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1 October 2008 16:55  
  
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:55:11 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Re: Anti-Monarchy sentiment in Ireland
  
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From: Donal Lowry
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Do you know of James Murphy's book, Abject Loyalty, on the monarchy in=20
19thc Ireland, as well as James McLoughlin's more recent book on the=20
monarchy in Ireland which goes up to the present, more or less.

For more positive Irish Catholic views of Edward VII in particular=20
(including Archbishop Healy of Tuam's glowing appraisal in about 1907),=20
see my article, `The Crown, Empire Loyalism and the assimilation of=20
non-British white subjects ...', Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth=20
History, May 2003.

Edward VII was believed by many in Ireland to be sympathetic to=20
Catholicism and opposed to the anti-Catholic aspects of the coronation=20
oath. The fact that he holidayed in Ireland, and contemplated an Irish=20
`Balmoral' at Kylemore further enhanced this image.

Best wishes,
Donal Lowry

Joan Allen wrote:

>You could look at Antony Taylor's 'Down with the Crown; British Anti-mon=
archism and debates about Royalty since 1790'(London: Reaktion Books, 199=
9)
>
> =20
>
>>-----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)
>>
>> =20
>>
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2 October 2008 13:01  
  
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:01:16 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Re: Anti-Monarchy sentiment in Ireland
  
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From: Patrick Maume
Donal Lowry's reference to the Coronation Oath provides the context for the
Derry councillor's outburst, which the discussion so far seems to have
overlooked.
Until 1910 the British Coronation ceremony required the monarch to take
an oath to the effect that Catholic doctrine (certainly transubstantiation
and I think also the veneration of the Virgin Mary) were not only
unscriptural but idolatrous and blasphemous. There was an attempt to
remove it for Edward VII's coronation (as the king and the government felt
that it was unnecessarily offensive to the monarch's numerous Catholic
subjects) but this was forestalled by opposition by Protestant groups among
supporters of both the Liberal and Conservative parties. (It didn't help
that the king's accession coincided with a mini- Evangelical revival and a
campaign within the Church of England against Anglo-Catholic "Ritualists",
denoued as crypto-papists.) The fact that the king was obliged to take
this oath (which he is rumoured to have said as inaudibly as he could) in
turn produced widespread protests by Catholics. For years thereafter DP
Moran referred to himself and his fellow Catholics as "Idolators" and
complained that for many Protestants "God Save the King" really meant "God
Save the Anti-Idolator". Quite a few separatists who were normally somewha=
t
anti-clerical (such as Arthur Griffith) were quite prepared to sue the
king's oath as a stick to beat deferential Catholic/clerical loyalism and t=
o
claim that anyone who acknowledged or praised the king or attended his
visits to Ireland was thereby endorsing the oath as well.
The oath was dropped for George V's coronation in 1911; he is said to hav=
e
told the government that he would refuse to take it, and legislation was
introduced before the coronation to replace it with an oath in which the
king merely swore that he was a faithful member of the Church of England an=
d
would uphold it. (This oath survives to the present day, though how long i=
t
will last is an open question; Edward VIII suggested that it ought to be
modified in a multi-faith direction for his coronation, and when the Bishop
of Bradford preached a sermon criticising this it was widely mistaken for a
reference to the Wallis Simpson affair, which up until then had been kept
out of the papers; Prince Charles has repeated a similar suggestion.) The
repeal met some diehard opposition mostly from Ulster Unionists; James
Craig's declaration that the king could not be trusted not to be a secret
Catholic unless he specifically denounced Catholic doctrines in terms which
any Catholic would find unforgivable is worth looking up in Hansard, as is
Tom Kettle's speech contrasting Orange professions of loyalty to the monarc=
h
with their insistence that the king must be presumed to be a perjuror who
could not be believed on his most solemn oath.
Best wishes,
Patrick

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Donal Lowry wrote:

> Do you know of James Murphy's book, Abject Loyalty, on the monarchy in
> 19thc Ireland, as well as James McLoughlin's more recent book on the
> monarchy in Ireland which goes up to the present, more or less.
>
> For more positive Irish Catholic views of Edward VII in particular
> (including Archbishop Healy of Tuam's glowing appraisal in about 1907), s=
ee
> my article, `The Crown, Empire Loyalism and the assimilation of non-Briti=
sh
> white subjects ...', Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, May 20=
03.
>
> Edward VII was believed by many in Ireland to be sympathetic to Catholici=
sm
> and opposed to the anti-Catholic aspects of the coronation oath. The fact
> that he holidayed in Ireland, and contemplated an Irish `Balmoral' at
> Kylemore further enhanced this image.
>
> Best wishes,
> Donal Lowry
>
>
> Joan Allen wrote:
>
> You could look at Antony Taylor's 'Down with the Crown; British
>> Anti-monarchism 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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2 October 2008 18:40  
  
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:40:57 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Article, Breda Gray,
  
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article, Breda Gray,
Putting Emotion and Reflexivity to Work in Researching Migration
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Sociology, Vol. 42, No. 5, 935-952 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508094571

Putting Emotion and Reflexivity to Work in Researching Migration
Breda Gray

University of Limerick, Ireland, breda.gray[at]ul.ie

Recent debates within sociology and feminist theory have identified a need
for reflexive research and noted the importance of emotion in the
researcher's relationship to the object of research and the research
process.This article contributes to these debates by arguing that
emotionally mediated apprehensions of the object of study and the practice
of critical reflexivity in sociological research cannot be separated. This
is because emotional identifications and attachments are central to the
(re)framing of the object of study and the politics of knowledge production.
Thus, attempts to find more reliable grounds for knowledge claims must be
located in the interrelated landscapes of feeling, intellect and politics.

Key Words: Bourdieu . emotion . migration . reflexivity . research .
structure of feeling
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2 October 2008 18:41  
  
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:41:25 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Article, Family and sex-specific U.S. immigration from Eur ope,
  
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article, Family and sex-specific U.S. immigration from Eur ope,
1870-1910
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Explorations in Economic History
Volume 45, Issue 4, September 2008, Pages 356-382

Family and sex-specific U.S. immigration from Europe, 1870-1910: A panel
data study of rates and composition

Michael J. Greenwooda,
aDepartment of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 256,
Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Received 8 September 2006. Available online 14 February 2008.
Abstract

This paper develops and estimates models of family and sex-specific
emigration, as well as the sex composition of this emigration, from 12
European source countries to the U.S. for the period 1870-1910. The models
are based on the distinction between economic migrants (males, single
females, and some married females) and tied or trailing migrants (females)
and are estimated with panel data, including data that relate to the
occupational/industrial structure of male and female economic activity in
source countries. Hausman-Taylor instrumental variable estimates suggest
that although both males and females responded to labor-market signals,
males were more responsive than females to per capita GDP differences.
Moreover, compared to the rest of Europe, Ireland, and Scandinavia were the
sources of many young, single male, and female migrants, who responded
strongly to gaps in economic opportunities. In fact, much of the European
response to such gaps appears to be due to migrants from Ireland and
Scandinavia. Females tended to originate in English-speaking countries and
countries that were agriculturally oriented. Service and manufacturing jobs
in source countries discouraged the migration of females relative to males.
Males tended to follow recent migrants more than females, but females
responded more to long-term influences as measured by stocks of migrants
from their source countries who had previously settled in the U.S. Countries
with high birth rates had relatively fewer female emigrants, whereas those
with high rates of natural increase 20 years earlier experienced relatively
more male emigration. Intact families, other family members (including
family-strategy male migrants and trailing female migrants), and single
males and females responded strongly to economic incentives, but the singles
were most responsive followed by family-strategy males.

Keywords: Sex composition; European emigration; U.S. immigration
Article Outline
1. Introduction
2. Conceptual underpinnings
3. Sex composition of historical U.S. immigration
4. The models
5. Compositional methodology
6. The data
6.1. Dependent variables
6.2. Independent variables
7. Econometric procedures
8. Empirical results: sex-specific migration and sex composition
9. Empirical results: family versus single migration
10. Summary and conclusions
Appendix A. Data sources and procedures
References
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2 October 2008 18:41  
  
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:41:46 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Article,
  
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article,
The role of the Irish boundary commission in the entrenchment of
the Irish border
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Journal of Historical Geography
Volume 34, Issue 3, July 2008, Pages 422-447

The role of the Irish boundary commission in the entrenchment of the Irish
border: from tactical panacea to political liability

K.J. Rankina,
aInstitute for British-Irish Studies, School of Politics and International
Relations, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Available online 25 January 2008.
Abstract

The abortive saga of the Irish Boundary Commission has largely been
dismissed as a minor footnote that warrants little elaboration in the
discussion of Ireland's partition. This is unsurprising considering that its
final report was hastily suppressed so as to prevent the destabilisation of
the nascent regimes in Northern Ireland and the then Irish Free State.
However, the concept of the Commission derives from the intensifying
controversies of Irish Home Rule and partition, and the consequent
difficulties in establishing how and where a boundary was eventually drawn
as well as to the status of the entities it would be dividing. The
Commission was legally conceived in Article 12 of the 1921 Anglo-Irish
Treaty but confusion over its wording protracted a sequence of events that
ensured that it was almost three years before it actually met. Article 12
was eventually interpreted in a restrictive manner, which exposed inherent
flaws that were either ignored or naively underestimated when it was
originally adapted from part of the post-World War I Treaty of Versailles.
Furthermore, the complexities of evidence were inadequately scrutinised by a
small and under-resourced panel that operated under considerable political
pressure to delimit a precise line that satisfied subjective terms of
reference. Nevertheless, the revoked Commission served as a crucial catalyst
in defining the Irish Free State's relationship with the British State and
in entrenching the territorial framework of Northern Ireland's six counties
that exists to this day.

Keywords: Ireland; Partition; Boundary; Irish Boundary Commission; Northern
Ireland; Irish Free State
Article Outline
Introduction
Countenancing an Irish boundary
Conceiving an Irish boundary commission
Forestalling the Irish boundary commission
Implementing the Irish boundary commission
Decommissioning the Irish boundary commission
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
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2 October 2008 18:42  
  
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:42:15 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Article,
  
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article,
What happened to Irish industry after the British industrial
revolution?
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What happened to Irish industry after the British industrial revolution?
Some evidence from the first UK Census of Production in 1907

Author: BIELENBERG, A.1

Source: The Economic History Review, Volume 61, Number 4, November 2008 ,
pp. 820-841(22)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

SUMMARY

This article examines Ireland's relative position within the UK industrial
sector in the early twentieth century, by critically evaluating the Irish
component of the First UK Census of Production. Firstly, Ireland's
employment, net output shares, and net output per person are compared to the
UK results. Secondly, by supplementing and adjusting the census evidence, a
new estimate of the size of the industrial workforce is constructed, which
is then used to produce a new estimate of Irish industrial output. From this
it is possible to estimate the contribution of industry to Irish GDP, which
can then be compared to its contribution in other European economies.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2007.00403.x

Affiliations: 1: National University of Ireland, Cork
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2 October 2008 18:42  
  
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:42:52 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Article,
  
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article,
From the Man in the White Suit to the Woman with the White Mantle
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From the Man in the White Suit to the Woman with the White Mantle:
Milestones in my Education as an Anthropologist

Author: Eipper, Christopher

Source: The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, Volume 9, Number 3,
September 2008 , pp. 198-209(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group


Abstract:
The present paper pays tribute to a teacher who profoundly influenced the
author's education as an anthropologist. Beginning with a discussion of
memory, it explores the impact upon him of Douglas Miles's personality and
style of teaching. Dwelling upon the idiosyncratic connections that often
link what one is taught to what one is then able to apply as an
ethnographer, it discusses the surprising relevance of Miles' evocation of
wayang kulit and ludruk to the author's understanding of the way Ireland's
remote rural poor viewed television. It then broaches how Miles' treatment
of religious syncretism helped sensitise the author to this element in
popular Catholic piety, something that has continued to inform both his
study of Irish visionaries and their devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and his
recent research into 'Mother Mary's' association with Vietnamese mother
goddesses. Throughout, the aim is to celebrate the importance of an approach
to comparative analysis that shows how the improbable and extraordinary can
be used to illuminate our understanding of the most diverse phenomena.

Keywords: Miles; Ireland; Vietnam; Marian; Virgin Mary; syncretism; wayang;
ludruk; television; narrative
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3 October 2008 15:27  
  
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:27:07 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Anti-monarchist sentiment
  
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From: Loughlin James
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Dear Mr Barlow.

=20

There are two works you might look at on monarchy and Ireland:

=20

James Murphy, Abject loyalty: Nationalism and Monarchy in Ireland
during the reign of Queen Victoria. Catholic University Press, 2001.

=20

James Loughlin, The British Monarchy and Ireland: 1800 to the Present.
Cambridge University Press, 2007.

=20

=20

Yours,

=20

James Loughlin

School of History and International Affairs

Magee campus

University of Ulster

Londonderry=20

Northern Ireland

BT48 7JL
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4 October 2008 18:36  
  
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 17:36:02 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Bards to Banville: An Irish Literature Seminar, Hertford College,
  
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Bards to Banville: An Irish Literature Seminar, Hertford College,
Oxford
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Bards to Banville: An Irish Literature Seminar

Wednesdays, 5pm, Michaelmas Term, Weeks 1, 3, 5 and 7

The Old Library, Hertford College, Oxford

15 October (Week 1)
Professor John Kerrigan (St John's College, University of Cambridge)
'Louis MacNeice among the Islands'

29 October (Week 3)
Professor Richard McCabe (Merton College, Oxford)
'Spenser, Plato and the Bards'

12 November (Week 5)
Professor Michael Parker (University of Central Lancashire)
'Standing One's Ground: Seamus Heaney's Negotiations with History'

26 November (Week 7)
Dr. Heather O'Donoghue (Linacre College, Oxford)
'Craftsman or novelist? John Banville's crime fictions'

All are welcome. Drinks will follow.

Convenors: sarah.bennett[at]hertford.ox.ac.uk, thomas.walker[at]lincoln.ox.ac.uk
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4 October 2008 18:40  
  
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 17:40:08 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Book Review, "The Billionaire Who Wasn't"
  
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
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From BookView Ireland Newsletter September 2008 #159...

Pauline Ferrie

In "The Billionaire Who Wasn't"=20
Conor O'Clery has revealed the business and philanthropic activities of
Irish-American Chuck Feeney over some seven decades.=20

"Giving while living" was the mantra adopted by Irish-American Chuck
Feeney after reading an article entitled "Wealth" by the earlier
philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Conor O'Clery's biography is a =
fascinating
look at two worlds, the world of international business and the world of
philanthropic endowments. The sums mentioned have, to those of us living
more modest lives, an unreal quality; as early as 1977 the two main =
owners
of the duty free business DHS, Feeney and Bob Miller, were taking annual
cash dividends of $12 million. By 1995 Feeney, Miller and the other two
directors, Alan Parker and Anthony Pilaro, had paid into their accounts =
a
total of $2.85 billion in cash. What is interesting, and it is an angle
which O'Clery takes pains to emphasise, is the different lifestyles =
adopted
by the Feeney and Miller. While Miller and his family graduated to =
living in
the most expensive property in Hong Kong, throwing lavish parties and =
buying
expensive yachts, Chuck Feeney was known for his frugality. Many =
isolated
incidents are cited: he arrived at an important meeting in London with =
his
trousers held up by a safety pin; he refused for most of his life to fly =
any
other way but economy, even on long-haul flights; and he wore a plastic
watch worth $15. But all of these factors were part of his intensely =
private
persona, a desire for privacy which led to his donations through =
Atlantic
Philanthropies carrying a condition of secrecy for much of his life.

The author has taken a chronological structure to reveal the real Chuck
Feeney, from his birth to a blue-collar Irish-American family in New =
Jersey
through the gradual development of his duty free company and his =
decision in
1984 to use his money to help others. And if the earnings of the =
directors
of DFS were astronomical, the sums quietly given away by Chuck Feeney =
over
the years since then are even more so. The foundation has concentrated =
on
education and health in a number of countries including Vietnam, =
Australia,
Ireland both North and South, and Cuba. In an eight-year period Atlantic
Philanthropies provided $220 million for education and health projects =
in
Vietnam, while $30 million went to projects in Northern Ireland, from a
total of more than $1 billion given to the entire island. But not =
everything
ran smoothly, and attention is given both to the rancorous break-up of =
DHS
and to the debacle of the Centre for Public Inquiry in Ireland, when
Feeney's loyalty was put to the test as reservations came from all =
quarters
over the appointment of Frank Connolly as its head.=20

It would seem that Chuck Feeney, despite being one of the richest men in =
the
world, and certainly one of the most generous philanthropists, never =
forgot
his roots in the blue-collar world of New Jersey, and the reasons given =
for
his decision to divest himself of his wealth focus on this. For some, =
the
values Feeney absorbed within his own family left him with an instinct =
for
giving, while others believe that there was a residual guilt about =
having so
much when others had so little. But whatever the motives, the act of =
giving
away his wealth sets Chuck Feeney apart from the conspicuous consumers =
who
were and are his peers.

(Public Affairs, ISBN 978-1-58648-642-6, pp352, =A39.99/$15.95)=20

http://www.emigrant.ie/
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4 October 2008 18:51  
  
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 17:51:36 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Outward bound with Vargas Llosa
  
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From today's Guardian...

Outward bound with Vargas Llosa
Peru's most celebrated novelist tells Paul Hamilos about his efforts to
avoid retreating from the world

"Literature is my vocation," says Mario Vargas Llosa, ever the gentleman in
his crisp salmon-coloured shirt and sports blazer, "but I've never liked the
idea of being closed off in a world of fantasies. I like having one foot in
the street."

One of the leading lights of South American literature, he began his
professional life as a 15-year-old crime reporter covering the seedy
underworld of the Peruvian capital, Lima, for La Cronica, and continues to
work as a journalist to this day, writing a regular column for the Spanish
newspaper El Pais, on topics ranging from the Iraq war to the Russian
invasion of Georgia. Though he's keen to insist on the distinction between
journalism and literature, the time he spent pounding the streets is
"fundamental" to his life as a writer.

"When I write, I write with freedom but I need a solid base," he explains.
It's a requirement that will see the 72-year-old writer travel to Congo
later this year as part of the research for his next novel. The trip will
allow him to "get to know the scenery," he explains, "to smell it, to feel
it", but above all will give him a "bedrock of security that allows me to
invent and to write. I'm not looking for historical precision but for
something to shake me out of my insecurity."
He has always travelled for research, and finds that his experiences tend to
dispel any prejudices he may have: "I know that this will happen with Congo
because I have read a lot about the area already and I know I will find
something different when I am confronted with reality."

He's following in the footsteps of Roger Casement, a British consul turned
Irish nationalist who was hanged for treason in 1916 and painted as a
paedophile by the British government for what he is said to have written in
the so-called Black Diaries. Casement is to be the protagonist of "a novel
that will take place in Ireland, Congo, in Berlin and the Amazon, including
places I have never been to, such as Ulster," he says, with genuine
excitement at the prospect of the journey that awaits.

"Casement was born into a pro-British Protestant family in Ulster and as a
boy was fascinated by the great British explorers, and with the idea of
empire," says Vargas Llosa. "He went to Africa as a 19-year-old but it was
his experiences in Congo that changed him and made him a critic of empire,
and an Irish nationalist. And yet at the same time he was a British consul,
serving the empire.

"For some he was a hero, but for many people Casement was a villain. And
there are still those in Ireland who view him uncomfortably because of his
sexuality. There are many areas of shadow in his life, many aspects that are
not clear and probably never will be because he was a very secret person,
especially in his private life. There is a great debate about his
homosexuality and paedophilia that has never been resolved and probably
never will be . a highly contradictory character. Perfect for a novel."

He is bullish about the prospect of treading on sensitive territory, both as
a white man writing about Africa and a Peruvian writing about Anglo-Irish
history, rejecting as racist itself the suggestion that he should not tackle
these subjects. "If we believed that," he says, "we would only write about
what goes on in our own households."

Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/04/mario.vargas.llosa.congo
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4 October 2008 18:56  
  
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Demolish Cromwell!
  
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A letter in today's Guardian

Demolish Cromwell!

Reviewing Miche=E1l =D3 Siochr=FA's God's Executioner ("Brute force", =
September
20) Ronan Bennett complains that my (edited) Cromwell: A Profile (1973)
found no space for an examination of what Oliver did in Ireland in 1649.
There would have been space had I come across an article of appropriate
scholarship. An (unlikely) second edition, drawing on the historiography =
of
the past 30 years, would remedy the omission. For Bennett, to put =
Cromwell
into the context of early modern England's exploitation of its first =
colony
is to "quibble". Yet that attitude could go some way to exculpating, for
example, Francis Drake's appalling massacre at Rathlin Island. Clearly,
God's Executioner is more balanced. As to the invitation to join in a
campaign to have Cromwell's statue "pulled down and chucked in the Irish
Sea", Bennett's friends might recall that in 1660 Cromwell's remains =
were
flung - in vain - into an unmarked pit "for oblivion".
Professor Ivan Roots
University of Exeter

Source
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/oct/04/7
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4 October 2008 19:07  
  
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 18:07:27 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Interruption of Service
  
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I regret that there is going to be an Interruption of the Irish Diaspora
list for a week or so.

Bill Mulligan and I are going to be in the same place, Minneapolis-St. Paul,
USA - and away from our computers. We might have access to other computers
- but I cannot guarantee that. Best to keep things simple.

I am going to Minneapolis-St. Paul at the invitation of Thomas O'Connell and
ACIS Midwest. I am, at short notice, replacing as guest speaker Piaras
MacEinri - Piaras found himself overstretched.

I do apologise. I especially apologise to people who have only recently
joined the Irish Diaspora list. You join - and then there is silence. But
there you are - we very rarely have interruptions of this sort.

Messages sent to the Irish Diaspora list email address
IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Will simply queue until either Bill or I can deal with them.

Patrick O'Sullivan

--
Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick
O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 9050

Irish-Diaspora list Irish Diaspora Net
http://www.irishdiaspora.net

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford Bradford
BD7 1DP Yorkshire England
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4 October 2008 19:12  
  
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 18:12:51 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Lecture, Patrick O'Sullivan, Learning from Ireland
  
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There is information on
32nd Annual Midwest ACIS Conference--
Ireland: Arrivals and Departures

at

http://go.metrostate.edu/~johnsokr/acismeeting.html

I have pasted in below an outline of my lecture...

Learning from Ireland

Like anyone with a web presence I am visible to the world. And I find
myself curiously visible, and available, to those who want to find out more
about Ireland, the Irish and the Irish Diaspora. I am regularly approached
by representatives of small nations, former nations, and would-be nations,
and representatives of other diasporas and scattered communities. From such
contacts I have inevitably built up a repertoire of replies to Frequently
Asked Questions, presentations, and thoughts - and overall a picture of what
it is that other nations and peoples would like to learn from Ireland, or
think they can learn from Ireland.

Recurring themes are things like, of course, economic success,
homeland/diaspora formal relationships, citizenship and voting rights and
regulations. Cultural themes are also very prominent - like language
maintenance or recovery, the identification of cultural practices around
which identity can be built, and cultural and artistic visibility at home
and in the world. This talk gives an overview of this kind of dialogue, a
summary of recurring questions and my attempts to answer them. The ensuing
dialogue with members of ACIS will show me where I have gone wrong, or could
do better.

Patrick O'Sullivan

--
Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

Email Patrick O'Sullivan Email Patrick
O'Sullivan Personal Fax 0044 (0) 709 236 9050

Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/
Irish Diaspora Net
http://www.irishdiaspora.net

Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford Bradford
BD7 1DP Yorkshire England
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8 October 2008 16:19  
  
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:19:11 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Irish Diaspora Foundation: Volunteers Wanted
  
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Forwarded on behalf of Margot Ryan, mryan[at]iwhc.com


*Volunteers wanted*

The Irish Diaspora Foundation, located in Manchester, is currently
looking to recruit a number of volunteers to participate in two projects
which are currently in the planning stages. See details below

*The Irish Diaspora Foundation*

The Irish Diaspora Foundation is a Charity (Reg Charity number 1086775)
which works closely with the Irish World Heritage Centre in Manchester.
One of the aims of the organisation is to raise the profile of Irish
heritage and culture within the wider community, by providing learning
opportunities for people, and through audience development.

The Irish Diaspora Foundation is currently planning to build a new Irish
World Heritage Centre, which will have a dedicated exhibition space and
education suite. The purpose of this is to exhibit collections and
materials based on Irish and Irish Diaspora themes.

* Upcoming Projects*

*Learning from conflict and peace in **Northern Ireland**
*This is an intergenerational project aimed at encouraging young people
to explore issues of national identity and conflict resolution through
recollections of people who have experienced conflict in Northern
Ireland. The project will result in a portable exhibition and teaching
resources. **

*Migration & Settlement in the **North Manchester**
*This project will explore patterns of migrations to Cheetham Hill and
the surrounding areas in Manchester, and the creation of local
identities in the shaping of the area. Working alongside the Jewish,
Pakistani and Sikh communities this project will include historical
research, contemporary oral testimonies, the collection of photographs
and documents, and the interpretation of information. We will develop a
programme of workshops, exhibitions, publications and a performance
inspired by the findings of all participants.

Young people from culturally diverse heritages and volunteers from the
Irish Diaspora Foundation will work together, carrying out research and
interviewing people living in Manchester, whose lives have been affected
by various issues, promoting intergenerational understanding, social
cohesion and an increased capacity for tolerance for both adults and
young people.

*Interested?
*If you would be interested in participating in either of these projects
either as a volunteer, interviewee, or by offering advice/ general
support, please send your details to Margot Ryan by post (see address
below) or email your details to mryan[at]iwhc.com .

Margot Ryan

Cultural and Education Development Officer

Irish Diaspora Foundation

10 Queens Road

Cheetham Hill

Manchester

M8 8UF



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8 October 2008 16:23  
  
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:23:19 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Northern Ireland programs at Library of Congress
  
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The American Folkife Center at the Library of Congress invites you to
join us for three free programs on Northern Ireland. Information is
below, including contact information for questions. Hope to see some
of you there!

The American Folklife Center and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
are proud to announce a series of three exciting events celebrating
and documenting the culture and musical traditions of Northern
Ireland. As a follow-up to a successful season of cooperative events
in 2007, Rediscover Northern Ireland 2008 brings three of the most
respected artists to the Library of Congress for a series of free,
noon-time public events. These events add to the Center=92s collections
of traditional music and culture from around the world.

Tommy Sands with Moya and Fion=E1n Sands, County Down, Northern Ireland
on October 9, 2008, 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm, in the Coolidge Auditorium,
Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. The event is free and open to
the public. An internationally celebrated singer, songwriter,
storyteller, and social activist, Tommy Sands was raised with
traditional music in County Down, Northern Ireland. As a member of the
influential Sands Family folk ensemble, he introduced international
audiences to Irish music during the 1960s and laid the groundwork for
its current worldwide popularity. Author of such classic songs as
=93There Were Roses,=94 =93Daughters and Sons,=94 and =93Come on Home to =
the
County Down,=94 he has seen his works translated into many languages and
recorded by such artists as Joan Baez, Kathy Mattea, and Dolores
Keane. Over the decades, his artistic integrity, engaging style, and
commitment to peace and dialog between peoples of different
backgrounds have contributed to his worldwide renown.

=93It's Of My Rambles...=94 A Journey in the Song Tradition of Ulster
Presented by Len Graham on November 6, 2008, from 12:00 noon to 1:00
pm, in the Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, Library of
Congress. The event is free and open to the public. Traditional singer
and song collector Len Graham, from County Antrim in Northern Ireland,
explores the folk song tradition of his native Ulster. His talk will
be interspersed with live performances of songs in English on many
themes, including early classic ballads, broadside ballads, and songs
of love, politics and emigration. Graham has been a professional
traditional singer since 1982 and he has received many awards for his
work as a singer and collector. In 1993 he received the Sean O'Boyle
Cultural Traditions Award for his book and field recordings entitled
'It's Of My Rambles=85.' In 2002 he was the first recipient of the Irish
television TG4 National Music Award for Traditional Singer of the
Year, and in 2008 he received the Tommy Makem Keeper of the Tradition
Award. Here I Am Amongst You, his book on the songs, music and
traditions of Joe Holmes (1906-78) is due for publication by Queen's
University, Belfast in late 2008.

"I Am a Wee Weaver": Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland Presented
by Maurice Leyden on December 4, 2008, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm, in
the Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, Library of Congress. The
event is free and open to the public. Handloom weaving was dominated
by men in 19th century Ireland. The Industrial Revolution changed
that, enabling women to take a more prominent role in the factory
production of linen. Maurice Leyden will discuss the reasons for this
historical shift, and the impact of this change on the traditions of
singing and songwriting among weavers. To illustrate his lecture,
Leyden will sing songs composed by linen weavers between the 18th and
20th centuries, setting the songs in their historical context and
discussing folklore and customs associated with the weavers. Maurice
Leyden has been collecting traditional songs since the early 1980s. He
has published two books: Belfast, City of Song and Boys and Girls Come
Out to Play, each of which was accompanied by a cassette of songs. He
is currently finishing a social history of the linen industry in
Ulster, in the north of Ireland, narrated through the songs of the
workers; this book will be accompanied by a CD. In addition to his
scholarly work and his singing, Leyden is a renowned broadcaster, who
produced and presented a radio program of traditional music for over a
decade.

For more information on these programs, please visit
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/NorthernIrelandEvents2008.html
or call the American Folklife Center at 202-707-5510. For questions
about program content, please call or write Nancy Groce, ngro[at]loc.gov
or 202-707-1744. For questions about this posting, please write Joanne
Rasi, jrasi[at]loc.gov.

Thanks, Jo Rasi

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8 October 2008 16:25  
  
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:25:35 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
SEAMUS HEANEY LECTURE SERIES 2008-2009,
  
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St Patrick=?iso-8859-1?Q?=C2=B9s?= College Drumcondra
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SEAMUS HEANEY LECTURE SERIES 2008-2009

www.spd.dcu.ie/shl

St Patrick=C2=B9s College Drumcondra is pleased to announce that the firs=
t
lecture in the fifth Seamus Heaney Lecture Series will take place on Mond=
ay
20 October at 8.00 p.m. The theme for the forthcoming series is '=C2=B3Al=
l
changed?=C2=B2 Culture and identity in contemporary Ireland'.
=C2=B3All changed?=C2=B2 will explore questions of culture and identity i=
n
contemporary Ireland from a number of inter-related perspectives. How has
immigration reconfigured notions of Irishness? How are identities negotia=
ted
in multicultural and multilingual contexts? How can the historical Irish
experience of emigration inform Irish attitudes and policy approaches to
immigration? What are the new challenges facing the educational system as=
a
key interface central to processes of integration and acculturation? How =
can
we plan for social justice in the context of economic change and
globalisation?

Admission is free and all lectures take place on Monday=C2=B9s 8.00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served after each lecture.

20 October 2008 Cross cutting identities
Rosaleen McDonagh, Amel Yacef, Kathleen O=C2=B9Neill &
Livingstone Thompson

17 November 2008 Multiculturalism and multilingualism in Irish schools
Jim Cummins

1 December 2008 Irish Migrant Experiences and Diasporic Identities
Mary Hickman & Abel Ugba

2 February 2009 Cult=C3=BAr na Gaeilge n=C3=B3 Pobal na Gaeilge? Irish=
Language and
Identity from Douglas Hyde to Des Bishop
M=C3=A1ir=C3=ADn Nic Eoin

23 February 2009 Globalisation and Identity: Reflections from the Iris=
h
Experience
Peadar Kirby

2 March 2009 Poetics of the Stranger: Hospitality and Imagination
Richard Kearney

23 March 2009 Theatre of the Oppressed
Chrissie Poulter



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8 October 2008 16:30  
  
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:30:18 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Book Announced, Irish Protestant Identities
  
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Irish Protestant identities
Edited by Mervyn Busteed, Frank Neal, Jonathan Tonge

Irish Protestant Identities is the first major multi-disciplinary portray=
al and
analysis of the Protestant tradition - one which is often forgotten - in
Ireland. A distinguished team of authors explore what is distinctive abou=
t the
religious minority on the island of Ireland. Protestant contributions to
literature, culture, religion and politics are all examined. Accessible a=
nd
engaging throughout, the book examines the roles of Protestant authors,
Protestant churches, Orange Order, Unionist parties and Ulster loyalists.=
Most
books on Ireland have concentrated upon the Catholicism and Nationalism w=
hich
shaped the country in terms of literature, poetry, politics and outlook. =
This
book is different, instead exploring how a minority tradition has coped w=
ith
existence in a polity and society where they have often felt under-repres=
ented
or neglected.

Mervyn Busteed is Honorary Research Fellow of the Universities of Manches=
ter,
Salford and Liverpool. Frank Neal is Honorary Fellow of the University of
Liverpool. Jon Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverp=
ool.

234x156mm 368pp
01 August 2008
hb 9780719077456 =A360.00





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8 October 2008 18:37  
  
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:37:41 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
Transformations of Citizenship
  
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Dear Paddy,

Would you mind circulating this information about our forthcoming=20
seminar series to the list - Piaras is kicking it off.

Thanks. Tony

Tony Murray
Irish Studies Centre
London Metropolitan University
Tower Building
Holloway Rd
London N7 8DB

Tel: 020 7133 2593
www.londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre




ISET European Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Autumn 2008: Transformations of Citizenship

Seminars will take place between 6.00 - 7.30 p.m in The Old Staff Caf=E9
London Metropolitan University, Tower Building, 166-220 Holloway Road
ALLWELCOME - refreshments provided
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/iset

The ISET seminar series addresses key issues in the making and remaking=20
of Europe, whether economic, political, social or cultural. In the=20
context of globalization, these extend beyond Europe's borders, and=20
interrogate definitions of European identity. In the autumn of 2008, the=20
focus is on the socio-political and cultural strands of ISET's work and
the theme is Transformations of Citizenship. This exploration of current=20
transformations in the meanings of democracy and politics interrogates=20
tensions and opportunities surrounding nationalism, political=20
representation, individualism and consumerism, women=92s rights and
European social movements.

28 October Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED, University College Cork
New Europe or The Return of The Repressed? Post-national Entities and=20
Old Atavisms =96 The Case of The Irish Vote on The Lisbon Referendum

4 November Barbara Einhorn, University of Sussex
European Citizenship or Narrow Nationalisms? The Challenge of Gender

18 November Monica Threlfall, Loughborough University
Feeling Represented? Citizens=92 and Residents=92 Subjective Views on The=
ir=20
Political Representation in a Multi-Ethnic Europe

25 November Jeremy Gilbert, University of East London
Citizens of the World? Aporias of Postmodern Individualism

2 December Claudia Aradau, Open University
The Politics of Life: Human Trafficking and Sovereignty

9 December Kate Soper, ISET
The Impact and Efficacy of European Social Movements: Some Personal=20
Reflections






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9 October 2008 16:01  
  
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:01:19 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0810.txt]
  
CFP, Music and Migration, University of Southampton,
  
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Music and Migration

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

15-17 October 2009

Call for Papers

This conference will explore the relationship between music and
migration by providing new

insights into the creative practices and life-stories of migrant artists
across the globe. A core theme

of the conference will be the motivations and experiences of migrant
musicians who leave, return,

stay or move beyond their localities. Through the focus on such specific
groups of migrants the

conference aims to throw light on their identifications in their
artistic and every-day lives.

Past and on-going research shows that patterns of migration are clearly
linked to transnational

networks. By focusing on the role of migrant musicians within such
networks, this conference seeks

to analyse and understand the extent to which musicians' networks may or
may not be special cases

within migration studies. We suggest that artists who create or enter
such networks may follow a

different logic of translocal and transnational links than is normally
associated with migration

research on music. Thus we aim to widen the scope from 'bi-focal',
ethnically and spatially defined

communities in sending and originating countries to more complex flows
and the networking of

individuals. Whilst recently there has been a plethora of research which
theorises networks and

flows in migration studies, little empirical research has as yet emerged
which studies these in closer

detail. We therefore welcome contributions which explore artists'
transnational networks and

movements both empirically and theoretically. We expect to highlight the
role of highly visible

cultural hubs and all they have to offer to migrant musicians in terms
of cultural infrastructure

whilst not neglecting the role that less visible cities play in the
re-directing of artistic energy. We

therefore hope to include discussions of well-established musical
networks as well as

interconnections with those emerging from musical industries in
so-called sending countries. We

also seek to further understanding and debate on the interconnection
between migrant musicians

and the socio-political engagement of associations within civil society,
thus evaluating their impact

on a variety of cultural, social, political factors within countries of
settlement and origin.

The conference will have both a theoretical and an empirical focus. It
will be a forum for

interdisciplinary debate and will appeal to colleagues working across
the Humanities and Social

Sciences. The conference delegates will also include musicians, media,
cultural industries' and

cultural policy representatives who will take part in a specially
convened stakeholder panel

discussion.

Keynote speakers:

* Professor Nina Glick-Schiller, University of Manchester

* Professor Philip Bohlman, University of Chicago

Suggested themes for academic papers include (non-exhaustive list):

* Transnational musicians' networks

* Musical experiences of diaspora

* Global and local music industries

* Return migration and 'emergent' cultural hubs

* Migration routes that by-pass well-established (e.g. post-colonial)
pathways

* Identity/identities

* Texts/musical genre/aesthetics/ multimodality

* Local and global cultural hubs

* Migrant and post-migrant cultural production

* Relationships between artistic and socio-political engagement

* Cultural policy

* Historical perspectives on musical culture transfer

The conference is organised by the University of Southampton (Modern
Languages, Music)

and the University of Aberdeen in collaboration with the Turner Sims
Concert Hall,

Southampton. It is the final conference of a 3-year research project
funded by the UK Arts and

Humanities Research Council programme Diaspora, Migration, Identities:
'Diaspora as Social and

Cultural Practice: a Study of Transnational Networks across Europe and
Africa'

www.tnmundi.com. The conference is the third of three events arising
from the project. The first

event, 'Musics of Madagascar: South North Crossroads?' took place in
Antananarivo,

Madagascar on 16-17 November, 2007 and the second event, 'Music and
Migration: North African

Artists' Networks across Europe and Africa' will take place in Rabat,
Morocco on 13-14 November

2008.

The conference forms part of a week's innovative cultural activities to
be held at the University of

Southampton in conjunction with the City of Southampton and Black
History Month. The weeklong

series of events will start with a lunchtime concert by the acclaimed
'Madagascar AllStars', at

the Turner Sims Concert Hall on 12 October 2009. On the 13 and 14
October, musicians of

Malagasy and North African origin who are based in Europe and Africa
will be engaged in creative

outreach sessions with local Southampton schools and on the 15 October,
the conference will be

officially opened with a special concert which will bring together
Malagasy and North African

musicians in a one-off public performance at the Turner Sims Concert
Hall.

We welcome submissions to present papers (20 minutes plus 10 minutes for
questions) on the

conference themes. Your paper might present some empirical findings, a
theoretical review,

critique and new argument; it might consist of a textual analysis, raise
provocative questions or

analyse one case, site or context. Abstracts of no more than 300 words
should be submitted to

Ulrike Meinhof uhm[at]soton.ac.uk; Nadia Kiwan n.kiwan[at]abdn.ac.uk and
Marie-Pierre Gibert

marie.gibert[at]soton.ac.uk by December 4, 2008 including full contact
details for all authors.

Scientific and Artistic Committee

- Prof Ulrike Meinhof (Cultural Studies, Linguistic Ethnography,
Sociolinguistics), School of

Humanities, Centre for Transnational Studies, Modern Languages,
University of Southampton

- Dr Nadia Kiwan (Sociology and Francophone Cultural Studies), School of
Language and

Literature, French Studies, University of Aberdeen

- Dr Marie-Pierre Gibert (Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology),
School of Humanities,

Centre for Transnational Studies, Modern Languages, University of
Southampton

- Dr Thomas Irvine (Musicology and Performance Studies), School of
Humanities, Music,

University of Southampton

- Prof Taieb Belghazi (Cultural Studies, Sociology and Literature),
University Mohamed V-Agdal,

Rabat, Morocco

- Dama Mahaleo (Musician and cultural consultant), Antananarivo,
Madagascar




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