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Some of the Latin American navy officers have been mentioned. William =
Brown (Argentina), Peter Campbell (Uruguay), Thomas Wright (Ecuador), =
Bartholomew Hayden (Brazil), William Ferguson (Colombia, Peru), Robert =
Gore (India, Argentina), Patricio Lynch (Chile, =
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricio_Lynch). Brian Vale's article is =
quite comprehensive for South America: 'English and Irish Naval Officers =
in the War for Brazilian Independence' in "Irish Migration Studies in =
Latin America" Vol. 4 N=B0 3 (July 2006). Available online =
(http://www.irlandeses.org/0607vale1.htm). See also O'Connor, Eduardo =
(1858-1921), naval officer and explorer of the lake Nahuel Huapi =
(http://www.irlandeses.org/dilab_oconnore.htm).

And there are the merchant seamen, eg. Patricio McCarthy (1897-1940). =
The pages of the Irish Seamen's Relatives Association 1939-1946 may be =
interesting: http://www.irishseamensrelativesassociation.org/. And also =
William Russell Grace with his merchant fleet in the Pacific coast of =
South America (http://www.irlandeses.org/dilab_gracewr.htm). And =
supporting staff in the ports, like Rev. Henry Brady, assistant chaplain =
in St. John the Baptist Anglican church of Buenos Aires and responsible =
for the "Missions to Seamen" in the port (there are some books about =
Missions to Seamen in many ports of Latin America and the Caribbean).

Edmundo Murray

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Subject: [IR-D] Irish seafarers


Paddy - second attempt at sending this message!



I'm hoping somebody on the list can point me in the right direction to =
begin a literature search on the maritime Irish. As we all know, the =
dominant =3D historiographical tradition of Ireland's engagement with =
the Atlantic world is one of migration rather than of seafaring. =
Together with a colleague at Liverpool, I'd like to explore the Irish =
Atlantic as a place of work for mariners within a network of seaport =
cities connected by a sojourning population of seafarers with some =
degree of common Irish origins and culture. Any help with suggestions =
of secondary literature and primary sources would =3D be much =
appreciated.



Best wishes to all on the list, John Belchem




Professor John Belchem
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
University of Liverpool
The Foundation Building
765 Brownlow Hill
Liverpool, L69 7ZX

Tel: 0151 794 2220
Fax: 0151 794 2929
Email: j.c.belchem[at]liv.ac.uk

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Suggestion: begin with Marcus Rediker's and Peter Linebaugh's book,
MANY-HEADED HYDRA, and then contact them (R's at the U. of Pittsburgh, L's
at the U. of Toledo) for advice. Rediker, especially, is an expert on the
Atlantic maritime proletariat.

Also, Tom Truxes, at the Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, who
knows everything about Atlantic trade involving Irish.

K





On 3/25/09 4:53 AM, "Belchem, John" wrote:

> Paddy - second attempt at sending this message!
>
>
>
> I'm hoping somebody on the list can point me in the right direction to begin a
> literature search on the maritime Irish. As we all know, the dominant =
> historiographical tradition of Ireland's engagement with the Atlantic world is
> one of migration rather than of seafaring. Together with a colleague at
> Liverpool, I'd like to explore the Irish Atlantic as a place of work for
> mariners within a network of seaport cities connected by a sojourning
> population of seafarers with some degree of common Irish origins and culture.
> Any help with suggestions of secondary literature and primary sources would =
> be much appreciated.
>
>
>
> Best wishes to all on the list, John Belchem
>
>
>
>
> Professor John Belchem
> Pro-Vice-Chancellor
> University of Liverpool
> The Foundation Building
> 765 Brownlow Hill
> Liverpool, L69 7ZX
>
> Tel: 0151 794 2220
> Fax: 0151 794 2929
> Email: j.c.belchem[at]liv.ac.uk

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John,

Greetings from Melbourne to Liverpool.

So far I don't think any of your respondents have mentioned the work of John C.
Appleby. He was researching Irish seafaring topics for the early modern period when
he was at Queen's in Belfast during the 1980s. I don't have a list of his
publications, but he has an article on Irish women and piracy between the late 16th
and early 18th centuries in M. MacCurtain and M. O'Dowd (eds), 'Women in Early
Modern Ireland' (Edinburgh, 1991), pp 53-68.

It sounds as though you're not going to cover the British navy. Of course a good
deal of work has been done on the Irish as soldiers in various armies, but I don't
think very much work has been done on navies - despite John Paul Jones and Bernardo
O'Higgins. Like others, John de Courcy Ireland is the main authority on Irish
maritime and naval history I'm aware of. I seem to remember he used to live in Dun
Laoghaire - appropriately.

Admiral Sir Peter Warren's (c.1704-52) career is interesting and is touched on in
Fintan O'Toole's recent book, 'White Savage' (2005), which is about Warren's nephew,
Sir William Johnston (1715-74). Both are striking examples of Irish Catholics, whose
families had suffered during the 17th century wars and who switched loyalties during
the 18th century and became rich by fighting on behalf of the British Empire,
especially in America.

Also, Irish sailors, some perhaps United Irishmen, figured prominently in the famous
1797 Nore and Spithead mutinies - although the English naval historian N.A.M. Rodger
has questioned some of Marianne Elliott's work on this point. I've seen it estimated
that during the mid 1790s perhaps up to 12 per cent of British navy men were Irish
born. I'm not aware that the naval Irish have been systematically studied for the
period of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars - but perhaps they have. I'm no
expert on naval history - my interest is amateur, as my father was an Irish seaman.

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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New Political Economy: 2009, Volume 14 Issue 1

This new issue contains the following article


Social Partnership and Democratic Legitimacy in Ireland, Pages 49 - 69
Authors: Paul Teague; Jimmy Donaghey
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Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland.
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland,=20
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Hello Everyone,
Here is the information for the upcoming ACIS Mid-Atlantic conference.=C2=
=A0 If anyone has any questions, please let me know.

Thanks,
Beth Gilmartin


ACIS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
Sept. 18 and 19, 2009
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, New Jersey

Ireland by Sea

For centuries, the land of Ireland has been the site of many contentious and=
bloody battles, as various peoples and governments have attempted to contro=
l the people of Ireland by controlling her physical landscape.=C2=A0 An even=
more uncontrollable element of Ireland=E2=80=99s location has been the bodi=
es of water that surround the island.=C2=A0 As countless writers such as J.=20=
M. Synge, Joseph O=E2=80=99Connor, and John Banville have shown, Ireland=E2=
=80=99s waters are as important in her history as her land is, and this rela=
tionship has often been a difficult and sad one because of climate, economic=
instability and Ireland=E2=80=99s vulnerability to attack because of its ge=
ography. Yet the sea has been a crucial source of employment, food, transpor=
tation, recreation, defense, and artistic inspiration as well.=C2=A0 =C2=A0

As an island, Ireland has more in common geographically with other island na=
tions than it does with its larger landlocked European cousins in the Europe=
an Union.=C2=A0 As recent work by Maria McGarrity has pointed out, Ireland=
=E2=80=99s history as an island nation and its connection with similar islan=
d nations, such as those in the Caribbean, have largely been overlooked.=C2=
=A0 The American Conference for Irish Studies Mid-Atlantic regio
nal conference seeks papers from all disciplines that explore Ireland=E2=80=
=99s relationship with the sea and its development as an island nation.=C2=
=A0 Possible topics for papers or panels may include:

Literary/artistic representations of the sea
Tides and currents (literal, historical and metaphorical)
Fishing
Drowning
The Famine and the Sea
Emigration =E2=80=9Coverseas=E2=80=9D
Ireland=E2=80=99s geography
Island culture
Mainland Ireland v. the Aran Islands and other smaller islands off the coast
Borders/boundaries
Contemporary tourism and the sea
Famous Irish sea journeys
The sea=E2=80=99s role in the Irish nationalist movement

The conference will take place at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N=
J on Sept. 18 and 19, 2009.=C2=A0 The university is located a half mile from=
the ocean at the beautiful Jersey Shore.=C2=A0 The conference will feature=20=
Prof. Maria McGarrity, author of Washed by the Gulf Stream: the Historic and=
Geographic Relation of Irish and Caribbean Literature and Prof. Nini Rodger=
s, author of Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery: 1645-1865 as keynote speaker=
s and a Friday evening concert performance by Len Graham and Brian O hAirt.

The conference hotel is the Ocean Place Resort located on the beach in Long=20=
Branch, NJ. Rooms are available at $99.00 a night.

Please send 250 word abstracts for 15-20 minute papers and requests for hote=
l information to Elizabeth Gilmartin at egilmart[at]monmouth.edu by June 15, 20=
09.


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Thanks to Joe for this.

Just a quick note - for this will interest a number of Ir-D members - the
authors say, about the debate around social partnership,...

'Much of this debate has related to the economic consequences of social
partnership and a wide range of views can be found on this matter, ranging
from the positive to the strongly negative. The merits of these respective
views have been thoroughly explored to the point of exhaustion.'

Which, I think, is true...

Their note at this point says
'Paul Teague & Jimmy Donaghey, 'Why has Irish Social Partnership Survived?'
British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 47, No. 1 (2009), pp. 55-78,
for an overview of the debates.'

Which was previously mentioned on Ir-D.

This issue of British Journal of Industrial Relations is currently the Free
Sample on the Wiley InterScience web page. So the article is available...

Paul Teague has now done a series of articles on social partnership, not all
of them mentioned on his QUB web site.

http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/QueensUniversityManagementSchool/Research/Resea
rchClusters/ManagementandOrganisation/Staff/ProfessorPaulTeague/

Another Paul Teague article seems to be freely available here

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EPER/vol2/no1/teague.htm

Social Partnership and the Enterprise
Some Lessons From the Irish Experience

European Political Economy Review
Vol. 2, No. 1 (Summer 2004), pp. 6-35
by Paul Teague

Abstract

This paper examines the Irish experience of social partnership at
organisation level. It argues that three features in particular distinguish
the Irish case. One is the importance attached to a procedural
consensus to advance partnership. Another is the stress placed on
experimental action in the development of these arrangements. A
third characteristic is the use of an essentially non-legalistic public
support framework to foster and guide the evolution of enterprise
partnerships. The paper argues that while these features have merit
they have not been to overcome fully what is called the partnership
trilemma. This has caused the spread of organisational partnerships
to remain stunted.

Keywords
Employment relations, organisational change, manager-employee interaction

P.O'S.



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New Political Economy: 2009, Volume 14 Issue 1

This new issue contains the following article


Social Partnership and Democratic Legitimacy in Ireland, Pages 49 - 69
Authors: Paul Teague; Jimmy Donaghey
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Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland.
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland,
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Artefact: Journal of the Irish Association of Art Historians

http://artefactjournal.com/

Artefact is a new peer reviewed journal published by the IAAH in
consultation with academics from universities across Ireland, north and
south. We welcome submissions on all periods and aspects of art history and
visual culture, and aim to provide an outlet for publication of new and
emerging scholarship in Ireland.

ISSUE 3 call for submissions

Submissions are now invited for Issue 3 of Artefact.
The deadline for receipt of full length submissions is:
Friday, May 1st 2009

Submissions, following the Style Guidelines, can be emailed to:
artefactjournal[at]gmail.com

Alternatively, submissions can be made in hardcopy.

Please follow the Style Guidelines. Submissions should be made on single
sides of numbered white A4 paper, and should be paper clipped [not stapled].
In addition, all hardcopies must be accompanied by a full text submission on
a clearly labelled computer disk/CD.

Hardcopy submissions should be sent to:
Artefact
Irish Association of Art Historians
c/o UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy
UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4

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Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre has organised a series of lectures entitl=
ed "Ireland and Britain after 2010" examining the future of Anglo-Irish rel=
ations depending on the outcome of the next British general election.

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The lectures take place on Wednesday evenings 730-9pm at the Irish Cultural=
Centre=2C Blacks Road=2C Hammersmith Broadway=2C next to Hammersmith tube =
station. Admission is free for all lectures.

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The lectures are as follows:

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APRIL 22 Bertie Ahern TD=2C former Irish Taoiseach

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JUNE 17 Pat Doherty MP=2C Sinn Fein

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JUNE 24 Lord Ken Maginnis=2C former Ulster Unionist MP

=20

JUly 1 Mary Kenny=2C author and journalist=3B Anglo-Irish relations since=
1921.

=20

All are welcome . Contact info[at]irishculturalcentre.co.uk

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Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre=2C West London has organised a series of =
lectures on the possible future of Anglo-Irish relations after the next Bri=
tish general election in 2010=2C. Entitled "Ireland and Britain after 2010"=
the lectures take place on Wednesday evenings 730-9pm at Hamersmith Irish =
Cultural Centre=2C Blacks Road London W6 (next to Hammersmith Underground s=
tation). Entrance is free.

=20

The programme is as follows:

=20

APR 22 Former Irish Taoiseach=2C Bertie Ahern TD

=20

MAY 6 Lord Alf Dubs=2C former Labour MP=2C former Northern Ireland ministe=
r and member British -Irish Parliamentary Body

=20

MAY 20 Owen Paterson MP=2C Conservative Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary o=
f State=20

=20

JUN 17 Pat Doherty MP=2C SInn Fein

=20

JUN 24 Lord Ken Maginnis=2C former Ulster Unionist MP

=20

JUL 1 Mary Kenny=2C author and journalist=3B Anglo-Irish relations since 19=
21

=20

All welcome. Contact info[at]irishculturalcentre.co.uk

=20

Dr Ivan Gibbons

Board of Directors -Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre

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Mary Hickman?

Don McCraild?

Enda Delaney?


On 4/2/09 5:43 AM, "Ultan Cowley" wrote:

> I would be grateful if any List members could suggest a UK-based academic
> partner to drive an AHRC funding application for the project sketched out
> below. The other partners would be myself and the National Life Stories
> section of the British Library's Oral History Archive.
>=20
> 'A TIME FOR TITANS:
> Building Post-War Britain
>=20
> The five decades following the end of World War Two saw building and civi=
l
> engineering projects undertaken in housing, transport, energy, and
> communications on a scale not seen in Britain since the pioneering days o=
f the
> Railway Age.=20
>=20
> Fuelled by a major capital injection from the Marshall, Plan enthusiasm
> compensated for lack of experience, and at every level the construction
> industry=B9s labour force demonstrated an unprecedented degree of commitmen=
t and
> consensus.
>=20
> This resulted in the completion of a series of strategic infrastructural
> projects which completely transformed Britain. The men who built them =AD t=
he
> engineers, architects, construction managers and operatives are now elder=
ly
> and, like many of their major works - such as the first generation of nuc=
lear
> power stations, are unlikely to be with us for very much longer.
>=20
> It is imperative that we catalogue these works, and record the memories o=
f the
> men who executed them, without further delay'.
>=20
> For more on my own work see www.ultancowley.com
>=20
> All suggestions welcome. Thanks.
>=20
> Ultan Cowley

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I would be grateful if any List members could suggest a UK-based academic p=
artner to drive an AHRC funding application for the project sketched out be=
low. The other partners would be myself and the National Life Stories secti=
on of the British Library's Oral History Archive.

'A TIME FOR TITANS:
Building Post-War Britain

The five decades following the end of World War Two saw building and civil =
engineering projects undertaken in housing, transport, energy, and communic=
ations on a scale not seen in Britain since the pioneering days of the Rail=
way Age.=20

Fuelled by a major capital injection from the Marshall, Plan enthusiasm com=
pensated for lack of experience, and at every level the construction indust=
ry=E2=80=99s labour force demonstrated an unprecedented degree of commitmen=
t and consensus.

This resulted in the completion of a series of strategic infrastructural pr=
ojects which completely transformed Britain. The men who built them =E2=80=
=93 the engineers, architects, construction managers and operatives are now=
elderly and, like many of their major works - such as the first generation=
of nuclear power stations, are unlikely to be with us for very much longer=
. =20

It is imperative that we catalogue these works, and record the memories of =
the men who executed them, without further delay'. =20

For more on my own work see www.ultancowley.com

All suggestions welcome. Thanks.

Ultan Cowley

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Mike.Collins[at]ucc.ie [mailto:Mike.Collins[at]ucc.ie]=20
Subject: Cork University Press book is short listed for the Irish =
Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award

Dear Patrick

Today Ivor Browne: Music and Madness has been short listed for the =
Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award.

Cork University Press published Ivor Browne: Music and Madness in 2008 =
and it has been reprinted in hardback five times. A new softback edition =
is available from today =E2=82=AC14.95.


In a career spanning over 50 years, Professor Ivor Browne has been at =
the forefront of psychiatric care in Ireland.
Music and Madness is a fascinating insight into one of Ireland's true =
thinker-pioneers, and also an insight into Ireland itself.

'This is an open, honest and deeply personal account of Ivor Browne's =
personal and professional journey to discover the sense behind much of =
what we regard as madness. His central message is that healing and =
integration are possible, if we are willing to 'unfreeze' our inner =
lives and experience genuine hurt and pain that we have disavowed. This =
book is written in a style that is accessible and compassionate; it =
leaves one with renewed hope and with a reverence for the mystery =
embodied in every human being.'


Dr Tony Bates, psychologist

This year, for the first time, the overall winners in nine of the ten =
categories will be chosen by a public vote =
http://www.irishbookawards.com/PublicVote.aspx , in conjunction with the =
Irish Literary Academy. The winners will be announced at a gala awards =
ceremony which will take place in The Round Room at the Mansion House, =
Dawson St, Dublin 2 on Wednesday, May 6th 2009.

Regards


Mike


Mike Collins
Publications Director
Cork University Press/Attic Press
Youngline Industrial Estate
Pouladuff Road, Togher
Cork, Ireland
Tel: + 353 (0)21 4902980
Fax: + 353 (0)21 4315329

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Loughborough University, 11-13 September 2009
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Call for papers

Changes in Contemporary Ireland: Texts and Contexts
Loughborough University
11-13 September 2009

Plenary Speakers
Irene Gilsenan Nordin
Eamonn Jordan
Paddy Lyons
Tina O'Toole
Ailbhe Smyth


We invite abstracts for a three day international Irish Studies conference
at Loughborough University. The
conference is intended to cover all aspects of Irish Studies, including but
not limited to Literature, Drama,
Cultural Studies, Sociology, Media and Film Studies, Sport, Geography, and
History.

The focus of the conference is an exploration of the radical change in Irish
society over the past three
decades. The 1980s saw a sea change in Irish society. In the wake of the
Kerry Babies case, the death of a teenage mother in Granard, and numerous
sex scandals in the church and political scandals in the state, creative
practitioners now confronted contentious issues, and we welcome papers
examining the resultant artistic output.
Irish theatre has undergone a variety of renaissances and revivals.This
conference seeks to explore the development of the genre post 1980 taking
into account the ending of the Troubles, the ceasefire, the Good Friday
Agreement and the revitalisation of Irish theatre on the West End and
Broadway stages. We welcome papers on plays, playwrights and performances
post 1980 which reflect upon the cultural upheavals and changes in Irish
national identity, international and global influences, and the emergence of
the 'Celtic Tiger'.

We also welcome abstracts for papers commenting on wider social change,
political developments and cultural events.

Abstract submission
Proposals of 200-250 words may be submitted by 30 April 2009 to the
organisers:
Deirdre O'Byrne: d.obyrne[at]lboro.ac.uk
Catherine Rees: C.M.Rees[at]lboro.ac.uk


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Department of English and Drama
Loughborough University
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU

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Hi Ultan

As Kerby suggests I and the Archive of the Irish in Britain here at Londo=
n
Metropolitan University would be happy to discuss this with you - we have
a substantial oral history archive as you probably know and this subject
matter is central to the Archives concerns as holdings are richest on the
Irish in post-war Britain.

best, Mary



> I would be grateful if any List members could suggest a UK-based academ=
ic
> partner to drive an AHRC funding application for the project sketched o=
ut
> below. The other partners would be myself and the National Life Stories
> section of the British Library's Oral History Archive.
>
> 'A TIME FOR TITANS:
> Building Post-War Britain
>
> The five decades following the end of World War Two saw building and ci=
vil
> engineering projects undertaken in housing, transport, energy, and
> communications on a scale not seen in Britain since the pioneering days=
of
> the Railway Age.
>
> Fuelled by a major capital injection from the Marshall, Plan enthusiasm
> compensated for lack of experience, and at every level the construction
> industry=E2=80=99s labour force demonstrated an unprecedented degree of
> commitment and consensus.
>
> This resulted in the completion of a series of strategic infrastructura=
l
> projects which completely transformed Britain. The men who built them =E2=
=80=93
> the engineers, architects, construction managers and operatives are now
> elderly and, like many of their major works - such as the first generat=
ion
> of nuclear power stations, are unlikely to be with us for very much
> longer.
>
> It is imperative that we catalogue these works, and record the memories=
of
> the men who executed them, without further delay'.
>
> For more on my own work see www.ultancowley.com
>
> All suggestions welcome. Thanks.
>
> Ultan Cowley
>
>


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Director
Institute for the Study of European Transformations
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Rd
London N7 8DB

Tel: +44 (0)20 7133 2927



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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Conference, CRONEM, Surrey, Diasporas, Migration and Identities,
11-12 June 2009
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CRONEM
Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism

AHRC Diasporas, Migration and Identities/CRONEM Conference
Crossing Boundaries, New Directions
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
11-12 June 2009

A list of abstracts for the above conference can now be seen on the CRONEM
website:

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/cronem-ahrc-conference-09/index.htm#top

For more information about the conference, together with registration
details, please visit the CRONEM website, or contact Mirela Dumic:
m.dumic[at]surrey.ac.uk

At first glance...

Specific items of interest would include the following...

Breda GRAY, University of Limerick, Ireland
Local and global logics of diaspora engagement in the Republic of Ireland

Nora MURPHY, USA
Irish conquest of American Indian tribes in the American Midwest

Henri NICKELS, London Metropolitan University, UK
Suspect communities and the enemy within - press representations of the
Irish and Muslim communities in Britain, 1974 - 2007

Marc SCULLY, The Open University, UK
Discourses of 'authenticity' among the Irish diaspora in England

Kelly THOMPSON, Trinity College, Ireland
Crumbling facades: Irish America, 1921-23

Tony MURRAY, London Metropolitan University, UK
Narrative negotiations of identity in second generation London Irish memoirs

Rionach CASEY, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Community, difference and identity: the case of the Irish in Sheffield

Alicja BOBEK, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Polish migrants in Ireland: community formation and internal divisions

Gloria MACRI, Dublin City University, Ireland
"Who do they think they are?" - Online narratives among Romanian minority in
Ireland

Justyna SAMOLYK, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Polish migratory networks and settlement in Northern Ireland

P.O.S.

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: The Orphans of Ireland - NY Times
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From: Liam Greenslade

Thought this might interest list members.

From the diaspora point of view, the article is perhaps less
interesting than some of the comments

http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/the-orphans-of-ireland/?em


Best

Liam

'DINGLE, Ireland - Under a sky that looks like a late-winter coat of sheep
fleece, the island of saints and scholars falls away in a sheer drop to the
Atlantic. The next parish over, they say from this far western edge of
Ireland, is Boston.

It is reassuring to an Irish-American on a first-time visit to find the
wellspring of poets and balladeers as advertised: those emerald fields,
those ruddy-cheeked fishermen warming pub seats, a land of stone and cold
wind that produced a lyrical people and a music embraced more than ever by
the young.

But it is also jarring to see this ancient landscape littered with empty
monuments to the kind of excess that helped bring down the global economy.
For a time, the Irish thought they would never fall off those cliffs into
the sea; a nation of barely 4 million people could defy gravity.

If Barack Obama, the president with roots in County Offaly, were to skip
across the Irish Sea this week he would find a big part of what afflicted
much of the western world during a mad era.

Houses prices quadrupled in less than a decade. Every village that had seen
nary a rock wall or a cottage window unchanged suddenly had a cul de sac of
insta-homes and a half-dozen O'Mansions. Anyone with a mortgage could get
rich in little more time than it took for a head of Guinness to settle...'

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: 'The Quiet Men' , London-Irish Art Exhibition in Ealing,
London - Last Two Weeks - till Saturday 18 April
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Forwarded on behalf of
Wendy Roseberry [mailto:wendy.roseberry[at]btinternet.com]=20
Sent: 02 April 2009 18:06

Subject: London-Irish Art Exhibition in Ealing, London - Last Two Weeks =
-
till Saturday 18 April

Thanks to those of you who made the opening of =91The Quiet Men=92 such =
a
terrific night=85
all 193 of you!=A0=20
To see if you are in the opening night photos - click on Glenn =
Cumisky=92s
Irish Oral History Archive www.ioha.co.uk=20
(go to the =91General Photo Gallery=92, click on =91The Quiet Men=92 and =
then click
=91The Quiet Men=92 again).=20
And for those of you who have not seen the show=97you still have time.=20
Opening times: Tuesday =96 Friday 1pm =96 5pm; Saturday 11am - 5pm.=20
PM Gallery & House, Walpole Park =96 Mattock Lane, Ealing, W5 5EQ =96 =
details at
www.ealing.gov.uk/pmgalleryandhouse

'powerful work=94 =A0The Irish Times

=93as full of humour as they are of pain=94 The Irish World

=93A powerful and poignant art exhibition=94 The Irish Post

Best regards,

Wendy Roseberry
Roseberry Crest
www.brianwhelan.co.uk

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Clues to ancient invasion in DNA - Scientific evidence of an
ancient movement of people from Ireland to Scotland
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The following item has been brought to our attention...

** Clues to ancient invasion in DNA **
Scientific evidence of an ancient movement of people from Ireland to
Scotland are suggested by DNA techniques.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7976510.stm

Scientific evidence of an ancient invasion of Scotland from Ireland may have
been uncovered by DNA techniques.

Researchers from Edinburgh University said studies of Scots living on Islay,
Lewis, Harris and Skye found strong links with Irish people.

Early historical sources recount how the Gaels came from Ireland about 500
AD and conquered the Picts in Argyll.

Scientists said the study was the first demonstration of a significant Irish
genetics component in Scots' ancestry.

The research, which features work by geneticist Dr Jim Wilson, a specialist
in population genetics, is being featured in programmes on Gaelic television
channel BBC Alba...

Full text at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7976510.stm

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: A mass grave beside a US railroad where 57 immigrants from Derry
and Donegal died...
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The following item has been brought to our attention...

A web search for the key names will find many similar items - and these
researchers do seem able to write a good press release and engage the
attention of journalists. But I have not been able to find any scholarly
publications. Does anyone know more?

P.O'S.

** Secrets of mass grave revealed **
A mass grave beside a US railroad where 57 immigrants from Derry and Donegal
died is discovered by researchers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7961564.stm

In 1832, 57 emigrants from Donegal, Derry and the surrounding counties set
sail for a new life in America.

They found work on the railroads, but within weeks they were all dead,
struck down by cholera - or possibly even murdered by locals who believed
the immigrants had brought the disease with them.

The men were buried where they had died, in a mass unmarked grave along
'Duffy's Cut', the section of the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad they
helped to build.

For the last five years, Dr Frank Watson, his brother William, and a team
from Immaculata University in Pennsylvania have been searching for the men's
remains - and on Friday, they made the breakthrough they were waiting for...

Full text at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7961564.stm

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Bill et Paddy vont en bateau
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The plan...

Bill Mulligan, currently based at University College Cork as a Fulbright
Fellow, is going to nip over to Yorkshire for a few days...

He and I are going to take the O'Sullivan family's narrowboat out on the
Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

This means that the 2 regular moderators of the Irish Diaspora list are
going to be far from the web and computers.

But Liam Greenslade has stepped into the breach, and will act as moderator
to the Irish Diaspora list for the next week or so.

Messages sent to the Irish Diaspora list at its email address

IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK

Will be picked up by Liam Greenslade and distributed in the usual way.

Messages sent to me personally will await my return.

Our thanks to Liam...

P.O'S.

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