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Hello James,=20

The piano has been part of the traditional Irish music scene since the
beginning the twentieth century. You may find the entry on the piano in
Fintan Vallely's (Ed.2011) 'Companion to Irish Traditional Music', 2nd
Edition (Cork University Press), of interest. Also, a good instruction
manual is Geraldine Cotter's Seinn an Piano: Playing the Piano Irish
Style (1996). A number of albums of Irish traditional piano playing
include Micheal O Suilleabhain, Geraldine Cotter, Carl Hession, etc.=20

I hope this helps.

All the best,

Catherine

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

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Subject: [IR-D] piano in trad?

Maybe not exactly a diaspora question-or maybe it is, given the
internationalism of traditional music-but a query has come to me
regarding the history and development of the piano in Irish traditional
music.

I'm stumped; can any of the trad-minded list members point me to
sources?

Thanks

Jim Rogers

James S. Rogers
UST Center for Irish Studies
Editor, New Hibernia Review
2115 Summit Ave, #5008
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I'm reminded again what a terrific resource the IR-D list is - thanks to al=
l who responded, on and off list, and especially to Scott Spencer who took =
the query to the mavens of the Irish Research Group.

As a matter of social history, not musicology, there is a brilliant discu=
ssion of the piano's iconic significance in Irish-American life in Ron Ebe=
st, Private Histories: The Writing of Irish Americans, 1900-1935 (Notre Dam=
e: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005), pp. 57-76. Everything you could =
want to know about the piano-in-the-parlor Irish.


Jim

James S. Rogers
UST Center for Irish Studies
Editor, New Hibernia Review
2115 Summit Ave, #5008
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ONLINE FEATURE ARTICLE: THE MULVIHILL COLLECTION
Guest Lecture, University of Tampa Library, Tampa, Florida (October 2011).
_____


Irish Studies specialists may be interested in viewing the online digital
version of a nicely designed feature article on my collection, with 6
images, published in the (large-format) print issue of the Florida
Bibliophile Society Newsletter, December 2011 (see direct link to digital
copy, below).

This feature captures some of my 90-minute presentation, with two display
tables of selected rarities, hosted by the Society and the University of
Tampa Library. Exhibits included selected printed books, pictorial material
(prints), and some ephemera. (If I speak on this subject again, it will be
filmed. This first presentation was not.)

The strengths of the collection are rare editions of the writings of mostly
early-modern women writers (Irish, English, Dutch), such as Aphra Behn,
Maria Edgeworth, 'Ephelia' (Mary Villiers Stuart, Duchess of Richmond), Ann
(Harrison) Lady Fanshawe, Sarah Hale, Lucy Hutchinson, Anna Jameson, Mary
Shackleton Leadbeater, Delarivier[e] Manley, Katherine ('the Matchless
Orinda') Philips, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Vita Sackville-West, Mary Tighe
(the Lytton Strachey copy of Tighe's "Psyche", with Strachey book label
designed by Dora Carrington; and also two prints of Tighe), Anna Maria Van
Schurman, Ann (Finch, nee Kingsmill) Countess Winchilsea, Virginia Woolf,
et al. The collection's (good & complete) copy of WB Yeats's Irish Fairly
Tales, with illustrations by Jack Yeats, includes a copy of the official
Jack Yeats commemorative stamp.

Direct link to digital copy of feature article:
http://www.floridabibliophilesociety.org/mulvihill.html

2 Associated Postings:

International League of Antiquarian Booksellers website
(Dr Barbara Werner, Webmistress & bookseller, Stuttgart):
http://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/682-the_mulvihill_collection_of_rare__special_books_and_images.html

Fine Books & Collecting magazine & blog
(Rebecca Rego Barry, Webmistess & editor, NY):
http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2011/12/the-evolution-and-education-of-a-collector.phtml


With best wishes for the new year,


Maureen E. Mulvihill, PhD
Scholar, Writer, Collector
Princeton Research Forum, Princeton NJ
_________________________________

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... Confederation and Multiculturalism in Irish-Canadian
Literature
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International Journal of Canadian Studies=20
Revue internationale d=E2=80=99=C3=A9tudes canadiennes

Katrin Urschel
=46rom the =E2=80=9CWhite Lily=E2=80=9D to the =E2=80=9CKing Frog in a Pu=
ddle=E2=80=9D: A Comparison of Confederation and Multiculturalism in Iris=
h-Canadian Literature

Abstract
The Confederating period of the 1850s and 1860s and the adoption of offic=
ial

multiculturalism in the 1970s are arguably two of the most decisive ideol=
ogical moments in Canadian history. The literature produced during the Co=
nfederating period and the early years of multiculturalism therefore cons=
titutes a valuable medium to discern what is at stake in reinforcing =E2=80=
=9Cnational=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cethnic=E2=80=9D identities as normative=
categories. This paper focuses on Canadian literature written during the=
se times by Irish Catholic immigrants and their descendants because the c=
onflicting role of the Irish as both colonizers and colonized adds politi=
cal dynamics, the explorations of which help to illustrate the objectives=
and shortcomings of national and multicultural ideologies. The essay ana=
lyses ideas about nation building, ethnic identity, racial supremacy, and=
cultural diversity in the poetry of Thomas D=E2=80=99Arcy McGee and Rosa=
nna Leprohon, as well as novels by Harry J.
Boyle and Dennis T. Patrick Sears.

Again for reasons I do not understand this article seems to be freely ava=
ilable at
http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/documents/102.pdf#page=3D45

In fact, having had a little trawl, it looks as if many back issues of th=
e journal and articles are freely available as pdf files - but whether th=
is is by accident or design I cannot say.

Best not to ask...

The International Journal of Canadian Studies (IJCS) is published twice a=
year by the International Council for Canadian Studies. Multidisciplinar=
y in scope, the IJCS is intended for people around the world who are inte=
rested in the study of Canada.

http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/international-journal-canadian-studies.php

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]=20

The Sikh diaspora in Ireland: a short history, Glenn Jordan and Satwinder=

Singh

in

Sikhs in Europe
Migration, Identities and Representations

Imprint: Ashgate
Published: November 2011
Format: 234 x 156 mm
ISBN: 978-1-4094-2434-5

Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen, University of Bergen, Norway; Kristina Myrvol=
d,
Lund University, Sweden

http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409424345

Sections of the book are visible on Google Books and Amazon.

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]=20

This article will interest a number of Ir-D members - and on the Ir-D lis=
t we are great fans of historiography. O yes.

For reasons I do not understand the article seems to be freely available =
on the new History Compass web site

http://history-compass.com/

See it there, on the right of your screen.

P.O'S.


Viking Ethnicities: A Historiographic Overview=20

Clare Downham

History Compass
Volume 10, Issue 1, pages 1-12, January 2012

Abstract
The 'Viking Age' is well established in popular perception as a period of=
dramatic change in European history. The range of viking activities from=
North America to the Middle East has excited the interest of many commen=
tators. Vikings are variously regarded as blood thirsty barbarians or civ=
ilised entrepreneurs; founders of nations or anarchic enemies. But how co=
hesive was the identity of the 'Vikings' and how did they see themselves?=

In recent years the answer to this question has been evaluated from a ran=
ge of perspectives. Established paradigms (often situated within a nation=
alist framework of thought) have come under greater scrutiny and new idea=
s have entered the debate. This paper will review some trends in the hist=
oriography of viking ethnicities and cultural identities in the period 80=
0-1000 AD.
This overview also highlights the value of comparative analysis of human =
migrations to the field of Viking Studies.

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]=20

Subject: RE: [IR-D] piano in trad?

I assume that we are not talking about
Bunting, E., 1840. The Ancient Music of Ireland: Arranged for Piano
and the Bunting/Moore alliance generally.

Though we could be...

There is very good discussion in

See You at the Hall - Boston's Golden Era of Irish Music and Dance
Susan Gedutis
Northeastern University Press
2004=20

of the different musical instruments that have become associated with the=

playing of Irish music, how and when they became available, what models, =
and
how they were absorbed into the line up.

There is a section called 'A piano in every parlour' - whose very title
tells the story. If the instrument is there why not use it?

To paraphrase p 115... Since Irish music is melody based, the piano's ro=
le
was to support the melody and drive the rhythm especially in dance halls.=

The common piano style was to place a single bass note, the root of the
chord, with the left hand, on the strong beats of the measure, beats 1 an=
d
3. On the upbeats usually the piano played the triads of the chord. Thi=
s emphasises the off
beats of the music, creating a percussive, swinging feel.

The musicians interviewed make it clear that the piano player is expected=
to
know the chords, and that they saw the piano as a percussive, supporting
instrument.

So, you are talking about the social history of the piano linked with the=

demands of Irish traditional music.

In Ireland

Passing it on: the transmission of music in Irish culture
Marie McCarthy
Cork University Press 1999

sees the piano appearing in schools, especially convent schools, in the
later nineteenth century.

Everyone remembers the nun's strong left hand.

P.O'S.


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Maybe not exactly a diaspora question-or maybe it is, given the
internationalism of traditional music-but a query has come to me regardin=
g
the history and development of the piano in Irish traditional music.

I'm stumped; can any of the trad-minded list members point me to sources?=


Thanks

Jim Rogers

James S. Rogers
UST Center for Irish Studies
Editor, New Hibernia Review
2115 Summit Ave, #5008
St Paul MN 55105-1096
(651) 962-5662

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From: Aileen Dillane
Subject: Piano in ITM

Hi All

Colin Quigley brought this query to my attention. If it helps anyone,=20=
=20
I wrote a Master's thesis on aspects of this subject at the University=20=
=20
of Limerick. It's entitled 'The Ivory Bridge: Piano Accompaniment on=20=20=

78rmp Recorded Sources of Irish Traditional Dance Music in America c.=20=20=

1910-1945.

Best Wishes

Aileen

Dr Aileen Dillane
Lecturer in Music
Irish World Academy of Music & Dance
University of Limerick

e-mail: aileen.dillane[at]ul.ie


Further Note
It's a master's dissertation, so it's pretty basic, but essentially my fo=
cus is on the possible socio-cultural, political, ideological, and musica=
l reasons for the inclusion of piano accompaniment (much of which was mus=
ically poor) on 78 rpm records. In the initial chapter, there is some dis=
cussion on the nature of Irish melodies and the tension between native me=
lodic construction and Western Art harmony - as presented in the discours=
e on this topic - but mostly I'm trying to recreate the social, historic=
al and cultural matrix in which this music found itself mediated in the U=
S from 1910 onward. Much of the argument is predicated on the perception =
of the piano as a kind of aural mediator for the public, a civilizing for=
ce embedded with Victorian ideals, a technological machine made widely av=
ailable, and a vehicle for vernacular and popular music expression in the=
US (e.g. Ragtime, Tin Pan Alley song sheets) which would surely have inf=
luenced those recording (musicians and engineers) Irish music on ethnic l=
abels in the States during that period.

In case you are interested, my doctorate is entitled 'Sound Tracts, Songl=
ines and Soft Repertoires: Irish Music Performance and the City of Chica=
go' (University of Chicago, 2009). In it I try to move away from an auth=
entic centre/diasporic periphery model (so prevalent in Irish music studi=
es, Irish music historiography and even Irish music practice, at least un=
til recently) and more towards a local, ethnic and post-ethnic take on Ir=
ish music in Chicago, focussing specifically on how the music, in differe=
nt guises - O'Neill's Music of Ireland, Liz Carroll's CDs, Celticfest fes=
tival site, a local ethnic entrepreneur/singer's repertoire/ and a techno=
-trad band's performance - Irish music 'texts' or 'performs' the city in=
some particular way.

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Ireland's restrictive abortion law: a threat to women's health and rights=
?
Rie Yoshida=20

+ Author Affiliations

School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
E-mail: rie.yoshida[at]student.manchester.ac.uk

Abstract

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has recently hand=
ed down its judgement in the case of three women contesting the abortion =
law in the Republic of Ireland, which has one of the most restrictive abo=
rtion laws in the world. Although the Court ruled that Ireland had to cla=
rify the current law following the success of one of the three claims, th=
e failure of the other two claims allows Ireland to continue to enforce i=
ts law, which has an adverse effect on women's health. This paper, theref=
ore, proposes an amendment to abortion legislation in the Republic of Ire=
land that would be compatible with safeguarding women's health, highlight=
ing several circumstances in which the continuation of a pregnancy may ha=
ve a detrimental impact on a woman's physical and/or mental health.


Clinical Ethics December 2011 6:172=E2=80=94178;

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]=20

Social Remitting Activities of Asian Diaspora in Ireland:=20
Co-development Strategies in New Countries of Immigration

Jana Hasalov=C3=A1

Abstract: The European Union (EU) is continually incorporating issues of=
migration and development in its policies as it stresses the need for th=
eir coherency with the aim of supporting the developmental outcomes of mi=
gration. Countries with a long history of immigration have already formed=
structures of =E2=80=9Cco-development=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 cooperation amo=
ng mainstream and alternative, migrant-led development initiatives. Howev=
er, countries=20
with a shorter immigration history are still in the process of recognitio=
n of migrants=E2=80=99 agency, which is the main presumption for e?ective=
cooperation among various development actors. This paper therefore deals=
with main aspects in?uencing the combination of =E2=80=9Ctransnationalis=
m from above=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Ctransnationalism from below=E2=80=9D i=
n the new countries of immigration =E2=80=94 namely the incorporation of =
individual social remitting structures within the mainstream development =
sector. The case study of Irish Asian diaspora is used to present the soc=
ial remitting practises of various migrant groups and their variable pote=
ntial for cooperation with the mainstream developmental organizations.

Keywords: migration and development; social remittances; co-development;=
European Union; Ireland; Asian diaspora

Contemporary European Studies 1/2011

ARTICLE AVAILABLE AT
http://www.ces.upol.cz/pic/item/pdffile/63.pdf

http://www.ces.upol.cz/current-issue

The Journal is devoted to the study of contemporary European politics and=
society and its integral component within political science. It comprise=
s theory, empirical work and policy analysis. A particular emphasis is pl=
aced on the perspective of Central Eastern Europe. The CES will publish a=
rticles by political scientists and other scholars engaged in political r=
esearch.=20

http://www.ces.upol.cz/

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Forwarded on behalf of Eddy Rogers=20

Subject: CFP: 1912 Home Rule Bill

From: Eddy Rogers edmundrogers.email[at]gmail.com
Subject: CFP: 1912 Home Rule Bill

Call for papers: Centenary Perspectives on the Third Home Rule Bill (edit=
ed
collection)

To mark the centenary of the 1912 Home Rule Bill, I am running a one-day =
symposium in May at St. Michael's College in Toronto featuring six speake=
rs from Canadian institutions. My aim is to pull together another 4-6 pap=
ers for an edited collection approaching the Third Home Rule Bill from a =
variety of different angles. The topics covered thus far include imperial=
perspectives (Canada, Australia), economic issues (fiscal policy, touris=
m), Ulster masculinities, and southern loyalism. I welcome proposals that=
either fit in with these topics, or address completely different issues =
connected with the Bill.

Please send abstracts (200-300 words) to edmund.rogers[at]utoronto.ca by 5 F=
ebruary 2012.

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Subject: H-Net Review Publication: Reed on Harper and Constantine, 'Migra=
tion and Empire'

Marjory Harper, Stephen Constantine. Migration and Empire. The Oxford H=
istory of the British Empire Companion Series. Oxford Oxford University =
Press, 2010. 380 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-925093-6.

Reviewed by Charles V. Reed (Elizabeth City State University) Published o=
n H-Albion (January, 2012) Commissioned by Thomas Hajkowski

_Migration and Empire_ is a useful contribution to the Oxford History of =
the British Empire Companion series. In the book, Marjory Harper and Step=
hen Constantine offer a broad examination of immigration to and emigratio=
n from the empire and from within and beyond its boundaries from 1815 to =
the 1960s. Their statistical assessments alone make the book a must read =
for any student of British imperial history. While the book does engage w=
ith the historiography of the cultural and imperial "turns"--considering =
how migration shaped identities and paying some attention to the role of =
nonwhite migrants, for instance--it would perhaps sit more comfortably ne=
xt to the old _Cambridge History of the British Empire _(edited by Hollan=
d Rose, A. P. Newton, and E. A. Benians [1926-61]) than it would next to =
the works of the New Imperial history. Contributing to a growing body of =
recent work on the colonies of settlement, _Migration and Empire _is, abo=
ve all, a social and economic history of immigration that skillfully trac=
es, in particular, the paths and motivations of UK migrants to the white =
colonies of settlement. It is a highly readable and deeply researched int=
roduction to the topic that ought to be within arm's reach of anyone work=
ing on the subject.

John Seeley, the nineteenth-century father of imperial history, understoo=
d the history of Britain to be one of expansion, the movement of British =
people and institutions to new Britains overseas (_The Expansion of Engla=
nd _[1883]). The nine-volume _Cambridge History of the British Empire_,_ =
_the magnum opus of early twentieth-century imperial history, dedicated i=
ndividual volumes to the colonies of settlement. Since the 1960s, postcol=
onial scholars and "New" Imperial historians have challenged these concep=
tual frameworks as privileging the experiences of white settlers over "th=
e colonized" and reproducing a Whiggish history of British expansion and =
liberty that was itself the ideological apparatus of empire. The British =
world movement, with its origins in a series of conferences starting in 1=
998, represents an intellectual pendulum swing away from these trends, it=
s purveyors arguing for the centrality of the white settler experience to=
the history of modern Britain and the British Empire. Phillip Buckner an=
d other scholars of British world "movement" have criticized the settler =
experience as a profound lacuna in the original five-volume Oxford Histor=
y of the British Empire series.[1] In some sense, this volume and several=
others (including one on Canada edited by Buckner) are designed to fill =
that conceptual gap.

The book is organized (unofficially) into two sections. The first four ch=
apters examine the experiences of migrants to specific destinations in th=
e settler empire, with chapters on Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and su=
b-Saharan Africa respectively. The rest of the book takes a more thematic=
and comparative approach, with chapters on nonwhite migrants, the domest=
ic (British Isles) context, female migrants, child and juvenile migrants,=
sponsors and entrepreneurs, and the "homecoming migrant." By its very na=
ture--as a broad overview of colonial migration--the book does not have a=
n explicit interpretive framework, but it does suggest the indispensabili=
ty of the migrant experience to understanding the British imperial story.=
As the authors suggest in their introduction, "The British did not acqui=
re one quarter of the planet's land surface without stocking much of it w=
ith migrants" (p. 3). While an almost-too-obvious declaration of fact, th=
e authors' concern for settler migration within the empire as a _British =
_story, rather an Australian or New Zealand or Canadian one, and for the =
importance of that experience within the history of modern Britain and th=
e British Empire represents an important trend in the recent historiograp=
hy and a thoughtful corrective to the postcolonial and New Imperial agend=
as.

The book is at its best when exploring the social and economic "push-pull=
" factors that motivated migrants to settle in the empire.
With a few exceptions, emigration from Britain was a rather haphazard aff=
air with many efforts to promote or sustain it being stillborn or short-l=
ived. While teachers and scholars of British history have traditionally c=
ast migration to the empire as British society discarding its dregs, Harp=
er and Constantine skillfully examine the role of propaganda; economic mo=
tives; and, most important, the role of local colonial governments and no=
ngovernmental actors in advocating immigration schemes to a sometimes amb=
ivalent imperial government at "home." Local and nongovernment activism, =
from such groups as the 1820 Memorial Settlers' Association in South Afri=
ca, played as much of a role in promoting British immigration overseas as=
colonial and imperial governments. Moreover, while economic opportunity =
was a nearly universal lure of the empire, the experiences of the various=
British colonies differed significantly.
For instance, propaganda promoting immigration to New Zealand celebrated =
the islands as a "working man's paradise," while British Columbia sought =
to recruit a most gentrified clientele of migrants (p. 15). These diverse=
and sometimes haphazard processes of recruitment and settlement were als=
o practiced by the migrants themselves. The Scot Wellwood Rattray, whose =
family migrated to Canada in 1887 when he was twelve years old, recalled =
that "it was the toss of a coin whether we came to Canada or South Africa=
" (p.
38). As Constantine and Harper reveal, one of the most important patterns=
of empire migration over the long term was the very lack of one!

While an engaging and useful contribution to the historiography of the Br=
itish Empire, the book is not without flaws. This is overwhelmingly a boo=
k about migration from the United Kingdom to the white colonies of settle=
ment. One of the most useful insights of the British world movement--that=
the political and cultural space of empire was characterized by a multip=
licity of cores rather than a unitary path between metropole and colony--=
is duly recognized by the authors but not fully acted upon. Immigration w=
ithin the empire but beyond the United Kingdom receives limited attention=
, and migrants of color--including sailors, students, laborers, and other=
sojourners, who could be usefully examined in the frame of the study--ar=
e relegated to a single chapter. The authors also recognize the porous na=
ture of imperial networks, arguing that "the UK and the British Empire di=
d not constitute a containing space," yet relatively few pages are dedica=
ted to "other" European settlers or immigrants to the United States and o=
ther nonempire countries from the United Kingdom or the empire (p. 9). Al=
though the authors do articulately defend their decision to focus largely=
on migration from the United Kingdom in their introduction, the work rea=
ds as somewhat out of touch with recent trends in the field to incorporat=
e new actors into the standard narrative of imperial history.

If a tour de force of economic and social history, the book's engagement =
with cultural history is limiting. Each colony- or region-specific chapte=
r includes a section on "identities," but these analyses feel somewhat ha=
lfhearted. The role of Britishness and imperial loyalty, the imagining of=
"better Britains" overseas, and the development of local and national id=
entities all deserve more attention in a book about migration and empire.=
For instance, the role of non-English Britons in making the British Empi=
re is briefly explored, through the emergence of Caledonian Societies thr=
oughout southern Africa, for instance (p. 143). These issues, which are n=
ow the subject of a great deal of fascinating work by scholars, are secon=
dary to the economic, political, and social implications of migration in =
the metropole, for settlers themselves, and for their new home societies.=
[2]

These criticisms aside, _Migration and Empire _is a meaningful contributi=
on to the series, full of useful statistics for the teacher and researche=
r and fascinating anecdotes about the experience of the British migrant. =
While its more traditional approach to imperial history limits the study'=
s scope in several important ways, it also rewards the reader with a stal=
wart empiricism, an attention to detail, and an embrace of statistical da=
ta that make it a worthwhile adventure.

Notes

[1]. Phillip Buckner, "Whatever Happened to the British Empire?"
_Journal of the Canadian Historical Association _4, no. 1 (1993):
3-32.

[2]. John MacKenzie, _The Scots in South Africa: Ethnicity, Identity, Gen=
der and Race 1772-1914 _(New York: Palgrave, 2007); and Aled Jones and Bi=
ll Jones, "The Welsh World and the British Empire, c.
1851-1939: An Exploration," in _The British World: Diaspora, Culture, and=
Identity, _ed. Carl Bridge and Kent Fedorowich (New York:
Routledge, 2003), 57-81.

Citation: Charles V. Reed. Review of Harper, Marjory; Constantine, Stephe=
n, _Migration and Empire_. H-Albion, H-Net Reviews. January, 2012.
URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=3D33520

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

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I had an unusual set of email problems over the past few days, which, in
combination, created a perfect nuisance.

I have sort of solved things, and my usual email contact points are now
working.

But I am going to run the Irish Diaspora list from my home email address

patrickos[at]blueyonder.co.uk

for a while, until all calms down.

Anyone expecting an email from me, it should turn up soon. And anyone who
has sent me an email - ditto.

P.O'S.

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Quite a neat - as they say - exploration of the 4 Jazz Singer movies and the
assimilation narrative. There are mentions of Abie's Irish Rose, but there
does not seem to be any particular source for the discussion.

Pearl, Jonathan and Judith. The Chosen Image: Television's Portrayal of
Jewish Themes and Characters, 1999.

P.O'S.



Journal of Modern Jewish Studies

Volume 10, Issue 3, 2011

THE FOUR JAZZ SINGERS: MAPPING THE JEWISH ASSIMILATION NARRATIVE

Vincent Brook*

pages 401-420

Abstract
The 1927 movie The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson-famously ad-libbing synch
dialogue, infamously appearing in blackface-has spawned three remakes: a
1952 and a 1980 movie starring Danny Thomas and Neil Diamond, respectively;
and a 1959 television drama starring Jerry Lewis.1

While none of the remakes can possibly match the singular importance of the
original, arguably the cinematic ur-text of the Jewish assimilation
narrative (not to mention of the American sound film), taken together the
four films function as a compelling "metaphor for Jewish modernization."2
Beyond the ethnically specific insights the films provide, their variations
on the theme of an aspiring Jewish pop singer's conflict with his sternly
religious father have much to say, individually and collectively, about
continuity and change in American culture and society during the four films'
six-decade span. Through social-historical and textual analysis, this essay
further examines how identity issues raised by the four Jazz Singers
continue to resonate among a Jewish people beset, perhaps more than ever, by
the double bind of difference.

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Irish Political Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1, 01 Feb 2012 is now available onl=
ine


This new issue contains the following articles:=20

=E2=80=98Mapping the State=E2=80=99 Symposium
Ordering Things: The Irish State Administration Database Niamh Hardiman &=
Colin Scott
Pages: 1-22

Politics, Policy Preferences and the Evolution of Irish Bureaucracy: A Fr=
amework for Analysis Muiris MacCarthaigh
Pages: 23-47


Symposium Acknowledgements
Pages: 49-49

Articles
The Preparation and Use of Election Manifestos: Learning from the Irish C=
ase Thomas D=C3=A4ubler
Pages: 51-70

Painting Peace? Murals and the Northern Ireland Peace Process Andrew Hill=
& Andrew White
Pages: 71-88

The Creation of the =E2=80=98New City=E2=80=99 of Craigavon: A Case Study=
of Politics, Planning and Modernisation in Northern Ireland in the Early=
1960s Martin Joseph Mc Cleery
Pages: 89-109

Managing His Aspirations: The Labour and Republican Politics of Paddy Dev=
lin Connal Parr
Pages: 111-138

Report
The Lisbon Experience in Ireland: =E2=80=98No=E2=80=99 in 2008 but =E2=80=
=98Yes=E2=80=99 in 2009 =E2=80=93 How and Why?
Stephen Quinlan
Pages: 139-153

Book Reviews
Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in =
the First World War Arthur Aughey
Pages: 155-156

Irish Women at War: The Twentieth Century Lisa Kiely
Pages: 156-157

Destiny of the Soldiers: Fianna F=C3=A1il, Irish Republicanism and the IR=
A,
1926=E2=80=931973
Brian Hanley
Pages: 157-159

Democratic Left: The Life and Death of an Irish Political Party Michael H=
olmes
Pages: 159-161

The Houses of the Oireachtas: Parliament in Ireland Theresa Reidy
Pages: 161-162

Peace Without Consensus. Power Sharing Politics in Northern Ireland Eamon=
n O'Kane
Pages: 162-165

The IRA, 1956=E2=80=9369: Rethinking the Republic Richard English
Pages: 165-166

The SDLP: The Struggle for Agreement in Northern Ireland, 1970=E2=80=9320=
00 Peter McLoughlin
Pages: 166-168

Electoral Systems: A Comparative Introduction Fiona Buckley
Pages: 168-169

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A Special Relationship? Irish popular music in Britain

An interdisciplinary conference to be hosted at Northumbria University =
in
conjunction with the Centre for Media Research at the University of =
Ulster
June 27th-28th 2012

Call for Papers

Ireland and Britain share in large measure a common, if disputed, =
history.
Ireland is, of course, a former colony of Britain, and Northern Ireland =
is
still part of the United Kingdom so that one of the conundrums of the =
Irish
experience is that it is both post-colonial and neo-colonial; national =
and
regional; periphery and centre. Irish popular music, therefore, displays =
a
complex set of sometimes contradictory characteristics, and Irish =
artists
and musicians work within and against such an intricate web of social,
economic, political and cultural influences that their art and music =
raises
dizzying questions about national identity.

Irish musicians in Britain offer an interesting case study for wider =
debates
about identity and cultural expression, as the Irish have been =
frequently
caught between the two poles of assimilation - too alike for difference =
to
matter (and naturalised into honorary Anglo-Americanism) - and ethnic
difference (condemned to a narrowly defined =91Irishness=92).

=91A Special Relationship? Irish popular music in Britain=92 focuses on =
the
complex relationship of Irish musicians and bands, music journalists and
other industry personnel to British popular music culture more
generally.=A0The conference is inspired by the publication in 2011 of =
Sean
Campbell=92s important book, 'Irish Blood, English Heart: =
Second-Generation
Irish Musicians in England' (Cork University Press), which won Hot Press
magazine=92s =91Music Book of the Year=92 - a rare accolade for an =
academic text.

The conference seeks to build upon this book and invites papers =
exploring
any aspect of Irish popular music in Britain and the popular cultural
aspects of the Irish diasporic experience. Topics might include:

-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 British music press and Irish musicians and =
bands;=A0
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The role of Irish writers in the British music =
press;
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Case studies of Irish musicians in Britain, whether =
traditional,
folk, pop, rock and from any era (from the Nolans to The Virgin Prunes;
Victorian ballads to boy-bands in the =9290s; Val Doonican=A0 to Boy =
George);
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The issue of Irish rock in exile (Rory Gallagher, =
Thin Lizzy, Van
Morrison etc).

We also welcome a broad range of critical approaches: cultural history,
textual analysis, post-colonial, musicological, and so forth.

A selection of papers from the conference will appear in a special issue =
of
the journal, Popular Music History.=A0Keynote speakers include, Dr Sean
Campbell (Irish Blood, English Heart), Dave Laing (One Chord Wonders) =
and
Professor Martin McLoone (Rock and Popular Music in Ireland). The =
conference
will be held at Northumbria University=92s City Campus in Newcastle city
centre and in the city=92s culture quarter, the Ouseburn Valley.

Please send a brief abstract =
to=A0noel.mclaughlin[at]northumbria.ac.uk=A0on, or
before, April 10th 2012.

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Dear Paddy,

May I ask you to forward this update on the Montreal 2012 IASIL =
conference
to your Irish Diaspora List?

Many thanks,

Michael


Dear Colleagues,

We are very pleased to bring your attention to the 2012 IASIL conference =
in
Montreal and to invite your participation.=A0 The conference will take =
place
July 30 =96 Aug 3 and will be hosted by Concordia University=92s School =
of
Canadian Irish Studies and the Department of Design and Computation =
Arts.=A0
The theme is =93Weighing Words: Interdisciplinary Engagements with and =
within
Irish Literatures.=94

Joep Leerssen, Gerardine Meaney and David Lloyd will give keynote =
lectures,
and participating writers will include Claire Kilroy, Leontia Flynn, =
Kevin
Barry and distinguished Irish-Canadian novelist, Jane Urquhart.

The conference website at http://iasil2012.com/ will provide ongoing
information as will a facebook page, the link to which =A0
is https://www.facebook.com/canadianirishstudies

We have been able to secure two categories of very reasonable =
accommodation
(from $44 to $118 plus tax) in two locations next to Concordia in =
downtown
Montreal.=A0=A0=20

Grey Nuns Accommodation: Located in its own grounds as part of the =
downtown
Concordia campus, this nineteenth-century former convent houses student
dorms which are available to Concordia conference delegates. =A0=A0IASIL
delegates should make their reservations separately by following the
instructions below.

Single rooms, at $44 + tax/night (50.59) include a single bed with =
linen,
towel, desk, wardrobe, sink, fridge, telephone with free local calling =
and
wired internet access. Double rooms, at $64 + tax/night (73.58) include =
two
of each above amenity (but only one sink).=A0=A0 Common areas include =
cable TV,
DVD, coffee maker, kettle, microwave and toaster. All rooms have been =
held
at the discounted rate for the nights of Thursday, July 26 =96 Monday, =
August
6 (inclusive). To reserve, guests need simply to follow the link below =
and
enter the code =93IASIL2012=94 in the Company/Group/Promo Code field in =
order to
take part in the room block.
Link:
https://www.bookonthenet.net/west/RKEres/EresMain.aspx?url=3DConcordiaSum=
merAc
commodation&inn_alias=3D0000009534

Conference Hotel: Le Nouvel H=F4tel & Spa: Located across the street =
from the
Grey Nuns and two blocks from Concordia, this modern hotel has provided
special conference rates to IASIL delegates. Reservations can be made by
telephone (1.800.363.6063 or +1.514.931.8841) prior to June 15, =
2012.=A0=A0
Please use group code: 544089.=A0 After June 15, reservations will be =
accepted
upon hotel availability.=A0 The rate for single or double is =
CDN$118/night
before taxes (CDN $139.24/night taxes included) for a room with either =
two
queen beds or one king bed.=A0 (There is an extra charge of $20 per =
person for
the third and fourth person in a room. More information on the hotel
location and facilities can be found at www.lenouvelhotel.com[.] Please =
note
that guests will be charged the first night if cancellations are made =
less
than 24 hours prior to arrival.=A0 Check-in is at 3:00 pm and check-out =
is at
12:00 pm.

The Call for Papers information is on the website. Registration =
information
will be available shortly.=A0 A special concert of Irish and Quebecois =
music
will take place, and a post-conference tour to Quebec City and Grosse =
Ile is
being planned.=A0=20

It would be a pleasure to welcome you to what we anticipate will be a
stimulating and engaging conference.

Michael Kenneally, Rhona Kenneally and Susan Cahill


School of Canadian Irish Studies
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest=20
H 1001
Montr=E9al (Qu=E9bec) Canada=A0 H3G 1M8

Tel: (514) 848-2424 ext. 8711
Fax: (+1) 514-848-2866
Website: www.cdnirish.concordia.ca


______________________
Michael Kenneally
Principal, School of Canadian Irish Studies
Concordia University, Hall Building, 1001-11
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Montreal, QC H3G 1M8
514 848 2424 ext. 7389
cell: 514 297 5764
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The following item has been brought to our attention...

Full text at
http://www.scottishleftreview.org/article/sects-thugs-and-myths-retold/

Extracts pasted in below...

P.O'S.


=46rom Scottish Left Review, January 2012

Sects, Thugs and Myths Retold

Written by Dr Patricia Walls

My first encounter with Scottish sectarianism occurred way back in early =
1997 in Glasgow. I made the error of going for an after-work pint in the =
Rosevale pub on the Dumbarton Road. Armed with nothing but a book, I had =
to leave the pub pretty damned quickly as it dawned on one of the assembl=
ed, that =E2=80=98I looked like a Tim=E2=80=99. As he had just also punch=
ed me on the arm whilst making this proclamation, I realised it was time =
to leave. I didn=E2=80=99t actually know at the time what a =E2=80=98Tim=E2=
=80=99 was. Just like Desdemona I understood, =E2=80=98a fury in the word=
s, but not the words=E2=80=99.

Coming from Northern Ireland I was more used to the Irish language versio=
n of =E2=80=98Tim=E2=80=99 (=E2=80=98Taig=E2=80=99). A nice touch that No=
rthern Irish Unionists support the Irish language renaissance. Living in =
England I have been bemused that some people believe my accent some kind =
of mnemonic aid for my name =E2=80=93 Paddy =E2=80=93 which is more gener=
ally applied to all Irish. Acting as though my parents helpfully named me=
thus to make it easier for the British to accurately name me...

...In late 1996 I moved to Glasgow to conduct a qualitative study on the =
health of people of Irish Catholic descent. I worked at the Medical Resea=
rch Council=E2=80=99s Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. The aim of =
the study was to try to shed some academic light; to explore possible exp=
lanations for the persistent, intergenerational quantitative pattern of p=
oor health found among the Irish in England and Scotland. Following a cru=
cial, lengthy research design gestation period (often unfortunately negle=
cted by researchers), I carried out approximately 350 hours of interviews=
with people from four ethnic/religious origin communities: Irish Protest=
ants; Irish Catholics; Scottish Protestants and Scottish Catholics (with =
further comparisons by age, social class and gender). The strength and be=
auty of this research design has been seriously misrepresented in Profess=
or Steve Bruce et alii=E2=80=99s, Sectarianism in Scotland (2004).

It cannot be stressed strongly enough that my study (with Dr Rory William=
s) was a study of health/health risk. It examined an array of structural =
and cultural aspects of experience which might explain the poorer health =
of Irish/Irish Catholics.=C2=A0 Initially, sectarianism as an explanatory=
factor was the last thing on our minds. As some sociologists are prone t=
o emphasise; it emerged...

More often than not, researchers of disadvantage and discrimination (and =
policymakers) get it wrong, and think that the former necessarily implica=
tes the latter. Equally a seeming lack of disadvantage does not necessari=
ly denote the absence of discriminatory practices. Experience of discrimi=
nation cannot be =E2=80=98read off=E2=80=99 from statistics situating dif=
ferent groups in terms of educational achievement, housing and employment=
status, mortality differentials, etc. Any group differences found merely=
provide a starting point for investigation...

Being a researcher of sectarianism can be as dangerous as an RC dropping =
into a pub owned by a Rangers FC manager. Some hint is to be found amidst=
the pages of Ethnic and Racial Studies (2003-05). Published evidence of =
anti-Catholic discrimination in employment, experienced by er, Glasgow Ca=
tholics, and supported by evidence given by Glasgow Protestants, was =E2=80=
=98rubbished=E2=80=99 by a Casaubon-like character and his male academic =
colleagues...
=20
I am not sure why so much has been published by academics protesting (met=
hinks too much) the non-existence of, in their view, some social fiction.=
These new myth-makers have any academic investigating any aspect of the =
experience of Catholics/Irish Catholics in Scotland within their sights.=20=


...I do though have a problem with a couple of myths myself. The first is=
that =E2=80=98sectarianism=E2=80=99 is what we are actually talking abou=
t.=C2=A0 I hope that sociologists, policymakers and the public, in both S=
cotland and Northern Ireland will eventually talk about, =E2=80=98the con=
cept formerly known as =E2=80=98sectarianism=E2=80=99=E2=80=99, and descr=
ibe the relevant practices by the pithier signifier of =E2=80=98racism=E2=
=80=99. In both places, this racism is predominantly anti-Irish (or anti-=
Catholic/anti-Irish Catholic).

The second myth which concerns me is the view promulgated in Scotland tha=
t somehow =E2=80=98sectarianism=E2=80=99 relates only to football, and th=
en only to working class men behaving badly. My research and a cursory re=
ading of Section 74 offences reports dispute this focus. Only one third o=
f Section 74 offences in 2005 had anything to do with football. In my res=
earch, sectarianism occurred across an array of social spaces and involve=
d women too, as perpetrators and victims.

The composer James MacMillan caused a stir in 1999 when he referred publi=
cly to sectarianism, as the now oft-quoted, =E2=80=98Scotland=E2=80=99s S=
hame=E2=80=99. On the other hand, Bruce takes the view that, =E2=80=9CSco=
tland=E2=80=99s disgrace is not religious bigotry. It is the unthinking w=
ay in which sectarianism is assumed, without evidence=E2=80=9D (The Guard=
ian, 24/4/2011).=C2=A0 Many of the sociologists in Scotland at the turn o=
f the century were woken up by MacMillan=E2=80=99s remarks. They were dis=
covered to have largely accepted the un-evidenced view that sectarianism =
evaporated with the arrival of multi-nationals in the 1960s...

...In Glasgow, where the problem is perhaps most marked and related to th=
e city=E2=80=99s history, just under a decade ago a Glasgow City Council-=
funded research project on sectarianism, was not open to general tender. =
One of the new myth-makers acted as the Council=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98advise=
r for its research on sectarianism=E2=80=99. Meanwhile in Edinburgh the G=
eneral Registrar Office (GRO), when consulting on changes to be made to 2=
001 Census, peculiarly copied Bruce into its replies to consultation resp=
onders...

...The poverty of academic rigour exhibited by the most vocal academics w=
ho write about sectarianism is concerning. No word count can permit the l=
evel of explication needed to fully substantiate this last statement. The=
sheer number of breaches of, and misdemeanours relating to, social scien=
tific principles, the endlessly repeated tired and unproven arguments in =
the academic, as well as in the wider press, are avalanche-like.

However, there are real, thorny, research problems to be confronted. A cr=
itical, systematic review of the evidence is indeed, critical. New resear=
ch, using qualitative and particularly ethnographic methods, is a pressin=
g need. Additionally there is scope for thorough analyses of already-exis=
ting datasets. We need to know more about the experiences of young people=
and about females, and about subcultures beyond football...

...Sectarianism is not an inevitable feature of Scottish society. It cann=
ot be politically and legally bracketed off as football-related. Its effe=
cts though do vary by location, age group, social class and gender. Ultim=
ately any society on a quest for future equality and economic success, sh=
all fail in its aspirations unless it deals honestly with unsavoury aspec=
ts of its past and its present.

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In Danger and Distress: Presentation of Gunshot Cases to Dublin
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In Danger and Distress: Presentation of Gunshot Cases to Dublin Hospitals=
during the Height of Fenianism, 1866-1871

Author: Kennerk, Barry

Source: Social History of Medicine, Volume 24, Number 3, 27 December 2011=
, pp. 588-607(20)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract:

The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood (IRB) was founded in Dublin on St Pat=
rick's Day, 1858. Its leadership held an unsuccessful rising in Ireland o=
n 5 March 1867. The period immediately prior to this event is often refer=
red to as the high point of Fenianism and in Dublin it bore witness to a =
number of sporadic shootings, many of which were conducted under the ausp=
ices of a loosely controlled assassination circle. These were, however, o=
ften little more than thinly disguised reprisal attacks and the burden fo=
r treating the victims fell on the shoulders of the city's civil surgeons=
.
This article uses the highly publicised shooting of the retired policeman=
, Thomas Talbot in 1871 as its central theme in order to highlight a numb=
er of key topics concerning the management of civilian gunshot injuries i=
n Ireland during the mid to late nineteenth century.

Keywords: gunshot; bullet; surgeon; Fenian; military; Dublin; coroner; Ta=
lbot

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Dear Paddy

Does anyone know of any planned 2016 Easter Rising commemoration conference=
s?=20
le gach dea ghu=ED
Dymphna



Dr Dymphna Lonergan
Head
Department of English, Creative Writing, and Australian Studies
Room 282 Humanities
Phone 8201 2079