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Dear All,

Very sad news about Philip Chevron, the Pogues guitarist and writer of =
many great songs about the diaspora, including 'Thousands are Sailing'

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This will be of interest to many on the list. Forwarded from H-Albion.



THE RAPHAEL SAMUEL MEMORIAL LECTURE, 2013

Anna Davin
‘Galway to New Zealand: a Family Migration Story’
Monday 2 December 2013, 6.30–8.0
Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road
Arts Two Lecture Theatre

Wine reception to follow lecture

Open to all: no booking or tickets required

see www.raphael-samuel.org.uk or
www.historyworkshop.org.uk


--

Jason M. Kelly PhD, FSA
Director, IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute
Associate Professor of British History, IUPUI

IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
755 W. Michigan Street UL 1140D
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5195

telephone: 317.274.1689
fax: 317.274.1024
email: jaskelly[at]iupui.edu

http://www.iupui.edu/~iahi/
www.jasonmkelly.com


--


William H. Mulligan, Jr.
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Thanks to Mícheál Ó hAodha for calling our attention to a two reprinted
titles, he and Ruan O'Donnell edited, that will be of interest to the
list.


The Irish Volunteers 1913-1915
Edited by F.X. Martin, O.S.A.,1963

New Introduction by Ruán O’Donnell and Mícheál Ó hAodha.

Original Foreward by Éamon De Valera, 1963

New Foreward by Éamon Ó Cuív, TD.

The Irish Volunteers 1913-1915 is a 50th anniversary edition of a classic
text of Irish history that has been edited by F.X. Martin. The release of
the book will coincide with the centenary of the formation of the Irish
Volunteers in November 1913. The title is a rich compendium of original
letters, reports, speeches, newspaper editorials, military and
administrative instructions and members subscription lists that together
create a unique historical record of the Irish Volunteer movement.

http://irishacademicpress.ie/?s=the+irish+volunteers

-----

W.J. Brennan-Whitmore, With the Irish in Frognach

For eight months following the Easter Rising over 1,800 Irish rebels were
imprisoned in Frongoch, a former whiskey distillery in North Wales. It
soon became a University of Revolution and among its notable alumni were
Michael Collins & Richard Mulcahy. By December 1916 all the Irish
prisoners had been repatriated and the camp was closed down.

Frongoch had initially held German prisoners-of-war but became much more
high profile when the Irish rebels were interned there. Most of them were
interned without any trial or chance to defend themselves and thus many
who had not been supportive of the rebel cause initially, were converted
during their internment.

This contemporary account of experience in the camp was an important part
of the propaganda to win support for the nationalist cause in the lead up
to the War of Independence.

http://www.mercierpress.ie/irish-books/with_the_irish_in_frongoch_/



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Another title of interest to the list.


My apology for mangling the spelling of Frongoch in an earlier post.

Bill

-
Dear Bill,

Thanks for the message about the re-publication of Brennan-Whitmore's book
on Irish prisoners in north Wales. The name of the camp was Frongoch, by
the way. A study of it appeared in a book I edited in 2004 which might be
of interest to the list:

Jon Parry, 'The Black Hand': 1916 and Irish Republican Prisoners in north
Wales' in Paul O'Leary (ed.), Irish Migrants in Modern Wales (Liverpool,
Liverpool University Press; 2004).

Best wishes
Paul


Dr Paul O'Leary
Adran Hanes a Hanes Cymru | Department of History and Welsh History
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University
Campws Penglais | Penglais Campus
Aberystwyth, SY23 3DY
UK

Email: ppo[at]aber.ac.uk

01970 622842



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Call for Papers: Ernie O'Malley Symposium on Modern Ireland and Revolution

Friday, April 25th, 2014 =96 Saturday, April 26th, 2014
at Glucksman Ireland House NYU, 1 Washington Mews, NYC

New York University's Glucksman Ireland House invites 250-word proposals
for 20-minute papers on social, cultural, and political revolution in
modern Ireland and its intersections with the life and times of Ernie
O'Malley (1897-1957). The Ernie O'Malley Symposium on 25-26 April 2014 will
address topics as wide ranging as Irish republican intellectual history,
feminism & guerilla war, postcolonial approaches to Irish literature,
history, and culture, the visual arts, music history, the history of the
Irish War of Independence and Civil War, Irish autobiography, queer
historiography, folklore, and oral history.

*Confirmed Plenary speakers: *

- Luke Gibbons (NUI Maynooth)
- R.F. Foster (Oxford University)
- David Lloyd (UC Riverside)
- Clair Wills (Queen Mary University of London)
- Nicholas Allen (University of Georgia)

IRA leader Ernie O'Malley, who, in his stylistically innovative memoir *On
Another Man's Wound* (1936), integrated modernist technique with
revolutionary political history, reinvented what it meant to tell the story
of Irish anti-colonial struggle. While the keynotes will all speak on
O'Malley directly, the symposium is open to, and seeks to raise, a broad
range of questions in the fields of Irish cultural, political, aesthetic,
and historical studies. *Among them are: *

=B7 How do literary and artistic renderings of the Irish War of
Independence and Civil War differ from those of the 1916 Easter Rising and
other revolutionary moments?

=B7 What continuities exist between pre- and post- revolutionary
Irish cultural expression? What characterizes the discontinuities?

=B7 How does Ernie O'Malley's work compare with that of the canonic=
al
modern Irish authors like Joyce, Yeats, O'Casey, etc.? How does it compare
with the non-canonical?

=B7 What is the relation of Irish republican political action to
republican intellectual traditions?

=B7 What voices in the revolutionary tradition have been dropped fr=
om
the official histories? How do we recover them? And what do they have to
tell us today?

=B7 How has oral history been thought, re-thought, and practiced in
the post-revolutionary state and beyond?

=B7 What is the relation of fiction to Irish autobiography / memoir=
?
Where do the two overlap and where part ways?

=B7 What contributions to visual art, music, and literature did
revolutionaries make to Ireland's culture after the founding of the Irish
Free State?

=B7 How do we define the relationship between revolution and exile?
Cultural production and emigration? National belonging and migrancy?

=B7 What does Irish revolutionary thinking and cultural production =
of
the past have to offer us today? What lessons, and what examples?

=B7 In what ways have advances in Irish archival access and researc=
h
fundamentally changed the way we relate to modern Irish history?

Individual paper proposals as well as complete 3-4 member panel proposals
of 500 words will be considered. Partial funding of up to $300 will be
provided for graduate students whose papers are accepted. It is recommended
that proposed papers address Ernie O'Malley's work directly, but it is not
required.

The symposium will include a display of artifacts and memorabilia related
to the life and times of Ernie O'Malley in the Tamiment Library & Robert F.
Wagner Labor Archives at NYU with selections from its Ernie O'Malley Papers
(Archives of Irish America 060), highlighting its extensive new holdings of
O'Malley manuscripts, letters, and personal diaries.

*For more information about the symposium, contact:*

Dr. Spurgeon Thompson

=C1ras Glucksman na h=C9ireann Ollscoil Nua Eabhrac

Glucksman Ireland House

New York University

One Washington Mews

New York, NY 10003-6691

U.S.A.
swt1[at]nyu.edu

Send 250-word individual proposals or 500-word panel proposals plus a
100-word biographical note via email by *January 20, 2014* to:

Spurgeon Thompson at swt1[at]nyu.edu & Greg Londe at
greg.londe[at]nyu.edu

http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/object/ernieomalleysymposiumcfp

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Deal All,=0A=
=0A=
This is just to alert list members to two articles I have recently publishe=
d in Irish Studies Review and Twentieth Century British History. Neither ha=
ve been assigned a place in the paper versions of these journals yet, but c=
an be accessed online at the below addresses.=0A=
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=0A=
'Re/negotiating "suspicion": Exploring the construction of self in Irish mi=
grant's=0A=
memories of the 1996 Manchester bomb', Irish Studies Review, published onli=
ne=0A=
August 2013 DOI: 10.1080/09670882.2013.814320=0A=
=0A=
Abstract=0A=
On the 15 June 1996, the PIRA exploded a 3000lb bomb in the city of Manches=
ter, home to a large Irish community. This article uses oral history to exp=
lore the distinct ways two male Irish migrants, both of whom settled in the=
Manchester area during the post-war period, recall and negotiate their exp=
eriences of the bomb and its aftermath. Focusing on how memory production i=
s shaped though interactions between different cultural forms and interior =
psychic processes, the article uses memories of the bomb to explore how the=
culture of suspicion generated around Irishness in Britain during =91The T=
roubles=92 could be productive of distinct forms of Irish migrant subjectiv=
ity.=0A=
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'Ambivalent Horizons: competing narratives of self in Irish women's memorie=
s of=0A=
pre-marriage years in post-war England', Twentieth Century British History,=
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published online August 2013 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwt022=0A=
=0A=
Abstract=0A=
Over the past-20-years research into the experiences of Irish female migran=
ts in=0A=
twentieth century Britain has been steadily accumulating. Based largely on =
the=0A=
use of oral history, this work has been important in shedding light on vari=
ous=0A=
aspects of women=92s experiences, including how young women negotiated=0A=
unfamiliar urban spaces and asserted an =91ethnic=92 identity in England. T=
he=0A=
dynamics shaping the re/construction of such experiences, and what they can=
tell=0A=
us about the fashioning of gendered migrant selves, has, by contrast, recei=
ved=0A=
relatively little attention. Based on an in-depth analysis of the personal =
migration=0A=
narratives of three women who migrated from southern Ireland to England=0A=
between 1945=9669, this article aims to provide insight into how migrants=
=92 early=0A=
experiences of settlement in post-war England were conditioned by the=0A=
consumption and internalization of a number of competing constructions=0A=
of femininity circulating within British and Irish culture during the post-=
1945=0A=
period. While these constructions made available a number of different=0A=
frameworks on which women could draw to order their experiences and fashion=
=0A=
an identity, tensions within and between them could also create problems fo=
r=0A=
the process of self-construction. As well as the particular circumstances o=
f each=0A=
individual=92s encounter with their new environment, the distinctive charac=
ter of=0A=
women=92s negotiation of these tensions alludes to the different ways women=
=0A=
sought to construct a preferred version of their past in post-war England, =
raising=0A=
questions about the ways past and present, public and private, interact in =
the=0A=
production of migrant histories.=0A=
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Best Wishes,=0A=
=0A=
Dr Barry Hazley=0A=
University of Manchester=0A=
=0A=
________________________________________=0A=

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List members in or near Milwaukee may find this of interest. Forwarded
from Center ofr Celtic Studies, UW-M


Over the next month, County Clare on 1234 N Astor St, will be hosting a
Monday at 7 PM Irish movie screening. To honor the centenary of the 1913
Lockout, the television series Strumpet City will be shown. Strumpet City
was a landmark in Irish television, a production on a scale never before
attempted by RTE and never matched by the state broadcaster since. It was
adopted by Hugh Leonard from James Plunkett’s acclaimed novel and directed
with considerable skill by Tony Barry. It depicts life in Dublin in 1913
and features excellent performances by David Kelly, Cyril Cusack, Frank
Grimes, Bryan Murray, Donal McCann, with Peter O’ Toole as the labor
leader Jim Larkin. The screening in the Joyce Room will be introduced by
John Gleeson and there will be a discussion following the screening. The
event is free and open to the public. Dublin porter will be served.

Bill

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List members in the Madison area may find this of interest. Forwarded
from Center for Celtic Studies, UW-M.


Madison’s Celtic Cultural Center is hosting their annual Celtic Film
Festival from October 19th to 20th. Admission is FREE and the movies will
be shown at the Marquee Theatre in Union South on UW-Madison’s campus.
Films will include a wide range of recent features as well as a collection
of shorts from Cornwall, Nova Scotia and Ireland. For more information,
visit: www.celticmadison.org

Bill

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This may be of interest to many on the list.


The Ernie O'Malley Lecture: "Mother Jones: From Ireland, to America, Back
to Ireland"

Thursday, October 17th, 7:00 p.m.
at Glucksman Ireland House NYU

Professor Elliott J. Gorn of Loyola University Chicago will discuss the
life of the famous labor leader Mary Harris, better known as Mother Jones,
"the grandmother of all agitators," focusing specifically on her Irish
origins and influences, her life as an American labor organizer, and her
recent repatriation back to Ireland.

In his book Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America, Gorn puts
Jones's past into context as he traces her life through the events of the
Irish potato famine, the loss of her husband and children from disease,
her attainment of an early education, and the development of her
organizing talents that led to her becoming a well-known advocate of labor
organization in America. Known at the turn of the twentieth-century as
"the most dangerous woman in America" for her success of organizing mining
workers, Jones's history is researched by Gorn with special attention to
the portions of her life that became shrouded in mystery and the many
little known facts about the figure behind the famous words of "Pray for
the dead and fight like hell for the Living".

Elliott Gorn holds a PhD from Yale University and his interests include
American culture and sports history, particularly centered on the history
of various social groups in American urban centers. Professor Gorn is the
author of several books that include Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That
Made America's Public Enemy Number One, A Brief History of American
Sports, and The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America.

The Ernie O'Malley Lecture Series is endowed by Cormac K. H. O'Malley in
honor of his father, Ernie O'Malley.

Introduction by Marion Casey, Clinical Assistant Professor of Irish
Studies and Senior Archivist, Archives of Irish America, NYU.

Free admission.

In order to ensure a seat at events, please RSVP by submitting the form
below, or by calling 212-998-3950 (option 3) or by emailing
ireland.house[at]nyu.edu, except for the Blarney Star Concert Series which
does not accept reservations.

Bill

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This will be of interest to the list.

Comhdháil: *An Greann agus an Ghaeilge*
*Sin méadú ort! Arsa an dreolín nuair a rinne sé a mhún san fharraige.*

Afternoon of Friday, March 7 and Saturday March 8, 2014.
Location: Glucksman Ireland House, Áras Glucksman na hÉireann, NYU
One Washington Mews, ([at]Fifth Avenue, ) New York, NY 10003.

____________________________________________________________________________Humor
in various forms, can be found expressed in the Irish language from
generation to generation - in poetry, proverbs, song, drama, prose and
unique forms of performance art. One only needs to consider a handful of
examples from the epic poem Cúirt an Mheán Oíche and the novel *An Béal
Bocht* to television programs, Paddywhackery, the award winning Scéal na
Gaeilge and the various short films and animations available to all via the
web.



Examples of humor may be read in myriad ways, whether as instances of the
spirit of the Irish-speaking community, or as counterweights to predominant
treatments of the language as an object of ambivalence, distrust, or
downright disregard. The resilience of the Irish personality has been
represented through humorous creativity in the language, which permeates
the linguistic barrier into English often with humorous intent, frequently
seen in macaronic songs and stage Irish characters.

As part of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Glucksman Ireland
House, New York University is hosting a year of celebration of its Irish
Studies program. This event, Greann agus an Ghaeilge, will focus on the
Irish language and will include analysis and performance with contributions
from academia, members of Irish language cultural organizations and the
performing arts. It will commence on Friday, March 7 and continue on
Saturday March 8, 2014.

Submissions in Irish are invited which investigate, explain and/or
demonstrate humor in the Irish language. These might include, but are not
limited to:

Academic presentations on:

- Humor in Irish literature and poetry.
- Folk Narratives
- Song
- Performance Art

Demonstrations of humor through the arts:

- Agallamh Beirte
- Lúbíní
- Song
- Drama


- Short Films

Presentations will be in the Irish language, although bilingual
demonstrations and performance will also be accepted. Glucksman Ireland
House will seek to publish a selection of written submissions from this
event as part of the celebration of its 20th year. With permission
performance art may be filmed. Abstracts of 250 - 300 words may be
forwarded to *greann.irishstudies[at]nyu.edu* by December 10th 2013.

____________________________________________________________________________


Comhdháil: *An Greann agus an Ghaeilge*
*Sin méadú ort! Arsa an dreolín nuair a rinne sé a mhún san fharraige.*

* *

Dátaí: Dé hAoine agus Dé Sathairn, 7 – 8, Marta 2014

Ionad: Glucksman Ireland House, Áras Glucksman na hÉireann, New York
University
One Washington Mews, ([at]Fifth Avenue, ) New York, NY 10003.

Tá teacht ar ghreann sa Ghaeilge leis na cianta, sna lámhscríbhinní, dánta,
amhráin agus seanfhocail, gan trácht ar scéalta béaloidis. Feictear chomh
maith é i gcuid d’úrscéalta an chéid seo caite, in amhráin mhacarónacha,
agus i gcarachtair bhréag-ghaelacha. Ar chomhartha é seo do spiorad na
nGael agus iad ag nathaíocht le barrúlacht fadó? Nó an straitéis
féinchosanta é in aghaidh an namhad? An raibh neamhaird agus dímheas ar na
naimhde is mó a bhí ag an teanga agus a cuid cainteoirí san am thart? Agus
cad faoin lá atá inniu ann? Bíonn pearsantacht an Ghaeil le feiscint i
gcúrsaí grinn i nGaeilge, i ndrámaí comhaimseartha, i gcláir theilifíse na
linne seo agus i gcláir ghearra ar an idirlín.

Mar pháirt dár gcomóradh fiche bliain, beidh Áras Glucksman na hÉireann,
Ionad An Léinn Éireannaigh in Ollscoil Nua Eabhrac, ag ceiliúradh na
Gaeilge leis an gcomhdháil seo. Is é cuspóir na comhdhála ná scoláirí agus
cainteoirí Gaeilge a thabhairt le chéile chun acmhainní grinn na teanga a
chíoradh agus samplaí ó ealaín na teilifíse, na scannán, agus na
drámaíochta a thaispeáint agus a chur chun cinn.

Is í an Ghaeilge príomhtheanga na comhdhála.
Cuirtear achoimrí (250 focal) ar pháipéir acadúl as Gaeilge, nó ar shaothar
ealaíne a bhaineann le téama na comhdhála chuig
greann.irishstudies[at]nyu.edu roimh
10 Nollaig 2013.


Is féidir díriú ar na hábhair seo a leanas ach ní gá:

· Greann i Litríocht agus i bhFilíocht na Gaeilge

· Béaloideas

· Amhránaíocht

· Agallamh Beirte

· Lúibíní

· Dráma

· Scannáin Ghearra


Cé go mbeidh an bhéim ar an nGaeilge beidh fáilte roimh dhátheangachas i
gcásanna áirithe má bhíonn sé riachtanach. Tá sé i gceist ag Áras Glucksman
na hÉireann rogha páipéar a fhoilsiú tar éis na comhdhála agus físeanna a
fhoilsiú ar shuíomh poiblí an ionaid.


GLUCKSMAN IRELAND HOUSE AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

ONE WASHINGTON MEWS, NEW YORK, NY 10003 TEL: (212) 998-3950 FAX: (212)
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E-MAIL: ireland.house[at]nyu.edu WEB: irelandhouse.as.nyu.edu


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Bill--would you be able to add this to the list? Thanks!

Friends,

I am interested in organizing a digital humanities skills workshop
session as part of next year's ACIS/CAIS 2014. The idea is to allow
participants to pre-select topics and skills and to use the session in a
practical way to build those skills or to discuss those topics in a
relaxed and supportive environment. Among the possible (but by no means
only) topics that often get proposed for such sessions are how-to
collaborative discussions/demonstrations on:

. Professional networking and graduate training in digital applications
. Managing a personal digital portfolio (faculty websites, Twitter, etc.)
. Mapping/spatial visualization software: Neatline, ArcGIS, TileMill,
OpenGIS, Gephi
. Text mining approaches and methods
. Digital editions and digital markup
. Coding: Python, Ruby on Rails, Perl, Java, PHP, XML, R
. Digital project management and crowd-source project designs

As an organization dedicated to Irish Studies, we'd be especially
curious in these sessions as to how such skills or themes get applied in
our field, although again the approach would be to allow participants to
drive the direction of the sub-sessions in the workshop in whatever
direction they choose.

What I am looking to find at this point is a sense of how many people
would be interested in participating in such a workshop, and if so,
perhaps a sense of what topics they might like to see proposed, or what
tool/skill they'd be interested in demonstrating/learning. This is not
intended to be a traditional paper/comment panel, nor a call for folks
to commit to participating. All I'd like at this point is a gauge of
whether there would be enough interest out there to make this work.

As such, I've started a Google Doc (bit.ly/1bZpkyV
), available and editable for those interested to
add their name and topics. Alternatively, you can simply e-mail me with
comments or an expression of interest: nicholas.wolf[at]nyu.edu

All best,

Nick Wolf

--
Nicholas Wolf
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Glucksman Ireland House, New York University
nmwolf.net
[at]nicholasmwolf

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From: DAN MILNER
Subject: Re: Call for Interested Participants in Digital Humanities &
Irish Studies workshop, ACIS 2014
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Nick,=0A=A0=0AI would be interested in this if I go to the ACIS next year.=
=A0 By the way, I was at GIH last night for the Mother Jones talk.=A0=A0=0A=
=A0=0ADan Milner=A0=A0=0Awww.stjohns.digication.com/danmilner=0A=0AFrom: Ni=
cholas Wolf =0ATo: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK =0ASent: Thur=
sday, October 17, 2013 11:39 AM=0ASubject: [IR-D] Call for Interested Parti=
cipants in Digital Humanities & Irish Studies workshop, ACIS 2014=0A=0A=0AB=
ill--would you be able to add this to the list? Thanks!=0A=0AFriends,=0A=0A=
I am interested in organizing a digital humanities skills workshop session =
as part of next year's ACIS/CAIS 2014. The idea is to allow participants to=
pre-select topics and skills and to use the session in a practical way to =
build those skills or to discuss those topics in a relaxed and supportive e=
nvironment. Among the possible (but by no means only) topics that often get=
proposed for such sessions are how-to collaborative discussions/demonstrat=
ions on:=0A=0A.=A0 =A0 Professional networking and graduate training in dig=
ital applications=0A.=A0 =A0 Managing a personal digital portfolio (faculty=
websites, Twitter, etc.)=0A.=A0 =A0 Mapping/spatial visualization software=
: Neatline, ArcGIS, TileMill, OpenGIS, Gephi=0A.=A0 =A0 Text mining approac=
hes and methods=0A.=A0 =A0 Digital editions and digital markup=0A.=A0 =A0 C=
oding: Python, Ruby on Rails, Perl, Java, PHP, XML, R=0A.=A0 =A0 Digital pr=
oject management and crowd-source project designs=0A=0AAs an organization d=
edicated to Irish Studies, we'd be especially curious in these sessions as =
to how such skills or themes get applied in our field, although again the a=
pproach would be to allow participants to drive the direction of the sub-se=
ssions in the workshop in whatever direction they choose.=0A=0AWhat I am lo=
oking to find at this point is a sense of how many people would be interest=
ed in participating in such a workshop, and if so, perhaps a sense of what =
topics they might like to see proposed, or what tool/skill they'd be intere=
sted in demonstrating/learning. This is not intended to be a traditional pa=
per/comment panel, nor a call for folks to commit to participating. All I'd=
like at this point is a gauge of whether there would be enough interest ou=
t there to make this work.=0A=0AAs such, I've started a Google Doc (bit.ly/=
1bZpkyV ), available and editable for those interest=
ed to add their name and topics. Alternatively, you can simply e-mail me wi=
th comments or an expression of interest: nicholas.wolf[at]nyu.edu=0A=0AAll be=
st,=0A=0ANick Wolf=0A=0A-- Nicholas Wolf=0AAssistant Professor/Faculty Fell=
ow=0AGlucksman Ireland House, New York University=0Anmwolf.net=0A[at]nicholasm=
wolf

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From: Bill Mulligan
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forwarded from Center for Celtic Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee


Chuck Ward Memorial Lecture

This year’s Chuck Ward Memorial Lecture “Irish Catholics in the Golden Age
of Hollywood” will take place at the Irish Fest Center on Friday evening
November 8th. This presentation will take place at 7 PM, following a
reception at 6:30 PM. The Irish Fest Center is situated at 1532 Wauwatosa
Ave. Wauwatosa.

The presenter, Christopher Shannon, is an associate professor of history
at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in
American Studies from Yale University and has taught at the University of
Iowa, the University of Notre Dame, and Saint Mary’s College. Professor
Shannon has published widely in the field of American cultural and
intellectual history, and has a particular interest in Irish American
history.

His talk, "Irish Catholics in the Golden Age of Hollywood," is based upon
his book, Bowery to Broadway: The American Irish in Classic Hollywood
Cinema (University of Scranton Press, 2010). In his book, Shannon argues
that Irish-American themed films of the 1930s and 1940s presented the
Irish as people defined by a powerful ethic of social solidarity rooted in
local urban communities. The characters in these films often reject the
American Dream of individual advancement in favor of maintaining their
local neighborhood ties to family, friends and church. Using clips, the
talk will trace this theme through one of the most popular Irish-American
genres of the period, the gangster films of James Cagney. Don’t miss what
promises to be a wonderful celebration of Irish America.


William H. Mulligan, Jr.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA
1-270-809-6571 (phone)
1-270-809-6587 (fax)

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Revisiting A Letter From Ulster and other news - Brian Desmond Hurs=
t : Northern Ireland=92s Greatest Film Director

I wanted to share something to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of Peter Robin=
son and Martin McGuinness opening the magnificent Hurst Sound Stage at Tita=
nic Studios in October 2012. The previous news on this event is here http:=
//www.briandesmondhurst.org/hurststudios.html

Having just secured the consent of the BFI National Film Archive I can now =
put =91Revisiting A Letter From Ulster=92 on youtube. We screened this a f=
ew years back at Queens Film Theatre and at the Aspects Arts Festival and t=
he short 15 minute documentary takes you back to when the first of 300,000 =
US troops came to Northern Ireland in 1942. There are some lovely then and =
now scenes of Tynan Abbey, Carrickfergus, Derry/Londonderry, Strabane, Bell=
arena, Cultra and St Marys in Belfast. The =91stars=92 are men from the US=
34th =91Red Bull=92 Division who, at the time, were not to know what lay a=
head of them at Anzio.

I don=92t have any =91marketing machine=92 so just rely on folk to take a=
nd interest and pass this on to anyone who they think might be interested. =
So see what you can do and you never know=85 we may get a few more views o=
r even some likes/comments.=20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DrOi4vxcivgc

If you are interested my youtube channel (allan esler smith) also contains =
some work we have done on Brian=92s Arnhem epic Theirs is the Glory (someth=
ing much bigger is happening next year on the 70th anniversary of the battl=
e and more on this next year).

I also hope to stream Brian=92s Riders to The Sea (1935) on my youtube chan=
nel before the end of the year- I think it=92s an awesome piece as the moth=
er copes with losing her sons to the sea and this film deserves a wider aud=
ience. I am also trying to locate though a network of film buffs in the US=
A a full copy of Irish Hearts (1934) (US release Norah O=92Neale) which the=
academics tell me is probably Ireland=92s first feature length talkie and,=
hopefully, in time for its 80th anniversary next year. At the moment the =
only copy that the Irish Film Institute and we have is partial and I do wan=
t to know how it ends!! So if you or any contacts have ideas on how we ca=
n find this please let me know. Ohh and then there=92s the publication of =
Brian=92s memoirs as well=85 so plenty to keep us busy.

Finally if you have not hear the RTE Radio 1 documentary An Irishman Chaine=
d to the Truth (we couldn=92t use the title The Life of Brian for some str=
ange reason=85) which we did in 2011 it can be heard again here:

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-irishman-chained-to-the=
-truth-brian-desmond-hurst.html

[Please excuse the impersonal nature of my email and do keep in touch!]=20

Best wishes

Allan

Administrator of the Brian Desmond Hurst Estate

www.briandesmondhurst.org

www.allaneslersmith.com

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Hello all,
I'm thinking about putting together an ACIS panel that showcases digital =
Irish studies projects - I was thinking 3 or 4 presentations that =
introduced the projects, talked about their history, plans for the =
future, and introduced the kinds of sources available for Irish studies =
scholars. I've been involved with the Digital Almshouse Project out of =
Glucksman Ireland House at NYU, which is still in the early stages, but =
would be open to a panel that includes projects at all stages of =
development.

If anyone is interested, please drop me a line at anshrout[at]davidson.ed

Thanks!

Anelise Hanson Shrout, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Davidson College

E-mail: anshrout[at]davidson.edu
Phone: 704.894.2134
Office: Chambers 2139

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Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar 2014
9-10 May 2014, Trinity College Dublin


The 10th Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar will take place at Trinit=
y College Dublin on 9-10 May 2014.

The seminar is aimed at researchers in film and in screen culture in the br=
oadest sense, which includes fields such as television, digital media, netw=
orks, transmedia, technoculture, and gaming.

It is designed to provide a platform forthe presentation of new research by=
scholars in Irish third-level institutions, andfor those working on Irish =
topics in non-Irish universities and colleges.
The seminar promotes the exchange of ideas and helps students in the advanc=
ement of their academic profiles. To these ends, plans are being made for a=
n online publication,=20
Proceedings of the Irish Film Seminar, which will contain short versions of=
the papers presented. To mark the 10th anniversary of the IPGFRS, we are a=
lso planning an online index/archive of all the previous presentations that=
have been made since 2003.

The keynote speaker will be Patrick Crogan of the University of the West of=
England. Dr. Crogan is at the forefront of research in digital cultures te=
chnoculture, gaming, military robotics, and the work of Bernard Stiegler. H=
is 2011 publication Gameplay Mode (University of Minnesota Press) examines =
the connections between contemporary computer games and the technoscience o=
f the military-industrial complex since the 1940s.

Presentations are invited from:
(a) Irish postgraduate students working on screen studies research;
(b) postgraduate students working on Irish screen studies projects in non-I=
rish universities;
(c) post-doctoral students who have completed their degree on an Irish scre=
en studies topic in the two years prior to the conference date.

Those wishing to make a presentation are invited to submit an abstract of n=
o more than 250 words, plus a short CV and summary of research interests by=
20 December 2013. Postgraduate research students who may not be making pre=
sentations and screen studies academics are encouraged to attend.
There is no charge for attendance. Presentations will be 20 minutes in leng=
th.
Non-traditional presentation formats will also be considered.
To record your interest in the seminar or to be included in future mailings=
, send your contact address, details of your academic institution, and an o=
utline of your research topic, to the conference organiser:
Dr. Cormac Deane, Irish Research Council Fellow, Film Studies, School of Dr=
ama, Film & Music, Trinity College Dublin: cormac.s.deane[at]tcd.ie.

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*you are cordially invited to
the second meeting of the
*

*Seminar in Modern Irish History*

*for the Michaelmas Term 2013*

* *

30 Oct Brian Walker (Queen=92s University Belfast), 'Villain, victim or
prophet: Lady Gregory, Sir William Gregory and the Great Irish Famine.'

* *

*Seminar Room 2, Chapel Court, Sidney Sussex College*

*All meetings will begin at 5 p.m.*

* *

*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.*

* *

* *

Eugenio Biagini

Bronwen Walter

Sean Campbell

Niamh Gallagher, Secretary

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An online publication of the Southern Chapter of the American Conference fo=
r Irish Studies, the journal Irish Studies South invites contributions to i=
ts inaugural issue, which celebrates the life and work of Seamus Heaney. Wi=
th the understanding that we grieve the loss of Seamus Heaney and send our =
condolences to the Heaney family, Irish Studies South seeks for Volume 1, N=
umber 1 submissions that chronicle personal and professional interactions w=
ith the poet.

http://www.acissouth.com/journal/

sl=C3=A1inte,
bpm

************************************
Bryan P. McGovern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Coordinator of History Education
Kennesaw State University
Department of History and Philosophy
1000 Chastain Road -- MD 2206
Kennesaw, Georgia 30144
678-797-2296 (office)
770-423-6432 (fax)
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Dear List Members,

In my Irish History course I've run across a question from a student =
that I didn't know the answer to, and thought I'd solicit the list for =
wisdom and reference to secondary sources.=20

Has any one written about, or encountered in the press, anger directed =
against Irish Republicans during 1916 specifically because of their =
attempted collaboration with Germany? I had a student ask me if the =
Irish public generally were angry with the writers of the Easter =
Proclamation and the reference to "gallant allies in Europe" when so =
many had sent their sons or fathers to fight, and die, against Germany. =
I know that Fearghal McGarry's The Rising does mention anti-German =
feeling among much of the Irish public during the war, as well as the =
anger generally expressed by "separation women", but I didn't see =
anything about reaction among the public to collusion with Germany.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

Best,

Jay
_____________________________
Jay Roszman
Dept. of History
Doctoral Candidate=20
jroszman[at]andrew.cmu.edu