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The journal
Diversity in Health and Social Care 2008;5:175-6 # 2008

Has a 2 page Editorial

Irish people and mental health

Paula McGee RN RNT MA BA Cert Ed PhD
Editor, Diversity in Health and Social Care; Professor of Nursing, Faculty
of Health and Community Care,
Birmingham City University, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UK

This is a summary of
Irish Mental Health in Birmingham: What is appropriate
culturally-competent primary care? Report published
by the Centre for Community Mental Health,
Birmingham CityUniversity, and available at the Centre
for Community Mental Health's publication page at:
www.health.bcu.ac.uk/ccmh/ccmh_publications.htm

See earlier IR-D message.

P.O'S.

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Hi Bill - The publisher is Manchester University Press.

Professor James W. McAuley
Director of Research
School of Human and Health Sciences
University of Huddersfield
HD13DH
United Kingdom

Telephone:
0044(0)1484-422288 (switchboard)
0044(0)1484-472691 (direct line)
0044(0)1484-471156 (secretary)

In England such concepts as justice, liberty and objective truth are stil=
l believed in.
They may be illusions, but they are very powerful illusions (George Orwel=
l).

________________________________

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I remember the conference as one of the best I have ever attended. Reall=
y
outstanding papers, discussion, and opportunities to talk with others.

Who is the publisher?

Bill

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587



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Subject: [IR-D] Book Announced, Irish Protestant Identities

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
which
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-represented
or neglected.

Mervyn Busteed is Honorary Research Fellow of the Universities of
Manchester,
Salford and Liverpool. Frank Neal is Honorary Fellow of the University of
Liverpool. Jon Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of
Liverpool.

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





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This article from the New York Times might be of interest. It starts with a
review of an upcoming film, "Pride and Glory," but then moves into a
critique of standard images of the New York Police Department as
Irish-American.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/movies/26barr.html

Matt O'Brien

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Subject: Article,
Ormond's alternative: the lord-lieutenant's secret contacts with
Protestant Ulster, 1645-6
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Ormond's alternative: the lord-lieutenant's secret contacts with Protestant
Ulster, 1645-6

Author: Forkan, Kevin1

Source: Historical Research, Volume 81, Number 214, November 2008 , pp.
610-635(26)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:

This article explores a series of contacts between the marquis of Ormond and
the Ulster Protestant forces in 1645-6, using sources that include the Carte
manuscripts, parliamentary papers, pamphlet material, and other political
correspondence, both manuscript and printed. It is argued that Ormond's
Ulster contacts were as least as important as the concurrent negotiations
with the Catholic confederates, which up to now have been prioritized by
historians, and that his Ulster strategy was designed to avoid further
negotiations with the Catholic Irish by regaining Protestant Ireland's
support for the royalist cause.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2007.00428.x

Affiliations: 1: Trinity College Dublin

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Subject: Books Announced, Stewart Parker,
TELEVISION PLAYS + DRAMATIS PERSONAE & OTHER WRITINGS
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In honour of the twentieth anniversary of Stewart Parker's death, =
Litteraria
Pragensia Books is proud to announce the publication of a two volume set =
of
Parker's TV plays and journalistic writings with critical introductions.
Both volumes provide unique and long overdue perspectives on Parker's =
work
in an accessible format aimed to extend critical acknowledgement of =
Parker's
status as one of the most versatile and engaging writers to emerge in
Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s.

STEWART PARKER: TELEVISION PLAYS
ed. Clare Wallace
ISBN 80-7308-124-5 (paperback). 580pp.
Publication date: October 2008

Price: EUR 18.00 (not including postage)

Contents:
I'm A Dreamer Montreal (1979)=20
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain (1981)=20
Joyce in June (1982)=20
Blue Money (1984)=20
Radio Pictures (1985)=20
Lost Belongings (1987)

http://litteraria.ff.cuni.cz/books/parker.html



STEWART PARKER: DRAMATIS PERSONAE & OTHER WRITINGS
eds. Gerald Dawe, Maria Johnston & Clare Wallace
ISBN 80-7308-241-3 (paperback). 120pp.
Publication date: October 2008

Price: EUR 12.00 (not including postage)

Contents:
Dramatis Personae
Buntus Belfast
Chickens on Parade in Belfast, USA
An Ulster Volunteer
School for Revolution
It's a Bad Scene, Mrs. Worthington
The Tribe and Thompson
Introduction to Sam Thompson's Over the Bridge
The Green Light
Exiles by James Joyce
The Dream and After
Belfast Women: A Superior Brand of Dynamite
State of Play
Me and Jim
Signposts
Introduction to Lost Belongings
Foreword to Plays: 2

http://litteraria.ff.cuni.cz/books/parker.html



Stewart Parker ranks among Ireland's most innovative dramatists and yet =
as
the twentieth anniversary of his death approaches, critical engagement =
with
his work has still much ground to cover. With the exception of The =
Actress
and the Bishop (1976) and Kingdom Come (1977), Stewart Parker's theatre
plays have remained in print with Methuen. This is the only material =
that is
currently widely available to scholars, students and readers. However,
Parkers work extends well beyond this known core including numerous
journalistic writings, literary criticism, radio and television plays.



BOOK LAUNCH:
STEWART PARKER: DRAMATIS PERSONAE & OTHER WRITINGS and TELEVISION PLAYS =
will
be launched at the Stewart Parker Conference (31st-2nd Nov. 2008) at =
Queen's
University Belfast, where screenings of the television plays will also =
be
scheduled.



for the complete LPB catalogue, please visit www.litterariapragensia.com =


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University, Nam. J. Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1, CZECH REPUBLIC
www.louis-armand.com =A0 www.litterariapragensia.com

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Subject: Book Announced, GAGS AND GREASEPAINTS,
A TRIBUTE TO THE IRISH "FIT-UPS"
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GAGS AND GREASEPAINTS
A TRIBUTE TO THE IRISH "FIT-UPS"
By
Vikki Jackson
Edited by M=EDche=E1l =D3 hAodha

This volume is a paean to the =93Revue=94, the =93Fit-Up=94 and the =
fifty or more
travelling roadshows which traversed the roads of Ireland during the
heyday of the =93fit-ups=94, the decades prior to the Second World War. =
This
book is a personal memoir of one of the =93goddesses=94 of Irish =
repertory
theatre=97Vic (Victoria Loving)=97the woman known as the =93Sequin
Queen=94=97as recounted by her granddaughter, one of the last of these
travelling artistes. It is a celebration of Ireland=92s =93curtain =
up=94, and the
=93five-and-nine=94, the fairground barker and the circus tober. It is a =
hymn to
the artist whose home was the road and whose stage-wing voices lie
hidden in the boarded-up hall and the abandoned outhouse. Listen up!=97
for one last garish display of the paint-glow, one final tread of the =
magic
footboard.

Cover image: Drawing by Vikki Jackson, the grand-daughter of Vic Loving.
Back photo shows Vikki Jackson, Vic Loving=92s grand-daughter sitting =
before a
photo of her grandmother, the incomparable Vic Loving.

9781847185105
www.c-s-p.org

Vikki Jackson and
M=EDche=E1l =D3 hAodha

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The gender of translation

Irish poetry in Galician

Author: Palacios-Gonz=E1lez, Manuela

Source: Babel, Volume 54, Number 3, 2008 , pp. 268-280(13)

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company


Abstract:
This article is indebted to contemporary debates on translation and =
gender,
and analyses how a woman-oriented commitment informs the Galician
translation of Irish poetry by women. Contrary to common cultural
assumptions about the transparency of the text and the translator's
invisibility, I opt for alternative discourses on translation which
encourage translators to articulate their experience.

A first section discusses context and its role in the production of
translations with a feminist orientation, with special attention paid to =
the
emergence of women poets in Ireland since the 1980s and the favourable
conditions for the reception of this poetry in the Galician literary =
market.

A second section presents various possible strategies to make the woman
visible in translation, whether in the use of paratexts or in the
introduction of gender marks in those passages where the English =
language
seems to neuter the feminine (adjectives, pronouns, certain nouns and
images).

The purpose of this study is both to expose the translated text as
woman-handled and to challenge the metaphorical language that ranks
translation and woman in an ancillary position. Rather than engaging in =
an
essentialist project that constructs a universal feminine identity, I =
focus
on aspects that interrogate the notion of identity with regard to =
gender,
nation and language.

French
Cet article est encadr=E9 dans les d=E9bats actuels sur traduction et =
genre et
analyse comment un engagement d'orientation f=E9minine charpente la =
traduction
au galicien de la po=E9sie irlandaise =E9crite par des femmes. =
Contrairement aux
id=E9es pr=E9con=E7ues qui existent sur la transparence du texte et =
l'invisibilit=E9
du traducteur, j'opte pour un discours alternatif sur la traduction qui
encourage les traducteurs =E1 exprimer leur exp=E9rience.

La premi=E8re section examine le contexte et son r=F4le dans la =
production de
traductions d'orientation f=E9minine, en particulier l'=E9mergence des =
femmes
po=E8tes en Irlande depuis les ann=E9es 80, et les conditions favorables =
pour la
r=E9ception de cette po=E9sie sur le march=E9 litt=E9raire galicien.

La deuxi=E8me partie propose une s=E9rie de strat=E9gies pour marquer la =
pr=E9sence
de la femme dans la traduction par le biais de l'utilisation de =
paratextes,
ou de l'introduction des marques de genre dans les passages o=F9 la =
langue
anglaise parait neutraliser le f=E9minin (adjectifs, pronoms, certains =
noms et
images).

L'objectif de cette =E9tude est de pr=E9senter le texte traduit comme un =
texte
manipul=E9 par la femme, et de d=E9fier le langage m=E9taphorique qui =
situe
traduction et femme dans une position secondaire. Plut=F4t que de =
participer
dans un projet essentialiste qui construit une identit=E9 f=E9minine
universelle, je mets en lumi=E8re les aspects qui discutent l'identit=E9 =
en
relation avec le genre, la nation et la langue.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1075/babel.54.3.04pal

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Forwarded on behalf of
Manuela Palacios
Facultade de Filolox=EDa
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela


Palabras extremas: Escritoras gallegas e irlandesas de hoy. Manuela =
Palacios
Gonz=E1lez and Helena Gonz=E1lez Fernandez (Eds.) A Coru=F1a: Netbiblo, =
2008, ISBN
978-84-97451987 (Language: Spanish).

This book contains contributions by Anne Hartigan, Mary O'Donnell, Celia =
de
Freine, Luz Mar Gonz=E1lez-Arias and Laura Lojo, among others.

You can find more information in amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/PALABRAS-EXTREMAS-ESCRITORAS-GALLEGAS-IRLANDESAS/dp=
/84
97451988/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1224832893&sr=3D8-1
=20

I reproduce the abstract and contents below. Please, accept my apologies =
if
you have received this information through another list.

Kind regards,

Manuela Palacios
Facultade de Filolox=EDa
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Avda. Castelao s/n
15782 Santiago
Spain

Abstract (in English)
Since the 1980s, there has been an unprecedented emergence of women =
writers
in Ireland and Galicia. From very diverse aesthetic and ideological
positions, they have radically transformed their respective literary =
fields
by modifying national imaginaries and proposing new conceptions of =
writing
and identity. Three identitary spaces nature, language and myth =
structure
the first part of the book, while a second section provides the writers =
with
a platform from which they present the literary and social cornerstones =
of
this recent cultural phenomenon.

Abstract (in Spanish)
Desde la d=E9cada de 1980 ha habido una irrupci=F3n sin precedentes de =
mujeres
escritoras en Galicia e Irlanda. Haci=E9ndose eco de la diversidad de
posicionamientos est=E9ticos e ideol=F3gicos de la sociedad actual, =
ellas han
transformado de manera radical ambos campos literarios.Proponen nuevas
concepciones de la escritura y de las identidades, modifican los =
imaginarios
nacionales, ponen al d=EDa el sujeto femenino y su representaci=F3n e =
incluso
trastocan los usos del mercado editorial. En este libro se abordan las
principales aportaciones de las poetas gallegas e irlandesas, desde las =
m=E1s
consolidadas a las m=E1s noveles. Tres espacios identitarios =96la =
naturaleza,
el lenguaje y el mito=96 articulan la primera parte, que recoge los =
an=E1lisis
cr=EDticos hechos por investigadoras de la literatura gallega e =
irlandesa,
para dar paso, en una segunda parte, a las voces de las propias poetas,
quienes en sus ensayos y entrevistas presentan las claves literarias y
sociales para comprender la trascendencia de este reciente fen=F3meno
cultural.=A0=20

CONTENTS
Escrituras desde el g=E9nero en Galicia e Irlanda. Manuela Palacios =
Gonz=E1lez y
Helena Gonz=E1lez Fern=E1ndez
PARTE I: Naturaleza, Lenguaje y Mito
1. Palabras de tierra para detener la marea. El paisaje en las poetas
gallegas. M=AA Xes=FAs Nogueira Pereira
2. La luna en el cristal. Poetas irlandesas y naturaleza. Manuela =
Palacios
Gonz=E1lez
3. Encrucijadas identitarias gallegas y el laboratorio del lenguaje. =
Helena
Gonz=E1lez Fern=E1ndez
4. Corporeidad y lenguaje en la poes=EDa irlandesa actual. Laura M=AA =
Lojo
Rodr=EDguez
5. Tejiendo y destejiendo mitos o el moldeable tapiz de la realidad en =
las
poetas gallegas. M=AA Xes=FAs Lama L=F3pez
6. Intertextualidad cl=E1sica en la poes=EDa irlandesa de autor=EDa =
femenina:
1980-2007. Luz Mar Gonz=E1lez Arias
PARTE II: Con voz propia: Ensayos y entrevistas
7. Nuestro cuerpo es un campo de batalla. El sentido pol=EDtico de la =
poes=EDa
gallega escrita por mujeres. Mar=EDa do Cebreiro
8. Librando espacio: Un porqu=E9 de la escritura. Anne Le Marquand =
Hartigan
9. Los signos de la diferencia. Entrevistas con las poetas Chus Pato y =
Ana
Roman=ED. M=AA Xes=FAs Nogueira Pereira
10. Poemas desde las fronteras del arte: Conversaciones con Mary =
O=92Donnell y
Celia de Fr=E9ine. Luz Mar Gonz=E1lez Arias=20

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Reconsidering Directly Elected Mayors in Ireland: Experiences from the
United Kingdom and America

Author: Quinlivan, Aodh1

Source: Local Government Studies, Volume 34, Number 5, November 2008 , pp.
609-623(15)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group


Abstract:
As part of the proposed modernisation of Irish local government a directly
elected mayor with executive powers will be introduced in Dublin in 2011. It
is then anticipated that the system of elected mayors will be extended to
the whole country. However, it is not known what impact this new form of
executive leadership will have on the prevailing system whereby city and
county managers are dominant. Drawing from experiences in the United Kingdom
and the United States, this paper suggests that Ireland needs clear,
unambiguous mayoral models. As a political leader with executive powers it
is imperative that the mayor's relationships with both the council and the
city/county manager are tightly defined. A US-style recall option would also
enhance the Irish system.

Articles that cite this article?

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/03003930802413814

Affiliations: 1: Department of Government, University College Cork, Ireland

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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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Subject: Book Announced,
Travellers and Showpeople: Recovering Migrant History
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing=20
isbn: 9781847186362 =09
Title: Travellers and Showpeople: Recovering Migrant History
Binding: Hardback Editor: M=EDch=E9al =D3 hAodha and Louise Harrington

Date of Publication: 2008-08-01

UK: =A329.99

US: $59.99

The late-twentieth century has witnessed a particular prominence
assigned to the discourses of =93difference=94 and =93Otherness=94. An =
examination
of this =93othering=94 discourse as related to Travellers, Gypsies and
Showpeople ennumerates the projective function of the =93Othering=94 =
process, a
form of rejection and marginalisation that is the institutionalization =
of
ideas which are seldom challenged. The history of Traveller and Gypsy
=93Othering=94 in Europe points to the constant re-articulation of =
reductionist
stereotypes as applied to a wide range of nomadic peoples and the =
creation
of a mythic Traveller/Gypsy prototype that is based on a series of =
endlessly
repeated generalizations which gradually assume the status of an =
objective
=93truth=94. This discourse of representation has culminated in powerful
institutional attitudes, many of which have influenced official and =
policy
responses to these minorities. This volume brings to surface the =
=93hidden
histories=94 and discourses of the =93peoples of the road=94, those =
migratory
peoples whose unique expressions of identity have often hitherto =
remained
occluded.

We live in the era of the Other, the era of =93difference=94, the era of
migration - that =93stranger=94 who waits silently at the border =
crossing,
battered suitcase in hand. Travellers and Roma are the archetypal =
migrants.
Perennial =93outsiders=94, they are the people who have lived on =
society=92s
margins for centuries. This volume explores the history of these
traditionally migrant peoples within the frame of articulation that is
Western literary and visual culture.

Dr. M=EDche=E1l =D3 hAodha works as a Lecturer (part-time) and as a =
Librarian at
the University of Limerick. He lectures on a number of History, Politics =
and
Social Studies courses incorporating Traveller, Roma and Migration =
Studies.
He has published many books including Irish Travellers: Representations =
and
Realities - (2006); On the Margins of Memory: Recovering the Migrant =
Voice -
(2007) and American =93Outsider=94: Stories from the Irish Traveller =
Diaspora
(2008). His research interests include the history and representation of
migration, Irish nationalism in a postcolonial context and Irish =
subaltern
and diaspora identities.

Sample pdf (including Table of Contents)

From
http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Representing--Otherness-1-84718-636-X.htm

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As a complement to the review of "Pride and Glory" sent around by Matt O'Brien recently (that complained of the regurgitation of stereotypes about the Irish-American Cop in film), here is a review of "Hunger" that lauds Steve McQueen for eschewing familiar storylines about the Troubles.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/1029/1225197268325.html

Cian McMahon

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Subject: Inaugural Lecture, PROFESSOR DONAL P. McCRACKEN,
University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Our sincere congratulations to PROFESSOR DONAL P. McCRACKEN on the occasion
of his Inaugural Lecture today...

I am sure that I speak for all those who cannot be in the University of
KwaZulu-Natal - we are there in spirit, and we join our congratulations to
those of his colleagues.

Patrick O'Sullivan


The Vice-Chancellor and Principal
Professor Malegapuru Makgoba

cordially invites you and your spouse/partner
to attend
an Inaugural Lecture presented by
PROFESSOR DONAL P. McCRACKEN

BA (Hons), D Phil (New University of Ulster), FRHistS

Professor of Historical Studies
School of Anthropology, Gender and Historical Studies

THE MARCH OF A NATION:
TIME AND TIDE AND TRANSFORMATION

Wednesday, 29 October 2008
17:15 for 17:30
Venue : Howard College Theatre
Howard College Building
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Howard College Campus

ENQUIRIES: Ms Selvum Naicker
c/o Ceremonials Office
Tel. No.: (031) 260 7648 . Facsimile: (031) 260 8219
e-mail: Ceremonials[at]ukzn.ac.za
All Welcome
Refreshments will be served

Invitation

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Deadline for proposals 30 November 2008
(See below the list of books and other media available for review)

The editors of "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America" (IMSLA), =
published by the Society for Irish Latin American Studies, are seeking =
book, film and website reviews in all fields of Irish-Latin American =
relations.=20

Reviews are published in each issue of IMSLA, which appears three times =
a year. Of particular interest are recently-released books, films and =
websites that have a potential to make contributions to knowledge and =
understanding on any aspect of relations between Ireland and Latin =
America. Reviews will be edited for length, style and clarity. See =
Guidelines at:
http://www.irlandeses.org/contributions.htm

Reviews are often published together with the Author's Reply, which is =
an informative approach to provide diverse perspectives, and usually =
initiates a productive debate about the subject and methods proposed by =
the author.

Publishers, authors and editors are welcome to submit books or =
references to the address below.=20

Potential reviewers should submit proposals by e-mail to Edmundo Murray, =
Co-Editor: edmundo.murray[at]irlandeses.org. Publishers may send review =
copies, galley proofs, DVDs or URLs to:=20

Edmundo Murray
Co-Editor, "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America"
Maison Rouge (1268) Burtigny, Switzerland
+41 22 739 50 49
Skype: guabayshamrock
edmundo.murray[at]irlandeses.org
www.irlandeses.org

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Books and Other Media Available for Review
(28 October 2008)

- "The Footsteps of Cecilia McPartland" (film)
Directors: Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Reb=F3=20
Production Company: CHTV / Two Islands Productions
Year: 2001
Time: 43.20 min.

- Informal Empire in Latin America: Culture, Commerce and Capital
Author: Matthew Brown (ed.)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing and SLAS
Year: 2008
Pages: 274
ISBN: 9781405179324

- Dictionary of Falklands Biography 1592 - 1981 (including South =
Georgia)
Author: David Tatham (ed.)
Publisher: Author's edition
Year: 2008
Pages: 572
ISBN: 9780955898501

- Irish Influence at the Court of Spain in the Seventeenth Century
Author: Igor P=E9rez Tostado
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Year: 2008
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781846821103

- Spanish-Irish Relations through the Ages
Authors: Declan Downey and Julio Crespo MacLennan (eds.)
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Year: 2008
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781851829910

- Colombia Jail Journal
Author: James Monaghan
Publisher: Brandon Books
Year: 2007
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9780863223761

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article, Green,
The Politics of Exit: Reversing the Immigration Paradigm
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Talking to IR-D member, Barry Hazley
[Barry.Hazley[at]postgrad.manchester.ac.uk]
About his interesting research, he reminded me of an article that I =
think
will interest a number of people...

Green, Nancy L. "The Politics of Exit: Reversing the Immigration =
Paradigm."
The Journal of Modern History 77, no. 2 (2005): 263 - 289.

It is a wide ranging article, arguing for a rethink of the study of
migration, by looking at the historiography of departure. It notes for
example how discussion of emigration in C19th Britain gets rolled up =
into
the social question, which gets rolled up into the 'Irish question'. =
Its
brief mention of the Irish is based on Kerby Miller. And I suppose we =
could
talk at length about the research that the article seems to be not aware =
of.

The arguments are, however, expanded in the follow up book...=20
Citizenship and Those who Leave: The Politics of Emigration and =
Expatriation
By Nancy L. Green, Fran=E7ois Weil
Published by University of Illinois Press, 2007
ISBN 0252074297, 9780252074295

P.O'S.

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What shall we do for plumbers?
The last of the Poles is gone.

The following item has been brought to our attention.

P.O'S.

Poles flee ailing Irish economy

The number of people leaving Ireland next year will outstrip those moving to
the country for the first time in 14 years

By Dara Doyle

Tuesday October 28 2008

When the European Union expanded eastward in 2004, Ireland opened its doors
to workers entering from former communist states to help maintain record
economic growth. Now, immigrants are heading for the exit.

The number of people leaving Ireland next year will outstrip those moving to
the country for the first time in 14 years, according to Economic and Social
Research Institute in Dublin. The biggest exodus will be among the 170,000
workers who arrived the past four years from Poland and other east European
states.

Full text at...

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/poles-flee-ailing-irish-economy-151
1401.html

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Conference, Disasters and Change,
Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, Limerick, 7 - 8
November 2008
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An outline of this conference is now available at

http://www.mic.ul.ie/history/conference/programme.htm

Economic and Social History Society of Ireland
Annual Conference
=91Disasters and Change=92
Mary Immaculate College Limerick
7 - 8 November 2008

Venue: Summerville House, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

All sessions will be in SG1, Summerville House.
=20

DAY 1: Friday 7 November 2008

12.30: Registration

1.30: Welcome

1.40 pm =96 3.30 pm:=20
Session 1: Recording and Predicting

=91Assessing climate variability and weather extremes in Ireland through =
the
ages=92.
(Paul Leahy, Civil & Environmental Engineering,
University College Cork)

=91Environmental Hazards in Ireland 600-1600: the evidence of the =
Annals=92.
(Francis Ludlow, Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin)
=91The Impact of the 1st November 1755 Tsunami on Ireland and records of =
other
Irish tsunami events=92.
(Kieran Hickey, Department of Geography, NUI Galway.)

=91"The Night of the Big Wind and the Sea." 1839 and Irish maritime =
history=92.
(Se=E1n Rickard, History Department, MIC Limerick)

3.50 pm =96 5.50 pm:=20
Session 2: Explaining and Preventing

=91The natural disaster as meaningless phenomenon: Heinrich Von =
Kleist=92s
Earthquake in Chili=92.
(Rachel MagShamhr=E1in, Department of German, University College Cork)

=91The reporting of disasters in the 18th century press=92.
(Ursula Callaghan, History Department, MIC Limerick)

=91Coping with crisis: the middle class agenda in pre-Famine =
Limerick=92.
(Sarah McNamara, Government of Ireland Scholar, History Department, MIC
Limerick)

=91The Dublin Medical Press and the threat of syphilis in the 1860s=92.
(Ann P. Daly, Department of Modern History, NUI Maynooth)

6.30 pm =96 7.45 pm
Connell Lecture: =91Notes on Catastrophe in Irish History=92
(Professor John W Foster, Professor Emeritus, English Department, =
University
of British Columbia, Vancouver)

DAY 2: Saturday 8 November 2008

9.00 am =96 10.30 am
Session 1: In Time of War:

=91=94Fever and Flux=94 at Dundalk in 1689: the destruction of =
Schomberg=92s army=92.
(Padraig Lenihan, History Department, University of Limerick)

=91=93Mysterious Malady Spreading=94: the war and the reporting of the =
1918-19
Influenza Pandemic=92.
(Patricia Marsh, School of History and Anthropology, Queen=92s =
University
Belfast)

=91Irish aid to the post-war Netherlands: from =93Hunger Winter=94 to =
Flood
Disaster 1945-1953=92.
(Jerome Aan de Wiel, Visiting Professor, History Department, University
College Cork)

10.50 am =96 12.20 pm

Session 2: Elites and Disasters

=91=93Geinti for Duiblinn beos: the savages are still in Dublin=94: the =
Viking
raids and U=ED N=E9ill propaganda=92.
(Cathy Swift, Irish Studies, MIC Limerick)

=91Surviving Dublin: the case of the Adlercron family, 1774 - 1794'
(Valerie Moffat, National College of Art and Design)

=91Economic responses to the Limerick Banking Disaster of 1820=92.
(Michael Deegan, History Department, MIC Limerick)

12.50 pm =96 1.20 pm
Annual General Meeting

1.20 pm =96 2.50 pm
Session 3: Communities and Authorities

=91Responding to fever in Limerick city 1816-19=92.
(Michelle Mangan, IRCHSS Scholar, History Department, MIC Limerick)

=91Shipwrecks, American interests and local communities in Ireland =
before
1915=92.
(Bernadette Whelan, History Department, University of Limerick)

=91The Spanish Flu and the laconic response of central government =
1918-19=92.
(Ida Milne, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin)

3.05 pm =96 4.35 pm
Session 4: Blaming and Covering Up

=91The Straffan rail disaster of 1853: management, crew and public=92.
(Eoghan Corry, Independent Newspapers)

=91The Drumcollogher Cinema Fire of 1926: the impact of a local =
disaster=92.
(Liam Irwin, History Department, MIC Limerick)

=91Drowned like rats=92: the sinking of the Andarora Star off Donegal, =
July
1940=92.
(Michael Kennedy, Executive Editor, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, =
Royal
Irish Academy)

4.35 pm =96 5.00 pm

Concluding remarks
=20
The Economic and Social History Society and the Conference Organisers =
wish
to express their appreciation for the generous sponsorship of the =
following:

* Mary Immaculate College
* Gaisce (President=92s Award)
* Privates=92 Mess and NCOs=92 Mess, Sarsfield=92s Barracks, =
Limerick
* O=92Mahony=92s Bookshop, Limerick
* Condells=92 Office Centre, Limerick
* Wine Buff, Mallow Street, Limerick

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Subject: Conference, Ireland and the Iberian Atlantic, Seville, 2008
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International Conference: Ireland and the Iberian Atlantic: Mobility,
involvement and cross-cultural exchange (1580-1823)

Conference Date:
30 de octubre a 1 de noviembre de 2008 =20

The Pablo de Olavide University and the Escuela de Estudios
Hispano-Americanos (CSIC), organise this international conference =
October
the 30 and 31st and 1st of November in Seville (Spain).

Its aim is to put the link between the island of Ireland and the Spanish
Monarchy of the early modern period in its Atlantic context. Its seven
sessions will focus on the development of trade and slavery networks, =
the
role of Portugal and its empire, the impact of war and political =
involvement
in the struggle for independence in both Portugal and Latin America, =
social
integration in the American societies, women and migration, cultural and
scientific circulation, literary and cultural ties and new =
historiographic
perspectives for the study of integrated transnational minorities in the
early modern Atlantic.

This conference is aimed at both specialists of Early Modern European =
and
American history, literature and culture, and undergraduate students. =
The
entry will be free subject to availability.

The complete program can be seen in the project website:
www.irishinspain.org

Igor P=E9rez Tostado
Profesor Ayudante
=C1rea de Historia Moderna
Departamento de Geograf=EDa, Historia y Filosof=EDa
Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Carretera de Utrera km. 1
41013 Sevilla, Espa=F1a
tel: +34954349138
fax: +34954348359
Email: ipertos[at]upo.es
Visit the website at http://www.irishinspain.org

Note from P.O'S....

Go to
http://www.irishinspain.org/congresos.html

And click on
PROGRAMA
Cuadernillo

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Subject: CFP 5th International Conference on the History of Drugs and
Alcohol: The Pathways to Prohibition, 26-28th June 2009,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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Note:
The biannual conference of the Alcohol and Drugs in History Society is being
hosted for the first time in the UK by the Centre for the Social History of
Health and Healthcare, Glasgow, a research collaboration between the
University of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University
(www.gcal.ac.uk/historyofhealth)

See
http://www.gcal.ac.uk/historyofhealth/research/drugsalcohol.html


5th International Conference on the History of Drugs and Alcohol: The
Pathways to Prohibition
26-28th June 2009, CSHHH, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

When John Shanks acquired the Barrhead pottery company to establish his
"sanitary engineering workshop" in the late nineteenth century, the decision
was more than a simple business one. The man who was to become the
President of the Barrhead Evangelist Association chose the town, which
bordered Glasgow, as it had the reputation of having the highest number of
pubs per head of population. All workers in the firm had to sign the
temperance pledge to ensure employment. Shanks was following in the
footsteps of temperance campaigner Sir William Collins, Glasgow book
publisher and Lord Provost who earned the nickname "Water Willie". In
Britain, however, the impact of such campaigners remained local, and only
those who adopted the global/colonial platform against intoxicants met with
success. Such limited influence paved the ground for the British
anti-intoxicant policy of the twentieth century which rejected prohibition
for the medical solution, ultimately another localised response to local
problems.

The conference is seeking papers on the broad subject of the 'pathways to
prohibition', the underlying motives governing policy and reactions to
policymaking across the globe. Proposed papers or panels can be on any
topic in the history of drugs and alcohol, but some issues to be considered
include the ways in which the cultures of consumption evolved to meet the
challenge of prohibition; the impact upon previously good citizens,
including distillers and brewers, whose activities were now criminalised;
the changing images of consumption under prohibition policies; the
construction of consumption which underlay decisions to instigate
prohibition or reject it; the effectiveness of the merging of local
initiatives with national and international politics of prohibition.

Abstracts of proposed papers (no more than 500 words long) or of proposed
panels should be sent by email, fax or post by December 15th 2008 to

Dr Patricia Barton
CSHHH
Dept of History
University of Strathclyde
16 Richmond Street
Glasgow
G1 1XQ
Scotland
E: p.barton[at]strath.ac.uk
Tel: 44 (0)141 548 2932
Fax: 44 (0)141 552 8509

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Subject: The Good Friday Belfast Agreement - ten years on: Panel
Discussion, Liverpool, 5th of November 2008
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Professor Marianne Elliott OBE, FBA
Director of the Institute of Irish Studies
University of Liverpool
In association with the British Academy
invites you to a panel discussion

The Good Friday Belfast Agreement - Ten Years On

6.00 p.m. Wednesday 5th of November 2008

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


Opening Address:
Lord David Owen, Chancellor of the University of Liverpool and Foreign
Secretary from 1977-1979

Chair:
Professor Marianne Elliott, Director of The Institute of Irish Studies and
member of the Opsahl Commission on Northern Ireland

Panel members:
Jonathan Powell (Chief of staff to Tony Blair)
H E David Cooney (Irish Ambassador)
Dr Maurice Hayes (Former Northern Ireland Ombudsman)
Dr Duncan Morrow (Chief Executive Officer of the Community Relations
Council)
Malachi O' Doherty (Belfast-based writer and broadcaster)


Further Information:
Dorothy Lynch
The Institute of Irish Studies
1 Abercromby Square
Liverpool L69 7WY
Tel: 0151 794 3837
Fax: 0151 794 3836
email: dorothy[at]liv.ac.uk