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Dear friends and colleagues,

Please note that if you are intending to enrol for this year's Summer
School, the Early Bird Discount ends this Thursday.

Best wishes,

Tony




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[image: Bernard MacLaverty, one of Ireland's most celebrated writers]


*21st annual Irish Writers in London Summer School *

*9 June - 15 July 2016*

James Joyce famously wrote, =E2=80=98The shortest way to Tara is by Holyhea=
d=E2=80=99
meaning that in order for Irish people to understand themselves and
Ireland, they historically had to leave their homeland.

Bernard MacLaverty
,
guest writer at the forthcoming Irish Writers in London Summer School

at London Metropolitan University

has been compared by critics to his more famous countryman. After five
decades of writing and five volumes of published short stories, MacLaverty
will talk about the art of short story writing at this year=E2=80=99s cours=
e.

The Summer School which runs for two nights per week for five and half
weeks provides an informal but informed setting, to not just read and
discuss work by contemporary writers but to get the chance to meet and talk
with them about their work and careers.

Tutor, Tony Murray
,
says, "Students learn about the different reasons why Irish writers still
come to London, how the experience of migration has influenced their work
and how in turn their writing helped explore and express Irish culture and
identity both at home and abroad. But, best of all, they get to talk to
authors as well as read them."

This year=E2=80=99s Summer School will also welcome the award-winning novel=
ist and
dramatist Lucy Caldwell
,
and the writer, Felicity Hayes-McCoy
,
who will discuss *A Woven Silence, *a memoir inspired by her relative who
raised the Irish flag over her home town during the rebellion of 1916.

Other guests are the poet, Paul Sheehan
,
and dramatist Jessica Townsend

who returns to the Summer School after fifteen years to talk about *Raising
Patrick Doherty, *her irreverent comic radio drama in which a London-Irish
family spend the run-up to their patriarch's burial destroying his
reputation.

*COURSE DETAILS*

*Venue*: London Metropolitan University, Tower Building
,
166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB (nearest tube: Holloway Road,
Piccadilly line, Zone 2)

*Days*: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 June, with an additional class on
Friday 15 July

*Times*: 6.00 =E2=80=93 8.30pm (refreshments provided)

*Fees*: =C2=A3 175; =C2=A3129 with concessions (early bird discount for boo=
kings
before 05 May) - =C2=A3195; =C2=A3135 with concessions, normally

*Please note*: The Irish Writers in London Summer School is *not *a
creative writing course, but it provides an excellent complement to such a
course of study at London Met or elsewhere. It will suit anybody with an
interest in contemporary writing.

No prior qualifications are required to enrol.
More course information, including how to enrol

About the Irish Studies Centre
Founded in 1986, the Irish Studies Centre

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The deadline is approaching.

=20
Change, Commemoration, Community


22nd Australasian Irish Studies Conference: 19 November - 2 December =
2016


Flinders University, 182 Victoria Square, Adelaide, South Australia


About the Conference



Welcome to the 22nd Australasian Irish Studies conference which is =
titled
'Change, Commemoration and Community'.


Under the umbrella of Change we envisage subthemes of creativity, =
rebirth,
revolution, renewal, new departures, innovation and economics. =
Commemoration
encompasses all the significant events in Ireland's political, social =
and
economic life and is particularly significant in 2016 when there is a
spotlight on commemorating and celebrating the centenary of the Easter
Rising; equally important are the events of the Great War. Community may
include the diaspora, Irish language, religion, volunteerism, =
immigration,
emigration, sport, cultural studies, literature, writing, music, dance =
and
drama.

The conference is run under the auspices of the Irish Studies =
Association of
Australia and New Zealand. It is sponsored by =
Flinders
University and proceedings will take =
place at
the university's flagship city premises in Victoria Square, Adelaide
- =
a
superb central location with modern facilities.

Following a community and Irish language focus during the day and an =
ISAANZ
planning session, the official conference program will commence at 6pm =
on
Tuesday 29 November 2016 with a wine and cheese reception. Guests, =
including
non-presenters, will be invited to participate in the Comhr=E1 =
(Conversation),
a very informal research round-up designed to give all attendees a brief
insight into the wide scope of Irish Studies research currently being
undertaken. Conference registration will open prior to this event, at =
5pm.

Presentation of conference papers will take place between Wednesday 30
November and Friday 2 December.=20

A conference dinner is planned for the evening of Thursday 1 December.=20


Call for Papers



We invite papers for the 22nd Australasian Irish Studies conference with =
the
themes of:


=20

* Change e.g. creativity, rebirth, revolution, renewal, new
departures, innovation and economics
* Commemoration e.g. all the significant events in Ireland's
political, social and economic life including the 1916 Easter Rising and =
the
events of the Great War
* Community e.g. the diaspora, Irish language, religion, volunteerism,
immigration, emigration, sport, cultural studies, literature, writing,
music, dance and drama


Papers can address one or more of these themes but those which do not =
will
certainly be considered.

Abstracts up to 200 words in length should be emailed to Dr Dymphna =
Lonergan
at dymphna.lonergan[at]flinders.edu.au

Please also provide your full name, contact details and any affiliated
institution.=20

The closing date for acceptance of abstracts is 20 May 2016.

For more information, please contact a member of the conference =
organising
committee:

* Dr Dymphna Lonergan, Flinders University,
dymphna.lonergan[at]flinders.edu.au =
=20
* Fidelma Breen, University of Adelaide, fidelma.breen[at]adelaide.edu.au
=20
* Dr Stephanie James, Flinders University,
stephanie.james[at]flinders.edu.au =
=20
* Susan Arthure, Flinders University, susan.arthure[at]flinders.edu.au
=20

=20

=20

William H. Mulligan, Jr.=20

Professor of History

MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher 2012

Moderator, Irish Diaspora Discussion List [IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk]=20

Murray State University=20

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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This may be of interest to many on the list.=20

=20

Dear valued member/former member of the Irish Studies Association of =
Australia and New Zealand,=20


=20

Thank you for your support of ISAANZ and The Australasian Journal of =
Irish Studies.=20

=20

We are getting in touch to update our mail address for future =
correspondence. From now, please address post to:

=20

Australasian Journal of Irish Studies c/o
College of Arts, Victoria University
Footscray Park Campus
P.O. Box 14428
Melbourne 8001

=20

You can, of course, always email us at this email address.=20

=20

Thanking you once again,

=20

Molly Lukin

Editorial/Administrative Assistant

Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand & =
Australasian Journal of Irish Studies

Australasian Journal of Irish Studies c/o College of Arts, Victoria =
University, Footscray Park Campus, P.O. Box 14428

Email: isaanzlr[at]gmail.com Web: www.isaanz.org =
=20

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This may be of interest to some on the list.=20

Dear colleagues,
=20
After two decades hosted by the National Library, JASAL is moving to the =
University of Sydney=E2=80=99s eScholarship Journals platform.
=20
The new URL will go live on
FRIDAY 6 MAY
at .
=20
We encourage all readers, authors and reviewers to add the new address =
to your bookmarks. After Friday, the old site will redirect to this =
address, so you will not run the risk of inadvertently viewing an old =
version of the journal.
=20
As part of this move, on Friday 6 May you will also receive an email =
inviting you to log in to your account at the new URL. You will then =
need to reset your password by heading to the new site, clicking =
=E2=80=98Forgot your password?=E2=80=99 and confirming you wish to reset =
your password.
=20
If you would like to visit the new URL prior to 6 May, you can register
here:
=
with your email address and password. We won=E2=80=99t create a second =
account for you later.
=20
General enquiries about the journal may be directed to the Managing =
Editors, Brigitta Olubas, at and Tony Simons da =
Silva, at and technical questions or =
requests for site assistance can be directed to Hannah McFarlane from =
Sydney eScholarship Journals at .
=20
We invite you to also please pass this information on to your =
colleagues.
=20
Thank you for your continued interest in reading and contributing to =
Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature in =
2016. We look forward to working with you this year.
________________________________________________________________________
JASAL
http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal

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This may be of interest to members of the list.=20

Dear readers:

Australasian Journal of Ecocriticism and Cultural Ecology (AJE) will =
soon be moving to a new home at the University of Sydney =
Library=E2=80=99s eScholarship Journals platform.

The new URL will go live on
MONDAY 9 MAY
at
=20
We encourage all readers, authors and reviewers to add the new address =
to your bookmarks. After Monday, the old site will redirect to this =
address, so you will not run the risk of inadvertently viewing an old =
version of the journal.
=20
As part of this move, sometime on Monday 9 May you will also receive an =
email inviting you to log in to your account at the new URL. You will =
then need to reset your password by heading to the new site, clicking =
=E2=80=98Forgot your password?=E2=80=99 and confirming you wish to reset =
your password.
=20
If you would like to visit the new URL prior to Monday, you can register
here:
=
with your email address and password. We won=E2=80=99t create a second =
account for you later.
=20
General enquiries about the journal may be directed to General Editor, =
Dr CA. Cranston, at , or technical questions or =
requests for site assistance can be directed to Hannah McFarlane from =
Sydney eScholarship Journals at .
=20
We invite you to also please pass this information on to your =
colleagues.
=20
Thank you for your continued interest in reading and contributing to =
AJE.
CA. Cranston (Dr)
University of Tasmania Associate
Journal Manager, Australasian Journal of Ecocriticism and Cultural =
Ecology
(ASLEC=E2=80=93ANZ)
http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/aslec-anz
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Subject: 'Irish Cinema: The National and the International' Symposium for
Kevin Rockett 20 May - please circulate
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'Irish cinema: the national and the international': symposium for Kevin Roc=
kett, Friday 20 May 2016, Swift Theatre, Arts Building,

Trinity College Dublin





To mark the retirement of Professor Kevin Rockett, the Department of Film S=
tudies, Trinity College Dublin, is holding a one-day symposium on Friday 20=
May,

'Irish Cinema, the National and the International'.



Speakers include: Z=E9lie Asava, Charles Barr, Pat Brereton, Denis Condon, =
Maeve Connolly, Se=E1n Crosson, Roddy Flynn, Luke Gibbons, John Hill, Marti=
n McLoone, Diane Negra, D=ED=F3g O'Connell, Rod Stoneman, Tony Tracy.





For more information on the symposium, please see: https://www.tcd.ie/film/=
news/



Time: 9.15am-5pm

Attendance is free. All welcome.





Kevin Rockett retired from Trinity College Dublin as a professor in Film St=
udies in the School of Drama, Film and Music in September 2015. At Trinity =
College since 2000, previously he taught at NCAD and UCD. His D.Phil (Ulste=
r, 1989) was the first film studies degree awarded on the island of Ireland=
.

Working in a small department at Trinity he helped introduce the B.A. in Fi=
lm Studies (2003) and its M.Phil. counterpart, while also serving as DFM's =
inaugural head of school (2006-09). Elected a Fellow of the College in 2004=
, he was promoted to professor the same year. At Trinity he inaugurated wit=
h John Hill the annual national conference of postgraduate film studies stu=
dents (2003-); developed with IRCHSS funding the research website Irish Fil=
m & TV Research Online (2003-06); and working with Matthew Causey created t=
he Arts Technology Research Laboratory with HEA funding (2008).

Beyond the academy, Kevin has been film programmer of the Project Arts Cent=
re Cinema Club (1976-78); a director of the Irish Film Institute from 1979-=
97, and its Chair from 1984-91 during which time the IFI acquired and devel=
oped its film complex; while he has also been a publisher.

A prolific researcher and writer, with Luke Gibbons and John Hill he was co=
-author of the first academic study of Irish film, Cinema and Ireland (1987=
), while his The Irish Filmography (1996) remains an indispensible guide fo=
r those researching the cinemas of the Irish diaspora. More recently, work=
ing with his wife Emer, he has published with Four Courts Press the three v=
olume series on picture-going in Ireland: the award-winning Irish Film Cens=
orship: A Cultural Journey from Silent Cinema to Internet Pornography (2004=
); Magic Lantern, Panorama and Moving Picture Shows in Ireland, 1786-1909 (=
2011), and Film Exhibition and Distribution in Ireland, 1909-2010 (2011).













https://www.tcd.ie/film/

Rex Ingram project:
http://www.rexingram.ie

Shot at Trinity
https://www.tcd.ie/film/shotattrinity/

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From: Marion Casey
Subject: Glucksman Ireland House NYU marks centennial of the Proclamation
of the Irish Republic
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Hi Bill, please share with the list, thanks, Marion
--------------------

Glucksman Ireland House, New York University marked the centennial of the
proclamation of the Irish Republic with a unique commemoration in New York
City on April 22, 2016. Special guests included the Glee Club of the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York, founded in 1913 by
Victor Herbert. It performed four anthems, two of which were arranged by
Herbert in the aftermath of the Easter 1916 Rising when he was the
president of the Friends of Irish Freedom, an American organization
established six weeks prior to the rebellion.

The Proclamation of the Irish Republic was read in English by actress Lisa
Dwan, and in Irish by Maura Anand, a graduate of New York University's
masters program in Irish and Irish American Studies, and by Antoin =C3=93
Dubhthaigh, the 2015-2016 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at
Glucksman Ireland House.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1NFtULYkKa4

The Glee Club was conducted by Kevin J. Faughey with accompaniment by David
E. Ralph.

The program was produced by Marion R. Casey and hosted by Miriam Nyhan Grey
as the conclusion to a two-day symposium,"Independent Spirit: America & the
1916 Easter Rising."

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Whose/Who's Irish Now?:

Philadelphia Stories of Inclusion and Exclusion from Penn to the Present

The Inaugural Conference of the Irish Studies Center

Villanova University

15 October 2016

Centenaries have a way of reframing narratives and memories. Recent
stocktaking and celebrations of key moments in Irish history such as 1798
and 1916 have tended to eschew divisive stories of "us and them" in favor of
exploring the possibilities of unity through diversity.



This one-day, interdisciplinary conference uses the case of Philadelphia, a
long-standing central place in the larger Irish world, to probe the meanings
and potential impacts of this drive towards inclusion. Once cast as the rise
of "one people in two countries," the story of "the" Irish in Philadelphia
now contends with a multiplicity of voices within an increasingly global
context.



We seek proposals on any dimension of Irish encounters with Philadelphia,
from seventeenth-century foundations to the twenty-first century Diaspora,
and especially invite papers that examine previously under-studied Irish
populations in the greater Philadelphia region. Topics might include but
are not limited to:



. Gender and sexuality

. Memory and Diaspora Politics

. Overlapping Migrant Communities

. Imagining Philadelphia in Ireland

. Scots-Irish and Orange Migrations

. Undocumented Irish

. The Abbey Players and Philadelphia



Confirmed speakers include Dr. Kevin Kenny (Boston College), Dr. Maureen
Murphy (Hofstra), Dr. Bill Watson (Immaculata College), and Dr. Benjamin
Bankhurst (Shepherd University).



The conference serves as the inaugural event of Villanova University's Irish
Studies Center, supported by the generosity of the Connelly Foundation. The
Abbey Theatre will perform Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars at the
Annenberg Center on Friday, October 14, co-sponsored by Villanova
University. The performance and reception will serve as the opening event
of the conference. The following day, Saturday the 15th, panels and
roundtables will be held on the campus of Villanova University.



Proposals for roundtables and for individual conference papers or panels
should be sent to Craig Bailey (
craig.bailey[at]villanova.edu) or Joseph Lennon (
joseph.lennon[at]villanova.edu) by 30 June
2016.





William H. Mulligan, Jr. , PhD

Professor of History

Coordinator, Religious Studies Program

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA



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

President, Jackson Purchase Historical Society

President, Chapter 302 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

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There should be something about the legacy of Dennis Clark...

Paddy O'Sullivan

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Subject: [IR-D] CFP: Whose/Who's Irish Now?

Whose/Who's Irish Now?:

Philadelphia Stories of Inclusion and Exclusion from Penn to the Present

The Inaugural Conference of the Irish Studies Center

Villanova University

15 October 2016

Centenaries have a way of reframing narratives and memories. Recent
stocktaking and celebrations of key moments in Irish history such as 1798
and 1916 have tended to eschew divisive stories of "us and them" in favor of
exploring the possibilities of unity through diversity.
This one-day, interdisciplinary conference uses the case of Philadelphia, a
long-standing central place in the larger Irish world, to probe the meanings
and potential impacts of this drive towards inclusion. Once cast as the rise
of "one people in two countries," the story of "the" Irish in Philadelphia
now contends with a multiplicity of voices within an increasingly global
context.
We seek proposals on any dimension of Irish encounters with Philadelphia,
from seventeenth-century foundations to the twenty-first century Diaspora,
and especially invite papers that examine previously under-studied Irish
populations in the greater Philadelphia region. Topics might include but


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From: Bill Mulligan
Subject: CFP: XI Symposium of Irish Studies in South America
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CALL FOR PAPERS

ABEI is delighted to announce the call for papers for its XI Symposium =
of
Irish Studies in South America

22, 23 and 24 August 2016
University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ireland at the Crossroads of History

A nation is constantly transformed throughout its history, as politics,
culture and identity have always been intertwined=20
in the Irish experience. People strive to create a future based on =
shared
memories and cultural codices which configure new systems and
socio-historical structures. The XI Symposium on Irish Studies in South
America aims, therefore, at signaling the manifold ways in which Ireland =
has
been narrated in the past, present and likely future tenses at local,
national and international domains. This symposium looks forward to
understanding the various transformations Ireland has undergone; from =
the
time it was a laboratory of the British Empire to contemporaneity. These
processes have placed Ireland at the crossroads of crucial historical
moments that have propelled her through the following centuries. These =
roads
do not respect the symmetry of a figural cross; rather, the trajectories
aimed here are suggestive, multiple and mobile. Proposals for =
participation
in specific panels or for individual papers and posters could discuss
contemporary Ireland at the crossroads of disciplines, such as History,
Cultural Translation, Literature, Women Studies, Sociology, Migration
Studies, among others.

Keynote speakers

Jo=E3o Adolfo Hansen (University of S=E3o Paulo, Brazil)
Jane Ohlmeyer (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Pilar Villar Argaiz (University of Granada, Spain)
Susan Wilkinson (Independent Researcher, Canada)

Guideline for abstracts

Abstracts should not exceed 250 words; Times New Roman font, 12 pts;
Abstracts can be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese
Abstracts should be sent via email to: abei.abeibrasil[at]gmail.com
Payment receipts should be sent to: tesouraria.abei[at]gmail.com

Deadline: July 15, 2016

Fees

- Delegates presenting papers: R$ 200 (R$100, ABEI membership + R$100 =
fee)
- M.A and Ph.D Students: R$ 160 (R$ 100, ABEI membership + R$ 60 fee)
- Undergraduate students presenting posters: R$ 130 (R$100, ABEI =
membership
+ R$ 30 fee)
- Attendants with certificate: R$ 30 fee

Organizing Committee

Chair: Laura P.Z. de Izarra and Rosalie Rahal Haddad=20
Munira H. Mutran, Mariana Bolfarine, Patr=EDcia de Aquino Prudente, =
Caroline
Moreira Eufrausino, Camila Franco Batista, Victor Pacheco, Adriana =
Torquete,
Alessandra Rigonato.

Academic Committee

Rosalie Rahal Haddad, Gisele Wolkoff, Luci Collin, Maria Rita Drumond =
Viana,
Peter James Harris, Viviane Carvalho da Annuncia=E7=E3o.

For further information:
http://www.abei.org.br/symposia/call-for-papers-xi-symposium-on-irish-stu=
die
s-in-south-america

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From: Dianne Hall
Subject: O=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B9Donnell_?=Irish Studies Fellowship 2017
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Dear everyone

Applications are open for a 6-week residential research fellowship in
Irish studies at Newman College, the University of Melbourne, 4 January
=AD 10 February 2016.

We are seeking applications by Monday 25 July 2016.

Details here - https://www.snac.unimelb.edu.au/news/ - and attached.

If you could circulate to your networks that would be much appreciated.

With best wishes and thanks,

Angela Gehrig
Professor Gillian Russell
Dr Val Noone
Dr Dianne Hall



The O=B9Donnell Fellowship, which is non-stipendiary, offers physical and
intellectual space to a scholar with an interest in Irish Studies, for a
period of 6 weeks. The offering includes:

o College living quarters and all meals;
o Access to the Academic Centre building and collections;
o Research space in the Gerry Higgins Room;
o Access to the University of Melbourne library;
o $2000 for travel and other expenses.

Eligibility
Applicants should have a demonstrated track record in Irish Studies. This
could take the form, for example, of a relevant academic degree; and/or
the completion of relevant courses or projects; and/or the publication of
relevant books or articles. Previous applicants, both successful and
unsuccessful, are welcome to re-apply.

Application process
Fellowship applications should address ways in which the Irish Studies
collection in the Academic Centre, and wider Irish Studies resources in
Melbourne, could be used to further a research project upon which the
applicant is engaged.

Selection process
Applications in the form of a letter and including a CV, the names of two
referees and a project proposal, are due by Monday 25 July 2016


Email: agehrig[at]snac.unimelb.edu.au
Post:
Angela Gehrig,
St Marys Newman Academic Centre
c/o Newman College, 887 Swanston Street
Parkville VIC 3052




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From: Bill Mulligan
Subject: [Fwd: FW: New edition of Dubliners from Broadview Press]
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For the Joyceans among us.

Bill,

This might prove of interest...

One of the first consequences of the end of the James Joyce copyright...

Paddy O'Sullivan

From: Debbie Kerkhof (Broadview Press) [mailto:dkerkhof[at]broadviewpress.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 3:42 PM
To: patrickos[at]blueyonder.co.uk
Subject: New edition of Dubliners from Broadview Press

Dear Professor O’Sullivan,

This is Debbie Kerkhof from Broadview Press. As you may know, Broadview will
soon publish a new edition of Dubliners edited by Keri Walsh, which Michael
Rubenstein has said “will deepen and enliven any reader’s experience of
Joyce’s book”. 

This new edition’s historical appendices include contemporary reviews
(including one by Ezra Pound) and materials on religion, the struggle for
Irish independence, and Dublin’s musical and performance culture.

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interested in adopting the book for a course. Here is an electronic
complimentary copy (below) for your review, and we can happily send a bound
copy upon request.

Dubliners
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To members of the Irish Diaspora Studies List and other Irish historians:

I have, in an advanced state of preparation, an essay on the Fenians in
Belfast and in Ulster, generally, in the 1860s. I presented it last month
to the international conference of the Canadian Association of Irish
Studies. That has been its only public exposure to date.

Given that 2017 is the sesquicentennial of the Fenian rising in Ireland
and of the execution of the Manchester Martyrs, it may be that collections
of essays on the Fenians are in progress. My essay likely would be very
suitable for such publications. It would also be suitable, I think, for
collections of essays on Irish nationalism/republicanism, in general,
and/or on Ulster in the mid-19th century.

I will be grateful if anyone can alert me to any such publications in
planning or in progress, and/or put me in contact with the editors.

Many thanks,

Kerby Miller
Curators Professor Emeritus of History
University of Missouri

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Dear Professor Miller, I wondered if you would be interested in sending your
article to Duiche Neill- Journal of the O'Neill CountryHistorical Soc. I
edited it for a number of years and the current editor is Brian
Gilmore-Maybe I should simply forward your request to him. Just in case you
may not have heard of the Journal- the web site is
www.oneillcountryhistoricalsociety.com. Forgive the patronising - but I know
from your past work that Duiche Neill would be honoured to have either your
entire article or an abstract. In the current NO.23 (2016) there is a brief
article on William John Kelly, a Dungannon Fenian. I am unsure whether or
not Brian Gilmore is on the Irish Diaspora List. With all good wishes and
success in the publication. John McGurk

-----Original Message-----
From: Miller, Kerby A.
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 3:22 PM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Fenians

To members of the Irish Diaspora Studies List and other Irish historians:

I have, in an advanced state of preparation, an essay on the Fenians in
Belfast and in Ulster, generally, in the 1860s. I presented it last month
to the international conference of the Canadian Association of Irish
Studies. That has been its only public exposure to date.

Given that 2017 is the sesquicentennial of the Fenian rising in Ireland
and of the execution of the Manchester Martyrs, it may be that collections
of essays on the Fenians are in progress. My essay likely would be very
suitable for such publications. It would also be suitable, I think, for
collections of essays on Irish nationalism/republicanism, in general,
and/or on Ulster in the mid-19th century.

I will be grateful if anyone can alert me to any such publications in
planning or in progress, and/or put me in contact with the editors.

Many thanks,

Kerby Miller
Curators Professor Emeritus of History
University of Missouri

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From H-Atlantic



Call for Papers: Heritages of Migration: Moving Objects, Stories and Home
by Mike Robinson
*International Conference Announcement and Call for Papers*

*Heritages of Migration: Moving Objects, Stories and Home*

6 – 10 April 2017

National Museum of Immigration

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Call for papers deadline: 14 October 2016

www.heritagesofmigration.wordpress.com [1]

 

 

The early colonization of the Americas represented the layering of cultures
and new inscriptions of place. Today we see conceptions of the stability of
‘old world’ that have been challenged by centuries of two-way flows of
people and objects, each engendering new meanings, allowing for new
interpretations of landscape, the production of identities and generating
millions of stories. The emergence of the ‘new world’ in opposition to
the old – in real, imaginary and symbolic terms  – problematizes sense
of place and induces consideration of a ‘placelessness’ as a location for
ideas of home, memory and belonging. This conference looks at the actors and
processes that produce and reconfigure the old world in the new, and the new
world in the old across the Atlantic – north and south – through
constructions of heritage in material and immaterial form.  Its focus is
upon the widely conceived Trans-Atlantic but we also welcome contributions
that focus on the heritages of migration from around the world.

Held at the National Museum of Immigration, Buenos Aires, Argentina – a
country that itself has seen mass immigration – this conference asks:

* What objects and practices do migrants value and carry with them in their
movements between old and new worlds?
* How do people negotiate and renegotiate their “being in the world” in
the framework of migration?
* How is memory enacted through material culture and heritage into new
active domains?
* What stories are told and how are they transmitted within and between
migrant communities  and generations?
* How is the concept of /home/ made meaningful in a mobile world?
* Where do performances of identity “take place” so as to generate new
landscapes of collective memory?
* How do the meanings of place and placelessness change over generations
from an initial migration?

The conference is designed encourage provocative dialogue across the fullest
range of disciplines Thus we welcome papers from academic colleagues in
fields such as anthropology, archaeology, art history, architecture,
business, communication, ethnology, heritage studies, history, geography,
literary studies, media studies, museum studies, popular culture,
postcolonial studies, sociology, tourism, and urban studies.

* Indicative topics of interest to the conference include:
* The heritage of trans-Atlantic encounters – ways and means of crossing
distances
* Performing place and new inscriptions of placelessness
* Migration and urban territories – settlement processes and practices
* Travelling intangible heritages – the rituals, practices, festivals of
home away
* Diasporic heritage communities
* Migrating memories
* Representations of migration/immigration in popular culture

*How to submit an abstract*

Abstracts of 300 words submitted in the conference format should be sent as
soon as possible but no later than October 14 2016. Please click on the link
below to submit your abstract via our online form:
www.universityofbirmingham.submittable.com [2]

If you have any difficulty with the online submission form, or any other
queries, please email Hannah Stretton at Ironbridge[at]contacts.bham.ac.uk [3].

*Organisers: *Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage
(University of Birmingham, UK), Collaborative for Cultural Heritage
Management and Policy (CHAMP, University of Illinois)

*In partnership with:* Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF,
Argentina), UNESCO Chair in Cultural Tourism (Argentina), Museums of
Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (National Museum of Immigration,
Argentina)


[1] http://www.heritagesofmigration.wordpress.com/
[2] http://www.universityofbirmingham.submittable.com/
[3] mailto:Ironbridge[at]contacts.bham.ac.uk
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Subject: Fulbright Postdoctorate in Irish Studies
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The School of Canadian Irish Studies has become the premiere academic
location in Canada for the study of Ireland and the Irish abroad. With six
full-time professors and three fellows, Irish Studies at Concordia promotes
an interdisciplinary engagement of the discipline, annually offering courses
in History, Literature, Language, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Film,
Theatre, Performance, Diaspora Studies, Visual and Material Culture, that
attract more than nine hundred students. Currently, eighteen graduate
students at the MA and PhD levels are working in distinct disciplines or in
interdisciplinary programs. The School is home to the Canadian Journal of
Irish Studies, and each year hosts two resident scholars and approximately
eight visiting speakers from Ireland.


The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in cultivating research in a
given discipline represented by faculty members of the School or in
interdisciplinary research that fosters links between various disciplines.

Preferred candidates will have completed their PhD within the last five
years and are undertaking original research, publishing research findings,
developing and expanding personal research networks, and preparing for
research-intensive careers within and beyond academia.


General Eligibility Requirements


. American Citizenship.

. Must fulfill or have fulfilled all degree requirements for a PhD before
the start date of their award, and not more than 5 years after the conferral
of their terminal degree.

. Concordia University is an English speaking institution, however, some
resource material may be in French. French is not required but would be an
asset.




Award Details


. US$40,000

. Grant length: 9 months (Sep 2017 - May 2018)

. Deadline to apply: August 1, 2016





Benefits of becoming a Fulbright Scholar in Canada:


. Access to world-class universities and research facilities.

. Exceptional comparative research opportunities.

. Eligibility for up to $1,000 for the
Visiting
Scholar Speakers Program.

. Eligibility to apply for up to $4,000 to propose an environmental
initiative in Canada or the United States (
Fulbright
Canada-RBC Eco-
Leadership
Program).

. Eligibility to apply for up to $8,000 to propose a community / social
justice initiative in Canada (
Fulbright Canada-U.S.
Embassy in Ottawa
Community Leadership Program).

. An academic and cultural orientation program in Ottawa.

. Membership in the Fulbright network and the opportunity to develop
long-term research collaborations.

. Sabbatical, leave-of-absence, or retirement pay may be used concurrently
with Fulbright awards.






All awards are subject to the availability of funding, approval by the J.
William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB), and compliance with FFSB
and USG guidelines.





William H. Mulligan, Jr. , PhD

Professor of History

Coordinator, Religious Studies Program

MSU Alumni Association Distinguished Researcher 2012

MSU Board of Regents Award for Teaching Excellence, 2005

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA



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

President, Jackson Purchase Historical Society

President, Chapter 302 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

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From: Matthew Barlow
Subject: Re: Irish Studies at St. Mary's University Twickenham
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Add my name, too, please, Tony.
Matthew Barlow
Assistant Professor,
Department of History
University of North Alabama

> On Jul 18, 2016, at 4:24 AM, Tony Murray =
wrote:
>=20
> Dear friends and colleagues,
>=20
> You may be aware that the MA Irish Studies programme and the Centre =
for
> Irish Studies at St. Mary's University in Twickenham are currently =
under
> threat of closure.
>=20
> Find below my letter of support for colleagues at St. Mary's which =
will
> appear shortly in the Irish Post. Also copied below are similar =
letters
> from Prof. Roy Foster and from Prof. Mary Hickman & Prof. Shaun =
Richards.
>=20
> Please circulate to raise awareness of this matter amongst the wider =
Irish
> Studies community.
>=20
> Thank you.
>=20
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Tony
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Dr. Tony Murray
>=20
> Director, Irish Studies Centre
>=20
> Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
>=20
> London Metropolitan University
>=20
> Tower Building,
>=20
> Holloway Rd
>=20
> London N7 8DB
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Tel: 020 7133 2593
>=20
> =
*http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/faculties/faculty-of-social-sciences-and-human=
ities/people/surnames-k-to-m/tony-murray/
> =
*
>=20
> londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> 15 July 2016
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> I am writing to express my dismay at the stated intention by the =
senior
> management at St. Mary=E2=80=99s University to terminate both the =
Centre for Irish
> Studies and its degree programme in the subject.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> The work of our colleagues at St. Mary=E2=80=99s University has long =
complemented
> our activities here in the Irish Studies Centre at London Metropolitan
> University. The proposed closure of the only remaining degree =
programme in
> Irish Studies in the south of England along with the distinguished =
research
> work of the CIS, especially in recent years under the visionary
> directorship of Prof. Lance Pettitt, is extremely concerning. It would =
be a
> severe blow to Prof. Pettitt and his team, but it would also diminish =
all
> of us who have worked to build and support the profile of Irish =
Studies
> over the last thirty to forty years.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> It is especially regrettable that a move like this seems possible now =
when
> people in Britain require the unique knowledge, expertise and =
perspective
> that Irish Studies can bring to a rapidly changing European and global
> environment, not least in regard to the potential consequences of =
Brexit
> for Anglo-Irish relations.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> The loss of Irish Studies at St. Mary=E2=80=99s would be a deeply =
disturbing
> development and I sincerely hope that the university reconsiders it
> position.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Yours sincerely,
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Dr. Tony Murray
>=20
> Director, Irish Studies Centre
>=20
> London Metropolitan University
>=20
>=20
>=20
> londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> 21 June 2016
>=20
> I find it both shocking and stupefying that the management at St =
Mary=E2=80=99s has
> apparently decided to put an end to the long-lived and distinguished
> tradition of Irish studies there, by suspending the successful MA in =
Irish
> Studies and effectively withdrawing support from the Centre of Irish
> Studies. The university has maintained a distinguished record in the =
field
> for decades, boosted in recent years by the appointment of Lance =
Pettit as
> Director, the longstanding input of Ivan Gibbons, and the imaginative
> recruitment of pioneering scholars such as Professor Mary Hickman to
> professorial research fellowships. I have visited the Centre, lectured
> there, and attended stimulating and high-octane symposia organised by =
its
> staff. It also has a distinguished record of producing students and =
winning
> grant-aided support, notably from the Irish Government, as well as
> encouraging research in new growth-areas such as film studies and =
diasporic
> patterns. With Oxford and Liverpool, St Mary=E2=80=99s is one of the =
higher
> education institutions that has kept up a consistent strength in Irish
> studies, a subject of great interest for students at undergraduate and
> postgraduate level- especially those based in London. The study of =
Irish
> society and culture, and the country=E2=80=99s ancient and complex =
relationship
> with Britain, has been increasingly relevant through the past decades, =
and
> never more so than at the present moment. For the university to =
wilfully
> cut off this area of strength and potential seems extraordinarily
> counter-productive, at a time when demand is high and other =
institutions of
> higher education (including my own) are putting resources firmly into =
this
> subject as an intellectual growth area. It is also a cavalier and =
unjust
> way to treat distinguished and hardworking academics. They, and the
> subject, deserve better.
>=20
> Yours sincerely
>=20
>=20
> R.F. Foster
>=20
> Carroll Professor of Irish History
>=20
> Hertford College, Oxford
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> The end of the Centre for Irish Studies (CIS) at St Mary=E2=80=99s?
>=20
> Following a decision made by senior management the MA Irish Studies at =
St
> Mary=E2=80=99s University will not be recruiting a new cohort of =
students for
> September 2016. The University has further decided not to include the
> Centre for Irish Studies in its plans for strategic development for
> 2016/17, deciding to back Bioethics (CBET), Human Slavery and the =
Benedict
> Centre for Religion and society amongst others. The contracts of the =
four
> Research Fellows have all come to the end of their term this year and =
they
> have been made redundant. The contract of the Director of the Centre =
ends
> in July and it too will not be renewed. Ivan Gibbons is retiring after
> seven years service at the end of August.
>=20
> CIS has been in existence since 1991 when the BA Irish Studies degree
> began. The University has long had links with Ireland since its =
inception
> in 1850. While the current MA students will be =E2=80=9Ctaught out=E2=80=
=9D, London will
> not have a university-backed centre for research and postgraduate =
teaching
> in Irish Studies for the first time in a generation, despite the =
capital
> being home to the largest Irish community in Britain.
>=20
> It is deeply ironic that this decision has been taken in 2016 after =
all the
> renewal of relations between Britain and Ireland so far this century,
> including reciprocal Head of State visits. The cultural and social =
analysis
> and understanding that is provided by =E2=80=98Irish Studies=E2=80=99 =
is needed now more
> than ever as the relations between the UK and Ireland are tested, and =
the
> political nature of these islands is being recast internally and =
within
> Europe.
>=20
> The University decision has been taken despite the CIS distinguishing
> itself in many ways in the past five years. For the record, it is the =
only
> such centre at St Mary=E2=80=99s to have been part of an AHRC research =
network
> grant (2015-17 Irish modernisms); CIS staff won British Academy grants =
(one
> grant being the largest single amount in the School of Arts and =
Humanities
> in 2014-16, on the Irish diaspora ); as a small, new unit of =
assessment
> (U36) in the 2014 REF submission it achieved highly and out performed =
other
> more established units in areas of its submission (60% 4* and 3* =
weighted
> overall); MA graduates have gone on to PhD study and we had two PhD
> completions and two current part time students have recently =
successfully
> completed MPhil/PhD transfers within the past 6months; a succession of
> Culture Ireland grants, delivered a vibrant programme of pubic =
engagement
> and impact projects that took Irish Studies to Luton and Leeds, and =
from
> Brazil and to the Bronx; it ran and developed an increasingly popular =
set
> of community language programmes (with 38 students in 2015/16), funded =
by
> the Irish Government, recognized annually at the Embassy and most =
recently
> (May 2016) CIS successfully applied for 3 year, funded programme from =
the
> Irish government=E2=80=99s An Roinn Arts, Culture and Gaeltacht to =
develop the
> Irish language worth =E2=82=AC104,000.
>=20
> CIS worked in partnership with the Irish Cultural Centre (ICC) in
> Hammersmith, the APPG in Parliament on an annual lecture series, with =
the
> Irish Literary Society likewise and undertook research and =
publications
> with the Irish Film Institute in Dublin and the theatre company Cia
> Ludens/University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Other colleagues gave =
invited
> lectures in India in November 2015. In September 2015, CIS hosted the
> British Association of Irish Studies annual conference, in January =
2016 it
> worked with the ICC to host a conference on Trauma and the Troubles, =
and in
>=20
> January the University also had the vision to appoint Prof McAleese as =
a
> Visiting Professorship with significant Irish input, teaching and =
public
> engagement.
>=20
> All this is now being jettisoned.
>=20
> Prof. Mary J. Hickman
> Prof. Shaun Richards
> Former Professorial Research Fellows St Mary=E2=80=99s University, =
Twickenham
>=20
> 4 July 2016
>=20
> --=20
> London Metropolitan University is a limited company registered in =
England=20
> and Wales with registered number 974438 and VAT registered number GB =
447=20
> 2190 51. Our registered office is at 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 =
8DB.=20
> London Metropolitan University is an exempt charity under the =
Charities Act=20
> 2011. Its registration number with HMRC is X6880.

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Tony Murray
Subject: Irish Studies at St. Mary's University Twickenham
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Dear friends and colleagues,

You may be aware that the MA Irish Studies programme and the Centre for
Irish Studies at St. Mary's University in Twickenham are currently under
threat of closure.

Find below my letter of support for colleagues at St. Mary's which will
appear shortly in the Irish Post. Also copied below are similar letters
from Prof. Roy Foster and from Prof. Mary Hickman & Prof. Shaun Richards.

Please circulate to raise awareness of this matter amongst the wider Irish
Studies community.

Thank you.


Regards,

Tony



Dr. Tony Murray

Director, Irish Studies Centre

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

London Metropolitan University

Tower Building,

Holloway Rd

London N7 8DB



Tel: 020 7133 2593

*http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/faculties/faculty-of-social-sciences-and-humani=
ties/people/surnames-k-to-m/tony-murray/
*

londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre






15 July 2016





I am writing to express my dismay at the stated intention by the senior
management at St. Mary=E2=80=99s University to terminate both the Centre fo=
r Irish
Studies and its degree programme in the subject.



The work of our colleagues at St. Mary=E2=80=99s University has long comple=
mented
our activities here in the Irish Studies Centre at London Metropolitan
University. The proposed closure of the only remaining degree programme in
Irish Studies in the south of England along with the distinguished research
work of the CIS, especially in recent years under the visionary
directorship of Prof. Lance Pettitt, is extremely concerning. It would be a
severe blow to Prof. Pettitt and his team, but it would also diminish all
of us who have worked to build and support the profile of Irish Studies
over the last thirty to forty years.



It is especially regrettable that a move like this seems possible now when
people in Britain require the unique knowledge, expertise and perspective
that Irish Studies can bring to a rapidly changing European and global
environment, not least in regard to the potential consequences of Brexit
for Anglo-Irish relations.



The loss of Irish Studies at St. Mary=E2=80=99s would be a deeply disturbin=
g
development and I sincerely hope that the university reconsiders it
position.



Yours sincerely,





Dr. Tony Murray

Director, Irish Studies Centre

London Metropolitan University



londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre







21 June 2016

I find it both shocking and stupefying that the management at St Mary=E2=80=
=99s has
apparently decided to put an end to the long-lived and distinguished
tradition of Irish studies there, by suspending the successful MA in Irish
Studies and effectively withdrawing support from the Centre of Irish
Studies. The university has maintained a distinguished record in the field
for decades, boosted in recent years by the appointment of Lance Pettit as
Director, the longstanding input of Ivan Gibbons, and the imaginative
recruitment of pioneering scholars such as Professor Mary Hickman to
professorial research fellowships. I have visited the Centre, lectured
there, and attended stimulating and high-octane symposia organised by its
staff. It also has a distinguished record of producing students and winning
grant-aided support, notably from the Irish Government, as well as
encouraging research in new growth-areas such as film studies and diasporic
patterns. With Oxford and Liverpool, St Mary=E2=80=99s is one of the higher
education institutions that has kept up a consistent strength in Irish
studies, a subject of great interest for students at undergraduate and
postgraduate level- especially those based in London. The study of Irish
society and culture, and the country=E2=80=99s ancient and complex relation=
ship
with Britain, has been increasingly relevant through the past decades, and
never more so than at the present moment. For the university to wilfully
cut off this area of strength and potential seems extraordinarily
counter-productive, at a time when demand is high and other institutions of
higher education (including my own) are putting resources firmly into this
subject as an intellectual growth area. It is also a cavalier and unjust
way to treat distinguished and hardworking academics. They, and the
subject, deserve better.

Yours sincerely


R.F. Foster

Carroll Professor of Irish History

Hertford College, Oxford





The end of the Centre for Irish Studies (CIS) at St Mary=E2=80=99s?

Following a decision made by senior management the MA Irish Studies at St
Mary=E2=80=99s University will not be recruiting a new cohort of students f=
or
September 2016. The University has further decided not to include the
Centre for Irish Studies in its plans for strategic development for
2016/17, deciding to back Bioethics (CBET), Human Slavery and the Benedict
Centre for Religion and society amongst others. The contracts of the four
Research Fellows have all come to the end of their term this year and they
have been made redundant. The contract of the Director of the Centre ends
in July and it too will not be renewed. Ivan Gibbons is retiring after
seven years service at the end of August.

CIS has been in existence since 1991 when the BA Irish Studies degree
began. The University has long had links with Ireland since its inception
in 1850. While the current MA students will be =E2=80=9Ctaught out=E2=80=9D=
, London will
not have a university-backed centre for research and postgraduate teaching
in Irish Studies for the first time in a generation, despite the capital
being home to the largest Irish community in Britain.

It is deeply ironic that this decision has been taken in 2016 after all the
renewal of relations between Britain and Ireland so far this century,
including reciprocal Head of State visits. The cultural and social analysis
and understanding that is provided by =E2=80=98Irish Studies=E2=80=99 is ne=
eded now more
than ever as the relations between the UK and Ireland are tested, and the
political nature of these islands is being recast internally and within
Europe.

The University decision has been taken despite the CIS distinguishing
itself in many ways in the past five years. For the record, it is the only
such centre at St Mary=E2=80=99s to have been part of an AHRC research netw=
ork
grant (2015-17 Irish modernisms); CIS staff won British Academy grants (one
grant being the largest single amount in the School of Arts and Humanities
in 2014-16, on the Irish diaspora ); as a small, new unit of assessment
(U36) in the 2014 REF submission it achieved highly and out performed other
more established units in areas of its submission (60% 4* and 3* weighted
overall); MA graduates have gone on to PhD study and we had two PhD
completions and two current part time students have recently successfully
completed MPhil/PhD transfers within the past 6months; a succession of
Culture Ireland grants, delivered a vibrant programme of pubic engagement
and impact projects that took Irish Studies to Luton and Leeds, and from
Brazil and to the Bronx; it ran and developed an increasingly popular set
of community language programmes (with 38 students in 2015/16), funded by
the Irish Government, recognized annually at the Embassy and most recently
(May 2016) CIS successfully applied for 3 year, funded programme from the
Irish government=E2=80=99s An Roinn Arts, Culture and Gaeltacht to develop =
the
Irish language worth =E2=82=AC104,000.

CIS worked in partnership with the Irish Cultural Centre (ICC) in
Hammersmith, the APPG in Parliament on an annual lecture series, with the
Irish Literary Society likewise and undertook research and publications
with the Irish Film Institute in Dublin and the theatre company Cia
Ludens/University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Other colleagues gave invited
lectures in India in November 2015. In September 2015, CIS hosted the
British Association of Irish Studies annual conference, in January 2016 it
worked with the ICC to host a conference on Trauma and the Troubles, and in

January the University also had the vision to appoint Prof McAleese as a
Visiting Professorship with significant Irish input, teaching and public
engagement.

All this is now being jettisoned.

Prof. Mary J. Hickman
Prof. Shaun Richards
Former Professorial Research Fellows St Mary=E2=80=99s University, Twickenh=
am

4 July 2016

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From: William Jenkins
Subject: Re: Irish Studies at St. Mary's University Twickenham
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Dear Tony

I=E2=80=99d like to echo what others have written, in terms of adding my =
name to a letter/petition on behalf of the Centre, or sending a letter =
directly.

All the best,

William

-------------------------
Dr. William Jenkins
Associate Professor, Geography
Member, Graduate Programs in Geography and History
York University
4700 Keele St.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M3J 1P3

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Latest book: Between Raid and Rebellion: the Irish in Buffalo and =
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> On Jul 18, 2016, at 10:14 AM, Miller, Kerby A. =
wrote:
>=20
> Dear Tony,
>=20
> As others have also requested, feel free to add my name to any letter =
or petition on behalf of the Centre for Irish Studies at St. Mary=E2=80=99=
s University. Or, if you inform me to whom I should write, I will send =
a letter directly.
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Kerby Miller
> Curators=E2=80=99 Professor Emeritus of History
> University of Missouri
>=20
> On 7/18/16, 4:24 AM, "The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of =
Tony Murray" =
wrote:
>=20
>> Dear friends and colleagues,
>>=20
>> You may be aware that the MA Irish Studies programme and the Centre =
for
>> Irish Studies at St. Mary's University in Twickenham are currently =
under
>> threat of closure.
>>=20
>> Find below my letter of support for colleagues at St. Mary's which =
will
>> appear shortly in the Irish Post. Also copied below are similar =
letters
>> from Prof. Roy Foster and from Prof. Mary Hickman & Prof. Shaun =
Richards.
>>=20
>> Please circulate to raise awareness of this matter amongst the wider =
Irish
>> Studies community.
>>=20
>> Thank you.
>>=20
>>=20
>> Regards,
>>=20
>> Tony
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Dr. Tony Murray
>>=20
>> Director, Irish Studies Centre
>>=20
>> Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
>>=20
>> London Metropolitan University
>>=20
>> Tower Building,
>>=20
>> Holloway Rd
>>=20
>> London N7 8DB
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Tel: 020 7133 2593
>>=20
>> =
*http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/faculties/faculty-of-social-sciences-and-human=
ities/people/surnames-k-to-m/tony-murray/
>> =
*
>>=20
>> londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> 15 July 2016
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> I am writing to express my dismay at the stated intention by the =
senior
>> management at St. Mary=E2=80=99s University to terminate both the =
Centre for Irish
>> Studies and its degree programme in the subject.
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> The work of our colleagues at St. Mary=E2=80=99s University has long =
complemented
>> our activities here in the Irish Studies Centre at London =
Metropolitan
>> University. The proposed closure of the only remaining degree =
programme in
>> Irish Studies in the south of England along with the distinguished =
research
>> work of the CIS, especially in recent years under the visionary
>> directorship of Prof. Lance Pettitt, is extremely concerning. It =
would be a
>> severe blow to Prof. Pettitt and his team, but it would also diminish =
all
>> of us who have worked to build and support the profile of Irish =
Studies
>> over the last thirty to forty years.
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> It is especially regrettable that a move like this seems possible now =
when
>> people in Britain require the unique knowledge, expertise and =
perspective
>> that Irish Studies can bring to a rapidly changing European and =
global
>> environment, not least in regard to the potential consequences of =
Brexit
>> for Anglo-Irish relations.
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> The loss of Irish Studies at St. Mary=E2=80=99s would be a deeply =
disturbing
>> development and I sincerely hope that the university reconsiders it
>> position.
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Yours sincerely,
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Dr. Tony Murray
>>=20
>> Director, Irish Studies Centre
>>=20
>> London Metropolitan University
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> 21 June 2016
>>=20
>> I find it both shocking and stupefying that the management at St =
Mary=E2=80=99s has
>> apparently decided to put an end to the long-lived and distinguished
>> tradition of Irish studies there, by suspending the successful MA in =
Irish
>> Studies and effectively withdrawing support from the Centre of Irish
>> Studies. The university has maintained a distinguished record in the =
field
>> for decades, boosted in recent years by the appointment of Lance =
Pettit as
>> Director, the longstanding input of Ivan Gibbons, and the imaginative
>> recruitment of pioneering scholars such as Professor Mary Hickman to
>> professorial research fellowships. I have visited the Centre, =
lectured
>> there, and attended stimulating and high-octane symposia organised by =
its
>> staff. It also has a distinguished record of producing students and =
winning
>> grant-aided support, notably from the Irish Government, as well as
>> encouraging research in new growth-areas such as film studies and =
diasporic
>> patterns. With Oxford and Liverpool, St Mary=E2=80=99s is one of the =
higher
>> education institutions that has kept up a consistent strength in =
Irish
>> studies, a subject of great interest for students at undergraduate =
and
>> postgraduate level- especially those based in London. The study of =
Irish
>> society and culture, and the country=E2=80=99s ancient and complex =
relationship
>> with Britain, has been increasingly relevant through the past =
decades, and
>> never more so than at the present moment. For the university to =
wilfully
>> cut off this area of strength and potential seems extraordinarily
>> counter-productive, at a time when demand is high and other =
institutions of
>> higher education (including my own) are putting resources firmly into =
this
>> subject as an intellectual growth area. It is also a cavalier and =
unjust
>> way to treat distinguished and hardworking academics. They, and the
>> subject, deserve better.
>>=20
>> Yours sincerely
>>=20
>>=20
>> R.F. Foster
>>=20
>> Carroll Professor of Irish History
>>=20
>> Hertford College, Oxford
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> The end of the Centre for Irish Studies (CIS) at St Mary=E2=80=99s?
>>=20
>> Following a decision made by senior management the MA Irish Studies =
at St
>> Mary=E2=80=99s University will not be recruiting a new cohort of =
students for
>> September 2016. The University has further decided not to include the
>> Centre for Irish Studies in its plans for strategic development for
>> 2016/17, deciding to back Bioethics (CBET), Human Slavery and the =
Benedict
>> Centre for Religion and society amongst others. The contracts of the =
four
>> Research Fellows have all come to the end of their term this year and =
they
>> have been made redundant. The contract of the Director of the Centre =
ends
>> in July and it too will not be renewed. Ivan Gibbons is retiring =
after
>> seven years service at the end of August.
>>=20
>> CIS has been in existence since 1991 when the BA Irish Studies degree
>> began. The University has long had links with Ireland since its =
inception
>> in 1850. While the current MA students will be =E2=80=9Ctaught =
out=E2=80=9D, London will
>> not have a university-backed centre for research and postgraduate =
teaching
>> in Irish Studies for the first time in a generation, despite the =
capital
>> being home to the largest Irish community in Britain.
>>=20
>> It is deeply ironic that this decision has been taken in 2016 after =
all the
>> renewal of relations between Britain and Ireland so far this century,
>> including reciprocal Head of State visits. The cultural and social =
analysis
>> and understanding that is provided by =E2=80=98Irish Studies=E2=80=99 =
is needed now more
>> than ever as the relations between the UK and Ireland are tested, and =
the
>> political nature of these islands is being recast internally and =
within
>> Europe.
>>=20
>> The University decision has been taken despite the CIS distinguishing
>> itself in many ways in the past five years. For the record, it is the =
only
>> such centre at St Mary=E2=80=99s to have been part of an AHRC =
research network
>> grant (2015-17 Irish modernisms); CIS staff won British Academy =
grants (one
>> grant being the largest single amount in the School of Arts and =
Humanities
>> in 2014-16, on the Irish diaspora ); as a small, new unit of =
assessment
>> (U36) in the 2014 REF submission it achieved highly and out performed =
other
>> more established units in areas of its submission (60% 4* and 3* =
weighted
>> overall); MA graduates have gone on to PhD study and we had two PhD
>> completions and two current part time students have recently =
successfully
>> completed MPhil/PhD transfers within the past 6months; a succession =
of
>> Culture Ireland grants, delivered a vibrant programme of pubic =
engagement
>> and impact projects that took Irish Studies to Luton and Leeds, and =
from
>> Brazil and to the Bronx; it ran and developed an increasingly popular =
set
>> of community language programmes (with 38 students in 2015/16), =
funded by
>> the Irish Government, recognized annually at the Embassy and most =
recently
>> (May 2016) CIS successfully applied for 3 year, funded programme from =
the
>> Irish government=E2=80=99s An Roinn Arts, Culture and Gaeltacht to =
develop the
>> Irish language worth =E2=82=AC104,000.
>>=20
>> CIS worked in partnership with the Irish Cultural Centre (ICC) in
>> Hammersmith, the APPG in Parliament on an annual lecture series, with =
the
>> Irish Literary Society likewise and undertook research and =
publications
>> with the Irish Film Institute in Dublin and the theatre company Cia
>> Ludens/University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Other colleagues gave =
invited
>> lectures in India in November 2015. In September 2015, CIS hosted the
>> British Association of Irish Studies annual conference, in January =
2016 it
>> worked with the ICC to host a conference on Trauma and the Troubles, =
and in
>>=20
>> January the University also had the vision to appoint Prof McAleese =
as a
>> Visiting Professorship with significant Irish input, teaching and =
public
>> engagement.
>>=20
>> All this is now being jettisoned.
>>=20
>> Prof. Mary J. Hickman
>> Prof. Shaun Richards
>> Former Professorial Research Fellows St Mary=E2=80=99s University, =
Twickenham
>>=20
>> 4 July 2016
>>=20
>> --=20
>> London Metropolitan University is a limited company registered in =
England=20
>> and Wales with registered number 974438 and VAT registered number GB =
447=20
>> 2190 51. Our registered office is at 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 =
8DB.=20
>> London Metropolitan University is an exempt charity under the =
Charities Act=20
>> 2011. Its registration number with HMRC is X6880.
>=20
>=20

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: "David A. Wilson"
Subject: Re: Irish Studies at St. Mary's University Twickenham
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Please add my name to any letter or petition. Best, David


On 2016-07-18 5:24 AM, Tony Murray wrote:
> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
> You may be aware that the MA Irish Studies programme and the Centre for
> Irish Studies at St. Mary's University in Twickenham are currently unde=
r
> threat of closure.
>
> Find below my letter of support for colleagues at St. Mary's which will
> appear shortly in the Irish Post. Also copied below are similar letters
> from Prof. Roy Foster and from Prof. Mary Hickman & Prof. Shaun Richard=
s.
>
> Please circulate to raise awareness of this matter amongst the wider Ir=
ish
> Studies community.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> Dr. Tony Murray
>
> Director, Irish Studies Centre
>
> Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
>
> London Metropolitan University
>
> Tower Building,
>
> Holloway Rd
>
> London N7 8DB
>
>
>
> Tel: 020 7133 2593
>
> *http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/faculties/faculty-of-social-sciences-and-hu=
manities/people/surnames-k-to-m/tony-murray/
> *
>
> londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 15 July 2016
>
>
>
>
>
> I am writing to express my dismay at the stated intention by the senior
> management at St. Mary=E2=80=99s University to terminate both the Centr=
e for Irish
> Studies and its degree programme in the subject.
>
>
>
> The work of our colleagues at St. Mary=E2=80=99s University has long co=
mplemented
> our activities here in the Irish Studies Centre at London Metropolitan
> University. The proposed closure of the only remaining degree programme=
in
> Irish Studies in the south of England along with the distinguished rese=
arch
> work of the CIS, especially in recent years under the visionary
> directorship of Prof. Lance Pettitt, is extremely concerning. It would =
be a
> severe blow to Prof. Pettitt and his team, but it would also diminish a=
ll
> of us who have worked to build and support the profile of Irish Studies
> over the last thirty to forty years.
>
>
>
> It is especially regrettable that a move like this seems possible now w=
hen
> people in Britain require the unique knowledge, expertise and perspecti=
ve
> that Irish Studies can bring to a rapidly changing European and global
> environment, not least in regard to the potential consequences of Brexi=
t
> for Anglo-Irish relations.
>
>
>
> The loss of Irish Studies at St. Mary=E2=80=99s would be a deeply distu=
rbing
> development and I sincerely hope that the university reconsiders it
> position.
>
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Tony Murray
>
> Director, Irish Studies Centre
>
> London Metropolitan University
>
>
>
> londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 21 June 2016
>
> I find it both shocking and stupefying that the management at St Mary=E2=
=80=99s has
> apparently decided to put an end to the long-lived and distinguished
> tradition of Irish studies there, by suspending the successful MA in Ir=
ish
> Studies and effectively withdrawing support from the Centre of Irish
> Studies. The university has maintained a distinguished record in the fi=
eld
> for decades, boosted in recent years by the appointment of Lance Pettit=
as
> Director, the longstanding input of Ivan Gibbons, and the imaginative
> recruitment of pioneering scholars such as Professor Mary Hickman to
> professorial research fellowships. I have visited the Centre, lectured
> there, and attended stimulating and high-octane symposia organised by i=
ts
> staff. It also has a distinguished record of producing students and win=
ning
> grant-aided support, notably from the Irish Government, as well as
> encouraging research in new growth-areas such as film studies and diasp=
oric
> patterns. With Oxford and Liverpool, St Mary=E2=80=99s is one of the hi=
gher
> education institutions that has kept up a consistent strength in Irish
> studies, a subject of great interest for students at undergraduate and
> postgraduate level- especially those based in London. The study of Iris=
h
> society and culture, and the country=E2=80=99s ancient and complex rela=
tionship
> with Britain, has been increasingly relevant through the past decades, =
and
> never more so than at the present moment. For the university to wilfull=
y
> cut off this area of strength and potential seems extraordinarily
> counter-productive, at a time when demand is high and other institution=
s of
> higher education (including my own) are putting resources firmly into t=
his
> subject as an intellectual growth area. It is also a cavalier and unjus=
t
> way to treat distinguished and hardworking academics. They, and the
> subject, deserve better.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
>
> R.F. Foster
>
> Carroll Professor of Irish History
>
> Hertford College, Oxford
>
>
>
>
>
> The end of the Centre for Irish Studies (CIS) at St Mary=E2=80=99s?
>
> Following a decision made by senior management the MA Irish Studies at =
St
> Mary=E2=80=99s University will not be recruiting a new cohort of studen=
ts for
> September 2016. The University has further decided not to include the
> Centre for Irish Studies in its plans for strategic development for
> 2016/17, deciding to back Bioethics (CBET), Human Slavery and the Bened=
ict
> Centre for Religion and society amongst others. The contracts of the fo=
ur
> Research Fellows have all come to the end of their term this year and t=
hey
> have been made redundant. The contract of the Director of the Centre en=
ds
> in July and it too will not be renewed. Ivan Gibbons is retiring after
> seven years service at the end of August.
>
> CIS has been in existence since 1991 when the BA Irish Studies degree
> began. The University has long had links with Ireland since its incepti=
on
> in 1850. While the current MA students will be =E2=80=9Ctaught out=E2=80=
=9D, London will
> not have a university-backed centre for research and postgraduate teach=
ing
> in Irish Studies for the first time in a generation, despite the capita=
l
> being home to the largest Irish community in Britain.
>
> It is deeply ironic that this decision has been taken in 2016 after all=
the
> renewal of relations between Britain and Ireland so far this century,
> including reciprocal Head of State visits. The cultural and social anal=
ysis
> and understanding that is provided by =E2=80=98Irish Studies=E2=80=99 i=
s needed now more
> than ever as the relations between the UK and Ireland are tested, and t=
he
> political nature of these islands is being recast internally and within
> Europe.
>
> The University decision has been taken despite the CIS distinguishing
> itself in many ways in the past five years. For the record, it is the o=
nly
> such centre at St Mary=E2=80=99s to have been part of an AHRC research =
network
> grant (2015-17 Irish modernisms); CIS staff won British Academy grants =
(one
> grant being the largest single amount in the School of Arts and Humanit=
ies
> in 2014-16, on the Irish diaspora ); as a small, new unit of assessment
> (U36) in the 2014 REF submission it achieved highly and out performed o=
ther
> more established units in areas of its submission (60% 4* and 3* weight=
ed
> overall); MA graduates have gone on to PhD study and we had two PhD
> completions and two current part time students have recently successful=
ly
> completed MPhil/PhD transfers within the past 6months; a succession of
> Culture Ireland grants, delivered a vibrant programme of pubic engageme=
nt
> and impact projects that took Irish Studies to Luton and Leeds, and fro=
m
> Brazil and to the Bronx; it ran and developed an increasingly popular s=
et
> of community language programmes (with 38 students in 2015/16), funded =
by
> the Irish Government, recognized annually at the Embassy and most recen=
tly
> (May 2016) CIS successfully applied for 3 year, funded programme from t=
he
> Irish government=E2=80=99s An Roinn Arts, Culture and Gaeltacht to deve=
lop the
> Irish language worth =E2=82=AC104,000.
>
> CIS worked in partnership with the Irish Cultural Centre (ICC) in
> Hammersmith, the APPG in Parliament on an annual lecture series, with t=
he
> Irish Literary Society likewise and undertook research and publications
> with the Irish Film Institute in Dublin and the theatre company Cia
> Ludens/University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Other colleagues gave invited
> lectures in India in November 2015. In September 2015, CIS hosted the
> British Association of Irish Studies annual conference, in January 2016=
it
> worked with the ICC to host a conference on Trauma and the Troubles, an=
d in
>
> January the University also had the vision to appoint Prof McAleese as =
a
> Visiting Professorship with significant Irish input, teaching and publi=
c
> engagement.
>
> All this is now being jettisoned.
>
> Prof. Mary J. Hickman
> Prof. Shaun Richards
> Former Professorial Research Fellows St Mary=E2=80=99s University, Twic=
kenham
>
> 4 July 2016
>

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