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Hi Trish

Thanks for yours.=20

It won't be a purely online survey and I take your point that such an appro=
ach would miss some people. In the first place, we will be carrying out a s=
urvey on the ground here in Ireland (postal and feet on the ground) to iden=
tify households with family members who have emigrated. The idea is to then=
contact those emigrants using a mixture of methods, including the online s=
urvey but also Skype and telephone interviews. We plan to supplement the co=
re methodology through contacts developed with Irish associations in destin=
ation countries, key informants, ethnic media and the like.

I agree with you that it's absolutely essential to reach a representative s=
ample. The most recent major survey (published 17 March this year) on emigr=
ants conducted for the Irish Times, for example, was completely skewed, in =
spite of having been undertaken by a professional polling institute. The cl=
ue lay in the percentage of respondents with a third level education - 85%.=
This figure might reflect Irish Times readers but is obviously not represe=
ntative of Irish emigrants or the Irish population more generally.=20

Best

Piaras

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f Of Trish O'Connor
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To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Survey of current Irish emigrants

Hi Piaras

I read your survey with interest particularly given my interest in the
post-1980 immigrant stream to Australia. Its a great survey - I look forwa=
rd to seeing the results.

My only concern is that it seems to be purely an online survey. While I re=
cognise that computer literacy and usage has increased dramatically in Irel=
and in recent times, I also know of many people (including member of my own=
family) who are in their late 40s who do not have a computer or have very =
limited skills in using one. It would seem a pity of this precluded them f=
rom participating in this survey, particularly as those without computer sk=
ills are likely to be among the less educated. An important element of the=
Irish emigrant story may be lost if only the more educated groups are incl=
uded.

Hope this is of help.

All the best with you research

Dr Patricia M O'Connor


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:26 AM, MacEinri, Piaras wrote=
:
> Dear all
>
>
>
> Thanks to funding from the Irish Research Council I am running (with Dr I=
rial Glynn and Tom=E1s Kelly) a project on current Irish emigration for the=
twelve months October 2012 - September 2013.
>
>
>
> We will be using the exciting new Small Areas data from the 2011 Census (=
for more, see http://census.cso.ie/sapmap/) to construct a sample of Irish =
households which is as representative as we can make it (Tom=E1s who is a m=
athematician, is constructing a cluster analysis in order to map this), the=
n surveying households to identify those with household members outside the=
country (including those with a family member who is a 'commuter migrant' =
- say, a husband or wife who is actually working outside the country and re=
turning home on a frequent basis). The idea is to conduct an online survey =
of those migrants and a certain number of follow-up Skype interviews. We wi=
ll also be using other methods to find, survey and conduct interviews with=
migrants in destination countries - NGOs, online social networks, as well =
as contacting key informants, ethnic media etc.
>
>
>
> We are interested in profiling today's generation of emigrants in terms o=
f contrasts and continuities compared to the previous waves, notably the 19=
50s and 1980s, and in exploring the influence of factors such as education,=
social class and gender in people's migration decisions. For instance, is =
globalisation acting as a disincentive for less well qualified young people=
to move when they will be competing in global cities such as London for jo=
bs where wages and working conditions have deteriorated? Are the better-off=
and better-educated both more likely to leave and more likely to return th=
an those from a more marginalised socio-educational background? Currently a=
vailable data falls far short of offering detailed answers to any of these =
questions.
>
>
>
> A pilot version of our online survey for migrants (there is a=20
> different one for households in Ireland, which we will be using for=20
> the first part of our project) is online at
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=3Dtrue&formkey=3Dd=
HlzemhNU0ZETlN0Wm93NVpVNUxLa3c6MQ.
>
>
>
> There are real lacunae in our current knowledge and understanding of emig=
ration from Ireland today and we hope that this project will address some o=
f these.
>
>
>
> Other links:
>
>
>
> Excellent statistical overview by Dr Mary Gilmartin of NUIM of current=20
> Irish emigration=20
> http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/research/documents/WP69_The_changing_face_of_
> Irish_migration_2000_2012.pdf
>
> Irish Times piece by myself=20
> http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/generationemigration/2012/10/23/we-nee
> d-to-know-a-lot-more-about-emigration/
>
>
>
> I would be most grateful for any feedback, suggestions, criticism and ide=
as that might enable us to do the best possible job on this research.
>
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
> Piaras
>
>
>
> Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED, BA, M=E8sL (Paris), DEA (Paris), PhD (London)
>
> L=E9acht=F3ir i gc=FArsa=ED imirce/Lecturer in Migration Studies
>
> Chair, Board of Studies of MA in Contemporary Migration and Diaspora=20
> Studies
>
> Roinn an T=EDreolais/Department of Geography
>
> Col=E1iste na hOllscoile Corcaigh/University College Cork
>
> Guth=E1n/phone: +353214902207 skype maceinri email/post leictreonach=20
> p.maceinri[at]ucc.ie

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Hi Piaras

I read your survey with interest particularly given my interest in the
post-1980 immigrant stream to Australia. Its a great survey - I look
forward to seeing the results.

My only concern is that it seems to be purely an online survey. While
I recognise that computer literacy and usage has increased
dramatically in Ireland in recent times, I also know of many people
(including member of my own family) who are in their late 40s who do
not have a computer or have very limited skills in using one. It
would seem a pity of this precluded them from participating in this
survey, particularly as those without computer skills are likely to be
among the less educated. An important element of the Irish emigrant
story may be lost if only the more educated groups are included.

Hope this is of help.

All the best with you research

Dr Patricia M O'Connor


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:26 AM, MacEinri, Piaras wrote=
:
> Dear all
>
>
>
> Thanks to funding from the Irish Research Council I am running (with Dr I=
rial Glynn and Tom=E1s Kelly) a project on current Irish emigration for the=
twelve months October 2012 - September 2013.
>
>
>
> We will be using the exciting new Small Areas data from the 2011 Census (=
for more, see http://census.cso.ie/sapmap/) to construct a sample of Irish =
households which is as representative as we can make it (Tom=E1s who is a m=
athematician, is constructing a cluster analysis in order to map this), the=
n surveying households to identify those with household members outside the=
country (including those with a family member who is a 'commuter migrant' =
- say, a husband or wife who is actually working outside the country and re=
turning home on a frequent basis). The idea is to conduct an online survey =
of those migrants and a certain number of follow-up Skype interviews. We wi=
ll also be using other methods to find, survey and conduct interviews with=
migrants in destination countries - NGOs, online social networks, as well =
as contacting key informants, ethnic media etc.
>
>
>
> We are interested in profiling today's generation of emigrants in terms o=
f contrasts and continuities compared to the previous waves, notably the 19=
50s and 1980s, and in exploring the influence of factors such as education,=
social class and gender in people's migration decisions. For instance, is =
globalisation acting as a disincentive for less well qualified young people=
to move when they will be competing in global cities such as London for jo=
bs where wages and working conditions have deteriorated? Are the better-off=
and better-educated both more likely to leave and more likely to return th=
an those from a more marginalised socio-educational background? Currently a=
vailable data falls far short of offering detailed answers to any of these =
questions.
>
>
>
> A pilot version of our online survey for migrants (there is a different o=
ne for households in Ireland, which we will be using for the first part of =
our project) is online at
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=3Dtrue&formkey=3Dd=
HlzemhNU0ZETlN0Wm93NVpVNUxLa3c6MQ.
>
>
>
> There are real lacunae in our current knowledge and understanding of emig=
ration from Ireland today and we hope that this project will address some o=
f these.
>
>
>
> Other links:
>
>
>
> Excellent statistical overview by Dr Mary Gilmartin of NUIM of current Ir=
ish emigration http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/research/documents/WP69_The_changin=
g_face_of_Irish_migration_2000_2012.pdf
>
> Irish Times piece by myself http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/generationemi=
gration/2012/10/23/we-need-to-know-a-lot-more-about-emigration/
>
>
>
> I would be most grateful for any feedback, suggestions, criticism and ide=
as that might enable us to do the best possible job on this research.
>
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
> Piaras
>
>
>
> Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED, BA, M=E8sL (Paris), DEA (Paris), PhD (London)
>
> L=E9acht=F3ir i gc=FArsa=ED imirce/Lecturer in Migration Studies
>
> Chair, Board of Studies of MA in Contemporary Migration and Diaspora Stud=
ies
>
> Roinn an T=EDreolais/Department of Geography
>
> Col=E1iste na hOllscoile Corcaigh/University College Cork
>
> Guth=E1n/phone: +353214902207 skype maceinri email/post leictreonach p.ma=
ceinri[at]ucc.ie

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THIRTEENTH ANNUAL ACIS PRIZES
FOR BOOKS IN IRISH STUDIES
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Deadline for Nominations January 7, 2013
Winners Announced at ACIS National Meeting,
Chicago, IL, April 10-13, 2013


The American Conference for Irish Studies sponsors five book prizes =20
annually for scholarship on Irish subjects, open to books published =20
worldwide. It also sponsors a sixth prize for the year=92s outstanding =20
dissertation on a subject related to Irish Studies.
These prizes are:
=95=09The James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for Books on History and Social Scien=
ces =95
=95=09Duais Leabhar Taighde na Bliana Fhoras na Gaeilge/The ACIS Award for =
=20
Books in the Irish Language
=95=09The Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language and Culture
=95=09The Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book
=95=09The Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature
=95=09The Adele Dalsimer Prize for a Distinguished Dissertation
The winners will be recognized at the 2013 ACIS National Meeting in =20
Chicago, IL, where the selection committee=92s encomium is read during =20
the ACIS luncheon and business meeting. Each prize includes a cash =20
award of $500 for the author.
ACIS will also announce the award winners in a press release, its =20
quarterly newsletter and on its website. ACIS will publish a display =20
ad announcing the winners in The Irish Literary Supplement.

ELIGIBILITY
All books submitted for these awards must have a publication date of =20
2012. All dissertations must have been defended in 2012. Anyone, =20
including the author, may submit books for consideration. ACIS members =20
may nominate a book by contacting the relevant committee chair, who =20
will then contact the publisher. Edited collections, fiction, poetry, =20
and anthologies of literature are not eligible.

Dissertations nominated for the Dalsimer Prize may be submitted to the =20
committee electronically as .pdf files.

Copies of the books nominated must be received by each of the members =20
of the appropriate committee (listed below) by January 7, 2013.

No book may compete for more than one of the three disciplinary prizes =20
(Donnelly, Durkan, Rhodes), but an author's first scholarly monograph =20
(or collection of original essays) may be submitted to the Murphy =20
prize committee in addition to one of the three disciplinary =20
committees. Authors may contact the committee chair to determine =20
whether their book has been submitted for a prize. Prize chairs may =20
choose to reassign entered works. Please do not send copies of books =20
to ACIS officers. For more information contact the Chair of the Book =20
Prize Committee, Professor Mary Trotter (mtrotter[at]wisc.edu) and/or the =20
relevant book prize committee chair (see below).

ELIGIBILITY
Please note that only single author texts will be considered. Authors =20
and nominators should be guided by what academic audience the book =20
addresses. Books addressed primarily to historians and/or social =20
scientists should go to the Donnelly committee. Books addressed =20
primarily to literary scholars should go to the Rhodes committee. =20
Books that are addressed to students of language or culture (including =20
the visual and performing arts) should go to the Durkan committee. =20
Books addressed to an interdisciplinary audience (e.g., works in =20
cultural studies, gender studies and postcolonial studies) may be =20
submitted to any one of the book award committees.

James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences

Professor Brigittine French, ACIS Donnelly Prize Committee Chair
Department of Anthropology
Grinnell College
1118 Park Street
Grinnell, IA 50112-1670
e-mail: FRENCHB[at]Grinnell.edu

Professor Christina Brophy
Department of Social Science
Triton College
6360 N. Kildare Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640

Professor Ann Kane
Department of Social Sciences
University of Houston =96 Downtown
1 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002

Duais Leabhar Taighde na Bliana Fhoras na Gaeilge/ACIS Award for Books =20
in the Irish Language

Professor Sarah McKibben, ACIS Irish Language Prize Committee Chair
Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
University of Notre Dame
411 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-4637
e-mail: Sarah.E.McKibben.2[at]nd.edu

Professor Matthieu Boyd
Department of Literature, Language, Writing and Philosophy
Farleigh Dickinson University, College at Florham
285 Madison Ave.
Madison, NJ 07940

Professor Nicholas Wolf
Glucksman Ireland House
New York University
One Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003

Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language and Culture

Professor Donna Potts, ACIS Durkan Prize Committee Chair
Department of English 108 E/CS Building
Kansas State University - Manhattan
Manhattan, KS 66506-6501
e-mail: donnal.potts[at]gmail.com

Professor Christine Cusick
Department of English
Seton Hill University
St. Joseph 409/ Box 486F
One Seton Hill Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601

Professor Jennifer Molidor
Kansas State University (on leave)
662 King Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book

Professor Cara Delay, ACIS Murphy Prize Committee Chair
UCD Humanities Institute
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland
e-mail: DelayC[at]cofc.edu

Eugene Hynes
Liberal Studies Department
Kettering University
1700 University Avenue
Flint, MI 48504
USA

Abigail Palko
DUS, Gender Studies Program
325 O'Shaughnessy Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
USA

Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature

Professor Richard Rankin Russell, ACIS Rhodes Prize Committee Chair
Department of English
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97404
Waco, TX 76798-7404
e-mail: Richard_Russell[at]baylor.edu

Professor Bryan Giemza
Department of English
Randolph-Macon College
P.O. Box 5005
204 Henry Street
Ashland, VA 23005-5505

Professor Stephanie Boeninger
Providence College
196 Enfield Ave.
Providence, RI 02903


Adele Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation

Dissertation applicants should e-mail a .pdf of the dissertation to =20
Professor Daugherty=92s e-mail account. She will then forward the .pdf =20
to the other committee members.

Professor Jane Elizabeth Dougherty, Dalsimer Prize Committee Chair
Southern Illinois University
English =96 SIUC
Mailcode: 4503
Carbondale, IL 62901
e-mail: dohugany[at]siu.edu


Michael de Nie
Department of History
University of West Georgia
mdenie[at]westga.edu

Secretary
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Dear all

I'm afraid that in my last posting I inadvertently included the draft onlin=
e survey for households in Ireland with emigrant members and not the survey=
intended for the emigrants themselves. The correct link should have been h=
ere https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=3Dtrue&formkey=
=3DdDJMOExXOXgwUURiLVFEanNiOEwyQWc6MQ

Feedback would still be appreciated!

Piaras

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Hi Piaras

Thanks for the update!

Sounds like its going to be a fantastic study - good luck with it!

Cheers

Trish

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:02 PM, MacEinri, Piaras wrote=
:
> Hi Trish
>
> Thanks for yours.
>
> It won't be a purely online survey and I take your point that such an app=
roach would miss some people. In the first place, we will be carrying out a=
survey on the ground here in Ireland (postal and feet on the ground) to id=
entify households with family members who have emigrated. The idea is to th=
en contact those emigrants using a mixture of methods, including the online=
survey but also Skype and telephone interviews. We plan to supplement the =
core methodology through contacts developed with Irish associations in dest=
ination countries, key informants, ethnic media and the like.
>
> I agree with you that it's absolutely essential to reach a representative=
sample. The most recent major survey (published 17 March this year) on emi=
grants conducted for the Irish Times, for example, was completely skewed, i=
n spite of having been undertaken by a professional polling institute. The =
clue lay in the percentage of respondents with a third level education - 85=
%. This figure might reflect Irish Times readers but is obviously not repre=
sentative of Irish emigrants or the Irish population more generally.
>
> Best
>
> Piaras
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Beh=
alf Of Trish O'Connor
> Sent: 19 November 2012 04:44
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [IR-D] Survey of current Irish emigrants
>
> Hi Piaras
>
> I read your survey with interest particularly given my interest in the
> post-1980 immigrant stream to Australia. Its a great survey - I look for=
ward to seeing the results.
>
> My only concern is that it seems to be purely an online survey. While I =
recognise that computer literacy and usage has increased dramatically in Ir=
eland in recent times, I also know of many people (including member of my o=
wn family) who are in their late 40s who do not have a computer or have ver=
y limited skills in using one. It would seem a pity of this precluded them=
from participating in this survey, particularly as those without computer =
skills are likely to be among the less educated. An important element of t=
he Irish emigrant story may be lost if only the more educated groups are in=
cluded.
>
> Hope this is of help.
>
> All the best with you research
>
> Dr Patricia M O'Connor
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:26 AM, MacEinri, Piaras wro=
te:
>> Dear all
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks to funding from the Irish Research Council I am running (with Dr =
Irial Glynn and Tom=E1s Kelly) a project on current Irish emigration for th=
e twelve months October 2012 - September 2013.
>>
>>
>>
>> We will be using the exciting new Small Areas data from the 2011 Census =
(for more, see http://census.cso.ie/sapmap/) to construct a sample of Irish=
households which is as representative as we can make it (Tom=E1s who is a =
mathematician, is constructing a cluster analysis in order to map this), th=
en surveying households to identify those with household members outside th=
e country (including those with a family member who is a 'commuter migrant'=
- say, a husband or wife who is actually working outside the country and r=
eturning home on a frequent basis). The idea is to conduct an online survey=
of those migrants and a certain number of follow-up Skype interviews. We w=
ill also be using other methods to find, survey and conduct interviews wit=
h migrants in destination countries - NGOs, online social networks, as well=
as contacting key informants, ethnic media etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> We are interested in profiling today's generation of emigrants in terms =
of contrasts and continuities compared to the previous waves, notably the 1=
950s and 1980s, and in exploring the influence of factors such as education=
, social class and gender in people's migration decisions. For instance, is=
globalisation acting as a disincentive for less well qualified young peopl=
e to move when they will be competing in global cities such as London for j=
obs where wages and working conditions have deteriorated? Are the better-of=
f and better-educated both more likely to leave and more likely to return t=
han those from a more marginalised socio-educational background? Currently =
available data falls far short of offering detailed answers to any of these=
questions.
>>
>>
>>
>> A pilot version of our online survey for migrants (there is a
>> different one for households in Ireland, which we will be using for
>> the first part of our project) is online at
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=3Dtrue&formkey=3D=
dHlzemhNU0ZETlN0Wm93NVpVNUxLa3c6MQ.
>>
>>
>>
>> There are real lacunae in our current knowledge and understanding of emi=
gration from Ireland today and we hope that this project will address some =
of these.
>>
>>
>>
>> Other links:
>>
>>
>>
>> Excellent statistical overview by Dr Mary Gilmartin of NUIM of current
>> Irish emigration
>> http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/research/documents/WP69_The_changing_face_of_
>> Irish_migration_2000_2012.pdf
>>
>> Irish Times piece by myself
>> http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/generationemigration/2012/10/23/we-nee
>> d-to-know-a-lot-more-about-emigration/
>>
>>
>>
>> I would be most grateful for any feedback, suggestions, criticism and id=
eas that might enable us to do the best possible job on this research.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>>
>>
>> Piaras
>>
>>
>>
>> Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED, BA, M=E8sL (Paris), DEA (Paris), PhD (London)
>>
>> L=E9acht=F3ir i gc=FArsa=ED imirce/Lecturer in Migration Studies
>>
>> Chair, Board of Studies of MA in Contemporary Migration and Diaspora
>> Studies
>>
>> Roinn an T=EDreolais/Department of Geography
>>
>> Col=E1iste na hOllscoile Corcaigh/University College Cork
>>
>> Guth=E1n/phone: +353214902207 skype maceinri email/post leictreonach
>> p.maceinri[at]ucc.ie

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From: Christopher Cusack
Subject: New Title from Anthem Press - 'Holodomor and Gorta
M=?utf-8?Q?=C3=B3r=3A_?=Histories,
Memories and Representations of Famine in Ukraine and Ireland'
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This may be of interest to some of you.=20

All the best,=20

Chris Cusack=20

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


BOOK INFORMATION=20

Holodomor and Gorta M=C3=B3r: Histories, Memories and Representations of Fa=
mine in Ukraine and Ireland=20
Edited by Christian Noack, Lindsay Janssen and Vincent Comerford=20
9780857285577 - HB=20


This title is also available as an eBook: http://anthempress.com/index.php/=
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Recommend this title to your library: http://anthempress.com/pdf/LIBRARY-RE=
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Advance Praise for "Holodomor and Gorta M=C3=B3r"=20


=E2=80=98The scholarship of this volume is its outstanding feature. Ranging=
from authoritative overviews by leading scholars in the fields of Irish an=
d Ukrainian famine studies to essays that draw on new sources that provide =
fresh insights, this collection adds to the possibilities for understanding=
created by the juxtaposition of these two modern famines.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=
=94 Professor Chris Morash, Head of School of English, Media & Theatre Stud=
ies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth=20

=E2=80=98The editors and authors have taken narratives of suffering of the =
Irish and the Ukrainians during the great famines outside of national mytho=
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nian history: this volume enhances our understanding of the ways in which s=
ocieties deal with their historical traumas and manage to turn them into bu=
ilding blocks of modern national identities.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=94 Serhii Plok=
hii , Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University=20

=E2=80=98The authors bring great variety to their methods of approaching th=
e famines, ranging from historiography and political journalism to literary=
and film analysis to the politics of memorialisation and geographers=E2=80=
=99 new technologies for plotting demographic and economic processes.=E2=80=
=99 =E2=80=94 Mark von Hagen , Professor of History, Arizona State Universi=
ty=20

=E2=80=98=E2=80=9CHolodomor and Gorta M=C3=B3r=E2=80=9D is the first sustai=
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story. By assembling a team of international experts, the editors probe the=
complex construction of cultural memories of famine in Ireland and the Ukr=
aine. The result is a fascinating collection that will be essential reading=
for scholars in history, literature and cultural studies.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=
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=E2=80=98Writing from broadly diverse vantage points and engaging a variety=
of competing interpretations of two events that are so different yet so si=
milar, the contributors achieve an amazing effect: historical memory, strip=
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nd raises new questions.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=94 Dr Ilya Gerasimov , founder and=
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n the handling of famine memory more generally. Theoretically sophisticated=
and resting on deep learning, this multiauthored volume is also characteri=
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descendants.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=94 Professor Liam Kennedy , Queen=E2=80=99s Un=
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=E2=80=98The essays in this pioneering collection provide unexplored compar=
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oliticization and nationalism. They offer transnational, interdisciplinary =
perspectives on two formative episodes in the colonial past of Europe, ther=
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The Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies (PCCBS) is hosting its annu=
al meeting at the University of California=2C Berkeley next semester (8-10 =
March=2C 2013). I am on a panel looking for a third presenter.
The graduate student at the University of Nevada=2C Las Vegas who is organi=
zing the panel studies Irish-American Catholic thought in the early Republi=
c era and will be talking about Irish contributions to religious toleration=
in the 1820s and 1830s. I will discuss Irish-American civic pluralism in =
the 1850-1880 period. Given that this will probably be one of only 1-2 pan=
els on Ireland and the Irish at the conference=2C we are casting a wide net=
in terms of possible subjects for papers.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A SHORT DEADLINE--200 WORD PAPER PROPOSALS ARE DU=
E BY THE END OF THIS WEEK (1 DECEMBER).

If anyone is interested in participating=2C please contact Nick Pellegrino =
(sooner than later) at nicholas.pellegrino[at]gmail.com
Of course=2C you can also contact me at the email address listed below.
Hope all is well with all and sundry. Thanks!
Cian

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I have a question about archival law - a matter in which I am well out of m=
y waters.
An elderly man, a retired historian, has approached our university about d=
onating his research materials from work he did on the Northern Irish confl=
ict in the mid- 1970s. The material includes things like transcripts of int=
erviews with Terence O'Neill.
My understanding is that in American law, such things are of little use to =
anyone but the interviewer unless the interviewee gave written permission t=
o deposit it in an archive and make it available to the public. What about=
Irish and UK law?
And does it change with the interviewee's death?
Perhaps a na=EFve question, but I ask.
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Liverpool University Press are delighted to announce the publication of:


London Irish Fictions
Narrative, Diaspora and Identity

Tony Murray

This is the first book about the literature of the Irish in London. By exam=
ining over 30 novels, short stories and autobiographies set in London since=
the Second World War, London Irish Fictions investigates the complex psych=
ological landscapes of belonging and cultural allegiance found in these uni=
que and intensely personal perspectives on the Irish experience of migratio=
n. As well as bringing new research to bear on the work of established Iris=
h writers such as Edna O'Brien, John McGahern, Emma Donoghue and Joseph O'C=
onnor, this study reveals a fascinating and hitherto unexplored literature,=
diverse in form and content.

By synthesising theories of narrative and diaspora into a new methodologica=
l approach to the study of migration, London Irish Fictions sheds new light=
on the ways in which migrant identities are negotiated, mediated and repre=
sented through literature. It also examines the specific role that the metr=
opolis plays in literary portrayals of migrant experience as an arena for t=
he performance of Irishness, as a catalyst in transformations of Irishness =
and as an intrinsic component of second-generation Irish identities. Furthe=
rmore, by analysing the central role of narrative in configuring migrant cu=
ltures and identities, it reassesses notions of exile, escape and return in=
Irish culture more generally. In this regard, it has particular relevance =
to current debates on migration and multiculturalism in both Britain and Ir=
eland, especially in the wake of an emerging new phase of Irish migration i=
n the post-'Celtic Tiger' era.

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A rich, sympathetic and nuanced exploration of that strange blend of exile =
and escape, of suffering and play-acting, which characterises the Irish mig=
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Forwarded on behalf of the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies.

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Dear colleagues and friends,

=20

MCMS Annual Report 2011-2012 =20

=20

Our latest Annual Report, the first under our new Mellon Centre title, =
can
now be viewed and downloaded at: http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/. Hard copies =
will
be available to visitors in the Library, and on request we will gladly =
post
out hard copies.

=20

We hope you may also be interested in our forthcoming events.

=20

The Twelfth Annual Irish Migration Studies Reunion Lecture will be given =
on
Saturday 2 February 2012 at 11.00 am by Dr Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED of =
University
College, Cork, who will speak on =91Current Trends and Challenges in =
Irish
Migration=92:

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http://www.qub.ac.uk/cms/events/Reunion_Lecture_2013/Twelfth_Annual_Lectu=
re_
2013.htm

Since that day, 2 February, is the eve of the bicentenary of the birth =
of
Thomas Mellon (1813-1908), the programme will also include a =
presentation at
his birthplace, the Mellon Cottage. As usual we look forward to =
welcoming
back our students, past and present, and friends of the Centre, old and =
new.

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Once again, we look forward to working with the Ulster Historical =
Foundation
on the Ulster History and Genealogy Summer School, 24-29 June 2013

http://www.ancestryireland.com/summerschool/

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The next Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School will be on Saturday 12
October 2013. The main speaker will be Arthur Sullivan who will examine
representations of Irish migration in feature films, such as The Quiet =
Man
(1952).=20

=20

Having hosted the Nineteenth Ulster-American Heritage Symposium this =
summer,
we look forward to the Twentieth Symposium at the end of June 2014. It =
is
planned that it will be held on two sites, first in Athens, Georgia =
(25-28
June) and then at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut.=20

=20

Congratulations also to Queen=92s University MA History students Sarah =
Murphy,
Brian Shelly and Orfhlaith Campbell who graduate on 13 December, having
completed the new Irish Migration History module. We look forward to
welcoming three new intern students from the QUB MA History programme =
next
semester.

=20

Finally, just published in time for Christmas is =91Migration in Belfast
History=92 by Brian Lambkin, Patrick Fitzgerald and Johanne Devlin Trew, =
in
Belfast: The Emerging City, 1850-1914, edited by Olwen Purdue (Irish
Academic Press)

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Gary D. Rhodes. Emerald Illusions: The Irish in Early American
Cinema. Dublin Irish Academic Press, 2012. 432 pp. $79.95
(cloth), ISBN 978-0-7165-3143-2.

Reviewed by Catherine M. Burns
Published on H-Albion (December, 2012)
Commissioned by Nicholas M. Wolf

Burns on Rhodes, _Emerald Illusions_

"Since the rise of Irish diaspora studies, film scholars have widened
the canon of Irish cinema by including representations of the
American Irish. Film historian Gary D. Rhodes, however, believes that
this has led to the invention of classifications that have little
bearing on the actual historical contexts of the motion pictures
under study. He questions Kevin Rockett's decision in _The Irish
Filmography_ (1996) to include within the category "Irish cinema"
films made by Americans in Ireland or in the United States with Irish
subjects. Likewise, he doubts Ruth Barton's choice to deem films with
Irish American characters or Irish topics part of an "Irish-American
cinema."[1]

Rhodes prefers the descriptive term "Irish-themed films" and
commenced his study not with ethnic classifications but with an

exhaustive analysis of primary sources related to films with Irish
roles or concerns produced in the United States or by Americans in
Ireland before 1915. In addition to existing moving pictures, he has
located and examined magazines, non-Irish-themed films, newspapers,
posters, advertisements, and production-company records, as well as
sources such as pre-cinema theatrical scripts, vaudeville, and
lantern slides. He concludes that Irish-themed films should be
understood within the context of early American cinema and in
relationship to popular American entertainments of the latter
nineteenth century.

_Emerald Illusions_ begins with connections between what nineteenth-
and early-twentieth-century American audiences saw on stage or in
lantern slides and Irish images presented in moving pictures. Much of
this is new research. Rhodes broadens existing studies of depictions
of the Irish in American theater from productions on the New York
City stage to vaudeville, traveling variety shows, and plays by
figures far less famous than Edward Harrigan and Dion Boucicault.
Rhodes also makes the very interesting observation that during the
early Nickelodeon era the number of Irish-themed lantern slides far
exceeded that of Irish-themed films.

Through five case studies, Rhodes contends that Irish-themed shows
and characters of the stage were in demand throughout the United
States and that many of the same personas, motifs, and questions of
authenticity found in the live performances surfaced in moving
pictures. Audiences enjoyed Irish melodramas and stage Irish comedies
as they did other American melodramas and ethnic farces. Repetition
indicates that certain Irish types were especially well liked, such
as Irish boxers who took a turn on the stage and Irish "romantic
singing comedians." Their ilk also appeared in early films, as did

the narrative styles of theatrical Irish-themed melodramas and
comedies. The story lines and depictions of the Irish in moving
pictures also had antecedents in Boucicault's enormously popular
plays."



William H. Mulligan, Jr.

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MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher 2012

Moderator, Irish Diaspora Discussion List [IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk]

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

office phone 1-270-809-6571

dept phone 1-270-809-2231

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Call for Papers

"Scotland, Ulster, and America: Ties That Bind?"
Seventh Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium
York, South Carolina June 6-7, 2013.
in conjunction with the Clover Scottish Games and Scotch-Irish Festival
Clover, South Carolina June 7-8, 2013

Scots migrated to the Irish province of Ulster in large numbers during the
seventeenth century and later. Ulster Scots began migrating to America
in the eighteenth century where they were known as Scotch-Irish. We
Americans tend to see that traffic as all one way - Ayrshire to Antrim to
South
Carolina - and lock it into a pre-1800 time frame.

Cultural exchanges of many kinds have linked Scotland, Ulster, and America
over four centuries and continue today. Presbyterianism gave many a
common identity. Until 1849 Ulster Scots looked to Scottish universities to
educate their ministers, doctors, lawyers, and educators, including many who
later migrated to America. Scottish and Irish music crossed the Atlantic
and American gospel songs and bluegrass traveled to Ulster. The rebirth of
an
Ulster Scots identity has focused on the Scots language and Highland Games
and bagpipe contests, while Americans renew their Scotch-Irish heritage
with Kirkin' o' the Tartan and Scottish dancing.

The Seventh Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium will explore ways in which
Scotland, Ulster, and America have influenced one another down to the
present

time. We invite papers investigating the links among these three that
persist or persisted at one time in such areas as language, migration and
settlement, commerce and business, religion and religious history, music,
literature, fraternal orders, heritage tourism, family history and
genealogy.
We ask that you read the requirements for Symposium presentations in the
statement on Goals and Standards on the Scotch-Irish Society's website
_
http://www.scotch-irishsocietyusa.org/_ (

http://www.scotch-irishsocietyusa.org/)
. Please direct any questions to Michael Scoggins at
_micscoggins[at]chmuseums.org_ (mailto:
micscoggins[at]chmuseums.org) or to Dr. Richard K.
MacMaster at _rmacmast[at]ufl.edu_ (mailto:
rmacmast[at]ufl.edu) . Abstracts
(approximately 250 - 300 words), together with a brief C.V., should be sent
to
conference organizer Michael Scoggins as file attachments (Microsoft Word
preferred)
as soon as possible, but no later than January 31, 2013. Authors will be
informed by February 15, 2013 if their abstracts have been accepted. Texts
for accepted presentations will be due on or before March 15, 2013.
The Symposium will include a reception in the Jane Bratton Spratt Room at
the McCelvey Center, 212 East Jefferson Street, York, SC on Thursday
evening, June 6, 2013, from 7:00-9:00 PM. The symposium proper will take
place
in the Lowry Family Theater at the McCelvey Center from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM on
Friday, June 7, 2013.

This year the symposium is being held in conjunction with the annual
Clover Scottish Games and Scotch-Irish Festival, which takes place in nearby
Clover, SC, on June 7 and 8. Symposium attendees are welcome to attend both
the reception for the Clover Scotch-Irish festival and the festival itself.
There is no charge for either event. The Festival reception will be held at
the Greater Clover Chamber of Commerce, 118 Bethel Street, Clover, SC, from
7:00-9:00 PM on Friday, June 7, and the festival itself will take place at
the Clover Memorial Stadium on Saturday, June 8, from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM. The
exact schedule for the festival has not been set yet, but festival
activities typically include Scottish athletic competitions, piping and drum

exhibitions, Celtic music, step dancing, genealogy and clan tents, border
collie
demonstrations, local vendors, children's activities, and of course food!
Further details will be made available on the Scotch-Irish Society website
as plans are finalized.





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MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher 2012

Moderator, Irish Diaspora Discussion List [IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk]

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

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Janet T. Marquardt. Francoise Henry in Co. Mayo: The Inishkea
Journals. Dublin Four Courts Press, 2012. 172 pp. $29.95 (paper),
ISBN 978-1-84682-374-9.

Reviewed by Jeannine Kraft (Columbus College of Art and Design)
Published on H-Albion (December, 2012)
Commissioned by Nicholas M. Wolf

_Fran=E7oise Henry in Co. Mayo _traces the trips of the French art
historian and archaeologist Fran=E7oise Henry (1902-82) to the island
of Inishkea North (Co. Mayo) in 1937, 1938, 1946, and 1950, during
which she scouted sites for excavations. Examining the writings of
her personal journals, the book is the product of a collaborative
effort led by Janet T. Marquardt, an art historian and professor at
Eastern Illinois University who specializes in the historiography of
medieval art. Marquardt was assisted in the compilation of this
material by Barbara Wright, emeritus professor of French at Trinity
College Dublin, who completed the transcription of the original
French journals, and Huw Duffy, a graduate in French from Trinity
College Dublin, who translated the journals. The book, the English
iteration of the material, with a subsequent French edition being
compiled by Wright, is composed of an edited translation of the
journals accompanied by photographs, many of them Henry's own. The
material was further enriched through field scholarship, which serves
to illuminate many of the personal and idiosyncratic references
throughout the journals, as well as a detailed and thorough
introduction to the life and work of Henry, setting the stage for the
journals themselves.

Throughout her work and travel, Henry kept scholarly and personal
journals, with the archaeological and art historical material being
far more familiar to the world of medieval art scholarship. Here, her

personal ruminations provide new insight into this seminal figure in
the field of medieval Irish art. Henry's foundational work on Early
Christian Irish art emerged at a propitious moment in early
twentieth-century Ireland, when the value of the Irish culture and
heritage was undergoing revitalization in the hands of successful
nationalist forces. Her interest was stimulated by the encouragement
of her teacher at the University of Paris, Henri Focillon
(1881-1943), who realized the need for study in the area of Irish
medieval art: Henry's field research in Ireland was, in fact, part of
a small renaissance in this field of Irish studies. Following her
initial research, Henry continued her all-encompassing work,
dedicating her life to the study from her initial doctoral thesis _La
sculpture irlandaise _(1933), to her corpus of medieval Irish art,
_Irish Art in the Early Christian Period _(1964). Although later
scholars have repeatedly challenged the work, her basic framework has
been upheld, and the debt current art historians and archaeologists
of Irish medieval art owe to her has never been in dispute.[1]

The journals, as revealed in this volume, provide a picture of
Henry's personal narrative of her interactions with people on the
Mullet Peninsula in preparation for her trips to the Inishkeas, and
her time on the islands (primarily Inishkea North). They create an
evocative vision of the far West of Ireland's landscape and people.
The writing vacillates between stream of consciousness meditations on
the beauty of the landscape and the dominant presence of the sea in
island life, to the personal narrative of her time spent with a group
of people, largely locals.

The material is organized into the four seasons of scouting and
excavations, introduced by a comprehensive biographical sketch
enhanced by Marquardt's insights into Henry's work. The 1937 journal
starts with Henry's initial travels to the region to scout the site,

and is followed up by her stay on the island for her initial
excavation of Inishkea North in 1938. The journal entries vary in
length and frequency, and focus on her impressions of the landscape
and the people. Although the initial journal is translated from the
original French, it retains the poetic prose as described by
Marquardt to be inherent in its original language. Henry chronicled
her journeys back and forth from the Mullet to the island, moving in
and out of historical moments of time, evoking a vivid picture of the
country from the perspective of a cultural outsider. The writings
humanize and give personality to one known primarily through the
voice of her scholarship, although written with some sense of remove.
Henry's reflections vacillate between brushing up against her work
and the daily activities of the excavation narrative and a flow of
seemingly disconnected thoughts and observations.


The 1938 journal, also translated from the original French, starts
slowly with the musings of her initial planning trips and early
excavations, and rises to an emotional peak with the description of
Henry's time spent alone on the island during a raging storm. It
details the gender politics played out between Henry and the workers;
these relationships are more fully revealed through the exhaustive
investigation of Marquardt as laid out in the footnotes and detailed
background provided in the introduction. For Henry, the progressive
role of being a single woman with sole responsibility of running an
excavation and managing male workers was a position that was not
always easily negotiated or received. This struggle came to the
forefront in her insistence to stay on the island alone, a
proposition met by fervent protests of all those in her employ. But
Henry stood her ground and gradually won over most of her temporary
community.

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The 1946 journal is composed of shorter, sparser accounts that detail
the deterioration of island life, and show Henry's eye for the
details of the everyday aspects of people and place. The 1950
journal, originally in English and mixed with her scholarly
archeological writings, was edited to concentrate on the personal
reflections to give it coherence with the rest of the material. It
brings focus to the personal relationships and labor details of her
third excavation trip to Inishkea North.

Her writing betrays a bit of cultural condescension in the
description of the locals, but without hint of malice. Rather, it
emanates from a culturally removed scholarly perspective, but one
that still clearly romanticizes the place of her work. The core group
of figures in the narrative repeats through her travels to Inishkea
North, from her resident housekeeper/cook, to the group of workers
and the local fishermen sheltering on the island. The Inishkea
islands were some of the many of the West of Ireland evacuated by the
government prior to Henry's stay. The pictures her journals evoke are
of the deterioration of island life that came with the retreat of the
regular residents and the lonely wildness of a temporary existence in
the largely abandoned island village. The prose ranges from the
almost poetic and descriptive visions of landscape, flora, and fauna,
to an eye to the details of the mundane, with descriptions of cloth,
texture, and color of the humblest of objects.

The journal material, although interesting and compelling, would have
been stronger if placed alongside more information on the
excavations. Although this material is available elsewhere to
scholars, its addition in this context would have enhanced the
experience of the personal narrative offered. Marquardt does
illuminate the material through her own fieldwork and the addition of

Henry's and her own photographs, as well as some original documents.

The book provides an excellent addition to the historiography of the
field of medieval Irish art, and should be of interest to scholars of
art and architecture as well. This easily readable and quite
interesting compilation of materials is well worth the time for
scholars with a vested interest in and debt to Henry's pioneering
work in the field, but also to those who are intrigued by an
outsider's point of view of a rapidly changing and historical moment
of the West of Ireland.

Note

[1]. Hilary Richardson, preface to _Studies in Early Christian and
Medieval Irish Art_,_ _by Francoise Henry (London: The Pindar Press,
1985), 3:n.p.




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MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher 2012

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Dear Colleagues,
I'd like to draw your attention to new publication in the history of Irish =
art, both in Ireland and in the diaspora. The book, Icons of Irishness fro=
m the Middle Ages to the Modern World (ISBN: 978-0-230-10320-7, Palgrave Ma=
cmillan, 2012), is summarized below:

From majestic 'Celtic' crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbol=
s of Irish identity abound in contemporary culture. In jewelry, souvenirs, =
tattoos, and even graphic novels and massive public murals, Irishness is de=
picted in its most medieval garb. Looking back to a mythical past, such ima=
ges conjure up ancient realms of mystical druids, warrior Celts, and pious =
Christian monks. Icons of Irishness offers a commentary on the blending of =
pasts and presents that finds permanent visualization in these contemporary=
signs of Irish cultural identity. Williams considers both scholarly and po=
pular perspectives, exploring the spaces where Irish modernity meets its 'C=
eltic' past.

Here is a link to the publisher's website for more information:

http://us.macmillan.com/iconsofirishnessfromthemiddleagestothemodernworld/M=
aggieMWilliams


Happy Holidays,




-------------------------------------
Maggie M. Williams
Assistant Professor of Art History
William Paterson University
973-720-3279
williamsm11[at]wpunj.edu
www.thematerialcollective.org

http://us.macmillan.com/iconsofirishnessfromthemiddleagestothemodernworld/M=
aggieMWilliams

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Glucksman Ireland House has planned a three-part program next April that is
intended to highlight the trans-disciplinary nature of Irish Studies at New
York University as well as some of the surprising ways in which it
intersects with American history and culture. "Religious Freedom in America,
1813 to 2013: Bicentennial Reflections on People v. Philips" is a weekend of
events April 12-14, 2013.

Nearly two hundred years ago, in the wake of a number of bias incidents, the
Catholics of New York - a small but growing minority in the City - sought a
judicial decision that would protect their "free exercise and enjoyment of
their religious profession and worship." The case, People v. Philips, is the
earliest known constitutional test of freedom of religion and the
priest-penitent evidentiary privilege in American law. The case was
successfully argued by William Sampson, ruled on by the presiding judge, New
York City Mayor De Witt Clinton, and published in 1813 as The Catholic
Question in America.

Ireland is at the center of People v. Philips. By rehearsing a legacy of
religiously-based intolerance in Ireland, Sampson - a banished United Irish
political exile and a Protestant arguing on behalf of the Trustees of St.
Peter's Roman Catholic Church on Barclay Street in New York - persuaded the
court that America should not look to European law, and particularly British
common law, for legal precedent when dealing with Catholics.

On Friday evening, April 12, 2013, People v. Philips will be re-enacted
theatrically so that modern audiences can hear the original and historic
arguments on the issue of religious freedom. William Sampson's own published
account of the case is being adapted for a staged reading by Steve DiUbaldo,
an MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing at New York University. Mr. DiUbaldo is
the recipient of a Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Scholarship and the
Rita Goldberg Playwright Foundation Scholarship. Among his works are "Coyote
and the Origin of Death" which premiered to excellent reviews at the Lyric
Theater in Los Angeles in August 2012.

A full-day symposium follows on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Scholars from a
wide variety of disciplines - especially law, religion, history, and
politics - will comment on Sampson's 1813 record of the trial and consider
it in relation to their own understanding of contemporary issues, i.e. to
"see" through the lens of Irish and early American history. New York
University President John Sexton will open the symposium. Participants
include retired Irish High Court Justice Bryan McMahon and Prof. Walter J.
Walsh of the University of Washington, Seattle School of Law, who will give
the keynote address. The symposium is presented in partnership with New York
University's Center for Religion and Media, and the Irish American Bar
Association of New York.

On Sunday morning, April 14, 2013, tributes will be paid to William Sampson
and to DeWitt Clinton at their gravesites in Brooklyn's historic Green-Wood
Cemetery. This event is presented in partnership with the New York Irish
History Roundtable and Green-Wood Historic Fund.

The coincidence of the bicentennial of People v. Philips with Glucksman
Ireland House's twentieth anniversary in 2013 presents an opportunity to
revisit William Sampson's prediction that the published trial is "a document
of history, precious and instructive to the present and future generations."
Indeed, its essential issues, freedom of religious expression and
confidentiality privilege, are not only relevant two centuries later, but
continue to be contentious in the United States, with global implications.

Support for these events has been provided, in part, by Arts & Science and
the Humanities Initiative at New York University.



Contact: Miriam A. Nyhan, 212.998.3951 / miriam.nyhan[at]nyu.edu

Glucksman Ireland House, New York University

1 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003-6691

http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu





William H. Mulligan, Jr.

Professor of History

MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher 2012

Moderator, Irish Diaspora Discussion List [IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk]

Murray State University

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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Dear all=0A=
=0A=
As part of our research project running out of Cork this year on current Ir=
ish emigration and propensity to return, we are building a website (http://=
www.ucc.ie/en/emigre) including a short set of online links to songs of Iri=
sh emigration. These are _mainly_ about emigration rather than diaspora and=
probably (in view of our area of enquiry) include more relatively recent m=
aterial than historical stuff- I make no claims to ethnomusicological exper=
tise and defer to the greater knowledge of people like Bill Mulligan and Mi=
ck Moloney, for instance, on music in Irish America.=0A=
=0A=
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rtlist (http://migration.ucc.ie/songsofemigration.htm) and would appreciate=
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Piaras
A very stimulating list, long may it grow!
How about Andy Irvine's version of 'The Green Fields of America'?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DucQqfM7Sfco
Also Brian Mullan's recent exploration of songs of emigration on BBC2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pdtdr?

Brian Lambkin


Dr Brian Lambkin
Director

Mellon Centre for Migration Studies
Ulster American Folk Park
Castletown, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT78 5QU

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Dear all

As part of our research project running out of Cork this year on current Ir=
ish emigration and propensity to return, we are building a website (http://=
www.ucc.ie/en/emigre) including a short set of online links to songs of Iri=
sh emigration. These are _mainly_ about emigration rather than diaspora and=
probably (in view of our area of enquiry) include more relatively recent m=
aterial than historical stuff- I make no claims to ethnomusicological exper=
tise and defer to the greater knowledge of people like Bill Mulligan and Mi=
ck Moloney, for instance, on music in Irish America.

That said, I'd be interested if people might have a look at our initial sho=
rtlist (http://migration.ucc.ie/songsofemigration.htm) and would appreciate=
any comments, criticisms, suggested amendments and additional references.

best

Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED

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And just found out that Andy Irvine was born in North London.
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Siobh=E1n
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> A very stimulating list=2C long may it grow!
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There is also The Reason I Left Mullingar, from the eighties. By pat
Cooksy. The Furies sing it.there is a link below



www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D5BfYJVREs7s


anthony

On 07/01/2013 14:04, "Siobhan Maguire" wrote:

>And just found out that Andy Irvine was born in North London.
>Regards
>Siobh=E1n
>
>
>> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 10:35:13 +0000
>> From: Brian.Lambkin[at]NMNI.COM
>> Subject: Re: [IR-D] Shortlist of emigration songs
>> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>
>> Piaras
>> A very stimulating list, long may it grow!
>> How about Andy Irvine's version of 'The Green Fields of America'?
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DucQqfM7Sfco
>> Also Brian Mullan's recent exploration of songs of emigration on BBC2
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pdtdr?
>>
>> Brian Lambkin
>>
>>
>> Dr Brian Lambkin
>> Director
>>
>> Mellon Centre for Migration Studies
>> Ulster American Folk Park
>> Castletown, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT78 5QU
>>
>> T - 028 8225 6318
>> E - brian.lambkin[at]nmni.com
>>
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>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> As part of our research project running out of Cork this year on
>>current Irish emigration and propensity to return, we are building a
>>website (http://www.ucc.ie/en/emigre) including a short set of online
>>links to songs of Irish emigration. These are _mainly_ about emigration
>>rather than diaspora and probably (in view of our area of enquiry)
>>include more relatively recent material than historical stuff- I make no
>>claims to ethnomusicological expertise and defer to the greater
>>knowledge of people like Bill Mulligan and Mick Moloney, for instance,
>>on music in Irish America.
>>
>> That said, I'd be interested if people might have a look at our initial
>>shortlist (http://migration.ucc.ie/songsofemigration.htm) and would
>>appreciate any comments, criticisms, suggested amendments and additional
>>references.
>>
>> best
>>
>> Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED
>>
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