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Good Afternoon,



My name is Brandon Corcoran. I am a doctoral student at the University of T=
oronto, where my dissertation examines Irish emancipation and repeal societ=
ies in the U.S. and Canada between 1825 and 1847. I am posting this message=
to the IR-D listserv in hopes of attracting the interest of one or more su=
bscribers who might aid me in my search for an interesting piece of Irish A=
merican artwork.



While researching the Irish Emancipation Festival held in Philadelphia in J=
uly of 1829, I came across references to a 'transparency' or a 'painting' t=
hat had been commissioned, I believe, by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick i=
n NYC in celebration of the recent Catholic Relief Bill. This image is espe=
cially interesting for two reasons. First, descriptions of the piece sugges=
t that it depicts George IV acceding to the Catholic Relief Bill under the =
direction of the Duke of Wellington, while an exuberant Daniel O=92Connell =
is depicted off to the side, dancing joyously in celebration of Wellington=
=92s triumph. The second reason I am interested in the piece is that it was=
used for Emancipation celebrations in both New York City and Philadelphia;=
it was a travelling image that I believe was being used to offer a unique =
American and United Irish perspective to the achievement of Emancipation in=
Ireland.



It is unclear who produced this image or when it was commissioned, but I be=
lieve it originated in New York and that it had to be produced sometime bet=
ween April and June of 1829 - news of the pending Relief Bill reached Balti=
more in April, and the piece was first featured at a celebratory dinner hel=
d by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick on 17 June. This dinner was held at N=
iblo's Tavern on Broadway. The following day, at a meeting of the organizin=
g committee charged with holding a similar event in Philadelphia, it was de=
cided that a petition would be sent to New York inquiring as to whether or =
not this same painting could be loaned for display at that city's festival.=
The title of the piece is never given, but it is possible that it may have=
assumed the title "The Champion of Erin (has broken her chains)". A poem a=
nd song with similar titles were based off of this piece and featured as th=
e highlights of the celebrations on 14 July, 1829. The Philadelphia organiz=
ing committee's notes imply that this piece was only on loan from New York,=
and that it was to be returned to the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick or to t=
he Society of the Friends of Ireland in New York. If the piece was indeed r=
eturned to the Friendly Sons in NYC, then it is possible that it was lost a=
long with other Society records in the fire of 1835.


I presented a paper on the Philadelphia Emancipation Festival at the Acis I=
nternational Meeting in 2012, and I have since attempted to locate this pie=
ce or, at the very least, a copy and/or further descriptions. While I have =
learned a bit more about it, my efforts have come to naught. I was hoping I=
might now enlist the aid of any interested subscribers to the IR-D List. I=
would greatly appreciate any additional information about this piece as we=
ll as any suggestions for collections or holdings I may have not considered=
.



Many thanks for your time,

Brandon

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I have just learned of the death of Robert Kee whose work on the Troubles
and whose Ireland: A Television History will be known to many on the list.



A full obituary is in The Irish Times :
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2013/0119/1224329045573.html



Bill



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,

This is to announce the launch of a new Irish History seminar at Cambridge
University.

The seminar programme is listed below. The first meeting is on Wednesday 23
January, when Prof David Fitzpatrick (Trinity College Dublin) will present
a paper entitled 'The 1912 Non-Covenanters: Why One-Quarter of Protestant
Ulster Dissented'.

This seminar will take place on Wednesday 23 January at 5pm in Sidney
Sussex College, KNOX SHAW ROOM.

All are welcome.

Best wishes,
Sean Campbell.

Seminar in Modern Irish History
Lent Term 2013

Wednesday 23 January *David Fitzpatrick* (Trinity College Dublin):
=91Non-Covenanters: Why One-Quarter of Protestant Ulster Dissented=92 *(**N=
B
the change of venue: like the others, this meeting too will be held in the =
Knox
Shaw Room, not in Seminar Room 2 as previously advertised).*

Wednesday 6 February *Sean Campbell* (Anglia Ruskin): =91Popular Music-Maki=
ng
among the Irish Diaspora in England=92
*
*
*Monday* 25 February Eyewitness seminar: *David Chillingworth*, Primus of
the Episcopalian Church in Scotland: =91Being a Minority Twice Over:
Protestant in De Valera=92s Ireland and Episcopalian in Salmond=92s Scotlan=
d.=92
=96 *NB this meeting will start at 10 a.m.*

Wednesday 13 March *Charles Read* (Christ=92s College Cambridge): =91The Re=
peal
Year: A Quantitative Reassessment.=92
*
*
*All meetings will be at 5 pm, except the one on 25 February*
*The seminar is generously supported by the Trevelyan Fund of the History
Faculty of the University of Cambridge, with a contribution from the
Embassy of Ireland.*

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To maintain the ability to search the archive-this corrects an error in
subject line of previous message.



My apology for extra traffic.



Bill



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

fax 1-270-809-6587

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Subject: Two conferences coming up at Glucksman Ireland House NYU:
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Forwarded on behalf of Glucksman House at NYU.

=20

Two conferences coming up at Glucksman Ireland House NYU:

=20

Origins, Authenticities:
a two-day symposium in collaboration with the Jordan Center for the =
Advanced
Study of Russia at NYU

Thursday, January 31st =96 Saturday, February 1st 2013

=20

Sponsored by the Glucksman Ireland House and the Jordan Center for the
Advanced Study of Russia at NYU, this opening session of the series =
tackles
the vexing question of where we all come from and how we represent =
ourselves
as nations, religions, and races. Do people really have ultimate =
origins,
and why do they claim to need to? Russian notions of nationality and =
recent
movement are considered alongside the well-researched cases of the =
Irish,
African, and Jewish diasporas. The session also tackles the largest
parameters of diasporic studies and is a basis for the sessions to =
follow.

=20

The Diasporas Project at NYU

The Diasporas Project is a series organized by the Jordan Center for the
Advanced Study of Russia in spring 2013. It is part of the Center's
inaugural year and we are grateful to the many units around NYU that =
have
been offering help and guidance. Sessions are co-organized with Ireland
House (31 January- 1 February), Kevorkian (14-15 March), and Hebrew and
Judaic Studies (25-26 April). The overarching purpose of the project is
twofold: to consider the shared characteristics and shared assumptions =
that
underpin the idea of a diaspora, and in the process erode our =
parochialisms;
and to better grasp what is at stake and what is assumed when we cast
movement as a diaspora rather than say an emigration, a migration, sex
trafficking, slavery, or a flow of refugees. The project in no way aims =
to
settle these questions one way or another; rather it aims to address =
them
intelligently and forthrightly, as a guide to students and colleagues.


Schedule:=20

Thursday, January 31st=20
2:30 =97 6:00=20

* Welcome Remarks: Yanni Kotsonis, Director, Jordan Center for the
Advanced Study of Russia
* Introduction: Kevin Kenny, Boston College
* Nathaniel Knight, Seton Hall
* John Waters, NYU
* Hasia Diner, NYU


Saturday, February 1st=20
2:30 =97 6:00=20

* Mike Gomez, NYU
* Mark Galeotti, NYU
* Cheryl Sterling, NYU=20
* Fred Cooper, NYU

=20

Free and open to the public.

http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/ne.origins2013

=20

----

=20

The Ambassadorship of Literature
A Symposium at New York University

Friday, February 8th =96 Saturday, February 9th 2013

=20

The figure of the diplomat has received relatively little consideration =
in
the study of transnational literature. We are organizing a symposium on
diplomacy and literature that will bring together scholars and =
practitioners
to address the relationship between embodied statecraft and the literary
voice in realms of extraterritorial jurisdiction. As agents of =
mediation,
alert to linguistic ambivalence, the ambassador and the author alike =
fulfill
a privileged role of joining and compromise, of mediation and
experimentation at the points where cultures and languages meet. =
Organized
by Greg Londe (greg.londe[at]nyu.edu ) and
Caroline Zoe Krzakowski (czkrzakowski[at]gmail.com
).


Schedule:=20

Friday, February 8th=20
1:30-3:00 Panel 1: Theorizing the Languages of Mediation=20

* Matthew Amos, "Stendhal as Ambassador: Mediating Immediacy"
* Patrick Deer , "The
Genres of Diplomacy: Damaged Ambassadorship in Henning Mankell and John =
Le
Carr=E9's Post-Cold War Fictions"
* Hannah Gurman
, "From the Age of Letters to the Age of WikiLeaks: The Politics of
Diplomatic Authorship"
* Moderator: Bruce Robbins =20

3:00-3:30 Coffee=20

3:30-5:00 Panel 2: Emissaries of Alterity

* John Waters ,
"The Irish Republican Origins of Consular Agency"
* Bernadette Whelan
, "Poets in exile: The
Piatts in the Queenstown consulate, 1882-93"
* Greg Londe ,
"External Affairs: Gender and Diplomacy in the Poetry of Denis Devlin =
and
M=E1ire Mhac an tSaoi"
* Moderator: John Waters
=20

=20

6:00-7:15 Keynote Conversation=20

* Carne Ross , founder/director of
Independent Diplomat, in conversation with Patrick Deer

7:15-8:15 Wine reception=20


Saturday, February 9th=20
12:00-1:30 Panel 3: Failed Negotiations and Fraught Communications=20

* Mark David Kaufman
, "When =
Diplomacy
Fails: The Writer as Spy"
* Ernest Ialongo ,
"Marinetti on the Road: A Futurist Stumping for Fascism, 1925-1929"
* Christopher Leslie , "Ineffectual
Ambassadors of Cold War Science Fiction"

1:30-3:00 Lunch=20

3:00-4:00 Video presentation of Ambassador Philip McDonagh's lecture, =
"The
Ambassadorship of Poetry"=20

4:00-5:00 Panel 4: Diplomacy and Interpretive Practice=20

* Caroline Zoe Krzakowski
, "The British Council =
and
Cultural Diplomacy in Olivia Manning's Post-War Novels"
* Matthew Hart , "The
Literature of Consular Jurisdiction"

=20

5:00-6:00 "Diplomatic Communications in the Age of Digital Media"=20

* Ambassador Fran=E7ois Barras
=
,
Consul General of Switzerland in New York

=20

Free and open to the public. RSVP to Ireland House
or by calling (212) 998-3950. =20

http://www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/ne.ambassadorshipoflitschedule=
spr
ing2013=20

=20

=20

=20

Anne Solari

Assistant Director

Glucksman Ireland House

New York University

1 Washington Mews

New York, NY 10003

Tel: (212) 998-3950

Web: www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu

=20

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From: Linda Dowling Almeida
Subject: American Journal of Irish Studies Volume 9
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Hi Bill=2CCan you please share this with the list please. Thanks for your h=
elp. Hope all is well.Linda Glucksman Ireland House New York University is =
pleased to annouce the release of Volume 9 of the American Journal of Irish=
Studies featuring articles by Charles Fanning and David Emmons=2C remarks =
made by Irish President Michael D. Higgins at Gluckman Ireland House during=
his first state visit to America last May=2C Garry Hynes recollections of =
the founding of the Druid Theatre=2C two articles on the Irish language in =
Ireland by S=E9amas Mac Annaidh and Padraic =D3 Ciardha=2C and new researc=
h on Irish-African American families living in Greenwhich Village New York =
City seven years after the 1863 Draft Riots by GIH MA graduate Virginia Fer=
ris. The new volume also includes excerpts from an interview Peter Quinn co=
nducted with Governor Hugh Carey shortly before he died=2C examining grass =
roots politics in Brooklyn=2C in particular=2C Carey's 1960 entry into poli=
tics during the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy.Here's the complet=
e Table of Contents: American Journal of Irish Studies=2C Volume 9Table of =
Contents:=20

A Hidden Flowering: Irish-American Culture
in the Depression Era

Charles Fanning

Eleventh
Ernie O=92Malley Lecture=2C 2009=20

=20

Exiles=2C =91Evangelizers=2C=92 and
Anti-imperialists: Ireland=92s Disputed American =91Empire=92

David M. Emmons =20

Twelfth
Ernie O=92Malley Lecture=2C 2010=20

=20

From Galway to Broadway and Back Again

Garry Hynes=20

Fourth
Irish Institute Lecture=2C 2010 =20

=20

My Life and Work

S=E9amas Mac Annaidh =20

=20

TG4

Padraic =D3 Ciardha

Fourth
Barra =D3 Donnabh=E1in Lecture=2C 2009=20

=20

Reflecting on Irish Migrations: Some Issues
for the Social Sciences

Michael D. Higgins=2C President of Ireland=20

=20

=93Inside of the Family Circle=94:

Irish and African American Interracial
Marriage=20

In New York City=92s Eighth Ward=2C 1870

Virginia Ferris

=20

Oral History:

Governor Hugh Carey Interviewed by Peter
Quinn

Edited by Linda Dowling Almeida


=20
=20

Volume 8 of the American Journal of Irish Studies is now available on JSTOR=
. Volume 9 will follow shortly. In the
meantime please direct inquiries regarding this volume or orders to
Ireland.house[at]nyu.edu. Individual volumes are $20. Shipping is $3.00 in the
US and $10.00 internationally. For more information=2C go to:
http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/page/publications
=20
Contact:
Linda Dowling Almeida
Editor=09
American Journal of Irish Studies
Glucksman Ireland House
New York University
One Washington Mews
New York=2C NY 10013
212/998-3950
Ireland.house[at]nyu.edu
For more information=2C go to:
http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/page/publications=20
=20
=20



=

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Thanks to Brian O Conchubhair.



Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is seeking articulate and
well-reasoned articles exploring any element of Irish women's writing and
experience. Articles from any discipline are welcome and articles embracing
a transdisciplinary methodology are of particular interest. As well, book
reviews of academic texts, as well as fiction, poetry, and drama are of
interest.
The deadline for submission is March 17th, 2013. Please send either an
abstract or full paper. Submissions should be emailed to Brian F. McCabe,
Special Editor at mccabeb[at]cgu.edu.
Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal may be found online, or
through your college or university library system at:

http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gwst20





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

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Forwarded on behalf of Peter Mulligan (no relation I know of)


Words of literature...spread the WORD..

10th Annual Bloomsday 2013

WEAR YOUR BRIGHTEST COLOURS

A Celebration of Literature - Words - Wit - Wisdom - Where?

James Joyce's book 'Ulysses' depicts the events of one day

when Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom took their epic

journey through Dublin.

For millions of people, June 16 is an extraordinary day. On

that day in 1904, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom each

took their epic journeys through Dublin in James Joyce's

Ulysses, the world's most highly acclaimed modern novel.

"Bloomsday", as it is now known, has become a tradition for

Joyce enthusiasts all over the world. From Tokyo to Sydney,

San Francisco to Paris, Trieste to.... Northampton, dozens of

cities around the globe hold their own Bloomsday festivities.

The celebrations usually include readings as well as staged

re-enactments and street-side improvisations of scenes from

the story.


To celebrate that special day, known as Bloomsday, the Irish

Community Arts Project will present a reading by invited

literary figures at the graveside of Lucia Anna Joyce who died

in Northampton in 1982. Like many of us the Joyce family are

part of the Irish Diaspora and as such we remember this family.


The event will take place at 3pm on Sunday 16th June 2013

at Kingsthorpe Cemetery, Northampton.


The Triskelion Theatre Company will perform in period

costume.


Further details from

Peter Mulligan

Project Co-ordinator

NCA Arts Project

Northampton Connolly Association

5 Woodland Avenue

Abington Park

Northampton NN3 2BY



Tel. 01604-715793

e-mail: ca-projects[at]gmx.com

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Subject: Article: Anbinder, "Rags to Riches"
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Our attention has been called to an article in the Dec 2012 issue of the
Journal of American History. The Journal is widely available in university
libraries and electronic data bases such as EBSCO and Project Muse.



Tyler Anbinder, "Moving beyond 'Rags to Riches': New York's Irish Famine
Immigrants and Their Surprising Savings Accounts "The Journal of American
History Vol. 99, no. 3 (December 2012), pp. 741-770.



Abstract: This essay presents an examination of the economic conditions of
19th-century Irish immigrants to the United States, evaluating the
legitimacy of the "rags to riches" meta-narrative frequently used in
historical studies of the period. Initial context is given questioning the
accuracy of immigrant claims of wealth. Data is then given from savings
accounts of immigrants during the Potato Famine of 1847-1852, suggesting a
more complex paradigm of success and quality of living.



Comment and Discussion of the article are welcome on the list.





Bill



William H. Mulligan, Jr.

Professor of History

MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher 2012-13

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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Dear All,

The second meeting of the Modern Irish History seminar at Cambridge
University will take place tomorrow (Weds 6 Feb) at Sidney Sussex
College SEMINAR ROOM 2 (CHAPEL COURT).

The seminar starts at 5pm.

Dr. Sean Campbell (Anglia Ruskin) will speak on 'Popular Music-Making among
the Irish Diaspora in England=B9

All welcome.

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Subject: New Historical Novel by Margaret Mulvihill.
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Forwarded on behalf of Maureen Mulvihill.





New Historical Novel by Margaret Mulvihill



Colleagues and students in Diaspora Studies, Irish Studies, and Women's
Studies will be interested in a new book by Irish writer Margaret Mulvihill,
The Leaving Coat. This is an historical novel about an Irish immigrant nurse
on a complex quest for her sister and, finally, for her own identity. The
novel is set in 1890s New York City and also in Montana. The Leaving Coat
engages with many interesting and necessary aspects of the Diaspora
experience, and a great many other things ~ a new contribution to the
literature of consolation, rather than desolation.



For an illustrated summary of Mulvihill's Leaving Coat, view:

http://mfmulvihill.wordpress.com/



For a brief summary of Mulvihill's training and impressive credits in Irish
feminist history, and other writings, view:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mulvihill



Margaret Mulvihill welcomes opportunities to present a talk on the new book,
at bookstores and campuses in London, Dublin, and New York City. Interested
list subscribers may contact her at mulvihillgold[at]aol.com



This posting submitted by:



Maureen E. Mulvihill

Princeton Research Forum, Princeton NJ.

_______________________________

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Forwarded on behalf of Cork University Press.=20

=20

Cork University Press has today published The Female Figure in =
Eil=C3=A9an N=C3=AD Chuillean=C3=A1in's Poetry by Patricia Boyle =
Haberstroh.

This is a comprehensive study of Eil=C3=A9an N=C3=AD Chuillean=C3=A1in, =
one of the most important contemporary Irish poets and the subject of =
growing international acclaim. Covering her volumes up to the most =
recent, The Sun-fish, it examines the role of the female figure in her =
poetry. Combining figures from history, folklore, myth, and sacred =
legends with those of contemporary women, including some in her own =
family, Ni Chuillean=C3=A1in challenges reductive stereotypes and =
one-dimensional images.=20

Short-listed in 2010 for both the T.S. Eliot and the Irish Times Poetry =
Now awards, N=C3=AD Chuillean=C3=A1in=E2=80=99s poetry has recently =
gained international attention; an edition of her Selected Poems, =
published in 2008, has also brought her work to a wider reading public.

Patricia Boyle Haberstroh, Department of Fine Arts, La Salle University, =
USA and is the editor of Opening the Field: Irish Women, Texts and =
Contexts (2007, Cork University Press)

http://www.corkuniversitypress.com

Mike Collins
Publications Director
Cork University Press

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Dear All,=20

The next meeting of the SEMINAR IN MODERN IRISH HISTORY is on Monday 25 =
February.=20

David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, will give =
a talk entitled:=20

=91Being a Minority Twice Over: Protestant in De Valera=92s Ireland and =
Episcopalian in Salmond=92s Scotland=92. =20

This seminar will take place in Sidney Sussex College, Seminar Room 2, =
at 10am.=20

NB Please note the new time.=20

All welcome.=

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Following the withdrawal of its previous webmaster, *Rue des Beaux Arts*,
the journal of the Soci=E9t=E9 Oscar Wilde en France, is now situated on th=
e
website http://societeoscarwilde.fr/, designed and mastered by M. Hubert
Groult. Madame Danielle Gu=E9rin continues as Editor. No 42 has just been
published.
Earlier issues remain for the time being at
http://www.oscholars.com/RBA/Rue_des_Beaux_arts.htm

Similarly, future additions to THE OSCHOLARS (Oscar Wilde and his Circles)
will be made at http://oscholars-oscholars.com.

D.C. Rose

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List members might be interested in this new article on the health of =
the second-generation Irish in Britain: =
http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/3/e001335.full.pdf+html

Best,
Sean Campbell.=20

Reader in Media and Culture
Anglia Ruskin
Cambridge, UK=

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Dear Professor Mulligan

I am a member of the Irish Diaspora Studies List and am emailing you to
request some help.

I am a PhD student in Creative Writing at the University of New England
(UNE) in Armidale, NSW, Australia. The research for the project is centred
around Dublin, which will be used as back-drop for a novel, and will involve
examining issues associated with female Irish migration from Ireland to
London between 1948 and 1954. The project will not involve directly
interviewing those migrants but may include broad based discussions with one
or two people familiar with some of the issues, if they are interested in
providing anecdotal information.

As part of the UNE's Ethics clearance process it is necessary for me to be
able to organise a local (preferably in Dublin) contact in case of any
questions or complaints about the project. As I don't know anyone in
Ireland I was wondering if anyone on the list would be interested in acting
as a contact. Their role would, I hope, be minimal and simply involve
forwarding any questions or complaints to myself as the main researcher.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely
Olga Walker
Email - andrewandolgawalker[at]bigpond.com

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*Religious Freedom in America*

*1813 to 2013*

* *

*Bicentennial Reflections on People v. Philips*



Glucksman Ireland House announces a weekend of special events April 12-14,
2013 to highlight both 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.



Ireland is at the center of *People v. Philips*, a trial for petty theft
that escalated into an argument for religious freedom when the local priest
was subpoenaed to testify what he had heard in confession. By reciting a
legacy of religiously-based intolerance in Ireland, William Sampson =96 a
banished United Irish political exile and a Protestant arguing on behalf of
the Trustees of St. Peter=92s Roman Catholic Church on Barclay Street in Ne=
w
York City =96 persuaded the court that America should not look to European
law, and particularly British common law, for legal precedent when dealing
with Catholics. *People v. Philips* is the earliest known constitutional
test of freedom of religion and the priest-penitent evidentiary privilege
in American law.



On Friday evening, April 12, 2013, William Sampson=92s own published accoun=
t
of the case, *The Catholic Question in America*, will be presented in a
staged reading adapted by Steve DiUbaldo, an MFA candidate in Dramatic
Writing at New York University. A full-day symposium follows on Saturday,
April 13, 2013. Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines =96 especially
law, religion, history, and politics =96 will comment on Sampson=92s 1813
record of the trial and consider it in relation to their own understanding
of contemporary issues. The symposium is presented in partnership with New
York University=92s Center for Religion and Media, and the Irish American B=
ar
Association of New York.

* *

On Sunday morning, April 14, 2013, Court=92s in Session at Green-Wood
Cemetery in Brooklyn, the final resting place of lawyer William Sampson and
DeWitt Clinton, who was the presiding judge in *People v. Philips*.
Green-Wood marks the 200th anniversary of the case with an encore
performance of Steve DiUbaldo=92s play *The Catholic Question* and a
wreath-laying ceremony. This event is presented in partnership with
Glucksman Ireland House and the New York Irish History Roundtable. Further
details at
http://www.green-wood.com/event/11-a-m-courts-in-session-americas-first-tes=
t-of-religious-freedom/



The coincidence of the bicentennial of *People v. Philips* with Glucksman
Ireland House=92s twentieth anniversary in 2013 presents an opportunity to
revisit William Sampson=92s prediction that the published trial is =93a
document of history, precious and instructive to the present and future
generations.=94 Support for these events has been provided, in part, by Ar=
ts
& Science and the Humanities Initiative at New York University.



Contact: Miriam A. Nyhan, 212.998.3953 / miriam.nyhan[at]nyu.edu

Glucksman Ireland House, New York University

1 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003-6691

http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu

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Ireland=92s Imperial Cultures: 1850-1950 (Call for Papers)
Edited by Timothy G. McMahon (Marquette University), Michael de Nie =20
(University of West Georgia), and Paul Townend (The University of =20
North Carolina-Wilmington)

The proposed volume seeks to address the following question: How do we =20
understand Ireland=92s imperial cultures? This question stands at the =20
heart of a burgeoning body of historical literature that draws =20
insights from our colleagues in literary criticism, sociology, and =20
British history, but that has particular resonance for historians of =20
nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland. Centrally, scholars have =20
focused attention on the relationship between Ireland and the British =20
Empire, of which it was both laboratory and lab partner. Not only did =20
English and Scottish settlers plant Ireland during the early modern =20
period, but their descendants and, indeed, the descendants of those =20
they displaced built the =93second=94 British Empire after 1800, wrestling =
=20
with its implications for themselves and the peoples they conquered =20
and (mis-) managed. In turn, historians have opened numerous fruitful =20
lines of inquiry, such as outlining settlement patterns and careering, =20
mapping the networks of people, goods, and moving across the globe, =20
and tracing the efforts of inspired Irish Christians to create a =20
=93spiritual Empire=94 both before and after the Free State/Republic =20
became its own state.

We believe, however, it is time that such themes are brought together =20
in a single volume, in order to consider more fully the implications =20
of Ireland=92s relationship to Empire and the cultures created through =20
that relationship.

We stress the plural of the term cultures because a fruitful legacy of =20
the past two decades of study is our appreciation that Irish men and =20
women engaged numerous imperiums simultaneously. Most familiarly, of =20
course, they were a part of that imperial culture at the metropolitan =20
heart of the United Kingdom (that is, Britain), while, as Barry =20
Crosbie has shown, they developed their own distinctive variant =20
through institutions and direct personal and collective interactions =20
with the wider British world. The interplay between these =93British=94 =20
and =93Irish=94 imperial cultures in turn became mutually constitutive of =
=20
one another in ways that shaped the political dynamics of the United =20
Kingdom in the century under review (1850-1950). Further, we are very =20
aware that Irish men and women moved to and exchanged with corners of =20
the world beyond the formal scope of British control. Most =20
prominently, these destinations included the United States and Latin =20
American countries, such as Argentina, which presented other points of =20
reference for the Irish cutting across what might be thought of as =20
explicitly British. As such, we hope this collection will help us to =20
map the contours of Ireland=92s many imperial cultures, shaped as they =20
were both by a sense of the island=92s distinctive place in the wider =20
world, and by the particularities of Ireland's global presence as it =20
was mediated through wider dynamics of the British Empire.

To do this, we seek essays under the following broad headings: =20
manifestations of empire in everyday domestic life; imperial =20
networking, including contacts with other imperial subjects; =20
implications of empire on political developments within the United =20
Kingdom, including (if possible) constitutional arrangements such as =20
imperial federation, unionism, and nationalism; and biographical =20
studies/lives across empire. If you are interested in submitting an =20
essay, we would ask that you send a 500-word abstract outlining your =20
proposed essay by May 1, 2013. Please feel free to contact one of us =20
if you should have questions or are interested in submitting.

Timothy G. McMahon (timothy.g.mcmahon[at]marquette.edu)
Michael W. de Nie (mdenie[at]westga.edu)
Paul A. Townend (townendp[at]uncw.edu)




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

Secretary
American Conference for Irish Studies

74423969

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Dear Michael de Nie:

I think the proposed volume on "Irish imperialism" is an excellent idea. I=
explored the theme a little in my recent book, Beyond the American Pale: T=
he Irish in the West (Univ. of Oklahoma Press) and also in my 1910 Ernie O'=
Malley Lecture at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU. That lecture was recently =
published as "Exiles, 'Evangelizers,' and Anti-imperialists: Ireland's Disp=
uted American 'Empire'" in the last American Journal of Irish Studies (vol.=
9, 2012.) I would be pleased to learn of your thoughts regarding the AJIS=
article and whether something along those same lines might fit into your a=
nd the others' plans for the proposed new book. Thanks for your time.
Dave Emmons
University of Montana

P.S. I thoroughly enjoyed and benefited greatly from your book, The Eternal=
Paddy. It's a terrific book.

________________________________________
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of md=
enie[at]WESTGA.EDU [mdenie[at]WESTGA.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 9:54 AM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] CFP: Ireland's Imperial Cultures

Ireland=92s Imperial Cultures: 1850-1950 (Call for Papers)
Edited by Timothy G. McMahon (Marquette University), Michael de Nie
(University of West Georgia), and Paul Townend (The University of
North Carolina-Wilmington)

The proposed volume seeks to address the following question: How do we
understand Ireland=92s imperial cultures? This question stands at the
heart of a burgeoning body of historical literature that draws
insights from our colleagues in literary criticism, sociology, and
British history, but that has particular resonance for historians of
nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland. Centrally, scholars have
focused attention on the relationship between Ireland and the British
Empire, of which it was both laboratory and lab partner. Not only did
English and Scottish settlers plant Ireland during the early modern
period, but their descendants and, indeed, the descendants of those
they displaced built the =93second=94 British Empire after 1800, wrestling
with its implications for themselves and the peoples they conquered
and (mis-) managed. In turn, historians have opened numerous fruitful
lines of inquiry, such as outlining settlement patterns and careering,
mapping the networks of people, goods, and moving across the globe,
and tracing the efforts of inspired Irish Christians to create a
=93spiritual Empire=94 both before and after the Free State/Republic
became its own state.

We believe, however, it is time that such themes are brought together
in a single volume, in order to consider more fully the implications
of Ireland=92s relationship to Empire and the cultures created through
that relationship.

We stress the plural of the term cultures because a fruitful legacy of
the past two decades of study is our appreciation that Irish men and
women engaged numerous imperiums simultaneously. Most familiarly, of
course, they were a part of that imperial culture at the metropolitan
heart of the United Kingdom (that is, Britain), while, as Barry
Crosbie has shown, they developed their own distinctive variant
through institutions and direct personal and collective interactions
with the wider British world. The interplay between these =93British=94
and =93Irish=94 imperial cultures in turn became mutually constitutive of
one another in ways that shaped the political dynamics of the United
Kingdom in the century under review (1850-1950). Further, we are very
aware that Irish men and women moved to and exchanged with corners of
the world beyond the formal scope of British control. Most
prominently, these destinations included the United States and Latin
American countries, such as Argentina, which presented other points of
reference for the Irish cutting across what might be thought of as
explicitly British. As such, we hope this collection will help us to
map the contours of Ireland=92s many imperial cultures, shaped as they
were both by a sense of the island=92s distinctive place in the wider
world, and by the particularities of Ireland's global presence as it
was mediated through wider dynamics of the British Empire.

To do this, we seek essays under the following broad headings:
manifestations of empire in everyday domestic life; imperial
networking, including contacts with other imperial subjects;
implications of empire on political developments within the United
Kingdom, including (if possible) constitutional arrangements such as
imperial federation, unionism, and nationalism; and biographical
studies/lives across empire. If you are interested in submitting an
essay, we would ask that you send a 500-word abstract outlining your
proposed essay by May 1, 2013. Please feel free to contact one of us
if you should have questions or are interested in submitting.

Timothy G. McMahon (timothy.g.mcmahon[at]marquette.edu)
Michael W. de Nie (mdenie[at]westga.edu)
Paul A. Townend (townendp[at]uncw.edu)




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

Secretary
American Conference for Irish Studies

74423969=

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At the risk of flagrant self-promotion, abstracts (and order forms) for
the American Journal of Irish Studies, volume 9, including Prof. Emmons's
excellent piece, are available at
http://www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/ajis9.html . It will be up on
JSTOR in due course.

Anne Solari
Assistant Director
Glucksman Ireland House
New York University
1 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 998-3950
Web: www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu


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Behalf Of Emmons, David M.
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 4:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [IR-D] CFP: Ireland's Imperial Cultures

Dear Michael de Nie:

I think the proposed volume on "Irish imperialism" is an excellent idea.
I explored the theme a little in my recent book, Beyond the American Pale:
The Irish in the West (Univ. of Oklahoma Press) and also in my 1910 Ernie
O'Malley Lecture at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU. That lecture was
recently published as "Exiles, 'Evangelizers,' and Anti-imperialists:
Ireland's Disputed American 'Empire'" in the last American Journal of
Irish Studies (vol. 9, 2012.) I would be pleased to learn of your
thoughts regarding the AJIS article and whether something along those same
lines might fit into your and the others' plans for the proposed new book.
Thanks for your time.
Dave Emmons
University of Montana

P.S. I thoroughly enjoyed and benefited greatly from your book, The
Eternal Paddy. It's a terrific book.

________________________________________
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of
mdenie[at]WESTGA.EDU [mdenie[at]WESTGA.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 9:54 AM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] CFP: Ireland's Imperial Cultures

Ireland's Imperial Cultures: 1850-1950 (Call for Papers) Edited by Timothy
G. McMahon (Marquette University), Michael de Nie (University of West
Georgia), and Paul Townend (The University of North Carolina-Wilmington)

The proposed volume seeks to address the following question: How do we
understand Ireland's imperial cultures? This question stands at the heart
of a burgeoning body of historical literature that draws insights from our
colleagues in literary criticism, sociology, and British history, but that
has particular resonance for historians of nineteenth and
twentieth-century Ireland. Centrally, scholars have focused attention on
the relationship between Ireland and the British Empire, of which it was
both laboratory and lab partner. Not only did English and Scottish
settlers plant Ireland during the early modern period, but their
descendants and, indeed, the descendants of those they displaced built the
"second" British Empire after 1800, wrestling with its implications for
themselves and the peoples they conquered and (mis-) managed. In turn,
historians have opened numerous fruitful lines of inquiry, such as
outlining settlement patterns and careering, mapping the networks of
people, goods, and moving across the globe, and tracing the efforts of
inspired Irish Christians to create a "spiritual Empire" both before and
after the Free State/Republic became its own state.

We believe, however, it is time that such themes are brought together in a
single volume, in order to consider more fully the implications of
Ireland's relationship to Empire and the cultures created through that
relationship.

We stress the plural of the term cultures because a fruitful legacy of the
past two decades of study is our appreciation that Irish men and women
engaged numerous imperiums simultaneously. Most familiarly, of course,
they were a part of that imperial culture at the metropolitan heart of the
United Kingdom (that is, Britain), while, as Barry Crosbie has shown, they
developed their own distinctive variant through institutions and direct
personal and collective interactions with the wider British world. The
interplay between these "British"
and "Irish" imperial cultures in turn became mutually constitutive of one
another in ways that shaped the political dynamics of the United Kingdom
in the century under review (1850-1950). Further, we are very aware that
Irish men and women moved to and exchanged with corners of the world
beyond the formal scope of British control. Most prominently, these
destinations included the United States and Latin American countries, such
as Argentina, which presented other points of reference for the Irish
cutting across what might be thought of as explicitly British. As such, we
hope this collection will help us to map the contours of Ireland's many
imperial cultures, shaped as they were both by a sense of the island's
distinctive place in the wider world, and by the particularities of
Ireland's global presence as it was mediated through wider dynamics of the
British Empire.

To do this, we seek essays under the following broad headings:
manifestations of empire in everyday domestic life; imperial networking,
including contacts with other imperial subjects; implications of empire on
political developments within the United Kingdom, including (if possible)
constitutional arrangements such as imperial federation, unionism, and
nationalism; and biographical studies/lives across empire. If you are
interested in submitting an essay, we would ask that you send a 500-word
abstract outlining your proposed essay by May 1, 2013. Please feel free to
contact one of us if you should have questions or are interested in
submitting.

Timothy G. McMahon (timothy.g.mcmahon[at]marquette.edu) Michael W. de Nie
(mdenie[at]westga.edu) Paul A. Townend (townendp[at]uncw.edu)




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

Secretary
American Conference for Irish Studies

74423969