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Subject: Onine Essay,
I'm out! The 2011 Presidential Election and its implications
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I'm out! The 2011 Presidential Election and its implications
Eoin O'Malley
School of Law and Government
Dublin City University
e. eoin.omalley[at]dcu.ie

Abstract
Irish presidential elections have sometimes been characterised as part of
the 'culture war', where different sides of a cultural and policy space
compete for the 'soul of Ireland'. For instance it was easy to think of the
1990 election of Mary Robinson over Brian Lenihan in terms of a liberal/
conservative division. This article argues that the 2011 presidential
election was almost an ideology-free zone where one's position on
specific issues was less important than the ability of the candidates to
withstand the character tests. It argues that despite Higgins' landslide
victory, his support was soft and only came to him after all other
candidates had been eliminated from contention by revelations in the
campaign.

Keywords: Presidential election, Ireland, second-order elections, culture
wars, liberal agenda, valence.

Paper prepared for a special issue of Irish Political Studies on 'The
Politics of the Irish
Presidency' edited by Kevin Rafter and John Coakley.

Available at

http://webpages.dcu.ie/~omalle/Explaining%20the%202011%20Presidential%20Elec
tion%20-%20Eoin%20O'Malley.pdf

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Subject: Article,
Wasting a good crisis: Developmental Failure and Irish Tourism
Since 2008
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Annals of Tourism Research
Available online 24 January 2012
In Press, Corrected Proof =E2=80=94 Note to users

Wasting a good crisis: Developmental Failure and Irish Tourism Since =
2008
Anne O=E2=80=99Brien [Author Vitae]
Centre for Media Studies, Ireland

Abstract
Irish tourism=E2=80=99s growth trajectory collapsed dramatically in =
2008. By 2010, while every other European destination had returned to =
growth the Irish crisis endured. This paper examines the politics of =
tourism development that underpinned the crisis. Wilson=E2=80=99s (2000) =
policy regime model is applied to map the state and private sector =
interactions that led to developmental failure. It is argued that the =
policy paradigm that informed the vision for industry recovery, the =
policy goals that emerged post crisis and the organisational structures =
and power arrangements that existed between the state and the industry =
coalitions involved with Irish tourism during the crisis of 2008 were =
far from optimum to the task of returning the industry to growth.

Highlights
=E2=96=BA The collapse of Irish tourism in 2008 is documented through a =
policy regime framework. =E2=96=BA This maps the organisations, power =
structures, policy paradigms and goals in crisis. =E2=96=BA Failure to =
recover is due to the capture of state agencies by the private sector.

Keywords
development; crisis; politics; policy regimes; state
Copyright =C2=A9 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Subject: Article,
Assimilation by the Third Generation? Marital Choices of White
Ethnics at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
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Social Science Research
Available online 7 February 2012
In Press, Accepted Manuscript =E2=80=94 Note to users

Assimilation by the Third Generation? Marital Choices of White Ethnics =
at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

John R. Logan a, , , Hyoung-jin Shin b
a Brown University
b Eastern Michigan University

Abstract
It is well known that marital ethnic endogamy declines by immigrant =
generation, but there is little information on how many generations are =
required for full marital assimilation. This study for 1880-1910 =
includes information on the birthplace of men=E2=80=99s grandparents, so =
we can compare the first, second, third, and later generations. We =
estimate the odds of marrying a native white woman with native-born =
parents (NWNP) for Irish, Germans, British, and men of other =
ethnicities. Most groups even in their third generation still show a =
significantly lower rate of marital assimilation than native stock men. =
But mixed ancestry (having at least one NWNP parent or grandparent) can =
result in nearly complete marital assimilation by the third generation.

Highlights
=E2=96=BA This historical study distinguishes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd =
generation men from 4+ generation natives. =E2=96=BA Marriage with a 3+ =
generation woman is used as an indicator of ethnic assimilation. =
=E2=96=BA Even in the 3rd generation marital assimilation is incomplete. =
=E2=96=BA Having intermarried parentage results in nearly complete =
assimilation by the third generation.

Keywords
Marital assimilation; intermarriage; ethnicity; generation

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peer reviewed and accepted for publication by the Editorial Board of =
this journal. They have not yet been copy edited and/or formatted in the =
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Subject: Article,
'The Image of Scotland which We Cherish in Our Hearts': Burns
Anniversary Celebrations in Colonial Otago
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Immigrants & Minorities

'The Image of Scotland which We Cherish in Our Hearts': Burns Anniversary
Celebrations in Colonial Otago

Tanja Bueltmanna*

Available online: 02 Feb 2012

Abstract
Scottish migrants fostered a range of cultural activities in the new worlds
in which they settled, thereby identifying themselves as a distinct ethnic
group. Celebrations of Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns, were the one
recurring theme within all sites of settlement. The iconic figure of Burns
is, in fact, central to the formulation, expression and commemoration of a
Scottish cultural identity around the world. The present article explores
the function of Burns celebrations in colonial Otago, the Scottish heartland
of New Zealand. The celebrations were a key part of the Scots' associational
culture in Otago, serving as an important social occasion within the
Scottish community bounds and in wider Otago society. Moreover, the
celebrations were effective sites of memory, employing familiar memory
narratives and practices; these framed events and provided the initial
common denominator that bound Scots and non-Scots together.

Keywords
Robert Burns, Scottish diaspora, Burns clubs, site of memory, cultural
memory

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Subject: Article, Gaelic Games,
Irish Nationalist Politics and the Irish Diaspora in London,
1895-1915
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Sport in History

Volume 31, Issue 3, 2011

Gaelic Games, Irish Nationalist Politics and the Irish Diaspora in London,
1895-1915

Stephen Moore & Paul Darby
pages 257-282

Abstract
This article makes an original contribution to the growing historiography on
the role of sport, and more specifically, Gaelic games amongst Irish
immigrant communities around the world. It does so by shedding light on the
origins and early history of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in late
nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century London. In particular, the
article explores the ways in which membership of this organisation allowed
sections of the city's Irish population to preserve and express their ethnic
specificity and support for Irish nationalism. This reveals that Gaelic
games were drawn on by a diverse range of organisations and individuals who
sought to utilise these sports to galvanise support for varying shades of
Irish nationalism.

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Subject: Public Talk:Matthew Jockers,
Macroanalysis and the 19th-Century Irish Novel in English, TCD
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Thursday 16th February
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub

Macroanalysis and the 19th-Century Irish Novel in English
Dr Matthew Jockers,=A0Lecturer and Academic Technology Specialist, =
Department
of English, Stanford University

Dr. Jockers leverages text and data mining techniques to discuss how and =
why
the 19th-century Irish novel (in English) is distinct from the British =
and
American novel of the same period.=A0=A0In doing so he grapples with =
several
current theories about the Irish novel and its relationship, for better =
or
for worse, to the English realist novel of the same period.=A0=A0In =
doing so,
Jockers catalogs a number of specifically Irish habits of style and =
theme
and discusses how an Irish voice can be detected and heard amid a =
cacophony
of 3500 Irish, British, and American novels from the period.=A0

--
Matthew L. Jockers is Lecturer and Academic Technology Specialist in the
Department of English at Stanford. Jockers is a graduate in English of
Montana State University (B.A. 1989), University of Northern Colorado =
(M.A.
1993), and Southern Illinois University (Ph.D. 1997).=A0

Jockers is the Co-Founder and Co-Director, with Franco Moretti, of the
Stanford Literary Lab (http://litlab.stanford.edu/). His published work
includes essays on computational approaches to authorship attribution, =
as
well as papers on Irish and Irish-American literature. His
book,=A0Macroanalysis: Methods for Digital Literary History, is under =
contract
with the University of Illinois Press.=A0

Jockers's research involves computational approaches to the study of =
large
collections of literature, what he calls 'macroanalysis." His approach =
has
much in common with corpus linguistics and borrows from text-mining,
information retrieval, and natural language processing. His research =
focus,
however, is on strictly literary questions, especially questions related =
to
literary history and the nature of literary change over time.

At Stanford Jockers teaches Irish literature and both introductory and
advanced courses in humanities computing. He holds the distinction of =
being
the first English Professor to assign 1200 novels in one class
(see=A0http://chronicle.com/article/The-Humanities-Go-Google/65713/).=A0

Jockers blogs about his research =
at=A0http://www.stanford.edu/~mjockers=A0where
recent entries include "The LDA Buffet is Now Open; or Latent Dirichlet
Allocation for English Majors," "Machine-Classifying Novels and Plays by
Genre," "Panning for Memes" and "Auto Converting Project Gutenberg Text =
to
TEI." He can be found on twitter via [at]mljockers and contacted via email
at=A0mjockers[at]stanford.edu.=A0

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Subject: Re: A conference on Irish studies without Irish state involvement
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Quote: "/and the ascent of historical revisionism to state dogma/"

This in itself would be worth a conference. Good idea.

Carmel



On 2/15/2012 3:24 AM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:
> 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/
>
> .
>

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Dear Paddy,

I'm working on Alex Hijmans, the Dutch author who writes fiction and
non-fiction in Irish. He has lived in Salvador, Brazil for the past few
years and his latest collection of short stories is set there. I wonder if
anyone on the list-serve might be so kind as to suggest
Irish-language connections to Brazil (other than Roger Casement).

Many thanks in advance.
Yours,
Breen

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Subject: Re: IR-D Matthew Archdeacon and landlords as vampires
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Dear Patrick, I am sure you have checked with the distinguished librarian=
,=20
Ivar Hamrock of Mayo County Library. I am not into lit. history but we ha=
ve=20
here in Tourmakeady (4) the estates of Lord Plunkett - now owned by Monag=
han=20
Mushrooms- and in which there were many evictions - including the area I=20
abode.
Gerad Moran's work on Mayo Evictions etc. might help.Forgive the intrusi=
on=20
if this is old hat , like original sin! Cheers John McGurk

-----Original Message-----=20
From: Patrick Maume
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:01 PM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] IR-D Matthew Archdeacon and landlords as vampires

From: Patrick Maume
I am doing the DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY entry on the
nineteenth-century Castlebar novelist Matthew Archdeacon (c.1800-1853?) a=
nd
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 nove=
l:
=93He easily obtained the agency of one of those vampire absentee landlor=
ds,
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 mode=
rn
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, wif=
e,
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 h=
im
or on Morgan and who could shed more light on the connection?
Best wishes,
Patrick

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Breen: I understand that there is a current project at the Brazilian
Assoc for Study of Irish Lit (ABEI) in Sao Paolo to collect information
on all Irish-Brazilian connections. The contact address can be found on
the ABEI website and I know they would be very glad to hear from you.=20

Bruce

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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf Of O Conchubhair
Sent: 16 February 2012 22:38
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Brazil & Irish Language?

Dear Paddy,

I'm working on Alex Hijmans, the Dutch author who writes fiction and
non-fiction in Irish. He has lived in Salvador, Brazil for the past few
years and his latest collection of short stories is set there. I wonder
if
anyone on the list-serve might be so kind as to suggest
Irish-language connections to Brazil (other than Roger Casement).

Many thanks in advance.
Yours,
Breen

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Dear Breen,
We don't have anyone working on Irish-language connections to Brazil, so
your work will be of great interest to the Brazilian Association of =
Irish
Studies and its Journal.

Let's keep in contact and I'll write to you if I find any information =
that
could be useful for your research.

Laura Izarra
lizarra[at]usp.br
Associate Professor
University of S=E3o Paulo


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De: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Em nome =
de
O Conchubhair
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 16 de fevereiro de 2012 20:38
Para: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Assunto: [IR-D] Brazil & Irish Language?

Dear Paddy,

I'm working on Alex Hijmans, the Dutch author who writes fiction and
non-fiction in Irish. He has lived in Salvador, Brazil for the past few
years and his latest collection of short stories is set there. I wonder =
if
anyone on the list-serve might be so kind as to suggest
Irish-language connections to Brazil (other than Roger Casement).

Many thanks in advance.
Yours,
Breen

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Executive Director for Ireland's Great Hunger Museum,
Quinnipiac University CT USA
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For more information about Quinnipiac University see=20
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/

For more information about the Great Hunger Museum see
http://www.thegreathunger.org/


Executive Director for Ireland's Great Hunger Museum =20
Department Public Affairs-2640 =20
Reports to IGH Museum Board of Directors =20

Primary Function Quinnipiac University seeks an Executive Director
of its Ireland's Great Hunger Museum. The Executive Director is =
responsible
for the development, execution, and management of the policies, programs =
and
initiatives of the Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, slated to open its =
doors
in Fall 2012.=20
=20
Job Duties Quinnipiac University seeks an Executive Director of its
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum (An Gorta M=F3r - The Great Hunger). =
Ireland's
Great Famine or The Great Hunger, as it is more commonly referred to =
today,
ranks among the worst tragedies in the sweep of human history. Between =
1845
and 1850, approximately 1.5 million Irish men, women and children died =
of
starvation or related diseases.=20

The extensive collection is comprised of paintings, maps and sculpture,
including works by Padraic Reaney, John Behan, Rowan Gillespie, Glenna
Goodacre, Niall Bruton and Kieran Tuohy. The modern collection is
complemented by period pieces by such artists as James Brenan and Jack
Yeats. A new building to house the collection is being completed near =
the
Mt. Carmel campus and is slated to open in Fall 2012. For more =
information,
please see: http://www.thegreathunger.org/

The Executive Director is responsible for the development, execution, =
and
management of the policies, programs and initiatives of the Ireland's =
Great
Hunger Museum. The position reports to the IGH Museum Board of =
Directors.=20

He/she will provide general supervision of all day-to-day activities of =
the
Museum, and all of its employees, interns and volunteers. He or she will
develop further awareness of the Museum and create relationships that =
will
result in increased financial support from external funders. =20

The Executive Director must have the proven ability to advance the =
Museum
into a flourishing organization that possesses the resources to fulfill =
its
mission and potential for national and international recognition. The
successful candidate will have a proven track record in non-profit
management, finance and fund raising, ideally in an arts/museum
organization.=20

Strong written and verbal skills are essential, particularly public
speaking, as is the ability to comfortably operate in the public arena.
Evidence of working with the public, with a Board of Directors, and an
academic community is also important.=20

An advanced degree in Irish studies, museum studies, or art history, as =
well
as 5-10 years experience in a museum or non-profit arts organization are
preferred. A strong commitment and passion for the educational and =
artistic
mission of the Ireland's Great Hunger Museum are essential. =20

Desired Minimum Qualifications
- Education
- Experience
- Skills =20
Position close date: Open Until Filled

Special instructions to applicants Please submit ONLY your resume/CV
and a thoughtful cover letter that describes how your experience meets =
our
qualifications as well as your experience with or interest in Irish
heritage, culture, art or history.=20

Applicants who will be considered further may be asked to submit =
additional
information at the time they are contacted.=20

https://careers.quinnipiac.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.js=
p?t
ime=3D1329734575708

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Subject: Love Death and Whiskey - 40 Songs - Reviews at Amazon
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Reviews are beginning to collect around my song lyric book

Love Death and Whiskey - 40 Songs

on the Amazon page.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Death-Whiskey-40-Songs/dp/095678240X

One review is evidently by a musician. Another seems to be by a literary
critic.

And another is by a Python.

And see also
http://twitter.com/#!/PythonJones/status/108103285625462784

P.O'S.

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Subject: Irish in Wales: Identity in Context, PRESTATYN, Friday, 2 March
2012
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Forwarded on behalf of

From: Ann-Marie Wallis [mailto:awallis[at]irishinbritain.org]=20
Subject: Irish in Wales: Identity in Context

A chara,

My name is Ann-Marie Wallis, and I am the marketing assistant for the
Federation of Irish Societies. I am writing this email to invite you to
roundtable discussions taking place on the subject of the Irish =
community in
Wales. =91The Irish in Wales: Identity in Context=92 takes place on =
March 2 in
the Pebbles Hotel, Prestatyn. The event, chaired by Chris Ruane MP,=A0is
sponsored by the Irish Post, in association with us at the Federation of
Irish Societies. The event has been designed to facilitate discussion =
and
mutual learning about the Irish in Wales. The discussions start at 2pm =
and
will conclude at 6pm.=20

As you may appreciate, this is a relatively unexplored area of Irish
diaspora studies in a British context, and promises to be an interesting =
and
engaging event.

Below is an invite and running order of the day. I would greatly =
appreciate
if you could pass it onto any academics or individuals who would be
interested in attending the event.=20

Is mise le meas,

Ann-Marie Wallis


IRISH IN WALES
IDENTITY IN CONTEXT
14.00hr on Friday, 2 March 2012

THE BEACHES HOTEL, PRESTATYN
Sponsored by the Irish Post and hosted by the All Party Parliamentary
Group on Irish in Britain with the Federation of Irish Societies

Celebrate and learn about the Irish in Wales
Participate in roundtable discussion
Guest speakers

Programme
14.00 Registration: Tea & coffee, bar snacks
14.30 Introduction: Chris Ruane MP, Vale of Clwyd, chair APPG
message from Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales

14.35 Dr Paul O=92Leary, University of Aberystwyth
discussion
Guest speaker from the Irish Post
16.00 Break, tea & coffee
16.20 Prof Bronwen Walter, Irish Diaspora Studies, Anglia Ruskin Univ
discussion
Guest speaker: Jane Connolly, Embassy of Ireland
Guest speaker: Fiona Smith, Federation of Irish Societies
18.00 Concludes

Venue
Beaches Hotel, Beach Road East, Prestatyn, LL19 7LG
Reception: 01745 853 072 E-mail: info[at]thebeacheshotel.com
www.thebeacheshotel.com

RSVP: IrishinWales2012[at]gmail.com
Phone: 0174 535 4626

ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP
ON THE IRISH IN BRITAIN
chair: Chris Ruane MP

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Breen,

As far as I'm aware, Irish language connections with Brazil have been slight
at most. Casement aside, I've only come across a couple of historical
episodes when the language gets a look in.


Efforts were made in the late 16th and early 17th centuries to establish
Irish trading colonies on the Amazon, settlements that were a real threat to
the Portuguese. I'm pretty sure that the day-to-day language of the settlers
was English, but Irish was also used, in particular in written messages when
it was feared that they might be intercepted by the Portuguese. I think that
you'll find something on this in "English and Irish settlement on the river
Amazon, 1550-1646" edited by Joyce Lorimer (London: Hakluyt Society, 1989).


In the 19th century there were several attempts to establish British and/or
Irish settlements in Brazil, none of which amounted to all that much. In
1867/68 several hundred Irish men and women in the English Midlands (mainly
in Wednesbury) and New York City were recruited by Brazilian agents to form
the first of an envisaged network of settlements in Santa Catarina (in
southern Brazil) that would become a kind of a "new Ireland", with Irish as
its envisaged language.

There's a brief account of this episode in "Irish Migration Studies in Latin
America" vol. 4 no. 3 2006, pp. 166-72 (available to download at
www.irlandeses.org/0607.pdf ).

Alternatively, there's much more on the subject (including of the language
issue) in my book "English, Irish and Irish-American Pioneer Settlers"
(Oxford: Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford, 2005).


Regards,

Oliver Marshall





On 16/2/12 10:37 pm, "O Conchubhair" wrote:

> Dear Paddy,
>
> I'm working on Alex Hijmans, the Dutch author who writes fiction and
> non-fiction in Irish. He has lived in Salvador, Brazil for the past few
> years and his latest collection of short stories is set there. I wonder if
> anyone on the list-serve might be so kind as to suggest
> Irish-language connections to Brazil (other than Roger Casement).
>
> Many thanks in advance.
> Yours,
> Breen

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Assistant, Migration,
human capital and labour productivity, C. 1650-1815,
Birmingham (UK)
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2 job vacancies at the University of Birmingham...

The Department of History at the University of Birmingham seeks to
appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for two years and a Research
Assistant for one year, to work with Dr. Jelle van Lottum on his new
project 'Migration, human capital and labour productivity: the
international maritime labour market in Europe, C. 1650-1815', which was
recently funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). This
project will investigate the link between economic development and
labour migration in Europe before the Industrial Revolution, with a
specific focus on the contribution of skilled labour migrants to
economic performance.

For more information see:

Research Fellow
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADY337/research-fellow/

Research Assistant
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADY336/research-assistant/

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Subject: TOC STUDIES -DUBLIN-VOL 100; NUMB 400 (2011)
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We do keep an eye on the contents of STUDIES, the Jesuit run journal =
based
in Dublin. But it has not been easy - so far all we have been able to =
see
is a barebones Table of Contents.

So, a number of causes for celebration here. There is now a sturdy web
site, with TOCs and sample pages.

http://www.studiesirishreview.com/

And the latest issue marks the 100th anniversary of the launch of the
journal, with volume 100 Number 400...

There is an Article by Bryan Fanning, looking back at the history and =
the
influence of STUDIES - this article is freely available on the web site.
Extracts and TOC pasted in below.

Our congratulations to STUDIES on this important anniversary...

P.O'S.

WINTER 2011 EDITORIAL
Editorial Winter 2011

'This March marks the 100th anniversary of the first issue of Studies =
and
the Winter 2011 issue takes the centenary as its theme. This issue is =
also
the first under new editor Bruce Bradley SJ, who succeeds Fergus =
O'Donoghue
SJ.'

'Although Father Thomas Finlay and his Jesuit colleagues, who formed the
original board, cannot have foreseen it, the world into which Studies, =
their
latest publishing venture at the time, was born a hundred years ago in =
March
1912, was on the brink of major upheaval. A world war and revolution in
Ireland would radically transform the rules of engagement with the =
culture
they had set out to address...'=20

Article by Bryan Fanning from Winter 2011 issue

'Arguably, the most important intellectual journal in post-independence
Ireland has been the Jesuit-run Studies, which is now one century and =
400
issues old. This is not to say that at every given moment it was the =
best.
Studies influenced and contributed significantly to many of the =
intellectual
debates that featured in The Bell, The Crane Bag, Christus Rex and
Administration. Unlike Christus Rex, Studies was not restricted by =
doctrinal
censorship. It lacked the narrow editorial identity of other more =
focused
journals. This elasticity contributed to its longevity but also to its =
being
sometimes underrated alongside more short-lived ones...'


ABOUT STUDIES IRISH REVIEW

Published quarterly by the Irish Jesuits, Studies examines Irish social,
political, cultural and economic issues in the light of Christian values =
and
explores the Irish dimension in literature, history, philosophy and
religion. The online edition contains the full text of the lead article,
along with abstracts from the remaining articles.

http://www.studiesirishreview.com/

In this issue:=20

Bryan Fanning: A Century of Studies=20
Tom Garvin : Irish Nationalist Parties 1912-2012=20
Daire Keogh : Patrick Pearse, Studies and the Birth of Revisionism=20
Deirdre Raftery : Churches, Politics and Irish Schooling, 1830-1930=20
Marnie Hay : Na Fianna =C9ireann and its Members, 1909-1923=20
John O=92Dowd : John Kelly, Politician and Scholar=20
Oliver Rafferty SJ : Studies and the Shadow of Modernism=20
Louise Fuller : Critical Voices in Irish Catholicism=20
Eamon Maher : Catholicism in some Twentieth Century Irish Fiction

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Subject: TOC Immigrants & Minorities Volume 30, Issue 1, 2012
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We have been tracking some alerts from the journal Immigrants & =
Minorities -
and it has been evident that a special issue on the Scots in Newzealand =
has
been collecting on the web site, ready for formal publication.

That special issue has now appeared, and will interest many Ir-D =
members...

TOC pasted in below...

The articles by Angela McCarthy and Se=E1n Brosnahan are, obviously, of
specific interest to Ir-D, and I have included the abstracts of those 2
articles, below.

P.O'S.


Immigrants & Minorities
Volume 30, Issue 1, 2012

Special Issue: Scots Abroad: The New Zealand Scots in International
Perspective =96 Part III

Original Articles

=91Frugal and Thrifty, Hard-Working and Sober=92: Representations of
Scottishness in New Zealand
Angela McCarthy
pages 1-21
Abstract
This article addresses the representations of Scottishness at individual =
and
collective levels, as expressed by outsiders and insiders. It does so by
merging a focus on the organisational dimensions of ethnicity as well as =
the
essences that individuals and groups believed to constitute =
Scottishness.
The study also endeavours to assess whether Scottish ethnicities were
distinctive by making brief comparisons with expressions of Irish ethnic
identities in New Zealand. It concludes that features of Scottishness =
were
positively asserted without the influence of conflict and defensive =
unity.
Void of political overtones, Scottishness also remained a predominantly
cultural expression compared with the more defensive, political tenor of
Irishness.

Being Scottish in an Irish Catholic Church in a Scottish Presbyterian
Settlement: Otago's Scottish Catholics, 1848=961895
Se=E1n Brosnahan
pages 22-42
Abstract
This article examines the contribution of Scottish Catholics to the
development of Catholicism in Otago, New Zealand in the later nineteenth
century. In particular it looks at the curious position they occupied in =
a
colony defined by the religious and national identity of its founding =
group:
Scottish Presbyterians from the Free Church. For over two decades a =
nascent
Catholic Church in Otago was led by Scots and ministered to by French
missionaries. As the colony progressed, however, and its population =
became
more heterogeneous, this pioneer Scots Catholic leadership was =
sidelined.
From 1871 an overwhelmingly Irish Catholic community was led by Bishop
Patrick Moran who played on national and religious loyalties to fuse an
Irish and Catholic identity among his flock. Scots nonetheless continued =
to
make a distinctive contribution to Catholicism in southern New Zealand,
adapting to the Irish flavour of the colonial Church but bringing to it
useful elements from their Scottish background.


A Model Colony: Texts and the Teaching of Scottish History in New =
Zealand
Schools, 1907=961945
Tom Brooking
pages 43-58


The Poetry and Fiction of Scottish Settlers in New Zealand
Kirstine Moffat
pages 59-77


=91The Image of Scotland which We Cherish in Our Hearts=92: Burns =
Anniversary
Celebrations in Colonial Otago
Tanja Bueltmann
pages 78-97


Turakina's Highland Games: Maintaining a Gaelic Tradition?
Brad Patterson
pages 98-117

Notes on Contributors
pages 118-119

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Review,
Contests and contexts: the Irish language and Ireland's
socio-economic development
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JOURNAL: Language Awareness=20

A Review of

=93Contests and contexts: the Irish language and Ireland's =
socio-economic
development=94
by John Walsh, Bern, Peter Lang, 2011, vii=96468 pp., =A345.00 =
(paperback), ISBN
978-3-03911-914-1

by Richard Kiely

Available online: 21 Feb 2012

The central thesis of this book is that the loss of the Irish language =
as
the language of communication in Ireland has had a socio-economic =
impact. It
has kept Ireland poor through the twentieth century because the language
loss has led to a psychological trauma on community and culture. The =
links
in this argument are complex and intricate. They are examined through a
range of social and economic data. The result is a book which focuses on =
a
fascinating array of perspectives on life and language in the =
Irish-speaking
areas, or the Gaeltacht.

The book is particularly interesting from a language awareness =
perspective.
In the broadest sense of language awareness, it explores how language
contributes to the social fabric of a community, shaping cultural =
identity
and generating a sense of dynamism. Studies of Irish history and =
identity
have, to a large extent, ignored the Irish language, or have represented
language issues as separate from social and economic development, a =
point
clearly set out by Walsh. This book takes language as the prism through
which the social and economic development of the country is constructed =
and
understood, examining at the broadest societal level the links between
language shift and economic prosperity. It argues that promotion of =
Irish
language use =91has influenced positively a range of factors such as =
identity,
self-confidence, national self-sufficiency, strength of character,
participative citizenship, cohesion, innovation, and social and economic
success=92 (p. 13). Quite a list! It sets a high bar for the data-based
analysis of the case studies, and also for the contribution of a =
language
perspective to our understanding of social and economic community
development. Chapter 1 provides a succinct summary not only of the
interdisciplinary approach but also of the different fields =96 history,
cultural studies, postcolonial studies =96 which have sought to explain =
the
phenomena of language loss and language maintenance.

Chapter 2 outlines the legal status within institutions and educational
policies, and the demographic position of Irish in the Republic of =
Ireland
and Northern Ireland over the past 90 years (since the establishment of =
the
states of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The picture is =
one
of increasing support for the Irish language through political and
educational initiatives, but decline in its actual use, particularly in
non-educational contexts. One particularly interesting sub-theme here is =
the
challenge of getting the question right in surveys to determine language
knowledge and use. There appears to be a tendency to self-assess =
relatively
high on proficiency, while acknowledging that Irish is only rarely if =
ever
used. How we answer questions about our language skills appears =
conditioned
by desires and values as well as by actual experience and carefully
considered memories...

...Overall, this book is a fascinating read for those familiar with =
Ireland
and its language issues, and those in the applied linguistics fields of
language planning and language programme evaluation. It is an =
intellectual
triumph, a major contribution to language-led interdisciplinary =
research. It
shows how social and economic issues can be better understood when an
applied linguistics perspective is engaged. However, the project =
outlined at
the start has not been fully achieved. The social development dimension,
along with the social cohesion and participative citizenship dividends, =
is
not clearly described and delineated in such a way that the analysis =
links
it convincingly to economic development. It may never be possible to do
this: the reality is that language identity affects individuals and
communities in conjunction with a range of other factors, and =
identifying
the specific social impact of the language identity is not yet within =
the
capacity of social science. In another field with which I am familiar =
=96
language programme evaluation =96 there has long been a wish to specify =
the
long-term socio-economic impacts of foreign language programmes, =
typically
English language initiatives in low-income countries. The reality is =
that
the benefits come when other features of the workforce, such as =
high-level
technical skills, and of the national context, such as good governance =
and
economic expansion, are in place. Ultimately, we have to acknowledge the
complexity of the social world and understand that an interdisciplinary
approach is essential. The interdisciplinary account such an approach
eventually produces will shed new light on the phenomena in question, =
but
probably will not specify the particular impact of one facet of an
individual or community identity.

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Subject: Book Notice, The Two Unions - Ireland, Scotland,
and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007
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Sections of the book are visible on Google Books and Amazon...

The Two Unions
Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007
Alvin Jackson

Oxford UP

488 pages | 2 maps and 10 black and white illustrations | 234x156mm
978-0-19-959399-6 | Hardback | 01 December 2011


I The Measures and their Histories
1: Histories - Historiography, Comparability, Longevity
2: Prehistories (1290-1690, 1300-1782)
3: Contexts (1689-1703, 1782-1798): Economic, Military, and Parliamentary
4: Debates and Terms (1705-7, 1799-1801)
II The Survival of the Unions: Overviews
5: The Survival of the Scots Union, 1707-1997
6: The Survival of the Irish Union, 1800-1921
III The Survival of the Unions: People, Ideas, Institutions
7: Scottish Unionists: People and Parties
8: Irish Unionists: People and Parties
IV Reflections on the Unions
9: Conclusion: North Britain, West Britain
Bibliography

Alvin Jackson, Sir Richard Lodge Professor of History, University of
Edinburgh

Alvin Jackson has been Professor of Modern Irish History at Queen's
University Belfast, and Burns Visiting Professor at Boston College. He was
educated at Corpus Christi College and Nuffield College, Oxford, and has
held a British Academy Senior Research Fellowship as well as a British
Academy Research Readership.

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199593996.do