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Black Caesar and Billy Blue: Subversive African Performance in
Early Colonial Sydney
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Arts: The Journal of the Sydney University Arts Association is an Open Acess
journal at

http://escholarship.usyd.edu.au/journals/index.php/ART/index

Vol 31 (2009) included this article, which will interest many Ir-D
members...

Black Caesar and Billy Blue: Subversive African Performance in Early
Colonial Sydney
CASSANDRA PYBUS

The article outlines the careers of Black Caesar and Billy Blue, part of the
black African diaspora, runaway slaves from America who had been transported
to Australia.

Black Caesar escaped to became a bushranger, and was eventually shot and
killed from ambush.

Article freely available at

http://escholarship.usyd.edu.au/journals/index.php/ART/article/viewFile/5708
/6379

* Cassandra Pybus is a Professorial Fellow in History in the University of
Sydney. This inaugural lecture was delivered to the Arts Association on 24
September 2009.

'How much better Caesar's act of rebellion fits the archetype of one who
would scorn to live in slavery, bound down by iron chains, than a murderous
horse-rustler like Ned Kelly. What a powerful foundation story Black Caesar
could provide to Australians, if only we knew about him.' p 78.

'It comes as a shock to most Australians to discover that our national folk
myth, the bushranger's resistance to oppressive authority - a story which
reaches its apotheosis in the Kelly saga - does not have its beginnings in
the historical struggle of the Irish against the English but in the
resistance of appropriated Africans to slavery in the Americas. His
unexpected story works to subvert the dominant national narrative that
considers Aus t r a l i an history as connected by the iron sinews of
officialdom to the imperial centre in the United Kingdom, but other wise
isolated from and unconnected to happenings in the rest of the world.
Despite the obvious fact that settlement of Australia is a direct product
of the loss of the American colonies, the national narrative of Australia's
foundation and early development wilfully ignores the history of the
Atlantic world. The story of Black Caesar shows how mistaken that reading
is and how events of the American Revolution and its aftermath reverberate
through our history.' pp 89-90

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Bilingualism on display: The framing of Welsh and English in
Welsh public spaces
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This article was written in the context of a Finnish Academy grant, with
Sari Pietik=E4inen, for a project on Peripheral Multilingualism, based =
on
comparative research on Corsican, Irish, Sami, and Welsh.

That background is evident in the ways in which the discussion is =
framed.
Though the specific Irish references seem to be=20

Kallen, (2010). Changing landscapes: Language, space and policy in the
Dublin linguistic landscape. In Jaworski & Thurlow, 41=9658.

Kallen & N=ED Dhonnacha (2010). Language and inter-language in urban =
Irish and
Japanese linguisticlandscapes. In Shohamy et al., 19=9636.

P.O'S.


Language in Society

February 2012 41 : pp 1-27=20

Bilingualism on display: The framing of Welsh and English in Welsh =
public
spaces

Nikolas Coupland a1

a1 Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University, =
Colum
Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, Wales, United Kingdom coupland[at]cardiff.ac.uk

Abstract
This article develops an interpretive perspective on public displays of
bilingualism. Photographic data from contemporary Wales illustrate how
public bilingual=97Welsh and English=97displays are organized in =
different
frames, reflecting historically changing language-ideological priorities =
and
more local symbolic markets. In institutionally driven displays, the =
Welsh
language is framed as an autonomous code in parallel with English,
displacing an earlier pattern of representing Welsh subordinated to =
English
norms. In other frames Welsh is constructed as the only legitimate =
heartland
language, or as an impenetrable cultural curiosity. In the most open and
least institutionalized frame, Welsh is displayed as part of a =
culturally
distinctive but syncretic cultural system. These framing contests =
dramatize
deeper tensions that surface in attempts to revitalize minority =
languages
under globalization.=20

(Wales, Welsh, bilingualism, language display, language ideology, =
linguistic
landscapes, metaculture)

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The IRISH SEMINAR 2012: Contemporary Irish Theatre
11 June =E2=80=93 29 June 2012
irishseminar.nd.edu
=20

=20
THEME
Contemporary Irish Theatre

Great theater frequently emerges during periods of significant cultural =
shift, political disruption and social upheaval. The last 30 years in =
Ireland has witnessed such a remarkable period with turbulent and =
historic changes: The Troubles, the Peace Process, mass emigration and =
immigration, the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger, Ireland=E2=80=99s =
enchantment and disenchantment with the European Union, the property =
explosion and implosion, the Catholic Church=E2=80=99s ignominy, the =
financial crises, rapid globalization as well as triumphs on the =
sporting, cultural, literary and artistic stage.=20

Ireland, as it underwent significant and substantial changes, offered =
insights on human frailty and vice, tragedy and triumph, loss and =
exclusion, survival and success. Such events afforded Irish playwrights, =
directors and actors abundant material. Playwrights and directors have =
responded with powerful plays and dramatic productions that challenge =
and confront audiences both at home and abroad. As a result a =
significant number of canonical plays have emerged from Irish =
playwrights that probe shifting identities, changing loyalties and =
emerging consciousnesses as individuals, communities, landscapes, =
institutions and history itself are sorted and distorted.

Beginning with Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness and Tom Murphy, and =
continuing with Sebastian Barry, Marina Carr, Anne Devlin, Declan =
Hughes, Marie Jones, Thomas Kilroy, Robert Massey, Martin McDonagh, Sean =
McLoughlin, Conor McPherson, Eil=C3=ADs N=C3=AD Dhuibhne, Miche=C3=A1l =
=C3=93 Conghaile, Ursala Rani Sarma, Christina Reid, Alan Titley, Mark =
Rowe and Enda Walsh, Irish drama has produced an astonishing varied, =
complex and successful corpus of dramatic work.=20

The best of which has garnered critical recognition and popular acclaim =
not only on stages in Ireland, London, New York but globally. Irish =
dramaturgy, like Irish identity, can no longer be defined in static =
monolithic terms: consequently there are as many theatres as there are =
national identities. Is Irish theatre currently undergoing a crisis =
drawing it away from the traditional well-wrought literary stage play =
toward a more visually rich abstract spectacle? How is Irish theatre =
responding to the recent past? How will Irish theatre function in a =
public and highly political global space? Among the topics to be =
discussed are: patterns of history and memory, use of meta-theatre, the =
enabling and disabling uses of myth, and the role of narrative and =
monologue in contemporary Irish theatre

The 2012 University of Notre Dame IRISH SEMINAR convenes a sterling cast =
of international experts, scholars and practitioners to explore =
contemporary Irish dramatic and theatrical landscapes and discern =
current patterns of dramaturgy in culturally and theatrically =
significant plays written in and about Ireland since 1980.=20

2012 IRISH SEMINAR faculty includes: Keelin Burke, Marina Carr, Jim =
Culleton, Seamus Deane, Celia de Fr=C3=A9ine, Diarmaid Ferriter, John =
Gibney, R=C3=B3ise Goan, Hugo Hamilton, Susan Harris, Aideen Howard, =
Declan Kiberd, Thomas Kilroy, Jos=C3=A9 Lanters, Joseph Lennon, Helen =
Lojek, Patrick Lonergan, Nollaig Mac Cong=C3=A1il, Se=C3=A1n Mac =
Math=C3=BAna, PJ Mathews, Eamon Morrissey, Eil=C3=ADs N=C3=AD Dhuibhne, =
Brian =C3=93 Conchubhair, Miche=C3=A1l =C3=93 Conghaile, Riana =
O=E2=80=99Dywer, Lionel Pilkington, Paige Reynolds, Shaun Richards, =
Anthony Roche, Alan Titley and Colm T=C3=B3ib=C3=ADn. This three-week =
series of presentations, seminars and workshops offers participants an =
opportunity to partake in seminars, lectures and workshops at the world =
famous Abbey Theatre with world renowned academics, scholars, directors, =
actors, critics and reviewers.

For more information about Fellowships or Application process contact =
eclowry[at]nd.edu.

Executive Director: Brian =C3=93 Conchubhair=E2=80=A8
Directors: Seamus Deane, Christopher Fox, Patrick Griffin, Declan =
Kiberd, Br=C3=ADona Nic Dhiarmada
=20
=20
2012 FACULTY
Executive Director: Brian =C3=93 Conchubhair (Notre Dame)
=20
The 2012 IRISH SEMINAR faculty includes: Keelin Burke, Marina Carr, Jim =
Culleton, Seamus Deane, Celia de Fr=C3=A9ine, Diarmaid Ferriter, John =
Gibney, R=C3=B3ise Goan, Hugo Hamilton, Susan Harris, Aideen Howard, =
Declan Kiberd, Thomas Kilroy, Jos=C3=A9 Lanters, Joseph Lennon, Helen =
Lojek, Patrick Lonergan, Nollaig Mac Cong=C3=A1il, Se=C3=A1n Mac =
Math=C3=BAna, PJ Matthews, Eamon Morrissey, Eil=C3=ADs N=C3=AD Dhuibhne, =
Brian =C3=93 Conchubhair, Miche=C3=A1l =C3=93 Conghaile, Riana =
O=E2=80=99Dywer, Lionel Pilkington, Paige Reynolds, Shaun Richards, =
Anthony Roche, Alan Titley and Colm T=C3=B3ib=C3=ADn.
=20

SCHEDULE
Draft schedule is available online:=20

oconnellhouse.nd.edu/academic-programs/the-irish-seminar/programme-schedu=
le/


ACCOMMODATION (Participants only)
Participants will stay at UCD Summer Residence, Roebuck Hall, located =
close to Dublin=E2=80=99s city centre and within easy reach of the =
city=E2=80=99s many amenities. UCD is just a short 10 minute bus ride to =
the city centre via a direct route. Its superb location, just on the =
edge of town on an attractive green-field campus, provides easy access =
to an abundance of restaurants, as well as Dublin=E2=80=99s attractive =
coastline and the Wicklow mountains. Onsite facilities include a =
pharmacy, medical centre, banks, post office, newsagent, launderette and =
mini-markets. The apartments are spacious and fully furnished to a high =
standard. There are 6 single en-suite bedrooms in each apartment. All =
accommodation has self-catering facilities, including kitchen, laundry =
and a living room. The residences at UCD are carefully integrated into =
their setting. Maintained to a high standard, they are an ideal home =
away from home. Features include: modern furnished apartments with =
en-suite toilet and shower in each bedroom =E2=80=93 generous sized =
living area, including a fitted kitchen/dining area =E2=80=93 free wifi =
=E2=80=93 secure controlled access to each apartment.
=20
ADMISSION INFORMATION
The Seminar is interdisciplinary, open to all faculty and graduate =
students. Graduate students opting to take the IRISH SEMINAR for three =
(3) credits will be assessed on the basis of participation.
=20
Application Process
The deadline for application to the IRISH SEMINAR is 17 March 2012. =
Places fill quickly, so an early application is recommended. =
Applications will be evaluated and admissions announced on a rolling =
basis immediately after the deadline.
=20
Categories of Participation
Students may apply to attend as Participant or Associate. (If applying =
from TCD or UCD please contact eclowry[at]nd.edu for more information)
Option A: Participant (includes accommodation, receptions & all cultural =
events) =E2=82=AC2300
Option B: Associate (excludes accommodation, includes receptions, =
in-house cultural events) =E2=82=AC1550
=20
FELLOWSHIPS
Some Tuition Fellowships will be available to students (applying as =
Participant OR Associate). The Fellowship is based on academic merit and =
is awarded to individuals who demonstrate exemplary academic achievement =
or potential. Applicants are urged to seek financial assistance from =
their home institutions. For more information please contact =
eclowry[at]nd.edu.
If applying for a fellowship you must submit:=E2=80=A8
-An outline of financial need=E2=80=A8
-A 15-20 page writing sample=E2=80=A8
-A letter of recommendation
=20
FURTHER INFORMATION
Website: http://irishseminar.nd.edu
E-mail: eclowry[at]nd.edu
Telphone: + 353 1 611 0611
Fax: + 353 1 611 0606=20

--=20
Eimear C. Delaney=20

Programmes & Communications Manager=20
Keough Naughton Notre Dame Centre
University of Notre Dame
O'Connell House
58 Merrion Square
Dublin 2
Ireland=20

t: +353 1 611 0611=20
f: +353 1 611 0606=20
m: +353 86 126 1936=20
e: eclowry[at]nd.edu=20
w: oconnellhouse.nd.edu

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"Nothing to be done": Thoughts on Talawa Theatre Company's
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Talawa is 'Britain's foremost Black-led theatre company', as it says on the
web site. And their latest production is Waiting For Godot.

http://www.talawa.com/

http://www.talawa.com/waiting_for_godot_2012.php

Talawa asked Patrick Duggan to write a little essay on the idea of a black
Godot, which, bravely, he has done - we are often asked to comment on things
as yet unseen.

It is early days, and there is a tour ahead. But in the event the
production is attracting favourable comment...

'The waiting game: Beckett with an all-black cast
What can an all-black production add to Waiting for Godot? Andrew Dickson
finds out' FULL TEXT AT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/jan/31/all-black-waiting-for-godot?news
feed=true

Patrick Duggan's essay is on the Talawa web site, and many Ir-D members will
find useful its meditation on Godot history and comment...

http://www.talawa.com/downloads/resourcepacks/waitingforgodot/thoughts-patri
ck-duggan.pdf

"Nothing to be done": Thoughts on Talawa Theatre Company's
Waiting for Godot
by Dr. Patrick Duggan

'I'm about 15; I'm sitting in a theatre in Belfast watching a play that
seems to have gone on interminably and in which, as far as I'm concerned,
absolutely nothing has happened. I am bored and I want to leave. The
interval comes (I hope it's the end) and as I exit the auditorium the woman
who has been sitting beside me says to her companion, "it's about us, about
Belfast and Northern Ireland. It's so powerful.". I think she's mad. But
then, I'm only 15 and despite going to school in Belfast at a time when
'political instability' doesn't quite cut it as description of what was
taking place in the province and city at the time, I am pretty content with
my lot in life. My drama teacher, Joan McPherson, tells me I'll 'get' Godot
one day.

A decade later and I'm sitting in a theatre in London watching a play that
seems to have gone on interminably and in which, as far as I'm concerned,
everything has happened. I'm bored and captivated in the same moment. The
interval comes (I'm looking forward to the second half) and as I exit the
auditorium I turn to my companion and say, "it could be about me". I'm 25
years old and despite living comfortably and not having too many
cares in the world, I'm doing a job that is interminably dull and I'm
waiting for something more exciting, something more 'me'. I'm waiting for my
own Godot...'

Patrick Duggan's web site...
http://northampton.academia.edu/PatrickDuggan

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"Nothing to be done": Thoughts on Talawa Theatre Company's
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]

Talawa is 'Britain's foremost Black-led theatre company', as it says on the
web site. And their latest production is Waiting For Godot.

http://www.talawa.com/

http://www.talawa.com/waiting_for_godot_2012.php

Talawa asked Patrick Duggan to write a little essay on the idea of a black
Godot, which, bravely, he has done - we are often asked to comment on things
as yet unseen.

It is early days, and there is a tour ahead. But in the event the
production is attracting favourable comment...

'The waiting game: Beckett with an all-black cast
What can an all-black production add to Waiting for Godot? Andrew Dickson
finds out' FULL TEXT AT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/jan/31/all-black-waiting-for-godot?news
feed=true

Patrick Duggan's essay is on the Talawa web site, and many Ir-D members will
find useful its meditation on Godot history and comment...

http://www.talawa.com/downloads/resourcepacks/waitingforgodot/thoughts-patri
ck-duggan.pdf

"Nothing to be done": Thoughts on Talawa Theatre Company's Waiting for Godot

by Dr. Patrick Duggan

'I'm about 15; I'm sitting in a theatre in Belfast watching a play that
seems to have gone on interminably and in which, as far as I'm concerned,
absolutely nothing has happened. I am bored and I want to leave. The
interval comes (I hope it's the end) and as I exit the auditorium the woman
who has been sitting beside me says to her companion, "it's about us, about
Belfast and Northern Ireland. It's so powerful.". I think she's mad. But
then, I'm only 15 and despite going to school in Belfast at a time when
'political instability' doesn't quite cut it as description of what was
taking place in the province and city at the time, I am pretty content with
my lot in life. My drama teacher, Joan McPherson, tells me I'll 'get' Godot
one day.

A decade later and I'm sitting in a theatre in London watching a play that
seems to have gone on interminably and in which, as far as I'm concerned,
everything has happened. I'm bored and captivated in the same moment. The
interval comes (I'm looking forward to the second half) and as I exit the
auditorium I turn to my companion and say, "it could be about me". I'm 25
years old and despite living comfortably and not having too many
cares in the world, I'm doing a job that is interminably dull and I'm
waiting for something more exciting, something more 'me'. I'm waiting for my
own Godot...'

Patrick Duggan's web site...
http://northampton.academia.edu/PatrickDuggan

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Mother/Country. Politics of the Personal in the Fiction of Colm
T=?iso-8859-1?Q?=F3ib=EDn?=
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Forwarded on behalf of
Bally Laura [mailto:l.bally[at]peterlang.com]=20

PETER LANG - International Academic Publishers

are pleased to announce a new book by

Kathleen Costello-Sullivan

Mother/Country
Politics of the Personal in the Fiction of Colm T=F3ib=EDn

Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, =
2012. X,
237 pp.
Reimagining Ireland. Vol. 44
Edited by Eamon Maher
pb. ISBN 978-3-0343-0753-6

This original and engaging study explores the way in which Colm =
T=F3ib=EDn
repeatedly identifies and disrupts the boundaries between personal and
political or social histories in his fiction. Through this collapsing of
boundaries, he examines the cost of broader political exclusions and
considers how personal and political narratives shape individual =
subjects.
Each of T=F3ib=EDn=92s novels is comprehensively addressed here, as are =
his
non-fiction works, reviews, plays, short stories, and some
as-yet-unpublished work. The book situates T=F3ib=EDn not only within =
his
contemporary literary milieu, but also within the contexts of the Irish
literary tradition, contemporary Irish politics, Irish nationalism, and
theories of psychology, gender, nationalism, and postcolonialism.

Contents:=20
=91Like Being in Another Country=92: Doubled Narratives of Nation and =
Self in
The South =96 Politics and the Lost Mother(s) in The Heather Blazing =96 =
=91Hiding
from the Other Side=92: Politics and Sexuality in The Story of the Night =
=96
=91Nothing Secret, Nothing Held Inside=92: Narrating Absence and Trauma =
in The
Blackwater Lightship =96 =91A Great Withholding=92: Fictive =
(Auto)Biography and
the Primacy of Art in The Master =96 =91She Would Have to Go Back=92: =
Emigration
and the Portability of Culture in Brooklyn.

Kathleen Costello-Sullivan is an Associate Professor of Modern Irish
Literature at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, USA, where she =
founded
and directs an Irish Literature minor. She has published widely on
Anglo-Irish and Irish authors, including Jonathan Swift, Somerville and
Ross, Maria Edgeworth, Emily Lawless, and Colm T=F3ib=EDn, and her =
critical
edition of Sheridan Le Fanu=92s Carmilla is forthcoming.

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honour and sexuality in contemporary Ireland
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The double bind: Women, honour and sexuality in contemporary Ireland

Tom Inglis
University College Dublin, Ireland

Carol MacKeogh
Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, Ireland

Carol MacKeogh, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Co.
Dublin, Ireland. Email: carol.mackeogh[at]iadt.ie

Abstract

Irish women are caught in contradictory sexual discourses which create a
cultural double bind. The legacy of Catholic Church teaching, in which the
sexual honour of women revolves around their innocence and subservience,
still lingers. This is gradually being replaced by media messages and images
which portray women as sexually equal and independent. However, the media
also portray sexually independent women as a threat to sexual moral order.
The double bind reproduces double standards. The cultural contradictions in
the way women are portrayed are revealed in an analysis of the reporting of
events surrounding a court case involving the sexual assault of a woman.
This analysis is put within the context of media reporting of other cases of
sexually transgressive women.
culture honour Ireland media sexuality women

Media Culture & Society January 2012 vol. 34 no. 1 68-82

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I'm English': The changing status of the 'majority' English in
post-devolution Britain
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=E2=80=98Sod them, I'm English=E2=80=99: The changing status of the =
=E2=80=98majority=E2=80=99 English in post-devolution Britain

Michael Skey=20

University of East London, London

Corresponding author:

Michael Skey, Docklands Campus, University Way, London, E16 2RD Email: =
m.skey[at]uel.ac.uk

Abstract

As well as prompting an urgent reassessment of constitutional and =
legislative matters, processes of devolution have also contributed to a =
series of wide-ranging debates on identity in Britain. Yet, outside of =
survey data and a growing body of work looking to assess the status of =
minorities in Britain, relatively little has been heard from the wider =
population. This is particularly true for those who constitute the =
majority group within Britain, the English. In this paper, I want to =
offer a complementary perspective by using data from qualitative =
interviews to explore the ways in which members of the =E2=80=98ethnic =
majority=E2=80=99 in England discuss these issues. The findings suggest =
a tentative, but noticeable, shift towards an English identity, which is =
often defined as a necessary response to the increasing assertiveness of =
=E2=80=98other=E2=80=99 national groups within Britain.

devolution English England ethnic majority national identity nationalism

Ethnicities February 2012 vol. 12 no. 1 106-125

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Belonging and community: understandings of 'home' and 'friends'
among the English poor, 1750-1850=?windows-1251?Q?=86?=
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An article which uses an intriguing archive, and very moving letters. =
The
study links with other studies of writing BY the poor, for example
Fitpatrick.

Belonging and community: understandings of =91home=92 and =91friends=92 =
among the
English poor, 1750=961850=86
K. D. M. SNELL

The Economic History Review

Volume 65, Issue 1, pages 1=9625, February 2012

Abstract

This article is based on unique =91narratives of the poor=92, that is, =
letters
from poor people to their parishes of settlement, petitions to the =
London
Refuge of the Destitute, and letters from mothers to the London =
Foundling
Hospital, with supportive evidence from newspapers. These display
fundamental concepts among the English poor, who were often poorly =
literate,
and who comprised the majority of the population. Discussion focuses =
upon
their understandings of =91home=92, =91belonging=92, =91friends=92, and =
=91community=92.
These key concepts are related here to modern discussions, to set =
important
concerns into historical perspective. =91Friends=92, valuably studied by
sociologists such as Pahl, had a wide meaning in the past. =91Home=92 =
meant
(alongside abode) one's parish of legal settlement, where one was =
entitled
to poor relief under the settlement/poor laws. This was where one
=91belonged=92. Ideas of =91community=92 were held and displayed even at =
a distance,
among frequently migrant poor, who wrote to their parishes showing =
strong
ties of attachment, right, and local obligation. This discussion =
explores
these issues in connection with belonging and identity. It elucidates =
the
meaning and working of poor law settlement, and is also an exploration =
of
popular mentalities and the semi-literate ways in which these were
expressed.

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Many Ir-D members will be interested in this initiative - the web site is
just about to be launched.

It asks for a rethink of attitudes to Mare Nostrum... Historians,
especially specialists in trade and maritime history, have recently begun to
develop an integrated approach to the study of the Irish
Sea. It certainly makes sense for ecologists to do so.

http://www.irishsea.org/

Looking at the project, it is an alliance of United Kingdom wildlife
organisations. I have contacted the organisers and they explain the various
partners are part of the UK Wildlife Trusts network and there is no
equivalent organization in Ireland. There is, however, a separate Irish
Wildlife Trust.

The project is going to look for suitable partners within the Republic of
Ireland.

I suppose that will bump up against Ireland's objections to Sellafield. And
maybe Norway's objections to Sellafield.

Though maybe the Irish Sea would say Thank You.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Variation and Change in Dublin English

A new website has been installed at the University of Duisburg and Essen in
Germany which is dedicated to variation and change in the pronunciation of
present-day Dublin English. The site is arranged as a tree with branches
which correspond to various aspects of this topic. There are comprehensive
sections on the history of Irish English, and of Dublin English in
particular, along with discussions of features on various linguistic levels
and the sociolinguistics of present-day Dublin English.

In addition the website deals with the theoretical implications of current
change in Dublin English for sociolinguistic research in general. Sample
sound files for a range of varieties in Dublin are available on the website
so that users can immediately grasp the issues which are being discussed in
any given module. Detailed bibliographical references are contained in each
section so that interested scholars and students can further pursue matters
with ease. Glossaries, overviews of external history and biographical notes
are also included, providing easy orientation for those who have not
previously concerned themselves with Dublin English.

The website can be accessed at the following address:

http://www.uni-due.de/VCDE

This website has been designed and is maintained by Raymond Hickey. All the
texts, graphs, tables, sound files, etc. are his own and are put in the
public domain under the assumption that, if they are used by scholars and
students, then appropriate acknowledgement will be made.

Raymond Hickey
February 2012

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Subject: Book Launch, Ru=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E1n_?=O'Donnell,
SPECIAL CATEGORY The IRA in English Prisons, Vol. 1: 1968-1978,
LONDON Friday 9th March 2012
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The London Irish Centre and Irish Academic Press
cordially invite you to celebrate the launch of

SPECIAL CATEGORY The IRA in English Prisons, Vol. 1: 1968-1978
by Ru=E1n O=92Donnell

Guest Speakers
Gareth Peirce
Ru=E1n O=92Donnell

Refreshments will be served.
All are welcome.

The Presidential Suite
The London Irish Centre
50-52 Camden Square
London NW1 9XB
www.londonirishcentre.org

Friday 9th March 2012
6.30pm for 7.00pm
RSVP
Lisa Hyde
T: 0208 952 9526, ext. 25,
F: 0208 952 9242
E: lisa.hyde[at]iap.ie


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Special Category
This ground-breaking book explores the history of Irish republican =
prisoners
held in English prisons during the first phase of the Troubles. The =
arrival
of the first of over 200 IRA members into the Dispersal System =
challenged a
penal environment devised to cope with a relatively small number of
long-term criminal inmates and inspired a range of Home Office reforms. =
The
republicans exacerbated tensions within the limited range of facilities
suitable for 'Category A' prisoners and played leading roles in the =
major
Hull Riot of 1976, as well as numerous other confrontations. Special
Category draws upon unprecedented access to participants in order to =
detail
and analyze the phenomena of the IRA in English prisons. Extensive new
information is presented on IRA activities within the Dispersal System, =
not
least planning and participation in riots, protests, legal challenges,
escapes (successful and unsuccessful), and violent actions. Day-to-day
factors - such as interaction with British prisoners, family visits,
education, 'ghosting,' and attitudes towards prison staff - are =
documented
in depth. Extensive use has been made of private collections of
correspondence and papers, state archives, political prints, and
international media reports. Account is taken of the perspective of the =
Home
Office and British government, based on declassified documents, memoirs =
of
key protagonists, and official records of parliamentary business. The
attitude of the Irish government is also assessed. The book also draws =
upon
unprecedented access to participants. Over 120 ex-prisoners, republican
activists, members of prisoner support organizations, and prisoners'
relatives have gone on the record. It is the single most authoritative =
and
comprehensive history of any aspect the political prisoner experience in =
the
modern Troubles.

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FROM Liam Ferrie
Irish Emigrant Publications
Bothar an Leachta
Menlo
Galway, Ireland

Thank you and goodbye

Sunday, 05 February 2012

Wednesday February 8 will mark the 25th anniversary of the publication =
of
the first edition of the Irish Emigrant and, as I announced some weeks =
ago,
it also marks our retirement. This, then, is the final online edition of =
the
Irish Emigrant, or at least it is the last one that we plan to write.
Time flies when you are having fun and we have enjoyed our lives as =
writers
and publishers, careers we stumbled upon by accident, although the late
Sunday nights/Monday mornings have always been a problem.

...Twenty-five years is a long time although looking back, it all passed =
too
quickly. When we started we had five sons at school; today we have five =
sons
making their way in the world, two beautiful daughters-in-law and five
adorable grandchildren. We have experienced emigration in that at one =
stage
four of our sons lived abroad. Two still live overseas but we see them
fairly regularly, and another undertakes a 2,000 mile commute every two
weeks. As far as we are concerned life is good and we are looking =
forward to
having more leisure time and more time to travel.

The changes that have taken place in Ireland over the 25 years have been
quite dramatic but I think mostly for the better. The most positive =
change
has been the end to the violence in the North. Another change of =
enormous
significance is the reduction in road deaths. A total of 462 people died =
on
Irish roads in 1987 and it wasn=92t until 2002 that the figure dropped =
below
400. Last year it was 185 despite the enormous increase in the number of
vehicles.

...We are concerned with our 14.2% unemployment rate but this actually
compares favourably with 19% in 1987. It would be wrong, of course, not =
to
acknowledge those who have lost their jobs and are having trouble =
meeting
mortgage payments.

We are also concerned about the current level of emigration and rightly =
so.
It is very disturbing that anyone should consider it necessary to seek
employment in another part of the world solely because of the lack of
opportunity at home. While it does nothing for anyone in that category =
or
anyone who regrets their departure, the number of Irish people leaving
Ireland today is well behind the number who left in 1989.

Over the years I have had to report some very disturbing news stories =
such
as the Enniskillen and Omagh bombings. It has also been heartbreaking to
report on the revelations about the many people whose lives were scarred =
or
even destroyed by being abused by those they were entitled to trust. =
These
stories affected all of us in different ways. In my own case my anger is
confined to the perpetrators, as I have nothing but wonderful memories =
of
the five Irish priests who served in our parish in Scotland many years =
ago
when I was an altar boy. Indeed, I count the one who still survives as a
close friend.

....In signing off we would like to thank all our readers, our former =
staff,
our contributors (some on the payroll, others doing it for a variety of
worthy reasons), our advertisers who were really the ones that made it =
all
possible, the service companies that we used from time to time, those =
who
participated in delivering very generous Christmas gifts to us in the =
early
years and those who contributed to our appeals for financial support in =
more
recent times, those who in one way or another made it possible for us to
visit such places as Boston, Monaco, Los Angeles, Washington DC and
Singapore (we love to travel), and those in Boston and San Francisco who =
put
our work and names in print.

I have deliberately avoided mentioning names until now but I must single =
out
my wife Pauline and our five sons.=20

Liam, Ciar=E1n, D=F3nal, Eoghan and Ruair=ED all wrote for us at =
different times
but they also received less attention from their father than they were
entitled to, as I spent far too much of my time in front of a computer =
or
telling them to =91shsh=92 when the news was on. But back to Pauline =96 =
it
wouldn=92t have happened without her. She proof read the first edition =
and
virtually every one since, but over the years her role expanded to the =
point
where she wrote a large part of each edition, wrote about 1,200 book
reviews, wrote =91Around the 32 counties=92 every week for some 15 years =
and was
the company accountant. It struck me today that she had a hand in more
editions than I had, as I once went on sick leave for two months and she
held the fort in my absence.

With that we will say thank you and goodbye.

Liam Ferrie

FULL TEXT AT
http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=3Dcom_content&task=3Dview&id=3D86=
869&Itemi
d=3D369

Irish Emigrant Publications
Bothar an Leachta
Menlo
Galway, Ireland

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Christina Morin

CALL FOR PAPERS
Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society/An Cumann =C9ire San Ocht=FA C=E9ad =
D=E9ag
2012 Annual Conference
The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
22-24 June 2012

Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers and/or 3-4 person panels =
(in
English or Irish) on any aspect of eighteenth-century Ireland, including
its history, literature, language, and culture. There is no specific
conference theme, but proposals for papers and panels addressing the
following topics will be particularly welcome:

=95 Eighteenth-century Dublin
With the 2012 conference based in the heart of Dublin city centre, =
papers
concerning any facet of Georgian Dublin, including, but not limited to,
history, literature, architecture, and urban planning, are invited.

=95 The Irish Parliament
To mark the 230th anniversary of Irish legislative independence, papers
addressing any aspect of the Irish parliament, its members, its =
activities,
and its effect on Irish social, political, and cultural life are =
especially
encouraged.

=95 Dublin City of Science
In July 2012, Dublin will host Europe=92s largest science conference,
Euroscience Open Forum; in conjunction, science-related events and
exhibitions are planned across Ireland in the months preceding the
conference. To join in this celebration of Irish scientific endeavour,
papers are invited on any aspect of the practice of scientific
experimentation, enterprise and research in the long eighteenth century.

=95 The History of Jack Connor and Early Irish Fiction
As 2012 is the 260th anniversary of the publication of William =
Chaigneau=92s
only novel, The History of Jack Connor (1752), papers are invited on any
aspect of the text and its relationship to the development of Irish and
British fiction. More widely, papers considering other examples of early
Irish fiction, their contribution to the rise of the novel in
eighteenth-century Britain, and their exploration (or lack thereof) of
Irish life, are also welcome.

Postgraduate students are particularly encouraged to offer papers.
Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to Christina Morin
(cmorin[at]tcd.ie)
before 2 March 2012. Proposals should include: name, institutional
affiliation, paper title, and a 250-word abstract. Panel proposals =
should
include: the names and institutional affiliations of all speakers, a =
panel
title, a short description of the panel, titles and abstracts for each =
of
the papers, and the name and contact details of the panel chairperson.
Prospective speakers will be notified of a decision by the end of March.

Cuirfear f=E1ilte ar leith roimh ph=E1ip=E9ir agus/n=F3 roimh phain=E9il =
ioml=E1na i
nGaeilge ar ghn=E9 ar bith de shaol agus de sha=EDocht na Gaeilge san =
Ocht=FA
C=E9ad D=E9ag. Iarrtar ar dhaoine ar mhaith leo p=E1ip=E9ar 20 =
n=F3im=E9ad a l=E9amh,
teideal an ph=E1ip=E9ir mar aon le hachoimre ghairid (250 focal) a =
sheoladh
chuig Christina Morin (cmorin[at]tcd.ie) roimh 2 =
M=E1rta
2012. Iarrtar orthu
si=FAd a bhfuil sp=E9is acu pain=E9al a eagr=FA ainmneacha na =
gcainteoir=ED, na
n-institi=FAid=ED lena mbaineann siad, teidil na bp=E1ip=E9ar agus =
achoimr=ED mar aon
le hainm agus sonra=ED teagmh=E1la an chathaoirligh a bheith san =
=E1ireamh.
Cuirfear sc=E9ala chuig cainteoir=ED roimh dheireadh mh=ED na M=E1rta.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
Christine Casey (Trinity College Dublin) =96 =91European Craftsmen in
Eighteenth-Century Ireland=92
James Chandler (University of Chicago) =96 =91Maria Edgeworth, Edmund =
Burke and
the First Irish Ulysses=92
Moyra Haslett (Queen=92s University Belfast) =96 =91Swift and =
Conversational
Culture=92

The conference is hosted by Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and will take
place in The Long Room Hub (http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/).

Further details will be posted on the conference website (
http://ECISConference2012.wordpress.com) as they become available. =
Queries
should be addressed to the conference organiser:

Dr. Christina Morin
IRCHSS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of English
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2, IRELAND
Email: cmorin[at]tcd.ie

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Subject: Radio Programme, The Life Scientific,
Robin Murray on schizophrenia
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A very useful radio programme which, in 28 minutes, will take you through
the debates which have shaped the study of schizophrenia - and the treatment
of schizophrenia - over the past 30 years. And remember, as Robin Murray
outlines received wisdoms of the past, at each point there was an Irish
dimension, which has left its traces in the research and in practice,

P.O'S.


Radio Programme
The Life Scientific
Robin Murray on have schizophrenia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bwmvt

Jim al-Khalili talks to psychiatrist, Robin Murray about his life's work
trying to understand why some people have schizophrenia and others don't. As
a young man, Murray lived in an Asylum in Glasgow for two years, mainly
because it offered free accommodation to medical students. Struck by how
people's minds could play tricks on them and the lack of proper research
into the condition, he resolved to put the study of schizophrenia on a more
scientific footing. Fifteen years ago he believed schizophrenia was a brain
disease. Now, he's not so sure. Despite decades of research, the biological
basis of this often distressing condition remains elusive. Just living in a
city significantly increases your risk (the bigger the city the greater the
risk); and, as Murray discovered, migrants are six times more likely to
develop the condition than long term residents. He's also outspoken about
the mental health risks of smoking cannabis, based both on his scientific
research and direct experience working at the Maudsley Hospital in South
London.

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An Ir-D member has written with some queries about Ireland, forests and
deforestation. These include a general query about what we might call the
trope of deforestation, and a very specific query which I will have to think
about.

In general...

You might think that a good place to start is with our old friend, the
Citizen in James Joyce, Ulysses. But literary folk tend to quote only other
literary folk, and it is difficult to find a connection with historical
research. Maria Tymozhenko is an exception...

Deforestation is one trope within a pattern, what Maria Tymozhenko calls
'the rhetoric and automatic thinking of Irish nationalists of a certain
stripe...'. See The Irish Ulysses By Maria Tymoczko. She finds Joyce's
source material for his lectures, and for the Citizen, in a series of
articles on forests in the Freeman's Journal.

The trope of forests and deforestation in Ireland also turns up in studies
of Spenser and Ireland. See Thomas Herron, Spenser's Irish work: poetry,
plantation and colonial reformation and Christopher Burlinson, Allegory,
space and the material world in the writings of Edmund Spenser.

On the HISTORY of woodlands the key article is

A. C. Forbe, Some Legendary and Historical References to Irish Woods, and
Their Significance
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section B: Biological, Geological,
and Chemical Science, Vol. 41 (1932/1933), pp. 15-36

Forbes begins with a straightforward attack on the trope of deforestation...

'IN the majority of histories dealing with Irish economics during the pasL
two or three hundred years the statement is either made or implied that
the greater number of the native forests of the country was destroyed
during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The reasons assigned are
usually the removal, by felling or burning, of the natural shelter of Irish
rebels during the Elizabethan or Cromwellian wars, the smelting of iron
by means of charcoal, the exportation of pipe staves, &c., &c. In some
cases, even, this assumed destruction is imputed to the mere presence of
the English in the country, and it is suggested, in more or less definite
words, that the native Irish, whoever these may have been, had a keen
sense of forest preservation, while the various intruders were entirely
devoid of this quality.

To quote every author who has conveyed this impression is impossible
within a limited space...'

He concludes his analysis with 5 firmly stated points - in brief, Ireland
was a 'huge grazing ranch, over which trees were scattered more or less
generally', 'the native forests were gradually destroyed by grazing and
fire, continuing over a very long period, and not by any large scale or
deliberate acts of destruction.'

This is an article published in 1933. Through the wonders of Google Scholar
we can see how much that article has been cited, and how much it has
influenced the writing of history and literary criticism. The answer would
seem to be Not at all.

Good comparative discussion also seems to be hard to come by. Where do the
Irish patterns fit in to an overview of western Europe? For example, we
immeditely think of the huge well-managed forests of France and Germany -
one of Jared Diamond's starting points. A starting point for many Irish
specialists would be Caoine Cill Chais, The Lament for Kilcash - I see that
many web sites do so. But that text seems to be dated to the early C19th
century, and is in a sense part of our trope. I vaguely remember that
Joachim Radkau, Nature and power: a global history of the environment,
mentions the Kilcash text in a foot note - he certainly does have a section
comparing the Irish peasant with the German, who had the forests as a
resource.

There is a review of Radkau at
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/928

Similarly John F. Richards, The Unending Frontier - An Environmental History
of the Early Modern World, has a section on Ireland - his sources are Eileen
McCracken, Irish Woods since Tudor Times, 1971, and Eoin Neeson, A history
of Irish forestry, 1991.

To repeat, it is interesting to see how little influence Forbe, 1933, has
had. Walking around the Irish landscape I think that, basically, Forbe is
right. On the other hand, I do not see the English and the British Empires
going round the world spreading sweetness and light. One way of reading the
history of the British Empire is as the search for free trees.

I see that the latest research on the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's warship, has
begun to map where each individual plank has come from - mostly from the
south of England. But as that kind of research spreads will we see Irish
timber turn up in interesting places?

The scholars who do cite Forbe are the environmental historians. On that
note, we have been keeping an eye on the Pan Project: Cultural Landscape
Environments of Europe. The Irish partner at Galway has a very defined
remit...

http://pan.cultland.org/

http://pan.cultland.org/files/culturallands_flyer.pdf

There is also the Irish Environmental History Network
http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/iehn/

Scholars like Ellen O'Carroll are doing really interesting work on
individual woodland areas using the new scientific techniques. Hopefully
this will continue and eventually we will have good histories of specific
woodlands.

Doing a last little tidy and - literary folk, I know - following an obvious
line. I see that there is a US Celtic band called Woodkerne, whose album is
called Deforestation...

http://www.myspace.com/woodkernecelticband

Ultimately, perhaps, we should seek guidance from the 1996 movie, directed
by Roland Emmerich, starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman - Independence Day.

P.O'S.

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

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Subject: Article,
France and the Issue of a 'Usable' Diaspora in (North) America
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The International History Review

France and the Issue of a =91Usable=92 Diaspora in (North) America: the
Duroselle-Tardieu Thesis Reconsidered

David G. Haglund

Available online: 01 Feb 2012 - not yet assigned a place in the journal.

Abstract
Some French writers, most notably Jean-Baptiste Duroselle and Andr=E9 =
Tardieu,
have argued that French strategic interests during the early decades of =
the
twentieth century had been seriously harmed because, alone among the =
Great
Powers of Europe, France lacked a =91diaspora=92 in the United States. =
As a
result of this, they have claimed, France had no advocacy group prepared =
to
defend the interests of the European =91kin state=92 at a time when =
France=92s
great rival, Germany, was amply endowed with a sizeable demographic =
presence
in the United States, willing to speak out in defence of Germany and its
foreign policy. Moreover, a second large European diaspora had become
established in the United States, whose numbers would swell after the =
mid
nineteenth century: the Irish. Not necessarily committed to promoting =
German
interests, the Irish-Americans did militate strongly and consistently
against British interests, such that by the time France and Britain had
become close security partners preceding and during the First World War,
what worked against British interests would also work against French =
ones.
This article constitutes a critical examination of the Duroselle-Tardieu
thesis regarding France's allegedly =91missing=92 diaspora, and cautions =
against
attributing too much geo-strategic influence to either the =
German-American
or Irish-American =91lobby=92.

Keywords
France, Britain, Germany, Ireland, US foreign policy, ethnic diasporas

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From: Patrick Maume
One interesting point which the Duroselle-Tardieu argument overlooks is
that until the establishment of the Entente Cordiale in 1904 Irish
nationalists regarded France as their main potential ally against Britain
and thought a Franco-British war was a real possibility. I've been doing
some research on newspaper articles about foreign policy published in the
1890s by JJ O'Kelly (Parnellite MP) and this is very evident in his remarks
on such matters as the Fashoda crisis. On at lest one occasion William
Redmond publicly declared that if France and Britain went to war the Irish
people would support France (leading to Unionist demands that he should be
tried for treason). Similarly, Arthur Griffith's early journalism holds
forth on how much better-governed France is than Britain (he rapidly
switches to praising Germany after 1904). I suspect that this residual
Francophilia, this sense of France as Ireland's traditional friend and
ally, was as important as Anglophilia in the decision of some of the older
Redmondites to support the Allies in the First World War.
Is there any evidence of Irish-American groups engaging in pro-French
campaigns before 1904 (as they certainly engaged in pro-German campaigns
afterwards)? Has anyone done any research on the subject?
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> The International History Review
>
> France and the Issue of a =91Usable=92 Diaspora in (North) America: the
> Duroselle-Tardieu Thesis Reconsidered
>
> David G. Haglund
>

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Thank you for your amazing exploration of deforestation in Ireland.
Even if one doesn't focus on trees or land or Ireland, your research reminds that assumptions can harden over time--in all kinds of surprising corners of the academic and physical universe.
I especially enjoyed your statement, and challenge..
"One way of reading the history of the British Empire is the search for free trees."
Much to ponder, research, explore here.
Thank you very much.
Nora






Nora Murphy
Writer
651.698.4546 (home)
651.399.7697 (cell)
nora_murphy[at]comcast.net

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From: Patrick Maume
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From: Patrick Maume
In the early twentieth century Arthur Griffith published several articles
in his paper UNITED IRISHMAN about French land reclamation through
tree-planting around Bordeaux, contrasting it with the deforestation of
Ireland under British rule as exemplifying how much better Continental
countries handed such matters. I don't have the exact reference to hand,
but I think this is where the Citizen in Ulysses gets his interest in
forestry.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> An Ir-D member has written with some queries about Ireland, forests and
> deforestation. These include a general query about what we might call the
> trope of deforestation, and a very specific query which I will have to
> think
> about.