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SOUTHERNER AND IRISH? REGIONAL AND ETHNIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
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SOUTHERN RURAL SOCIOLOGY, 24(1), 2009, pp. 223-239.

Copyright C by the Southern Rural Sociological Association

SOUTHERNER AND IRISH? REGIONAL AND ETHNIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

* WILLIAM L. SMITH
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

ABSTRACT
This paper attempts to answer the following question regarding regional and
ethnic consciousness: Does southern identity vary by the level of ethnic
identity one professes? Less than one-third of those who identified
themselves as southerners, indicate that their identity as a southerner is
much more important than their other identities including their ethnic
identity. Some of these respondents practice a symbolic regionalism. Ethnic
identity for most of the respondents is more important than their regional
identity, although for them southerner and Irish are not mutually exclusive
identities. The strength of ethnic identity is not significantly related to
the importance of southern identity. Thus, southern identity does not vary
by the level of ethnic identity one professes.

FIRST PARAGRAPGH
This paper is about the relative importance of regional identity among
members of Irish organizations in Savannah, Georgia. In other words, it
investigates whether southern identity varies by one's ethnic identity. The
research discussed in this study will allow social scientists and others to
understand ethnic politics and work with individuals of Irish descent in the
South better. White southerners are not a homogeneous group and ethnic
identities vary in southern cities. There are a variety of reasons for
investigating the relationship between southern regional identity and Irish
ethnic identity. Besides being intellectually intriguing in its own right
and meriting attention, Lawrence McCaffrey (2000: 21) acknowledges thatmore
research needs to be done on the "regional varieties" of Irish Americans
particularly outside the northeast. David Gleeson (2001: 2) and Reginald
Byron(1999) argue that more research is needed on the Irish in the South
because they have been neglected by scholars. Dennis Clark (1986) also
recognizes the value of studying Irish Americans from a regional context
because their experiences vary based on location.

Full text is available as a pdf file at...

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/auxiliary/srsa/pages/Articles/SRS%202009%2024%201%2
0223-239.pdf

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Subject: Article,
Memories of the Great Famine and Ethnic Identity in Novels by
Victorian Irish Women Writers
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The work of Marguerite Corporaal will be familiar to scholars of 16th and
17th century women dramatists - her new project takes her skills of close
reading and comment to the study of the Irish Famine in literature.

P.O'S.

Memories of the Great Famine and Ethnic Identity in Novels by Victorian
Irish Women Writers

Author: Margurite Corporaal - Margurite Corporaal is affiliated with the
Department of English Language and Culture, Radboud University, Nijmegen,
The Netherlands.

Published in: English Studies, Volume 90, Issue 2 April 2009 , pages 142 -
156
Subjects: Language & Communication; Literature & Culture;

Abstract
This Article does not have an abstract.

Conclusion
All in all, one can conclude that Sadlier as well as Lawless express quite
different, yet very outspoken views on Irish nationalism. They also employ
the figure of memory of the Famine in divergent ways, for Sadlier uses the
Famine as an argument in favour of nationalism and separatism, whereas
Lawless views the memory of the Famine as a threat to national unity.
Furthermore, while both writers allocate their female characters a temporary
voice in the political debate, Sadlier appears more positive about the
claims of a symbolical Mother Ireland on national manhood, viewing her
Cathleen Ni Houlihan-like Granny Mulligan as a source of empowerment and
inspiration. For Lawless, by contrast, the personified female nation, as
embodied by Bridget, is demasculating, leading Hurrish to a
tender-heartedness that makes him indecisive at times as well. Although both
writers show that the Famine has changed Ireland beyond recognition so that
"the Ireland of old times wil be seen no more",41 it still offers the Irish
a better place than any other nation: Sadlier depicts America, the country
to which two of Bernard's sons emigrate, as a "chance of risin' in the
world" (409), but also a site of commercial and religious temptation, trials
and hardships. For Lawless, America is a place for the ambitious and
progressive, where people are discarded by compatriots as "traitor[s] to the
cause" (194) because of their political past. Though the ghastly throng of
Famine memories burden the national consciousness, Ireland still holds out a
promise for these two female chroniclers of the past

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Subject: Book Review, Mulvihill on John McCavitt, The Flight of the Earls
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A book review by Maureen E Mulvihill is available in the latest issue of
Seventeenth-Century News (Spring 2009), pp 26-33, with handsome image on =
p
26.=A0

Scroll down to=A0p26,=A0at
http://repositories.tdl.org/tdl/bitstream/handle/2249.1/9295/67%201%262%2=
0fu
ll%20text.pdf?sequence=3D5

The Flight Of The Earls, By Dr John McCavitt
Gill & Macmillan, 2002

John McCavitt
The flight of the earls, an illustrated history. Paperback edition (UK)

John McCavitt's web site.
http://www.theflightoftheearls.net/


P.O'S.

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Today's Irish Times has a review of a book written by Irish emigrant Ange=
line
Kearns Blain:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0501/1224245747815.html

Streetwise Dublin woman breathes new life into the emigrant's well-worn t=
ale
Irish Times, Fri, May 01, 2009

IN 1957, a penniless 18-year-old Irishtown woman with the quintessential =
Dublin
name of Angeline Kearns flew to America to marry a GI she had first encou=
ntered
at a city bus-stop.
Initially happy to escape a class-conscious and priest-ridden Ireland tha=
t would
deny an underclass girl any opportunities, Kearns Blain=92s memoir, I Use=
d To Be
Irish , opens by detailing how after she settles in sober New England she=
begins
to miss the rambunctious life of the tenements.

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Friends:

Owing to a de-acquisition, I am in possession of many of the Radharc Produc=
tions documentary series "Stories of Irish America," released in 1995-I bel=
ieve I am missing five of the original 15 episodes. I wish to give theses =
to a person or institution -- somewhere where they will be used.

The titles are below my signature. These are videotapes in VHS American for=
mat.

My first preference is to give the whole lot somewhere for library or class=
room use (few libraries will accept VHS tapes anymore) . My second choice i=
s to send them out piecemeal to interested individuals.

All that I ask is that the recipient(s) pay the postage.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS LIST-SERVE - Send an e-mail to me at jrogers[at]st=
thomas.edu

Jim Rogers
New Hibernia Review


TITLES:


Stories from Irish America: Sacred Space

Stories from Irish America: The Breen Family Story

Stories from Irish America: The Church and the Trade Unions

Stories from Irish America: The Emigrant Chaplain

Stories from Irish America: The Fenian Tradition

Stories from Irish America: The Irish Texans

Stories from Irish America: The Travellers of Murphy Village

Stories from Irish America: Fr Corcby and the Irish Brigade

Stories from Irish America: NYPD Green

Stories from Irish America: City Politics

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Subject: Irish in Britain Seminar Series 2009
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Paddy,

List members may be interested in our forthcoming seminar series at Londo=
n
Met (details below).

Best, Tony


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


Email: t.murray[at]londonmet.ac.uk
www.londonmet.ac.uk/irishstudiescentre



Irish in Britain Seminar Series 2009.

After a decade or so of decline in Irish emigration, the numbers of Iris=
h
people coming to Britain have started to rise again in the last eighteen
months. It is still too early to say whether this is the beginning of
another major wave of Irish migration as witnessed in the 1950s and
1980s. If it is, it is likely to have very different features to
previous waves in the context of the current worldwide recession.

The Irish in Britain Seminar Series provides an opportunity for
students, researchers and scholars of Irish Studies to debate and=20
disseminate the latest research in the field, in the light of these=20
developments. For over twenty years the Irish Studies Centre has=20
provided a forum for teaching, learning and research and this seminar=20
series is an informal but informative means and opportunity for anyone=20
interested in engaging with current issues and research about the Irish=20
in Britain.

Tuesday 26 May, Prof Bronwen Walter, Anglia Ruskin University
Fictional Irish Presences in English Diaspora Space: a Social Science=20
Exploration

Tuesday 2 June, Dr Ann Rossiter
Hidden Histories: The Irish 'Abortion Trail' and the Undercover Support=20
Network within the London-Irish Community

Wednesday 10 June, Dr Nicole McLennan, London Metropolitan University
Irish Connections: London's County Associations

Tuesday 16 June, Dr Reg Hall
Researching the Irish in Britain: Methodological Approaches

Seminars will take place 6.30-8pm in
The Old Staff Caf=E9,
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB

ALL WELCOME - Refreshments provided

Underground: Holloway Road (Picadilly Line)
Buses: 43, 153, 271, 393
Overground: Highbury & Islington

Further details from Tony Murray
t.murray[at]londonmet.ac.uk
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/iset/index.cfm





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Irish Studies Centre
Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET)
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB



















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=20
Over to you ... ?=20
=20
I'll forward any response.=20
=20
David=20
www.oscholars.com=20
=20
=20
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=20
From: Arauzo, Marisa=20
Date: 04/05/2009 12:36:20=20
To: oscholars[at]gmail.com=20
Subject: exile in Irish literature=20
=20
Good morning,=20
I am following this course at University about Exile in Irish Literature =
and

I was wondering if you could recommend an Irish short story about this to=
pic

I have to write an essay for college and I don=92t really know what to ch=
ose.=20
I was thinking about Angela=92s Ashes, but maybe a short story is easier =
to=20
Analyse, since the paper doesn=92t have to be very long. I am interested =
in=20
Irish Diaspora, especially to the states.=20
Many thanks in advance and regards,=20
Marisa=20
=20

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Identity - Guelph, Canada
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I think this comes under IR-D interests.
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David=20
www.oscholars.com=20
=20
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From: H-France=20
Date: 05/05/2009 16:44:05=20
To: H-FRANCE[at]lists.uakron.edu=20
Subject: International Conference on Representations of European Identity=
-
Guelph, Canada=20
=20
October 1-3, 2010 - University of Guelph, Ontario (Canada)=20
=20
A Three-Day International Conference on Representations of European Ident=
ity
=20
=20
http://arts.uoguelph.ca/euid2010/=20
=20
Paper and/or panel proposals are invited for a 3-day multi-disciplinary
international conference on representations of European identity: =91Euro=
pe in
its Own Eyes / Europe in the Eyes of the Other.=92=20
Submissions are encouraged from a wide range of disciplines, with particu=
lar
emphasis on literature, film, history, music, art, and political science.=
=20
=20
As Manfred Pfister observes, =93each description or definition of the oth=
er
culture implies a self-description or self-definition. A culture defines
itself by defining other cultures; the self defines itself by defining th=
e
other.=94 As the title suggests, this conference is intended to be as
wide-ranging as possible in addressing the manner in which European ident=
ity
has been and continues to be represented, including European
self-representations as well representations by others, whether =91intern=
al=92
or =91external=92 to the entity that is Europe. These categories are of c=
ourse
different in today=92s post-millennial Europe than they were earlier in t=
he
20th century or further back in history =96 a dimension of such
representations which cannot be ignored if one seeks to understand
contemporary manifestations of European =91nationalism=92, or other forms=
of
collective identity. The conference organizers invite papers on the theme=
s
of:=20
=95 Migration=20
=95 Linguistic identity=20
=95 Memory=20
=95 Nationalism and postnationalism=20
=95 Domestic politics and governance=20
=95 Civil society and democracy=20
=95 European integration and regionalism=20
=95 The north/south and, conversely, the east/west divides=20
=20
As these questions are defined and perceived in the humanities and in the
social sciences.=20
=20
Prospective delegates are invited to submit an abstract, of no more than =
250
words, by July 31, 2009.=20
=20
Please visit the conference website at http://arts.uoguelph.ca/euid2010/=20
=20
=20
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Dr. Margot Irvine=20
Assistant Professor=20
Faculty Advisor for French Studies (Undergraduate)=20
French and European Studies=20
School of Languages and Literatures=20
University of Guelph=20
Guelph, ON=20
N1G 2W1=20
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This I think is of great interest.=20
=20
David=20
www.oscholars.com=20

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From: Helena Scott=20
Date: 06/05/2009 12:42:37=20
To: FRANCOFIL[at]liverpool.ac.uk=20
Subject: [FRANCOFIL] REMINDER: Metropolis In Flux: Contemporary Cultural
Migrations in London=20
=20
REMINDER:=20
=20
Migrations and Identities Interdisciplinary Research Group, Department of
Modern and Applied Languages=20
=20
Conference: =93Metropolis in Flux: Contemporary Cultural Migrations in Lo=
ndon=94

=20
Date: Friday 19 June 2009=20
=20
Venue: University of Westminster, The Pavilion, 115 New Cavendish Street,
London W1W 6UW.=20
=20
Registration deadline: Friday 15th May.=20
=20
This one-day interdisciplinary conference aims to explore how migrations =
and
their representations have shaped London in the past decade, with a
particular interest in =91=85 links between questions of residence, mobil=
ity,
communication and cultural consumption in the construction of identities.=
=92
(David Morley, Home Territories, 2000)=20
=20
The conference is organised by the Migrations and Identities
Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR) group. This conference seeks to throw
light on questions and practices of cultural communication and exchange i=
n
the metropolis, as they have been played out in the recent past and may
inform current debates around migration and multiculturalism. Moreover, i=
t
is intended to introduce and develop a comparative dimension with other
cities and communities that have experienced migrations and their impact.=
=20
=20
Keynote Speaker: Professor David Morley, Goldsmiths College, University o=
f
London=20
=20
This conference will be of interest to academics and postgraduate student=
s
researching migratory movements, cultural communication and identity
construction, or themes including the city & hospitality, gendered spaces=
,
migrants in business and industry, the University experience of
international students, immigration policies, citizenship and democracy.=20
=20
A selection of papers will be considered for publication after the
conference.=20
=20
For further information, the conference programme, and registration form,
see:=20
=20
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/sshl/page-3735=20
=20
To register, post or email the registration form and your payment to:=20
Helena Scott=20
University of Westminster=20
32-38 Wells Street=20
London W1T 3UW=20
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scotth[at]wmin.ac.uk by Friday 15th May 2009=20
(Tel.: 020-7911-5000 ext. 2307)=20
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Conference organisers: Marie-Christine Press pressmc[at]westminster.ac.uk an=
d
Gerda Wielander G.Wielander[at]westminster.ac.uk.=20
=20
Please pass this notice on to postgraduate students who may be interested=
.=20
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Helena Scott=20
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University of Westminster=20
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Tel. 020-7911-5000 ext. 2307=20
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The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by
guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309
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Dear Jim,

I fear I don't know this series, altho' I'd heard about it. Are there any
that would work well for courses in IRISH (vs. Irish migration or
Irish-American) history?

Maybe the "Fenian Tradition" one, presumably on Irish-American nationalism?

If so, yes, I'd love to have one or more of them.

Thanks,

Kerby

PS: My other, and perhaps better, suggestion, would be to donate them all
to one of the Irish studies programs. My personal choice would be to
Ireland House, NYU, because Marion Casey's put together a really wonderful
Irish-American History Archive and studies program.


On 5/1/09 3:11 PM, "Rogers, James" wrote:

> Friends:
>
> Owing to a de-acquisition, I am in possession of many of the Radharc
> Productions documentary series "Stories of Irish America," released in 1995-I
> believe I am missing five of the original 15 episodes. I wish to give theses
> to a person or institution -- somewhere where they will be used.
>
> The titles are below my signature. These are videotapes in VHS American
> format.
>
> My first preference is to give the whole lot somewhere for library or
> classroom use (few libraries will accept VHS tapes anymore) . My second choice
> is to send them out piecemeal to interested individuals.
>
> All that I ask is that the recipient(s) pay the postage.
>
> PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS LIST-SERVE - Send an e-mail to me at
> jrogers[at]stthomas.edu
>
> Jim Rogers
> New Hibernia Review
>
>
> TITLES:
>
>
> Stories from Irish America: Sacred
> Space /id,428/>
>
> Stories from Irish America: The Breen Family
> Story /id,420/>
>
> Stories from Irish America: The Church and the Trade
> Unions l/id,424/>
>
> Stories from Irish America: The Emigrant
> Chaplain ail/id,429/>
>
> Stories from Irish America: The Fenian
> Tradition tail/id,421/>
>
> Stories from Irish America: The Irish
> Texans l/id,423/>
>
> Stories from Irish America: The Travellers of Murphy
> Village il/id,415/>
>
> Stories from Irish America:
> Fr ,415/> Corcby and the Irish Brigade
>
> Stories from Irish America:
> NYPD id,415/> Green
>
> Stories from Irish America:
> City id,415/> Politics

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Subject: Conferences, Plantation of Ulster from 1609, Goldsmiths & TCD
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The Plantation of Ulster, 1609-2009: A Laboratory for Empire:

25-26 June (Goldsmiths, University of London); 3-5 July 2009 =20
(University of Ulster, Magee) and 23-25 October 2009 (Trinity College =20
Dublin).

Between 25-26 June, 3-5 July and 23-25 October 2009, Goldsmiths, =20
Trinity College Dublin and the University of Ulster will convene a =20
series of three major academic conferences to mark the 400th =20
anniversary of the Ulster Plantation. This importance of this event to =20
the shared histories of Ireland, Britain and the British imperial =20
world would be difficult to overstate. It copper-fastened the English =20
and British conquest of Ireland, and dramatically transformed =20
Ireland=92s physical, demographic, socio-economic, political, military =20
and cultural landscape. In effect, the plantation became England, =20
Britain's and the City of London's first successful attempt at =20
plantation and the latter's vigorous attempts to protect this =20
investment would have enormous implication for the collapse of the =20
Tripartite Stuart monarchy in the 1640s. Furthermore, it provided a =20
successful template for British conquest, plantation and imperialism =20
in the Americas, the Caribbean and the Indian sub-continent. Finally, =20
its historical, political, cultural, environmental and visual effects =20
have impact on the two cities and islands until the present day.

Scholars from Ireland, Britain, Europe and the American will re-assess =20
the plantation and its disputed histories and heritages in its various =20
local, national, international and global contexts. This conference =20
will commence in London (25-26June 2009), proceed to the Plantation =20
Citadel of Derry/Londonderry (3-5 July), a fitting location given its =20
subsequent importance as a blueprint for plantation in the first =20
British Empire. Finally, it will conclude in Trinity College Dublin - =20
a major economic beneficiary of the plantation and archival receptacle =20
for its cartographic, historical and literary records, on 23-25 =20
October 2009 with a conference on the 1641 Rebellion.

Dr. Ariel Hessayon (Goldmiths) Dr. =C9amonn =D3 Ciardha (Ulster) Dr. =20
Miche=E1l =D3 Siochr=FA (TCD)

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Personal favourite: George Moore's Home Sickness. But also James Joyce's =
Eveline, some of Maeve Brennan's stories, a number of those in Dermot =
Bolger's collection Ireland in Exile.

Piaras


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Sent: Mon 5/4/2009 10:01 PM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Fw: exile in irish literature
=20
=20
Over to you ... ?=20
=20
I'll forward any response.=20
=20
David=20
www.oscholars.com=20
=20
=20
-------Original Message-------=20
=20
From: Arauzo, Marisa=20
Date: 04/05/2009 12:36:20=20
To: oscholars[at]gmail.com=20
Subject: exile in Irish literature=20
=20
Good morning,=20
I am following this course at University about Exile in Irish Literature =
and

I was wondering if you could recommend an Irish short story about this =
topic

I have to write an essay for college and I don't really know what to =
chose.=20
I was thinking about Angela's Ashes, but maybe a short story is easier =
to=20
Analyse, since the paper doesn't have to be very long. I am interested =
in=20
Irish Diaspora, especially to the states.=20
Many thanks in advance and regards,=20
Marisa=20
=20

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Subject: CFP Communities in Conflict: Civil Wars and their Legacies,
Swansea University, 4-5 September 2009
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Forwarded on behalf of Professor Andreas Gestrich

'Communities in Conflict: Civil Wars and their Legacies'

The Swansea School of Humanities in collaboration with the German =
Historical
Institute London, Swansea, 4-5 September 2009

Conference conveners
Professor Andreas Gestrich, German Historical Institute London
Dr. Regina P=F6rtner, Department of History, Swansea University

Venue
James Callaghan Lecture Theatre, Swansea University

On 4-5 September 2009 the Swansea School of Humanities in collaboration =
with
the German Historical Institute London will be hosting an international =
and
interdisciplinary conference of scholars from the US, Europe and the UK =
to
discuss the significance of civil wars as defining moments in the life =
of
past and present political communities. A second theme for this =
conference
will be the legacies of modern civil wars to present-day societies and
political discourse. The presentations for this event will explore the
multiple meanings of civil wars and their impact on the political =
culture,
social relations, and historical memory of the societies concerned. =
Themes
covered will include negotiated power and civil conflict in pre-modern
societies; state-formation and national identity in the 19th=9721 =
centuries;
religion and ethnicity as factors in modern civil conflicts; sexual
violence, child soldiers, and the 'war on civilians' in Africa; =
minorities
and the war on terrorism; the role of the media and the international
community; 'public history' and the commemoration of civil wars.

The key note speaker for this event will be Professor Caroline Hartzell,
Professor of Political Science at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA. For =
a
complete conference program and the registration form see the links =
below.
Registration forms should be returned no later than 13 July 2009 to the
conference administrator Mrs Anne Edwards [contact details as stated on =
the
registration form]. Please note that the conference program will be =
updated
as required.

http://www.swansea.ac.uk/history/News/Events/Headline,31828,en.php

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CALL FOR PAPERS:

"Forming Nations, Reforming Empires: Atlantic Polities in the Long
Eighteenth Century"

This conference will discuss the ways in which people and polities from the
Americas, Europe, and Africa assumed, legitimized, rejected and interacted
with various forms of authority in the "long eighteenth century." This
period is typically characterized by the dissolution of Atlantic Empires
combined with the emergence of the nation state. Yet, historians have begun
to argue that even as nation states began to emerge in the colonial
Atlantic, Empires continued to thrive, reconstructing themselves in the face
of changing notions of sovereignty, freedom and territoriality. This
conference seeks to explore the affinities, groups and networks that were
important to peoples' thinking and acting politically and examine the ways
that nations and empires coexisted and came into conflict during the period
of the 'long eighteenth century.'

Keeping in mind that the options for "acting like a state" were not simply
national or imperial, we invite proposals from well-established and newer
scholars, working on any aspect of the experience and mechanisms of
authority in the "long eighteenth century Atlantic world," understood in its
broadest sense and reaching across disciplinary boundaries. Topics might
include:

. Collective memories and origin myths about the forming of nations,
extra-national and supranational bodies, citizenship and subjecthood,
migration
. State-knowledge formation; law, legal spaces, jurisdiction
. Consumption; material culture, arts, commodity frontiers/exchange,
commodity trade, trade networks
. Political economy
. Authority and the private sphere
. Inter-state interactions and actors
. Politics in Africa, North and South America, informal authorities
. Impositions and experiences of disciplinary regimes (e.g, slave codes,
master and servant law, crime and punishment)
. Structures of religious authority
. Wars and violence

Please send submissions to atlanticconf2010[at]nyu.edu. Include a 200-300 word
abstract and two-page C.V. Some funds may be available to defray
transportation costs for graduate student presenters.

Applications will begin being reviewed on June 1, 2009. The conference will
be held in New York City on February 26-27, 2010.

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Irish and Galician Contemporary Women Poets
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Manuela Palacios & Laura Lojo (eds.). Writing Bonds: Irish and Galician
Contemporary Women Poets. Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles,
Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2009. 232 pp.
Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas. Vol. 26
Edited by Claudio Canaparo
ISBN 978-3-03911-834-2 pb.
32 e. / =A3 32.- / US-$ 49.95

This book focuses on the emergence of women poets from the 1980s to the
present in both Ireland and Galicia. Departing from common ground in =
shared
myths and comparable political and social circumstances, each =
contributor to
this volume looks into central aspects of Irish and Galician identity
issues, which range from configurations of the nation, nature and =
feminine
paradigms, to the poets' elaborations on their own literary practice. =
The
comparative approach followed shows both that questions raised in one
community can find relevant answers in the other and that reciprocal
knowledge helps to disseminate the writers' work - and the criticism of =
it -
beyond their respective national borders. This collection of essays and
interviews also provides both poets and critics with a mutual space in =
which
to voice their concerns, thus bringing down the barrier that is often =
raised
artificially between these two literary activities.


Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Preface by Irene Nordin-Gilsenen 11

Poetry, Gender and Transnational Bonds. An Introduction (Manuela
Palacios/Laura Lojo) 13

Part I: Poetic Bonds: Critical Perspectives on Irish and Galician Women
Poets

Mar=EDa Jes=FAs Lorenzo Modia/Cristina Fern=E1ndez-M=E9ndez=A0 :"Longer =
and Longer
Sentences Prove Me Whole Female": Medbh McGuckian and Feminism(s), 33

Manuel Fern=E1ndez Rodr=EDguez : Primitive Alchemy. Alienness in Olga =
Novo, 57

Manuela Palacios: The Course of Nature: An Ecofeminist Reading of
Contemporary Irish and Galician Women Poets, 77

M=AA Xes=FAs Nogueira: Dolls, Princesses and Cinderellas. New Feminine
Representations in Contemporary Galician Women's Poetry,=A0 97

Laura Lojo: The Poetics of Motherhood in Contemporary Irish Women's =
Verse,
119


Part II: Writing and Unwriting: Poets at Work

Carmen Blanco: Alicia in Galicia: Sex and Place, 139

Mary O'Donnell: Irish Women and Writing: An Overview of the Journey from
Imagination into Print, 1980-2008, 151

Luz Pichel: Pieces of Letters from My Bedroom, 171

Laura Lojo: "Making Sense of Wilderness" through the Written Word: An
Interview with Anne Le Marquand Hartigan, 191

M=AA Xes=FAs Nogueira: Most Faithful Stories: An Interview with Luz =
Pozo-Garza
201


Notes on contributors 215

Index 221

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Subject: Canadian Association for Irish Studies Annual, Conference,
Calgary, Alberta, June 3-6, 2009
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Forwarded on behalf of
Jean Talman [mailto:jean.talman[at]utoronto.ca]

Dear CAIS members and friends:

Our conference entitled "Into the West" will be held at Mount Royal
College, Calgary, Alberta, June 3-6, 2009. The deadline for
registration is May 10. Please register as soon as possible so that we
know how many to cater for. You can find the information on the website
at www.irishstudies.ca

You can either register on-line or print the form and mail it to me with
your payment.

Hope to see you in Calgary.

Jean Talman
Celtic Studies
St. Michael's College
University of Toronto

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Forwarded on behalf of
Myles Sinnamon | Family History | Reference Services
State Library of Queensland
myles.sinnamon[at]slq.qld.gov.au

The State Library of Queensland has just re-released the British Convict
Transportation Registers Database (over 123,000 convicts sent to Australia
between 1787 and 1867).

We have changed the underlying software as the original software did not
cope adequately with the amount of traffic we experienced - our new system
is much better equipped to cope with demand.

A new feature of the database is the ability for researchers to post
comments on a chosen convict's record. This comment field is a great way for
researchers to share their notes on a convict's life.

If you think this resource will be of interest to your clients, please feel
free to link to our website - http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/convicts

To write a comment simply find your convict on the database, click on the
link under "Don't have a login?" and then signup for a "One Search Guest"
account.

Example of a comment written:

"Thomas Dowse was born in Hackney, London in 1805. In 1824, at the age of 15
he was convicted at the Old Bailey for theft and sentenced to death, which
was later commuted to transportation for life. He spent the next few years
onboard English hulks (the Bellerophon and the Euryalus) awaiting
transportation. In January 1828 he arrived in New South Wales onboard the
convict transport Florentia. After receiving his pardon he made his way to
Moreton Bay. Between 1862 and 1869 he became Town of Clerk of Brisbane.
Thomas died on 9 November 1885 and is buried in Toowong Cemetery.

We are also continuing to add the dates of conviction to each record - this
will be an ongoing project.

If you have any questions or feedback please let me know.

Thanks

Myles

Myles Sinnamon | Family History | Reference Services
State Library of Queensland | PO Box 3488 | South Brisbane 4101
t +61 7 3840 7837 | f +61 7 3840 7795| e myles.sinnamon[at]slq.qld.gov.au
| www.slq.qld.gov.au

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"Kane, Brendan"
Subject: Extension of deadline for submission to "Elizabeth I and =
Ireland"
conference

Dear all,

I write with two updates to the cfp recently posted on this list for the
conference "Elizabeth I and Ireland" to be held Nov 2009 at the =
University
of Connecticut, Storrs.

1. We have extended the deadline for submission of proposals to June =
15th.
(I have now learned that putting a deadline smack in the middle of =
finals is
not a wise idea!)

2. Professor Breandan O Buachalla will not be able to deliver a keynote
address as originally planned. We hope to arrange a third keynote to
represent the Irish-language perspective.

Please do be in touch with me off-list if any questions, etc.

All the best,
Brendan Kane
Department of History
University of Connecticut, Storrs

***********************

"Elizabeth I and Ireland"
Thursday - Saturday, 12-14 November 2009
University of Connecticut, Storrs

This conference aims to bring together a diverse range of historians and
literary scholars to explore both Elizabeth I's direct role in the =
shaping
of Irish policy and the ways in which Irish events and people affected =
her
political style.

Issues that we hope will be addressed by speakers and commentators =
include
the following:

* Elizabeth I's intervention in the administrative and military affairs =
of
Ireland;
* Her relationship with her military commanders and viceroys in Ireland;
* Her role in--and views of--the violence that increasingly marked the
English
presence in Ireland;
* Her policies effecting religious change;
* Her interest in the mytho-historical origins of the Irish and their
culture;
* The extent to which she considered Ireland kingdom or colony; and
* Irish views of Elizabeth I.

We welcome proposals on these or other subjects from historians, =
literary
scholars, and those working in related fields. Proposals of no more than =
300
words should be e-mailed to brendan.kane[at]uconn.edu. Deadline: May 1, =
2009.

Plenary speakers: Paul Hammer (Department of History, University of
Colorado, Boulder) Leah Marcus (Department of English, Vanderbilt
University) Breand=E1n =D3 Buachalla (Department of Irish Language and
Literature, University of Notre Dame)

Brendan Kane
Wood Hall
241 Glenbrook Road Unit 2103
Storrs, CT 06269-2103
Email: brendan.kane[at]uconn.edu

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in September 2009
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Farmleigh
in September 2009

An Roinn Gn=F3tha=ED Eachtracha Preas R=E1iteas

Department of Foreign Affairs Press Release

Preas Oifig, Teach Uibh Eachach, Faiche Stiabhna, Baile =C1tha Cliath 2

Press Office, Iveagh House, St Stephen=92s Green, Dublin 2.


Tel: 353 -1- 478 0822 Fax: 353 -1- 478 5942 / 475 7476

Idirl=EDon/Internet: www.dfa.ie R=EDomh Phost/E-mail: =
press.office[at]dfa.ie

=20

Minister for Foreign Affairs Announces Global Irish Economic Forum to be
held at Farmleigh in September

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Miche=E1l Martin T.D., announced =
details
of a major event to be held at Farmleigh on the weekend of 18th-20th
September, 2009.

The inaugural Global Irish Economic Forum will bring together leading
international figures with Irish links or with a strong connection to
Ireland.

Announcing the initiative, the Minister said:

"The primary purpose of the Forum will be to examine how the Irish, at =
home
and abroad, can work together to generate ideas which will contribute to =
our
overall efforts at economic recovery. It will also play a critical role =
in
shaping the future direction of the relationship between Ireland and its
Diaspora, particularly in the economic area"

"Successive Irish Governments have built a multi-layered relationship =
with
the global Irish community, one that has marked us out as a role model =
for
many other countries.

The Government and the global Irish community have in the past worked
closely together on issues such as the peace process in Northern Ireland =
and
the rewards of such cooperation have been considerable."

"The Forum will provide us with the opportunity to take Ireland=92s
relationship with the global Irish community in a new direction, to =
examine
innovative ways of working together and to generate ideas for =
Ireland=92s
economic recovery. Now is the time to shape a more strategic =
relationship
which will bring benefits both to Ireland and to our global community =
and
which has a more developed economic focus."

"Our global Irish community constitutes one of the most powerful and
far-reaching resources at our disposal and, using our worldwide network =
of
Embassies and Consulates, we have identified some of the most successful
individuals from that global community. They will bring with them an
invaluable global perspective. To help facilitate discussion, a =
relatively
small and tightly focussed group of individuals is being invited."

Minister Martin emphasised that the initiative forms part of a wider
strategy of deeper Government engagement with the Diaspora and is =
intended
to complement the Ireland-United States Strategic Review (launched by =
the
Taoiseach in New York on 15 March) and the strategy for economic renewal
outlined in "Building Ireland=92s Smart Economy".

Note for the Editor

The =91Farmleigh Global Irish Economic Forum=92 is a Government wide =
initiative
that is being organised and managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs =
in
close cooperation with a number of other Government Departments and =
State
agencies. The majority of those in attendance will be drawn from =
countries
with a significant Irish community and from countries where Irish people
have been successful in business. Participation will be by invitation =
only,
through a personal letter from the Taoiseach. The invitations will issue
shortly.

Ends+++

28 April 2009

SOURCE
http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=3D81868

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Dr Claire Healy
President, Society for Irish Latin American Studies
________________________________________


Irish Soldiers and Military Conflicts in Spain, Latin America and the
Caribbean

Guest Editor: Karen Racine, University of Guelph, Canada

The editors of Irish Migration Studies in Latin America invite submissions
for a special issue (Volume 7, Number 3, November 2009) that will explore
any aspect of the longstanding and significant military relationship between
Ireland and the Iberian world. Articles may focus on any aspect of the Irish
military involvement in Spain, Portugal, Spanish America, Brazil, or the
Caribbean across the centuries. Submissions could take the form of a study
based on one particular person, the history of a battalion, a specific
battle or event, discussion of military theory or strategy, procurement
practices, recruitment efforts, relations between military and civilian
authorities, or representations of the Irish overseas military experience in
art, song or literature.

Articles in English should be submitted to the Guest Editor by 1 October
2009; articles in French, Spanish, German or Portuguese should be submitted
by 1 September 2009. The editors also welcome book, film and website
reviews, edited discussions of primary documents, photo essays, and short
biographies related to the topic of the special issue. Please see:
http://www.irlandeses.org/0911cfc.htm for more details.

Guest Editor
Karen Racine
soldiers[at]irlandeses.org

Editor:
Claire Healy
claire.healy[at]irlandeses.org

Production Editor
Juan Pablo Alvarez Pearce
juanpablo.alvarez[at]irlandeses.org