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From: Patrick Maume
I think Bennett has mixed up the 1641 Islandmagee massacre of Irish
Catholics by Scots settlers with the Rathlin Island massacre (of Scots
Catholic islanders by Englsih troops) which took place in the Elizabethan
period.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:

> In Saturday's Guardian...
>
> God's Executioner
> Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland
> by Miche=E1l =D3 Siochr=FA
> Faber
>
> Brute force
> Ronan Bennett applauds a trenchant study of Cromwell's Irish exploits
>
> * Ronan Bennett
> * The Guardian,
> * Saturday September 20 2008
>
> It is beyond the scope of Miche=E1l =D3 Siochr=FA's excellent book to exp=
lore in
> detail the impact of Cromwell's legacy on modern Irish politics. However,
> he
> does provide a telling anecdote: in 1997 Robin Cook, the newly appointed
> foreign secretary, received a courtesy visit from Bertie Ahern, the Irish
> taoiseach. On entering the office, the Irishman immediately walked out
> again, refusing to return until Cook took down from the wall a picture "o=
f
> that murdering bastard" Cromwell.
>
> Cook was unusual among New Labour grandees in that he had a genuine sense
> of
> the historical, but he probably never thought much about Cromwell in
> Ireland. Over the years, I have often been dismayed by my leftwing Englis=
h
> friends' sympathy for Cromwell's cause. They tend to see him as a radical
> hero of the English civil war, politically flawed to be sure, especially
> when he sided with the propertied elite during the Putney debates, but
> without whose military genius and political vision the revolution of 1649
> would not have been possible...
>
> ... I don't see how Cromwell's reputation can survive this important book=
.
> =D3
> Siochr=FA's calm and forensic reconstruction of events at Drogheda and
> Wexford
> show "the greatest Englishman of all time" to have been a pitiless mass
> murderer. I will be sending it to English friends this Christmas, along
> with
> a card inviting them to join a campaign to have Cromwell's statue outside
> parliament pulled down, cut up and chucked into the Irish Sea.
>
> Full text at
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/20/history
>

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Inaugural
John Kennedy CBE KSG KMCO DL Lecture in Irish Studies

by

Dr Kevin McNamara
Former Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1987-1994

on

'Why don't they all go away? -
Aspects of British Labour Policy Towards Northern Ireland, 1964 - 1970'

at

6.00 p.m., Wednesday 8th October 2008

in

The Eleanor Rathbone Theatre
Eleanor Rathbone Building
Bedford Street South
Liverpool L69 7ZA.



Further Information:
Dorothy Lynch
Tel: 0151 794 3837
Email: dorothy[at]liv.ac.uk

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I was gossiping with Bill Rolston the other day.

He mentioned that he was 'downsizing', as we all are, and we discussed the
problems that this brings to us.

Some years ago Bill researched the field that has become known as
'"Troubles" Fiction', novels of the conflicts in Northern Ireland. He
scoured second-hand bookshops. He how has about 250 such novels, ranging,
he says, from the sublime - Brian Moore, Deirdre Madden - to pulp fiction.

So, Bill can possibly sell this collection back to the second-hand shops.

But it seemed to me that - rather than see the collection broken up - an
Irish Studies course somewhere might regard this book collection as a useful
resource. It inhabits that field where 'Irish Studies' is strongest, where
history and literature interconnect (literature loosely defined...) If
anyone is interested, contact Bill Rolston directly and negotiate a price.

WJ Rolston [mailto:wj.rolston[at]ulster.ac.uk]

Paddy O'Sullivan

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Forwarded on behalf of
Professor Roger Swift at r.swift[at]chester.ac.uk

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
CENTRE FOR VICTORIAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER


THE GLADSTONE BICENTENARY
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2009

In July 2009 the Centre for Victorian Studies at the University of Chester,
in association with St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden,
will host an international conference to mark the bicentenary of the birth
of William Ewart Gladstone (on 29 December 1809 in
Rodney Street, Liverpool). The conference, which complements a similar
international event held at Chester in 1998 to mark the
centenary of Gladstone's death, will provide scholars with an opportunity to
explore, within a broad multi-disciplinary framework,
a variety of aspects of Gladstone's life and work, both public and private,
bringing together political and cultural themes in an
atmosphere of debate and cross-fertilization. Speakers will include Asa
Briggs, David Bebbington (Stirling), Paul Bew (Queen's,
Belfast), Eugenio Biagini (Robinson, Cambridge), Jonathan Conlin
(Southampton), C. Brad Faught (Toronto), Richard Gaunt
(Nottingham), Lawrence Goldman (St Peter's, Oxford), Joseph Meisel (Mellon
Foundation, New York), Denis Paz (North Texas), Roland
Quinault (London Metropolitan), Deryck Schreuder (Sydney), Frank Turner
(Yale) and Ruth Clayton Windscheffel (St Hilda's, Oxford).


Parallel short research paper sessions will form a significant part of the
conference proceedings and offers of papers from
established scholars and postgraduate researchers on any aspect of
Gladstone's life and work will be welcome. A limited number of
bursaries will be available to postgraduate students and it is anticipated
that the conference will have significant published
outcomes. The conference programme will also offer opportunities for
delegates to visit Gladstone's 'Temple of Peace' at Hawarden
or to explore the historic cities of Chester and/or Liverpool.

The conference will commence on the evening of Sunday 5 July and conclude at
mid-afternoon on Wednesday 8 July 2009. For further
details, including a Call for Papers and a Booking Form, see
www.chester.ac.uk/historyandarchaeology/gladstone2009, or contact
Professor Roger Swift at r.swift[at]chester.ac.uk.

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Subject: Conference, Does the Past Matter? Renegotiating the past,
communal identity and multiculturalism in Europe,Galway,
November 2008
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"Does the past matter? Renegotiating the past, communal identity and
multiculturalism in Europe"

13-14 November 2008
Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies
National University of Ireland, Galway

This is an international conference whose objective is to advance a debate
among scholars of various disciplines on the significance of national and
cultural histories and their impact on the project of a new multicultural
Europe. The aim of this seminar is twofold. First, it seeks to address the
issue of negotiating between past and present at both local and national
levels in Europe; secondly, to investigate the influence of this enterprise
on the formation of progressive communal identities.

Contributions from a variety of disciplines are welcome: women and gender
studies, literary and film studies, political science, philosophy, sociology
and history. Proposals for interdisciplinary and comparative papers are
especially welcome. The main questions of the seminar are:

. Does the re-examination of the past contribute to the cohesion or
fragmentation of a community?
. How important is the recovery of the past for postcolonial and
post-totalitarian societies?
. Is reckoning with the past conducive to cultural pluralism?
. Can renegotiation of the past contribute to the inclusion of cultural,
racial and political Others in Europe?
. What ethical considerations does this enterprise raise for the project of
multicultural Europe?
. In what ways does immigration influence our relationship with the national
past?

Keynote Speakers:
Dr Ronit Lentin (Trinity College Dublin)
Mr Kurt Bassuener (Democratization Policy Council)


Organisers:
Kinga Olszewska, email: kinga.olszewska[at]nuigalway.ie
Patrick Lonergan, email: patrick.lonergan[at]nuigalway.ie
Conference: Does the Past Matter? Renegotiating the past, communal identity
and multiculturalism in Europe.

Webpage: http://www.nuigalway.ie/mooreinstitute/news.php?newsItem=9

Contact:
Kinga Olszewska
Moore Institute
National University of Ireland
e-mail: kinga.olszewska[at]nuigalway.ie

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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism - Gender,
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Subject: Final Call for Papers - Gender, Ethnicity and Nationalism

Please distribute this call to your list.=20
Editorial Board - Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism=20

Final Call for Papers =96 Special Issue on Gender
=A0
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a fully-refereed journal published =
in
the Department of Government at the London School of Economics, invites =
the
submission of high-quality interdisciplinary articles on issues =
pertaining
to nationalism, ethnicity and related themes.=A0 Examples of these =
themes
include:
=95 Masculinities and the nation
=95 Gender, war and violence
=95 Nationalism and sexuality
=95 Motherlands and fatherlands
=95 Women and right-wing movements
=95 Gender and ethnicity

The editors are particularly interested in the theme of gender, =
ethnicity
and nationalism for this call.

The editors welcome submissions of work in progress as well as =
contributions
from young professionals, post-docs and lecturers in the early stages of
their career.=A0 SEN especially encourages submissions from PhD =
candidates.=A0
For this call, please ensure your paper reaches us by 15th October 2008 =
via
email (sen[at]lse.ac.uk).=A0 Articles should not exceed 8,000 words =
(including
endnotes and references), and should have a minimum length of 5,500 =
words.=20
For more information and author guidelines, please visit the SEN =
website:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=3D1473-8481

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Forwarded on behalf of
Dr. Eamon Maher,
Director,
National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies

Conference on Catholicism and Public Cultures in Ireland, France, United
Kingdom, and North America=A0=A0=A0=20
June 17-19, 2009

The conference is co-sponsored by the Centre for Public Culture Studies =
at=20
IADT =97Dun Laoghaire, Dublin; the National Centre for Franco-Irish =
Studies at
ITT, Tallaght, Dublin; and The Kucera Center for Catholic Thought at =
Loras
College, Dubuque, Iowa, USA.
=A0
This interdisciplinary conference will be held at IADT, (the Institute =
for
Art, Design, and Technology) at Dun Laoghaire and will investigate the
Catholic Church as institution and as text in the context of Ireland,
France, United Kingdom, and North America.=A0It will focus on the impact =
of
Catholicism, both actual and potential, upon other cultural =
fields,=A0rather
than=A0on the confessional or doctrinal dimensions of Catholicism.=A0 In =
that
regard, the conference will explore the ways in which the framework of
beliefs and practices associated with Catholicism have impacted the =
public
sphere and public cultures in such areas as the relationship between
individuals and the state,=A0 cultural identities and practices, public =
space,
visual cultures (cinema, art, television, new media), popular cultures, =
and
literary representation.=A0=A0Given the breadth of the theme and the =
diversity
of the host institutions, the conference will be open to participants =
from a
wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds and will be cross-cultural in
nature, with a special emphasis upon Ireland, North America, United =
Kingdom,
and France.=A0 Conference papers should be 20 minutes in length. =
Proposals for
papers or panels should be sent by Friday March 21, 2009 as an email
attachment to the following email address:
catholicism.publiccultures[at]iadt.ie=20
=A0
Plenary addresses will be delivered by
Mary Reichardt, Professor of Catholic Studies and Literature, University =
of
St. Thomas, USA;
James Donnelly, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin, =
USA;

Martin MacLoone, Professor of Media Studies, University of Ulster;=20
Daryl Jones, Professor of English, Trinity University, Dublin;=20
Patsy McGarry, columnist and Religious Affairs Correspondent, The Irish
Times.=20
=A0
We anticipate publishing a selection of conference papers as a volume in =
the
Reimagining Ireland series for Peter Lang.=A0=20
=A0
Inquiries should be directed to the conference sponsors at the following
email addresses: Andrew.Auge[at]loras.edu; =A0Paula.Gilligan[at]iadt.ie;=A0
Eamon.Maher[at]ittdublin.ie.=20
=A0
=A0
Dr. Eamon Maher,
Director,
National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies,
ITT Dublin,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24
E-Mail: eamon.maher[at]ittdublin.ie
Phone: + 353 (0)1 4042871
www.it-tallaght.ie/ncfis
=A0

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U.S. Work & Travel

On 24 September 2008, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Miche=E1l =
Martin
T.D., signed a major new agreement with the US Government that will =
enable
Irish citizens to work and travel in the US for up to 12 months. The
agreement reflects not only the close historical and cultural links =
between
Ireland and the United States of America, but also the vibrancy of the
modern economic and commercial relationship between our countries. Click
here to see the Minister's Press Release.

The Agreement contains the following key elements:

The US Government will make available as many as 20,000 visas for Irish
citizens, which will permit them to work and travel in the US for a =
period
of 12 months;

The Irish Government will make available up to 5,000 work authorisations =
for
US citizens, which will permit them to work in Ireland on the same =
basis;

Both US and Irish citizens will be free to secure employment on arrival =
in
each country;

In order to qualify for the programme participants should be either in
post-secondary education or have recently graduated;

This new programme will not effect the operation of the highly =
successful
Student Work and Travel programme which permits students from the US and
Ireland to work and travel for several months every summer. This J1
programme will continue to exist as a separate, more limited programme.

SOURCE
http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=3D73713

Press Release at
http://www.dfa.ie/uploads/documents/Consular/08_09_23%20final%20text%20of=
%20
us%20agreement%20press%20release%20whapress.pdf

Minister Martin emphasised that this initiative is separate to the
Government=92s ongoing campaign to find a solution to our undocumented. =
He
said =93today=92s announcement is just one element in our three pronged =
approach
involving a solution for our undocumented; new bilateral arrangements to
provide reciprocal long term working visas (known as E3s) and the =
Working
Holiday Agreement. Finding a solution for our undocumented remains a =
key
priority for this Government=94.=20

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Dear Colleagues,

I have the pleasure of announcing an
International Seminar about Irish and Galician
women poets which will take place at the
University of Santiago de Compostela, October
16-17, 2008. The programme features, among
others, the Irish poets Kerry Hardie and Celia de
Fr=E9ine, the publisher Jessie Lendennie and the critic Irene Gilsenan =
Nordin.

The Seminar topic is: Creation, Publishing and
Criticism: Galician and Irish Women Poets.

Admission is free and you are all welcome to
attend and participate in the Seminar.

For more information, visit =
http://www.aelg.org/GetActivityById.do?id=3D116

Manuela Palacios (manuela.palacios[at]usc.es)
Depto. Filolox=EDa Inglesa
Facultade de Filolox=EDa
Avda. Castelao s/n
15782 Santiago de Compostela
Spain

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Seoda: A new series of films from the Irish Film Archive to air on TG4

25 Sep 2008 |


Seoda, a new series of films from the Irish Film Archive is currently being
broadcast on TG4. The series features a host of newly-restored gems which
have been selected from thousands of films preserved in the national
collection for their cultural and entertainment value.

The season offers a glimpse of Irish life and times from 1948-1970:
travelling alongside President Kennedy on his 1963 cavalcade visiting
Dublin, Wexford and Galway; a tram journey from Howth in the company of
Cyril Cusack; contrast the bustle of 1950s Dublin (Portrait of Dublin) with
the quietly abandoned village of Crookhaven in Cork; and the renditions of
traditional music keenly observed by Louis Marcus in Flea Ceoil (1957).

The eleven films in the series cover a broad range of topics including
emigration; politics; personal saving; TB; diphtheria; architecture. The
programme themes are deeply rooted in Irish culture, heritage and experience
and many are presented here as Gaeilge.

Introductions to the programmes have been written by Ireland's leading
documentary historian Dr. Harvey O'Brien and are presented in Irish by
highly-respected actor Niall Toibin. The series, produced by the Irish Film
Institute and IFI Curator Sunniva O'Flynn in collaboration with Lotus Films,
is distinguished by the technical excellence of the archival images - all of
the titles have undergone meticulous pictorial and audio restoration from
original film formats using latest transfer technologies.

The series is broadcast each Wednesday at 9pm on TG4 until Wednesday 12th
November. Repeats are on Friday nights from Friday 26th September, and on 7
consecutive Fridays thereafter until Friday 14th November 2008.

IFI Curator, Sunniva O'Flynn said: "Seoda opens a window on the collections
of the Irish Film Archive and provides access for a larger audience than
ever before. The films are guaranteed to fascinate, educate and illuminate".

SOURCE
http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4281524&tpl=archnews&only=1

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Subject: The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics,
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The first issues of Mike Foley's new journal, The Sixties: A Journal of
History, Politics, and Culture, are now available on informaworld.com.

Access to the first issue is free. An interesting read, in the light of my
own post-Sixties idealism.

Note that the first issue includes an interview with Daniel Berrigan and
Frida Berrigan.

Our congratulations to Mike Foley and his colleagues on seeing this venture
to fruition.

P.O'S.

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

From: Michael S. Foley [michael[at]sixtiesjournal.com]

You may recall that we announced plans to publish a new journal, The
Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture, a little over a
year ago. Below, I've pasted a new announcement including information
on the journal's first two issues - with free online access for the
inaugural issue - and an additional call for submissions. Please spread
the word to anyone you think might be interested.
thanks so much,
Mike Foley
Editor

New from Routledge - The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and
Culture

Please see the first issue of The Sixties for FREE online at
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g793750847~db=all


Across the globe, no era in the 20th century has been as celebrated,
contested, and scrutinized as the 1960s. And as we are frequently
reminded - in a parade of books, articles, films, television programs
and exhibitions - the Sixties continue to illuminate our present era.
Now, forty years after the many of the main events of 1960s, Routledge
is delighted to announce the publication of a new, peer-reviewed journal
devoted to grappling with the era's complicated legacy.

Featuring cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge scholarship from academics
and public intellectuals, The Sixties is the only academic journal
devoted to this extraordinary era. In addition to research essays and
book reviews, The Sixties publishes exhibition reviews, conversations,
interviews and graphics.


The inaugural issue includes:

. an editorial statement
. research essays on the Black Panthers in Israel; the Chicano land
grant
movement; and Barnett Newman, abstract art and 1968.
. reviews of "Across the Universe" and the Whitney Museum exhibit on
psychedelia
. a review essay of writings on Mexico in the Sixties
. reviews of books on SNCC, May 68 in France, the Esalen Institute, SDS,
the Welfare Rights movement, Henry Kissinger, Latin American literature
and the Sixties, and more
. an interview with Daniel Berrigan and Frida Berrigan


The upcoming second issue will feature:
. research essays on Nixon's Family Assistance Plan; the historical
origins of the idea of the "liberal media"; Red Cross "Donut Dollies" in
Vietnam; and the National Teacher's Corps.
. a Sixties memoir by Estelle Freedman
. a review essay on the German 1960s by Martin Klimke
. a report on 1968 conferences in the UK and Brazil
. reviews of museum exhibitions on Cuban art and Mexico 1968
. reviews of books on women journalists in Vietnam; Nixonland; Love
Canal; the Whole Earth Catalogue; the Sixties Unplugged;
. David Farber on the Chicago 10 film and Marian Mollin on the Camden
28 film
. a meditation on Albert Hofmann and LSD by Peter Coyote

Subscription information is available on the web site at
www.informaworld.com/thesixties.

The Sixties is Accepting Submissions for Upcoming Issues

The journal takes "the long sixties" (roughly 1954-1975) as its broad
focus, and includes transnational and comparative analyses. To date,
the journal has received disproportionate numbers of submissions from US
scholars on US topics; submissions on non-US topics and from scholars in
South America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa are, therefore,
especially welcome. Editors seek submissions in the following areas:

. Social movements and political protest
. Foreign and domestic policy
. Institutions and international relations
. Decolonization and North-South conflicts
. Women's history, gender history and the history of sexuality
. The experiences of subaltern and sub-national groups
. Intellectual history
. Print culture and electronic media
. Music, literature, film, theater, architecture and the visual arts
. Industry, business and advertising
. Science, technology and ecology
. Crime and punishment

Articles should be no more than 10,000 words (excluding notes) and free
of specialized jargon, with Chicago Humanities referencing and limited
endnotes. Please send submissions electronically to each of the
following addresses: Jeremy[at]sixtiesjournal.com,
Michael[at]sixtiesjournal.com, and
John[at]sixtiesjournal.com.

Ideas for book reviews should be sent to John McMillian
(John[at]sixtiesjournal.com).

The Sixties is edited by Jeremy Varon (Drew University), Michael S.
Foley (City University of New York) and John McMillian (Harvard
University).

Editorial Board: Beth Bailey, Winifred Breines, Marianne DeKoven, David
Farber, Peniel Joseph, Andrew Huebner, Daniel Kane, Martin Klimke,
Felicia Kornbluh, Ian Lekus, Fredrik Logevall, Lorena Oropeza, Jermi
Suri, Rhonda Williams, Patricia Zimmerman.

The Sixties will be published twice a year in print and online (Print
ISSN: 1754-1328; Online ISSN: 1754-1336). Subsequent issue are available
by subscription.



Michael S. Foley
Editor, The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture
www.sixtiesjournal.com

Associate Professor of History,
The College of Staten Island and
The Graduate Center,
The City University of New York

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Hello All,
I was wondering if the list could indulge and enlighten me. A friend =20=

of mine, working on the history of Derry, has come across something I, =20=

as a Canadian find rather remarkable. In the minutes of city council =20=

around the time of the coronation of Edward VII in 1902, a Catholic =20
city councillor expresses his outrage that the poor (Catholic) =20
taxpayers of Derry would be made to pay for the celebrations of the =20
coronation of the new king, something which he more or less dismisses =20=

as a Protestant affair. He goes on to complain that Edward has no =20
love for Catholics, dismissing them as "idolators" and so on. The =20
city councillor expresses his outrage quite clearly and loudly, =20
expressing his disdain as both a Catholic and an Irishman.

Now, to my Canadian ears, this sounds rather remarkable and rather =20
incendiary as an anti-monarchical statement. It is one thing to not =20
want the British colonialists around, it's another to personally =20
criticise the monarch. The only example I could think of this in =20
Canadian history, at least, was during the 1837 Rebellion in Lower =20
Canada, wherein rebels referred to the newly crowned Queen Victoria as =20=

a "whore."

Can anyone point me to sources on such anti-royalist sentiment in =20
Ireland, or, for that matter, anywhere in the British Empire in the =20
early 20th century?

Many thanks,
Matthew Barlow

PhD Candidate &
Sessional Instructor
Department of History
Concordia University
Montr=E9al (QC)

&

Faculty,
Department of History & Classics
John Abbott College
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (QC)=

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Irish Fulbright Awards 2009 - 2010
Call for Applications
Fulbright Scholar Award in Irish Historical Studies

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 5TH DECEMBER 2008

This award is co-sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs in
conjunction with the Western Institute of Irish Studies. The award
currently rotates between the University of California-Berkeley and =
Stanford
University. Stanford University=E2=80=99s Department of History
will host the =
award
for the 2009-2010 academic year. Located between San Francisco and San =
Jose
in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognised as one =
of
the world's leading research and teaching institutions. Founded in 1891 =
to
"promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of =
humanity
and civilization," Stanford remains dedicated to finding solutions to =
the
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STUDIES -DUBLIN-
VOL 97; NUMB 386; 2008
ISSN 0039-3495

pp. 123-124
Editorial.
O Donoghue, F.

pp. 125-136
Catholic Schools: Schools for Catholics?.
Tuohy, D.

pp. 137-147
``Protestant' Schools.
Coghlan, N.

p. 148
Game On : a poem.
O Malley, J.

pp. 149-156
Integration and the role of Catholic Schools.
Kelly, F.

pp. 157-170
Intercultural Education - The School Response.
Dinan, A.

pp. 171-182
School Choice: Attitudes of Parents of Children attending Catholic Primary
Schools.
Cassin, M.J.; O Mahony, E.

pp. 183-192
Ethics and Professionalism in Teaching.
Seery, A.

pp. 193-204
Educating for Values: Philosophy and Religion.
Charleton, M.

pp. 205-217
Life's Solution: what happens when we re-run the tape of life?.
Morris, S.C.

pp. 221-224
New Wine, Old Wineskins: The Catholic Church and Change in Ireland today, by
Martin Tierney.
Poznanski, J.

pp. 225-226
The Longest Rebellion, by Chris Lawlor.
Langan, M.D.

pp. 227-228
Catholic Emancipations: Irish Fiction from Thomas Moore to James Joyce, by
Emer Nolan.
Shanahan, J.

pp. 229-230
A Haven in Rathgar: St. Luke's and the Irish experience of cancer 1952-2007,
by Tony Farmar.
Gaughan, J.A.

p. 231
Milltown - A Belfast Novella by Pol O Muiri.
Hutchinson, J.

pp. 232-234
Reinterpreting Emmet: Essays on the Life and Legacy of Robert Emmet, edited
by Anne Dolan, Patrick Geoghegan and Darryl Jones.
Swift, J.

pp. 235-236
Librarians, Poets and Scholar: A Festschrift for Donall O Luanaigh, edited
by Felix M. Larkin.
Costello, P.

pp. 237-239
Film, Media and Popular Culture in Ireland: Cityscapes, Landscapes,
Soundscapes, by Martin McLoone.
Muiri, P.O.

pp. 240-242
Gays and Grays: the Story of the Inclusion of the Gay Community at Most Holy
Redeemer Catholic Parish in San Francisco, by Donal Godfrey, SJ.
O Donoghue, F.

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Education and the 'universalist' idiom of empire: Irish National
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Education and the 'universalist' idiom of empire: Irish National School
Books in Ireland and Ontario

Author: Walsh, Patrick1

Source: History of Education, Volume 37, Number 5, September 2008 , pp.
645-660(16)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group


Abstract:
This paper compares the founding of the elementary school systems of Ireland
and Ontario in the nineteenth century. The systems shared a common set of
textbooks that had originated in Ireland. Using examples from a number of
these books, which were part of a series that had been specially prepared
for the Irish national school system, founded in 1831, and information from
archive sources on policy and administration in both countries, the paper
argues that there was a common, 'universalist', imperialist ideology being
promulgated in both systems. The article focuses on these 'universalist'
principles rather than undertaking a detailed analysis of the textbooks.

Keywords: Ireland; Canada; education; imperialism; universalism; schoolbooks

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/00467600701504964

Affiliations: 1: School of Education, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast,
Northern Ireland

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Critical geographies of citizenship and belonging in Ireland
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Women's Studies International Forum
Article in Press, Corrected Proof

Critical geographies of citizenship and belonging in Ireland

Allen Whitea and Mary Gilmartinb, Corresponding Author Contact Information
aUniversity College Cork, Ireland bNational University of Ireland,
Maynoooth, Ireland

Available online 24 September 2008.

Synopsis

In recent years, there have been significant changes to the ways in which
Irish citizenship is defined and understood. In this article we argue that
these changes to citizenship rely on legally articulated understandings of
the relationship between people and place that are particular and
restrictive, but that are also mutable and subject to change. We examine the
ways in which this relationship has changed, with particular reference to
the State, the Family and Woman. Using insights from critical geographies of
the law, scale and mobility, we also highlight ways in which this
relationship may be challenged.
Article Outline

Introduction
Ireland and citizenship

Family matters: redefining the 'Family' to serve the State
Legal discourses and contested relationships
The place of women in the practice of citizenship
'Citizenship tourism' and the Citizenship Referendum, June 2004
Problem pregnancies and the threat of mobility
'Abortion tourism' and the right to travel
The 'X' case
The 'C' case

Critical geographies of citizenship
References

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Distance and Proximity in Service to the Empire: Ulster and New
Zealand between the Wars
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Distance and Proximity in Service to the Empire: Ulster and New Zealand
between the Wars

Author: Jeffery, Keith

Source: Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Volume 36, Number 3,
September 2008 , pp. 453-472(20)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:
This essay uses the concepts of 'distance' and 'proximity' to investigate
and assess perceptions of community, nation and empire in inter-war New
Zealand and Ulster (as well as Ireland and Northern Ireland) within a
British imperial context, and explores the extent to which service of the
empire (for example in the First World War) promoted both notions of
imperial unity and local autonomy. It focuses on how these perceptions were
articulated in the inter-war years during visits to Northern Ireland by
three New Zealand premiers - Massey, Forbes and Coates - and to New Zealand
by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Craigavon. It discusses the
significant ways in which distance from their 'home base' and proximity to
expatriate communities (in Craigavon's case) and Irish unionists and
nationalists (in the case of the New Zealand premiers) inflected public
statements during their visits. By examining these inter-war visits and
investigating the rhetoric used and the cultural demonstrations associated
with them, the factors of both distance and proximity can be used to
evaluate similarities and difference across two parts of the empire. Thus,
we can throw some light on the nature and dynamics of British imperial
identity in the early twentieth century.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/03086530802318540

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You could look at Antony Taylor's 'Down with the Crown; British Anti-monarc=
hism and debates about Royalty since 1790'(London: Reaktion Books, 1999)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
>[mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Matthew Barlow
>Sent: 27 September 2008 01:58
>To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: [IR-D] Anti-Monarchy sentiment in Ireland
>
>Hello All,
>I was wondering if the list could indulge and enlighten me. A
>friend of mine, working on the history of Derry, has come
>across something I, as a Canadian find rather remarkable. In
>the minutes of city council around the time of the coronation
>of Edward VII in 1902, a Catholic city councillor expresses
>his outrage that the poor (Catholic) taxpayers of Derry would
>be made to pay for the celebrations of the coronation of the
>new king, something which he more or less dismisses as a
>Protestant affair. He goes on to complain that Edward has no
>love for Catholics, dismissing them as "idolators" and so on.
>The city councillor expresses his outrage quite clearly and
>loudly, expressing his disdain as both a Catholic and an Irishman.
>
>Now, to my Canadian ears, this sounds rather remarkable and
>rather incendiary as an anti-monarchical statement. It is one
>thing to not want the British colonialists around, it's
>another to personally criticise the monarch. The only example
>I could think of this in Canadian history, at least, was
>during the 1837 Rebellion in Lower Canada, wherein rebels
>referred to the newly crowned Queen Victoria as a "whore."
>
>Can anyone point me to sources on such anti-royalist sentiment
>in Ireland, or, for that matter, anywhere in the British
>Empire in the early 20th century?
>
>Many thanks,
>Matthew Barlow
>
>PhD Candidate &
>Sessional Instructor
>Department of History
>Concordia University
>Montr=E9al (QC)
>
>&
>
>Faculty,
>Department of History & Classics
>John Abbott College
>Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (QC)
>

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CFP: 'Into the heartland of the ordinary', NUI Galway

The Centre for Irish Studies at the National University of Ireland is
pleased to announce that the Second Galway Conference of
Irish Studies 'Into the heartland of the ordinary' will run concurrently
with the ACIS meeting and will explore aspects of the
everyday in Irish culture and society.

The deadline for submission of proposals to both conferences and further
details can be viewed at=20
http://www.nuigalway.ie/research/centre_irish_studies/acis_gcis_09.html

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Le gach dea-ghu=ED,

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N=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B0?= 2 (July 2008): Irish Schools a nd Education
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Dear IR-D members,

We are happy to announce a new issue of "Irish Migration Studies in =
Latin America", the open-access journal of the Society for Irish Latin =
American Studies (www.irlandeses.org/imsla.htm). This issue is dedicated =
to Irish Schools and Education in Latin America.

The following contents are available at: =
www.irlandeses.org/imsla0807.htm=20
ISSN 1661-6065=20
Volume 6, Number 2 (July 2008)=20
Guest Editor: Mar=EDa Jos=E9 Roger
Editors: Edmundo Murray, Claire Healy
Associate Editor: Patricia Novillo-Corval=E1n

TABLE OF CONTENTS=20
- "Ireland, Latin America and Education: an Introduction", by Mar=EDa =
Jos=E9 Roger
- "Education in Values: The Experience of Two Irish-Argentine Schools", =
by Carla Battezzati=20
- "Irish Passionist Nuns at Michael Ham: their legacy to Argentine =
education", by Damasia Becu-Villalobos
- "Much More than a Competition", by Desmond Kelleher
- "'We wanted to go on thinking, working, developing our skills': =
Interview with Hilda Sabato", by Edmundo Murray
- "The Spanish Language in Ireland", by David Barnwell
- "When Ireland landed in the Pampas: the Irish in Argentina Project in =
the University of La Pampa (2007-2009)", by Mar=EDa Graciela Eliggi, =
Mar=EDa Graciela Adamoli and Enrique Alejandro Basabe
- Review of Alfredo Sep=FAlveda Cereceda's "Bernardo: Una biograf=EDa de =
Bernardo O'Higgins", by Fabi=E1n Gaspar Bustamante, and Author's Reply
- Review of Juan Pablo Young and Pablo Zubizarreta's documentary film "4 =
de julio: La masacre de San Patricio (Fourth of July: The Massacre at =
St. Patrick's)", by Catherine Leen, and Author's Reply

Edmundo Murray
Co-Editor, "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America"
Secretary, Society for Irish Latin American Studies
Maison Rouge (1268) Burtigny, Switzerland
+41 22 739 50 49
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