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Scotland's global impact: how one small nation changed the world!
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Highland Homecoming =96 ur beatha dhan d=F9thaich! is one of the =
highlights of
the Highlands=92 contribution to the Homecoming Scotland celebrations. =
This
fortnight-long series of events will explore and celebrate the way Scots
have shaped countries and communities around the world.

A highlight of Highland Homecoming is a three day international =
conference,
Buaidh Chruinneil na h-Alba =96 mar a dh=92atharraich aon d=F9thaich =
bheag an
saoghal! Scotland=92s Global Impact =96 how one small nation changed the =
world!=20

The conference, starting on 22 October 2009, celebrates the contribution
that Scots have made, and continue to make, to business, culture, =
education
and society on a global level.

At a time when the Highland population is rising for the first time in
centuries, this gathering brings together prominent academics, =
historians
and other experts from Scotland and around the world to throw new light =
on
movement to and from our country.

The conference will be opened by First Minister Alex Salmond MSP and =
chaired
by writer and broadcaster, Lesley Riddoch.

Distinguished speakers at the event include, Professor Ted Cowan, =
Professor
Jim Hunter, Professor John Mackenzie and Dr Tony Pollard.

Full programme details and booking information can be found at the
conference website: www.scotlandsglobalimpact.com

SOURCE

http://www.uhi.ac.uk/home/about-uhi/lectures/homecoming-events/scotlands-=
glo
bal-impact-conference

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Subject: Article,
From Irish Eineach to British Honor? Noble Honor and High
Politics in Early Modern Ireland, 1500-1650
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From Irish Eineach to British Honor? Noble Honor and High Politics in =
Early
Modern Ireland, 1500=961650
Brendan Kane 1*
1 University of Connecticut=20

ABSTRACT
The study of honor has greatly enriched historians' understanding of =
early
modern societies. By providing a means to explore the interplay between
individual and collective notions of worth, it has allowed scholars to =
more
closely investigate the relationship between culture and politics. In =
this
historiography there has been important, but limited, work on Ireland. =
This
article suggests the importance of honor not only for understanding =
early
modern Ireland in its own right, but also for understanding a crucial
cultural factor in the emergence of the British state. It proposes a
three-part framework through which the negotiation of honor claims in
Anglo-Irish relations may be explored and their political implications
assessed: from Gaelic eineach, through Anglo-Irish on=F3ir, to British =
honor.

History Compass 7/2 (2009): 414=96430, 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2008.00584.x

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From: Patrick Maume
A little item for those of you who are interested in Ulster Scots dialect:
Anne Markey's new UCD Press edition of the translation of Padraic
Pearse's Irish-language stories done in 1917 by the Ulster (nationalist)
poet Joseph Campbell has the following passage (introduction, xxxix):
"He assiduously strove to avoid literary ornamentation and tried instead
to cultivate a colloquial style that echoed Pearse's own vernacular. His
[Campbell's] translations are not flawless. Sometimes, indeed, they are
inaccurate, as, for example, when he renders "o gach uile aird" as 'from
every art' (p.94) instead of 'from every direction'."
In fact, Campbell is not, strictly speaking, inaccurate. He is using a
Scottish/Ulster expression "art" or "airt" presumably derived from the
Gaelic, which does mean "direction" as in Robert Burns:
Of a' the airts the
wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,
For there the bonie lassie lives,
The lassie I lo'e best:

Link to full text below:-
http://www.robertburns.org/works/223.shtml
Best wishes,
Patrick

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Language barriers in health and social care consultations in the
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Health Policy
Article in Press, Corrected Proof

Language barriers in health and social care consultations in the community:
A comparative study of responses in Ireland and England


Anne MacFarlanea, , , Carrie Singletonb, 1, and Eileen Greenb, 2,

aDepartment of General Practice, No. 1 Distillery Road, National University
of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

bSchool of Social Sciences and Law, Clarendon Building, University of
Teesside, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley TS1 3BA, United Kingdom


Available online 28 April 2009.
Abstract

Objective

This paper focuses on the implications of migration for host health and
social care systems in terms of linguistic diversity, language barriers and
language supports. The objective is to compare Ireland, as a context
responding to the new challenge of language barriers in healthcare, and
England, as a context in which the management of language barriers is being
re-assessed.

Methods

Empirical data from two action research studies in Ireland and England are
compared. The combined data set is 146 data collection episodes with service
users with limited English and their health and social care providers.

Results

Key findings are that the same range of formal and informal responses to
language barriers occurs in practice in both contexts but proportions of
knowledge and use of these responses differ. English service providers have
more awareness about the use of formal responses than Irish service
providers but uptake of formal responses remains low in both contexts. Data
from service users confirms these findings.

Conclusions

There is a need for more attention to the implementation of policies for
language barriers in both Ireland and England, further research about the
normalization processes associated with these consultations and knowledge
transfer networks to facilitate on-going dialogue between all key
stakeholders with an emphasis on supporting service users' involvement and
participation.

Keywords: Migration; Language barriers; Health and social care; Health
policy; Action research

Article Outline

1. Introduction
1.1. Ireland: new languages, new challenges
1.2. England: new languages, re-assessment of policy and practice
1.3. Cross-national comparisons
2. Methods
2.1. Ireland: the CARe project
2.2. England: the Nisaa project
2.3. CARe and Nisaa comparative data analysis
3. Results
3.1. Responses to language barriers in practice
3.1.1. Use of a paid interpreter
3.1.1.1. Knowledge and use of services
3.1.1.2. Experiences of services
3.1.2. Use of unpaid interpreters
3.1.2.1. Negotiating family and community relations
3.1.3. Other verbal and non-verbal strategies
3.1.3.1. Mimes, gestures and body language
3.1.3.2. Memorising words and phrases and 'getting by'
3.2. Levers and barriers to use of paid interpreters
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References

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Marisa,

Colum McCann's stories in 'Fishing the Sloe-Black River' (1994) are
all about exile but each story is distinct and surprising. It's a
slim volume, so you could read it quite quickly and choose maybe two
to discuss in your essay? I wish I was sitting down to such a task!

All the best!

Jessica



2009/5/9 Bryan Coleborne :
> Yes, and Daniel Corkery's "Nightfall" (1929), which brings in the New Zealand diaspora, offers an important comparison with "Home Sickness". It's in Colm Toibin's anthology.
>
>
>
>
> Bryan Coleborne
>
>
> P.O. Box 390
> Yass NSW 2582
> AUSTRALIA
>
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 22:32:43 +0100
>> From: p.maceinri[at]UCC.IE
>> Subject: Re: [IR-D] Fw: exile in irish literature
>> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of D C Rose
>> Sent: Mon 5/4/2009 10:01 PM
>> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Subject: [IR-D] Fw: exile in irish literature
>>
>>
>> Over to you ... ?
>>
>> I'll forward any response.
>>
>> David
>> www.oscholars.com
>>
>>
>> -------Original Message-------
>>
>> From: Arauzo, Marisa
>> Date: 04/05/2009 12:36:20
>> To: oscholars[at]gmail.com
>> Subject: exile in Irish literature
>>
>> Good morning,
>> 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.
>> I was thinking about Angela's Ashes, but maybe a short story is easier to
>> Analyse, since the paper doesn't have to be very long. I am interested in
>> Irish Diaspora, especially to the states.
>> Many thanks in advance and regards,
>> Marisa
>>
>

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Yes=2C and Daniel Corkery's "Nightfall" (1929)=2C which brings in the New Z=
ealand diaspora=2C offers an important comparison with "Home Sickness". It'=
s in Colm Toibin's anthology.

=20


Bryan Coleborne


P.O. Box 390
Yass NSW 2582
AUSTRALIA
=20
=20

> Date: Wed=2C 6 May 2009 22:32:43 +0100
> From: p.maceinri[at]UCC.IE
> Subject: Re: [IR-D] Fw: exile in irish literature
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>=20
> Personal favourite: George Moore's Home Sickness. But also James Joyce's =
Eveline=2C some of Maeve Brennan's stories=2C a number of those in Dermot B=
olger's collection Ireland in Exile.
>=20
> Piaras
>=20
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List on behalf of D C Rose
> 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=2C 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=2C=20
> I am following this course at University about Exile in Irish Literature =
and
>=20
> I was wondering if you could recommend an Irish short story about this to=
pic
>=20
> I have to write an essay for college and I don't really know what to chos=
e.=20
> I was thinking about Angela's Ashes=2C but maybe a short story is easier =
to=20
> Analyse=2C since the paper doesn't have to be very long. I am interested =
in=20
> Irish Diaspora=2C especially to the states.=20
> Many thanks in advance and regards=2C=20
> Marisa=20
>=20

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Online
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Forwarded on behalf of
Dr. Aly TANDIAN
Enseignant Chercheur
Coordonnateur du GERM


Dear colleagues,

I just come on to inform you of the launch of the website of our =
research
team, the Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Migrations (GERM) of
Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis [ http://www.germ.sn ]. Thank =
you
for forwarding the information to your acquaintances and collaborators =
that
might well feel a keen interest in migration issues.

Dr. Aly TANDIAN
Enseignant Chercheur
Coordonnateur du GERM
Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Migrations Universit=E9 Gaston =
Berger
de Saint-Louis BP 234 Saint-Louis, Senegal Tel. +221.33.961.31.30
Port.+221.77.440.52.68

Courriel : Tandian[at]germ.sn
Site web : www.germ.sn

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Naturally played by Irishmen: a social history of Irish cricket
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The following item has been brought to our attention...

Sport in Society:=A0 Volume 12 Issue 4 & 5=20
Special Issue:Cricket: International and Interdisciplinary Approaches
=A0
This new issue contains the following
=A0
=A0
Naturally played by Irishmen: a social history of Irish cricket, Pages =
447 -
463
Author: Jon Gemmell

DOI: 10.1080/17430430802702723
=A0
Abstract=20
This study considers the history of Irish cricket in the context of =
wider
social and political developments. It looks at the origins of the sport, =
how
they came to be associated with a British presence in Ireland and the
implications of this during a period of nationalist revival. It =
considers
the rise and decline of cricket in Ireland and provides suggestions for =
its
maintenance and current renaissance. The study is in part a celebration =
of
the success of the Irish team at the 2007 World Cup and a reminder of =
the
contribution to worldwide cricket through the diaspora.
=A0
=A0

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Subject: Irish Conference of Medievalists programme ,
Mary Immaculate College Limerick 27th -30th June
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Subject: Irish Conference of Medievalists programme, Mary Immaculate =
College
Limerick 27th -30th June
=A0
Saturday 27th JUNE
12.00 pm Registration=20
=A0
1.45 pm Conference opens in Rm 206
2.00 pm=A0=A0 Tracy Collins (Cork & Limerick) Medieval nunneries in the =
Irish
archaeological record=20
3:00 pm=A0=A0 =A0M=E1ir=EDn Mac Carron (Cork) Columbanus, Brunhild and =
the question of
illegitimacy
=A0
3.30 pm Tea/Coffee in G10 (ground floor)
=A0
4.00 pm=A0 Lenore Fischer (Los Angeles) Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh =96 =
compiled
or composed?=94 =A0
5:00 pm Joseph Flahive (Cork) =93L=92alphabet runique =96 an insular =
display
script=94
5:30 pm Dmitry Nikolaev (Moscow) Fintan mac Bochra and Norna-Gest: an
age-old storyteller in Irish and Icelandic traditions".
=A0
6:00 pm Wine Reception in G10
=A0
Sunday 28th JUNE
=A0
9:00 am Catherine Swift (Limerick): Geinnti for Duiblinn beos: a =
royalist
interpretation of early entries on Viking activity in Ireland
9.30 am Fran O=92Reilly (Dublin): =A0St Brigit and the dog
=A0
10:30 Tea/Coffee =96 G10
=A0
Session A (206)
11:00 am =A0=A0 Edel Bhreatnach (Dublin) in early twelfth-century =
Ireland: a
brief reflection'=20
11:30 am =A0Diarmuid =D3 Riain (Dublin) Pomp and process: secular and =
ceremonial
uses of the Irish Benedictine churches in medieval Germany
12:00 pm Tatyana Mihailova (Moscow) How the Amra Coluim Cille was found
again
=A0
12.30 pm Lunch (Fennesseys)
=A0
Session A=20
2:00 pm Stephen Walker (New York) Moulding the Stem of the Ardagh =
Chalice=20
3:00 pm Robert Stevick (Washington) Designing St Patrick=92s Bell Shrine
panels
=A0
Session B=20
2:00 pm Mark Stansbury (Galway) Some thoughts on the origins of Insular
script
3:00 pm Ciaran Parker (Cavan) Gaelic lordships in Uriel and Meath =
1300-1500=20
=A0
4:00 pm Tea/Coffee =96 G 10
=A0
4:30 pm=A0 Ann-Marie Long (Dublin) Ari=92s =CDslendingab=F3k: early =
vernacular
writing and Icelandic identity=20
5:00 pm=A0 Emer Purcell (Cork) The first generation 795-836: Viking =
raids and
Viking bases?=20
5:30 pm=A0 Alex Woolf (St Andrews) Ecgfrith of Northumbria=92s raid on =
Brega
reconsidered
=A0
6:30 pm Recess
=A0
Monday 29th JUNE
9:30 am=A0 David Woods (Cork) Gildas and the Mystery Cloud of 536
10:00 am =A0Robyn Neville (Atlanta) Percieved chastity and the dynamics =
of
shame: unveiling the trope of the pregnant religious body in early =
medieval
hagiography=A0=A0
=A0
11.00 am Tea/Coffee (G10)
=A0
11:30 am Patricia Hanna (Limerick) Queen Victoria and the Book of Kells:
some=A0interesting highlights of her visit to the library at Trinity =
College
Dublin
12:00 pm Tomas O=92Sullivan (St Louis) Poor lonely Luke: in search of =
the
fourth four-symbols page in the Book of Kells=20
=A0
12.30pm Lunch (Fennesseys)
=A0
2.00 pm Mick Gibbons =A0(Cliffden) In the lands of the Conmaicne Mara =
=96 the
Dog Sons of the sea
3:00 pm Patrick McCafferty (Queens) Wrathful raths and fairy thorns =96 =
why
are people afraid of ring-forts?=A0=A0
=A0
3.30 pm Tea/Coffee (G10)
=A0
4.00 pm ICM AGM (G10)
=A0
7.30 ICM dinner at Clarion Hotel, Steamboat Quay
=A0
Tuesday 30th JUNE=A0=A0=A0=20
9.15 am Field trip to Co. Limerick: Adare, Croom, Lough Gur & Knockea=20
=A0
Summer Schools in Old Norse & Old Irish
Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick
June-July 2007
=A0
The aim of the summer schools is to facilitate students who wish to =
improve
their knowledge of medieval languages but who are not in a position to =
sign
up for full year courses. The Old Norse course will be a ten-day
introductory course by Dr Katrina Burge of the University of Melbourne
involving 60 hours contact time.=A0 Similarly, there are three Old Irish
courses also of 10 day duration at three levels: Beginners, Intermediate =
and
Advanced.=A0 Students opting for the Intermediate and Advanced options =
will be
asked to take a short test at the beginning of the course so as to =
identify
the best stream for their needs.
=A0
Old Norse Course: Monday 20th July =96 Thursday 30th July=20
=A0
Beginners Old Irish Course: Monday 8th July =96 Thursday 18th June=20
=A0
Intermediate and Advanced Old Irish: Wednesday 6th July =96 Saturday =
17th July

=A0
Accommodation is provided in the Courtbrack Accommodation Centre, on
Limerick=92s Dock Road, adjacent to Mary Immaculate College and just a =
short
walk away from the city centre.=A0 Single rooms have been booked at a
discounted rate of 25 euros per day although twin rooms are available =
for
those who would like to request them. As well as all the usual =
amenities,
there is use of the self-catering kitchens and common room, free car =
parking
and provision of a light Continental breakfast. For those who do not =
want to
do their own catering, there are two pubs offering meals, a hotel and =
three
take-aways within five minutes walk.=A0=A0
=A0
Cost of courses: 300 euros/ =A3210 sterling / $ 390 USA / $500 Aus.=20
Cost of accommodation: 250 euros /=A3175 sterling /$330 USA / $ 420 Aus.
Students wishing to register for the Summer School courses are asked to
contact/send cheques to Dr Catherine Swift Director of Irish Studies, =
Mary
Immaculate College Limerick=A0 Queries will be answered via the email
address:=A0 Catherine.Swift[at]mic.ul.ie

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PETER LANG - International Academic Publishers are pleased to announce a =
new book by Claire Lynch

IRISH AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Stories of the Self in the Narrative of a Nation

Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, =
2009. 234 pp.

Reimagining Ireland. Vol. 7
Edited by Eamon Maher

ISBN 978-3-03911-856-4 pb.
sFr. 50.=E2=80=93 / E* 34.20 / E** 35.20 / E 32.=E2=80=93 / =C2=A3 =
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* includes VAT =E2=80=93 only valid for Germany / ** includes VAT =
=E2=80=93 only valid for Austria / =E2=82=AC does not include VAT

Ireland has passed through numerous identity crises in the last century, =
keeping the meaning of Irishness in constant flux. This book explores =
how diverse writers have positioned their life stories within the wider =
narrative of the nation=E2=80=99s development. Examining the wealth of =
autobiographical texts written by Irish writers in the twentieth =
century, including W.B. Yeats, Tom=C3=A1s O=E2=80=99Crohan, Frank =
O=E2=80=99Connor, Brendan Behan, Frank McCourt and Nuala =
O=E2=80=99Faolain, the study highlights the plurality of Irish identity =
and the main characteristics which typify the genre of Irish =
autobiography.

In charting the social and cultural history of Ireland through the =
first-hand accounts of the country=E2=80=99s most celebrated writers, =
the author also identifies important overlaps between fiction and =
memory, finds intersections with folklore and the short story, and draws =
out relationships within and between texts. The book repositions the =
important and often overlooked genre of Irish autobiography by =
highlighting its importance within both Irish Studies and the field of =
Autobiography and by opening up the ways in which lives can be written =
and read.

Contents:

Theoretical discussion including the preoccupation with genre =
classification =E2=80=93 Main theorists and key texts =E2=80=93 =
Historical development of the Genre =E2=80=93 Connections with =
literature, nationalism, history and gender =E2=80=93 Socio-cultural =
influences on writers =E2=80=93 Autobiographies of Blaskets and =
Anglo-Irish writers =E2=80=93 Close readings of J.M. Synge, W.B. Yeats, =
George Moore, Lady Gregory, Tom=C3=A1s O=E2=80=99Crohan, Maurice =
O=E2=80=99Sullivan, Peig Sayers =E2=80=93 Relationship between =
translators and authors of Irish language texts =E2=80=93 Experiences of =
two peripheral groups during the formation of Irish identity after =
independence =E2=80=93 Influential mid-century writers: Frank =
O=E2=80=99Connor, Sean O=E2=80=99Faolain, Brendan Behan, Christy Brown =
=E2=80=93 Role of War of Independence and social conditions which =
followed =E2=80=93 Isolation of the Irish self represented in =
autobiography =E2=80=93 Connection between Irish short story and =
autobiography =E2=80=93 The role of emigration and the diaspora on late =
twentieth-century conceptions of Irishness =E2=80=93 Close readings of =
Frank McCourt, John McGahern, Nuala O=E2=80=99Faolain and Nell =
McCafferty =E2=80=93 Ideas of nostalgia, =E2=80=98marketing=E2=80=99 of =
the Irish life story and readers=E2=80=99 responses =E2=80=93 Personal =
relationships which exist within and across autobiographies =E2=80=93 =
The future development of the genre, including collaborative life =
writing and web technology.

The Author:

Claire Lynch was educated at the University of Kent and holds a D.Phil. =
from the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on contemporary =
Irish literature and genre borderlines in life writing. She currently =
teaches in the Graduate School at Brunel University, London.

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Subject: Exploring Censorship: Masterclass (An Foras Feasa and Dept of
Spanish, NUI Maynooth)

An Foras Feasa and the Department of Spanish (NUI Maynooth) will hold a
Masterclass entitled

Exploring Censorship=20

on Thursday 14th of May from 2.00 to 5.45. The masterclass takes place =
in
CS1, Callan Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth and the schedule is as
follows:

2:00-2:30 Tea and Coffee

2:30 Welcome

2:45-3:30 Dr Donal =D3 Drisceoil (UCC)
A Dark Chapter: Censorship and the Irish Book in the Twentieth Century

3:30-4:15 Professor Michael Cronin (DCU)
Dressed to Kill? Translation, Mediation and Censorship

4:15-4:30 Break

4:30-5:15 Dr Kylie Jarrett (NUIM)
It's Censorship, But Not as We Know It: Google and the Control of
Information

5:15-5:45 Roundtable Discussion: From Banned Books to Portraits of
Politicians: The Legacy and Continued Existence of Censorship in Modern
Society.
Will Hanafin (Today FM), Donal =D3 Drisceoil, (UCC), Michael Cronin, =
(DCU),
Kylie Jarrett, (NUIM) Catherine O'Leary (NUIM)

All welcome

Followed by wine reception

Organiser: Dr Catherine O'Leary Tel.: 01 7086116
email: catherine.m.oleary[at]nuim.ie
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*******
Professor Margaret Kelleher
Director
An Foras Feasa: The Institute for Research in
Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions
Junior Infirmary
NUI Maynooth
Maynooth
Co. Kildare

Tel: 353-1-7083451
Email: Margaret.Kelleher[at]nuim.ie
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Subject: Jobs, 3 LECTURERS IN IRISH STUDIES, INSTITUTE OF IRISH STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
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THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
INSTITUTE OF IRISH STUDIES
3 LECTURERS IN IRISH STUDIES
=A330,594 - =A335,469 pa

One post is available on a permanent basis and can be in any aspect of =
Irish
Studies (excluding Politics and late Modern History). The other two =
posts
are available on a temporary basis for 6 months; one post is in
Cultural/Historical Geography commencing September 2009, the other post =
is
in Modern Irish Literature in English commencing January 2010.
Job Ref: A-569740=20

Closing Date: 11 June 2009
For full details, or to request an application pack,visit
www.liv.ac.uk/working/job_vacancies/

or e-mail jobs[at]liv.ac.uk Tel 0151 794 2210 (24 hr answerphone), please =
quote
Job Ref in all enquiries.

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: PhD and Post Doctoral Symposium, Global Irish Institute,
UCD. 19 May 2009
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INVITATION
You are invited to a one day symposium
at the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies

TIME
Tuesday 19 May 2009
9:00 - 16:30

VENUE
GII Building, UCD, Belfield

What is Irishness? It is possible to identify local practices and customs;
patterns of internal migration; periods of emigration and immigration;
processes of colonization and decolonization; and experiences of occupation
and resistance as moments that have forged a collective and durable Irish
identity on this island and beyond. And yet at each point, temporal and
spatial, where identity formation has taken place, the contours of what we
call 'Irishness' are being continuously negotiated, contested and reshaped.
This symposium brings together new research and approaches within and across
disciplines as diverse as archaeology, history, politics, and literary and
cultural studies to situate 'Irishness' in these multiple spaces and places
and to explore the making and remaking of Irish identity.

This symposium will address four key issues:

Excavating Irish identity

Fashioning identity in the
Irish Diaspora

Gendered spaces

Irish identity and conflict

Please find links below to a one-day symposium at the Global Irish
Institute, UCD with papers presented by the first cohort of GII PhD and
post-doctoral fellows, funded under PRTLI 4 and many of whom are associated
with IBIS.

http://www.alandavis.ie/e-invites/situating_irishness/

http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/thematicareas/evite/irishness/index.html


Institute for British-Irish Studies (IBIS)
_________________________________________
School of Politics & International Relations
University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 716 8670
Email: ibis[at]ucd.ie
www.ucd.ie/ibis

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From: Liam Greenslade
Subject: Cornell University Public Domain Holdings Available on-line
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List members may be interested in this:

http://news.library.cornell.edu/com/news/PressReleases/Cornell-University-Library-Removes-All-Restrictions-on-Use-of-Public-Domain-Reproductions.cfm

Superficial browsing doesn't reveal much of obvious interest (GK
Chesterton's Irish Impressions and Creel's Ireland's Fight for Freedom,)
but I suspect if you know what you're looking for there'll be some gems
free for download.

Happy browsing

Liam

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Notice, Sean Sheehan, Step-Up History, The Irish Diaspora
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This little book has begun to turn up in alerts...

The text on the publisher's web site gives the title of this book as The
Diaspora...

http://www.evansbooks.co.uk/

But the title page on Google Books clearly says

The Irish Diaspora.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3DVkDadONWFQkC

Do not read any of the sample pages on Google Books - you will simply =
upset
yourself.

P.O'S.

Step-Up History
The Diaspora

Author: Sean Sheehan=20
DESCRIPTION

Following on from the hugely successful "Start-Up History" series, =
"Step-Up
History" has been created specifically to support the schemes of work in =
the
History Curriculum at KS2 - the next step up! This title explains the =
term
'diaspora' and why so many Irish people travelled abroad to live, =
including
The Caribbean, Canada, Australia and America. Highly illustrated with =
colour
photographs and diagrams, this text is clear and divided into easily
digestible paragraphs, whilst key words are highlighted. Suggestion =
boxes
throughout each book provide activities and tips for the reader, whilst =
a
spread at the back for teachers and parents provides more activity
suggestions and advice on how to use the book with children.=20
Availability: Available
Price: =A312.99
Edition: Hardback
No. of Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780237534318
OTHER TITLES IN SERIES
Click here for other titles in this series

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Subject: Article, Irish Australians, postcolonialism and the English game
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Following up on that article on cricket in Ireland, the love that dare not
speak its name...

The Special Cricket issue of Sport in Society, Volume 12, Issue 4 & 5 May
2009, has a number of articles of interest, looking at knots of issues
through the lens of cricket. A really interesting article about C.L.R.
James, for example.

And the following item is of special interest.

P.O'S.

Irish Australians, postcolonialism and the English game
Author: Alan Bairner a

Affiliation: a School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough
University, Loughborough, UK

Published in: Sport in Society, Volume 12, Issue 4 & 5 May 2009 , pages 482
- 495
Subjects: Sociology of Sport; Sport & Society; Sports, Leisure, Travel &
Tourism;

Abstract
Members of the Irish diaspora have made a significant contribution to
Australian cricket. In seeking to unravel the cultural and political
implications of that contribution, this essay considers the character of
Irish migration to Australia, comments on the historical status of cricket
in Ireland, and discusses the contribution of the Irish to Australian sport
in general and to cricket in particular. The main focus of the discussion is
on the careers of Bill O'Reilly, Jack Fingleton and Lindsay Hassett. More
generally, the essay is intended to shed light on the problematic
relationship between imperialism and the experience of being colonized, not
only in Australia but also in Ireland.

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Subject: Article,
Letter Writing in an Italian Immigrant Community: A Transatlantic
Tradition
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The folk who study specifically letters might find this article of interest
- a particular approach to the non-English letter traditions, but full of
insights.

P.O'S.

Letter Writing in an Italian Immigrant Community: A Transatlantic Tradition

Author: Mary Anne Trasciatti a
Affiliation: a Department of Speech Communication, Rhetoric, and
Performance Studies at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA

Published in: Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 1 December 2009
, pages 73 - 94

Abstract
Alfonso Arbib-Costa's 1909 Manuale di Corrispondenza Commerciale, Familiare,
e Amorose Italiana-Inglese offered letter-writing instruction to Italian
immigrants hoping to succeed in American business and social circles. The
book contained some theory, but was primarily a collection of model letters,
or formulary. This article identifies the text as one of a distinct type of
bilingual, bicultural letter-writing handbooks for immigrants that arose in
the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
situates it in the American parlor rhetoric tradition, and analyzes its
theoretical content and models. Although formularies are often overlooked by
scholars, they are rich texts that reveal important connections between
rhetoric and culture. Formularies for immigrants are particularly
interesting because they clearly demonstrate how attempts at social
engineering may be embedded in rhetorical pedagogy. The study concludes with
a call for additional research into this area of rhetorical history, which
remains largely unknown.

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Subject: Belfast Telegraph: Helpline offers support to elderly Irish
emigrants in New York
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The following item has been brought to our attention...

Helpline offers support to elderly Irish emigrants in New York
Monday, 11 May 2009

A new helpline has been set up for forgotten elderly Irish emigrants living
in New York.

The service, modelled on a similar initiative in Co Meath, will help older
expatriates struggling with loneliness, depression or isolation.

Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin, who launched the free
helpline during his visit to the US, said it was vital for the city's Irish
community to have a focal point.

"For our community in New York it is often the local Irish Centre," he said.
"However, there are many who do not live near a centre and find it difficult
to travel.

"We cannot allow those members of our community to live in isolation or to
disappear."

The helpline will be staffed by 50 volunteers in Irish centres in the Bronx
and Manhattan. It is based on a helpline which was set up in Summerhill, Co
Meath, in 1998 and is supported by the Irish government, the City of New
York and Irish Centres in the city.

Meeting the volunteers, Mr Martin said: "The people you are reaching out to
have in the past, like yourselves, supported families at home sending money
in the post to those who remained behind.

SOURCE
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/helpline-offers-suppor
t-to-elderly-irish-emigrants-in-new-york-14297909.html

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Irish Diaspora list archives
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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

We have a number of new Ir-D members. And we have had some of the usual
intermittent problems with some email addresses - so that some Ir-D members
might have missed some messages.

I thought that I should remind members about the Irish Diaspora list
archives - and how to access them.

The list was founded in November 1997, and the first real messages were sent
out in December 1997.

Our archives are currently stored in 2 places (not counting my own back-ups,
and other back-ups elsewhere)...

1.
We now have over 11 years of Irish Diaspora list reference and discussion
stored in our own private archive, a searchable and browsable database at

http://www.irishdiaspora.net/

That is a web forwarding address, pointing to a web site hosted for us by
Dr. Stephen Sobol and The Institute of Communications Studies, University of
Leeds.

The database receives and stores an email every day that the Ir-D list is
active. This email contains all the Ir-D messages of that day.

To access that archive, go to the irishdiaspora.net web address.

Click on Special Access

Then
Username irdmember
Current Password minnesota

And in the RESTRICTED section you will be able to use the Database of the
Irish Diaspora list archive (DIRDA)

There are some little vagaries with the search system. Sometimes unclicking
'Whole words only' makes it behave better, especially with Irish family
names.

And it can be slow - but it is now quite a big archive.

2.
In June 2004 I moved the running of the Irish Diaspora list to Jiscmail -
the UK academic community's listserver. Jiscmail uses the software
LISTSERV, which many members will be familiar with.

So, the archives for recent years, since our move to Jiscmail, are ALSO
automatically stored at Jiscmail

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/

Jiscmail knows you through your email address. You have to log in, in the
usual Listserv fashion, and become an individual Subscriber. The
instructions are there, on the web site.

You then have access to a highly organised, Listserv type, Irish Diaspora
list archive.

I tend to use the archive at
http://www.irishdiaspora.net/
when I want to see how a recurring topic has been discussed over the years.

I would suggest that Ir-D members use the Jiscmail archive to catch up on
recent Ir-D messages.

P.O'S.

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

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

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Irish Diaspora Research Unit
Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Bradford Bradford
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Subject: Book Notice, Council of Europe / Conseil de l'Europe,
Economic migration,
social cohesion and development: towards an integrated approach
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From: Council of Europe / Conseil de l'Europe=20

NEW TITLE=20

Economic migration, social cohesion and development: towards an =
integrated approach (12/05/2009)

In the final declaration of their 8th conference, the European ministers =
responsible for migration affairs committed to promoting and protecting =
the human rights of migrants, with special attention to gender equality =
and the rights of women; to strengthening dialogue and co-operation =
between receiving, transit and origin countries, particularly within =
Europe; and to promoting coherence at all levels (international, =
national, regional and local) between migration, development and =
integration policies. The ministers also agreed to manage economic =
migration with a view to promoting economic and social progress in =
receiving, transit and origin countries; to enhance social cohesion by =
improving the integration of migrants and persons of immigrant =
background and the re-integration of migrants who return to their =
countries of origin; and to strengthen the contribution of migrants and =
persons of immigrant background to development in receiving and origin =
countries and their involvement in co-development programmes. This =
report was prepared to support the ministerial debate during the =
conference. It presents the main aspects and characteristics of =
migration in the member states of the Council of Europe, analyses policy =
challenges raised by contemporary migration and identifies an integrated =
policy agenda.=20

Author(s) :
=20
Patrick Taran with Irina Ivakhnyuk, Maria da Concei=C3=A7=C3=A3o Pereira =
Ramos and Arno Tanner

ISBN :
978-92-871-6572-5

Format :
16 x 24

No. of pages :
192

Price :
29 =E2=82=AC/ 58 $
=20
+ 10% postage=20

Council of Europe Publishing
Palais de l'Europe, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France
E-mail : publishing[at]coe.int
Visit our site : http://book.coe.int
Tel. : +33 (0)3 88 41 25 81
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