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Perhaps it is time for us to stop tipping, in America many people only get
paid by tips or their pay is so low that tips are the only way they make
ends meet, but in Northern Ireland (at least, I don't know what the
situation is in the rest of the country) they have a minimum wage and I
don't see why there should be an expectation that one tips them, I don't
get tipped for the work I do (and I certainly don't earn as much as most
taxi drivers and many months I don't earn anywhere near the minimum wage
either!)

Muiris

On 15 April 2012 15:12, MacEinri, Piaras wrote:

> Hi Michael
>
> 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.
>
> 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'.
>
> Bon voyage
>
> Piaras
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Michael Gillespie
> 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
>

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: TOC National Identities, Vol. 14, No. 1, 01 Mar 2012,
SPECIAL ISSUE Scottish devolution and national identity
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National Identities, Vol. 14, No. 1, 01 Mar 2012

Scottish devolution and national identity
Daniel P.J. Soule, Murray S. Leith & Martin Steven
Pages: 1-10
In opening this special edition of National Identities we will introduce the
papers herein, which take Scottish devolution as their starting point for
reflecting on Scottish national identity. Before so doing, we contextualize
these analyses by giving a background to devolution and to studies of
Scottish national identity in general. We lay out some of the approaches
taken thus far and, in particular, raise points for further debate, which
authors in this issue will take further.

Scottish sovereignty and the union of 1707: Then and now
Murray Pittock
Pages: 11-21

Entrenchment of unionist nationalism: devolution and the discourse of
national identity in Scotland
Atsuko Ichijo
Pages: 23-37

The view from above: Scottish national identity as an elite concept
Murray Stewart Leith
Pages: 39-51
DOI: 10.1080/14608944.2012.657081

SNP, identity and citizenship: Re-imagining state and nation
Andrew Mycock
Pages: 53-69

The Conservative Party and devolved national identities: Scotland and Wales
compared
Martin H.M. Steven, Owain Llyr ap Gareth & Lewis Baston
Pages: 71-81

Understanding English public reactions to the Scottish parliament
Susan Condor
Pages: 83-98

Scottish devolution and the Scottish diaspora
Duncan Sim
Pages: 99-114
This paper describes the relationship that exists between Scotland and its
diaspora and the ways in which this has changed since the advent of
devolution. Based on interviews carried out primarily in the United States,
it explores how members of the diaspora have adopted a less historical and
sentimental approach to their 'homeland' and are increasingly knowledgeable
about Scottish constitutional change. In part this has resulted from the
growth of the internet and the ease of finding out about developments in
Scotland itself, as well as the greater ease and affordability of travel
back to Scotland. But, most importantly, the existence of a government in
Edinburgh has allowed Scottish politicians and organizations to engage with
the diaspora in events such as Tartan Day, in a way in which London-based
politicians were never likely to do. Tourist developments promoted by the
Scottish government, such as the Year of Homecoming in 2009, have also been
highly significant. Thus links between Scotland and its diaspora have been
changed and strengthened in various ways.

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We have come across this radio conversation, which will interest many IR-D
members. The design of the RTE web site means that I have not been able to
work out in what YEAR this conversation took place. It might be this year,
or it might be a thousand years ago...

P.O'S.

Miriam Meets.....Professors Joe Lee and Gearoid O Tuathaigh

This week, Miriam O'Callaghan meets two of Ireland's best known historians,
Professors Joe Lee and Gearoid O Tuathaigh.

Joe Lee was professor of Modern History at UCC for many years; he's a former
Senator, and his book Ireland 1912-1985 has been essential reading for
anyone who wants to understand Irish history ever since its publication 20
years ago. For the past eight years he has directed the Glucksman Institute
of Irish Studies at New York University.

Gearoid O Tuathaigh is Professor of History at NUI Galway. He is interested
in European and British history as well as Irish history of the 19th and
20th century, he's a GAA enthusiast and has written extensively about Irish
culture and politics, notably in his book Ireland before the Famine, and
also in a book he and Joe wrote together, The Age of De Valera.

They have been friends since they met at Cambridge in the late 1960s. They
recalled their first meeting; described the international mix of post
graduate students in Cambridge at the time and pondered on the fact that so
few English historians have shown an interest in Irish history.

They have worked together on a television series on The Land Wars and on a
book on De Valera, a political leader who continues to intrigue to this day.
Both men share a love of the Irish language and of sport. And they continue
to enjoy their chosen field of study and their love of teaching remains
undimmed.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/miriammeets/220810.html

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Our attention has been drawn to this exhibition at the The National Museum
of Women in the Arts, Washington DC.

I am afraid that I have not been able to work out, from the information
online, which Irish women silversmiths are represented in this exhibition.
There is some discussion on Eileen Moylan's web site.

http://www.eileenmoylan.com/2011/03/women-silversmiths/

There was a similar exhibition in 1990 at The National Museum of Women in
the Arts.

I have long felt that there was a differential visible in the prices
realised by eighteenth and nineteenth silver - that, in the auction houses,
Irish silver costs MORE than English silver, reflecting, perhaps, the
interests of Irish-American collectors.

P.O'S.



http://nmwa.org/exhibitions/women-silversmiths

Women Silversmiths from the NMWA Collection on view March 23-September 23,
2012.

A selection of silver from the National Museum of Women in the Art's
collection has been chosen for exhibition by Nancy Valentine, a founding
member of NMWA, to celebrate the museum's 25th anniversary. Featuring
British and Irish women silversmiths of the late 17th and 18th centuries,
this exhibition illustrates the significant contribution women made to the
silver industry as many women learned the trade within their families and
built successful careers as designers, craftswomen, and businesswomen.

Highlights include an elaborate George III Epergne made by Hester Bateman in
London in 1786, on limited loan from S.L. Shrubsole; and the newest addition
to NMWA's silver collection, a George II Silver Cup & Cover by Isabel Pero,
made in London in the mid-18th century.

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Forwarded on behalf of
Liam Burke - John Ford Ireland [mailto:liam.burke[at]ifta.ie]=20
Sent: 16 April 2012 14:11
To: 'p.osullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk'
Subject: Joseph McBride to give keynote lecture at John Ford Ireland =
Film
Symposium (7-10 June)

Dear Paddy,
I am the programmer of the upcoming John Ford Ireland Film Symposium, =
Dublin
7-10 June. The symposium will host a series of lectures, screenings and
industry events, which will draw attention to John Ford as an
Irish-American. I was hoping that you might forward the below =
information to
the Irish Diaspora List, as I would imagine it would be of interest to =
many
of its members.
Many Thanks,
Liam Burke

John Ford Ireland
3rd Floor, 17 - 19 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Tel: + 353 1 6624120
Fax: + 353 1 6624119
www.johnfordireland.org

John Ford Ireland Symposium 7 =96 10 June 2012 Dublin

Renowned film historian and biographer JOSEPH MCBRIDE will provide the
opening lecture at this year=92s JOHN FORD IRELAND FILM SYMPOSIUM.=20

McBride is the author of SEARCHING FOR JOHN FORD, the celebrated Ford
biography that Martin Scorsese described as a "treasure" and the New =
York
Times Book Review considers, "the most comprehensive book to date on the
filmmaker."=20

The JOHN FORD Ireland Film Symposium will honour, examine and learn from =
the
work and legacy of legendary filmmaker John Ford, widely regarded as one =
of
cinema's most important and influential directors.=A0 Leading Ford
authorities, enthusiasts, film experts and academics will gather in =
Dublin
in June.

The JOHN FORD IRELAND FILM SYMPOSIUM will feature more than a dozen
screenings; industry masterclasses; lectures from world renowned Ford
experts; gala events and public interviews with noted filmmakers greatly
indebted to Ford=92s work.=20

The symposium will also explore the many vibrant links between Ford and =
the
first John Ford Award recipient CLINT EASTWOOD through a retrospective =
and
discussion events.=20

JOHN FORD IRELAND is an initiative of the Irish Film & Television =
Academy
and the John Ford Estate, to celebrate the work and legacy of one of
cinema=92s most influential directors.=20

website: www.johnfordireland.org

email: info[at]johnfordireland.org
twitter: [at]johnfordireland telephone: + 353 1 6624120=20

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As I travelled last week I made a note to bring to the attention of the
Irish Diaspora list this Guardian newspaper campaign.

Key links and paragraphs pasted in below. Links can be followed to wider
discussion.

P.O'S.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/09/wellcome-trust-academic-spring
?newsfeed=true


Wellcome Trust joins 'academic spring' to open up science
Wellcome backs campaign to break stranglehold of academic journals and allow
all research papers to be shared free online

Alok Jha, science correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 April 2012 20.44 BST

Wellcome's move adds weight to the campaign for open access to academic
knowledge, which could lead to benefits across a broad range of research
fields. Photograph: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

One of the world's largest funders of science is to throw its weight behind
a growing campaign to break the stranglehold of academic journals and allow
all research papers to be shared online.

Nearly 9,000 researchers have already signed up to a boycott of journals
that restrict free sharing as part of a campaign dubbed the "academic
spring" by supporters due to its potential for revolutionising the spread of
knowledge.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/09/frustrated-blogpost-boycott-sc
ientific-journals

Academic spring: how an angry maths blog sparked a scientific revolution
Alok Jha reports on how a Cambridge mathematician's protest has led to
demands for open access to scientific knowledge

Alok Jha
guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 April 2012 20.54 BST

It began with a frustrated blogpost by a distinguished mathematician. Tim
Gowers and his colleagues had been grumbling among themselves for several
years about the rising costs of academic journals.

They, like many other academics, were upset that the work produced by their
peers, and funded largely by taxpayers, sat behind the paywalls of private
publishing houses that charged UK universities hundreds of millions of
pounds a year for the privilege of access.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/11/academic-journals-access
-wellcome-trust

Academic journals: an open and shut case
The Wellcome Trust's intiative to establish an open-access journal should
put an end to a silly system

The Guardian, Wednesday 11 April 2012

'Some very clever people have put up with a very silly system for far too
long. That is the upshot of our reporting on scholarly journals this week.
Academics not only provide the raw material, but also do the graft of the
editing. What's more, they typically do so without extra pay or even
recognition - thanks to blind peer review. The publishers then bill the
universities, to the tune of 10% of their block grants, for the privilege of
accessing the fruits of their researchers' toil. The individual academic is
denied any hope of reaching an audience beyond university walls, and can
even be barred from looking over their own published paper if their
university does not stump up for the particular subscription in question.

This extraordinary racket is, at root, about the bewitching power of
high-brow brands...'


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/15/better-models-for-open-access?
newsfeed=true

Better models for open access

'Your editorial (An open and shut case, 11 April) offers a dangerously
limited analysis of the successful role played by scientific publishers in
the UK's research community. Far from being an "extraordinary racket",
journals serve research communities, and publishers shoulder the
administrative burden of filtering 3 million submissions to 20,000 journals,
a colossal task of which the UK is a global hub. All of this needs funding,
but the "direct grants" you allude to are far from universally available to
research authors, especially outside the biomedical sciences. Instead, the
system of subscriptions ensures that there is continuing investment in
top-tier scientific journals, for which the UK has a global reputation...'

'...The current reader-pays system for publishing scientific articles may be
silly, but not as silly as the alternative author-pays one suggested in your
recent articles and editorial. As an independent scholar I will not be
supporting the boycott of the traditional reader-pays journals. Had
open-access journals been present in the past, Darwin would presumably have
paid the large author fees out of his own private income, but Einstein, as a
patents clerk in 1905, would never have been able to afford to publish his
four ground-breaking papers, nor to find anyone to pay for him...'

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As Irish Diaspora list members will have worked out I am home, after a bit
of travelling, in Ireland and in England.

I am gradually working my way down a list of promises, contacts and notices
- feel free to email me a reminder if you think I might miss something.

Last week I was at a music event, taking part in an autoharp course taught
by John Hollandsworth, who is a bluegrass/old time player from Virginia.
And one evening I watched an extraordinary duet, involving John and Heather
Farrell-Roberts, my own autoharp teacher. Heather has developed a very
personal style of autoharp playing - very lyrical and English, like Delius.

To find a common piece of repertoire they looked, of course, to Carolan -
and played 'Fanny Powers', combining their two very different techniques and
styles. Lovely. You could, as they say, hear a pin drop.

I have no sense at all that the Irish music community has any awareness of
the autoharp's love of the works of Carolan - I discussed this last week
with an Irish-American fiddle player. The autoharp has a curious history -
a European parlour instrument became a sort of folk instrument in the USA.
And it is a curious instrument - on most instruments you are always creating
chords, on the autoharp you are always unpacking chords.

But the point is that the best autoharp players who have ever lived are
alive now. It is only in the last 10 or 20 years that really good
musicians, in different traditions, have explored the autoharp, redesigning
it and rebuilding it to meet their needs. And of course one of the things
they need is repertoire - hence the love affair with Carolan. Whose work
flows easily from the harp to the autoharp.

There might be a little essay there for someone...

P.O'S.

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I guess one either takes the trouble to look for the signs which indicate the degree of need, and acts accordingly, or one makes value judgements based one one's sense of entitlement. A capacity to empathise would be helpful...

Ultan Cowley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Muiris Mag Ualghairg"
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Sunday, 15 April, 2012 9:23:43 PM
Subject: Re: [IR-D] tipping

Perhaps it is time for us to stop tipping, in America many people only get
paid by tips or their pay is so low that tips are the only way they make
ends meet, but in Northern Ireland (at least, I don't know what the
situation is in the rest of the country) they have a minimum wage and I
don't see why there should be an expectation that one tips them, I don't
get tipped for the work I do (and I certainly don't earn as much as most
taxi drivers and many months I don't earn anywhere near the minimum wage
either!)

Muiris

On 15 April 2012 15:12, MacEinri, Piaras wrote:

> Hi Michael
>
> 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.
>
> 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'.
>
> Bon voyage
>
> Piaras
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Michael Gillespie
> 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
>

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My impression that tipping is a much more fraught area for citizens of =
the
USA than it is for the rest of the world. If we consult our standard =
guides
to American culture - the US sitcoms - I can recall entire episodes of
Friends or Seinfeld where the plot hinged on a tipping dilemma.

I can't say I quite understand it. What is the worst that can happen if =
I
tip wrongly at the end of an evening? The restaurant will knock me off =
its
Christmas card list? But I do like the American tradition of leaving a =
tip
for the behind the scenes hotel staff when you leave a hotel room.

The tradition of buying rounds in pubs, in Ireland and in Britain, can =
also
be fraught and complex - it is not simply a matter of pretend =
hospitality.

On tipping... If you want to do the Google Scholar thing, and examine =
the
cross cultural the discourse, the key author is Michael Lynn, and the =
key
articles are most probably...

Tipping customs and status seeking: a cross-country study
Michael Lynn
International Journal of Hospitality Management
Volume 16, Issue 2, June 1997, Pages 221=96224

National Values and Tipping Customs: A Replication and Extension
Michael Lynn and Ann Lynn
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research August 2004 vol. 28 no. 3 =
356-364

I find them a bit colourless - broadly he finds that tipping IS a more
fraught area in the USA than in the rest of the world. But if you follow
Michael Lynn's name you quickly hit much research and comment. For =
example

The Social Norm of Tipping: A Review=86
Ofer H. Azar=87
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Volume 37, Issue 2, pages 380=96402, February 2007

ABSTRACT Tipping in U.S. restaurants alone amounts to $27 billion =
annually.
Tipping is also common in other occupations and countries, making =
tipping a
significant economic activity. The literature on tipping is spread over
various disciplines: mainly psychology, economics, hospitality, and =
tourism.
This survey article integrates the research conducted on tipping to =
allow an
overview of the literature. In addition to summarizing and synthesizing =
the
research on tipping, the article includes original ideas and suggests =
topics
for future research.

I have never come across a study of tipping specifically in Ireland. As
Piaras indicates, the 'service included' matter has become an issue, =
with
evidence that some employers were using tips simply to pay wages.

P.O'S.


-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf
Of MacEinri, Piaras
Sent: 15 April 2012 15:13
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] tipping

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

________________________________

From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of Michael Gillespie
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

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Invitation to the launch of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Volume 2,
by David A Wilson, Wednesday 9 May 2012.
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THOMAS D'ARCY MCGEE, VOLUME 2, THE EXTREME MODERATE, 1857-1868
by Professor David A Wilson

Ambassador Loyola Hearn requests the pleasure of your company
to celebrate the launch of the second volume of
David A Wilson's biography of Thomas D'Arcy McGee
5.30pm, Wednesday 9 May
at the Canadian Embassy
7-8 Wilton Terrace
Dublin 2

Followed by a reception

copies of both volumes will be on sale
RSVP (acceptance only),=A0(01) 234 4035
=A0
Volume 1:=A0 Co-winner, James S Donnelly, Sr Award for Books in History =
and
the Social Sciences presented by the American Conference for Irish =
Studies;
Winner, Raymond Klibansky Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities =
and
Social Sciences.=A0 "A brilliant piece of scholarship: exhaustively
researched, scrupulously fair, thoroughly documented." Roger Hall, Globe =
&
Mail.
=A0
Volume 2:=A0 shortlisted for the Canadian Historical Association =
Political
History Prize (winner to be announced); shortlisted for the John W. =
Dafoe
Book Prize (winner to be announced).=A0=A0"A magnificent achievement. =
The
narrative has tension and momentum, even though we know the final tragic
scene. This is the triumphant finale of years of scholarship and must =
rank
as one of the great historical biographies of our time." Liam Kennedy,
Queen's University, Belfast.

________________________________________
Maria O'Reilly
Cultural & Academic Relations=A0| Relations Culturelles & Acad=E9miques
Canadian Embassy | Ambassade du Canada
7-8 Wilton Terrace | Dublin 2 | Ireland
Tel | T=E9l: (+353-1) 2344035
Fax |=A0T=E9l=E9c: (+353-1) 2344001
Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada
www.canada.ie

=A0

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From: Michael Gillespie
To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
Subject: Re: [IR-D] tipping

1.
Dear Ultan,

You have hit on the nub of the problem, since one goes into academics to
avoid having to empathize. The solution might be to bring a small
household pet to restaurants and gauge the tip based on the creature's
reactions to the wait staff.

Michael


2.
Dear Paddy,

Thanks for sharing an early draft of your academic satire. I think it will
be a terrific hit.

Michael

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

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Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre, London
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Ivan Gibbons

Dear Paddy - I would be very grateful if you could circulate information on
the latest "Irish Achievers in British History" lecture series taking place
at Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre, London this spring and summer.

Dr Ivan Gibbons
Programme Director
Irish Studies
St Mary's University College, Twickenham


IRISH ACHIEVERS IN BRITISH HISTORY

Our Irish Achievers in this years lecture series are:

WEDNESDAY 16 MAY VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH

Co Down born Robert Stewart, second Marquess of Londonderry was the only
Irishman ever to become British Foreign Secretary. As Chief Secretary to
Ireland he was responsible for putting down the 1798 rebellion and securing
the passage of the Act of Union in 1800. As Foreign Secretary he was
influential in establishing the post-Napoleonic European framework which
survived until the First World War although at home he was attacked for his
association with repressive legislation.

Lecturer DR JOHN BEW. Lecturer in War Studies at King's College London and
the author of a recently highly-acclaimed biography of Castlereagh.



WEDNESDAY 30 MAY DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS

Wicklow-born Ninette de Valois is renowned as one of the most influential
figures in the history of ballet. She danced professionally with Diaghilev's
Ballets Russes and was the founder of the Royal Ballet. Dame Ninette lived
to the age of 102 and is widely regarded as the "godmother" of British
ballet.

Lecturer CRISTINA FRANCHI. Exhibitions Manager at the Royal Opera House
Collections and curator of the recent exhibition on Ninette de Valois at the
ROH.



WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON

Kildare-born Ernest Shackleton was one of the most prominent polar explorers
of the early twentieth century. He is particularly remembered for his epic
800 mile sea voyage and trek across mountainous South Georgia to rescue all
of his 22 crew stranded on Elephant Island after their ship the "Endurance"
became stranded in ice.

Lecturer MICHAEL SMITH. Author and journalist specialising in the history of
polar exploration. He is the biographer of Tom Crean, another renowned Irish
polar explorer.


WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE SEAN O'CASEY

This lecture examines O'Casey's period of exile in London and Devon from
1927 to his death in 1960. His later works never achieved the same heights
as his earlier trilogy of Dublin plays but he remained a committed socialist
and iconoclast until his death.

Lecturer DR MICHELLE PAULL. Lecturer in Drama at St Mary's University
College. Editor of the official Sean O'Casey website and editor of the
academic journal "Drummimgs" devoted to O'Casey studies. She is the author
of "Sean O'Casey, Critical Controversies".



WEDNESDAY 11 JULY T.P.O'CONNOR

T.P.O'Connor was a journalist, Irish Home Ruler and MP for nearly 50 years.
He has the distinction of being the only Home Rule MP elected outside
Ireland and he represented the Scotland constituency in Liverpool until 1929
long after Ireland itself had rejected Home Rule and became independent in
1922.

Lecturer BERNARD CANAVAN. illustrator, painter and lecturer in Irish history
and art history most recently at Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre.



All lectures are free and start at 7.30pm. Please register in advance.

Ivan

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From: Evonda Robertson [mailto:er104[at]nyu.edu]=20


Please forward to any students and faculty that may be interested.=A0 =
Feel
free to contact me with any questions.=A0 I can be reached at=A0(212) =
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Special student tickets available!
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Glucksman Ireland House at New York University presents
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Our third annual day of talks,
Who Do We Think We Are?=20
Economics Family-Style
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Saturday, April 21st 10am-6pm
at NYU's 19 University Place, 1st floor
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Writers, public figures, and scholars explore the experiences of the =
Irish
and Irish-American family through a day of talks. Speakers discuss how
finances influenced family decisions regarding emigration, marriage, and
politics, and how these in turn affected the wider community.
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Bestselling novelist and memoirist Mary Higgins Clark (the forthcoming =
I'll
Walk Alone: A Novel; Kitchen Privileges) will deliver the keynote talk =
about
her family's experience and its influence on her life and writing.
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Professors Kerby Miller, author of the seminal Emigrants and Exiles, and
Breand=E1n Mac Suibhne (Ed., Society and Manners in Early Nineteenth =
Century
Ireland) will discuss fortune and immigration.=A0 Professors Maureen O. =
Murphy
(The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in =
America,
1840-1930) and Janet Nolan (Servants Of The Poor: Teachers And Mobility =
In
Ireland And Irish America) talk about women=92s role in immigration and =
upward
mobility.
=A0
NYU Irish and Irish-American Studies faculty members Professors Linda
Dowling Almeida and Miriam Nyhan speak on the Glucksman Ireland House =
NYU
Oral History of Irish America project and what is revealed about =
domestic
economy.
=A0
Bruce Morrison, former Congressman from Connecticut, immigration lawyer, =
and
lobbyist, will bring us up to speed on where immigration policy is today =
and
its directions for the future.
=A0
We will close the day with a response by Noel Kilkenny, the Consul =
General
of Ireland in New York.
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Glucksman Ireland House
New York University
1 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 998-3950
Email: ireland.house[at]nyu.edu
Fax: (212) 995-4373
Web: www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu
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The following was posted on Concertina.net by Roger Digby.

'I heard this evening that Lucy Farr has died; she was 91. Before moving in
later years to the Basingstoke area she was a major fiddle player in the
Irish communities of London. She would play in sessions, sit in with The
Rakes, and played many a duet with flute-player Tommy Healy. She was one of
those people whose character was, in my view, reflected in her music. She
was a sensitive, caring, sweet-natured person and those adjectives also
apply to her playing and her music. But neither she nor her music lacked
confidence in any way. She was held in awe in some of the toughest musical
company! She had a repertoire which included a number of untitled tunes and
these are regularly referred to as Lucy's Polka No 1, etc.

I am sure that a number of obituaries will follow that will give her the
credit that she richly deserves.

She was very small in stature and, while still in London, she often appeared
frail. I think it was in The Favourite (London's foremost Irish music pub,
where Jimmy Power held court for years, and which closed last month to be
demolished for the Arsenal's new stadium!) that someone who had not seen her
for a while came up to her with the immortal words: Jees, Lucy. You look
like a snipe after a hard winter!.

It was always a pleasure to be in her company.

God bless her.
Roger Digby'

For background see, for example...

http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/farr.htm

and a web search will find more.

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Great news, Bill--many congratulations!
Kpcs

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I am pleased to be able to report that I have received an email from

Keith Dooley
Chair, Research Policy Committee
Murray State University

'After careful consideration and lengthy deliberations, the Research Policy
Committee has selected William Mulligan Jr. Professor of History, Murray
State University, as the recipient of the 2012 MSU Alumni Association
Distinguished Researcher Award.'

The Award requires Bill to attend some functions, and have his photograph
taken - which I am sure he will do with good grace. But the Award is, of
course, a mark of the respect and affection with which Bill Mulligan is
regarded in his home university. And elsewhere, I might add...

I sometimes think that we should have our own awards, for services to Irish
Diaspora Studies - but then we would have to have criteria, and a committee,
and all that gubbins. But if we ever did have such a procedure I would
nominate Bill Mulligan. Members of the Irish Diaspora List will be aware of
his hard work, his patience, and the high standards that he brings to our
projects.

Our congratulations to Bill Mulligan, and our thanks...

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Ultan Cowley

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Sent: Thursday, 19 April, 2012 11:16:18 AM
Subject: [IR-D] William Mulligan Jr. Professor of History, MSU Distinguished Researcher Award.

I am pleased to be able to report that I have received an email from

Keith Dooley
Chair, Research Policy Committee
Murray State University

'After careful consideration and lengthy deliberations, the Research Policy
Committee has selected William Mulligan Jr. Professor of History, Murray
State University, as the recipient of the 2012 MSU Alumni Association
Distinguished Researcher Award.'

The Award requires Bill to attend some functions, and have his photograph
taken - which I am sure he will do with good grace. But the Award is, of
course, a mark of the respect and affection with which Bill Mulligan is
regarded in his home university. And elsewhere, I might add...

I sometimes think that we should have our own awards, for services to Irish
Diaspora Studies - but then we would have to have criteria, and a committee,
and all that gubbins. But if we ever did have such a procedure I would
nominate Bill Mulligan. Members of the Irish Diaspora List will be aware of
his hard work, his patience, and the high standards that he brings to our
projects.

Our congratulations to Bill Mulligan, and our thanks...

Patrick O'Sullivan

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

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O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 9050

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Symposium, THE ROCKY ROAD TO 2016,
Irish Studies: Ideas and Institutions After the Crash,
Maynooth June 2012
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Department of English, NUI Maynooth
With the support of An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth
=A0
THE ROCKY ROAD TO 2016
=A0
One-day symposium on
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=93Irish Studies: Ideas and Institutions After the Crash=94=20
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Venue: North Campus, NUI Mayooth, Ireland
Friday 22 June 2012
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Opening Address: Dr Emer Nolan (NUIM)
=A0
Panel I: Old Paradigms, New Realities?: Cultural Criticism and Theory =
after
the Crash=20
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Professor Tom Inglis (UCD)
Professor Luke Gibbons (NUIM)
Professor Diane Negra (UCD)
Professor Joe Cleary (NUIM)
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Panel II: Business as Usual? Irish Studies and the Changing University
=A0
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Professor Margaret Kelleher (Director of An Foras Feasa, NUIM and =
incoming
Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature, UCD)
Professor Chris Morash (Head of School of English, Theatre and Media
Studies, NUIM)
Professor Shaun Richards (Staffordshire University)
Professor Lionel Pilkington (Head of School of Humanities, NUIG)
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=A0
Roundtable: Prospects and Futures for Irish Studies
=A0
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Professor Seamus Deane (Emeritus, Notre Dame)
Dr Heather Laird (UCC)
Professor Declan Kiberd (Notre Dame)
Susan McKay (Journalist and Author)
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=A0
The success of the symposium will depend on our audience, and we hope to
encourage a lively debate in the course of the day. While we would like =
to
accommodate all interested participants, places will have to be limited =
to
facilitate discussion. Please reserve your place in advance by emailing =
us
at rockyroadto2016[at]gmail.com=20
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Registration fee (payable on the day): 10euro (waged), 5euro (unwaged)=20
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See www.rockyroadto2016.com
for more details
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I am informed that, according to iTunes, it looks like this interview was
broadcast on 20 August 2010.

P.O'S.


On 16 Apr 2012, at 14:10, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> Miriam Meets.....Professors Joe Lee and Gearoid O Tuathaigh
>
> This week, Miriam O'Callaghan meets two of Ireland's best known
historians, Professors Joe Lee and Gearoid O Tuathaigh.
>
> http://www.rte.ie/radio1/miriammeets/220810.html

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Subject: Regan on George Moore at Modernism Seminar

Dear Colleagues,

Please join the Modernism Seminar of the Mahindra Humanities Center at
Harvard on Wednesday, 18 April, at 6:00 p.m. for a talk by Stephen =
Regan:=20

=93Naturalism and Impressionism at the Fin de Si=E8cle:

George Moore's Esther Waters=94

The presentation will take place in Room 133 of the Barker Center.

Stephen Regan, Professor of English at Durham University, is currently a
Visiting Scholar in the Department of English at Harvard. Educated at =
the
University of Toronto, he has taught at the University of London and at
Ruskin College, as well as working for the British Council in Poland. He =
has
published widely on British and Irish poetry, including books and essays =
on
Philip Larkin, W.B. Yeats, Louis MacNeice, and Seamus Heaney. He is the
author of two chapters, on Larkin and on Irish poetry, in the new =
Cambridge
History of English Poetry. Regan is the editor of The Eagleton Reader, =
The
Politics of Pleasure: Aesthetics and Cultural Theory, and The
Nineteenth-Century Novel: A Critical Reader, among other volumes. His =
new
edition of Esther Waters is in press at Oxford World's Classics, the =
series
in which his Irish Writing: An Anthology of Irish Literature in English
1798-1939 also appeared.=20

We hope you'll be able to attend the session, which, as always, includes
discussion after the presentation.

This is the final session of the Modernism Seminar for the spring term.
Pending renewal of the seminar, we start again in September.

Details about the Center, including a calendar of events, are available =
at:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/.

Best wishes,

Paige Reynolds, College of the Holy Cross
preynold[at]holycross.edu=20
http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/preynold/=20

John Paul Riquelme, Boston University
jpriquel[at]bu.edu=20
http://people.bu.edu/jpriquel/=20