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Dear Paddy,

Many thanks for all your work over the years - the list has been a fantasti=
c resource for us all. Best of luck to your successors!

John

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f Of Catherine.E.Foley
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Importance: High

Dear Paddy,

Mile bu=EDochas for all your hard work with the Irish Diaspora List. You ma=
de it possible for many of us from different parts of the world to connect =
and to share our knowledge. Can I wish you happiness and success in the eve=
r challenging issues around time, creativity and energy.

Go n-eiri an b=F3thar leat and best wishes to Bill and Anthony in their new=
role.

Catherine

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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behal=
f Of Patrick O'Sullivan
Sent: 22 May 2012 09:47
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Transit of Venus + Adieu

When I started the Irish Diaspora list the phenomenon in the night skies, c=
learly visible from our front door here in Bradford, was the planetary alig=
nment of 1997.

Looking out for another sign in the heavens - soon we have the Transit of V=
enus, on June 5/6 2012.

I really think it is time that I stopped my work for and on the Irish Diasp=
ora list.

Many Ir-D members will know that there have been real problems for me in re=
cent years, in finding a fit between lifestyle, funding, interests, opportu=
nities, and the detailed demands made by running the Irish Diaspora list. =
I simply need to find a better way of handling issues around time, creativi=
ty and energy.

In the background, no doubt, there are even bigger, long term issues - but,=
for the moment, I'd like to leave it at that.

Fortunately, Bill Mulligan, in Kentucky, and Anthony McNicholas, in Westmin=
ster, want to keep the Irish Diaspora list going. They are now 'co-owners'=
of the Irish Diaspora list at Jiscmail, the UK's academic listserv. So, f=
or now, things will work, as before.

Remember that the entire archive of the Irish Diaspora list, from the plane=
tary alignment of 1997 to the Transit of Venus, is stored at Jiscmail, in y=
our membership area.

I will be taking a back seat over the next week or so, just to make sure th=
at Bill and Anthony have everything they need. Then I quietly go.

My thanks to Bill and Anthony for making this easy.

Patrick O'Sullivan


PS
Two recent works on the Transit of Venus are Mark Anderson, The Day the Wor=
ld Discovered the Sun, and Andrea Wulf, Chasing Venus. If you do decide to=
follow the Transit of Venus remember to protect your eyes - do not look di=
rectly at the sun. That is dangerous.
http://www.transitofvenus.org/

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Paddy,

I have looked forward for several messages almost every day on so many Iris=
h-related subjects (and others as well) for several years now. You've don=
e great work, and I'm going to miss the positive and open friendliness and =
large-mindedness that you have displayed so well for so long. =20

All best in whatever new endeavors you undertake,

Ed Hagan=

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Dear Paddy,

Your List has been the fulcrum around which Irish Diaspora Studies
have revolved and developed for more than a decade. Your dedication,
imagination, range of reference, fair mindedness and open mindedness
have transformed the potential of the entire field at the global
level. We're tempted to say that never in the field of Irish Studies
have so many owed so much to so few! We look forward to Bill and
Anthony putting us as much in their debt as you have in yours and we
are grateful for their willingness to take on the daunting challenge
of following in your giant footsteps.

Beir Bua agus Beannacht,
Marion Casey and Joe Lee

Glucksman Ireland House
New York University

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Dear Paddy,

Although you'll truly be missed as the Irish Diaspora list's moderator, the
wonderful thing is that you've created something that is so solid and will
continue to thrive.

Thanks for all the advice that you've provided (both on and off list) over
the years and good luck with all your new endeavours. But surely you won't
be disappearing altogether from the list?!? I'm looking forward to what you
uncover in July on the Irish in Cabo Verde....

All the best,

Oliver




>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
> Of Patrick O'Sullivan
> Sent: 22 May 2012 09:47
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [IR-D] Transit of Venus + Adieu
>
> When I started the Irish Diaspora list the phenomenon in the night skies,
> clearly visible from our front door here in Bradford, was the planetary
> alignment of 1997.
>
> Looking out for another sign in the heavens - soon we have the Transit of
> Venus, on June 5/6 2012.
>
> I really think it is time that I stopped my work for and on the Irish Diaspora
> list.
>
> Many Ir-D members will know that there have been real problems for me in
> recent years, in finding a fit between lifestyle, funding, interests,
> opportunities, and the detailed demands made by running the Irish Diaspora
> list. I simply need to find a better way of handling issues around time,
> creativity and energy.
>
> In the background, no doubt, there are even bigger, long term issues - but,
> for the moment, I'd like to leave it at that.
>
> Fortunately, Bill Mulligan, in Kentucky, and Anthony McNicholas, in
> Westminster, want to keep the Irish Diaspora list going. They are now
> 'co-owners' of the Irish Diaspora list at Jiscmail, the UK's academic
> listserv. So, for now, things will work, as before.
>
> Remember that the entire archive of the Irish Diaspora list, from the
> planetary alignment of 1997 to the Transit of Venus, is stored at Jiscmail, in
> your membership area.
>
> I will be taking a back seat over the next week or so, just to make sure that
> Bill and Anthony have everything they need. Then I quietly go.
>
> My thanks to Bill and Anthony for making this easy.
>
> Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>
> PS
> Two recent works on the Transit of Venus are Mark Anderson, The Day the World
> Discovered the Sun, and Andrea Wulf, Chasing Venus. If you do decide to
> follow the Transit of Venus remember to protect your eyes - do not look
> directly at the sun. That is dangerous.
> http://www.transitofvenus.org/
>
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I echo all the sentiments already so ably expressed by other List members regarding Paddy's 'retirement' from the moderatorship. I very much hope, however, that he will participate in discussions and debates from time to time and I look forward to seeing him unleashed on same, unconstrained by the duties and responsibilities of office, which may perhaps have cramped his style up to now. Watch Out!!!

Ultan Cowley
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From: "Oliver Marshall"
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Friday, 25 May, 2012 5:20:21 PM
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Transit of Venus + Adieu

Dear Paddy,

Although you'll truly be missed as the Irish Diaspora list's moderator, the
wonderful thing is that you've created something that is so solid and will
continue to thrive.

Thanks for all the advice that you've provided (both on and off list) over
the years and good luck with all your new endeavours. But surely you won't
be disappearing altogether from the list?!? I'm looking forward to what you
uncover in July on the Irish in Cabo Verde....

All the best,

Oliver




>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
> Of Patrick O'Sullivan
> Sent: 22 May 2012 09:47
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [IR-D] Transit of Venus + Adieu
>
> When I started the Irish Diaspora list the phenomenon in the night skies,
> clearly visible from our front door here in Bradford, was the planetary
> alignment of 1997.
>
> Looking out for another sign in the heavens - soon we have the Transit of
> Venus, on June 5/6 2012.
>
> I really think it is time that I stopped my work for and on the Irish Diaspora
> list.
>
> Many Ir-D members will know that there have been real problems for me in
> recent years, in finding a fit between lifestyle, funding, interests,
> opportunities, and the detailed demands made by running the Irish Diaspora
> list. I simply need to find a better way of handling issues around time,
> creativity and energy.
>
> In the background, no doubt, there are even bigger, long term issues - but,
> for the moment, I'd like to leave it at that.
>
> Fortunately, Bill Mulligan, in Kentucky, and Anthony McNicholas, in
> Westminster, want to keep the Irish Diaspora list going. They are now
> 'co-owners' of the Irish Diaspora list at Jiscmail, the UK's academic
> listserv. So, for now, things will work, as before.
>
> Remember that the entire archive of the Irish Diaspora list, from the
> planetary alignment of 1997 to the Transit of Venus, is stored at Jiscmail, in
> your membership area.
>
> I will be taking a back seat over the next week or so, just to make sure that
> Bill and Anthony have everything they need. Then I quietly go.
>
> My thanks to Bill and Anthony for making this easy.
>
> Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>
> PS
> Two recent works on the Transit of Venus are Mark Anderson, The Day the World
> Discovered the Sun, and Andrea Wulf, Chasing Venus. If you do decide to
> follow the Transit of Venus remember to protect your eyes - do not look
> directly at the sun. That is dangerous.
> http://www.transitofvenus.org/
>
> ________________________________
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The idea of sacrifice has certainly been import in Irish and Irish Diaspora
history. This may be of interest to some on the list. Forwarded from
H-Net.




CFP: "Making Sacrifices": Visions of Sacrifice in European Culture
(University of Salzburg, Austria; July 31, 2012)


Location:

Austria


Call for Papers Date:

2012-06-15 (in 21 days)


Date Submitted:

2012-05-15


Announcement ID:

194532




Much like Italian premier Mario Monti did at the beginning of December,
politicians are increasingly calling on citizens to make sacrifices for the
future of their countries. Such public invocations of sacrifice place
politicians and their constituents in a state of tension at least partly
because of the difficult and often contradictory connotations of sacrifice.
Sacrifice, a concept of religious provenance deeply embedded in European
culture, can mean to offer for destruction and to make amends, to hurt and
to heal, make whole, or sacred. Such oppositions at the heart of sacrifice
make it a dangerous and much-fraught concept, as well as a fruitful and
powerful one in numerous spheres of culture.

This year's symposium of the Salzburg Institute of Gordon College is
dedicated to investigating notions of sacrifice as they appear at important
junctures of European culture, past and present. The following questions,
among others, will be considered: In what ways does sacrifice form a key
theme in European literature, art, and thought? How have concepts of
sacrifice taken shape in those historical and contemporary situations where
sacrifice has become a particularly important, urgent, or contested matter?
How have the meanings of sacrifice shifted (and how may they yet shift) as a
result of the circulation of related notions between different spheres of
activity? (For example, what meaning is gained, lost, or otherwise changed
when a religious notion of sacrifice is transposed into philosophical
conceptuality, a political principle or a key value of fiscal reform? As for
the inverse, what do avowedly religious understandings of sacrifice owe to
ancient and modern legal, political, and philosophical invocations of
sacrifice?) Finally, how has sacrifice been envisioned within various
Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions and how might the notions of
sacrifice belonging to these traditions be profitably compared?

This interdisciplinary symposium appeals to scholars of various disciplines
(the humanities, sociology, philosophy, literature, history, political
science, religious studies, theology). Please send abstracts for papers in
German or English by June 15, 2012 to salzburg.symposium[at]gordon.edu and
armin.eidherr[at]sbg.ac.at. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes. The
organizers cannot offer contributors compensation for conference- or travel
expenses. Select contributions will be considered for publication in an
edited collection.

Dr. Gregor Thuswaldner
Co-Director, Salzburg Institute of Gordon College
255 Grapevine Road
Wenham, MA 01984
USA

Tel: (978) 867 4350
Fax: (978) 867 3300


Email: salzburg,symposium[at]gordon.edu
Visit the website at
http://www.gordon.edu/salzburginstitute



William H. Mulligan, Jr.

Professor of History

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

office phone 1-270-809-6571

dept phone 1-270-809-2231

fax 1-270-809-6587

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From: Patrick MAume
Agreed - hope Paddy will still join in the discussions and add his own
inimitable angle

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Ultan Cowley wrote:

> I echo all the sentiments already so ably expressed by other List members
> regarding Paddy's 'retirement' from the moderatorship. I very much hope,
> however, that he will participate in discussions and debates from time to
> time and I look forward to seeing him unleashed on same, unconstrained by
> the duties and responsibilities of office, which may perhaps have cramped
> his style up to now. Watch Out!!!
>
> Ultan Cowley
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Oliver Marshall"
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Sent: Friday, 25 May, 2012 5:20:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [IR-D] Transit of Venus + Adieu
>
> Dear Paddy,
>
> Although you'll truly be missed as the Irish Diaspora list's moderator, the
> wonderful thing is that you've created something that is so solid and will
> continue to thrive.
>
> Thanks for all the advice that you've provided (both on and off list) over
> the years and good luck with all your new endeavours. But surely you won't
> be disappearing altogether from the list?!? I'm looking forward to what you
> uncover in July on the Irish in Cabo Verde....
>
> All the best,
>
> Oliver
>
>
>
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf
> > Of Patrick O'Sullivan
> > Sent: 22 May 2012 09:47
> > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: [IR-D] Transit of Venus + Adieu
> >
> > When I started the Irish Diaspora list the phenomenon in the night skies,
> > clearly visible from our front door here in Bradford, was the planetary
> > alignment of 1997.
> >
> > Looking out for another sign in the heavens - soon we have the Transit of
> > Venus, on June 5/6 2012.
> >
> > I really think it is time that I stopped my work for and on the Irish
> Diaspora
> > list.
> >
> > Many Ir-D members will know that there have been real problems for me in
> > recent years, in finding a fit between lifestyle, funding, interests,
> > opportunities, and the detailed demands made by running the Irish
> Diaspora
> > list. I simply need to find a better way of handling issues around time,
> > creativity and energy.
> >
> > In the background, no doubt, there are even bigger, long term issues -
> but,
> > for the moment, I'd like to leave it at that.
> >
> > Fortunately, Bill Mulligan, in Kentucky, and Anthony McNicholas, in
> > Westminster, want to keep the Irish Diaspora list going. They are now
> > 'co-owners' of the Irish Diaspora list at Jiscmail, the UK's academic
> > listserv. So, for now, things will work, as before.
> >
> > Remember that the entire archive of the Irish Diaspora list, from the
> > planetary alignment of 1997 to the Transit of Venus, is stored at
> Jiscmail, in
> > your membership area.
> >
> > I will be taking a back seat over the next week or so, just to make sure
> that
> > Bill and Anthony have everything they need. Then I quietly go.
> >
> > My thanks to Bill and Anthony for making this easy.
> >
> > Patrick O'Sullivan
> >
> >
> > PS
> > Two recent works on the Transit of Venus are Mark Anderson, The Day the
> World
> > Discovered the Sun, and Andrea Wulf, Chasing Venus. If you do decide to
> > follow the Transit of Venus remember to protect your eyes - do not look
> > directly at the sun. That is dangerous.
> > http://www.transitofvenus.org/
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Important Notice: the information in this email and any attachments is
> for the
> > sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended
> recipient,
> > or a person responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient, you
> should
> > delete it from your system immediately without disclosing its contents
> > elsewhere and advise the sender by returning the email or by telephoning
> a
> > number contained in the body of the email. No responsibility is accepted
> for
> > loss or damage arising from viruses or changes made to this message
> after it
> > was sent. The views contained in this email are those of the author and
> not
> > necessarily those of Liverpool John Moores University.
>

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I must add my own gratitude for Paddy's warm generosity on AND off list in
help and advice with my own undertakings.
May the pint rise before you, my friend.

David Rose
Paris




-------Original Message-------

From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Date: 22/05/2012 15:59:24
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Transit of Venus + Adieu

When I started the Irish Diaspora list the phenomenon in the night skies,
Clearly visible from our front door here in Bradford, was the planetary
Alignment of 1997.

Looking out for another sign in the heavens - soon we have the Transit
Of Venus, on June 5/6 2012.

I really think it is time that I stopped my work for and on the Irish
Diaspora list.

Many Ir-D members will know that there have been real problems for me in
Recent years, in finding a fit between lifestyle, funding, interests,
Opportunities, and the detailed demands made by running the Irish Diaspora
List. I simply need to find a better way of handling issues around time,
Creativity and energy.

In the background, no doubt, there are even bigger, long term issues - but,
For the moment, I'd like to leave it at that.

Fortunately, Bill Mulligan, in Kentucky, and Anthony McNicholas, in
Westminster, want to keep the Irish Diaspora list going. They are now
'co-owners' of the Irish Diaspora list at Jiscmail, the UK's academic
Listserv. So, for now, things will work, as before.

Remember that the entire archive of the Irish Diaspora list, from the
Planetary alignment of 1997 to the Transit of Venus, is stored at Jiscmail,
In your membership area.

I will be taking a back seat over the next week or so, just to make sure
That Bill and Anthony have everything they need. Then I quietly go.

My thanks to Bill and Anthony for making this easy.

Patrick O'Sullivan


PS
Two recent works on the Transit of Venus are Mark Anderson, The Day the
World Discovered the Sun, and Andrea Wulf, Chasing Venus. If you do decide
To follow the Transit of Venus remember to protect your eyes - do not look
Directly at the sun. That is dangerous.
http://www.transitofvenus.org/

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Subject: IR-D How the Irish Became "Colored" in Virginia
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From: Patrick Maume
When I was browsing a news story about the controversy over US Senate
candidate Elizabeth Warren's claims of NAtive American ancestry, I came
across this link to an interesting blogpost. The author describes how an
ancestor of his who listed himself as "white" when he married in Virginia
in the 1880s, was reclassified as "colored" by racist administrators in the
1940s; apparently Irish immigrants counted as black for these gentlemen.
It may be of interest to people on this list - the author references the
controversy over Noel Ignatiev's HOW THE IRISH BECAME WHITE.
http://theaporetic.com/?p=54
Best wishes,
PAtrick

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Fascinating. I am reminded of the observation, common amongst older Irish immigrants in 20C. Britain, to the effect that, 'No one knows you're black - until you open your mouth!' One would not hear this in public there today, for fear of misunderstandings, but a striking illustration of what was actually meant by the remark was related to me in 1993 by the then Treasurer of South London Irish Centre in Wimbledon.

Attending a community activists' meeting with the local Borough Council he arrived early, went to the meeting room, and found several chairs arranged in front of a large desk behind which were three other unoccupied chairs. Two of the chairs on his side of the desk were already occupied - one by a West Indian and one by an Asian from the Indian sub-continent. He took a seat beside these individuals, whom he didn't know, and noticed that they seemed puzzled, possibly even uneasy, about him and so he introduced himself as the representative of the Irish community in Wimbledon for the purposes of the meeting. They both immediately registered comprehension and relief. Afterwards they explained that they had been having difficulty understanding why a white person was sitting on their side of the desk!

Ultan Cowley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Maume"
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Sunday, 27 May, 2012 10:29:10 PM
Subject: [IR-D] IR-D How the Irish Became "Colored" in Virginia

From: Patrick Maume
When I was browsing a news story about the controversy over US Senate
candidate Elizabeth Warren's claims of NAtive American ancestry, I came
across this link to an interesting blogpost. The author describes how an
ancestor of his who listed himself as "white" when he married in Virginia
in the 1880s, was reclassified as "colored" by racist administrators in the
1940s; apparently Irish immigrants counted as black for these gentlemen.
It may be of interest to people on this list - the author references the
controversy over Noel Ignatiev's HOW THE IRISH BECAME WHITE.
http://theaporetic.com/?p=54
Best wishes,
PAtrick

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Message-ID: {decoded}Dear Paddy,

I am afraid I was away last week but just wanted to join all those other list members who commented on your retirement from the role of moderator of the indispensible resource for all of us with interests in the Irish Diaspora and Irish Studies more widely.
We will no doubt all have particular memories of where the list came into it's own - the string on the origins of 'Black '47' sticks out (and the Christmas A-Z bookshelves quiz special!). It was also you who invited me way back in the early '90's to write the piece for The Irish Worldwide volume 1 - so thanks there too. I can't imagine we won't continue to enjoy your sage interventions but enjoy whatever new enterprises fill your time.

Very best wishes,

Paddy Fitzgerald
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CONFERENCE BOOKING NOW OPEN

The Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain: Impacts, Engagements, =20
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University of Brighton, England, 11=9613 July 2012

An inter-disciplinary conference hosted by the Centre for Research in =20
Memory Narrative and Histories at the University of Brighton. To =20
explore the impacts and lasting effects of the Northern Ireland =20
=91Troubles=92 in Britain and responses to the conflict from Britain. For=
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scholars across the arts, humanities and social sciences; peace-=20
builders; political and community activists; artists and writers; =20
public and voluntary sector professionals; and those with personal or =20
organisational experience of the conflict.

Keynote Speakers

Professor Brandon Hamber (Institute of Conflict Research, University =20
of Ulster)

Professor Mary Hickman (London Metropolitan University)

Professor John Newsinger (Bath Spa University)

Colin Parry OBE (Co-Founder, Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for =20
Peace)

Plus: Survivor testimonies



Conference=20themes:

The literature of Irish exile and the Troubles in Britain

The British State, official discourse and the politics of the Irish =20
conflict

Contesting the conflicted past: history, memory and forgetting

Finding a voice: representation, politics and the Irish community in =20
Britain

Negotiating the Troubles in British cultural institutions

Activist engagements: Irish Republicanism, feminism and the British Left

Suspect communities: Policing, racism and Irish identities in Britain

The British military in Ireland: strategies and experiences

Revisiting the British campaign for withdrawal

Truth recovery, peace-making and the British State

Responding to the IRA bombing campaign

Film and the Troubles in Britain

Peace-building and conflict transformation in Britain



For Programme =96 Fees =96 Booking: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/mnh/ireland=


TroublesConference[at]brighton.ac.uk


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The 2013 International Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies

Ireland Past and Present

April 10-13, 2013
Chicago, IL

Hosted by DePaul University, Chicago and Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb

While all cultures use selective narratives of the past to make sense of the
present and chart the future, connections between the past and present seem
to loom particularly large in Ireland's historical and cultural imagination.
Along these lines the conference organizers invite scholars to submit paper
proposals that examine the past/present dynamic in Irish and/or Irish
Diaspora history, literature and culture. Along with papers that address the
conference theme, we are interested in using the conference to highlight the
most exciting recent work in Irish Studies scholarship. With that in mind,
we welcome submissions addressing any and all topics or themes relevant to
Irish Studies. Both individual paper and panel (3-4) submissions are
welcomed, as are proposals for presentations in non-traditional formats
(posters, performances, exhibits, etc). Proposals should be 250-300 words in
length, and should include a brief bio (50 words) of the author. Panel
proposals should include 250-300 word proposals from each panel submitter,
plus bios for each author. Please send proposals or questions to the ACIS
2013 Selection Committee at the conference email address:
acis2013[at]gmail.com. The deadline for submission is November 1, 2012

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Call for Papers Reminder: Midwest ACIS Regional Meeting
Emancipation: Ireland and the World

The Midwest Region of the American Conference for Irish Studies will be
holding its 2012 meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the campus of Marquette
University from October 18-20, 2012. With its theme of "Emancipation:
Ireland and the World," the conference hopes to encourage us to think about
the concepts of freedom and citizenship as expressed by the Irish at home
and around the world. With its clear links to the long struggle for Catholic
rights that culminated in 1829, emancipation raises questions about the part
played by the Irish and Irish-Americans in the abolitionist and pro-slavery
camps in the USA, as well as in the fight for women's rights and for the
freedom of colonized peoples in all parts of the British Empire. It could
also focus on the struggles between economic, cultural, and political
interconnectedness on the one hand and national sovereignty on the other,
which are at the heart of contemporary debate. Lastly, emancipation
spotlights the role of creative Irish men and women in stretching academic
inquiry and artistic expression beyond the constraints of their society and
disciplines.

As such, we welcome proposals from individuals as well as from panels (of
three or four presenters) of approximately 250 words in length. We
especially encourage graduate students and emerging scholars to consider
submitting paper proposals to this conference. In keeping with the
conference theme, we would welcome papers that highlight new and challenging
approaches to research, and we welcome submissions addressing any and all
topics or themes relevant to Irish studies. Please be sure to include full
contact information for all panelists with each submission, including (where
appropriate) their academic affiliation. Proposals should be sent to the
attention of Tim McMahon (timothy.g.mcmahon[at]marquette.edu) no later than
June 1, 2012.

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CALL FOR PAPERS:

Caribbean Irish Connections

A multidisciplinary conference and workshop, Barbados Nov 16-17, 2012

Organisers: Alison Donnell (University of Reading, UK), Maria McGarrity (LIU
Brooklyn, USA,), Evelyn O'Callaghan (University of the West Indies,
Barbados)

In the middle of a story about a Jamaican woman called Miss Manda, whose
speech acts reveal her as both multiply situated and 'out of place', the
prominent Jamaican novelist Erna Brodber issues a surprising provocation to
scholars of Caribbean studies,

I want to know what the Irish, the Scottish, the Welsh gave to the Creole
mix as much as I want to know.what particular part of Africa is my
heritage.I will solve the African riddle but who will tell me about the
others? (Brodber 1998: 75)

Although there has been more recent scholarship on the connections between
Ireland and the Caribbean, such as the The Black and Green Atlantic:
Cross-Currents of the African and Irish Diasporas edited by O'Neill and
Lloyd, there remains still too little conversation between scholars based in
Caribbean Studies and those in Irish Studies. This conference aims to open
up these conversations as they pertain to history, politics, language,
geography, expressive cultural forms, and everyday practices (such as the
shamrock passport stamp of Montserrat). We seek the active engagement of
scholars working within this highly focused yet potentially broad field to
further shape this emerging critical discourse.

Please send abstracts of 250 words and a brief biog. to
a.j.donnell[at]reading.ac.uk by June 29, 2012. Presenters will be notified by
first week in August.

A special accommodation rate has been negotiated for presenters at Beach
View, Paynes Bay, St. James, Barbados, and all conference sessions will be
held there.
http://www.beachviewbarbados.com/



Registration fees: (including lunches & BBQ supper with drinks on Saturday
night)
US & Europe : US$150
Caribbean : US$75

Selected papers will be considered for an edited collection in Palgrave's
New Caribbean Studies series.

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Are any other ACIS members or supporters particularly concerned that the
next international ACIS conference is to be hosted by an institution that
rubbished academic freedom by its treatment of Middle East scholar Norman
Finkelstein and also one of his local faculty supporters?

Kerby Miller


On 5/29/12 4:18 PM, "Bill Mulligan" wrote:

> The 2013 International Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studi=
es
>=20
> Ireland Past and Present
>=20
> April 10-13, 2013
> Chicago, IL
>=20
> Hosted by DePaul University, Chicago and Northern Illinois University,
> DeKalb
>=20
> While all cultures use selective narratives of the past to make sense of =
the
> present and chart the future, connections between the past and present se=
em
> to loom particularly large in Ireland's historical and cultural imaginati=
on.
> Along these lines the conference organizers invite scholars to submit pap=
er
> proposals that examine the past/present dynamic in Irish and/or Irish
> Diaspora history, literature and culture. Along with papers that address =
the
> conference theme, we are interested in using the conference to highlight =
the
> most exciting recent work in Irish Studies scholarship. With that in mind=
,
> we welcome submissions addressing any and all topics or themes relevant t=
o
> Irish Studies. Both individual paper and panel (3-4) submissions are
> welcomed, as are proposals for presentations in non-traditional formats
> (posters, performances, exhibits, etc). Proposals should be 250-300 words=
in
> length, and should include a brief bio (50 words) of the author. Panel
> proposals should include 250-300 word proposals from each panel submitter=
,
> plus bios for each author. Please send proposals or questions to the ACIS
> 2013 Selection Committee at the conference email address:
> acis2013[at]gmail.com. The deadline for submission is November 1, 2012
>=20
> =20

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From Irish Echo (NY), *NEWS & VIEWS* | | MAY 30TH, 2012

The death has taken place of Professor Thomas H. O'Connor, one of Boston's and
Irish America's leading historians of recent decades.

O'Connor, who penned the celebrated and definitive work, "The Boston Irish: A
Political History," died at his home on Sunday, May 20, in Milton, Mass. He
was 89.

Professor Emeritus and University Historian at Boston College,
O'Connor, according
to a Boston Globe report, wrote 20 books and hundreds of scholarly papers
on various aspects of Boston, New England and American
history.

The report stated that O'Connor's book, "Bibles, Brahmins and Bosses,"
published
in 1976, opened up a treasure trove of untapped topics, which his subsequent
books delved into, including: "Fitzpatrick's Boston" (1984);
"South Boston: My Home Town" (1988); "The Boston Irish: A Political History"
(1995) and "Boston Catholics" (1998).

O'Connor was also a Civil War historian who penned pamphlets and books on the
war in general, and the role of Massachusetts in the 1861-65 conflict between
the states.

O'Connor was also a crucial figure behind the Boston Irish Famine
Memorial project
of 1998. The Eire Society of Boston presented him with its prestigious gold
medal in 1999.

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The Irish Girls' Rising: Building the Women's Labor Movement in
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This one too...don't worry, I won't inundate you.
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Peg

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Dr. Margaret H. Preston
Associate Professor
and Chair
Department of History
Augustana College
2001 S. Summit Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
605-274-5325
www.augie.edu
>>> Patrick O'Sullivan 5/14/2012 11:41 AM >>>
The Irish Girls' Rising: Building the Women's Labor Movement in
Progressive-Era Chicago
Suellen Hoy

Abstract

The Chicago Women's Trade Union League (CWTUL), inaugurated at Hull House =
in
1904, had its roots in the 1900 stockyard strike of Irish women, the
short-lived Maud Gonne Club, and Local 183 of the Amalgamated Meat =
Cutters,
the first women's union in the stockyards. Mary E. McDowell, head resident
of the University of Chicago Settlement and advisor to Local 183, served =
as
CWTUL's first president from 1904 to 1907. The working-class leadership of
the Chicago branch - unlike its better-known counterpart in New York - was
"old immigrant" (primarily Irish Catholic but also including Germans and
Scandinavians) with a distinct culture that derived from its ethnic makeup
and its settlement-house attachments. In "The Irish Girls' Rising," =
Suellen
Hoy explores these developments and highlights CWTUL's significance in
building the women's labor movement in Chicago at the turn of the =
twentieth
century.

Labor 2012 Volume 9, Number 1: 77-100

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Sounds interesting....I can't help but hear the voice of Carl Sandburg in =
my head though!


Thinking of the city of big shoulders,


Patrick




Dr Patrick Hicks
Writer-in-Residence
Augustana College
Department of English
Box 2181
2001 South Summit Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
United States

Tel: 605.274.5434

>>> Margaret Preston 06/02/12 8:36 PM >>>
This one too...don't worry, I won't inundate you.
=20
Peg

=20
Dr. Margaret H. Preston
Associate Professor
and Chair
Department of History
Augustana College
2001 S. Summit Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
605-274-5325
www.augie.edu
>>> Patrick O'Sullivan 5/14/2012 11:41 AM >>>
The Irish Girls' Rising: Building the Women's Labor Movement in
Progressive-Era Chicago
Suellen Hoy

Abstract

The Chicago Women's Trade Union League (CWTUL), inaugurated at Hull House =
in
1904, had its roots in the 1900 stockyard strike of Irish women, the
short-lived Maud Gonne Club, and Local 183 of the Amalgamated Meat =
Cutters,
the first women's union in the stockyards. Mary E. McDowell, head resident
of the University of Chicago Settlement and advisor to Local 183, served =
as
CWTUL's first president from 1904 to 1907. The working-class leadership of
the Chicago branch - unlike its better-known counterpart in New York - was
"old immigrant" (primarily Irish Catholic but also including Germans and
Scandinavians) with a distinct culture that derived from its ethnic makeup
and its settlement-house attachments. In "The Irish Girls' Rising," =
Suellen
Hoy explores these developments and highlights CWTUL's significance in
building the women's labor movement in Chicago at the turn of the =
twentieth
century.

Labor 2012 Volume 9, Number 1: 77-100

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Forwarded on behalf of Patrick Lonergan.



Druid & Tom Murphy: A Celebration

Keogh Studio Theater . Fordham University

Lincoln Center .113 West 60th Street (9th Avenue)

11 July 2012

Programme

1:00: Nicholas Grene, Trinity College, Dublin
"Tom Murphy and Irish Drama: Voicing the Voiceless"

Moderator: Lucy McDiarmid,
Professor and Marie Frazee--Baldassarre Chair, Montclair State University

2.00: Patrick Lonergan, NUI Galway
"Druid and Tom Murphy: A Theatre of Miracles"

Moderator: Gwen Orel, New York Irish Arts

3:00 - 3:30 Break

3:30 Panel Discussion: "Famine, Immigration, and Modern Ireland"

Maureen Murphy, Hofstra University
Mary Burke, University of Connecticut
Shelley Troupe, NUI Galway

Moderator: John P. Harrington, Fordham University

5:00 Gary Hynes and Marie Mullen in conversation

Moderator: Patrick Lonergan, NUI Galway

6:00 Dinner Break

7:30 Druid performance of "A Whistle in the Dark"

Gerard W. Lynch Theater
899 10th Avenue (59th Street)

Tickets required.

To coincide with DruidMurphy, Irish and American experts on theater will
discuss the enormous influence of Tom Murphy on Irish theater and of his
works on the Irish and American cultural memories of immigration and famine.
The afternoon of lectures and panels will culminate in an on-stage interview
with two of the three founders of Druid Theatre more than 35 years ago in
Galway, Gary Hynes and Marie Mullen. All parts of the program will include
questions-and- answers and informal conversation with the participants.



Sponsored by: Druid Theatre, Fordham University Institute for Irish Studies,
The Galway University Foundation, and the National University of Ireland,
Galway.



For information contact: patrick.lonergan[at]nuigalway.ie