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The following has been brought to our attention...

Earlier this week JSTOR announced the 19th Century British Pamphlets
Project is now freely accessible to all JSTOR participating
institutions through June 30, 2009. The collection, created by the
Research Libraries UK and funded by the JISC Digitisation Programme,
will eventually provide access to a large number of collections.
"Approximately 8,200 pamphlets were added to JSTOR today, including
portions of the Knowsley Pamphlet Collection (University of
Liverpool), Cowen Tracts (Newcastle University), and the Hume Tracts
(University College London)."

http://www.jstor.org/page/info/participate/other/britishPamphlets.jsp

From this page the link to "View title list" will take you to the
collections. You can search within each collection but they do not
seem to be integrated into other search features of JSTOR.

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Nora Murphy, Knitting the Threads of Time
is now available.

It is a non-fiction knitting memoir that explores the powerful
connections between women and textiles all around the world--from
Nigeria to Mexico, from Iraq to Ireland, from the Pacific Northwest to Peru.

For those in Minnesota, there are several events coming up in the
next two months.

See

http://nora-murphy.com/events.aspx

and

Nora Murphy
www.nora-murphy.com

Excerpts from two reviews:

Author Anne Hood:
Knitting a sweater is challenging, frustrating, exhilarating, and
immensely satisfying, and Nora Murphy captures all of that and much more
in her gem of a book. The journey of this one sweater makes stops in
many knitting cultures as well as the geography of the human condition.
A lovely book!

Booklist:
A sweet, unassuming memoir that's quietly inspiring.

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The following item has come to our attention.

NCA Irish Social Film Club

present

Boat Train to Euston 1965

A lift to the station. The train to Dublin. Then another train to Dun
Laoghaire. The mail boat to Holyhead. The boat train to Euston, change at
Crewe for other places. They were following a well-worn path. The journey
could take up to two days but they were young with a spirit of adventure.
What awaited them? Where did they go? They were on their own - but there
were thousands like them.

Builders, nurses, hotels, office and factory workers their contribution was
great. Many are still here.

In this film we look at the past so that we can better navigate the future.

Plus

The Story of the Field

A dispute started. A man died. A man was ostracised and a community divided.
It was a play and then a film. In the area it is still part of living
memory.

Thursday 19th February
7.30pm - free
Swan and Helmet
Clare Street
Northampton

Details
Peter Mulligan
Project co-ordinator
NCA Irish Social Film Club
Northampton Connolly Association
Tel. 01604-715793
Email: pmcelt[at]aol.com

Bill Mulligan

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paddy -- a called to your attentiuon item. Ray Cashman wtrites like an ange=
l
________________________________

Journal of Folklore Research
Volume 45, Number 3, September-December 2008


Visions of Irish Nationalism
Ray Cashman
pp. 361-381

Subject Headings:

* Nationalism -- Northern Ireland -- Tyrone.
* Nationalism -- Northern Ireland -- Derry.
Abstract:
Murals, graffiti, flags, and annual commemorative parades are common in urb=
an Northern Ireland where Irish Catholic nationalists and British Protestan=
t unionists use these vernacular forms of custom and material culture to re=
iterate their differential identities in terms of ethnicity, denomination, =
and politics. Rural areas, on the other hand, present a very different visu=
al scene with far fewer public visual displays broadcasting political messa=
ges and affiliations. Nevertheless, this lack does not necessarily signify =
that rural dwellers are somehow less politically minded or more peacefully =
integrated in comparison to their urban counterparts. Moving beyond the vis=
ual scene alone, we must pay attention to how rural dwellers contextualize =
their seemingly unmarked environment through oral legendary and personal na=
rrative. In particular, the oral traditions of one rural, majority-national=
ist community in County Tyrone demonstrate significant differences between =
urban and rural ways of imagining and internalizing the Irish Catholic nati=
onalist cause. Many urban murals, for example, focus outward, gesturing to =
a secular, cosmopolitan, and international consciousness, while the Tyrone =
landscape-as contextualized by oral tradition-focuses inward on the local, =
autochthonous, and sacred. Despite advances in an on-going peace process, t=
his rural, radically emplaced vision of the Irish nationalist cause may wel=
l have significant staying power.

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From: Patrick Maume
A few points in relation to this:
(a) Breach of promise cases were usually instigated by women but they could
also be brought by men; I have noticed one or two instances of the latter in
my work on late nineteenth-century newspapers. I mentioned them because
while they were suits for damages, they involved a considerable amount of
public humiliation for the person sued, who was obliged to have their lives
raked over in court for the amusement of the court-attending and
newspaper-reading public (I have seen such newspaper headings as "Amusing
Breach of Promise Case") and I would consider it highly likely that the
infliction of such humiliation was a major motive for bringing such a suit,
though of course there would be severe loss involved for a woman who was
thrown over after an engagement lasting several years and whose marriage
prospects were diminished by her age.
This category of case overlaps with seduction cases, where the father of a
non-marital child was sued for financial support. In the nineteenth century
such cases could not be brought by the woman herself but by the father or
nearest male relative who sued on the grounds that he had been deprived of
her services. These would have involved a greater element of necessity and
consequently less sheer vindictiveness or vengefulness than in the less
serious breach of promise suit.
Criminal conversation cases were lawsuits for compensation brought against
a wife's seducer by the husband. (A wronged wife could not bring a crim.con
suit against her husband.) I know of some instances (such as the famous
early C19 Cloncurry divorce case, where Lady Cloncurry was observed by a
painter in flagrante with Sir John Piers) in which the husband claimed
massive damages with the clear aim of causing the seducer's financial ruin.
(Piers could not pay the damages awarded to Cloncurry and had to flee to the
Isle of Man. For details of this case and the marital affairs of the late
C18 and early C19 Irish aristocracy, see the revised edition of Anthony
Malcolmson's book THE PURSUIT OF THE HEIRESS.) It would be interesting to
know whether there was a class element in such cases; were they more likely
to be brought by the upper classes (where significant sums might be
involved)? Were Catholics (who could not hope for a new marriage) less
likely to bring such cases than Protestants (whose churches allowed
remarriage to the innocent party after a divorce brought on grounds of the
spouse's adultery)?
Crim. con. and breach of promise lawsuits were only abolished in the
Republic of Ireland in the early 1980s, but it would be interesting to know
if their numbers fell off as a result of the reporting restrictions imposed
after the First World War, whihc is what one would expect if vengeance
throuhg publicity was a major motive.
It may also be worth noting that Maurice Healy's legal memoir THE OLD
MUNSTER CIRCUIT claims that much of his uncle T.M. Healy's business came
from people who brought lawsuits which they had little hope of winning, (or,
if they won, of extracting financial return proportionate to the trouble and
expense) for the sheer pleasure of seeing their rival/enemy/neighbour forced
to enter the witness box and subjected to the humiliation and ridicule
involved in a public cross-examination by Tim Healy.
Best wishes,
Patrick
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Elizabeth Malcolm
wrote:

> I and a colleague, Dr Dianne Hall, have been working for some years on the
> topic of
> violence and gender in Ireland between about 1200 and 1900. We've analysed
> numerous
> legal proceedings throughout this period, and some could certainly be
> interpreted as
> reflecting motives of revenge. Patrick Maume rightly refers to
> breach-of-promise
> suits, usually instigated by women, but 'crim. con.' cases instigated by
> men were
> not uncommon either.
>
> Recently we've been looking at abduction and rape. There were plenty of
> allegations
> during the 18th and 19th centuries that all classes brought cases to court
> on these
> grounds in order either to extract revenge or to force a marriage. But
> often it's
> very difficult to unravel the motives of the complainants: the famous
> Wilde-Travers
> rape case of 1864-5 comes to mind in this category.
>
> The litigiousness of the Irish is of course much remarked upon, while at
> the same
> time it's suggested that Irish communities developed their own informal
> legal
> systems because they had little faith in the landlord dominated, English
> common law
> system. Two recent books I've found interesting on topics like these are:
>
> Eanna Hickey, 'Irish Law and Lawyers in Modern Folk Tradition' (Dublin:
> Four Courts
> Press, 1999)
>
> Heather Laird, 'Subversive Law in Ireland, 1879-1920: from "Unwritten Law"
> to the
> Dail Courts' (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2005)
>
> Verbal insults and slander is a topic that a number of English and European
> medieval
> and early modern historians have been working on, and especially their use
> by women.
> Di Hall has published an important study of this as regards Ireland:
>
> Dianne Hall, 'Words as Weapons: Speech, Violence and Gender in Late
> Medieval
> Ireland' in 'Eire-Ireland', 41: 1 & 2 (Spring/Summer 2006), 122-41
>
> Elizabeth
> __________________________________________________
> Professor Elizabeth Malcolm
>
> Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies
> School of Historical Studies ~ University of Melbourne ~ Victoria, 3010,
> AUSTRALIA
> Phone: +61-3-83443924 ~ Email: e.malcolm[at]unimelb.edu.au
>
> President
> Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ)
> Website: http://isaanz.org
> __________________________________________________
>

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Of interest to this discussion is this from today's Irish Independent:
Carmel

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/girl-lied-about-sex-assault-out-of-loyalty-to-her-family-1634063.html

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Forwarded from H-Albion.

Conference announcement - 20 March 2009:
'New access to past debates: 19th century pamphlets'

The 19th Century Pamphlets Online project is holding a one-day =20
conference at the University of Liverpool on Friday 20 March 2009. =20
This event marks the launch of a major new digital resource, providing =20
desktop access to more than 23,000 19th century pamphlets covering the =20
political, social and economic issues of their day - the result of =20
sponsorship and investment from RLUK (Research Libraries UK), JISC =20
(Joint Information Systems Committee) and JSTOR.

The conference will seek to place 19th century pamphlets within their =20
historical, literary and cultural contexts, and to consider the =20
potential of their digitisation for research and teaching.

Confirmed speakers include: Miles Taylor, Professor of History and =20
Director of the Institute of Historical Research; Laurel Brake, =20
Professor of Literature and Print Culture at Birkbeck, University of =20
London; and Brian Maidment, Research Professor in the History of Print =20
at the University of Salford. The day will be introduced by John =20
Belchem, Professor of History and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the =20
University of Liverpool.

The conference will take place within the Victorian grandeur of the =20
University of Liverpool's Foresight Centre. It will begin with =20
registration at 10:30 and conclude by 4:30. After the formal part of =20
the day there will be an opportunity to visit the University Library's =20
recently refurbished Special Collections & Archives, to view the =20
pamphlet collection of the Earls of Derby (the Knowsley collection) =20
and participate in a reception. A full programme will be made =20
available nearer the time.

Participation in this event, which includes lunch and refreshments, is =20
free, thanks to the generous sponsorship of RLUK (Research Libraries =20
UK). However, places are limited and will be allocated on a 'first =20
come, first served' basis. To reserve your place or request more =20
information about this event or the 19th Century Pamphlets project, =20
please email Grant Young at grant.young[at]bristol.ac.uk .

About the project and its collections

19th Century Pamphlets Online will provide access to some of the most =20
significant collections of pamphlets held in UK research libraries. =20
This includes the personal collections of Joseph Hume (from UCL) and =20
Joseph Cowen (Newcastle), the family collections of the Earls Grey =20
(Durham) and Earls of Derby (Liverpool), the Foreign Office and =20
Colonial Office collections (Manchester), and selections from the =20
large collections held by LSE and the University of Bristol. In all, =20
more than 1 million pages (about 23,000 pamphlets) will be digitised =20
and made freely available to UK users via JSTOR in early 2009.

The 19th Century Pamphlets Online project was instigated by RLUK =20
(http://www.rluk.ac.uk/) and is led by the University of Southampton. =20
It has received major funding from the JISC (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/) =20
in the second phase of its large Digitisation Programme. For more =20
information about this project and the JISC Digitisation Programme, =20
please see =20
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J Thompson, Historical Studies
James.Thompson[at]bristol.ac.uk

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A powerful, moving piece and evocative piece, in today's Irish Times. I =
think the author speaks for part of an entire generation.

Piaras

Misery of the returned emigrant

Wed, Feb 11, 2009

OPINION:After 16 years in Canada, I came home to Ireland. Big mistake. A =
really big mistake . . . writes BRENDAN LANDERS.

THERE ARE three types of people who uproot themselves and emigrate to =
make their lives anew in a country that is not their own by birthright. =
Some are gifted with itchy feet and a lust for adventure - they abandon =
their homeland to satisfy their curiosity about the wide world beyond. =
Some are fortunate enough to happen upon a foreign place that touches =
their soul or to bond with a person who makes the prospect of migration =
more attractive than a life lived at home without the other. And some =
are forced to emigrate because their native place has nothing =
substantial to offer them in life.

Most of us who left Ireland during the 1980s fell into the third =
category. We went away not because we had itchy feet, had found our =
Eldorado or fallen in love with an exotic foreigner, but because Ireland =
had nothing to offer us. No jobs, no opportunities, no scope to follow =
our dreams or aspire to even a modicum of success in life. The Irish =
economy was broken and it would take a miracle to fix it.

Along with the dismal state of the nation's finances, there was a sense =
that whatever wealth existed was hoarded greedily by a coterie of =
well-connected professionals, wide boys and golden circles. The land of =
our birth offered us nothing but tacit encouragement to leave. Brian =
Lenihan snr, the father of our current Minister for Finance, put it =
succinctly when he said: "Sure we can't all live on a small island."

Emigration was expected of us and so, forlorn and abandoned, we =
departed. We overcame our grief, our disappointment, our homesickness, =
our longing for the day-to-day company of our families and friends.

We settled and went about the business of building new lives for =
ourselves in our homes away from home. We didn't expect to live in =
Ireland again.

Then, after a decade or so of exile, a sequence of remarkable events =
conspired to persuade us that maybe miracles can happen after all. We =
watched agog as Ireland underwent an awesome transformation. The country =
transmogrified from an impoverished backwater racked by unemployment and =
a culture of despair into the epitome of cool and a clamorous hothouse =
of self-indulgent affluence.

U2 became the biggest rock'n'roll band in the world and, unlike previous =
Irish rock stars such as Van Morrison, Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher and =
the Boomtown Rats, who all invariably moved to London at the first taste =
of success, they stayed in Dublin.

Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan directed world-class movies that won Oscars =
and they stayed in Ireland instead of moving to Hollywood. Alan Parker =
made a movie of The Commitmentsand Roddy Doyle bestrode the world of =
literature, won the Booker Prize and didn't move to Paris or New York.

By virtue of Michael Flatley's dazzling footwork, Riverdancecreated a =
sensation in theatres throughout the world and Flatley actually moved to =
Ireland.

The IRA declared a ceasefire and the country was at peace, albeit =
tentatively so. Michael D Higgins served as minister for arts, culture =
and the Gaeltacht. A poet in Cabinet, for God's sake - it was like 1916 =
all over again.

Tribunals were exposing corruption in a host of establishment =
institutions and there was much heady talk of a brave new world of =
openness, honesty, transparency and ethics in public life.

Hope peeped out from under the carpet.

Mary Robinson, a principled, liberal woman, won the presidency and put a =
candle in the window of her residence in the Phoenix Park as a beacon of =
light and a welcome home to the children of the diaspora. For us, this =
was a revolutionary act of sensitivity unprecedented in the country's =
history.

US multinationals flocked to Ireland to invest their money and gain a =
toehold in Europe, and the eponymous Celtic Tiger was born. Money talked =
the talk and Ireland quickly learned to walk the walk. There was full =
employment. We went home on holidays and we shook our heads in =
bemusement at the profusion of "Help Wanted" signs in shop windows.

The Irish government sent emissaries throughout the diaspora, asking us =
to come home and take our place in the new Ireland. They promised jobs, =
prosperity, vindication and a proud place in a proud new Ireland. And =
we, poor fools, chose to believe them. How could we have refused, we who =
had, for years, deep inside ourselves, wondered what life might have =
been like if we'd been able to stay home?

We dared to believe, stifled our doubts, bought into the new zeitgeist =
and gave up the lives we had so carefully and painfully constructed. We =
sold our houses, packed our furniture into containers, uprooted our =
families and came back to Ireland.

Things were good at first. We found jobs that paid well. So what if the =
houses cost a fortune - all our savings went into the deposit and we =
still had to borrow a small fortune - weren't the universities free for =
our kids and won't they have a wonderful life without the shadow of =
emigration hanging over their heads? And weren't the old-age pensions =
going up? And wasn't this a grand new country after all its troubles?

We blinked when we saw the old and infirm racked up like refugees on =
trolleys in hospital waiting rooms, enduring conditions that would be =
embarrassing in the developing world.

We baulked when we saw the subversion of progressive initiatives like =
the Freedom of Information Act and the Equality Agency.

We gaped in disbelief as successive ministers for finance behaved like =
lumpen proletariat lottery winners, squandered billions of euro in =
budget surpluses and pumped up inflation - had they no mothers, we =
wondered, to instill in them the good sense of saving for a rainy day?

We were overwhelmed with dejected deja vu when our taoiseach tied =
himself up in verbal knots trying to explain his ill-gotten gains at the =
Mahon tribunal. And we wept in despair when, in the face of his =
chicanery, the people re-elected him.

But the final nail was hammered into the coffin of our disenchantment =
when the financial crash came and the Government's first instinct was to =
make the poorest and most vulnerable sectors of society pay for its =
mistakes.

We finally had to admit to ourselves that the golden circles hadn't gone =
away, they'd just put on new coats.

Now here we are, utterly faithless in the disposition of our elected =
politicians, plagued with anxiety and insecurity, one job-loss away from =
ruin.

Our savings are gone and our houses are virtually worthless. Our =
children face a bleak future and the heart-rending prospect of forced =
emigration.

We made a terrible mistake. We came back. Because we wanted to, we =
believed that the country had changed.

We believed in the miracle.

We believed in the politicians.

In the electorate.

We were wrong.

Never again.

Brendan Landers is a Dublin-born freelance writer and journalist. His =
first novel, Milo Devine, was published by Poolbeg Press in 2001. From =
1974 to 1981. he worked in Dublin as a bus conductor for CI=C9. In 1984, =
he went to Canada where he was publisher/managing editor of Ireland's =
Eye, a magazine for Irish-Canadians, and also editor of the Irish Canada =
News, a Toronto-based monthly newspaper. In 2000, he returned to Dublin. =
He is married and the father of a young boy. His website is =
landersbrendan.tripod.com

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The following call for papers has come to our attention.

This special session panel in SCMLA (South Central Modrn Language
Association)Convention, 29-31 October, 2009,Baton Rouge Louisiana
invites papers that explore the literary strategies employed by
intellectuals when dealing with the cultural and historical
discontinuities resulting from exile.

Please email 500-word abstract by 15th February 2009 to: Montse Feu at
mmfeulop[at]uh.edu.

Visit the website at http://www.ou.edu/scmla/

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Dear Paddy
=20
A follow-up to the interesting position paper on a proposed Irish =
Diaspora
Strategy by Rob Kitchin and Mark Doyle of the Geography Department NUI
Maynooth in May 2008, here are reports of an international workshop:
=20
=20
http://communications.nuim.ie/270109.shtml
=20
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0127/1232923366914.html

It is also picked up in this week's Irish Post 14 Feb 2009, 'Diaspora =
could
be the answer to economic crisis. (p.15).
=20
The position paper is at
=20

* http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/research/documents/WP37_BoyleandKitchin.pdf
=20

All the best

=20

Bronwen Walter

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Hugh Leonard - John Keyes Byrne - has died.

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0212/leonardh.html

I have used the video of his play "Da" many times in the classroom. It
serves as a great vehicle for discussion on the diaspora and the "going
home" experience.
May he rest in peace.
Carmel

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Dear IR-D list members,

The Society for Irish Latin American Studies is pleased to announce the =
launch of a new edition of its grants programme, the Irish Latin =
American Research Fund. The objective of the Irish Latin American =
Research Fund is to support innovative and significant research in the =
different aspects of relations between Ireland and Latin America.

Grants up to 1,000 Euros will be awarded to exceptionally promising =
students, faculty members or independent scholars to help support their =
research and writing leading to the publication or other types of =
communication of their projects. Awards will be selected on the basis of =
a well-developed research plan that promises to make a significant =
contribution to a particular area of study about the Irish and Latin =
America.

Three prestigious scholars will sit on this year's selection committee: =
Munira H. Mutran, Chair (University of S=E3o Paulo, Brazil), Aline Helg =
(University of Geneva, Switzerland), and Ronaldo Munck (Dublin City =
University). They will assess the research proposals and award grants to =
the best projects. The Irish Latin American Research Fund is open to =
faculty, advanced university students, and independent scholars =
throughout the world. Applicants from previous academic years who were =
not awarded a grant may apply again and submit the same project. =
Successful applicants must wait until two rounds of grants have passed =
before reapplying.

The programme receives no institutional funding and its only financial =
source is represented by membership fees and donations. These grants are =
possible thanks to the generosity of SILAS members and friends.=20

Download the Rules, Application Form, and Grantee Agreement:=20
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Complete the required information and send your proposal through the =
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Applications must be received or postmarked by
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The editorial board of Etudes irlandaises, a peer-reviewed journal, is
seeking contributions for a special issue on =93representations of the
intellectual in Ireland=94, co-edited by Pr. Carle Bonafous-Murat and =
Pr.
Maurice Goldring, to be published next Fall.=20
Despite Liam O=92Dowd=92s ground-breaking study, On =
Intellectuals and
Intellectual Life in Ireland: International, Comparative and Historical
Context (1996), intellectuals are still considered by many to be absent
figures from public debate or recent academic research. Some even argue =
that
the =93intellectuel=94 is a sociological category more or less specific =
to
France, and that its transposition into the field of Irish studies =
raises
issues which have to be addressed seriously, including the vexed =
question of
how to translate the word properly.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Accordingly, one might begin to wonder =
if the supposed
invisibility of intellectuals in Ireland is not yet another example of =
the
=93absence theory=94 discussed by Stephan Collini in his 2006 book, =
Absent Minds
=96 Intellectuals in Britain, about the place of intellectuals in the
English-speaking world as compared with their role in the rest of =
Europe.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 However, when dealing more =
specifically with Ireland, where the
divide between the private and the public spheres does not seem as =
marked as
in many other European societies, one might also wish to discuss the
appositeness of a notion such as that of the intellectual. Irish =
writers,
for instance, do not always occupy that position of exteriority which =
seems
to characterize European intellectuals at large, and are more easily
regarded as mediators of public opinion. In that respect, some of the =
most
prominent figures of the Irish literary world since the 18th century =
might
be used as exemplary cases reflecting some of the assumptions that this
issue of Etudes irlandaises wishes to examine =96 Swift and his alleged =
role
as mouthpiece of the Irish people in The Drapier=92s Letters, or Yeats
orchestrating a press campaign of great magnitude during the Hugh Lane
affair. More recently, Seamus Heaney=92s ambivalent response to those =
who, in
the 1970s, wanted him to take sides unquestioningly, might be =
reevaluated
through the prism of irony, an oft-used weapon of intellectuals under
duress.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 In France, as elsewhere in Europe, it =
has become fashionable to
herald the death, or the decline, of the intellectual. In Ireland =
instead,
the intellectual does not seem to have a beginning and an end =96 rather =
he
reappears at regular intervals, like a Phoenix rising from its ashes in
times of crisis. The specific role played by intellectuals in the =
building
of the Nation-state, that is in the 1910s and 1920s, is a case in point
here. However, such periodisation may sometimes lead to clear-cut
oppositions, which some of the essays in this issue might attempt to =
call
into question: seen in this light, the often-stressed intellectual =
sterility
of the de Valera years (1930-1960), only illuminated by isolated acts of
resistance such as Se=E1n =D3 Faol=E1in=92s launching of The Bell, might =
provide a
specific field of research and discussion.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 These attempts at rethinking =
historical oppositions should not,
however, preclude more general essays about the (re)definition of the =
figure
of the intellectual in Ireland. For instance, in the wake of Jeanyves
Gu=E9rin=92s recently published book on Fiction et engagement politique =
=96 la
repr=E9sentation du parti et du militant dans le roman et le th=E9=E2tre =
au XXe
si=E8cle (2008), adjacent notions, such as those of the committed artist =
or
the militant, and more ideologically-charged concepts (e.g. the
intelligentsia) might be explored in a specifically Irish context. One =
might
also wish to trace the influence on major literary writers of the 20th
century of some movements of ideas which have so far attracted little
scholarly attention =96 for instance the subdued treatment of =
freethinking and
free thought in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. This would
entail the necessity to delineate as accurately as possible the frontier
between intellectual life and religious thought in Ireland. If, as =
Bourdieu
argued, the sphere of the intellectual is by definition self-contained =
and
autonomous from the religious sphere, to what extent is this opposition
transferable to Ireland?
=A0
Topics may include but are not limited to:
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 intellectuals and their role in times of =
historical crisis;
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 intellectuals and nationalism in Ireland;
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 the various usages, including possible =
translations, of the word
in French, English or Irish;
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 the function of Irish periodicals in the =
definition and
representation of the intellectual;
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 strategies of commitment or disengagement =
on the part of artists
and writers;
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 the degree of autonomy of the intellectual =
sphere in relation to
the religious sphere;
=A0
Submissions, not exceeding 7000 words (including footnotes and =
bibliography)
must be sent by 31 May 2009 to:
=A0
Professor Carle Bonafous-Murat
Universit=E9 Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
Institut du Monde Anglophone
=A0
carle.bonafous-murat[at]paris3.fr
=A0
=A0
Scientific project of the review :
=A0
Etudes Irlandaises is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in =
English
and French which explore all aspects of Irish literature, history, =
culture
and arts from ancient times to the present. Etudes Irlandaises publishes
twice a year on a wide range of interdisciplinary subjects including: =
poetry
/ fiction / drama / film / music / politics / economy / social studies, =
etc.
General issues published in Spring alternate with special issues in =
Autumn .
Etudes Irlandaises is aimed at scholars, postgraduate students, =
institutions
specializing in Irish studies as well as people who have an informed
interest in the subject. Each number has a comprehensive section devoted =
to
recently published material on Ireland.
=A0
For more information on style-sheet requirements:=20
etudes-irlandaises.septentrion.com=20
=A0
=A0
Version Fran=E7aise
La revue Etudes irlandaises, revue =E0 comit=E9 de lecture, lance un =
appel =E0
contributions pour son num=E9ro d=92automne 2009, intitul=E9 =
=AB=A0Figures de
l=92intellectuel en Irlande=A0=BB, qui sera dirig=E9 par les professeurs =
Carle
Bonafous-Murat et Maurice Goldring.=20
En d=E9pit de l=92=E9tude majeure de Liam O=92Dowd, On =
Intellectuals and
Intellectual Life in Ireland: International, Comparative and Historical
Context (1996), nombreux sont ceux qui continuent de tenir =
l=92intellectuel
pour une figure sociologique plus sp=E9cifiquement fran=E7aise, dont la
transposition dans les =E9tudes irlandaises ne va pas sans poser de =
nombreux
probl=E8mes, ne serait-ce que celui de la traduction du terme.=20
On pourra ainsi se demander si cette absence suppos=E9e de
l=92intellectuel dans le champ irlandais n=92est en r=E9alit=E9, comme =
l=92ont laiss=E9
entendre plusieurs ouvrages r=E9cents (cf. Absent Minds [2006] de =
Stephan
Collini), qu=92une facette d=92une opposition plus large entre la =
sph=E8re
anglophone, pr=E9sum=E9e plus r=E9tive au d=E9bat d=92id=E9es, et la =
soci=E9t=E9 fran=E7aise.=20
On pourra =E0 l=92inverse s=92interroger pour savoir si la =
cat=E9gorie de
l=92intellectuel est v=E9ritablement pertinente lorsqu=92on l=92applique =
=E0 une
soci=E9t=E9 o=F9 les =E9crivains, et la critique qui les accompagne, =
sont consid=E9r=E9s
comme partie prenante de l=92espace public. De ce point de vue, divers =
auteurs
d=92origine irlandaise pourront servir =E0 cristalliser l=92enjeu de =
cette
r=E9flexion=A0: au 18=E8me si=E8cle Swift (et son r=F4le suppos=E9 de =
porte-parole, par
exemple dans les Drapier=92s Letters), ou, au 20=E8me, Yeats =
(orchestrant une
campagne de protestation dans les journaux au moment de l=92affaire Hugh
Lane), voire Heaney (utilisant les armes de l=92ironie pour =E9viter =
d=92avoir =E0
prendre ouvertement parti dans le conflit nord-irlandais, notamment au =
cours
des ann=E9es 1970).
Au lieu d=92avoir, comme en France, un d=E9but et une fin (voir =
=E0 ce
sujet le num=E9ro de la revue Mesure consacr=E9 =E0 la =AB=A0mort de =
l=92intellectuel=A0=BB
[1989]), la figure de l=92intellectuel en Irlande serait ainsi vou=E9e =
=E0
r=E9appara=EEtre =E0 intervalles r=E9guliers, dans des moments de crise =
historique
marqu=E9s (par exemple durant la p=E9riode de la construction de =
l=92Etat-nation).
Cette forme de p=E9riodisation conduit toutefois =E0 proposer des =
oppositions
tranch=E9es, que les articles de ce num=E9ro pourront =E9ventuellement =
remettre en
cause=A0: les ann=E9es de Valera, souvent consid=E9r=E9es comme une =
p=E9riode de
grande st=E9rilit=E9 intellectuelle seulement illumin=E9e par des actes =
de
r=E9sistance isol=E9s (Se=E1n =D3 Faol=E1in et la cr=E9ation de The =
Bell), pourraient
offrir un terrain d=92exploration particuli=E8rement significatif.
On ne s=92interdira pas pour autant de r=E9fl=E9chir, dans une
perspective historique plus large, =E0 la d=E9finition m=EAme de la =
figure de
l=92intellectuel en Irlande, en se demandant par exemple de quel poids
pourraient =EAtre des notions connexes telles que celle d=92engagement =
ou de
militantisme (voir =E0 ce propos l=92ouvrage r=E9cent sous la direction =
de
Jeanyves Gu=E9rin, Fiction et engagement politique =96 la =
repr=E9sentation du
parti et du militant dans le roman et le th=E9=E2tre au XXe si=E8cle), =
ou quel
serait l=92apport de comparaisons avec des mouvements d=92id=E9es tels =
que la
libre-pens=E9e, dont on retrouve la trace aussi bien chez Joyce que chez
Beckett. De ce point de vue, on pourra =E9galement se demander si =
l=92hypoth=E8se
avanc=E9e par Bourdieu d=92une n=E9cessaire autonomie de la sph=E8re =
intellectuelle
par rapport =E0 la sph=E8re religieuse r=E9siste =E0 l=92analyse dans le =
domaine des
=E9tudes irlandaises.
=A0
Les articles porteront =E9ventuellement sur=A0:
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 la figure de l=92intellectuel face aux =
grandes dates de l=92histoire
en Irlande
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 les intellectuels face au nationalisme en =
Irlande
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 les figures de l=92intellectuel en France =
et en Irlande, et
notamment leur repr=E9sentation dans la langue
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 la correspondance approximative des termes =
li=E9s =E0 la figure de
l=92intellectuel dans les deux langues (question de la traduction)
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 le r=F4le des p=E9riodiques et des journaux =
dans la constitution de
la figure de l=92intellectuel en Irlande
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 les figures d=92=E9crivains ou d=92artistes =
irlandais engag=E9s ou au
contraire les strat=E9gies litt=E9raires / artistiques de =
d=E9sengagement
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 le degr=E9 d=92autonomie r=E9elle de la =
sph=E8re intellectuelle par
rapport =E0 la sph=E8re religieuse
-=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 etc.
=A0
Les propositions d=92articles (d=92une longueur maximum de 36000 signes, =
notes
et bibliographie comprises) doivent =EAtre envoy=E9es avant le 31 mai =
2009=A0=E0=A0:
=A0
Carle Bonafous-Murat
Universit=E9 Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3
Institut du Monde Anglophone
=A0
carle.bonafous-murat[at]paris3.fr
=A0
=A0
Le projet scientifique de la revue :
=A0
=C9tudes Irlandaises se pr=E9sente comme une revue fran=E7aise =
d'information,
d'=E9tude et de r=E9flexion sur l'Irlande, =E0 la fois R=E9publique =
d'Irlande et
Irlande du Nord.
Elle couvre les multiples domaines de la vie, de l'actualit=E9, de la =
culture
irlandaises, rassembl=E9s en deux grands champs : civilisation et =
litt=E9rature.
Ainsi voisinent la langue et l'=E9criture, la vie artistique, la =
politique,
l'=E9conomie, la soci=E9t=E9, =E0 la fois dans leur dimension historique =
et dans
leur existence actuelle. Les articles sont soit en fran=E7ais, soit en
anglais.
=A0
Pour toute information technique, merci de consulter
etudes-irlandaises.septentrion.com =E0 la rubrique " Ecrire dans la =
Revue "
=A0

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: AHA panel chair, Writing the Wider World,
English encounters in Ireland and the Atlantic
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Forwarded on behalf of
Heather Weidner

We are looking for someone who would be interested in acting as the
chair of a panel at the 2010 AHA in San Diego. The panel is titled
"Writing the Wider World" and focuses on early modern English
encounters in Ireland and the Atlantic. We draw primarily on
literature and printed sources -- from Edmund Spenser to broadside
ballads.

If you can help us out with this last minute request, pleased contact
Heather Weidner (hrw5e[at]virginia.edu) or David Smith
(dasmith[at]fas.harvard.edu).

Thanks very much!

Heather R. Weidner
PhD candidate
Corcoran Department of History
University of Virginia
hrw5e[at]virginia.edu
909-762-8766

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: AHRC Ireland-Wales Research Network Symposium,
Aberystwyth 17-18 April
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email: ppo[at]aber.ac.uk

The list of speakers and topics is below. Registration details will =
follow
soon. (The event will be free and open to all and will include lunches, =
teas
and coffees, but registration is essential).

Among the highlights of the event will be a public debate between the
distinguished Welsh broadcaster, Geraint Talfan Davies and Irish scholar
John Horgan, Professor of media studies at Dublin City University and
currently Press Ombudsman for Ireland. =A0

We'd be most grateful if you could forward this message to others who =
might
be interested.=A0

Best wishes,
Paul O=92Leary, Claire Connolly, and Katie Gramich.

Ebost: =
ppo[at]aber.ac.uk=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 email: ppo[at]aber.ac.uk

http://www.aber.ac.uk/history/staff/ppo/research.htm

3rd Symposium of the AHRC Ireland-Wales Network:

Cultural Institutions and Creativity in Ireland and Wales
17-18 April 2009, Aberystwyth University

Room A12, Hugh Owen Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University=20
Speakers include:

Brian O Conchubair (Notre Dame University), =91The Welsh Influence on =
the
Irish Language Revival=92

M Wynn Thomas (Swansea University), =91Creating a National =
Consciousness:
Cymru Fydd, Young Ireland and the Pan-Celtic movement.=92

Fintan Cullen (Nottingham University), =91The National and the =
International:
Donating Modern Art in Dublin and Cardiff in the Early Twentieth =
Century=92

John Wilson (Guest Curator, Newport Art Gallery), =91Industrialism and
Culture: The Civic and National Context of Art in South Wales, =
c.1800-1914=92

Shaun Richards (Staffordshire University), =91Did that play of mine ...?
Conflict, Conformity and Commerce in the National Theatre of Ireland.=92

Anwen Jones (Aberystwyth University ), Dramas of Devolution - A History =
of
the Idea of National Theatre in Wales and Ireland.=92

Niamh Hourigan (Cork University), =91Media Power and People Power: A
Comparison of Campaigns for Welsh and Irish Language Television =
Services=92

Rob Savage (Boston College), =91Finding a Voice? The Irish language and
Telef=EDs =C9ireann 1960-1972=92

Jamie Medhurst (Aberystwyth University), =91ITV in Wales: Broadcasting's =
Poor
Relation?=92

Michael Houlihan (National Museum of Wales), =91Can Authoritative =
Cultural
Institutions be Creative? Accountability and Creativity in National
Museums.=92

Steve Blandford (Glamorgan University), =91Questions of Identity and the
Creative Industries in Contemporary Wales=92

Andrew Green (National Library of Wales), =91Making the Far Near: the =
National
Library of Wales and digitisation=92

Other contributions by:

Ceri Sherlock (BBC Wales)
Lloyd Trott (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
Prof. John Horgan (Irish Press Ombudsman)
Geraint Talfan Davies (Chairman of the Institute of Welsh Affairs and of
Welsh National Opera)
Speaker from Irish broadcaster TG4 (tbc)

There is no charge for attendance, but those wishing to attend must =
register
beforehand.
For further details contact: Paul O=92Leary, email: ppo[at]aber.ac.uk

Department of History and Welsh History,
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
Wales, UK
SY23 3DY

Tel: +44(0) 1970 622842

For further information on the AHRC Ireland-Wales Research Network, see:

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/encap/research/networks/wales-ireland/index.html=

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Subject: Irish Studies Review Volume 17 Issue 1,
Special Issue: Irish and Welsh Writing
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Irish Studies Review: Volume 17 Issue 1=20

Special Issue: Irish and Welsh Writing

This new issue contains the following articles:

Introduction, Pages 1 - 4
Authors: Claire Connolly; Katie Gramich

Public intellectuals, language revival and cultural nationalism in =
Ireland
and Wales: a comparison of Douglas Hyde and Saunders Lewis, Pages 5 - 18
Author: Paul O'Leary

Creating and destroying =91the man who does not exist=92: the peasantry =
and
modernity in Welsh and Irish writing, Pages 19 - 30
Author: Katie Gramich

Borderlands: spiritualism and the occult in fin de si=E8cle and =
Edwardian
Welsh and Irish horror, Pages 31 - 44
Author: Darryl Jones

The Irish Dylan Thomas: versions and influences, Pages 45 - 54
Author: Terence Brown

Foras na Gaeilge and Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg: yoked but not yet shackled,
Pages 55 - 88
Author: Colin H. Williams

Another lost cause? Pan-Celticism, race and language, Pages 89 - 101
Author: Daniel G. Williams

Speculating: Patrick McGuinness interviews Paul Muldoon, Pages 103 - 110
Author: Patrick McGuinness
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il

Y Gal, Pages 111 - 113
Author: Dafydd ap Gwilym

Reviews, Pages 115 - 133
Authors: Valerie McGowan-Doyle; Brad Kent; Claire Fitzpatrick; Will May; =
Eva
Urban; Claire V. Nally; Neal Alexander; Eamon Maher; Laura Wainwright; =
Will
May

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Subject: CFP
Soci=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9t=E9_Fran=E7aise_d'=C9tudes_=C9cossaises=2C_?= University of St Andrews, Scotland,
'Exile and Return: Context and Comparisons'
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Soci=E9t=E9 Fran=E7aise d=92=C9tudes =C9cossaises Conference 2009
Exile and Return: Context and Comparisons

Date: 11-13 September 2009
Venue: University of St Andrews, Scotland

The Soci=E9t=E9 Fran=E7aise d=92=C9tudes =C9cossaises, in conjunction =
with the
University of St Andrews and the University of Strathclyde, is pleased =
to
announce that the theme for its 2009 conference will be =91Exile and =
Return:
Context and Comparisons=92. Recent years have seen a burgeoning =
scholarship
concerning migration, emigration and the formation of Scottish =
expatriate
communities abroad.

This conference hopes to build on this growing corpus of work by =
exploring
the=20
theme of exile and return. Through this conference we seek to delve into =
the

theme of =91exile=92 in its broadest context, encompassing both the =
intellectual

exile and geographical displacement. Similarly with =91return=92, =
speakers need

not be confined simply by the concept of physical return (though they =
may
focus=20
on this if they wish), but are welcome to pursue themes of intellectual
return,=20
the transfer of ideas and aspects of =91return=92 through cultural =
osmosis or=20
literature. Speakers should not feel confined to French topics.

Abstracts for 20 minute papers are welcomed, in either French or =
English,
and=20
should be approximately 300-500 words in length. These can be related =
to
any=20
historical or literary context in line with the theme of the conference. =

Abstracts should be returned to Siobhan Talbott (smt7[at]st-andrews.ac.uk) =
by=20
Friday 20 March 2009 for consideration by a selection committee.

This year the SFEE conference will be hosted by the University of St
Andrews,=20
Scotland. The conference will open on the evening of Thursday 10 =
September
with=20
Billy Kay presenting =93Knee Deep in Claret=94, where samples of the =
product
that=20
helped to cement Franco-Scottish relations will be provided.

Conf=E9rence de la Soci=E9t=E9 Fran=E7aise d=92Etudes Ecossaises 2009
Exil et retour : contextes et comparaisons

Date : 11-13 septembre 2009
Lieu : Universit=E9 de St Andrews, Ecosse

La Soci=E9t=E9 Fran=E7aise d=92Etudes Ecossaises, conjointement avec =
l=92Universit=E9 de
St=20
Andrews et l=92Universit=E9 de Strathclyde, a le plaisir d=92annoncer =
que sa=20
conf=E9rence de 2009 portera sur le sujet suivant : =AB Exil et retour :
contextes=20
et comparaisons =BB. Ces derni=E8res ann=E9es ont vu se multiplier les =
=E9tudes sur
les=20
ph=E9nom=E8nes de migration, d=92=E9migration, et sur la formation de =
communaut=E9s=20
expatri=E9es d=92Ecossais =E0 l=92=E9tranger.

Cette conf=E9rence aura pour ambition d=92exploiter ce corpus croissant =
de
travaux=20
par l=92exploration des th=E8mes de l=92exil et du retour. La =
conf=E9rence sera=20
l=92occasion de consid=E9rer le th=E8me de l=92exil dans son sens le =
plus large,
pour=20
inclure =E0 la fois l=92exil intellectuel et l=92exode g=E9ographique. =
De la m=EAme=20
mani=E8re, s=92agissant du th=E8me du retour, les communications ne se =
limiteront
pas=20
n=E9cessairement au simple concept de retour physique (quoique cette
possibilit=E9=20
sera envisageable) mais pourront d=E9velopper les th=E9matiques du =
retour=20
intellectuel et du transfert des id=E9es, ainsi que certains aspects du =
=AB
retour=20
=BB au moyen de l=92osmose culturelle ou de la litt=E9rature.

Les communications, en fran=E7ais ou en anglais, seront d=92une dur=E9e =
de 20=20
minutes, et les r=E9sum=E9s, d=92une longueur de 300 =E0 500 mots =
environ, pourront=20
traiter de toute question historique ou litt=E9raire en rapport avec la=20
th=E9matique de la conf=E9rence. Propositions, qui sont =E0 adresser =
=E0 Siobhan=20
Talbott (smt7[at]st-andrews.ac.uk) avant le vendredi 20 mars 2009, seront
=E9tudi=E9es=20
par un comit=E9 de s=E9lection.

Cette ann=E9e la conf=E9rence de la SFEEc aura lieu dans les locaux de
l=92Universit=E9=20
de St Andrews, en Ecosse. Elle s=92ouvrira le jeudi 10 septembre au soir =
sur =AB

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Subject: Research Studentships at the University of Ulster
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Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster

Research Studentships at the University of Ulster
Forthcoming deadlines: 27 February 2009 and 3 April 2009

Studentships are available for suitably qualified=20
candidates in anthropology, ethnology, folklore=20
and related fields wishing to pursue full-time=20
postgraduate research studies at the University=20
of Ulster. Essential qualifications include=20
an excellent Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)=20
and a good standard of English. A good Masters=20
degree (or equivalent) with a strong research=20
element is highly desirable.

Applicants might be particularly interested in=20
one of the research themes of the Academy for=20
Irish Cultural Heritages, which is the=20
University's main centre for research in these=20
fields:

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ttp://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/research/graduate_school/topicsaichinter.htm

The Academy offers a one-year Master of Research=20
and a three-year Doctor of Philosophy. Anyone=20
wishing to apply for research study at the=20
Academy should contact the Chair of Ethnology and=20
Folk Life, Professor Ullrich Kockel=20
(u.kockel[at]ulster.ac.uk),=20
with a copy of the correspondence to Head of the=20
Research Graduate School in Arts, Dr Stanley=20
Black=20
(sj.black[at]ulster.ac.uk).

EU nationals may apply for an Arts and Humanities=20
Research Council (AHRC) studentship. The deadline=20
for application is 27 February 2009. Please note=20
that applicants are expected to be available for=20
interview (possibly by phone or video link) in=20
March.

We are also inviting applications for DEL and=20
VCRS studentships, with a deadline of 3 April=20
2009. Interviews for these will be in late April=20
or early May. Applicants for an AHRC studentship=20
may also apply for a DEL or VCRS studentship.

The Department of Employment and Learning=20
Research Studentships (DEL) are available at PhD=20
level as full awards or as fees-only awards. Full=20
awards are available only to applicants normally=20
resident in the UK. Non-residents may apply for a=20
fees-only award. Some DEL awards may also be=20
available for MRes students.

Vice-Chancellor's Research Scholarships=20
(VCRS) are available as full awards for PhD study=20
only. Applications are invited from UK, European=20
Union and overseas students. Only candidates who=20
are new applicants to PhD will be eligible. VCRS=20
awards are not available for applicants for any=20
other research degree nor for any candidate who=20
has previously registered for PhD nor anyone who=20
has already obtained a PhD.

For further details, please see the website of=20
the University's Research Office at=20
http://research=
.ul
ster.ac.uk/info/status/studentopp.html or=20
contact Prof. Kockel (for any subject-related=20
queries) or Dr Black (for any adminsitrative and=20
general queries).

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Ullrich Kockel BA DipBw PhD AcSS
Professor of Ethnology and Folk Life, University=20
of Ulster=20
http://www.a=
rts
.ulster.ac.uk/research/aich/a_z/Kockel_U.htm
Visiting Professor of European Studies, UWE Bristol
President, Soci=E9t=E9 Internationale d'Ethnologie et=20
de Folklore (SIEF)=20
http://www.siefhome.org/
Editor, Anthropological Journal of European=20
Cultures=20
http://journals.berghahnbooks.co=
m/a
jec/
Joint Editor, European Studies in Culture and=20
Policy=20
http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/escp

contact details:
Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster
Magee Campus, Northland Road, Londonderry BT48 7JL
Tel.: +44-28-7137-5462; Fax.: +44-28-7137-5435=20
e-mail:=20
u.kockel[at]ulster.ac.uk

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Subject: CFP The politics of architectural destruction, April 2010,
Castletown House County Kildare, Ireland
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The politics of architectural destruction
23-24 April 2010

Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland

Organised by the Department of History and the Centre for the Study of
Historic Irish Houses and Estates, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Whether inflicted intentionally or collaterally, whether wrought by invading
forces or internal factions, and whether wrought upon civic, domestic, or
sacred buildings, architectural destruction and the destruction of built
environments has always been an important, highly charged aspect of
political, religious, ethnic, ideological, and other forms of conflict. And
yet, until recently, little systematic analysis has been devoted to the
meaning of architectural destruction in the context of conflict. How has
architectural destruction been used as a deliberate technique of war,
conquest, or armed liberation? What have been the long-term cultural and
social implications of architectural destruction for populations subject to
it? What is the relationship between the destruction of symbolic structures
and the creation of new ones by the forces responsible for destroying
earlier structures? How have processes of architectural appropriation or
modification related to episodes of destruction?

'The politics of architectural destruction', an international,
interdisciplinary conference organised by the Department of History and the
Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates at the National
University of Ireland, Maynooth and to be held at Castletown House
http://www.castletownhouse.ie/, aims to promote thoughtful, wide-ranging
analysis of architectural destruction as an aspect of historical and
contemporary conflict. As it is our goal to treat this global,
transhistorical, interdisciplinary issue in the widest possible light, we
invite the participation of scholars working across historical periods,
geographical areas, and scholarly disciplines.

Please submit a 500-word abstract, one-page c.v., and contact details by 1
June 2009, to Dr Terry Dooley, Terence.A.Dooley[at]nuim.ie and Dr J. M.
Mancini, JoAnne.Mancini[at]nuim.ie, with the subject heading 'Architectural
destruction submission'. As it is anticipated that the conference organisers
will also edit a book on the subject of the conference, please indicate
whether you wish to be considered as a potential contributor to the
published volume and in what capacity you might contribute.

Contact E-mail: Terence.A.Dooley[at]nuim.ie, JoAnne.Mancini[at]nuim.ie
Dr Terry Dooley and Dr J. M. Mancini,
Department of History,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Visit the website at http://www.historicirishhouses.ie/

Note:
For Castletown House
See
http://www.castletownhouse.ie/

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Subject: CFP, M/MLA Film Panel, Papers on Migrancy in European Cinema,
St. Louis, Missouri
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Roberta Di Carmine
Dept. English and Journalism
Western Illinois University
Email: r-dicarmine[at]wiu.edu

CFP: M/MLA Film Panel, Papers on Migrancy in European Cinema

I am looking for papers for the Film Session at the Midwest Modern Language
Association Convention (M/MLA) to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, November
12-15, 2009 The topic is: "Migrancy in European Cinema. Cinematic
constructions of national and cultural identity, "home" and the homeland in
European Cinema."

Please submit a paper proposal (250-300 words) by March 1, 2009 with a brief
CV. If you'd like more information you can contact Roberta Di Carmine
(r-dicarmine[at]wiu.edu)

Roberta Di Carmine
Dept. English and Journalism
Western Illinois University
Email: r-dicarmine[at]wiu.edu