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Philip McEvansoneya's web site is at

http://www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art/staff/pmcevans.php


The purchase of the Tara brooch in 1868
Author: McEvansoneya, Philip
Source: Journal of the History of Collections, Volume 24, Number 1, 19 April
2012, pp. 77-88(12)
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract:
Although there are numerous official documents from the nineteenth century
detailing the circumstances in which certain highly important Irish
antiquities were purchased by the British government for deposit in the
Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, their potential as sources for the study of the
history of those objects has not been fully recognized. Amongst the items
secured for posterity few if any exceeded the Tara brooch in historic and
aesthetic importance. By concentrating on the brooch, we can analyse some of
the processes by which the Academy was able to collect the items it desired.
Those very collecting processes helped to attribute significance to such
items as, in the terminology of the era, national antiquities.

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Slave Ships and Coffin Ships: Transatlantic Exchanges in
Irish-American Blackface Minstrelsy
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Slave Ships and Coffin Ships: Transatlantic Exchanges in Irish-American
Blackface Minstrelsy
Author: Greaves, Margaret
Source: Comparative American Studies, Volume 10, Number 1, March 2012, pp.
78-94(17)

Abstract:

Irish participation in blackface minstrelsy underwent complex transatlantic
exchanges as it jumped from the US to Ireland and back again from the era of
the Great Famine through the end of the nineteenth century. Most research on
Irish-American blackface minstrelsy treats the Irish in America as a
homogenous group that used `blacking up' to establish its ethnic whiteness.
However, there were at least two distinct groups of Irish Americans who
participated in blackface minstrelsy: Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants.
The latter's incorporation into the history of minstrelsy means that we must
reconsider assumptions about how and why the Irish performed blackface in
both Ireland and America. Because Irish Protestants' whiteness was never in
question, theories of ethnic assimilation and working class anxieties do not
adequately account for Irish gravitation to minstrel shows. Something else
about Irish identity captivated performers and audiences. Moving beyond the
racial assimilation mode, I argue that blacking up carried tensions of land
dispossession, national identity, and ethnic conflict in Ireland into
American culture.

Keywords: Irish-American; blackface minstrelsy; transatlantic; plantation;
slavery; cultural memory; immigration; race; ethnicity; nationality

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The Limits of Spatial Assimilation for Immigrants' Full
Integration... Boston and Dublin
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The Limits of Spatial Assimilation for Immigrants' Full Integration
Emerging Evidence from African Immigrants in Boston and Dublin

Zoua M. Vang

Abstract

Residential integration with the dominant native-born population is believed
to be a crucial stage in immigrants' overall assimilation process. It is
argued that without residential integration it would be difficult, if not
impossible, for immigrants to achieve full incorporation into the host
society. This article compares the sociospatial experiences of African
immigrants in the United States and Ireland. Results show that African
immigrants in Ireland have achieved spatial integration with Irish
nationals, while their counterparts in the United States remain spatially
separated from white Americans. The extent to which African immigrants'
integration in Ireland can produce other forms of assimilation is
questionable, however. Likewise, despite being segregated from whites,
African immigrants in the United States have made some modest spatial gains
that may facilitate their integration. The cross-national comparison draws
into question the generally accepted notion that residential integration is
an important intermediary substage in the assimilation process.

residential segregation African immigrants Ireland race inequality
assimilation neighborhoods

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science May 2012
vol. 641 no. 1 220-246

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Ethnomusicology Forum=20
Volume 21, Issue 1, 2012=20
Focus: Irish Traditional Music (Focus on World Music Series)

Angela Moran*

pages 107-109

Focus: Irish Traditional Music (Focus on World Music Series)=20
Sean Williams=20
New York, Routledge, 2010=20
xxii + 284 pp.+1 CD, ISBN 978-0-4159-9147-6 (paperback =A329.99)

After trips to South Africa, Indonesia and Northeast Brazil, the Focus =
on
World Music Series steers a shorter course, across the Irish Sea. Sean
Williams=92 comprehensive portrayal asserts Irish traditional music as =
that
most definitive of world musics in a publication that relates the =
cultural
history of Ireland to the development of instrumental melodies and vocal
styles associated with the island. Williams responds to the growing body =
of
literature on music in Ireland by making the case for Irish music as an
international language, distinguishing the global Celtic fashions of the
1990s, and focusing solely on the culture of Ireland, with its =
calibrating
histories and geographies. By arguing that musicians require no known
hereditary connection to Ireland in order to perform her traditional =
music,
Williams confirms the place for contemporary Irish sound as the world's
favourite =91other=92.

Yet there is, Williams points out, no single Irish sound. To this end, =
Irish
Traditional Music is organised in three separate sections. Part One
introduces the broader historical and social contexts that have given =
rise
to contemporary understandings of Irish music and prepares for the =
in-depth
analysis of some of this music to follow. Part Two references Irish
instrumental music at home (in the =91Celtic=92 nations) and away from =
Ireland
(in North America), focusing on specific melodies that are transcribed =
and
recorded. Part Three critiques traditional songs articulated in the two =
main
languages of the nation. Williams provides the texts of the original =
Irish
language songs and their English translations, and sets both lyrics to
melody transcriptions.

By referencing the importance of the diaspora in shaping and developing
Irish music, this publication fills a major gap in scholarship. The mass
migration from Ireland since the nineteenth century has left Roy Foster
questioning =91whether the country actually is still an =93island=94 in =
any
meaningful sense=92 (2001: xi). Yet=97whilst an assortment of migration =
issues
is familiar to students of Irish history and literature=97the analysis =
and
sociology of music performed by the diaspora remains lacking in Irish
studies. It must be noted, however, that Irish Traditional Music is =
another
publication in which the communities of Irish-America head the =
hierarchy,
and, although the author purports to focus on North America, far less is
made of the comparative, large Irish populations in Canada. Williams
disparages the =91Irish-American fantasy=92 of green beer and lucky =
leprechauns
in her first chapter, but her examples do prioritise the USA in this =
more
serious discourse of Irish exodus.

Where England is the focus, this discourse can feel slightly truncated. =
In
Chapter 3, =91Hang All Harpers Where Found=92, for instance, Williams =
discusses
the cultural primacy of the harp, and must report, therefore, on the
Elizabethan era, the unpopular English foreign policy that devastated =
much
of Catholic Ireland at this time and, crucially, silenced the Irish harp =
in
Ireland. Yet Williams fails to account for the fact that Elizabeth I
employed Irish harpists, thus setting a lasting tradition for Irish =
harpists
at the English Court that William Grattan Flood has written about (1913:
20). Williams=92 Irish-American narrative can also be to the detriment =
of
musicians who actually lived in Ireland: in one instance, she argues =
that
(apart from bluegrass musicians) all Americans playing the five-string =
banjo
are following the =91fingerpicking guitar style =E1 la Tommy Makem and =
Pete
Seeger=92 (141); whereas no heed is paid to their famous contemporary =
Dublin
singer Luke Kelly, who popularised the =91exotic=92 five-string banjo in
Ireland.

However, an American perspective justifies Williams=92 identifications =
with
Ireland. Just as there is no simplistic definition of an Irish music,
neither can there be a simplistic definition of an Irish identity and, =
in
the case of Williams (herself a banjo, mandolin and fiddle player), =
Irish
music was first encountered as a teenager at the University of =
California.
Irish Traditional Music draws on the author's own knowledge of music,
language and folklore, and the significant amount of time she has spent =
in
Ireland since the 1980s. Williams=92 opening edicts, to underlie =
powerful
vocal traditions and to add a deeper political context to Irish music, =
is
supported by her varied, first-hand experiences in the field. =
Furthermore,
Williams describes Irish traditional music as the process by which past =
and
present are brought together, and, in so doing, upholds the importance =
of
performing reminiscences, as Baz Kershaw eloquently puts it, =91to =
collapse
historical distance, to make the past forcefully impinge upon the =
present=92
(1999: 182).

Even so, Irish Traditional Music is scarcely an autobiography. It is a
teaching manual, suitable for the Irish music enthusiast, but designed =
for
the non-specialist=97with Chapter 6, =91Irish Instrumental Music=92, =
providing a
particularly accessible guide to instruments and session music. Williams
encourages further research for the student: she includes a link to the
Focus on World Music Series website for additional quizzes and essay =
topics,
an accompanying CD of music referenced in the text, and five questions =
at
the end of each chapter designed to provoke discussion.

Williams presents, in a thorough, readable way, the important debate
regarding the essentialist notions of Irish music and of =91the =
Irish=92. For
the specialist scholar engaged with ethnomusicological debate, =
particularly
surrounding globalisation, nationalism and cultural theory, and also =
those
interested in wider Irish studies, this modern, comprehensive account of
Irish music is a most valuable addition. Williams was inspired to write
Irish Traditional Music in order to fill the void discovered by her own
students of Irish Studies. Those who debate the grand questions of =
Ireland's
revisionism have tended to ignore the =91background noise=92 of Irish
traditional music. Whilst the scope remains to further develop and =
expand on
the relationship between Irish music and communities at home and away =
from
Ireland, Williams seeks to rectify the imbalance with this detailed,
engaging and interactive Focus on World Music Series publication.=20

Angela Moran=20
Email: moran.angela[at]gmail.com=20
=A9 2012, Angela Moran

References

1. Flood, William Grattan. 1913. =91Irish Music in the Time of Queen =
Bess=92.
Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, 13: 20=961.=20
2. Foster , Robert Fitzroy . 2001 . The Irish Story: Telling Tales and
Making It Up in Ireland . London : Allen Lane .=20
3. Kershaw, Baz. 1999. The Radical in Performance: Between Brecht and
Baudrillard, London: Routledge.

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

Volume 7, Issue 1, 2012

The impact of policing British Muslims: a qualitative exploration

Imran Awana*
pages 22-35

Abstract
Since the 'war on terror', issues of security and the role of law
enforcement agencies have become increasingly important. In the UK, local
communities have had to play a pivotal role in combating extremism and
terrorism. With this heightened atmosphere, community-led policing models
are being used for counter-terrorism-led initiatives. Indeed, a local police
force in Birmingham further exacerbated the potential for perceived bias
between British Muslims and the police as they installed a number of secret
covert and overt cameras in predominately Muslim areas. This paper examines
issues in relation to racial profiling, surveillance, trust, community
policing and counter-terrorism-led policing. The article uses a short case
study which adopted a qualitative research approach and focused on
participants from the area of Birmingham where the cameras were installed,
as the author sought to understand the opinion of the study participants and
their views on the closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras. Issues
affecting this particular section of the community were critical in
understanding how British Muslims had been affected by the use of such mass
surveillance. The findings reported in this article suggest that
surveillance initiatives based in Muslim areas of the West Midlands (in the
UK) have failed.

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Glucksman Ireland House Launches the American Journal of Irish Studies

New York, April 5 =96 Glucksman Ireland House New York University is =
pleased
to announce the launch of the American Journal of Irish Studies. The =
annual
journal is intended to be a forum for discussion on Irish and =
Irish-American
literature, history, arts and culture, and contemporary issues. It =
draws
primarily from our dynamic series of named lectures and public events.

Thomas M. Truxes leads off the articles with his Ernie O=92Malley =
lecture on
the socially ambitious and commercially aggressive young Irish =
entrepreneurs
who dominated transatlantic business in New York in the decades before =
the
American Revolution and Eileen Sullivan examines the rarely documented
influence of Catholic publishers and publications in late =
nineteenth-century
America.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin who appeared here in 2007 shares =
his
thoughts about the consequences for Ireland if it hit an economic =
downtown,
well before the crash of the Celtic Tiger the following year. We have =
Eamon
de Valera=92s grandson, Minister =C9amon =D3 Cu=EDv describing his =
oversight of an
Irish language initiative in Ireland paired with Irish language scholar =
and
broadcaster S=E9amus Blake=92s evaluation of the state of Irish language =
and
literature in Ireland. Belinda McKeon writes eloquently on the legacy of =
the
late John McGahern in remarks she prepared for a retrospective on =
McGahern
that we hosted in commemoration of the writer=92s passing, and Joe Lee =
offers
some reflection on the life of the late Garrett FitzGerald.

Finally we offer the insight of our own research in the area of oral =
history
and share the pedagogical and research findings of our faculty as =
presented
to a national conference in Atlanta.

The American Journal of Irish Studies, formerly called Radharc: The
Journal for Irish and Irish-American will soon be available on JSTOR. In =
the
meantime please direct inquiries regarding this volume or orders to
Ireland.house[at]nyu.edu. Individual volumes are $20. Shipping is $3.00 in =
the
US and $10.00 internationally. For more information, go to:
http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/page/publications

Contact:
Linda Dowling Almeida
Editor=09
American Journal of Irish Studies
Glucksman Ireland House
New York University
One Washington Mews
New York, NY 10013
212/998-3950
Ireland.house[at]nyu.edu
For more information, go to:
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American Journal of Irish Studies, Volume 8
Table of Contents

Ireland, New York, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World=20
Thomas M. Truxes

Community in Print: Irish-American Publishers and Readers=20
Eileen Sullivan

Beyond Chronicle: The Deceptive Realism of John McGahern=92s Fiction=20
Belinda McKeon

New Ireland, New Church=20
Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin

Irish in the Twenty-first Century=20
=C9amon =D3 Cu=EDv

Se=E1n =D3 Tuama and Irish Gaelic in the Twentieth Century=20
S=E9amus Blake

Ireland in Crisis, Then and Now: An Oral History Documentation Strategy:
Associational Behavior in Context: Irish Immigrant Origins of Identity=20
in the Diaspora
Miriam Nyhan=20
=20
What=92s New is Old Again: Revisiting the New Irish in America
Linda Dowling Almeida=20

Close Encounters of the Irish Kind=20
Marion R. Casey=20

In Memoriam: Garret FitzGerald=20
Joe Lee
=09

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Our attention has been drawn to the Symposium item, below...

I think it must be because of the paper by Jill Sullivan on The Irish
question in regional pantomime.

Jill Sullivan is the author of the recently published The Politics of =
The
Pantomime: Regional Identity in the Theatre, 1860-1900, 2011, University =
of
Hertfordshire Press=20
ISBN-10: 1902806891
ISBN-13: 978-1902806891

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

The paper on Gladstone might also have some Irish relevance.

P.O'S.

=A0
Dear Colleagues,
=A0
This is to let you know that registration is open for the April =
symposium on
"Politics, Performance and Popular Culture in Nineteenth-Century =
Britain"
which is part of the AHRC-funded research project, "The cultural =
politics of
English pantomime, 1837-1901"
=A0
We're meeting in the Arts Building, University of Birmingham, from 2pm
Thursday 19 April, to 6pm, Friday 20th April.
=A0
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/drama/research/pant=
omi
me/index.aspx
=A0
You can find the schedule and information about speakers at:
https://sites.google.com/site/victorianpantomime/2011-symposium_politics-=
and
-performance
=A0
Speakers include:
Mike Sanders (Manchester): on Platforms, Correspondences and Theatrical
Metaphor.
=A0
Jim Davis (Warwick): Victorian pantomime and the Politics of Gender =
Variance
=A0
Jane Pritchard (Victoria and Albert Museum): on Ballet, class and =
identity
=A0
Jill Sullivan (Independent): on The Irish question in regional pantomime
=A0
Marcus Morris (Lancaster): on Labour leaders, political rhetoric and
performativity
=A0
Richard Gaunt (Nottingham): on Peel as actor-dramatist (parliament =
itself as
theatrical institution)
=A0
Caroline Radcliffe (Birmingham): on Theatrical hierarchy and Cultural
capital: East and West London
=A0
Anselm Heinrich (Glasgow): on Gladstone, national theatre and contested
didactics of theatre.
=A0
Janice Norwood (Hertfordshire): on East End Socialism, performance
techniques in protest/marches
=A0
Peter Yeandle (Lancaster): on Christian Socialism and performing arts:
politics, theology and theatricality
=A0
Registration details and online registration can be found here:
http://online-payments.lancaster-university.co.uk/browse/product.asp?comp=
id=3D
1&modid=3D1&catid=3D307
=A0
DIRECTIONS TO BIRMINGHAM (Edgbaston Campus):
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/contact/directions/index.aspx
=A0
RECOMMENDED LOCAL ACCOMMODATION:
http://www.nmr.bham.ac.uk/documents/HotelsRestaurants.pdf
=A0
=A0
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Professor of Drama and Theatre Arts
Department of Drama and Theatre Arts
SOVAC
998 Bristol Road
Selly Oak Campus
University of Birmingham, B29 6LG
=A0
k.newey[at]bham.ac.uk

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IRISH IN BRITAIN SEMINAR SERIES 2012
8 - 29 MAY 2012
London Metropolitan University

Irish migration to Britain has increased significantly in the last three
years. The way in which this and the experiences of previous generations =
of
Irish migrants have been reflected and mediated through literature and
culture is a growing dimension of Irish Studies. This year=92s seminar =
series
aims to examine the way in which writers, film-makers and bloggers have
negotiated the complex diasporic networks and identities that have
characterized Irish migration to Britain since the Second World War.

8 May: =A0 Dr. Ellen McWilliams, Bath Spa University
John McGahern and Edna O=92Brien=92s Irish Women Migrants

15 May: =A0 Dr. Claire Lynch, Brunel University=20
Blogtrotters: Unearthing the Irish in Britain Online

22 May: =A0 Prof. Lance Pettitt, St. Mary=92s University College, =
Twickenham=20
Belgravia's Belfast Bohemian: The Cinema of Brian Desmond Hurst

29 May: =A0 Dr. Louise Sheridan, University of Northampton=20
Beyond Nation, Beyond Nostalgia: Representations of Women's Migration in
Edna O'Brien's =91The Light of Evening=92 (2003) and Kate O'Riordan's =
=91The
Memory Stones=92 (2003)

Attendance is free but places are limited so it is essential to register =
in
advance at
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3053622467

The Irish Studies Centre has provided a forum for teaching, learning and
research since 1986. The Irish in Britain Seminar Series offers an
opportunity for students, researchers and scholars to debate and =
disseminate
the latest research on Ireland, migration and the diaspora.

Seminars will take place on Tuesday evenings at 6.30 =96 8.00 p.m.
Room T120, London Metropolitan University, Tower Building, 166-220
Holloway Road, N7 8DB
ALL WELCOME =96 Refreshments provided

For further information contact Tony Murray: t.murray[at]londonmet.ac.uk
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Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Many Ir-D members will find Bryan Giemza's article of use and interest...

P.O'S.

Turned Inside Out: Black, White, and Irish in the South

Southern Cultures, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2012, pp. 34-57

by: Bryan Giemza

He had seen, one morning as he was going to his work [in New Orleans], a
negro carrying some mortar, when another negro hailed him with a loud laugh:
"Hallo! you is turned Irishman, is 'ou?"
-Frederick Law Olmsted, The Cotton Kingdom1

The widely recited claim that the Irish in the South were perhaps more
misused than slaves is traceable to William Howard Russell (here, 1855), who
wrote: "The labour of ditching, trenching, cleaning the waste lands, and
hewing down the forests is generally done by Irish labourers . . . . Mr.
Seal lamented the high prices of this work; but then, as he said, 'It was
much better to have Irish to do it, who cost nothing to the planter if they
died, than to use up good field-hands in such severe employment.'"

Noel Ignatiev's How the Irish Became White, a book graced by a pithy name
that summarizes its provocative thesis, has generated volumes of response.
But relatively little of this body of criticism bears on the South, even
though Ignatiev expressly invokes the region in one of the most quoted
passages of his study:

The Irish who emigrated to America in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries were fleeing caste oppression and a system of landlordism that
made the material conditions of the Irish peasant comparable to those of an
American slave . . . On the rail beds and canals they labored for low wages
under dangerous conditions; in the South they were occasionally employed
where it did not make sense to risk the life of a slave. As they came to the
cities, they were crowded into districts that became centers of crime, vice
and disease.2

Ignatiev's study, like most treatments of the American Irish, focuses
largely on the Northeast, with special focus on Philadelphia. It is worth
asking if his observations hold up as well to southern experience. How were
the southern Irish identified, in a racial sense, and how did they identify
themselves? Did they, in the mode of Ignatiev, "whiten" as well? In a
society that came to be seen as rigidly stratified by race, were the Irish
in the South commingled in a "common culture of the lowly?"3

As if in reply, historians Peter D. O'Neill and David Lloyd write, "The
Irish, it has been shown, became white in the United States precisely to the
extent that both slaves and free Blacks were denied full citizenship, even
humanity." And to some extent, this holds for the South, as the case of
Charleston's Irish-born bishop and slavery apologist, John England,
illustrates. Some southern Irish found themselves supporting the regional
racial orders, willingly or not. There is an attendant sense of
disappointment that the Irish did not always seek solidarity with the
oppressed: as O'Neill and Lloyd put it, "All too often, the query is posed
within a somewhat sentimental framework, one shaped by a weak ethical desire
that the Irish should have identified with another people who were
undergoing dispossession, exploitation or racism-or, indeed, shown
solidarity with oppressed people in general."4

We might call this the Montserrat Problem, in reference to Donald Akenson's
If the Irish Ran the World, which observes that Irish slaveholders in
Montserrat rivaled any colonial power in cruelty...

...This analysis takes a second look at the origins of black and Irish
interchangeability in the South...

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Call for papers

GLOBAL IRELAND

The 19th Australasian Irish Studies Conference will be hosted by the
Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Otago.

7-10th November 2012

Confirmed keynote speakers are

Professor Donald MacRaild (Northumbria University)
Professor R=F3n=E1n McDonald (University of New South Wales)
Professor Cormac =D3 Gr=E1da (University College Dublin)
Dr Louise Ryan (Middlesex University)

Papers from various disciplinary angles in Irish Studies are welcome from
both academics and other researchers across a variety of themes. Papers
with comparative and/or transnational approaches to Ireland and its
diaspora are particularly welcome. Such approaches might be geographical
(between countries or localities), ethnic (between Irish and other groups)
or within Ireland and its diaspora (eg gender experiences)

Proposals for papers and panels should include a title, abstract and brief
biographical information (including institutional affiliation and contact
details) and be submitted before the deadline of 18th May 2012 to the
conference organiser Professor Angela McCarthy at
irishconf2012[at]otago.ac.nz. For further information see the conference
website http://www.otago.ac.nz/ciss/irishconf2012.



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New Hibernia Review=20
Volume 16, Number 1, Earrach/Spring 2012

Table of Contents
N=F3ta=ED na nEagarth=F3ir=ED: Editors=92 Notes
N=F3tai na nEagarth=F3iri: Editors=92 Notes=20
pp. 5-8=20

Articles

Jim, Across the Road=20
pp. 9-15=20
Aileen Dillane=20

Reading the Rookery: The Social Meaning of an Irish Slum in
Nineteenth-Century London=20
pp. 16-30=20
Richard Kirkland=20

Colm T=F3ib=EDn=92s =93As Though=94 Reality in Mothers and Sons, =
Brooklyn, and The
Empty Family=20
pp. 31-47=20
Edward A. Hagan=20

Ireland and the Nigeria-Biafra War: Local Connections to a Distant =
Conflict=20
pp. 48-67=20
Fiona Bateman=20

Fil=EDocht Nua: New Poetry=20
pp. 68-
Pat Boran=20

The Bell and the Blanket: Journals of Irish Republican Dissent=20
pp. 75-93=20
Niall Carson, Paddy Hoey=20

Settling Down or Moving On?: The Settlement of the Irish Neolithic
Landscape=20
pp. 94-112=20
Gerard Mulligan=20

=93Delicate Fantasy=94 and =93Vulgar Reality=94: Undermining Romance and
Complicating Identity in Bram Stoker=92s The Snake=92s Pass=20
pp. 113-133=20
Lisabeth C. Buchelt=20

Finding the Irish Language in Canada=20
pp. 134-149=20
Sarah McMonagle=20

L=E9irmheasanna: Reviews
Brian Friel: Theatre and Politics (review)=20
pp. 150-152 Helen Heusner Lojek=20
The Big House in the North of Ireland: Land, Power and Social Elites,
1878=961960 (review)=20
pp. 152-153 Mary McCulley=20
Associational Culture in Ireland and Abroad (review)=20
pp. 154-155 | Michael F. Funchion=20
The Wake Forest Series of Irish Poetry: Volume Two (review)=20
pp. 156-158 Ray McManus=20
Cl=FAdach: Cover
Cl=FAdach: Cover=20
pp. 158-159=20

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Symposium: Famine Memory and the Irish Diaspora: Migrants,
Remembrance, Performance - Thursday, March 22nd , Limerick
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I thought that the Ir-D list - and our archives - would like to see the
detailed programme of Jason King's Symposium at Limerick. It went very
well, a tribute to Jason's hard work.

The Ir-D list has already seen a note about the launch of the Virtual
Archive of =91Le Typhus de 1847 / The Typhus of 1847=92=20
http://www.history.ul.ie/historyoffamily/faminearchive/

I will send out am updated note about that. In his Introduction Jason
mentioned Theophile Hamel's painting Le Typhus - there is a link to the
painting on the National Famine Commemoration 2012 web site...

http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/NationalFamineCommemoration2012/

P.O'S.


Symposium: Famine Memory and the Irish Diaspora: Migrants, Remembrance,
Performance
Thursday, March 22nd=20

Symposium Convener: Dr. Jason King

Panel 1. 9:00 =96 11:00am. Wood Room, Plassey House.
Displaced Families: Research Seminar in the History of the Family.
Ciara Breathnach (University of Limerick), =93Orphaned for the =
Voyage=94.
Patrick O=92Sullivan (Irish Diaspora Unit, Bradford), =93Their Own =
Words:
personal narratives of Irish Famine victims and refugees in coroners=92
courts, 1845-52=94.
Ciaran J. Reilly (Center for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & =
Estates),
=93'Emigration and the Strokestown estate during the Famine: Myth and =
memory=94.
Niamh Ann Kelly (Dublin Institute of Technology), =93Staging a Modern =
Journey:
Famine Emigration in Memorial Culture=94.

Panel 2. Engineering Research Building (ERB) 001.
Relocated Remembrance.
Margu=E9rite Corporaal, (Radboud University, Nijmegen), =93Diasporic
Displacements: The Remembrance of the Great Famine in Irish-American and
Irish-Canadian Fiction, 1850-1870=94.=20
Christopher Cusack, (Radboud University, Nijmegen), "Irish Revivalism,
Religion and Transatlantic Famine Recollection, 1892-1921".
Lindsay Janssen, (Radboud University, Nijmegen), Recollecting Home:
Fictional Representations of Landscape and their Role in the Formation =
of
Transatlantic Irish Cultural Memory in Irish, Irish-American and
Irish-Canadian Novels, 1871-91".

Panel 3. 2:30-4pm. Wood Room, Plassey House.
Famine Commemoration in Ireland , Canada, and Quebec.
Emily Mark-Fitzgerald (University College Dublin), 'Monuments, museums & =
the
memory of migration in Canada'
Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED (University College Cork), =93Remembering the =
uncommemorable:
Famine, memorialisation and Diaspora=94
Caroilin Callery & Maggie Gallagher (Cultural Connections and Curious =
Tail
Theatre Companies), =93Strokestown =96 Quebec Youth Connection =
Project=94.
4-5pm March 22nd 2012. East Room, Plassey House.

Launch of Virtual Archive of =91Le Typhus de 1847 / The Typhus of =
1847=92 By
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, T.D. The
virtual archive translates the French language annals and pays tribute =
to
the Grey Nuns of Montreal, who cared for famine emigrants and provided =
homes
for Irish orphans and widows during the famine migration of 1847.
Speakers include Ian Morissette, Director of Political and Public =
Affairs,
Qu=E9bec Government Office, London, Jackie Ellis, General Relations =
Officer,
Embassy of Canada.

The virtual archive can be accessed here:=20
http://www.history.ul.ie/historyoffamily/faminearchive/

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Minister for Arts,
Heritage and the Gaeltacht launches Virtual Archive of Famine
Stories - The Typhus of 1847 / Le Typhus de 1847
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Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht launches Virtual Archive =
of
Famine Stories - The Typhus of 1847 / Le Typhus de 1847
=A0
Jimmy Deenihan TD Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, =
recently
launched a unique virtual archive of famine stories at the University of
Limerick. The archive translates the French language annals and pays =
tribute
to the French-Canadian Sisters of Charity, or Grey Nuns, who cared for =
the
Irish Famine emigrants in the fever sheds of Montreal during the summer =
of
1847 and provided homes for Irish widows and orphans. These annals =
contain
extensive and highly evocative eyewitness accounts of the suffering of
famine migrants in 1847.
=A0
Speaking at the event, Minister Deenihan said; "These annals contain
extensive and very moving eyewitness accounts of the suffering of famine
migrants in 1847. Written in French and mostly unpublished until now =
they
were largely unknown to both scholars and the general public. As Chair =
of
the Famine Commemoration Committee it is my role to ensure that the
commemorations undertaken in Drogheda and Boston this year honour the
victims of the Famine and also all those who selflessly assisted them at
that time."
=A0
The archive consists of numerous eye witness accounts and first hand
testimonials about the suffering of Irish emigrants in the fever sheds =
of
Montreal in 1847, and of the harrowing experiences of the priests and =
nuns
who went to their aid and sought to provide homes for stricken widows =
and
orphans.
=A0
Dr Jason King, University of Limerick is the lead researcher on the =
project.
He explains the significance of the archive; ""The Typhus of 1847 / Le
Typhus de 1847" virtual archive makes accessible the stories of =
individuals
and members of religious communities who risked their own lives to care =
for
and provide comfort for Famine Irish emigrants in Montreal in 1847. It
provides a record not just of the hardships and suffering experienced by =
the
Famine emigrants, but also a moving tribute to those who sought to help
them."=20
=A0
The Great Irish Famine of 1845-1850 was the greatest social calamity in
terms of mortality and suffering that Ireland has ever experienced. =
During
those years, over one million people perished from hunger or, more =
commonly,
from hunger-related diseases. In the decade following 1846, when the
floodgates of emigration opened, more than 1.8 million people emigrated,
with more than half fleeing during the famine years.=20
=A0
The main annal in the archive is that of the Grey Nuns of Montreal which =
has
been published in French in La Revue Canadienne under the title "Le =
Typhus
de 1847" in 1898; the UL virtual archive is making this material =
accessible
as it is=A0largely unknown in the English speaking world.
The virtual archive can be accessed here:
http://www.history.ul.ie/historyoffamily/faminearchive/

The event was also attended by representatives of the Qu=E9bec =
Government
Office, London and the Embassy of Canada in Ireland. The project has =
been
funded by the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Teaching and
Research Boards, University of Limerick.
=A0
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0323/1224313766271.html

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/New-Irish-Famine-documents-shed-light-on=
-in
credible-nuns-and-priests-in-Canada-143951296.html
=A0=A0=20

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Bill Mulligan
Subject: Re: Review Article,
Alive and Well: New Perspectives on Irish America
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The author can respond to requests for copies positively and without cost to
him, his university, or the recipient.

Sorry to be so slow to respond I've been involved with family matters.

Bill Mulligan

-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:42 AM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Review Article, Alive and Well: New Perspectives on Irish
America

This review article by Bill Mulligan will interest many Ir-D members.

It looks at Rogers & O'Brien, After the Flood Barton, Screening
Irish-America Rains, The Irish-American in Popular Culture.

I wonder if there is any way to prevail upon the writer of the article to
make it more widely available...

P.O'S.

Alive and Well: New Perspectives on Irish America William H. Mulligan Jr.
Journal of American Ethnic History
Vol. 31, No. 3 (Spring 2012), pp. 80-86

Published by: University of Illinois Press Article Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.3.0080

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Don MacRaild
Subject: Northumbria University - Six Anniversary Research Fellowships
(three-year postdocs)
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Dear Paddy,

=20

Could you circulate these job opportunities please? You will see that =
under
the third bullet point, below, =91Diaspora, migration and ethnicity are
flagged. The School of Arts and Social Sciences has particular interests =
in
these areas, not least in terms of Irish history. Anyone interested =
could
contact me informally (don.macraild[at]northumbria.ac.uk).=20

=20

These are pitched at grade 7, which is senior lecture grade in the new
universities or lecturer B equivalent in the old universities (approx.
=A337-45k).=20

=20

The official statement is as follows, with a web-link for further
particulars:

=20

2012 marks Northumbria's 20th anniversary as a university and to mark =
the
occasion we are recruiting six Anniversary Research Fellows.=20

=20

Working closely with experts and supervisors in a School of the =
University,
you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your extensive knowledge =
and
subject expertise through individual and collaborative academic =
activity.
Successful candidates will be selected according to the excellence of =
their
research profile and plans, regardless of their area of research =
interest.
We particularly welcome candidates with an interest in one of the =
following
research areas:=20

=20

* Building information modelling; cold climate physical geography
* Design research; design and performance;
* Diasporas, migration, ethnicity; American studies; contemporary art =
and
medical practice
* Elastomeric power generation; applied mathematics; cognitive radio for =
the
4th generation mobile network;=20
* Patient safety; clinical legal education; clinical diagnostics and
therapeutics
* Supply chain management; human resource management.

=20

For further information please contact Angela Carter, HR Manager on 0191 =
227
4322 or via email
angela.carter2[at]northumbria.ac.uk


http://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/hrvacs/vco1102 and will close on 24 May =
2011.


=20

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Dear Friends,

This is a mundane question but one that always troubles me when I go to Ire=
land. I am never who and how much to tip. I am always at a loss with restau=
rants and taxis and would appreciate any insights you have.

Michael

Michael Patrick Gillespie
Professor of English=20
Director of the Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment
Florida International University

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From: "MacEinri, Piaras"
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Hi Michael
=20
In restaurants the usual rule is 10% or so. Sometimes the bill says =
'service included', which I find annoying, as it's my right to decide =
whether or not to tip. If it does I usually ask the staff whether they =
actually get the money.=20
=20
Taxis are a tougher call - most people add a few euro. If it's EUR18, =
say, I'd usually pay EUR20 and say 'that's fine'.=20
=20
Bon voyage
=20
Piaras

________________________________

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Sent: Sat 14/04/2012 22:05
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] tipping



Dear Friends,

This is a mundane question but one that always troubles me when I go to =
Ireland. I am never who and how much to tip. I am always at a loss with =
restaurants and taxis and would appreciate any insights you have.

Michael

Michael Patrick Gillespie
Professor of English
Director of the Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment
Florida International University

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: CFP NEWSPAPER & PERIODICAL HISTORY FORUM OF IRELAND,
Writing Against the Grain: Dissent,
Minorities and the Press in History, 2012
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Forwarded on behalf of
"O'Donnell, James"

NEWSPAPER & PERIODICAL HISTORY FORUM OF IRELAND
http://www.newspapersperiodicals.org/

Conference 2012 - Call for Papers

The theme for the 2012 Conference, to be held at Kingston University, London
on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 November, is: 'Writing Against the Grain:
Dissent, Minorities and the Press in History'.

With the advent of new technology in the late nineteenth century relatively
cheap printing facilities became available to those with a cause to further
or a position to advocate. From then onwards a plethora of publications
reflecting dissenting or minority interests emerged. Proposals are welcome
for papers that focus on specific titles or journalists or broad thematic
areas based on the notions of dissent and/or minority interests and the
press.

Topics that conference papers might address include:
. How new technology changed the press and journalism in the late 19th
century
. Periodical journalism in the twentieth century and its impact on current
affairs
. Minorities and the Press
. Dissent and the Press
. Irish-Ireland, labour, republican, feminist and religious
journals/journalists
. Sports, crime, business and social affairs journalism
. 'Literary' content in newspapers and periodicals

To submit a proposal, please email a 500-word summary of your paper and a
brief biographical note to the Forum secretary, Mark O'Brien, at:
nphficonference[at]gmail.com

To join the Forum, please see http://www.newspapersperiodicals.org/

The closing date for submission of proposals is 31 May 2012.

___________________

James T. O'Donnell
Postgraduate Research Fellow
Moore Institute; National University of Ireland, Galway

http://nationalirelandgalway.academia.edu/JamesODonnell

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article,
Whose Day Is It Anyway? St. Patrick's Day as a Contested
Performance of National and Diasporic Irishness
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Our attention has been drawn to the following item...

...in the latest issue of Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1754-9469.2011.01149.x/abstract


Whose Day Is It Anyway? St. Patrick's Day as a Contested Performance of
National and Diasporic Irishness

Marc Scully, University of Leicester

One of the more intriguing aspects of St. Patrick's Day celebrations as a
nationalised ritual of a performed Irishness, both within and outside
Ireland, is the extent to which it represents a dialogue between
territorialised and diasporic expressions of Irish identity, and claims of
belonging to Irishness. St. Patrick's Day celebrations in English cities are
a particularly intriguing example of this contestation, due to the proximity
of the two countries and the historical structural and cultural constraints
on the public performance of Irish identity in England, as well as their
more recent reinvention within celebratory multiculturalism. This article
examines how debates around the authenticity of St. Patrick's Day parades in
English cities are employed in the identity work of individual Irish people.
In doing so, it provides insight on the tensions between Irishness as
transnational, diasporic, and ethnic, as experienced in England.

Marc Scully is a Research Associate,
The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain,
University of Leicester
http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/impact-of-diasporas/the-research-group/researc
h-associates/marc-scully

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: TOC Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism,
Special Issue: Forging the Nation, Volume 12, Issue 1, April 2012
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From another direction we learn of this Special Issue of Studies in
Ethnicity and Nationalism, the issue containing Marc Scully's article, Whose
Day Is It Anyway? St. Patrick's Day as a Contested Performance of National
and Diasporic Irishness - see earlier Ir-D message. People might like to
see the full TOC, pasted in below...

Note also Cillian McGrattan's article, 'Moving On': The Politics of Shared
Society in Northern Ireland.

P.O'S.

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
Special Issue: Forging the Nation: Performance and Ritual in the
(Re)production of Nation
Volume 12, Issue 1, pages 1-5, April 2012

Introduction: Forging the Nation through Performance and Ritual (pages 1-5)
Danielle Hemple

Performance, Spectacle, and Visual Poetry in the Sixtieth Anniversary
National Day Parade in the People's Republic of China (pages 6-18)
Erika Kuever

Fresh Views on the Old Past: The Postage Stamps of the Mexican Bicentennial
(pages 19-44)
Henio Hoyo

The (Re-)Construction of 'National Identity' through Selective Memory and
Mass Ritual Discourse: The Chilean Centenary, 1910 (pages 45-63)
Jasper Dag Tjaden

Symbols and Rituals in the Mobilisation of the Romani National Ideal (pages
64-81)
Slawomir Kapralski

Anticipatory Representation: Building the Palestinian Nation(-State) through
Artistic Performance (pages 82-100)
Chiara De Cesari

Moving the Nation: Taking the Smithsonian to Scotland (pages 101-117)
Alima Bucciantini

Whose Day Is It Anyway? St. Patrick's Day as a Contested Performance of
National and Diasporic Irishness (pages 118-135)
Marc Scully

An Occasion for Collective Engagement: Shifting Political Hegemonies in
Early Malay Epic Dramas (pages 136-154)
Simone Shu-Yeng Chung

Zionist Awareness of the Jewish Past: Inventing Tradition or Renewing the
Ethnic Past? (pages 155-171)
Yitzhak Conforti

'Moving On': The Politics of Shared Society in Northern Ireland (pages
172-189)
Cillian McGrattan

Bound from Head to Toe: The Sari as an Expression of Gendered National
Identity (pages 190-205)
Shauna Wilton

'Whose Game They're Playing': Nation and Emotion in Canadian TV Advertising
during the 2010 Winter Olympics (pages 206-226)
Steven J. Mock