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From: "Donal Mccracken"
To: "The Irish Diaspora Studies List"
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Deforestation

=20
Well Patrick, it is a bit like slavery. Having been world leaders in the =
enterprise, the British then turn 180 degrees and are the leading =
opponents. Well, the same with timber.=20
=20
The denudation of the great indigenous forests of Ireland, was not, as my =
mother pointed out in 1971 to clear out the woodkernes, but in part to =
service shipbuilding and construction, but more so due to the destruction =
of regeneration through the prolific spread of ironworks in the 16 and =
early 17th centuries. This destruction was fully recognised by both Irish =
and British parliaments in the 18th century, in the case of the former as =
early as 1689. The re-greening of Ireland was in no small part thanks to =
the protection afforded tenantry who had the initiative and drive to plant =
saplings, and who had to be compensated for their timber if evicted. =
Millions of trees were thus added to a transformed Irish landscape.
=20
Equally in the British empire, there is a host of legislative measures =
aimed at protecting native forests from the ravages both of the planter's =
axe and the locals, with their fencing and house construction - both aided =
by new technologies. The British Indian forestry service was an extraordina=
ry institution, headed for most of the 19th century by Germans. This early =
and unheralded conservation movement trained its officers (many Irish) in =
Nancy and later at the engineering college at Cooper's Hill near Windsor. =
The story was repeated elsewhere in the empire. Interestingly, in South =
Africa the established orthodoxy today, backed by research into surrounding=
veld types, is that the indigenous forests are not that much smaller than =
they used to be - a finding I have disputed, at least in part. Often, and =
this must have been true in 17th century Ireland too, the activities of =
sawyers led to a change in the nature of the forest prior to any destructio=
n of the woodland.
=20
The problem in Ireland was that the evangelical zeal to protect the giant =
of the forest and the furry denizens living therein came too late to save =
very much in the way of old forest. But that cannot be said for vast =
tracks of empire - in India, Burma, Australia, Malaysia, Honduras and the =
Cape. Here the significance is so not much what was taken, but what was =
left. The same is true of big game, which like trees, will regenerate if =
left alone. One must also, it has to be said, distinguish between what was =
there in 1912 and what remains in 2012, following on the allies' asset =
stripping of two World Wars and often post-colonial impoverishment.=20
=20
Arthur Forbes, by the way, was a professional forester, not an historian. =
Having run the forestry arm of Longleat estate for the marquess of Bath in =
England, he was head of Irish forestry from 1906 until the early 1930s. He =
died in 1950.
=20
Finally, without being irreverent - did Joyce ever set foot in an Irish =
forest?=20
=20
Donal
=20
=20
Professor Donal McCracken
Senior Professor and F.R.Hist.S.=20
Centre for Communication, Media & Society
Memorial Tower Building
Howard College
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban
4041
South Africa

Tel: (031) 260-2899/2505
Mobile: 072-385-6457
Fax:(031) 260-2458
e-mail: mccrackend[at]ukzn.ac.za

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-------Original Message-------=20
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From: Patrick Maume =20
To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List =20
=20
=20
From: Patrick Maume=20
... I suspect that this residual=20
Francophilia, this sense of France as Ireland's traditional friend and=20
Ally, was as important as Anglophilia in the decision of some of the olde=
r=20
Redmondites to support the Allies in the First World War.=20
Is there any evidence of Irish-American groups engaging in pro-French=20
Campaigns before 1904 (as they certainly engaged in pro-German campaigns=20
Afterwards)? Has anyone done any research on the subject?=20
Best wishes,=20
Patrick=20
=20
=20
And this perhaps begs the further questions about research on Irishmen in
the Foreign Legion and on attitudes to P=E9tain v De Gaulle ?=20
=20
David

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Subject: Assistant Professor - Faculty Fellow in Irish Studies at New York
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Please distribute...

Forwarded on behalf of
Anne E Solari [mailto:aes269[at]nyu.edu]=20
=A0
=A0
Assistant Professor - Faculty Fellow in Irish Studies at New York =
University
=A0
Applications are being accepted for an appointment as Assistant
Professor/Faculty Fellow in the Irish and Irish-American=A0Studies =
Program in
NYU's College of Arts and Sciences. The Program is located within =
Glucksman
Ireland House, NYU's Center for Irish and Irish-American Studies. The
appointment will begin, pending final budgetary and administrative =
approval,
in September 2012.=A0 This is a term appointment, renewable annually for =
up to
three years. The Faculty Fellow in Irish Studies should have received =
the
Ph.D. no earlier than September 1, 2007.=A0 In no cases will an =
appointment be
made to a candidate without the Ph.D.=A0=20
=A0
Teaching
The position of Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow in Irish Studies will
support our undergraduate Minor in Irish Studies, though we hope that
Fellows might also contribute to our MA Program in Irish and =
Irish-American
Studies.=A0 The Faculty Fellow will teach three courses per year (2/1 or =
1/2,
on the semester calendar), but will also be eligible to teach in either =
the
six-week Summer Sessions in New York or on our Summer in Dublin Program =
on
the campus of Trinity College, Dublin.
=A0
Field of Study
We welcome applications from scholars who can contribute to an evolving
inter- and transdisciplinary approach to the field. Applicants should
familiarize themselves with our curriculum and articulate in their
application letter how they might contribute to its delivery and
development. The field of specialization is open, but we are especially
interested in scholars whose work is at the intersection of History and =
of
other fields.
=A0
We share a concern, historical and theoretical, with how disciplines,
broadly conceived, are configured or re-configured by our work in Irish
Studies.=A0 A mark of our collective scholarly experience is that no =
orthodoxy
governs the shape or trajectory of our concerns, and we hope to welcome =
a
colleague who will broaden and deepen these, or others, in complement to =
our
collective work.
=A0
Application
This is an online application process via
www.nyuopsearch.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=3D51177.=20
To apply, please upload:
=95 An application letter
=95 Curriculum Vitae
=95 Writing sample
=95 Names and email addresses of three referees
Referees will then be contacted for reference upload by the online =
system;
the system is also compatible with document management sites such as
Interfolio.

Materials must be submitted by March 9, 2012.
=A0
NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
=A0
Enquiries
We encourage applicants to explore our website at
www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu.=A0 Questions not satisfied by materials =
on-line
may be directed to Glucksman Ireland House administrator Anne Solari at
anne.solari[at]nyu.edu.=A0 The Search Committee Chair is Prof. John Waters.
=A0
http://www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/apff2012
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Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s
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Note Book Launch...
Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s will be =
launched by actor Stephen Rea and Professor Farrel Corcoran on Thursday =
February 16th at 5.30 pm in United Arts Club, Dublin.


Forwarded on behalf of
mike.collins[at]ucc.

Documentary in a Changing State: Edited by Carol MacKeogh and =
D=C3=AD=C3=B3g O'Connell
(Hardback - February 2012)
Edited by Carol MacKeogh and D=C3=AD=C3=B3g O'Connell

Department of Humanities, Art Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, =
Ireland
=E2=82=AC39.00

This timely collection of essays, Documentary in a Changing State: =
Ireland since the 1990s, examines the role of Irish documentary in film =
and television as Ireland experienced dramatic shifts in its social and =
political make-up in recent decades. Bringing together a diverse range =
of perspectives, this book tells it from the standpoint of the =
documentary-maker, the academic and the policy-maker. It reveals the =
role of documentary in telling stories that challenge the hierarchies of =
church and state, at the same time reflecting and representing the =
change brought about as a result in shifts to the political and social =
landscape.

Documentaries discussed in this collection include the work of =
independents such as Alan Gilsenan, Louis Lentin, Mary Raftery, Donald =
Taylor Black and Ken Wardrop alongside television series including Would =
You Believe and Prime Time Investigates. Post-conflict and multi =
cultural Ireland is explored through the reflective practice of =
academics working in the medium of documentary. The impact of cultural =
policy and technological change to the landscape of documentary is =
considered through an examination of the output of TG4, changes to the =
commissioning process and the effects of digital media. This book looks =
back over the last two decades through the prism of documentary to get a =
snap shot of the dramatic shifts and upheavals in Irish society, =
socially, culturally and politically.

Book Review
Miriam O=E2=80=99Callaghan, RT=C3=89 Broadcaster
December 16, 2011, 14:02 pm
'This book gives a fascinating insight into the working life of =
documentary makers - it captures the passion that drives them, the =
commitment they make to their craft, and the issues they tackle in =
defining what constitutes documentary =E2=80=93 indeed, what constitutes =
good documentary. This book will be read avidly not just by those in the =
business of creating and producing documentary but by a wide public who =
have learnt so much about their own society and culture through =
cutting-edge documentaries.'

Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s will be =
launched by actor Stephen Rea and Professor Farrel Corcoran on Thursday =
February 16th at 5.30 pm in United Arts Club, Dublin.

Carol MacKeogh and D=C3=AD=C3=B3g O=E2=80=99Connell work in the =
Department of Humanities, Art Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, =
Ireland

For more information about Documentary in a Changing State or a review =
copy please contact:

Mike Collins, Cork University Press, Youngline Industrial Estate, =
Pouladuff Road, Cork, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 (0) 21 490 2980 Fax: 00 353 (0) 21 431 5329
Email: mike.collins[at]ucc.ie web: www.corkuniversitypress.com

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On the web site of the National Archives of Ireland...

http://treaty.nationalarchives.ie/

Welcome to the Treaty exhibition

Welcome to the Treaty exhibition which focuses on the 90th anniversary of
the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and draws almost exclusively
upon the rich documentary holdings of original Irish Government records held
in the National Archives. The core of 'Treaty' is the original document
itself released online in its entirety on 6 December 2011 - we hope that you
will find this documentary perspective on the period of the Treaty
negotiations both interesting and informative!

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Belonging and Language - An Intercultural Perspective
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Sections of this book are visible on Google Books.

Amomgst M=E1ir=E9ad Nic Craith's starting points are her own =
experiences, coming
from an Irish and English speaking family in Ireland, and communicating =
with
her German mother in law. The theme of bilingualism and migration is =
very
strong, in her analysis and in her interviews with the other writers.

P.O'S.

Narratives of Place, Belonging and Language - An Intercultural =
Perspective
M=E1ir=E9ad Nic Craith
=20
Series: Language and Globalization
=20
Palgrave Macmillan

Feb 2012
=A350.00
9780230202634

Whether myth, novel or fairy-story, part of the human condition is to =
tell
stories about ourselves and our society. This book focuses on stories of
contemporary, European-born authors who have lived 'in-between' two or =
more
languages and experienced different cultural and linguistic =
environments.
Drawing on a strong theoretical framework, the book explores the human
desire to find one's 'own place' in new cultural contexts and the role =
of
language in shaping a sense of belonging in society. The research draws
substantially on original life narrative interviews with writers who =
write
at the 'cutting edge' of languages. These oral narratives are =
supplemented
with published memoirs in English, French, German and Irish. Throughout =
the
author reflects on her own fieldwork as a temporary migrant in Germany.

Acknowledgements
Preface=20
Out of Place?=20
Narrative Journeys
Word and World=20
The Web of Family Relationships=20
Self and Other in Dialogue
Cultural Patterns and Belonging=20
Interculturality and Creativity
Select Bibliography=20
Index=20

M=C1IR=C9AD NIC CRAITH is based at the University of Ulster, Northern =
Ireland.
Author and editor of thirteen books, she was joint winner of the 2004 =
Ruth
Michaelis-Jena Ratcliff research prize. She was elected to the Royal =
Irish
Academy in 2009 and has held visiting positions in Ireland, the UK and
Germany.

http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=3D9780230202634

=20

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Italy at Home and Abroad After 150 Years: The Legacy of
Emigration and the Future of Italianit=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E0?=
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Italy at Home and Abroad After 150 Years: The Legacy of Emigration and =
the
Future of Italianit=E0

Author: Choate, Mark=20

Source: Italian Culture, Volume 30, Number 1, March 2012, pp. 51-67(17)
=20
Abstract:

Shortly after unification in the Risorgimento, mass emigration stretched
Italy in unforeseen ways, changing its culture, economics, and politics, =
and
even its state, territory, language, and population. This enforced
globalization polarized Italy and radically changed Italy as a =
nation-state
and as a national culture. Controversies over emigration sharply divided
Italian Liberals from the Nationalists and Fascists. The ideals of the
nation-state, articulated by Mazzini, have been transformed by =
emigration in
ways that have anticipated the twenty-first century global world. Today
Italy faces similar challenges with rising immigration, together with =
the
potential for constructive solutions.

Keywords: nation- state; Liberalism; nationalism; Fascism; immigration;
emigration; Risorgimento; irredentism

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Trends in suicide among migrants in England and Wales 1979-2003
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This article looks at trends over time in rates in mortality from suicide in
England and Wales between 1979 and 2003, by country of birth. The Irish
element in these trends is an issue that has appeared regularly in the
research literature - and in funding bids - over the decades. Here, the
research literature on the Irish is acknowledged and placed in context.
Nonetheless I find my misgivings about suicide statistics surfacing, again.
I would be grateful if the specialists would read this article, and tell us
if there is anything new here, and anything we need to know.

P.O'S.

Ethnicity & Health

Trends in suicide among migrants in England and Wales 1979-2003

Maria J. Maynard a*, Michael Rosato b, Alison Teyhan c & Seeromanie Harding
a

Available online: 30 Jan 2012

Abstract

Objective. Trends in suicide death rates among migrants to England and Wales
1979-2003 were examined.

Methods. Age-standardised rates derived for eight country of birth groups.

Results. For men born in Jamaica, suicide death rates increased in
1999-2003. There were declines in rates for men and women from India and
from Scotland, men from East Africa and Northern Ireland and women from the
Republic of Ireland. For both men and women born in Scotland or the Irish
Republic, despite declines for some, rates remained higher than for England
and Wales born. Rates among men from Pakistan were consistently lower than
men born in England and Wales.

Conclusion. These analyses indicate declining trends for most migrant groups
and for England and Wales-born women, but adverse trends in death rates for
some country of birth groups.

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6pm Newman House
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Forwarded on behalf of
Noelle Moran [mailto:Noelle.Moran[at]ucd.ie]=20

UCD PRESS
=A0
requests the pleasure of your company at a reception
to celebrate the publication
=A0
of
=A0
A Labour History of Ireland 1824-2000
=A0
by Emmet O=92Connor
=A0
at Newman House
86 St Stephen=92s Green
Dublin 2
=A0
on Tuesday, 21st February 2012 at 6 p.m.
=A0
=A0
where the book will be launched by
=A0
Dr Conor McCabe=20
Historian, ILHS Committee member=20
and Irish Left Review contributor
=20
UCD PRESS (01) 477 9812/13
ucdpress[at]ucd.ie
www.ucdpress.ie
=A0
ALL WELCOME

Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: University College Dublin Press; 2nd Revised edition edition =
(15
Nov 2011)
ISBN-10: 1906359563
ISBN-13: 978-1906359560

This is a new edition of Emmet O'Connor's classic and pioneering work on
Irish labour history, providing an introduction for the general reader =
and a
synopsis for the specialist. The first edition, which covered 1824 to =
1960,
has been updated to 2000 with the inclusion of three new chapters on
developments in the Republic and Northern Ireland. In addition to =
providing
a challenging overview of labour's past, O'Connor addresses industrial
relations and political issues of contemporary relevance. He has taken =
full
account of new research on Labour and argued that events in Ireland can =
only
be understood in an international context. The text also features pen
portraits of over fifty leading personalities of the left and the trade
union movement. This book will be indispensable to undergraduates, =
labour
activists, and those interested in labour's place in modern Ireland.

About the Author
Emmet O'Connor is senior lecturer in the School of English, History, and
Politics in the University of Ulster, Magee College, Derry.

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The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels,
and Indian Allies. By Alan Taylor. (New York: Knopf, 2010. viii, 620 pp.
$35.00, ISBN 978-1-4000-4265-4.)

Anthony S. Parent Jr
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina

As the War of 1812 approaches its bicentennial the trumpeting of its history
is drowned out by the daily drumbeat of the sesquicentennial of the Civil
War. Indeed, the New York Times has devoted a daily column to the day's
happenings 150 years ago. Historians often talk about the Civil War as the
unfinished business of the American Revolution. Yet Alan Taylor uncovers a
civil war history fifty years before that great conflagration also born out
of the unresolved issues and new circumstances generated by the Revolution.
Rather than revisit the national narratives that, he writes, treat the War
of 1812 as inconsequential, Taylor recovers a history that is lost in the
histories of both Canada and the United States.

The patriotism implicit in the national narratives obscures the "origin and
primacy" of an American invasion of Canada (p. 10). Rather than offer it as
the principle cause of the conflict, Taylor argues for the convergence of
British navigation policy, Canadian conquest, impressment, Indian policy,
land, and republican ideals into a compulsion to declare war. Taylor also
adds to our conventional understanding of impressment, which he still
maintains was the casus belli. Britain was unwilling to recognize the new
republic's sovereign ability to naturalize emigrants, pressing them into its
naval and armed service for the maintenance of empire. Its rationale was
that birth within the realm made one a subject for life. The new republic
was made up of immigrants naturalized into citizens...

...Taylor offers a borderlands' methodology. By examining the contested
terrain in the porous basins and tributary river environs of the Great
Lakes, he exposes the conflicted loyalties of peoples to national and
imperial governments. But his history is much more geographically widespread
than he claims, including an Atlantic world interpretation, especially of
the Irish diaspora and the Napoleonic Wars...

...Unfortunately, the Indians are principally presented as a foil to white
ambition. Taylor collapses the Indian people into characterizations of a
martial culture, its youth trained in the arts of war and its men resistant
to farming because it was women's work. The Indians aimed to recover lands
lost in the Ohio River valley following the American Revolution, forming a
confederacy to achieve that end. Aligning with the British offered them a
means to that end. Taylor misses an opportunity to develop more fully
Tecumseh's and Tenskwatawa's efforts at creating a pan-Indian front. He
might have drawn on Richard White's The Middle Ground (1991) for the
internal cultural categories that had informed the variety of Indian peoples
in the Great Lakes region in their bid to thwart American expansion.

Nevertheless, no symposia commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812
can be complete without this comprehensive history.

Journal of American History (2011) 98 (3): 798-800.

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Volume IV. The Irish Book in English, 1800-1891
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James H. Murphy (ed.). The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV. =
The Irish Book in English, 1800=E2=80=931891. Pp. =
xx=E2=80=89+=E2=80=89732. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Cloth, =
=C2=A390.=20

David McKitterick=20

Author Affiliations
Trinity College, Cambridge=20

The year 1800 holds more than ordinary century-end meaning for the =
history of Ireland. It marked the signing of the Act of Union, and with =
that the termination of a great deal of legal autonomy. Ireland came =
under British copyright legislation, and thus there came to an end =
Dublin's highly profitable eighteenth-century trade in printing cheap =
books for the British market. The Dublin printing trade collapsed within =
a few months. The conclusion of this volume is signalled by the death of =
Parnell. So, in a period marked by two seeming disasters, and dominated =
in the middle by famine, emigration, and arguments about home rule, the =
editors had to seek to find a literary way through the often =
all-absorbing world of politics. It is a period bounded by Maria =
Edgeworth (Castle Rackrent, 1800; Belinda, 1801) and Oscar Wilde (The =
Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891) and Katharine Tynan (Ballads and Lyrics, =
1891). Irish subjects, Irish expatriates, and Irish literary revivals, =
including the Young Ireland movement in the 1840s, are themes running =
through this volume.=20

As a history of the Irish book, rather than of the book in Ireland, or =
of books made in Ireland, it faces an immediate need to look beyond the =
seas: to Britain and to the United States in particular. In this, it =
takes a different stance from the all-encompassing subsequent volume for =
the twentieth century. Though the net could have been cast wider, to =
Canada and Australia (one reference each in the index), in fact the main =
acknowledgement of the transatlantic diaspora, in just fifteen pages on =
the Irish=E2=80=93American book and some desultory pages on American =
interest in collecting Irish books, leaves more space for the core of =
the matter: the home trade and relations with Britain. One of the =
several strengths of this volume is to demonstrate the strength of the =
distinctive Irish contribution to nineteenth-century English-language =
publishing, not only in literature but also in education, economic =
management, and history...

...How big was the Irish book trade? How big was it in relation to the =
literate population? In her chapter on provincial publishing, Maura =
Cronin gives part of the answer, in a table that enumerates, county by =
county, the numbers of people occupied as publishers, bookbinders, =
printers, stationers and newsagents per 10,000 of population. This is =
based on census returns. The trade directories, increasingly detailed as =
the century wore on, have been used only intermittently. One further =
guide to the size of the Irish trade, for example, is the fact that =
there were only three firms described in Kelly's 1889 directory of the =
book and stationery trades as bookbinders to the trade (two in Belfast, =
one in Limerick), compared with eight in and around Manchester and well =
over a hundred in London. Kelly's would have repaid study, for it helps =
to demonstrate the extent to which Irish publishing of all kinds =
remained slight. Town by town, and village by village, trade outlets =
were distributed unevenly and often very sparsely.=20

The welcome inclusion of the music trade and street ballads is a =
reminder of how little has still been done for some kinds of literature. =
For the latter, Sir Frederic Madden's collection mostly from Cork and =
Dublin, and Henry Bradshaw's collection, both at Cambridge, offer =
fruitful possibilities. Madden founded his Irish collection on that =
gathered by Thomas Crofton Croker, whose antiquarian interests are more =
familiarly expressed in his collection of Fairy legends (1826). One =
obvious Dublin printer absentee concerning these materials in this =
volume is Brereton, who fully merits a place in any short list of =
history's worst printers and of whom there is a useful collection in the =
Bodleian...

...there are good chapters on the Royal Irish Academy and =
antiquarianism, on the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland and (briefly) on =
Robert Kane's Industrial resources of Ireland. The last, published in =
1844, appeared at a time when most people were preoccupied with the =
famine, and it was received with respect in England rather than the kind =
of popular attention that marked others of its ilk in easier =
circumstances. Just as travel writers who stressed the beauties of =
Ireland often ignored the famine, so other people managed to neglect =
some realities. Such publishing and reception issues, affecting authors =
and readers, are reminders of the further and larger question: what is =
an Irish book? The great nineteenth-century librarian Henry Bradshaw, =
who gave to Cambridge one of the finest collections of its kind =
anywhere, collected with the hospitality of a man whose family came from =
Ireland. For him, books, periodicals and theatre posters all contributed =
to understanding the history, scope and nature of Irish printing. To =
these he added books by and about Irish and Anglo=E2=80=93Irish authors =
from Patrick and Columbanus onwards, and books about Ireland. The =
present volume takes a stricter brief, and comes up with a different =
definition of the =E2=80=98Irish book=E2=80=99.

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Europeanisation and Hibernicisation: Ireland and Europe
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European Studies: A Journal of European Culture, History and Politics
ISSN 1568-1858

Volume 28 2011

Publisher: Rodopi

Europeanisation and Hibernicisation: Ireland and Europe. Edited by Cathal
McCall and Thomas M. Wilson

Authors in this volume
pp. 9-10(2)

Europeanisation and Hibernicisation: An Introduction
pp. 11-39(29)
Authors: McCall, Cathal; Wilson, Thomas M.

Renarrating Irish Politics in a European Context
pp. 41-57(17)
Author: Kearney, Richard

Becoming European: National Identity, Sovereignty and Europeanisation in
Irish Political Culture
pp. 59-93(35)
Author: Girvin, Brian

'For Mutual Benefit': Irish Official Discourse on Europeanisation and
Hibernicisation
pp. 95-118(24)
Author: Hayward, Katy

Assessing the Europeanisation Dimension of the National Anti-poverty
Strategy in Ireland
pp. 119-148(30)
Author: Adshead, Maura

Northern Ireland and the EU: Europeanisation and Hibernicisation?
pp. 149-171(23)
Author: Tannam, Etain

The European Union and 'Normal' Politics in Northern Ireland
pp. 173-195(23)
Author: Murphy, Mary C.

Deliberative Fora and European Integration: What can Europe Learn from the
Irish Experience?
pp. 197-225(29)
Authors: Barrington, Anne; Garry, John

Gaelic Games, Identity and the Irish Diaspora in Europe
pp. 227-249(23)
Author: Hassan, David

United in Whiteness? Irishness, Europeannness and the Emergence of a 'White
Europe' Policy
pp. 251-278(28)
Author: McVeigh, Robbie

Europe Between Political Folklore and National Populism: Poles Apart?
pp. 279-287(9)
Author: Patterson, Glenn

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From: Patrick Maume
I am doing the DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY entry on the
nineteenth-century Castlebar novelist Matthew Archdeacon (c.1800-1853?) and
have just come across the following passage in his 1835 novel EVERARD: AN
IRISH TALE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY referring to the villain of the novel:
=93He easily obtained the agency of one of those vampire absentee landlords=
,
who, provided they can drain the lifeblood from the land, to minister to
their luxuries in happier climes, leave, with unparalleled heartlessness,
its wretched inhabitants without food, without raiment, and without hope,
to wrestle with a lot far more abject than that of ancient slave, or modern
negro- or fly to midnight crime for redress or vengeance=94. (p.74)
The metaphor of Irish landlords as vampires occurs frequently in
nineteenth-century polemics and its possible influence on DRACULA is much
discussed- is this the earliest example? Archdeacon was quite fond of
Byron's poetry and quotes several passages from Byron's 1813 poem THE
GIAOUR as epigraphs to chapters of EVERARD, so he might well have picked up
the simile from the famous passage where the poem's hero is cursed:
*But first, on earth as vampire sent,
Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent:
Then ghastly haunt thy native place,
And suck the blood of all thy race;**There from thy daughter, sister, wife,
At midnight drain the stream of life;
Yet loathe the banquet which perforce
Must feed thy livid living corse:
Thy victims ere they yet expire
Shall know the demon for their sire,
As cursing thee, thou cursing them,
Thy flowers are withered on the stem.*
Archdeacon is an interesting character and seems to have been a
protege of Lady Morgan. Is there anyone out there who has done work on him
or on Morgan and who could shed more light on the connection?
Best wishes,
Patrick

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Forwarded on behalf of
Sean O'Nuallain [sonual[at]stanford.edu]
Subject: A conference on Irish studies without Irish state involvement

A chairde

I have secured sufficient resources to hold a conference on Irish =
studies
independently of the Irish state on July 10 and 11 this year,2012; there =
is
also an academic sponsor within Cal. The location is international house =
at
UC Berkeley;

http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/=20

Some of you will recognize the themes below=A0 as previously being =
proposed to
ACIS at its own request in 2010; they were then vetoed as =93too in the =
face=94
of the Irish consul. However, it is increasingly clear that the consul =
and
the administration he represents do not necessarily have the Irish =
people=92s
best interests at heart and, when they do, they seem to lack the skills =
to
serve those interests. Rather notoriously, economists who warned since =
2003
about the upcoming crash in Ireland were told by the Taoiseach to =
=93commit
suicide=94; this is of a piece with the Irish state=92s perennial =
censorship of
free speech, ne that done to serve Roman Catholicism or neoliberalism.

I am putting this out as a call for expression of interest, rather than =
a
formal call for papers. A quick web search on my name will reveal that I
have organized a lot of conferences, and running one in iHouse is the =
easy
part. The hard part is assessing the amount of interest; I am open also =
to
revisions of the cfp, and suggestions for the academic and organizing
committees.

I propose the following schedule;

Feb 14; the decision whether or not to run it will be made. If you =
don=92t
hear from me on that date, it will not be run; I apologize for the =
incursion
to your e-mail boxes I have already made.

Mar 14; Deadline for submission of (max 2000 words) abstracts. They will =
be
assessed by an appropriate program committee

April 2; Notification of acceptance

_________________________________________________________________________=
___

Prologue: Ireland in crisis? - analyses and proposed solutions

While the economic crash in 2008 Ireland was both foreseeable and not
untypical for that historical year, there are many indications that =
recovery
this time will be both more difficult and more multi-faceted than its =
1990's
equivalent.=A0 A related issue is the dearth of real analysis that
characterises Irish studies, which allowed the absurdities of the =
so-called
=93Celtic tiger=94 period to reach vertiginous heights. This conference =
can
perhaps begin to address at least the latter issue.

Unlike the case in the 1980's, this=A0 economic crash has occurred at a =
time
of fracture in the major national narratives. It may be the case that=A0 =
Irish
people have had difficulty adjusting themselves to living in a state =
that is
the result of imposed borders, versus an island that is unequivocally =
their
home. Simultaneously, it is perhaps true that the Irish state has =
perfected
a totalising corporatism that has replaced Roman Catholicism with
neoliberalism as its dogma. What is certainly arguable=A0 is that the =
cultural
output of the Irish, exemplified in popular music, has never been of =
worse
quality in the history of the state, and perhaps indeed before the state
came into being.

A second major difference from the 1980's crash is the vastly different
economic context, both at the macro and micro levels. At the former =
level,
the country has signed on to a set of EU agreements that restrict its
ability to govern, both in fiscal and monetary terms. At the latter =
level,
the transaction cost of simple commercial activity in Ireland has grown
enormously, due both to vastly higher costs for infrastructure and =
labour
and the incursions by the state into civil society that have made =
Ireland
the most regulated country in the world. Paradoxically, these incursions
have been accompanied by a dearth of real corporate enforcement, =
resulting
in the rest of the world losing faith in the now surely doomed Irish =
stock
market.

Finally, the fact that EMI was compelled to sue the Irish state to get =
it to
conform to EU copyright law did not surprise many of those working in =
area
that need to protect intellectual property. The dearth of corporate
enforcement is attested by the assignment of a laughably small team of
investigators to the Anglo-Irish bank investigation, a tiny investment =
in
cleaning up one of the greatest financial scandals in recent world =
history,
and one that the head of the commercial court in Ireland has frequently
criticized.=A0 In fact, may one=A0 ask whether we are living through the
aftermath of a=A0 fortunately incomplete coup, one devised to destroy =
ancient
and well-functioning aspects of civil society while placing power and=A0
money=A0 irrevocably in a very few hands?

Papers are of course welcome which disagree with any or all of the above
propositions


Three themes


Theme 1: Theater and other performing arts.


A panel discussion will begin this section. It will comprise (inter =
alia);

Virginia Morris, Director of =93An claidheamh soluis=94 in LA, which was =
founded
by one of James Connolly's granchildren
=A0(Associate) Prof. Peter Glazer,=A0 Theater and Performing arts UC =
Berkeley,
writer and director of musical theater


It will be noted that Ireland's only recent original off-Broadway =
success=A0
was tiny rough Magic's =93Improbable frequency=94, a musical tinged with =
science
and espionage, and peopled by such untypical visitors to Ireland as
Schroedinger and John Betjeman, both active in their wildly different =
ways
in WW2 Dublin. By contrast, the huge budget of =93Grania=94 succeeded =
only in
acting as life-support in prolonging the run. Has the lode of the =
=93Celtic
Twilight=94=A0 finally been over-mined? Or was the Grania mistake =
precisely the
opposite; that of bringing in the non-Irish writers of Les Miserables?
Papers might address this kind of theme, extending it to prose and =
poetry,
along these lines, inter alia;

- Corporatism in music; how far is IMRO to blame for the dearth in new =
Irish
music? How destructive has its unique enclosure of the commons, =
involving
assignment of musicians' copyrights, actually been? Or are there other,
better reasons?
- The starring role of the foul-mouthed gangster in Irish fiction and =
film
- Are 40,000 native speakers sufficient to keep An Gaeilge alive?


Theme 2:

Potential speakers; Gabriel Rosentock, Declan Kiberd
Metaphysics, myth,=A0 and politics in Joyce

While the workaday implications of Bloom's peregrinations have been =
worked
perhaps to death, more fundamental themes are perhaps discernible in =
Joyce.
For example, the attack on coloniality may be perceived as being =
mediated
through an attack on space and time itself, particularly after the
=93Nighttown=94 episode. On a more prosaic level, the occasional =
cartographic
inaccuracies in Ulysses may perhaps be a reaction to the
ordinance survey.

=A0Yet the attack in Joyce's last two great works may be more =
fundamental
still. The Citizen in =93cyclops=94 is secure in his identity as =
coextensive to,
and identical with, the island of Ireland. After Nighttown, it can
perhaps be argued that this distinction of subject and object will no =
longer
be possible. In fact, a new way of experiencing Ireland is being =
proposed;
one that counters classical western epistemological tenets. And
so, the Bhagavad gita is evoked in lined like =93I am the dreamery =
creamery
butter=94

Yet many will recognise this as referring also to the song of Amergin. =
So
was Joseph Campbell correct in finding tantric echoes in the Wake? Or is =
the
material linking Joyce to the medieval Gaelic sagas mere fantasy?

Papers are invited which

Explore the above, even in disagreement
Contextualise their argument in terms of anomie in modern Ireland


Theme 3

Politics, technology, and the economy

Potential keynote speakers here include Michael Lewis;
David McWilliams, author of =93The Pope's children=94 Topics include;

- Civil society and the state in Ireland; for example, do trade unions
really exist in the public sector there?
- Unilateral interpretation of the Good Friday agreement by the British
government, and its aftermath
- The economization of life in Ireland; neoliberalism as the new dogma, =
with
attendant sacrifice of political capital if reality contradicts its
precepts. An example would be the health charges for pensioners.
- The destruction of the native technology industry, and the attempt to
supersede it with the failed Medialab and Science Foundation adventures.
- The destruction of the island narrative; the strange case of the =
Tara/M3
motorway, and the ascent of historical revisionism to state dogma
- The attack on academic tenure and the attempt in the Supreme court by =
both
DCU and UCC to introduce summary dismissal, without cause, of all =
academics
- Ireland as Delaware in Europe; from Intel to rendition flights
- Is political violence=A0 inevitable within the 26-county state, =
starting
perhaps from the student fee protests or the North Mayo/ Shell oil
situation?
- The obsession with paying back bondholders. Is it impossible for =
Ireland
to relaunch its own currency?

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Eating and drinking habits of young London-based Irish men: a
qualitative study
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Eating and drinking habits of young London-based Irish men: a qualitative
study

Authors: Kelly, Aidan; Ciclitira, Karen

Source: Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 20, Number 3, 1 September 2011 ,
pp. 223-235(13)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:
This qualitative study is based on interviews with young Irish men living in
London, regarding their diets and their views on healthy eating. The data
were analysed using thematic analysis. Interviewees gave various reasons for
adopting unhealthy eating habits, including the cost of healthy foods, their
lack of time and ability to cook, and their prioritisation of drinking
alcohol. Views about the status of different foods also affected their
eating habits: red meat, for instance, was considered `masculine', while
lighter foods associated with healthy diets were considered `feminine'.

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by Proxy
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How the world has changed. There is now much Henry Sacheverell stuff freely
available, on Google Books, Internet Archive, and so on - including this
page on parliament.uk
Trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell
http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/cultural-collections
/archives/parliamentary-collections/trial-of-sacheverell-/

Warning: by 'tories' is not meant gallant Irish bandits, a problem which
bedevils political discourse within Britain to this day...

An intriguing exploration of the Irish dimensions of a London/England
political crisis.

P.O'S.


Irish Tories and Victims of Whig Persecution: Sacheverell Fever by Proxy

Author: HAYTON, D.W.

Source: Parliamentary History, Volume 31, Number 1, 1 February 2012, pp.
80-98(19)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:
Although the trial of Dr Sacheverell attracted considerable public attention
in Ireland, and a great deal of the pamphlet literature generated in England
was reprinted in Dublin, there is little explicit evidence of the invocation
of Sacheverell's name by Irish tories, in parliament, at elections, or in
the indigenous press culture. On the surface, this seems hard to explain,
even though Irish protestants were naturally more sensitive than their
English counterparts to any challenge to the legitimacy of `Revolution
principles', for at the same time the protestant Irish `political nation'
was bitterly divided by a conflict of parties on the English model, and,
indeed, regarded their own struggles as an extension of the warfare of whigs
and tories in England. This article seeks to account for the non-appearance
of Dr Sacheverell in Irish political discourse by emphasizing the presence
in Ireland of two surrogates: Francis Higgins, the roaring anglican
controversialist who, like Sacheverell himself, courted `persecution' by
bishops and whig governments, and Sir Constantine Phipps, lord chancellor of
Ireland 1710-14, who turned himself into a tory champion in Ireland by using
some of Sacheverell's methods of self-promotion. The fact that both were
closely associated with the Doctor - Higgins as a chosen replacement for
Sacheverell in the pulpit in 1710, Phipps as a defence counsel at the
impeachment - infused both with reflected glamour and enabled Irish tories
to express their support for Sacheverell indirectly, without calling into
question their loyalty to the Williamite settlement.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Queen's University Belfast

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An Epistolary Account of the Irish Rising of 1641 by the Wife of
the Mayor of Waterford [with text]
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An Epistolary Account of the Irish Rising of 1641 by the Wife of the Mayor
of Waterford [with text]

Author: McAREAVEY, NAOMI

Source: English Literary Renaissance, Volume 42, Number 1, 1 February 2012,
pp. 90-118(29)

Abstract:
This essay introduces to a new audience a challenging, remarkable, and
virtually unknown series of letters written by the wife of the Mayor of
Waterford during the Irish rising of 1641. As she charts the dramatic course
of the conflict in that city, Mayoress Briver attempts to explain to her
doubting audience-the men leading the defense against the Irish
Catholics-why her supposedly loyal husband was unable to prevent Waterford's
fall. In their ambivalences, complexities, and strange silences, the letters
open a window into the ethnic and religious tensions of mid-seventeenth
century Ireland. But they also offer a fresh understanding of female
authorship and gendered agency in the early modern period by suggesting how
women's writing might be shaped by the author's national affiliation and
geographical location. As an example of Irish women's writing, the letters
represent an important addition to the canon of early modern women's
writing. (N. M.)

Affiliations: 1: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN

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Measuring Ethnic Clustering and Exposure with the Q Statistic: An
Exploratory Analysis of Irish, Germans, and Yankees in 1880 Newark
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Measuring Ethnic Clustering and Exposure with the Q Statistic: An
Exploratory Analysis of Irish, Germans, and Yankees in 1880 Newark=20

Authors: P=E1ez, Antonio1; Ruiz, Manuel2; L=F3pez, Fernando2; Logan, =
John3

Source: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Volume 102,
Number 1, 1 January 2012 , pp. 84-102(19)


Abstract:
The study of population patterns has animated a large body of urban =
social
research over the years. An important part of this literature is =
concerned
with the identification and measurement of segregation patterns. =
Recently,
emphatic calls have been made to develop measures that are better able =
to
capture the geography of population patterns. The objective of this =
article
is to demonstrate the application of the Q statistic, developed for the
analysis of spatial association of qualitative variables, to the =
detection
of ethnic clustering and exposure patterns. The application is to =
historical
data from 1880 Newark in the United States, with individuals classified =
by
ethnicity and geocoded by place of residence. Three ethnic groups, =
termed
Irish, Germans, and Yankees, are considered. Exploratory analysis with =
the Q
statistic identifies significant differences in the tendency of =
individuals
and building occupancy to cluster by ethnicity. In particular, there is
evidence of a strong affinity within ethnic clusters and some =
intermingling
between Yankee and Irish residents. In contrast, the exposure of Germans =
to
individuals of other groups is found to be more limited.=20

Keywords: clustering; exposure; Q statistic; segregation; spatial
association; Q; agrupamiento; exposici=F3n; estad=EDstica Q; =
segregaci=F3n;
asociaci=F3n espacial=20


Affiliations: 1: Centre for Spatial Analysis, School of Geography and =
Earth
Sciences,McMaster University, 2: Department of Quantitative Methods and
Information,Universidad Polit=E9cnica de Cartagena, 3: Department of
Sociology,Brown University,=20

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Morrissey - Fandom, Representations and Identities

ISBN 9781841504179

2011=20

Edited by Eoin Devereux and Aileen Dillane and Martin Power

Comments
Known for his outspoken and often controversial views on class, =
ethnicity
and sexuality, Morrissey has remained an anti-establishment figure who
continues to provoke argument, debate and devotion amongst critics and =
his
many fans. Focusing exclusively on Morrissey=92s solo career, the =
collected
essays in this important book make for a rich reading of Morrissey and =
his
highly influential creative output. Working across a range of academic
disciplines and approaches (including musicology; ethnography; sociology =
and
cultural studies) these essays seek to make sense of the many =
complexities
of this global icon.

http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=3D4753/

Acknowledgements=20
Preface=20

Introduction: But Don=92t Forget the Songs that Made You Cry and the =
Songs
that Saved Your Life...=20
Eoin Devereux, Aileen Dillane and Martin J. Power=20

Chapter 1: =91Suedehead=92: Paving the Pilgrimage Path to Morrissey=92s =
and Dean=92s
Fairmount, Indiana=20
Erin Hazard=20

Chapter 2: =93The Seaside Town that They Forgot to Bomb=94: Morrissey =
and
Betjeman on Urban Regeneration and British Identity=20
Lawrence Foley=20

Chapter 3: In The Spirit of =9269? Morrissey and the Skinhead Cult=20
John H. Baker=20

Chapter 4: Fanatics, Apostles and NMEs=20
Colin Snowsell=20

Chapter 5: The =93Teenage Dad=94 and =93Slum Mums=94 are Just =93Certain =
People I
Know=94: Counter Hegemonic Representations of the Working/Underclass in =
the
Works of Morrissey=20
Martin J. Power=20

Chapter 6: In Our Different Ways We are the Same: Morrissey and
Representations of Disability=20
Daniel Manco=20

Chapter 7: =93My So Friendly Lens=94: Morrissey as Mediated through His =
Public
Image=20
Melissa Connor=20

Chapter 8: =93Because I=92ve only got Two Hands=94: Western Art =
Undercurrents in
the Poses and Gestures of Morrissey=20
Andrew Cope
=20
Chapter 9: Moz: art: Adorno Meets Morrissey in the cultural Divisions=20
Rachel M. Brett
=20
Chapter 10: Speedway for Beginners: Morrissey, Martyrdom and Ambiguity=20
Eoin Devereux and Aileen Dillane=20

Chapter 11: No Love in Modern Life: Matters of Performance and =
Production in
a Morrissey Song=20
Eirik Asker=F8i=20

Chapter 12: =91Vicar In A Tutu=92: Dialogism, Iconicity and the =
Carnivalesque in
Morrissey=20
Pierpaolo Martino=20

Chapter 13: Smiths Night: A Dream World Created Through Other People=92s =
Music

Dan Jacobson and Ian Jeffrey=20

Chapter 14: Talent Borrows, Genius Steals: Morrissey and the Art of
Appropriation=20
Lee Brooks=20

Chapter 15: =91I=92m Not the Man You Think I Am=92: Morrissey=92s =
Negotiation of
Dominant Gender and Sexuality Codes=20
Elisabeth Woronzoff=20

Chapter 16: Melodramatic Morrissey: Kill Uncle, Cavell and the Question =
of
the Human Voice=20
Johanna Sj=F6stedt=20

Chapter 17: =91You Have Killed Me=92=97Tropes of Hyperbole and =
Sentimentality in
Morrissey=92s Musical Expression=20
Stan Hawkins=20

Notes on Contributors=20
Index

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Subject: Conference, Multiculturalism and Music in Britain,
Friday 16 March 2012, London
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Multiculturalism and Music in Britain: Ethnography, Empiricism and =
Everyday Lives

Friday 16 March 2012

Department of Music, King=E2=80=99s College London
Exact location

The Seminar will take place in the St David=E2=80=99s Room, Strand =
Campus, King=E2=80=99s Building, Level 2. A location map is available.
Programme

The full programme and abstracts are online.

Registration

This event is free of charge, but registration is required for catering =
purposes. To register your attendance, please email =
carolyn.landau[at]kcl.ac.uk stating your name, affiliation & any dietary =
requirements by Friday 2 March 2012. In addition, please state if you =
would like to attend the evening dinner (at 8 pm) in a local restaurant, =
though please note, attendees will need to pay their own way.
For further details, please contact carolyn.landau[at]kcl.ac.uk or =
thomas.hodgson[at]sjc.ox.ac.uk.

SOURCE
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/music/events/multiculturalism/index.a=
spx

Multiculturalism and Music in Britain: Ethnography, Empiricism and =
Everyday Lives

Friday 16th March 2012
St David=E2=80=9Fs Room, Department of Music, King=E2=80=9Fs College =
London
Strand Campus, King's Building, Level 2:

Programme and Abstracts
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/music/events/multiculturalism/prog.pd=
f

Note especially...

The Importance of Being (London) Irish: Transnationalism, Place and The =
Pogues
Sean Campbell, Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge

This paper explores the work of The Pogues as a transnational =
(London-Irish) intervention in British popular music culture. Drawing on =
original interviews with the band members, including Shane MacGowan, =
Cait O=E2=80=9FRiordan and Philip Chevron (as well as extensive =
archival research of print and audio-visual media), it explores the =
band=E2=80=9Fs oeuvre as an invocation of Irish migrant life in the =
English metropolis. Seeing The Pogues' work as a negotiation of =
=E2=80=9Edwelling-in-displacement=E2=80=9F, the paper locates the band =
on the threshold of an Irish-English interface, a hybrid or =
'in-between' space that served as a creative wellspring and a burden. =
Specific songs are seen to evince a remedial function, affording both =
listener and speaker with a means by which to reconcile to the =
=E2=80=9Ehere and now=E2=80=9F of host-culture life whilst evoking =
affinities with the absent 'homeland'. The paper also reflects on The =
Pogues=E2=80=9F reception in mid-1980s Ireland, where the band became =
the focus of caustic attacks from both musicians and journalists, many =
of whom saw The Pogues as suspect English interlopers making unwelcome =
incursions into Irish culture. The paper argues that the=20
band's imaginary evinced an expressly transnational impulse, issuing an =
implied critique to both English and Irish nationalisms.