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Dublin City University, February 2012
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Forwarded on behalf of
Irish Society for the Study of Children=92s Literature=20

Biennial Conference

Theme: Is F=E9idir Linn! [Yes we can!] : Politics and Ideology in =
Children=92s
Literature.

Date: Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th February 2012

Venue : Dublin City University
=09
Call for Papers

Proposals are welcome relating to the overall theme and associated =
topics in
the context of both Irish and international literature for children, and =
in
relation to historical as well as contemporary issues.

Associated themes include:

=95 Utopias and dystopias=20
=95 War and peace=20
=95 Nationalism=20
=95 Cultural memory and empowerment=20
=95 The literary marketplace=20
=95 Education: choice and change=20
=95 Imagology: images and perceptions of the Self and Other=20
=95 Geocriticism: space, place and time=20
=95 Ecocriticism: nature and the physical environment


Proposals of 300 words maximum should be sent to ISSCL Conference =
Secretary
Dr. =C1ine McGillicuddy. Email: aine.mcgillicuddy[at]dcu.ie=20

Subject line should clearly indicate =93ISSCL Proposal=94 to arrive no =
later
than Friday 18th November 2011.

Celebrating 10 years of the ISSCL: 2002-2012
Affiliated Society of IRSCL
www.isscl.com

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Subject: CFP Atlantic Studies special issue,
Irish Atlantic Migration and Memory
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From: Jason.King [mailto:Jason.King[at]ul.ie]=20
Subject: FW: Atlantic Studies special issue cfp and symposium at the
University of Limerick

Dear Patrick,
=A0
I hope this finds you well.=A0 I would be grateful if you could post the =
cfp,
below, for a special issue of Atlantic Studies on the theme of "Irish
Atlantic Migration and Memory: Transatlantic Recollections of =
Ireland=92s
Great Hunger and Exodus in Interdisciplinary Perspective" on the Irish
Diaspora list.
=A0
All the best,
Jason=A0

Irish Atlantic Migration and Memory:=20
Diasporic and Famine Remembrance in Interdisciplinary Perspective

A Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Atlantic Studies
Editors: Dr. Jason King (University of Limerick) and =20
Dr. Margu=E9rite Corporaal (Radboud University Nijmegen).

This special issue of Atlantic Studies will examine the relation
between migration and memory in the cultivation of Irish diasporic
identities around the Atlantic rim. It will place particular emphasis =
on
Irish experiences and recollections of intercultural contact and =
conflict
with the peoples of the Americas in differing locales across the =
Atlantic,
especially during the period of the Great Famine and its aftermath. =
While
Irish communities were well established throughout the north Atlantic by =
the
mid-nineteenth century, their cultural and political identities and
religious and social composition were significantly transformed by the
arrival of Famine migrants.

Recent studies of the Irish Atlantic by Byrne, Coleman, and King (2008),
Gleeson (2010), and O=92Neill and Lloyd (2009) have sought to expand the
disciplinary and geographical boundaries and bi-national trajectories of
Irish migration and diaspora research; while the role of Irish migrants =
in
providing models of integration as members of immigrant and national
minorities in Atlantic states has become increasingly recognized in =
current
debates about citizenship and multiculturalism.=20
=20
Such advancements in the field make timely this special issue on Famine
migrancy and remembrance in transforming Irish diasporic identities in
multiple Atlantic settings. In his influential essay =93Diaspora and =
Nation:
Migration into Other Pasts,=94 Andreas Huyssen argues for a study of =
cultural
memory beyond national borders, claiming that =93the relationship =
between
diasporic memory and the memory formations of the national culture =
within
which a given diaspora may be embedded remains seriously =
understudied=94.
Similarly, Kevin Kenny has suggested that =93a prime subject for =
historical
inquiry is how the diasporic sensibilities of a given migrant people =
vary
according to the places where they reside.=94 =20

Studying diasporic sensibilities from a comparative and transcultural
perspective is particularly relevant to research into the Great Famine =
as a
=93figure of memory=94 , for the cultural trauma of starvation was =
transferred
to transatlantic territories by immigrants of the so-called Famine
generation, and there became embedded in processes of cultural exchange =
and
identity construction. By definition diasporic identity recalls =
migration
in memory as a constitutive feature of community formation, but the
remembrance of Irish emigrants, especially of the Famine exodus, also
varied amongst their descendants in relation to their experiences of
conflict and acculturation in their respective host societies. The role =
of
Famine memory in shaping Irish diasporic identities has yet to be =
examined
in a comparative trans-Atlantic context.=20

This special issue aims to bring together leading experts at the =
forefront
of Irish Migration and Diaspora research to examine the shifting =
relations
between memory and migration in shaping Irish Atlantic identities,
especially during the Great Famine, from the perspectives of history,
cultural studies, critical theory, literature, music, drama, art, and =
film.
The editors invite the submission of articles no longer than 7000 words,
double spaced (including all notes and references), in the Chicago
Humanities Style, which will be peer reviewed. An abstract of the =
paper, of
up to 300 words, should accompany the article. In addition, a list of =
up to
6 key words, suitable for indexing and abstracting services, should be
supplied. A brief biographical sketch of the author should also be =
provided
separately from the article.

Possible themes may include but are by no means restricted to:
=95 Irish experiences and recollections of intercultural contact and
conflict with the peoples of the Americas (African-Americans,
French-Canadians, indigenous peoples, Hispanic and Latin Americans, as =
well
as long established settler and more recent immigrant communities) in a
variety of Atlantic locales.
=95 New approaches to Irish Migration and Diaspora studies, especially
in relatively underresearched areas such as the the Irish in Argentina, =
the
Caribbean, the southern United States, and Quebec. =20
=95 The transatlantic transmission and mediation of Famine memory.=20
=95 Famine memory and the role of nationalism and/or nativism in the
development of Irish diasporic identities and communities in a variety =
of
Atlantic settings.
=95 The interaction of Famine remembrance with transatlantic forms of
cultural recollection in the context of competitive or even
=93multidirectional memory=94.=20
=95 Critical approaches to Famine memory from interdisciplinary
perspectives such as Atlantic, Diaspora, and Migration Studies.
=95 Comparative remembrance of the Famine migration with traumatic
recollections of the middle passage and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
=95 The remembrance of Famine migrants as models of integration in
relation to subsequent immigrant groups in Canada, Great Britain, and =
the
United States.
=95 Comparative studies of the Famine Irish and their remembrance in
different destinations of settlement and/or in relation to other =
diasporic
communities.
=95 Irish migration and the creation of =93diaspora space as a =
conceptual
category [that] is =91inhabited=92, not only by those who have migrated =
and
their descendants, but equally by those who are constructed and =
represented
as indigenous.=94=20
=95 Regional and transnational settings (monuments, landscapes) as
Famine =93lieux de m=E9moire=94.=20
=95 The experience and remembrance of Irish child migrants, especially
Famine orphans, as cultural intermediaries in diasporic settings.
=20
Article should be submitted electronically to Dr. Jason King
(Jason.King[at]ul.ie; jkingk[at]yahoo.com) and/or Dr. Margu=E9rite Corporaal
(m.corporaal[at]let.ru.nl) before 1 September 2012.=20

(MODERATOR'S NOTE
The original CFP came with footnotes - is this a radical innovation? Or
just good sense?

Plain Text email looses the footnote numbers, of course, but it seems =
wrong
to loose the references. Your Ir-D task is to connect the references,
below, with the quotes and mentions, above...)

Byrne, James, Philip Coleman, and Jason King (eds). Ireland and the
Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. 3 vols. (Santa Barbara,
California: ABC CLIO, 2008); Gleeson, David (ed). The Irish in the =
Atlantic
World. (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, =
2010);
Peter T. O=92Neill and David Lloyd, The Black and Green Atlantic:
Cross-currents of the African and Irish Diasporas. (Basingstoke : =
Palgrave
Macmillan, 2009).
Will Kymlicka. Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, =
Multiculturalism,
and Citizenship. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001): 178-211.
Huyssen, Andreas. =93Diaspora and Nation: Migration into Other =
Pasts=94. New
German Critique 88 (2003): 151.
Kenny, Kevin. =93Diaspora and Comparison: The Global Irish as a Case =
Study.=94
Journal of American=20
History 90:1 (2003): 162.
Assman, Jan. =93Collective Memory and Cultural Identity=94. New German
Critique 65 (1995): 129.=20
Rothberg, Michael. Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust =
in
the Age of Decolonization. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009, =
13.
Brah, Avtar. Cartographies of Diaspora: Contesting Identities =
(London:
Routledge, 1996): 209.
Nora, Pierre. =93Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de =
M=E9moire=94.
Representations 26 (1989): 9.=20

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Subject: Article,
'Girls just like to be friends with people': gendered experiences
of migration among children and youth in returning Irish migrant
families
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Children's Geographies

Volume 9, Issue 3-4, 2011
Special Issue: DIVERSE SPACES OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH: GENDER AND OTHER
SOCIO-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
=20
=91Girls just like to be friends with people=92: gendered experiences of
migration among children and youth in returning Irish migrant families

Caitr=EDona N=ED Laoirea*

pages 303-318

Abstract
The gendered nature of children and young people's experiences of =
migration
are explored in this paper, drawing on research with children in Irish
return migrant families. The paper focuses on the ways in which gender
dynamics both reinforce and complicate the children's complex social
positionings in Irish society. It explores the gendered nature of the
children's and young people's everyday lives, relationships with peers =
and
negotiations of identity, through a specific focus on the role of sport,
friendship and local gender norms in their lives. I suggest that gender
articulates with other axes of sameness/difference in complex ways, =
shaping
the opportunities for social participation and cultural belonging in
different ways for migrant boys and girls.

Keywords
migration, children, youth, return migration, gender

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Subject: Article,
Decentering the Dean: Locating Jonathan Swift in Ireland and Grub
Street
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Decentering the Dean: Locating Jonathan Swift in Ireland and Grub Street

David Oakleaf

Literature Compass
Volume 8, Issue 10, pages 690-699, October 2011

Abstract
Placing Swift in Grub Street and Ireland, scholars are revealing an
intransigent Church-of-Ireland clergyman whose sectarian and ethnic
hostilities resist English political categories like Whig, Tory, and
Jacobite. Even monumental editions capture the uncertain, contested terrain
he inhabited, revealing a self-proclaimed Ancient who is startlingly modern.

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I was in Donegal briefly last week, on personal matters.

I did manage to fit in some good music, and some good natters. I suppose
that the news items that are very visible outside the Republic of Ireland
are the looming presidential elections and the 'Global Irish Economic
Forum'.

You can see something of the Global Irish Economic Forum on the web site
http://www.globalirishforum.ie/2011Forum.aspx

A web search will find much discussion. As always these discourses are
quite different within Ireland.

I also managed to meet up with some colleagues, to discuss possible futures
for Irish Diaspora Studies... I am grateful to the friends who made the
effort to meet me in Donegal.

Later, reporting to my son, Dan, on O'Sullivan connections - there are
always O'Sullivan connections - I wrote this...

In Donegal my attention was drawn to the work of Daniel James O'Sullivan,
lighthouse keeper, poet and naturalist. There were a lot of
O'Sullivans/Sullivans in the lighthouse service, which was a national
service - so most probably that was what took him north to Donegal.

He was Lightkeeper on Inishtrahull from 1925 to 1966. He died in 1994.

http://www.commissionersofirishlights.com/cil/publications/beam-magazines/vo
lume-27/return-to-inishtrahull.aspx

His poetry shows an imagist preoccupation with detail, and accurate
observation of the natural world - especially insects. Certainly a part of
the charm is his evident comfort with the different language worlds.

His book Lightkeeper's Lyrics, 1947, was reviewed by The Irish Naturalists'
Journal, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Apr., 1948), p. 158. And in many other places.

He is often mentioned in The Irish Naturalists' Journal... EG

Migration of the Dragonfly Sympetrum danae Sulzer
Author(s): E. S. A. Baynes Source: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 11,
No. 9 (Jan., 1955), p. 255.

Sources like that are available to us through the Irish Collection at JSTOR.

There are some sample pages from a 1993 selection on Google Books
From Fastnet to Inishtrahull
Daniel James O'Sullivan

The Introduction to that book says that he discovered a new moth, named
after him, luperina testacea, ab, sullivani.

P.O'S.

--
Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick
O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 9050

Irish Diaspora Net http://www.irishdiaspora.net Irish Diaspora Studies
http://www.irishdiaspora.org/ Irish Diaspora list IR-D[at]Jiscmail.ac.uk

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford Bradford
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Subject: Conference, Ireland, America and the Worlds of Mathew Carey,
TCD, 17-19 November 2011
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Forwarded on behalf of Ciaran O=E2=80=99Neill (ciaran.oneill[at]tcd.ie)
=20
Ireland, America and the Worlds of Mathew Carey=20

Trinity Long Room Hub=20
Trinity College Dublin=20
Dublin, 17-19 November 2011=20

This conference is the second-leg of a transatlantic conference on the =
subject of Mathew Carey (1760-1839), one of the most influential =
Irish-Americans of his day. The Dublin conference is being organised by =
academics from the Centre for Irish-Scottish and Comparative Studies, =
Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and the University of =
Aberdeen, and coordinated through the Trinity Long Room Hub in =
association with the National Library of Ireland. The first event, =
hosted by the McNeil Centre for Early American Studies, the Library =
Company of Philadelphia and the Program for Early American Economy and =
Society, will take place in Philadelphia from 27-29 October 2011. For =
further details on the Philadelphia programme see =
http://www.librarycompany.org/careyconference/index.htm=20

Carey (1760-1839) made his mark in both his native Ireland and in =
Philadelphia as a printer and editor of influential periodicals. By the =
mid-1790s he had transformed himself from printer to publisher and from =
artisan to manufacturer, becoming the most important American book =
publisher of the early national period. Carey's identity as a Catholic =
Irish-American and a political exile from Ireland place him within the =
wide Irish =C3=A9migr=C3=A9 community in the Atlantic World. His =
writings on Irish events and history contribute to memories and =
reflections of 1798 and its consequences. As an economist and political =
advocate, Carey's life and writings also address issues concerning =
American union, federalism and the extent of national power and =
religious toleration and Catholicism in the Anglophone world.=20
=20
Keynote Lecture, Thursday 17 November 2011, National Library of Ireland, =
6pm=20
Richard B. Sher, New Jersey Institute of Technology=20
Piracy or Patriotic Publishing?=20
Conflicting Visions of the Reprint Trade in Late Eighteenth-Century=20
Britain, Ireland and America=20
Followed by Reception in the National Library of Ireland=20
=20
Free Conference Registration=20
Full programme details below. For further information contact:=20
CareyConferenceDublin[at]gmail.com=20
=20
Friday, 18 November 2011=20
Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin=20
8.30-9.00 Coffee and Registration=20
9.00-10.15 Introductory Forum: Mathew Carey: A life on two continents=20
Martin Burke (CUNY), Mathew Carey =E2=80=93 Philadelphia Conference =
Review=20
Panel Discussion=20
10.15-10.45 Coffee=20
10.45-12.15 Session 1: Publishing Innovations Chair: R. Remer=20
Molly O=E2=80=9FHagan Hardy (Southwestern) =E2=80=9CIf that be in my =
power=E2=80=9D: Transatlantic Copyright and=20
Local Citizenship in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia=20
Carl Keyes (Assumption College) =E2=80=9CA New Spring to the =
Business=E2=80=9D Mathew Carey and=20
Innovations in Consumer Advertising in Eighteenth-Century America=20
Sarah Arndt (Trinity College Dublin), Mathew Carey Baltimore Bookseller=20

1.45-3.30 Session 2: Press, Politics and Memory Chair: TBC=20
James Kelly (St Patrick=E2=80=9Fs College) Carey and the Volunteers =
Journal=20
Andrew Fagal (State University of New York) War, memory, politics and =
Mathew Carey=E2=80=9Fs Naval History=20
Breand=C3=A1n Mac Suibhne (Centenary College, New Jersey) Printing Both =
Sides: George Douglas in =E2=80=9Ethe wee city=E2=80=9F (Derry, =
1772=E2=80=9396) and =E2=80=9Ethe last refuge of the oppressed of every =
nation in the world=E2=80=9F (Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York, =
1797=E2=80=931828)
=20
4.00-5.30 Session 3: House of Carey Chair: M. Burke (CUNY)=20
James N. Green (Library Company of Philadelphia), =E2=80=9CI was always =
dispos'd to be serviceable to you=E2=80=9D: Benjamin Franklin=E2=80=9Fs =
relationship with Mathew Carey=20
Niall Gillespie (Trinity College Dublin) William Paulet Carey: Literary =
Journalism in Associational Dublin=20
Anne Markey (Trinity College Dublin) John Carey and the Politicisation =
of Children=E2=80=9Fs=20
Fiction=20

Saturday 19 November 2011=20
Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin=20
9.30-11.00 Session 4: The Trading Nation Chair: D. Carey (NUIG)=20
Eoin Magennis (Intertrade Ireland) Mathew Carey and the meanings of =
=E2=80=9Efree trade=E2=80=9F in Ireland in the 1770s and 1780s=20
Daniel Peart (Queen Mary, University of London) =E2=80=9CThe vital =
interests of a great nation are too valuable to be offered a sacrifice =
to any man or any party=E2=80=9D: Mathew Carey and the making of US =
tariff policy=20
Marc-William Palen (University of Sydney) An old controversy laid to =
rest: The ideological origins of Henry Charles Carey
=20
11.30-1.00 Session 5: Lives Compared Chair: M. Bric (UCD)=20
Kenneth Ferguson, Philadelphia and the divergent destinies of Carey and =
Tone=20
David Barnwell (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) Mathias =
O=E2=80=9FConway & Mathew Carey: Two Irish Catholics, Two Different =
Stories=20

2.30-4.00 Session 6: Patriots and Radicals Chair: J. Shannahan (SPD)=20
Michael Brown (University of Aberdeen) The Politicisation of Mathew =
Carey=20
Johathan Wright (Trinity College Dublin) =E2=80=9CA man of the =
mob=E2=80=9D: Peter Finnerty and the Irish contribution to English =
radicalism, c. 1799-1822=20
Tim Murtagh (Trinity College Dublin) Mathew & William Paulet Carey: =
Contrasting attitudes towards plebeian radicalism=20

4.15-5.30 Observations, Reflections and Conclusions Chair: M. Powell =
(Aberystwyth)=20
A talk by Padhraig Higgins (Mercer Community College) on his recently =
published work A Nation of Politicians: Gender, Patriotism, and =
Political Culture in Late Eighteenth-Century Ireland (History of Ireland =
& the Irish Diaspora) University of Wisconsin Press (2010)=20
=20
Sunday 20 November 2011=20
Additional optional social/tourist activities (further information will =
be provided by early November).=20

Organising Committee:=20
Prof David Dickson (Trinity College Dublin); Prof Maurice Bric =
(University College Dublin); Prof Thomas Bartlett (University of =
Aberdeen); Dr Johanna Archbold (Trinity Long Room Hub); Sarah Arndt =
(Trinity College Dublin); Niall Gillespie (Trinity College Dublin).=20

Poster Image: =E2=80=9CMr. Mathew Carey Printer,=E2=80=9D =
Whitestone=E2=80=99s Town and Country Magazine, or, Irish Miscellany =
(Dublin, June 1784). Original in Marsh=E2=80=9Fs Library, Dublin.

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Subject: Research Presentation,
Counter terrorism and Irish and Muslim communities - 6.30 Tues 1
Nov 2011 - Carrs Lane Community Centre, Birmingham
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Subject: Counter terrorism and Irish and Muslim communities - 6.30 Tues =
1
Nov 2011 - Carrs Lane Community Centre, Birmingham

Counter terrorism and Irish and Muslim communities=20
Tuesday 1 November 2011=20

6.30 pm to 8 pm (refreshments from 6.00, start 6.30)

Church Room, Carrs Lane Community Centre, Birmingham, B4 7SX=20

We would like to invite you to an evening discussion about the research
findings of our ESRC funded research project =91A comparative study of =
the
representation of =91suspect=92 communities in multi-ethnic Britain and =
of its
impact on Muslim and Irish communities'

The event is part of the ESRC=92s Festival of Social Science week.=20
=A0
Attendance is free but places are limited. To reserve a place please
register for the event by contacting us on:=20
suspectcommunities[at]londonmet.ac.uk or telephone: 0207 133 2927
=A0
One of our findings was that there was a lot of common ground in the
experiences of Irish communities and Muslim communities; people found =
the
comparison helpful, particularly in terms of feeling less isolated and
learning from the past.=20
=A0
In Birmingham we would like to focus on the question of how to take =
forward
the very positive experience of the mixed Irish / Muslim discussion =
groups,
and how this might help Muslims living in Britain in the shadow of
counter-terrorism measures and bad press, and contribute to social =
cohesion
generally.=20
=A0
We have published a policy report based on the research which was =
launched
by Keith Vaz MP at the House of Commons in July. You can download the =
report
here:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/iset/projects/esrc-suspect-comm=
uni
ties.cfm
=A0
(a copy of the report will be available at the event)=20
=A0
Professor Mary J Hickman
Director,
=91A comparative study of the representation of 'suspect communities'
in multi-ethnic Britain and of its impact on Muslim and Irish =
communities=92
An ESRC Funded Project
=A0
Institute for the Study of European Transformations
Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
166-220 Holloway Rd
London N7 8DB
www.londonmet.ac.uk/iset

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Subject: Book Reviews, Oscar Wilde and Modern Culture,
Ireland and Romanticism
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Two book reviews of interest have appeared at the Cercles web site...

http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html

Joseph Bristow (ed.), Oscar Wilde and Modern Culture: The Making of a =
Legend
(Athens (Ohio): Ohio University Press, 2008)
=97Reviewed by Emily Eells, Universit=E9 de Paris-Ouest-Nanterre
http://www.cercles.com/review/r53/Bristow.html

Jim Kelly (ed.), Ireland and Romanticism : Publics, Nations and Scenes =
of
Cultural Production (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
=97Reviewed by Sylvie Mikowski, Universit=E9 de Reims
http://www.cercles.com/review/r53/kelly.html

Many IR-D members will also find of interest...

Huw Pryce, J.E. Lloyd and the Creation of Welsh History : Renewing a
Nation=92s Past (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011)
=97Reviewed by Kenneth O. Morgan, Queen=92s College, Oxford
http://www.cercles.com/review/r53/pryce.html

P.O'S.

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Subject: Web Resource and Journal, Scol=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E1ire_?=Staire
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Adrian Grant's Scol=E1ire Staire project is developing... As he =
promised...

See his email below...=20

________________________________________
From: Scolaire Staire [mailto:scolairestaire[at]gmail.com]=20
Sent: 18 October 2011 12:36
Subject: Issue 1 is Here

Hi,

You may have heard about Scol=E1ire Staire=A0in the past few months. I =
have been
publicising the idea and recruiting authors since early June and, as
promised, issue 1 is here on schedule in October. Attached to this email =
is
your free copy of the first issue of the magazine. I hope you enjoy it =
and
feel free to pass it on to anyone else you think might want to have a =
look.=A0

I would also encourage you to visit www.scolairestaire.com where you =
will
find a large number of resources, which will be added to in the coming
weeks. You will be able to download the latest issue and the back =
catalogue
from the website or sign up and receive a free subscription to the =
magazine.
A forum will also be added to the website soon so check back in the next =
few
weeks to join in the conversation.=A0

--=20
Dr. Adrian Grant
Editor
Scol=E1ire Staire Magazine

(00353) 860885193
scolairestaire[at]gmail.com
www.scolairestaire.com

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Subject: CFP, New Perspectives on Women and the Irish Diaspora ,
Bath Spa University, 24 March 2012
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Forwarded on behalf of
Ellen McWilliams [mailto:e.mcwilliams[at]bathspa.ac.uk]=20
=A0
New Perspectives on Women and the Irish Diaspora=20
=A0
Bath Spa University=20
=A0
24th March 2012=A0
=A0
=A0
Keynote Speakers: Dr Breda Gray, Dr Louise Ryan, and Professor Bronwen
Walter
=A0
This one-day conference, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research =
Council,
will provide a multidisciplinary forum for scholars with research =
interests
in women and the Irish diaspora. In addition to keynote addresses by =
Breda
Gray, Louise Ryan, and Bronwen Walter, the conference will include a
roundtable discussion with representatives of charity-based =
organisations
that work closely with the Irish community in Britain, and a reading by =
the
writer Moy McCrory.
=A0
=A0
Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:
The history of Irish women=92s emigration=A0=A0
The=A0representation of Irish women and exile in literature and on =
film=A0
Irish women, writing, and cultural memory
Women and recent migration patterns from Ireland
Irish women emigrants and oral history
Comparative=A0studies of Irish women in Britain and other diasporic
experiences
Women and first, second, and third generation Irish identities=A0=A0
=A0
=A0
Abstracts of approximately 300 words for papers of no longer than 20 =
minutes
should be sent via e-mail to Ellen McWilliams, Department of English
Literature and Cultural Studies, Bath Spa University
=96e.mcwilliams[at]bathspa.ac.uk
by the 15th=A0December 2011. Attendance at the conference is free.
=A0

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Subject: Article, Changing old habits? 'New Age' Catholicism,
subjectivity and gender in BBC2's The Monastery and its reception
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and gender in BBC2=E2=80=99s The Monastery and its reception

Lyn Thomas=E2=87=93
London Metropolitan University, UK

Lyn Thomas, Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET), =
London Metropolitan University, 166=E2=80=93220 Holloway Rd, London N7 =
8DB, UK. Email: l.thomas[at]londonmet.ac.uk

Abstract

This article focuses on a recent BBC television programme, The =
Monastery, and its reception. The analysis demonstrates how religion =
becomes visible here through a hybrid televisual form merging =
=E2=80=98reality=E2=80=99 conventions with those of quality television. =
It argues that this =E2=80=98quality reality=E2=80=99 format both =
participates in, and nuances the making of class and gender in reality =
television. The analysis suggests that the religious culture represented =
here is also hybrid, combining elements of the alternative and =
subjectively focused spiritual practices researched by Heelas and =
Woodhead with Catholicism. The second part of the article discusses the =
responses to these representations of a small number of engaged viewers =
recruited at retreats at the filmed monastery, Worth Abbey in Sussex. It =
argues that the programme=E2=80=99s hybrid forms and representations, =
and particularly its representation of caring and spiritual masculinity, =
can explain its appeal to predominantly middle-class, white women =
viewers.

audience Catholicism class documentary gender New Age quality television =
reality television religious television spirituality on TV =
subjectivization

European Journal of Cultural Studies October 2011 vol. 14 no. 5 558-572

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The United States, 1783-1861: Britain's Honorary Dominion?

A. G. Hopkins

A. G. Hopkins holds the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History at the
University of Texas at Austin. He is the former Smuts Professor of
Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge (1994-2002).

Citation Information. Britain and the World. Volume 4, Page 232-246 DOI
10.3366/brw.2011.0024, ISSN 2043-8567, Available Online September 2011

This essay reinterprets the evolution of the United States between 1783 and
1861 from the perspective of imperial history. The established literature on
this period focuses on the national story, and particularly on the struggle
to achieve liberty and democracy. Historians of empire, however, routinely
distinguish between formal and effective independence and evaluate the often
halting progress of ex-colonial states in achieving a substantive transfer
of power. Considered from this angle, the dominant themes of the period were
the search for viability and development rather than for liberty and
democracy. The article illustrates this proposition by re-evaluating the
political, economic, and cultural themes that are central to the history of
the period. The argument in each case is that the United States remained
dependent on Great Britain to an extent that greatly limited her effective
independence. The standard controversies of domestic political history,
notably the battle between Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian visions of the
state, are recast as differing strategies for achieving real and permanent
independence. Strategies for achieving economic development made practical
politics of competing arguments for protection and free trade, but failed to
release the economy from its dependence on the British market and British
capital. Attempts to create an independent national identity were
compromised by the continuing influence of British culture and by the
related notion of Anglo-Saxonism, on which prevailing policies of
assimilation relied. In all these respects, the United States was an
unexceptional ex-colonial state, and indeed closely followed the trajectory
of other colonies of white settlement that were classified as dominions
within the British Empire. The United States, however, was a dependent state
that failed in 1861, and its struggle for independence had to be renewed
after the Civil War.

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Massacre by the Book: Amritsar and the Rules of Public-Order
Policing in Britain and India
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Massacre by the Book: Amritsar and the Rules of Public-Order Policing in
Britain and India

Mark Doyle

Mark Doyle is an Assistant Professor of History at Middle Tennessee State
University.

Citation Information. Britain and the World. Volume 4, Page 247-268 DOI
10.3366/brw.2011.0025, ISSN 2043-8567, Available Online September 2011 .

In the immediate aftermath of the 1919 killings at Amritsar, where British
forces commanded by Reginald Dyer gunned down hundreds of unarmed Indians at
an illegal demonstration, debate centered on whether Dyer's actions were
typical or atypical of British behavior in India. While British commentators
generally regarded this violence as aberrant and 'un-British,' Indian
nationalists and some British observers saw the killings as merely an
unusually naked manifestation of the generalized violence of British
imperialism. This article offers a re-examination of the Amritsar killings
by placing Dyer's behaviour within the context of the rules governing
public-order policing in both India and Britain. While broadly agreeing that
the killings were part of a pattern of state violence in British India, it
argues that the killings were not carried out in opposition to the rule of
law but were, in fact, authorized by the law. In both Britain and India, the
rules of public-order policing gave police and military commanders the power
to use deadly force in dispersing crowds and by remaining deliberately vague
about when such force should be used. The restraint of state violence in
Britain came about through the vigilance of the press and Parliament, but in
India state violence against large crowds was much more common due to fewer
external checks. The killings at Amritsar did not violate the rule of law,
therefore, but they did expose a profound difference between Britain and
India in how that law was enacted.

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Conference: The Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain: Impacts, =
Engagements,
Legacies and Memories, University of Brighton, England, 11=9613 July =
2012 =A0 =A0=A0
Call for Papers

The Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories at the =
University
of Brighton, the Department of Politics and International Relations at =
the
University of Leicester, and the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for
Peace are organising an inter-disciplinary conference which will =
consider
the impact and lasting effects of the Northern Ireland =91Troubles=92 in
Britain, and responses to the conflict from Britain. Little research =
exists
on the legacies and memories of the Irish Troubles in Britain, and
initiatives here towards post-conflict remembering, critical and =
empathic
understanding, and peace-building have been piecemeal. This is in sharp
contrast to the situation in Northern Ireland, where since the peace =
process
began in 1993-94, the academy, civil society organisations, community =
groups
and other stakeholders have been engaged in wide-ranging debates about =
the
social, cultural and psychological legacies of violence; the importance =
of
memory, storytelling and commemoration in acknowledging, understanding =
and
transforming these legacies in the context of peace-building; societal
responsibilities and strategies for 'dealing with the past'; and =
profound
questions of representation, truth-recovery, justice, healing, and
reconciliation.

This conference aims to examine the impact of the Troubles since 1968 =
upon
individual lives, social relationships, communities and culture in =
Britain;
to investigate the history of responses to, engagements with, and =
memories
of the Irish conflict in Britain; to explore absences and=A0 weaknesses =
in
peace-building and conflict transformation related to the Troubles in
Britain; and to contribute to wider academic and public debate about =
Britain
as a post-conflict culture and what can be learned from the Northern =
Irish
experience about peace-building and 'dealing with the past'. The =
organisers
welcome proposals for papers on topics that might include, but are not
limited to:=20
=A0
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The effect of the Troubles on British politics and =
state policy (eg
counter-terrorism, policing)
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The impact of conflict on particular social groups =
(eg people in
Britain bereaved and injured as a result of the Troubles, military =
veterans,
the Irish in Britain, NI Protestants in Britain, NI exiles)
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 British cultural engagement with the conflict in the =
arts,
literature, media, popular culture
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Silence, amnesia and denial: refusing to engage with =
the NI conflict
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 GB public opinion and the Troubles
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Solidarity movements, support networks, political =
links between
organisations in Britain and NI
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Memory, commemoration, memorials
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Oral histories, life histories, memoirs and =
testimonies
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Peace-building and conflict transformation: local and =
national
initiatives in Britain
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The impact of the IRA's campaign on places and =
communities in Britain
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Post-conflict demobilisation
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Justice, miscarriages of justice, prisons and =
prisoners
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 State discourse, ideology, representation, =
censorship, the contesting
of dominant meanings
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 National and international comparative dimensions =
(current/past
conflicts, Britain's colonial wars)
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Inter-generational legacies of the Troubles =
(including family
memories, Irish/British identities)
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Re-membering the Irish conflict in the 'war on =
terror'
=95=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The impact of the Irish peace process in Britain
=A0
The organisers encourage papers by both established and early career
researchers that consider theoretical perspectives and historical,
contemporary and comparative case studies from the full range of =
humanities
and social science disciplines and interdisciplinarities, as well as
practitioner approaches, and personal experiences of those directly
affected. Proposals, including contact details, affiliation and 100-word
biography, a title, and 500-word abstract, should be sent by email to =
the
conference administrator, Dr Sam Carroll, at
TroublesConference[at]brighton.ac.uk by 16th January 2012. Please send as =
Word
documents or in Rich Text Format with unformated text (no alignment or
underlining etc.) The organisers intend to publish a selection of =
conference
papers in an edited volume.
=A0
Organisers: Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative & Histories, =
University
of Brighton=A0 http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/mnh; Department of Politics =
and
International Relations, University of Leicester =
http://www.le.ac.uk/po/;
The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace
http://www.foundation4peace.org/

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Sent: 21 October 2011 14:06
To: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: FW: Invitation to the Official Opening of the National Dance
Archive of Ireland

Dear Paddy,=20

Can you forward this invitation to the Irish Diaspora List please. Even =
if
they cannot make it they may be interested in knowing about the official
opening.=20

Thanks,=20
Catherine


Dr Catherine Foley
Project Leader, National Dance Archive of Ireland
Course Director MA=A0Ethnochoreology
Course Director MA=A0Irish Traditional Dance Performance
Founding Chair Emerita, Dance Research Forum Ireland
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
University of Limerick
Limerick
Ireland
Tel:=A0+353 61 202922
Fax:=A0+353 61 202589
Email: catherine.e.foley[at]ul.ie
www.irishworldacademy.ie
www.danceresearchforumireland.org=20


http://www.irishworldacademy.ie/opening-of-the-national-dance-archive-of-=
ire
land-at-the-irish-world-academy/

The National Dance Archive of Ireland will be officially opened at the =
Irish
World Academy on November 14th at 5.30 pm by Minister for the Arts Jimmy
Deenihan.=20

The event will include dance performances from Mary Nunan, Catherine =
Foley,
Piedra Alba and Alan Foley. The archive will be housed at the Glucksman
Library UL. =20

All welcome, please rsvp: victoria.obrien[at]ul.ie

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Jonathan Bell and Mervyn Watson. A History of Irish Farming,
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Jonathan Bell and Mervyn Watson. A History of Irish Farming,
1750-1950. Dublin Four Courts Press, 2009. Illustrations. 368 pp.
EUR 22.45 (paper), ISBN 978-1-84682-208-7; EUR 36.00 (cloth), ISBN
978-1-84682-096-0.

Reviewed by Brian Casey (National Library of Ireland)
Published on H-Albion (October, 2011)
Commissioned by Nicholas M. Wolf

Farming was a way of life for a majority of people in Ireland until
relatively recent times. Therefore, the arrival of Jonathan Bell and
Mervyn Watson's _A History of Irish Farming_ is a welcome and timely
work. Informative and accessible to the specialist and nonspecialist
alike, Bell and Watson frame their study by noting the belief of many
eighteenth- and nineteenth-century contemporaries that Irish
agriculture was backward, especially in comparison to farming
practices in England. Agriculturalists, the government, and landlords
in Ireland went to a great deal of effort to encourage farmers to
engage in "improvements" in the belief that such work would lead to
an increase in the value of land. Bell and Watson take the contrary
view that Irish agriculture was not backward as contemporaries
argued, but rather that Irish farmers adapted techniques to their own
particular conditions despite agriculturalists' dismay at the crudity
of these techniques.

This tension between adaptation and pressure to improve can be traced
in a number of facets of Irish farmers' lives. The authors argue in
chapter 1 that the management policies of some landlords supported
the nationalist orthodoxy that portrayed them as capricious evictors
who did not care for their tenants. It is also acknowledged that such
a view has been, for the most part, long since debunked. Rather, some
landlords engaged in risky agricultural experimentation with their
tenants, often through the auspices of local agricultural societies,
in the hope that farmers would embrace "new and improved" techniques.
While Bell and Watson argue that methods used by farmers were
relatively effective for their survival, they acknowledge that
subdivision and rundale were massive threats to the vitality of Irish
farming in the nineteenth century. The Famine saw these systems all
but disappear, although there were, of course, exceptions: rundale
was still practiced in Rathlin Island, off the coast of Antrim, until
the early twentieth century, reflecting how stubbornly farmers held
onto a method that suited the way they wanted to farm. Nevertheless,
the result was an Irish landscape that today is a relatively modern
adaptation.

Housing reflected the extremities of wealth and poverty that existed
in Ireland, with landlord residences, or "Big Houses," making an
important contribution to European architectural heritage. These
residences dominated the landscape of rural Ireland from the
mid-eighteenth century onward. By contrast, while the condition of
laborers' houses varied throughout the country, they rarely resided
in salubrious surroundings. Indeed, the ostentatious nature of
landlord residences provided a stark juxtaposition with the hovels
located outside demesne walls. Writers and travelers, such as Arthur
Young, were frequently appalled by the condition of housing in
Ireland, with the crudest types, called scalps, built into the sides
of hills.

Such living conditions dominated debates on housing in the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries, and continued well into the twentieth.
Landlord desire for improvements on their estates extended to the
material conditions of rural homes, leading some to offer prizes to
their tenants in the hope that this would lead to an improvement in
housing. Incentives were offered for the best-designed and maintained
houses, for example. But these incentives rarely had any impact, and
the poverty of lower-class Irish housing was such that very few
houses predating 1700 remain intact.

Discussions about the layout and design of farmyards emerged in
agricultural literature from the mid-eighteenth century, but it was
not until the mid-nineteenth century that such discussions became
more frequent, with the focus being on their design and layout.
Agriculturalists, like John Sproule, encouraged the use of stalls for
feeding livestock in the winter, but despite the presence of such
designs in agricultural literature, Bell and Watson argue, on the one
hand, that these yards did not serve any pragmatic purpose and were
often just for show. On the other hand, the presence of cultivation
ridges, the well-known "lazy beds," on the Irish landscape was a
reflection of the ingenuity of Irish farmers and perhaps the most
infamous aspect of cultivation until the Famine. While such methods
were labor intensive, leading contemporaries to complain that their
use reflected the backwardness of Irish agriculture, they were
successful in reclaiming marginal land when combined with drainage
schemes. However, there was a lack of drainage works on farms in
Ireland, a problem that bedeviled farmers and landlords alike. Some
farmers did engage in small-scale schemes, mostly to provide surface
drainage.

With improvements in the drainage of land, there was much greater
improvement and standardization of ploughs. Methods of ploughing
improved in the nineteenth century, and in fact horse-drawn ploughs
were used on many farms until the 1950s, when tractors became more
widespread. Approaches and methods of tilling soil made the most
significant advances during the timeframe covered in this work,
though agriculturalists were of the opinion that tenants did not
adequately appreciate spade husbandry. The authors discuss the
evolution of both tillage and the implements used in this craft, such
as the variety of spades used (including the most common, the loy).
Contemporary observers had varying ideas about the efficiency of
Irish spades and the digging techniques used. It was not until 1850
that a standardized spade was introduced which was embraced with
enthusiasm by farmers. This introduction was coupled with an attempt
at standardizing digging techniques through the organization of
competitions, and the authors draw attention to the usefulness of
digging in employing extra laborers during the Famine as a form of
relief in order to ease pressure on workhouses.

After exploring material conditions and husbandry, a transition is
made in chapter 8 to take up the special subject of the potato in
Ireland. First referenced in the historical record as early as 1606,
the potato became the staple of the Irish diet because of the high
yields it could produce on even marginal lands; an adult consumed up
to eight pounds a day in the decades prior to the Famine. Debates
ensued regarding the spacing required when planting seed potatoes and
methods varied across the country. From the early nineteenth century,
agricultural societies promoted the use of drill as the most
beneficial method of growing the crop, although the use of lazy beds
still persisted in many parts of the country. The proper storage of
potatoes was also discussed by agriculturalists, as they took a keen
interest in the construction of pits used for their storage. The
devastation caused by the Famine and other catastrophes in the
nineteenth century saw agriculturalists emphasizing the importance of
spraying potatoes with chemicals in order to prevent the spread of
disease, a practice that became standard on farms by the end of the
nineteenth century.

Turning to the role of animals, Bell and Watson note that the Middle
Ages saw horses supplant oxen as the draught animal of choice on
farms. In the modern period, breeding was often carried out to suit
local needs, and the likes of the Connemara and Cushendall ponies
were hardy, agile animals, usually found in marginal, mountainous
areas. The 1840s saw attempts being made to improve the quality of
cattle on Irish farms, and with records of animals now being kept,
evidence of the reliance on two breeds in particular emerges: the
Kerry and Dexter varieties. Both were considered to be excellent
milkers and attempts were made to separate them into distinct breeds.
Leading landed families, such as the Fitzgeralds of Carton, began to
champion the breeding of Kerry cattle in particular. Cattle farming
took place in two distinct regions--the West and the midlands, and
the South--for two different purposes. Cattle were fattened in the
former region, while the South dominated the production of butter and
dairying products--first on the farm itself as the preserve of women,
and later in large-scale creameries. Sheep, too, were subject to
attempts to standardize breeding starting in the late eighteenth
century. By the late nineteenth century, Kerry Hill and Roscommon
sheep became the most successful breeds. Pigs, meanwhile, were known
as "the gentleman who pays the rent" and were especially associated
with small farmers. Profitable, too, were geese, as their feathers
were quite valuable. Finally, the second half of the nineteenth
century saw a greater number of poultry being exported (eighteen
million by 1900), thus reflecting their value for small farmers.

The study winds down by exploring the cultivation of grain in
Ireland. One problem faced by farmers in harvesting this crop was the
amount that was lost because it was harvested late and in an
inefficient and labor-intensive manner. An improved design in scythes
in the nineteenth century did ameliorate the situation, although the
need to sharpen every ten minutes interrupted any workflow that may
have been achieved. Late harvesting also meant that it was frequently
too thick to cut with scythes. In Britain, real change emerged in the
late eighteenth century in the form of reaping machines, and by the
1850s these had evolved into combined reaping-and-mowing machines;
forty thousand such machines harvested 25 percent of the total crop
by 1871. Despite their success in Britain, the use of such machines
was treated with caution in Ireland due to their cost effectiveness.
They were best utilized on a large scale. Even after harvesting, 10
to 20 percent of grain was lost due to inadequate storage, with more
lost while threshing took place--as it was a cash crop, threshing
happened on a very rapid basis in order to get it to the market
immediately. This, in turn, could cause damage to the crop. Bell and
Watson conclude that the methods of threshing, winnowing, and storing
all depended on how quickly the farmer wanted the crop, what access
he had to technology, and how he utilized the labor that was
available.

While the authors apologize for an Ulster bias in the book, they
still bring in sufficient examples from across the country to render
such an apology unnecessary. This work is a vital compendium for
students of rural Irish history from 1750 until 1950, and the clear
and succinct explanations of the practices and techniques of Irish
farming make it easier to understand the very technical language. It
challenges widely held assumptions that Irish farmers were lazy and
indolent, instead arguing that they were only interested in
subsistence. The lack of tenant-right on many estates would have been
a shackle that would have dissuaded many farmers from carrying out
substantial improvements, as landlords exerted control over their
tenants due to a lack of leasing arrangements on many estates.
Chapters on fairs and agricultural societies would have been welcome
additions to this volume, while the role played by agricultural
societies in attempting to educate farmers in "progressive"
agricultural techniques has yet to be fully explored in Irish
historiography. However, this is just a minor quibble in what is
indeed a fine work.

Citation: Brian Casey. Review of Jonathan Bell and Mervyn Watson, _A
History of Irish Farming, 1750-1950_. H-Albion, H-Net Reviews.
October, 2011.
URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=32343

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States
License.

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The Changing Faces of Ireland - Exploring the Lives of Immigrant
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Front Matter, including the Editors' Introduction, available at

http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-94-6091-475-1/front-matter.pdf

The Look Inside feature is at

http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-94-6091-475-1/fulltext/#section=3D=
9760
83&page=3D1

TOC pasted in below.

The chapter by Karl Kitching looks of particular interest to Ir-D =
members.

P.O'S.


The Changing Faces of Ireland - Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and =
Ethnic
Minority Children
=20
Edited by=20
Merike Darmody=20
Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland=20
Naomi Tyrrell=20
University of Plymouth, UK=20
Steve Song=20
George Fox University, Oregon, USA=20


TABLE OF CONTENTS=20
Acknowledgements vii=20
Foreword ix=20

Dympna Devine=20
Introduction: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority =20
Children in Ireland xi
Naomi Tyrrell, Merike Darmody and Steve Song=20

Part 1: Immigration, Identities and Language
=20
1. Who is Afraid of Multilingualism?: Evaluating the Linguistic =20
Impact of Migration in Ireland 3=20
Francesca La Morgia=20

2. G=E0OS, VOCE, VOICE: Minority Language Children Reflect =20
on the Recognition of their First Languages in Irish Primary Schools 17=20
Rory Mc Daid=20

3. The New Kid on the Block: A Case Study of Young Poles, =20
Language and Identity 35=20
Niamh Nestor and Vera Regan=20

4. Indian Young People Negotiating Transnational Identities 53=20
Angela Veale and Emily Kennedy

Part 2: Immigration, Education and Schooling=20

5. Securing Migrant Children=92s Educational Well-Being: Perspectives =20
on Policy and Practice in Irish Schools 73=20
Dympna Devine=20

6. The Mobility of Racism in Education: Contested Discourses =20
and New Migrant Subjectivities in Irish Schooling 89=20
Karl Kitching=20

7. =91They Think the Book is Right and I am Wrong=92: Intercultural =20
Education and the Positioning of Ethnic Minority Students =20
in the Formal and Informal Curriculum 105=20
Audrey Bryan and Mel=EDosa Bracken=20

8. Religious Diversity and Schooling in Ireland 125=20
Emer Smyth and Merike Darmody=20

9. Barriers to School Involvement: Immigrant Parents in Ireland 145=20
Merike Darmody and Selina McCoy=20

Part 3: Immigration, Well-Being and Risk=20

10. Immigrant Child Well-Being and Cultural Capital 167=20
Bryan Fanning, Trutz Haase and Neil O=92Boyle
=20
11. Immigrant Children in Ireland: Health and Social Wellbeing =20
of First and Second Generation Immigrants 183=20
Michal Molcho, Colette Kelly and Saoirse Nic Gabhainn=20

12. Child Trafficking in Ireland 203=20
Deirdre Horgan, Shirley Martin and Jacqui O=92Riordan=20

13. Relationships with Family, Friends and God: The Experiences =20
of Unaccompanied Minors Living in Ireland 221=20
Muireann N=ED Raghallaigh=20

14. Policy Responses to Unaccompanied Minors in Ireland 237=20
Corona Joyce and Emma Quinn=20

Conclusion: Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children in Ireland: =20
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A foreign correspondent in the Mambi-Land: James J. O'Kelly's
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The latest issue of the journal Studies in Travel Writing is a Special =
Issue
on Cuba.

The TOC makes visible Cuba's special place in major discourses of the
twentieth century. These small islands...

The article of specific Ir-D interest is this one...

Studies in Travel Writing

Volume 15, Issue 4, 2011
Special Issue: Travel Writing and Cuba
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A foreign correspondent in the Mambi-Land: James J. O=92Kelly's fugitive =
Cuba,
Fernando Ortiz's Irish Mamb=ED

Jennifer Brittan*

pages 377-392

Abstract
Embarking for Cuba in 1872, New York Herald correspondent and Fenian
conspirator James J. O=92Kelly began what would become one of the first,
book-length accounts of Cuba's Ten Years=92 War for independence. An
international readership followed this early correspondent's war,
particularly through O=92Kelly's court-martial and near execution in =
Spanish
Cuba, but his 1874 publication The Mambi-Land had longevity only in =
Spanish.
La tierra del mamb=ED made its formal entry into the Cuban canon in 1930 =
with
a Prologue by anthropologist Fernando Ortiz. This essay approaches the
Mambi-Land (the fugitive republic) as both an enclosed spatial unit and =
a
loose translation: first of the inter-American tradition of the Mamb=ED =
(the
nationalist insurgent), and second of O=92Kelly himself. Ortiz will draw =
the
correspondent into a figurative Cuban interior by substituting the =
insular
guerrilla encampment of the original narrative with the wider =
coordinates of
O=92Kelly's biography. As two publics crowd into the close quarters of =
the
Mambi-Land, the Cuban Question is mapped onto still other geographies, =
from
the Reconstruction South to the transatlantic routes of a mobile
anticolonialism.

Keywords
James J. O=92Kelly, Fernando Ortiz, Ten Years=92 War, Irish nationalism, =
Mamb=ED,
New York Herald

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Subject: Presenting the CLIOH History Networks
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I have, a number of times, drawn attention to the CLIOH WORLD/ CLIOHRES =
wqeb
sites.

Much good and useful stuff.

Message from Ann Katherine Isaacs
University of Pisa
forwarded below...

P.O'S.


Forwarded on behalf of

Ann Katherine Isaacs
University of Pisa
isaacs[at]stm.unipi.it

Dear Colleague,

We wish to acquaint you with the CLIOH History Networks, CLIOHRES and
CLIOHWORLD. We especially invite you to visit our websites:

www.cliohres.net

and

www.cliohworld.net


The first is devoted to historiographical research, and second to higher
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built thanks to the active collaboration of a large number of =
historians,
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too:
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archaeologists and more. They are all committed to creating a new =
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taught and
learned, and why it matters.

CLIOH, our acronym, alludes to the Muse of History: Clio with an =91H=92 =
stands
for =93Creating Links and Overviews for a New History Agenda=94. =
CLIOHRES and
CLIOHWORLD, like their predecessors (CLIOH, Clioh=92s Workshop, =
CLIOHnet1 and
CLIOHnet2), have been supported financially and morally by the European
Commission.

In our view, today=92s Europe is a superb laboratory for understanding =
how
historiographical narratives are formulated in particular cultural and
political contexts. In Europe, neighbouring countries generally tell =
their
histories in completely different and usually conflicting ways. Our =
=91new=92
European history is not a simple mixture of these diverse views, but =
rather
a multifaceted and multi-layered approach to understanding how those
different views came into being, and reinterpreting them with a view to =
our
present context, in an effort to create better reciprocal understanding.

We wish to share our findings as widely as possible. All our products =
are
available for free download from our websites. These include:
- 45 volumes containing around 700 chapters of original research =
findings,
by staff and doctoral candidates of about 60 Universities
- 16 doctoral theses on themes of relevant interest, prepared for the
general academic reader by doctoral candidates from 15 countries
- on-line Readers on various subjects, including EU-Turkey Dialogue,
Perspectives on European Integration and European Union History; =
Regional
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- Guidelines and Reference Points for History Learning and Teaching and =
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how to formulate Degree Programme Profiles
And much more.

We hope that you will take the time to explore these resources and share
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We would like to have this message posted in your list.
We hope to hear from you, and look forward to building positive =
synergies in
the future
Best wishes....


Prof. Ann Katherine Isaacs
University of Pisa
CLIOH WORLD/ CLIOHRES coordinator
e-mail: isaacs[at]stm.unipi.it

Prof. Gu=F0mundur H=E1lfdanarson
University of Iceland
CLIOH WORLD/ CLIOHRES co-coordinator
e-mail: ghalfd[at]hi.is

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The online platform for Taylor & Francis Group content
Irish Educational Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3, 01 Sep 2011 is now available
online on Taylor & Francis Online.=20

This new issue contains the following articles:=20
Editorials=20
Editorial
Dympna Devine, Paul Conway, Emer Smyth & Aisling Leavy
Pages: 285-288

Articles=20
Who teaches mathematics at second level in Ireland?
M=E1ire N=ED R=EDord=E1in & Ailish Hannigan
Pages: 289-304

The intention to leave education early among Irish Junior Certificate
Students: Variation by school
Michael O'Connell & Yseult Freeney
Pages: 305-321

Exploring features that affect the difficulty and functioning of science
exam questions for those with reading difficulties
Victoria Crisp
Pages: 323-343

Student interests and undergraduate performance: the importance of
student=96course alignment
Raymond Lynch, Niall Seery & Seamus Gordon
Pages: 345-363

A quiet revolution =96 International influence, domestic elites and the
transformation of higher technical education in Ireland 1959=9672
John Walsh
Pages: 365-381

Promotion of participation and mediation in multicultural classrooms
Claudio Baraldi & Elisa Rossi
Pages: 383-401

Book review=20
The anti-bullying handbook
Marie Parker-Jenkins
Pages: 403-405

Miscellany=20
Editorial Board