.O'S.

________________________________________

=A0
S=E9minaire Franco-britannique d=92histoire - Ann=E9e 2010-2011
=A0
Sauf indication sp=E9ciale, les s=E9ances ont lieu de 17h30 =E0 19h30 =
=E0 la Maison
de la Recherche de l=92universit=E9 Paris IV-Sorbonne (28 rue Serpente, =
Paris
6e), salle D223, jusqu=92au 20 janvier (pour le 2e semestre, le lieu =
sera
pr=E9cis=E9 ult=E9rieurement).
=A0
Jeudi 20 janvier=A0: G=E9raldine Vaughan (Universit=E9 de Rouen) =
=AB=A0Penser
l'immigration irlandaise en Ecosse =E0 partir de l'=E9chelle locale, =
1851-1918=A0=BB

Vendredi 1er avril =E0 14h : John Tosh (Roehampton University), =
=93Colonial
emigration from nineteenth-century Britain: emigration as a key feature =
of
gender relations=94 (s=E9ance commune avec le PRI EHESS-Paris 7; =
attention, la
s=E9ance a lieu de 14h =E0 17h, Institut Charles V, 10 rue Charles V, =
75004
Paris, salle C 330)
=A0
Jeudi 5 mai=A0: John MacKenzie (professeur =E9m=E9rite =E0 =
l=92universit=E9 de
Lancaster), =93=91Museums and Imperialism: appropriations, science, and =
the
bourgeois sphere=94 (autour de son livre Museums and Empire=A0: Natural =
History,
Human Cultures and Colonial Identities, Manchester University Press, =
2009)
=A0
Le s=E9minaire est ouvert aux =E9tudiants de Master et doctorat, ainsi =
qu=92=E0
toutes les personnes int=E9ress=E9es. Le plus souvent, le texte de la
communication est disponible deux semaines =E0 l=92avance sur simple =
demande.=20

Contacts=A0: jfdunyach[at]free.fr ; jettot[at]yahoo.com ;
Frederique.Lachaud[at]paris-sorbonne.fr ; =
francois_joseph_ruggiu[at]hotmail.com=A0;
ann.thomson[at]wanadoo.fr ; fbensimon[at]free.fr=20

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Subject: Article,
A fractured mosaic: Encounters with the everyday amongst refugee
and asylum seeker women
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Special Issue Paper
A fractured mosaic: Encounters with the everyday amongst refugee and asylum
seeker women
Deirdre Conlon
Article first published online: 20 OCT 2010

Population, Space and Place
Early View (Articles online in advance of print)

Keywords:
asylum seeker;everyday life;materiality;Henri Lefebvre;transnational
mobility

Abstract
In his critique of everyday life, Henri Lefebvre called for an understanding
of the everyday as a complex, fragmentary and dynamic constellation.
Apprehending everyday life in this way complements the calls - from scholars
of migration geography in particular - to ground meta-narratives of
globalisation and mobility within the physical locales, material objects and
social and spatial practices where the daily lives of migrants actually
unfold. This paper takes up these issues by drawing on qualitative interview
research conducted over an 11-month period with asylum seeker and refugee
women living in contemporary Irish society. Drawing on some of Lefebvre's
ideas the paper examines how the presence and absence of material objects
and textures of the everyday train and emplace participants in local
contexts while simultaneously linking them in concrete and abstract ways to
global transnationality. In this process, the 'fractured mosaic' that marks
migrants' social, material and cultural everyday lives becomes crystal clear
while illustrating the value of Lefebvre's perspectives for apprehending the
intricate sociality and materiality of transnational migration. Copyright C
2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

How to Cite
Conlon, D. , A fractured mosaic: Encounters with the everyday amongst
refugee and asylum seeker women. Population, Space and Place, n/a. doi:
10.1002/psp.637

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Subject: TOC Southern Cultures, THE IRISH ISSUE, Spring 2011
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Southern Cultures
Spring 2011
THE IRISH ISSUE IS COMING THIS SPRING.
RELEASE DATE: ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 2011.
GUEST EDITOR: BRYAN GIEMZA.

http://www.southerncultures.org/content/read/current_issue/

Front Porch
by Harry L. Watson
"The authors in this special issue on Ireland and the South argue that the
Catholic Irish, as well as their more plentiful Protestant compatriots, left
an outsized imprint on the cultures of the American South."

"A lengthening chain in the shape of memories"
The Irish and Southern Culture
by William R. Ferris
"Irish rockers U2 are committed fans of B.B. King and wrote the song 'When
Love Comes to Town' at his request. The song introduced King to important
new rock audiences."

Tara, the O'Haras, and the Irish Gone With the Wind
by Geraldine Higgins
"Into the debate about place, race, and the second-best-selling book of all
time, we can also bring Irishness."

Another "Lost Cause"
The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy
by David Gleeson
"As there had been only two prominent Irish generals, and only one,
Cleburne, had had a very distinguished record, the story of the common
soldier was the story of the Irish Confederate."

Blacks and Irish on the Riverine Frontiers
The Roots of American Popular Music
by Christopher J. Smith
"One of the realities of American life is that certain features of African
American performance style will remain strange and alluring to those outside
the culture. Not least among such features is the making of hard social
commentary on recurring problems of life, often through cutting and breaking
techniques-contentious interactions continually calling for a change of
direction."

Smoke 'n' Guns
A Preface to a Poem about Marginal Souths, and then the Poem
by Conor O'Callaghan
"Addressing a jubilant crowd in Belfast shortly after the declaration of the
original ceasefire in 1993, Gerry Adams reminded his audience that 'they
haven't gone away, you know.' He meant that even as 'the cause' was
dwindling, its upholders-'the boys'-were still among us. He might just as
easily have been talking about the Klan."

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Hi Paddy=2C

People on the list will be interested in this exhibit which is co-curated b=
y myself and Dr. Marion R. Casey=2C Glucksman Ireland House=2C NYU.

Of course=2C for me it is a very special treat to get to do an exhibit of y=
our Ph.D. topic!


Thanks=2C

Miriam

Miriam Nyhan Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Faculty Fellow
Glucksman Ireland House=2C NYU

The Fifth Province:=20
County Societies in Irish AmericaNovember 15=2C 2010 through January 25=2C =
2011at Consulate General of Ireland=2C New York City The impulse to recreat=
e a sense of home through social=2C cultural and sporting events can be doc=
umented wherever the Irish have settled in the world. New York City can cla=
im the largest cluster of Irish county societies=2C with the greatest longe=
vity.
These dynamic societies have provided benevolent=2C protective=2C and frate=
rnal sustenance for Irish immigrants since the late 1840s=2C especially aft=
er the founding of their umbrella body=2C the United Irish Counties Associa=
tion=2C in 1904. A strong county connection also nurtured and helped preser=
ve Irish identity for the next generation.
At one time or another people from every one of Ireland=92s thirty-two coun=
ties have come together in this way=2C encouraging strong relationships bui=
lt around common roots.
Join us in celebrating the lifetime commitment many Irish men and women mad=
e to their heritage through membership in county societies. For them=2C Ame=
rica is Ireland=92s Fifth Province.
View the exhibitNovember 15=2C 2010 =96 January 25=2C 2011=20
Consulate General of Ireland=2C New York=20
345 Park Avenue=2C 17th floor=20
between 51st and 52nd Street=20
New York=2C NY 10154=20
For an appointment=20
Tel: (212) 319-2554=20
Hours: Monday =96 Friday 12-2pm=20
Identification required to enter the building
Open HouseSaturday=2C January 22=2C 2011=2C 11am=964pm
Come record your Irish county society stories or donate materials to the Ar=
chives of Irish America!
An exhibition by New York University=92s Glucksman Ireland House & Archives=
of Irish America=2C created in partnership with the United Irish Counties =
Association of New York with funding from the Government of Ireland=92s Emi=
grant Support Programme.


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Subject: TOC Irish Political Studies, Volume 25 Issue 4 2010,
Minor Parties in Irish Political Life
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Irish Political Studies, Volume 25 Issue 4 2010
Minor Parties in Irish Political Life


Articles=20
Minor Parties in Irish Political Life: An Introduction=20
Liam Weeks=20
Pages 473 =96 479

Minor Parties: A Schema for Analysis=20
Liam Weeks=20
Pages 481 =96 501

The Rise and Fall of Minor Parties in Ireland=20
John Coakley=20
Pages 503 =96 538

Punch Bags for Heavyweights? Minor Parties in Irish Government=20
Eoin O=92Malley=20
Pages 539 =96 561

Influencing Political Decision-Making: Interest Groups and Elections
in Independent Ireland=20
Gary Murphy=20
Pages 563 =96 580

On the Road to Extinction: Agrarian Parties in Twentieth-Century
Ireland=20
Tony Varley=20
Pages 581 =96 601

The Irish Green Party: From Protest to Mainstream Party?=20
Nicole Bolleyer=20
Pages 603 =96 623

From Mainstream to Minor and Back: The Irish Labour Party, 1987=961992

Shaun McDaid; Kacper Rekawek=20
Pages 625 =96 642

The Parliamentary Behaviour of Minor Parties and Independents in
D=E1il =C9ireann=20
Martin Ejnar Hansen=20
Pages 643 =96 660

Breaking the Mould or Fiddling at the Edges? Ireland=92s Minor Parties
in Comparative and Systemic Perspective=20
Alistair Clark=20
Pages 661 =96 680

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Subject: Book Notice,
Going to the Well for Water: The Seamus Ennis Field Diary
1942-1946 published in paperback today
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Forwarded on behalf of
Mike.Collins[at]ucc.ie [mailto:Mike.Collins[at]ucc.ie]=20
Subject: Going to the Well for Water: The Seamus Ennis Field Diary =
1942-1946
published in paperback today

Dear Patrick

Going to the Well for Water: The Seamus Ennis Field Diary 1942-1946 =
Edited
by R=EDonach u=ED =D3g=E1in is now available in paperback. The hardback =
has sold
out.

This is a translation of the diaries of Seamus Ennis, fulltime collector =
of
music and song with the Irish Folklore Commission describing his =
day-to-day
work, the people he met, the material he gathered and his constant
communication with the head office of the commission in Dublin. In =
addition
to presenting the history of folklore collecting, the book also =
illustrates
life in the Gaeltacht during the Second World War. Although best known =
as a
piper, Ennis was a collector par excellence. The book is a personal =
account
of his field work during those years.


=85meticulously edited and translated into English by R=EDonach u=ED =
=D3g=E1in, is a
stupendous production, full of insight, gusto and intrepidity on the =
part of
the author - and it comes complete with its editor's valuable end-notes, =
and
with evocative images (mostly old photographs) on nearly every page.
Patricia Craig, The Irish Times

This book is a gift, one that ought to be warmly received by all who =
study
Ireland, Irish culture, traditional music, language, and history. What =
we
get is a rich text filled with raw, first-hand experience and =
descriptions
of daily life in western Ireland in the middle of the last century.
Irish Studies Review

This is the first publication of a diary of a fulltime collector of =
music
and song with the Irish Folklore Commission. It paints a vivid picture =
of
social life at the time and comments in particular on popular pastimes =
and
other aspects of daily life. A number of entries cast light on his =
fieldwork
methodology, which was meticulous, and his attitude towards his mission,
which led him to eschew anything that had been collected frequently or
learned from a book. Ennis visited a number of Gaeltachtai and the book
sketches a picture of life in Donegal, Mayo, Connemara and West Clare. =
This
collection will have particular relevance not only to those interested =
in
Ennis as an individual, but also to all historians and scholars of Irish
traditional music and folklore in the twentieth century. Despite the =
great
entertainment Ennis enjoyed on his working trips, he had to be ever
vigilant, constantly on the look out for new material and new contacts =
from
which to elicit information. Ui Ogain captures Ennis' writing style
admirably. Accounts of certain events reveal an engaged emotional =
intensity
underscoring Ennis' firm belief that his endeavour was more than a mere =
job.
Such vignettes render the diary eminently accessible and attractive to a
general reading public, a distinction rarely achieved in this kind of
publication.

Maps and illustrations demonstrate the journeys undertaken by Ennis. A
biographical index of the people interviewed lists the material =
collected
from each individual. The book also provides indices of places, of music =
and
song and a subject index.

R=EDonach u=ED =D3g=E1in is a lecturer of Irish Folklore, University =
College Dublin.


Further details at:

http://www.corkuniversitypress.com

Regards


Mike
Publications Director

Cork University Press, Youngline Industrial Estate, Pouladuff Road, =
Cork,
Ireland
Tel: 00 353 (0) 21 490 2980 Fax: 00 353 (0) 21 431 5329

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=20
This will interest many, I think.

David
=20
=20
=20
-------Original Message-------=20
=20
From: vinod bala Sharma=20
Date: 19/11/2010 10:37:37=20
=20
SHAW=92S CORNER=20
Circular November 2010=20
Shaw=92s Corner is organizing a one day seminar on the Poets and Playwrig=
hts
of the Irish Renaissance in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland, Ne=
w
Delhi on 4th of December 2010 from 9:30 am to 4:00pm at the India Habitat
Centre (Magnolia).=20
The theme of the Seminar is =91Creating Identities=92 and we propose to d=
iscuss
the rich tradition of Irish Drama that found its roots in the events of t=
he
first half of the twentieth century. These 50 years can be viewed from
different angles historically as well as the range of themes and writing
styles that emerged. All Irish writers of note, be it George Bernard Shaw=
, W
B Yeats, J.M Synge, Sean O Casey, Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, to name a f=
ew
had close association with the Nationalist feelings that mark these times=
,
shaping them while drawing inspiration from them.=20

Programme:=20
Introduction and Overview Dr. V.B.Sharma, President Shaw=92s Corner=20
=20
Film on G.B Shaw=20
=20
Shaw=92s views on the Irish question (Readings).=20
=20
=91The Poetics of J.M.Synge=92 Prof (Retd) R.W.Desai.=20
=20
=91Antinomial Visions and Imagination: The creation of a Yeatsian Identit=
y =92:
Shernaz Cama=20
=20
=91Readings from Yeats=92.=20
=20
=91Synge and the Irish Dramatic Tradition=92 Prof (Retd). Prashant Sinha.=
=20
=20
=91Irish Identity=92: Readings from Brendan Behan.=20
=20
=91Irish Identity- Sean O Casey=92s =91Juno and the Peacock=91 Dr. Dhanan=
jay Singh.=20
=20
=91Just a Lad of 18 summers=92 by Kevin Barry and other Irish songs.=20
=20
Open House Discussion.=20
=20
Note: No delegation fees will be charged. Please confirm participation to=
:=20
Dr. V.B.Sharma 9811934504 Dr. Gurinder Bedi 9899110390=20
=20