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The Princess Grace Irish Library, in the Principality of Monaco, wishes =
you
a Happy Saint Patrick=92s Day and invites you to click here to discover =
its
new website launched today: www.pgil.mc

La Biblioth=E8que Irlandaise Princesse Grace, en Principaut=E9 de =
Monaco, vous
souhaite un =93Happy Saint Patrick=92s Day=94=A0=E0 l=92occasion de la =
F=EAte Nationale
Irlandaise. Elle vous invite =E0 d=E9couvrir son nouveau site internet, =
mis en
ligne ce jour, en cliquant ici: www.pgil.mc


PRINCESS GRACE IRISH LIBRARY
9 rue Princesse Marie-de-Lorraine
Monaco-Ville
MC 98000 Monaco

Tel +377 93 50 12 25 -=A0 Fax +377 93 50 66 65
pglib[at]monaco.mc
Under the aegis of / Sous l=92=E9gide de
Fondation Princesse Grace

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St Patrick' s Day Greetings from President McAleese=20

Beannachtai na F=E9ile P=E1draig ar chlann mh=F3r dhomhanda na nGael, sa =
bhaile
agus ar fud na cruinne, ar =E1r l=E1 n=E1isi=FAnta ceili=FArtha f=E9in.

My best wishes to everyone who is celebrating Saint Patrick's Day 2011. =
All
across the world, on this our famous national day, Irish people and =
their
friends join in joyful, fun-filled celebrations of our great heritage =
and
fascinating culture. It's a day that reminds us of the enduring =
solidarity
of the global Irish family, the strength it gives us and the pride.

Beset as we are by economic difficulties, we take hope and inspiration =
from
past problems transcended, from the peace which is growing in our land =
and
from the depths of courage and generosity which underpin the rich =
community
and civic life we enjoy.

We know St Patrick was an immigrant but he was also a volunteer. It is
volunteers at home and abroad who not only fly the flag for Ireland on =
St.
Patrick's Day but, all year round, build up and sustain a culture of
generosity that enriches life in so many different ways. They are the
backbone of our country and they are its heart and its soul. On the 17th
March, these volunteers will mobilise under the banner of St. Patrick in =
a
national and international showcase of the indomitable Irish - =
especially,
the volunteering Irish at their very best. Then it will be back to the
committees, the fundraising, the planning, the helping and the daily =
turning
up which are the stock-in-trade of the volunteer.

In this year with its special focus on volunteering and on this day of
parades, music, dance and colourful spectacle which is so reliant on
volunteers, I send my warmest wishes and thanks to all who organise and
participate in this great global festival. May you have a very happy and
very special Saint Patrick's Day 2011.

MARY McALEESE
PRESIDENT OF IRELAND=20

MARCH, 2011

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President Obama and Queen Elizabeth to visit Ireland the same week

Security nightmare with possibly only 24 hours between royal and
presidential visits

By CATHY HAYES , IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Read more: President Obama confirms Irish visit for May

Read more: Queen Elizabeth's first historic visit to Ireland confirmed

Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore has announced that United States President
Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II will visit Ireland within the same week
in May.

Gilmore, who was meeting with United States Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton in Washington on Friday, said Obama will arrive in Ireland within 24
to 48 hours after the Queen leaves.

The arrival of two of the world's top VIPS, represents a security and
logistical nightmare for the Irish authorities. It is rare that an
international visitor to Ireland commands massive security, and on this
occasion, there will be two within a very short space of time.

The Queen's historic visit will take place on May 17 - 20. The Queen's
visit to Ireland will tbe her first aborad after her grandson Prince
William's marriage to Kate Middleton at Westminister Abbey.

According to radio station Newstalk 106, it is most likely that Obama will
arrive in Ireland on the 22nd. Officially there has been no dates given for
the President's visit, although he did tell the new Irish Leader Enda Kenny
that he intended on visiting in May.

Yesterday at the traditional handing over of the bowl of shamrocks in the
White House, President Obama commented on the special relationship between
the Irish and Americans. He himself has roots in Ireland having recent found
out that his "great, great, great, great, great grandfather," Falmouth
Kearney, left Offaly for the U.S. during the Great Famine.

He said, "Every year at this time we're reminded just how many strands of
green are woven into our American story... In many ways, what it means to be
Irish helped define what it means to be America ... in the years ahead may
our sons and daughters only grow closer."

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/President-Obama-and-Queen-Elizabeth-to-visi
t-Ireland-the-same-week--118291029.html

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Forwarded on behalf of
Peter Hoffenberg

Dear Colleagues,

A new global studies journal, The Journal of Empire Studies, invites
submissions from scholars in a number of fields, including History. The new
open-access journal hopes to collect the best new scholarship on the
question of empire and fill a need for a global perspective on that topic.
Articles should be short (up to 4,000 words with footnotes) and sent to Tom
Durwood, Valley Forge Military College at tbird3080[at]aol.com

For additional information, please visit: http://www/iflair/biz/jes/

Aloha,

Peter H. Hoffenberg
Associate Professor of History
University of Hawaii, Manoa
2530 Dole Street
Sakamaki Hall A203
Honolulu, HI 96822-2283
USA

Phone: 808 956-8497
Fax: 808 956-9600 to the attention of Hoffenberg


"Revolution, noun. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of
misgovernment. Specifically, in American history, the substitution of the
rule of an Administration for that of a Ministry, whereby the welfare and
happiness of the people were advanced a full half-inch. Revolutions are
usually accompanied by a considerable effusion of blood, but are accounted
worth it -- this appraisement being made by beneficiaries whose blood has
not the mischance to be shed." -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary,
1911

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Forwarded on behalf of
Louis Armand

Now available online as a read-only PDF at issuu.com/litteraria

Petr Skrabanek
NIGHT JOYCE OF A THOUSAND TIERS: STUDIES IN FINNEGANS WAKE
eds. Louis Armand & Ondrej Pilny
Preface by Fritz Senn
ISBN 80-238-8853-6 (paperback). 173pp.
Originally published: June 2002, Prague
http://issuu.com/litteraria/docs/skrabanek

Night Joyce of a Thousand Tiers represents the collected essays of Petr
=A9krabanek, Czech =E9migr=E9 and pioneer Joyce scholar. These essays, =
originally
published in the 1970s and 1980s in mimeographed versions and in small
publications such as A Wake Newslitter are now made available for the =
first
time in a complete edition in book form. Skrabanek's contribution to
Finnegans Wake studies has often gone largely unrealised outside the
footnotes and acknowledgements of the major standard scholarly editions, =
by
writers such as Clive Hart and Roland McHugh. With the publication of =
Night
Joyce of a Thousand Tiers the work of this pioneer Joycean is finally =
able
to be properly assessed in its full extent, and to take its place =
alongside
the major works of Skrabenek's contemporarys.

"Skrabanek's essays are an important testimony to the fact that =
unlocking
the Wake is an international enterprise undertaken by academics and
nonacademics alike and that beneath the dreariness of the exigetical =
project
lies the enjoyment of Joyce's 'explosition' of language." --Wim Van =
Mierlo,
James Joyce Quarterly=20

The original book is still still available for order, but stock are =
limited.
For more details:
http://litteraria.ff.cuni.cz/books/skrabanek.html

For information about all Litteraria Pragensia Books titles, please =
visit
www.litterariapragensia.com


--------------------
Louis Armand
Director, Centre for Critical & Cultural Theory, UALK, Philosophy =
Faculty,
Charles University, Nam. J. Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1, CZECH REPUBLIC
www.louis-armand.com=A0=A0 www.litterariapragensia.com=A0=A0 =
www.vlakmagazine.com

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Irish Educational Studies: Volume 30 Issue 1 is now available online at
informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

This new issue contains the following articles:

Editorials

Editorial, Pages 1 - 4
Authors: Aisling Leavy; Dympna Devine; Paul Conway; Emer Smyth

Original Articles

Evaluating learning outcomes: in search of lost knowledge, Pages 5 - 21
Authors: Stephen O'Brien; David Brancaleone

Implementation of children's rights: what is in =91the best interests of =
the
child=92 in relation to the Individual Education Plan (IEP) process for =
pupils
with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD)?, Pages 23 - 44
Author: Anita Prunty

Early school-leaving in the Netherlands: the role of family resources,
school composition and background characteristics in early =
school-leaving in
lower secondary education, Pages 45 - 62
Authors: Tanja Traag; Rolf K. W. van der Velden

Operationalising self-evaluation in schools: experiences from Ireland =
and
Iceland, Pages 63 - 82
Authors: Gerry McNamara; Joe O'Hara; Penelope L. Lisi; Sigurlina
Davidsdottir

Modern foreign language learning and European citizenship in the Irish
context, Pages 83 - 112
Author: M=E1ir=EDn Hennebry

Child protection in primary schools: a contradiction in terms or a =
potential
opportunity?, Pages 113 - 128
Authors: Helen Buckley; Kathryn McGarry

Book Reviews

Curriculum in context: partnership, power and praxis in Ireland, Pages =
129
- 131
Author: Gary Granville

Engaging young children =96 a nurturing pedagogy, Pages 131 - 134
Author: Maura O'Connor

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review by Alexander Freund, University of Winnipeg
http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/GermanCanadianStudies/

Christiane Harzig and Dirk Hoerder with Donna
Gabaccia, What is Migration History? Malden, MA:
Polity, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7456-4336-6.

The global history of migration can be summed up
as the free migration of Europeans, the slave
migration of Africans, and the coolie migration
of Chinese to "America." This, at least, is the
image of global migration history that scholars
had created by the 1960s. As this book
demonstrates, it is a myth. Scholarship since the
1970s, with roots stretching back half a century,
has developed a much more complex story. This
book tells both the story and the way it has been brought about.

In this slim volume, the late German migration
historian Christiane Harzig and her colleagues
Dirk Hoerder and Donna Gabaccia introduce readers
to the concept of migration history and provide a
concise survey of global migration history (ch.
2). Yet, this book is more than an introduction
to migration history. It is a guide to an
approach - I am almost tempted to say, to a
school of thought - that has informed several
generations of migration historians around the world.

The first premise of this influential approach to
the study of migrating men and women is the
notion that we must understand the history of
people's lives in their countries of origin
before we begin to study their lives as
in-migrants. This is what Frank Thistlethwaite in
1960 described as the need to break through the
"saltwater curtain" that separated European
emigration and American immigration historiographies.

The approach's second premise is that not all
migrants intend to be or end up being immigrants,
that is, permanent settlers in their country of
destination. Rather, migrants in the past as well
as in the present often took circuitous routes
that lead them to temporary stays as well as
onward, return, or circular migrations.
Sometimes, migration routes were shaped by the
seasons, at other times by career decisions, and
then again by family considerations and kin networks.

The third premise of migration history is that
while myriad social, cultural, mental,
demographic, and political factors get people on
the move, it is fundamentally economic factors
that we must study to understand migration.
Rather than going through a list of push and pull
factors that are rooted in an understanding of
migrants as free economic agents that make
decisions on the basis of cost-benefit analyses
(chapter 3 provides an in-depth critique of this
neo-classical theory), migration historians begin
from a systems approach (explicated in chapter
4). This approach is best able to account for the
multiple interconnections between the "culture of
origin and departure, the actual move, and the
process of insertion/acculturation into the
receiving society" (xxi). The systems approach
does not, however, study migrants as particles of
a "flow" or "wave." Migrants are agents; they
make decisions, albeit within the constraints of
their life worlds. The systems approach,
developed in the 1980s, is here expanded to
include more recent studies of the
intersectionality of gender, class, and race as
well as new studies of transnational networks and transcultural life.

The three historians are detached observers, but
they also write as politically engaged scholars.
Underlying the theoretical approach and the
multiple case studies are important messages to
policy makers and societies more generally.
Migration is part of human culture and, as such,
has been going on since homo sapiens spread
across the continents. Ethnically homogenous
nation states are an invention of the 19th
century, created at intolerable costs to humanity
(just think of the Nazis' attempt to create an
"Aryan Third Reich") that continue to haunt us in
Europe (e.g. the former Yugoslavia) as much as in
Africa (e.g. Rwanda) and other places. Hence, it
is this racial nationalism rather than the
cultural, economic, social, and demographic
intermingling of many different peoples that is to be feared.

The book is an important reminder of the
obligations of societies that import labour
migrants: "Recruiters of body parts [i.e. of
migrant workers] never expect 'foreigners' to
protest inhuman treatment" (4). In Canada,
Filipino
"guest worker" protests in Vancouver against
their exploitation by immigration legislation
that privileges industry over human rights and by
employers that privilege profit over decency
remind us that we are far from ensuring basic
rights, equality, and social justice for people on the move.

The authors take the argument beyond its
traditional Atlantic boundaries, extending both
case studies and theories to the South Atlantic
and Pacific migrations to write a truly global
history and historiography. Thus, readers learn
about sophisticated analyses of migration and
transculturation developed by students (often
migrants themselves) from Algeria, India, Cuba,
Brazil, and other places, and going as far back
as the very early 20th century.

An extensive index and a detailed table of
contents help readers navigate the book. This is
an excellent textbook for undergraduate surveys
of global migration history; it will also serve
seminar discussion in upper level undergraduate
and graduate courses; and it will be a handy
reference tool for even for the most seasoned migration historian.

Alexander Freund, University of Winnipeg
Posted by Alexander Freund on January 16, 2011 3

for additional reviews of new books in migration studies:
Visit http://germancanadian.uwinnipeg.ca and follow the links on the right
hand side under "News."

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To cite this Article: Chambers, Ciara 'Early Irish Cinema 1895-1921',
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 31:1, 95 - 96


Early Irish Cinema 1895-1921

BILL CONDON

Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2008

xiv+305 pp., illus., bibliography, filmography and index, 45.00 (cloth)

Early Irish Cinema traces the development of Irish film from the arrival of
the kinetoscope in Ireland in 1895 to the decline of the first major Irish
production companies in the early 1920s. The book covers actuality,
documentary, newsreel and fictional film footage while also considering the
viewing experiences of contemporary audiences. While this study clearly adds
to the area of Irish film history, its detailed discussion of the rapidly
changing technologies of early cinema and its consideration of the tensions
between the disciplines of film and history will be of interest to film
historians more generally. The book addresses many of the pertinent debates
on Irish cinema in relation to stereotypical representations of the Irish;
censorship and politics; the Catholic church's involvement in film-making
and interest in policing exhibition; the relationship between cinema and
class and the commercial potential of the film industry. That the advent of
cinema to Ireland had similarities to its arrival in Britain, other European
countries and America is clear, but Condon also outlines uniquely localised
aspects to the exhibition of early moving images in Ireland, highlighting
significant protests and early exhibitors' anxieties around the way in which
films might be interpreted by audiences.

Condon is particularly interested in the 'intermediality' of moving images
and how their exhibition interacted with other cultural practices such as
theatre and tourism. He explores what Irish audiences went to see, their
expectations in relation to the new technologies presented to them and the
cultural framework within which early film developed in Ireland. The period
covered is one of political turbulence and Condon traces the impact and
evidence of this on indigenous production and exhibition practices.

Condon's exploration of early Irish films in relation to the gaze of the
virtual tourist highlights a significant phenomenon in the representation of
Ireland on film - the construction of representations of Ireland and the
Irish by 'outsiders' rather than from within. Condon is quick to assert the
benefits of studying this early period separately from larger narratives of
Irish film history, 'thereby freeing it from its obligation to be the
precursor to later developments' (p. 268). He evokes Joep Leerssen's concept
of 'autoexoticism' to explain Irish audiences' responses to films that were,
in many cases, never intended for the Irish, but rather to showcase the
country to potential tourists. Irish audiences, Condon argues, engaged in a
viewing process that made the familiar exotic, in particular in relation to
lantern lectures, which tapped into a 'wider imperial discourse' - one that
would become familiar to Irish audiences in a range of moving image
representations over the following decades. Condon describes three waves in
this type of film-making - including the Lumire actuality material shot in
Belfast and Dublin in the 1890s, a series of British travel films produced
in the early 1900s and the fictional US 'O'Kalem' films shot between 1910
and 1914. Condon discusses this material in relation to indigenous
audiences, the diasporic Irish and the 'virtual tourist' (both in terms of
the diasporic and imperial gaze). He also explores in detail the work of the
Film Company of Ireland, highlighting the importance of its film-making up
to 1921 and emphasising that this flourishing of indigenous production would
not recur in any sustained fashion until the 1970s. Condon's frequent and
lengthy citations from newspaper articles and trade paper journals offer a
useful point of access to primary sources and he also provides a filmography
detailing the range of extant and lost material discussed.

....Condon generates debate about how early cinematic development in Ireland
fitted into a wider cultural infrastructure, highlights the significance of
this period within (and apart from) other narratives of Irish film and
emphasises the importance of further research into the production and
reception of early cinema in Ireland.

CIARA CHAMBERS

University of Ulster

C 2011, Ciara Chambers

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Forwarded on behalf of

Mike.Collins[at]ucc.ie=20


Dear Patrick

Cork University Press today publishes Understanding Limerick: Social
Exclusion and Change today -edited by Niamh Hourigan

Understanding Limerick is an edited collection featuring contributions =
from
leading Irish scholars in Sociology, Social Policy, Criminology and =
Urban
Geography. Limerick city has some of the most severely disadvantaged
neighbourhoods in the Republic of Ireland. The city has also =
experienced a
range of problems in relation to organized crime. This collection shows =
how
social exclusion and poverty-related criminality developed in Limerick =
city.
In a special study on fear and feuding, Niamh Hourigan examines the
distinctive contours of gangland feuding and community violence in =
Limerick.
The success of criminal justice, child protection and Regeneration =
responses
to these problems is evaluated. Contributors with expertise in gender
studies, urban deprivation, media analysis and housing underline how the
social exclusion evident in Limerick is linked to broader patterns of
inequality in Irish society. By piecing together these expert =
perspectives,
a picture emerges of a city with tremendous strengths which is =
nevertheless
facing significant challenges.

Niamh Hourigan is Lecturer and Head of Graduate Studies in Sociology at
University College Cork Ireland

Media coverage

RTE radio 1 John Murray Wednesday 23 March

Tonight with Vincent Browne Monday 28th March

The Irish Times Saturday March 26th


This book vividly explains how our society, in denying respect to its =
most
disadvantaged citizens, creates the conditions for gangsterism and
criminality. Its inequality stupid! - Vincent Browne, Irish Times

This book is original, innovative, nuanced and important. It is a major
contribution to our understanding of how social exclusion and inequality
currently works within late-modern cities. It combines a remarkably =
powerful
explanation of what has gone wrong in Limerick with strong evidence of =
how
to move forward - Professor M=E1irt=EDn Mac an Ghaill, University of =
Birmingham

Feuds, drugs, poverty and neglect coexist in Limerick with loving =
families,
intimate communities, sporting prowess and pride in place. To really =
know a
city requires observation from several vantage points and the multiple
perspectives provided in this book yield a rich understanding of what =
makes
Limerick special - Professor Ian O'Donnell, UCD Institute of Criminology

Regards

Mike

Mike Collins
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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School of History and Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast


PRESS RELEASE

LAUNCH OF DIPPAM: DOCUMENTING IRELAND - PARLIAMENT, PEOPLE AND MIGRATION

DIPPAM is a virtual library of sources relating to the history of modern
Ireland and its global diaspora, being made freely available to users
through the internet at http://www.dippam.ac.uk

DIPPAM will be launched in March 2011, with a public launch event at Queen's
University Library on 21 March, and public workshops hosted by Libraries
Northern Ireland in Armagh (9 March), Newcastle (10 March), Coleraine (15
March), Strabane (16 March) and Enniskillen (23 March). Full details can be
found at www.dippam.ac.uk

The DIPPAM web resource includes three searchable databases:

. Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland (EPPI ) - which comprises
scans of over 15,000 official publications relating to all aspects of Irish
affairs during the period of the Act of Union, 1800-1922, including bills,
reports, royal commissions of inquiry and the published census returns. It
is a rich source for the social history of Ireland, as well as for
statistics and evidence relating to population, emigration, famine, crime
and political movements.

. The Irish Emigration Database (IED) is made up of documents relating to
Irish emigration since the eighteenth century, mainly to North America, and
mostly drawn from archives in Northern Ireland and from private collections.
The documents include emigrant letters, newspaper extracts, shipping
advertisements, family papers and extracts from relevant publications.

. Voices of Migration and Return (VMR) is an oral history archive of over 90
life-narrative interviews conducted with emigrants and return-emigrants from
the province of Ulster, collected between 2004 and 2008. The study
participants represent a range of geographical origins within Ulster, class
backgrounds and religious identities.

The DIPPAM resource is available to all users, and may be of particular
interest to people involved in research the history of their locality or
family, and for use in school history projects.

The DIPPAM project is a collaboration between Queen's University Belfast,
the University of Ulster, the Centre for Migration Studies, Omagh, and
Libraries NI, and has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research
Council.

For further information, contact the project director, Prof. Peter Gray
(p.h.gray[at]qub.ac.uk) or info[at]dippam.ac.uk


Documenting Ireland - Parliament, People and Migration

A major online resource that goes live today (Fri) will be a boon for
researchers such as historians and family roots buffs, according to
University of Ulster lecturer Dr Johanne Devlin Trew, who has helped devised
the collaborative initiative.

It is an online library which mirrors official events and everyday personal
experiences from 1800 to the present, and is likely to attract wide interest
at home and abroad.

Called 'DIPPAM' (Documenting Ireland - Parliament, People and Migration,) it
is a joint partnership of the University of Ulster, QUB, the Centre for
Migration Studies in Omagh, Co Tyrone, and Libraries NI.
Dr Devlin Trew said: "'DIPPAM' - www.dippam.ac.uk - provides finger-tip
access to 200 years of official document and records and through letters
and audio pieces it puts a human face on the hardships and successes of our
emigration past.

"It is a wonderful resource which will be of interest to the general public,
from post-primary students right through to academic scholars."

The free-access resource is divided into three searchable databases, each
concentrating on a key aspect of Irish history.

The EPPI database (Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland) focuses
on the period of the Act of Union, from 1800 to 1922 and includes 15,000
official documents relating to all aspects of Irish affairs, from the famine
to politics.

The Irish Emigration Database (IED) has sourced much of its information from
Northern Ireland archives and private collections and traces the period of
Irish emigration, mainly to North America, since the 18th century.
Invaluable documentation covering this era includes emigrant letters,
newspaper articles, shipping advertisements and family papers.
The third and most modern database, Voices of Migration and Return (VMR),
was collected between 2004 and 2008. It provides an oral history archive of
more than 90 interviews with emigrants and return emigrants.

Dr Devlin Trew, who is based in the School of Criminology, Politics and
Social Policy, explains: "A principle goal of DIPPAM is to provide access to
the real human stories of Irish and Northern Irish people and their
experiences of the greater world through their letters, diaries and audio
interviews.
"This allows us to explore their trials, tribulations and triumphs in
Ireland and all over the world and the contributions they have made far
beyond our shores.
"To ensure wide public impact, it has been developed through a unique
partnership between both the University of Ulster and Queen's University,
the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh
and Libraries NI."
The project has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
(UK).
For more information contact Dr Devlin Trew on jd.trew[at]ulster.ac.uk



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Subject: Book Review,
Love Death and Whiskey - 40 Songs by Patrick O?Sullivan
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Love Death and Whiskey =E2=80=93 40 Songs by Patrick O=E2=80=9FSullivan
Published by Patrick Pinder Publisher, Bradford, 2010=20
ISBN 978-0-9567824-0-3=20

This book of song lyrics is pure poetry from the introduction, where =
Patrick compares a song to a 3-legged stool, to the last line of the =
final song where 'Pierre wasn=E2=80=98t there in Pierre's special way.'

Irish to the core, the lyrics are also truly international, as perhaps =
the Irish are too, having penetrated every corner of the World in their =
search for something better than their own piece of paradise. The dreams =
of the girls in The green hills of Australia put a neat twist on the =
oft-repeated traditional longing of the emigrant for home. =
Autobiography of a Navvy=20
where the Irish 'work on every man=E2=80=98s land, but not their own', =
is a surprisingly non-sentimental look at the life of a man forced from =
his own country by the lack of work, while the wonderful opening line of =
To Be Irish =E2=80=93 'You don=E2=80=98t know you're Irish till =
you=E2=80=98re Irish no more' =E2=80=93 is a poignant, but not mawkish, =
reflection on emigration. Perhaps my appreciation of these songs was =
heightened by my recent maiden visit to Ireland which presented many =
opportunities to learn much more about the potato famine and emigration, =
against the background of the current economic crisis, which may yet =
tweak the seemingly never ending emigrations yet again.

Internationally, following my visit, I turned eagerly to I met my love =
in Baltimore to find that it was the more famous city of that name in =
the USA, rather than the little piece of heaven in West Cork, that was =
featured as well as Carolina, Savannah and New Orleans, while the quirky =
almost-Latin lover from the deep south of Tooting Bec (compared to the =
far north of Walworth), caused me much more than a slight smile.
=20
Perhaps my favourite lyrics though =E2=80=93 very hard to make an =
absolute choice =E2=80=93 were those to You taught me to cry, though =
inevitably that choice may well say more about me than the song. This =
really is a book about life, love and longing, and an affirmation of =
those things despite the pain.
=20
These lyrics made a great impression on me, and I found fragments of =
melodies popping into my head as I read them, although I was also aware =
that many have already had their own tunes and performances. Rest =
assured, however, that the first leg of each song-stool is very strong, =
and if you have the desire to set great lyrics to your own tunes and =
perform=20
them, I can strongly recommend them - there would be few better places =
to start.

Neil Gillard
March 2011

This review appeared in AUTOHARP NOTES, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2011, =
page 16.

Neil Gillard is current President of UK Autoharps.

Autoharp Notes is the journal of UK Autoharps.

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Subject: Cyfrwng: International Conference on Media and Culture in Small
Nations
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Cyfrwng 2011: International Conference on Media and Culture in Small =
Nations
University of Glamorgan, The ATRiuM, Adam Street, Cardiff CF24 2FN
16-17 June 2011

The Cyfrwng Conference is one of Europe=92s leading conferences for
television, new media, film, radio, journalism, performance and the =
creative
industries.=20

Attended by academics, students and media industry professionals, it =
aims to
address some of the key issues facing the media in Wales and other small
nations today.

This year=92s conference is being hosted by the Centre for the Study of =
Media
and Culture in Small Nations at the University of Glamorgan=92s ATRiuM =
campus
in the heart of the Welsh capital of Cardiff.=A0 It aims to take an
international perspective on media and culture in small nations, and =
will
include speakers from New Zealand, Catalonia, the Basque Country, =
Denmark,
Iceland and Belgium, as well as Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Key note speakers include:=20
=95 Marc Evans (Patagonia, House of America, My Little Eye)
=95 John Newbigin (Creative England)
=95 Professor John Hill (Royal Holloway University of London)
=95 Professor Nadine Holdsworth (Warwick University)
=95 Professor Chris Williams (Swansea University)
The conference will also feature a round-table discussion on the future =
of
the Welsh language broadcaster S4C and a presentation on the BBC=92s new =
Drama
Village at Cardiff Bay.

Conference fees (including lunch, refreshments and copy of the Cyfrwng
journal):=20
=95 Full two-day conference pass: =A3120
=95 Student two-day conference pass: =A385
=95 One day pass: =A375
=95 Conference Dinner and Award Ceremony: =A335
Download a registration form from the Cyfrwng website (www.cyfrwng.com), =
or
call the conference co-ordinator to make a booking on: +44 (0) 1443 =
482002.=A0
Following us on Twitter: [at]cyfrwng

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Subject: CFP UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL WORLD, 13-15 July 2011,
University of Huddersfield
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UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL WORLD=AD=AD=AD=AD =96 Final call for papers

13-15 July 2011, University of Huddersfield

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Keynote speakers:

Professor Mary Maynard
Renowned for her scholarship on a range of subjects relating to gender,
feminist theory and methodology, race and ethnicity, and age and aging.

Professor Michael Murray
An acclaimed figure in the field of critical health psychology, =
including
the impact of social inequalities and social change on communities.

Alison Park
Directs research about society and social change at the National Centre =
for
Social Research (NatCen), and leads the British Social Attitudes Survey.

Professor Jon Tonge
An esteemed author, who has written extensively on various aspects of
British and Irish Politics. President of the Political Studies =
Association
of the UK.

Professor Gill Valentine
Renowned for methodologically innovative research in areas such as =
social
identities, children and poverty, and sexuality and faith.

What are the key social issues of our time? Is the social world in =
crisis?

The social sciences are at an important juncture, set within the context =
of
international financial upheaval and retrenchment. Social scientists are
uniquely placed to analyse the current reconfiguration of relationships
between the state, the public sector and the individual. Addressing the =
key
social issues of our time requires an interdisciplinary approach, one =
which
reflects critically on our role as social scientists, and on the =
conditions
which structure our work. It is in the spirit of proactive engagement =
with
challenging times that the University of Huddersfield will be holding =
the
new =91Understanding the Social World=92 conference.

This conference builds on the success of previous Understanding the =
Social
World conferences held in 1995 and 2001, which supported the development =
of
critical interdisciplinary scholarship.

The conference will provide a forum for critical thinking across a range =
of
disciplines, with a view to informing the development of the Social =
Sciences
over the coming period.

We invite contributions that speak to the following indicative themes:

=95 The Social Sciences in crisis

=95 Identities and social change

=95 Conflict transformations

=95 (Inter) nationalism

=95 Social movements

=95 Sexualities and Genders

=95 Religion and secularism

=95 Health and (dis)ability

=95 Methodology

We invite abstracts for individual papers, panel proposals and poster
presentations.

> Individual papers: Each parallel paper session in the conference will =
last
for 90 minutes, and will include three presenters (20 minutes each for
presentation and 10 minutes each for discussion).

> Panels: Each panel will include three/ four papers. Panel convenors =
will
be free to decide on the format for their panels but it is recommended =
that
plenty of time is left for discussions.

> Posters: These will be displayed in the conference venue.

Instructions for submission

For all individual papers and posters please submit an abstract of up to =
250
words together with:

=95 A title

=95 Name of the presenter(s)/authors(s), institutions(s)/organisations =
at
which you/they are based and contact details

=95 Description of the contents of the paper/poster (please indicate =
which
preferred)

=95 A list of any references mentioned in the abstract

Panel submissions should include a 250 word abstract for each presenter =
who
wishes to be included in the panel (please see guidance above) and a =
further
abstract (maximum 400 words) which outlines the aims and objectives of =
the
session and the ways in which the papers fit together under the theme.

Please email your abstracts and details to
conference.presentations04[at]hud.ac.uk The Early Bird Registration fee is =A3275 payable by the 9th May
> The later registration fee is =A3300 payable by 24 June.
> We offer a reduced registration fee to students (=A3200) payable by 24 =
June

> Details about Bed and Breakfast and hotel accommodation will soon be
available via the links on our website
http://www2.hud.ac.uk/hhs/research/conf/criss/index.php
The website also provides information about local attractions.

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Subject: CFP International Conference: the history of migration in
museums, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Forwarded on behalf of Dr Laurence GOURIEVIDIS...

Call for papers

The History of Migration in Museums: between History and Politics.

Venue: Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Dates: 17-19 November 2011
Conference organisers: EHIC (EA 1087)
Submission deadline: 2 may 2011.

If the history of migration lies at the heart of many museums in the =
'New
World', moulded by colonisation and imperialism, it is also a major =
issue
for European states, as demonstrated by the controversy surrounding the
opening of the Cit=E9 Nationale de l'Histoire de l'Immigration in Paris. =
This
conference will examine museum spaces - local, regional, national - =
which
focus, wholly or in part, on the history of migrations, including both
internal migration, emigration and immigration. Museums are sites of =
memory
per se, and are also sites of exchange, and / or contact, in short =
effecting
mediation between various social groups, they may also be sites of =
contest
and riposte.

Conference papers might address, but are not limited to, the following
issues:

- Museums and their social, economic, political and cultural =
environments.
In museums the paths of various interest groups and organisations =
intersect,
yet they may not necessarily be compatible. Museums have to combine the
orientations endorsed by the structures on which they rely, those of =
their
paymasters, those of their potential visitors / consumers, those of =
their
curators, and those of the cultural policies from which they may well
spring. In them coalesce commercial, political and ideological =
interests,
often sources of compromise and contradictions.

- The history of migration in museums and identity construction.
Implicit models of national identity frequently underpin the migration
narratives constructed in such museums, for instance those founded on
notions of hybridity and transitory identity and implying potential
redefinition and reshaping; or alternatively those based on notions of
persistence and continuity and, consequently, on stable and enduring
identities. How are migration narratives - frequently transnational - =
woven
within such paradigms by museums, be they local, regional or national?
Conversely how are representations affected by such processes / =
phenomena
related to globalisation?

- The influence of dominant policies and discourses on such =
representations.
How do such institutions, where a public memory is constructed, respond =
to
changing governmental initiatives and discourses such as cultural =
diversity,
social inclusion, integration, assimilation or multiculturalism? Do =
these
institutions - national, regional, local - promote social cohesion and
inclusion through their treatment of migrations? Do they give expression =
to
alternative histories, contemporary debates and minority voices? Another
approach might address the cultural constructions that host societies
project about themselves - celebrating their openness and long-term =
policy
(ies) of immigration.

- Museographical choices and migration stories.
What are the narrative devices used to relate itineraries (use of =
metaphors
symbolising liberation, celebration of benefits, contribution with =
respect
to culture and knowledge, re-birth or obstacle, resistance and =
rejection)?
What is the place given to journeys in those narratives? Is a balance =
struck
between individual testimony and the contextualised representation of
migratory waves? To what extent and how are local communities involved =
in or
consulted for the making of exhibitions? Are attempts made at =
highlighting
periods and, if so, on what grounds? To what extent and how are =
artefacts
used: selection, display and staging, iconography of migration, absence =
of
artefacts?

- The history of migration and museums as memorial spaces.
The process of memorialisation is inherent in the activities of history =
and
social museums through the work of collection, conservation and =
transmission
of a collective heritage. How is the ?duty to remember? interpreted? Do
material and immaterial heritage commingle and how? How are the memorial
functions of museums
integrated: hagiography, martyrology, mourning of the past, silences,
emphases leading to questions and disputes?

We are looking for papers from a broad spectrum of museum practitioners =
and
scholars (history, geography, museum studies, cultural studies, =
sociology,
anthropology) and we hope that the sessions will be international in =
scope
leading to fruitful comparisons. We intend to publish an edited volume =
of
essays based on selected conference papers.

Language: the language preferred for papers is English but papers in =
French
will also be accepted if extensive summaries in English are provided to =
help
those struggling with the oral presentation.

If you are interested in proposing a paper, please submit your proposal
(approximately 500 words) for a 20-minute presentation and a brief bio =
(50
words) by 2nd May 2011 to the following address:
Laurence.GOURIEVIDIS[at]univ-bpclermont.fr





=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Dr Laurence GOURIEVIDIS
Senior Lecturer in British History
Blaise Pascal University
34 avenue Carnot
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
France
Fax: ++ 473 406 298
E-Mail: Laurence.GOURIEVIDIS[at]univ-bpclermont.fr

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Subject: Childhood and Migration in Europe: Portraits of Mobility,
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Dear Paddy and list members

I am delighted to recommend this book, the fruit of a four year Marie =
Curie postdoctoral research project led by my colleague Caitr=EDona N=ED =
Laoire and a groundbreaking contribution to our knowledge of the lives =
and experiences of migrant children in Ireland

Piaras



Childhood and Migration in Europe: Portraits of Mobility, Identity and =
Belonging in Contemporary Ireland


Caitr=EDona N=ED Laoire, University College Cork, Ireland, Fina =
Carpena-Mendez, Oregon State University, USA, Naomi Tyrrell, University =
of Plymouth, UK and Allen White, University College Cork, Ireland


Ashgate 2011

Series: Studies in Migration and Diaspora =
=20

Childhood and Migration in Europe explores the under-researched and =
often misunderstood worlds of migrant children and young people, drawing =
on extensive empirical research with children and young people from =
diverse migrant backgrounds living in a rapidly changing European =
society. Through in-depth exploration and analysis of the experiences of =
children who moved to Ireland in the first decade of the 21st century, =
it addresses the tendency of migration research and policy to overlook =
the presence of children in migratory flows.=20

Challenging dominant adult-centric perspectives on contemporary global =
migration flows and presenting understandings of the lives of migrant =
children and young people from their own experiences, this book presents =
a detailed exploration of children's lives in four different migrant =
populations in Ireland. With a unique comparative perspective, Childhood =
and Migration in Europe advances upon current conceptualisations of =
migration and integration by interrogating accepted views of migrant =
children and focusing on children's own voices and experiences. It =
challenges the prevailing assimilationist discourses underlying much =
existing research and policy, which often construct migrant children as =
deficient in different ways and in need of 'being integrated'.=20

? Contents: Introduction: childhood and migration; Migrant childhoods in =
Ireland; Multiple belongings: the experiences of children and young =
people migrating from Africa to Ireland; From East to West: children's =
experiences of family migration in the 'new' Europe; In and out of =
Ireland: Latin American migrant families and their children in =
transnational circulation; Children of the diaspora: coming home to 'my =
own country'?; Conclusions: migrant children's multiple belongings; =
Bibliography; Index.

? About the Authors: Caitr=EDona N=ED Laoire is Research Coordinator at =
the Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century at University =
College Cork, Ireland=20
Fina Carpena-Mendez is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Oregon =
State University, USA; Naomi Tyrrell is Lecturer in Human Geography at =
the University of Plymouth, UK ; Allen White is Postdoctoral Researcher =
at the Department of Geography, University College Cork, Ireland=20

? Reviews: 'This book makes a valuable contribution to the expanding =
field of children's migration and of family migration more generally. It =
explores the transnational lives, experiences and identities of children =
with different immigration and citizenship statuses (African, Eastern =
European, Latin American and returning Irish) and challenges the oft =
held view of children as victims without agency and needing to be =
integrated into society.'=20
Eleonore Kofman, Middlesex University, UK=20

'Taking seriously the perspectives and experiences of children from =
diverse migrant streams as they are negotiated within the context of =
contemporary Ireland and examining the ways in which children negotiate =
identities and contribute to migration processes, this book powerfully =
challenges normative ways of understanding both children and migration. =
A path-breaking contribution to the literature on transnational flows of =
immigration, it should be read by all migration scholars.'=20
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Dear Paddy and list members

I am delighted to recommend this book, the fruit of a four year Marie =
Curie postdoctoral research project led by my colleague Caitr=EDona N=ED =
Laoire and a major contribution to our knowledge of the lives and =
experiences of migrant children in Ireland

http://www.ashgatepublishing.com/default.aspx?page=3D637&edition_id=3D128=
43&title_id=3D9751&calctitle=3D1 =
=20

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Subject: Discussion Paper, The Irish Crisis
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Full Text Available at

http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/documents/discussion/pdfs/iiisdp356.pdf


IIIS Discussion Paper No. 356
The Irish Crisis
Philip R. Lane
IIIS, Trinity College Dublin and CEPR

Disclaimer
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IIIS.
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Papers may only be downloaded for personal use only

The Irish Crisis*
Philip R.Lane
IIIS, Trinity College Dublin and EPR

Abstract
This paper has three goals. First, it seeks to explain the origins of the
Irish crisis. Second, it provides an interim assessment of the Irish
government's management of the crisis. Third, it evaluates the lessons from
Ireland for the macroeconomics of monetary unions.

* This is a revised version of a paper prepared for the conference on 'The
euro area and the financial crisis' (Bratislava, September 7th 2010),
organised by the National Bank of Slovakia. It is forthcoming in The Euro
Area and the Financial Crisis (edited by Miroslav Beblavy, David Cobham and
Ludovit Odor), Cambridge University Press. I thank my discussant Wendy
Carlin and conference participants for helpful feedback. I am grateful to
Niamh Devitt, Peter McQuade and Donal Mullins for helpful research
assistance. This paper is part of an IRCHSS-sponsored research
project on 'An Analysis of the Impact of European Monetary Union on Irish
Macroeconomic Policy'. Email: plane at tcd.ie.

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Subject: Book Review,
THE EMERALD STRAND: THE IRISH-BORN MANUFACTURERS OF
NINETEENTH-CENTURY VICTORIA
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REVIEW OF KEITH PESCOD'S THE EMERALD STRAND: THE IRISH-BORN MANUFACTURERS
OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY VICTORIA
Jeff Kildea

Jeff Kildea reviews The Emerald Strand: The Irish-born Manufacturers of
Nineteenth-Century Victoria by Keith Pescod (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly
Publishing; 2007, pp. 304. Price AU$34.95 pb.).
Publishers' website: www.scholarly.info/new.htm#emerald

The Irish immigrant experience in Australia is the subject of an immense
quantity of literature. Descendants of Irish settlers many generations
removed continue to discover and rediscover the stories of their
antecedents to a degree unmatched by other ethnic groups in this
country. Shamrock in the Bush, the Irish-Australian Conference, the Aisling
Society and the Australian Irish Heritage Network are just a few of the
contributors to this swelling accumulation of history and folk-lore, not to
mention the numerous academics who regularly write on the subject.

So rich is their output that it is difficult to conceive of an aspect of the
Irish immigrant experience that has not been worked to death. This is one of
the attractions of The Emerald Strand: The Irish-born Manufacturers of
Nineteenth-Century Victoria by Dr Keith Pescod, an author whose two previous
books published by Australian Scholarly Publishing, Good Food, Bright Fires
& Civility (2001) and A Place to Lay My Head (2003), have also examined
little told aspects of that experience.

The story of Australia's manufacturers and employers is generally an area
that has been underresearched, with labour history dominating Australian
socio-economic historiography. In the case of Irish manufacturers it is
even more so. Is this an oversight or was Patrick O'Farrell right when he
stated that 'a list of those Irishmen who took advantage of the
opportunities for enterprise in Australia would be "neither long nor
spectacular"', as Dr Pescod reminds us? Or is it the case that the Irish as
convicts, rebels, scapegoats and underdogs are more interesting and romantic
subjects for research than the men in grey suits who established and ran
Australia's manufacturing industries? (In truth, many of the manufacturers
Pescod describes would have only worn a suit to church, being very much
hands-on when it came to their chosen pursuit.)

In a sense, The Emerald Strand suggests it is all three...

...The extent of Dr Pescod's research is very impressive. With almost 340
pages of detailed text (apart from the notes, bibliography and index), the
book includes masses of information, including a general account of each
manufacturing sector as well as more specific accounts of the contributions
of individual Irish manufacturers to that sector. For someone unfamiliar
with the economic development of Victoria, these chapters and the
introductory chapter provide a wealth of background information.

The section on the manufacturers begins with a chapter on the beverage
industry, including unsurprisingly, a large section on brewers, but
also detailing the contribution of the Irish to winemaking in
Victoria. Dr Pescod explains that although conditions in Ireland did not
permit successful commercial grape growing, there is a long history of Irish
people, from sixth-century missionaries onwards, establishing wineries in
other countries. Later chapters range across a vast terrain including
grain millers, bakers, footwear and clothing makers, printers, brick
makers, hide processors, furniture manufacturers, vehicle
builders, engineers and agricultural implement manufacturers. Some
are well known having loomed large in other activities like the home
rule movement, such as the Jageurs family of stonemasons, while others
are having their first outing in this book. And that is one of the great
strengths of The Emerald Strand. Despite the plethora of books, articles and
papers on the Irish in Australia, many stories are still to be told. In
researching this book, Dr Pescod has gleaned from the sources the stories of
over 140 Irish-born manufacturers who contributed to Victoria's industrial
development, admitting that his list is probably incomplete as time has
obliterated many others. As such it is an important contribution to the
literature on the Irish in Australia and as well as ninteenth-century
Victorian economic history.

My main criticism of the book is that the concluding chapter, which draws
out some general themes, at 11 pages is too short and ultimately
unsatisfying. I would have preferred less detail and more thematic material.
At the end of the book many of the questions I had formed in my mind were
unanswered...

FULL TEXT AT
http://journals.publishing.monash.edu/ojs/index.php/ha/article/viewFile/287/
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Subject: Luke Gibbons public lecture, Nottingham, 15 April 2011
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Forwarded on behalf of James Moran (University of Nottingham)...=20
=A0
Professor Luke Gibbons of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, =
will
be giving a free public lecture entitled =91Irish Peripheral =
Modernities=92 at
the University of Nottingham on 15 April 2011.
=A0
Professor Gibbons will be looking at the 'survival chances' of regions =
under
late modernity/globalization, examining the Celtic Tiger and what =
happens to
small nations exposed to the full force of the world system.
=A0
For further information, please contact Dr James Moran
[James.Moran[at]nottingham.ac.uk]

Public Lecture
Prof Luke Gibbons
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Irish Peripheral Modernities
School of
English Studies
=A0
As part of an international conference on Regional Literary Cultures:
Modernism and After Centre for Regional Literature and Culture
Friday 15th April 2011 at 6 pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University Park
Lecture will be followed by a wine reception
Please register to attend at
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/intranet/rsvp.html

www.nottingham.ac.uk/crlc

Public Lecture
Prof Luke Gibbons
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Irish Peripheral Modernities
School of
English Studies

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Subject: CFP EFACIS/BAIS Conference 2011: Ireland: Arrivals and
Departures, 1-4 SEPTEMBER 2011, UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
=A0
The Eighth Conference of EFACIS: THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF CENTRES AND
ASSOCIATIONS OF IRISH STUDIES

In Co-operation with the BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR IRISH STUDIES
=A0
IRELAND: ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
=A0
1-4 SEPTEMBER 2011, UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, ENGLAND
=A0
A decade ago, with its economy and cultural confidence surging, and with =
new
political alignments possible in the North, Ireland seemed to have =
=91arrived=92
on the world stage by conventional measures of success. Yet the recent
financial storms and accompanying social pressures are a reminder of the
challenges as well as the opportunities of leaving behind old =
certainties
and becoming =91global=92. This conference seeks to explore the Irish =
experience
as a process of discovery and unpredictable encounter, dislocation and
complex connectedness, of navigating between =91here=92 and =
=91elsewhere=92.=20
=A0
In accordance with its general objectives, EFACIS invites contributions =
on
the theme of =91Ireland: Arrivals and Departures=92 from a variety of
perspectives and disciplines (e.g. history, politics, economics, =
diaspora
studies, cultural geography, literature, theatre, film and media =
studies,
language, sociology, philosophy, theology, sport and cultural studies).=20
=A0
Topics may include, but are not limited to: Ireland and globalization,
economic crisis and its social impact, diaspora and emigration, the
immigrant experience in Ireland, intercultural exchange, social
transformation, comparative approaches.
=A0
Abstracts: If you would like to propose a paper (in English, not =
exceeding
20 minutes), please submit your title and an abstract of 250 words
accompanied by a short biographical sketch. In addition to the =
presentation
of papers we invite contributions to alternative forms of debate and
discussion: e.g. proposals for themed panels, poster sessions etc.
=A0
Doctoral students are particularly invited to present aspects of their =
work
in a specially arranged postgraduate forum.
=A0
Plenary speakers confirmed: Dr. Ruth Barton (Trinity College Dublin),
Professor Michael Cronin (Dublin City University), Professor Catherine =
Nash
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IN MEMORIAM: PETER LENNON

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2011/03/in-memoriam-peter-lenno
n.html


'...Peter was the director of The Rocky Road to Dublin, a sensational movie
anatomy of Ireland which was entered for the festival in the tumultuous year
of 1968. The film grew out of a series of articles he had written based
around interviews with priests, politicians, sportsmen and artists, and
challenging what he saw as the Irish republic's reactionary complacency and
dullness. It was shot by Jean-Luc Godard's cinematographer, Raoul Coutard,
in an exhilarating hand-held style, and made Lennon, for a dizzying period,
a brilliant fellow-traveller with the French New Wave...'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/mar/21/peter-lennon-rocky-road-
dublin

The Irish Times - Tuesday, March 22, 2011
A man on the side of the people

'THE ADMIRABLE Peter Lennon, who has died in London at the age of 81, has
been listed as "a journalist" in most obituaries. True enough. Raised in
Dublin, the son of a salesman, whose family had once been wine merchants,
Lennon was a correspondent for the Guardian, the Sunday Times and The Irish
Times .

At various times a television critic, book reviewer and high-brow cultural
commentator, he delivered vigorous opinions and firm reporting for over half
a century. He was a good friend of Samuel Beckett and leaves a lively
correspondence with the great man.

His most lasting contribution may, however, spring from his brief period as
a documentary film-maker. In 1968, then resident in Paris, Lennon embarked
on a landmark picture entitled Rocky Road to Dublin . At a time when
criticism of the State was frowned upon, the film vigorously analysed the -
as Lennon saw it - parochialism, isolationism and clerical totalitarianism
that still plagued the Irish Republic. Beginning with a brief study of the
modern State, the film went on to take in a series of enlightening (not to
say depressing) interviews with prominent figures and interested citizens.
Douglas Gageby, then this newspaper's editor, still felt the need to argue
for open debate of contraception on The Irish Times' letters page. Father
Michael Cleary, later subject of a scandal, is shown "entertaining" female
hospital patients. A young married woman details her pathetic efforts to
discuss birth control with her local priest. The film's ultimate conclusion
is that the idealism that helped spur independence was fatally betrayed...'

http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82463&Itemi
d=168