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These are extraordinarily interesting reflections, and a history of modern
Ireland based around silences would be a fascinating project. As would a
conference on the subject...

However, with regard to the Irishness of the causes and effects concerned, a
partial comparison occurs to me. It was/is often said that the crimes and
behaviour in general of the RUC (and other security forces) in Northern Ireland
were symptomatic of an oppressive, colonial or at least ethnic state, that
police violence, cover-ups and legal impunity were an outgrowth of the
political situation broadly speaking. This is a strong argument, but it is
also true that police forces in Canada, the US and probably everywhere act in
many of the same ways, with a variety of target groups: the mentally ill, black
men, aboriginal people etc. etc., and lie and stonewall and the rest of it when
caught. In other words, such behaviour is simply part of modern policing in
modern socieites (including the Republic of Ireland), albeit with endless
variations. If you give a bunch of men uniforms, guns and power, tell them how
special and brave they are, allow them to police themselves, you get the same
problems everywhere. So Northern Ireland was also simply one case among many.

It seems to me that the same is possibly true of behaviour within the Catholic
church and between church and state, since the same scandals have enveloped the
same institutions wherever societies are open enough to allow investigation and
victim testimony.

This doesn't invalidate anything already said about gender, class or power in
Irish society in the 19 and 20Cs, but it does focus attention on the
transnational structure and ideology of the church itself.

Peter Hart

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Popular Culture and Revolution
University of London Irish Studies Annual Symposium
Lock-Keeper's Cottage, Queen Mary University of London.
Saturday 20th June 10.00-5.30

Provisional Programme:
10:00 Registration

10.30 Elaine Sisson, 'Toto Cogley's Cabaret: The Stage and the
Post-Revolutionary Generation 1922-1932'

11.15 Ben Levitas, 'Popular performance and the War of Independence'

12:00 Break

12.15 James Moran, 'Negotiating Irish Politics in Birmingham'

1:00 Lunch

2.00 P.J. Mathews, 'Riverdancing at the Meeting of the Waters'

2.45 Gerardine Meaney, 'From the Taboo to the Popular: Howard Brenton,
The Romans in Britain and Spooks'

3:30 Break

4.00 Martin McLoone, 'Drama out of a Crisis: Film, Television and the
Northern Ireland Troubles'

4.45 Closing Discussion


For Details Contact: Dr. Ben Levitas (drs01bl[at]gold.ac.uk) or Professor Clair
Wills (c.e.wills[at]qmul.ac.uk)

Supported by the British Association for Irish Studies

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I quite enjoy the discomforture of the actually existing Republic and it =
wd obviously strike the rhetorical side of one's mind to question the =
bona fides of a state in which such things as the Industrial school =
abuse stories happen ... but I must agree with Kerby that the connection =
is accidental. The accident is connected with the ties of state and =
church and the lethal immunity of the clerical orders during the period =
in question - and this might not have happened without independence but =
the question of a non-independent Ireland is totally counterfactual at =
this time.=20

The question of the establishment of a Redmondite Ireland is only =
slightly less so. Perhaps the urban bourgeoisie would have made a better =
fist of human rights than the rural petty-bourgeoisie? Yet Redmond's =
antipathy to women's rights - largely driven by a fear of parliamentary =
reform and the knock-on effect for the Irish control of balance of power =
at W'minster - effectively doomed his party to oblivion in 1918 no less =
than other considerations such as the Great War and the destabilisation =
of centralise empires.=20

If a 'cause' of the miserable saga of child abuse in Ireland and in =
colonies where Irish clerics rule the child-care roost is sought in =
history, it surely lies much deeper than the yesterday of independence. =
It certainly can be argued that the Irish clerics concerned were the =
perfect postcolonial animals turning their own sense of inferiority and =
humiliation into violence against the most vulnerable in their charge =
while also - as some suggest - expressing their hatred of the Irish poor =
whose very existence was a standing proof of their own relative =
inferiority in the wider world.=20

Put in other terms they internalised the violence of the imperialist =
system. This is not to exculpate anyone - still less those in authority =
who brushed it all under the carpet at Marlborough St and in Drumcondra. =
It does mean however that psychoanalysis of the representative Christian =
brother - such as those whom Flann O'Brien so intensely hated in his =
unduly neglected exegisis of squalor - calls for a recognition that the =
social cohort that filled the ranks of the brotherhood and priesthood =
was imbued with a social pathogen and a psycho-sexual pathology which =
that was bound to impact adversely on those placed in their brutal =
charge.=20

Irish sexuality has been too much the subject of expert enquiry from =
Joyce to Colm Toibin (the author of a timely priest-abuser story) to =
admit of any off-hand dictation on the subject but we all know that the =
historical reaction of the Jansenistic Irish hierarchy to the charge of =
social and spiritual inferiority to their Anglican counterparts was to =
assert a manic puritanism at the expense of their own psycho-sexual =
well-being - aided considerably by the psycho-sexual cul-de-sac of =
post-Reformation Catholicism and the Vatican in particular. Everything =
favoured the promotion of anomalies. Archbishop McQuaid, for instance, =
was locked into a state of psychopathic confusion between the dead =
mother and the Virgin Mary. We all know stories about his advice to =
actual mothers .. if any sought, I don't mind sharing my own.

In the wake of the Goldenbridge expose/ it has often struck me that the =
meaning of a certain sentence written by Edmund Burke is often =
misconstrued. He wrote that the penal laws were the 'most ingenious =
machine ever devised by the mind of man for the reduction of humanity in =
a population.' This is sometimes taken as meaning that the laws =
themselves were inhuman, and so they were; but it bears the darker sense =
that they were perfectly efficient in subtracting from the capacity for =
decent human feeling in those who were subjected to them.=20

The tragic and obscene irony of the present scandal is that it is those =
who represent decency and compassion in their professional lives who =
perpetrated the crimes we now hear of. Yet anyone familiar with the =
Irish Catholic Church knows that those crimes are nothing more than the =
ferocious expression of a more generalised system of contempt for =
physical life which was synonymous with the ideals discipline and virtue =
in that Church for generations. This is the contradiction that stands at =
the centre of the scandal and it is the perversion that moralists and =
historians have to explain and that all of us have to understand so that =
it cannot happen again.=20

Separation of state and church, remorse, reparation and forgiveness are =
all part of the process. But what is really needed is spiritual =
enlightenment, whether that takes place inside or outside of the =
ecclesiastical institutions. It is nothing less than a question of =
national liberation - the actual freedom that was striven for through =
social and political channels corrupted by the extremity of their own =
desires. Catholic nationalism, if such a formation exists, stands =
condemned, but neither religion or nation nor the Irish people =
themselves need be contained within such temporary formations.=20

It is sad that, between Joyce's "Dubliners" and our own moment - not to =
mention the sixties revolution which was such a failure in Ireland in =
any real sense - it has taken so long to grasp what freedom is actually =
about. It means 'no' means 'no' and 'yes' means 'yes'. It is about =
freedom from abuse in any form whatever. And yes, the same problems have =
been evinced in in other societies - Belgium and Austrian horrible to =
the fore in recent times. Now I must turn my thoughts to the scandal of =
sectarian murder in Coleraine, Co. Derry, where I live at a stone's =
throw from Somerset Ave. where a Catholic was kicked to death by a mob =
of Rangers supporter on Sunday - as everyone knows. What a thing to be =
famous for!=20

B.=20

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Anthony Mcnicholas
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Kerby
People who wish to see in this tale of misery confirmation of the =
inadvisability of the establishment of an independent Ireland can do so =
only if they close their eyes to the hundreds of cases of exactly the =
same thing that went on until recent times in British children's homes, =
mental hospitals and the like run by the British state. This criminality =
went on and goes on all over the world in places and institutions =
unconnected to either Ireland or the Catholic Church. Wherever in the =
world the history of this has surfaced (and that in Ireland it has now =
surfaced is the only glimpse of light that I can see) it is clear what =
the common denominator is - men. Men are not to be trusted around the =
weak and vulnerable where they are not closely and transparently =
supervised. Their nationality and religious affiliation if they have one =
is irrelevant. The problem is men.
anthony

Dr Anthony McNicholas
CAMRI
University of Westminster
Harrow Campus
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3TP
0118 948 6164 (BBC WAC)
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From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On =
Behalf Of Kerby Miller
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Would it be accurate to say that in Ireland the brutal Dickensian =
standards
of 19th-century "custodial reform" converged, first, with the unusual
authority and peculiar pathologies of the Catholic church and, then, =
more
recently, with the new brutality and parsimony inflicted by =
neo-liberalism?

I.e., that, unlike the US or the UK, perhaps, in Ireland there was =
little or
no "progressive" or "humanitarian reformist" interlude between 19th and =
late
20th-century standards of "institutional care"? Perhaps attributable,
sadly, to the 26 counties' uncoupling from the UK, and, as Liam says, to =
the
consequent empowerment of the Church and a socially-reactionary, =
anti-tax
Catholic bourgeoisie over "social services" in independent Ireland?

If so, then I must admit, this is at least one instance in which I'd =
agree
with the most extreme revisionist position on the "tragedy [or farce] of
Irish independence."

Interestingly, if the analysis in the first paragraph is accurate, this
would represent a rare instance of convergence (vs. conflict) between
"traditional" Catholic and neo-liberal ideology and practice, since both
have a minimalist and authoritarian attitude toward "social welfare."
Arguably, too, both represent forms of privatization of social services.

Peter's Canadian analogies are very interesting. What about, say, the
Spanish experience, first under Franco (allied with a reactionary =
Church)
and now under more-or-less neo-liberal regimes? Did the Spanish Church
enjoy such totalizing control over similar welfare services, custodial
institutions, education for the poor, etc.? As Peter wonders, are the
patterns generically "Catholic" or peculiarly "Irish Catholic"? Italian
and/or Latin American comparisons might also be fruitful.

Finally, what about Northern Ireland? Very different, because part of =
the
UK and hence benefiting from the development of the secular welfare =
state?
But, we must remember the horrific Kincora scandal, as well. A one-off =
or
emblematic? =20

Kerby =20


On 5/22/09 4:33 AM, "micheal.ohaodha" wrote:

> As somebody involved in writing a large number of Traveller =
memoirs/life
> histories - often of people who have passed on now - I came across =
references
> to the detentions of certain Traveller children (mainly from the west =
of
> Ireland) in horrible institutions/hellholes such as Letterfrack - =
usually for
> short periods of time (and for the most ridiculous "crimes" - petty =
thieving -
> steal four buns and get four years etc.) - in the cases of the people =
that I
> recorded - and whose experiences were recalled in the books - e.g. The
> Candlelight Painter - (by Willy Cauley (RIP) - the biggest word that =
they
> used all of the time was "abandoned" and "neglected" and that people's =
minds
> were hurt and damaged beyond recovery after their stay there. Also - =
if they
> had family living outside - there was sometimes a "hostility" =
afterwards
> between themselves and the family - especially if they weren't visited =
close
> relatives for the duration of their stay in these places.
>=20
> =20
>=20
> An eminent psychiatrist/psychologist - one of the most senior in the =
state)
> was interviewed on Radio na Gaeltachta - (you can say things in Irish =
as
> relating to Irish public discourse that you often can't say in =
English!) - the
> day this awful report came out - This woman was interviewed in =
relation to the
> whole area of neglect as relating to children in care today in =
Ireland.
>=20
> =20
>=20
> She said that in terms of "neglect" many of these places where =
children are in
> care are not much better at all than they were back fifty years ago.
>=20
> There might not be a "reign of terror" and the awful evils of sexual =
perverts
> but, essentially, many these institutions still belong to a different =
century.
> The interviewer questioned her about this and she reiterated this =
assertion.
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> Also worth noting that (most likely) half of our prison population =
should not
> be in prison at all but should be getting help and counselling for
>=20
> drug/drink addiction, psychiatric care, homelessness - there are =
allegedly
> even homeless people who make sure to "check themselves" into prison
>=20
> around Christmas and periods where the weather is severe.
>=20
> =20
>=20
> I don't know what the numbers of children in care are now - I'd =
imagine that
> they are high - it is not easy to get people to adopt or foster - =
constant
> messages encouraging this sent out from the Health Boards all of the =
time
>=20
> Have things changed/ improved that much really?
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> =20
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> Beannachta=ED=20
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> Dr. M=EDche=E1l =D3 hAodha
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> -----Original Message-----
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Behalf
> Of Patrick O'Sullivan
> Sent: 22 May 2009 10:02
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [IR-D] Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse - Report
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> =20
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> Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
>=20
> =20
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> The Report of the Commission is now freely available on the web site. =
Links
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indeed -
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> and only to be recommended if your archive needs that kind of full =
record.
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individual
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Section 10,
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> Positive memories and experiences...
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> P.O'S.
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> http://www.childabusecommission.ie/
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> Commission Report
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> The Commission Report is now available to download.
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> http://www.childabusecommission.com/rpt/ExecSummary.php
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Dear Colleagues

Irish in Britain Seminar Series continues on Tuesday 2 June with a talk =
on:

Hidden Histories: The Irish 'Abortion Trail' and the Undercover Support =

Network
within the London-Irish Community

Dr Ann Rossiter

Every year since 1967 when abortion statistics were first compiled,=20
approximately 5,000 women from the Republic and 1,500 from Northern=20
Ireland are recorded as crossing the Irish Sea to terminate their=20
pregnancies in Britain. They come and go like 'ships in the night',=20
their passage being largely unremarked in Irish migration lore. Ann=20
Rossiter, who has recently published 'Ireland's Hidden Diaspora', a=20
compilation of oral histories of London-Irish women who supported many=20
abortion seekers between 1980 and 2000, describes the support network,=20
the historical and political background to its work, and its=20
relationship to the Irish community in London.

Ann Rossiter is a London-Irish feminist activist since the early 1970s. =

She has been involved in the struggle for Irish women's reproductive=20
rights and in women's issues concerned with the Irish National=20
Question. She has also written on these subjects. She taught Irish=20
Studies at a number of institutions, including London Metropolitan,=20
Birkbeck and Luton universities, as well as the College of North West=20
London.

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

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

I look forward to seeing you there - please feel free to pass this on to =

anyone interested.

6:30 - 8:00pm in The Old Staff Caf=E9, London Metropolitan University,=20
Tower Building,
166-220 Holloway Road - ALL WELCOME - refreshments provided

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Jessica Tomell-Presto on Helena Wulff. _Dancing at the
Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in Ireland_ (2007)
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Helena Wulff. Dancing at the Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in
Ireland. New York Berghahn Books, 2007. 184 pp. $70.00 (cloth),
ISBN 978-1-84545-328-2.

Reviewed by Jessica Tomell-Presto (DePaul Univ.)
Published on H-Albion (May, 2009)
Commissioned by Michael De Nie

Dance Ethnography in Ireland

_Dancing at the Crossroads_ is Helena Wulff's latest book-length study =
of
dance; a previous book focused on ballet dancers. Although the reader =
may
be tempted to associate dance in Ireland only with competitive solo =
dancing
or with _Riverdance_, this volume looks at dances of varying styles: =
folk
dancing, sean-n=F3s dancing, and dance theater. The title of the piece,
_Dancing at the Crossroads_, as explained by Wulff in the first chapter, =
is
an allusion to a number of events in Ireland: a phrase used by Eamon de
Valera in a political speech; a practice done by Irish people, which may =
now
only exist in folklore; and a practice that was eventually outlawed by =
the
Public Dance Halls Act (1935). All of these events have historical
significance, but the phrase, in Wulff's analysis, also becomes a "key
metaphor for major aspects of a changing society where tradition and
modernity meet, and are being negotiated in many ways in different =
contexts"
(p. 14).

Each chapter discusses a particular dance style or dance event. For
example, the first chapter describes a sean-n=F3s competition and the =
second a
dance theater production entitled _Ballads_. Subsequent chapters =
include
additional examples of dance theater, a description of the Worlds
(competitive solo step dancing), and a discussion of _Riverdance_. =
However,
these descriptions of dance are vehicles for weaving together larger =
themes.
According to Wulff, "Where my analysis is distinctive is in the way it =
pulls
together the existing debates on memory and mobility, tradition and
modernity, and relates them to dance and culture in Ireland" (p. 2). =
The
focus, then, is on how the larger themes of memory and mobility are
connected through all of these individual styles of dance in Ireland.

Consequently, Wulff does convincing and interesting work in making the
argument that all Irish dance is influenced by links to the land and/or
notions of Irishness, tradition, authenticity, and collective identity.
These concerns, which manifest themselves in various ways through
choreography, narrative, and specific movement, are with maintaining =
Irish
tradition--whether through recurring historical references or themes (or
reminding/educating people of them); through becoming trustees of =
tradition;
or through finding what it means to be Irish, for example, by =
storytelling,
performing dark comedy, or creating community. This task becomes
increasingly complicated given issues of immigration, colonization,
diasporic communities, multiculturalism, and cosmopolitanism.

Her research on Irish topics is extensive. Occasionally, the ties seem =
to
drift far from dance, as in her discussions of peat bogs, radio shows,
storytelling (the loquaciousness of Irish people), and manmade islands, =
so
that the reader may have to remind him/herself that dance is the =
overarching
point of reference. Often, rather than focusing on individual steps or
movement, Wulff's descriptions look at the larger picture--the function =
of
the dance event, the theme or narrative surrounding the dance, or the
funding given to particular companies. Because of this choice, each =
chapter
may only dip into a particular element of the dance, which sometimes =
leaves
the reader wanting more details about the movement, dance event, and =
history
of the dance or company, or more quotations from her impressive list of
informants. However, given that other scholars have focused on some of =
these
elements, she may not have felt it necessary to do so.[1]

Wulff situates herself as a researcher who does "anthropology of dance" =
(p.
9). Other scholars may identify her research as dance ethnography or
ethnochoreology because of her recognition of the "ability of dance to
express certain circumstances about its society" and the "nature of =
dance as
a special means for uncovering social and cultural circumstances" (p. =
2).
As opposed to some studies of dance, Wulff is interested in what the =
dance
communicates about the culture or how the culture is communicated =
through
the dance, rather than simply providing a description of the dance =
without
any cultural context or describing the culture with a limited discussion =
of
how the dance functions socially and historically. Wulff's study is
interdisciplinary in its use of theory and scholarship from performance
studies and Irish studies with links to ethnography of communication,
storytelling, musicology, and folklore.

Her methodology includes ethnographic fieldwork, participant =
observation,
and archival work. She conducted eighty-one formal interviews for this
study and attended numerous events, including, but not limited to, dance
competitions, festivals, and performances; she also conducted backstage
observations as she attended these events over the course of =
approximately
three years. Her list of informants is extremely impressive and varied.
She had access to leading scholars, choreographers, critics, dancers, =
dance
administrators, and instructors. She also does not hesitate to =
interview
young dancers at competitions. Although Wulff makes her home in =
Stockholm,
she conducted her research through a method that she discusses in her
afterword called yo-yo fieldwork; she flies back and forth to Ireland to
conduct interviews and attend events. She does not locate herself, like =
the
"traditional anthropologist," in one location for an extended period of
time, but rather travels to relevant locations as events occur. It is
encouraging to see someone who does not necessarily identify as from =
Ireland
conducting this type of research as well as a scholar who "take[s] part =
in
the activity they study" (p. 18).

Often in introducing a chapter, Wulff's description of the event or =
dance
style includes a personal narrative. In one chapter, for example, she
discloses that she was inadvertently selected to judge a competition =
that
she attended. It was her willingness to share her story, or admit to =
the
researcher's part in and influence on the story, which was of particular
interest to me. These moments leaned toward an autoethnographic account
and, admittedly, would have given the book a very different approach if
Wulff had used them more fully.

For scholars needing a comprehensive list of Irish dance literature and
related topics, Wulff's acknowledgments, first chapter, and bibliography
contain a detailed survey of this material, despite the fact that she
states: "Scholarly literature in dance in Ireland is surprisingly small =
and
quite focused on historical descriptions of traditional Irish dancing or
competitive step dancing" (p. 7). The caveat is that this list, as is
appropriate for Wulff's focus, is primarily, although not exclusively,
written about dance in Ireland.[2] The reader, if interested in Irish =
dance
in the United States, may need to look to studies done by Cynthia =
Sughrue,
Kathleen Flanagan, or others and alternate sources for the Irish dance
diaspora outside Ireland and the United States.[3]

Notes

[1]. For example, see Helen Brennan, _The Story of Irish Dance_ (Kerry:
Brandon, 1999); John Cullinane, _Further Aspects on the History of Irish
Dancing_ (Cork City: Ballineaspig, 1994); Frank Hall, "Irish Dancing:
Discipline as Art, Sport, and Duty" (PhD diss., Indiana University, =
1995);
Deirdre Mulrooney, _Irish Moves: An Illustrated History of Dance and
Physical Theatre in Ireland_ (Dublin: The Liffey Press, 2006); as well =
as
many others.

[2]. John Cullinane, _Aspects of the History of Irish Dancing in =
Ireland,
England, New Zealand, North America and Australia_ (Cork City: =
Cullinane,
1999) is one example.

[3]. Cynthia Sughrue, _The O'Shea Dancing School as a Socio-Cultural
Medium__in a Boston Irish Community_ (working papers, Northeastern
University, 1985); and Kathleen Flanagan, _Steps in Time: The History =
of
Irish Dance in Chicago_ (Madison: Macater Press, forthcoming, 2009).

Citation: Jessica Tomell-Presto. Review of Wulff, Helena, _Dancing at =
the
Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in Ireland_. H-Albion, H-Net Reviews. =
May,
2009. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=3D24662

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons =
Attribution-Noncommercial-No
Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

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Subject: Book Launch, PALGRAVE ADVANCES IN IRISH HISTORY, Dublin,
Thursday 11th June
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You are invited to a reception to celebrate the publication of

Palgrave Advances in Irish History
Edited by Mary McAuliffe, Katherine O'Donnell and Leeann Lane

Thursday 11th June at 6pm Boston College, 42 St. Stephen=92s Green, =
Dublin 2,
Ireland

The book will be launched by Catriona Crowe, who is Senior Archivist and
Head of Special Projects Division at the National Archives of Ireland.

Publisher web site
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=3D268487

Palgrave Advances in Irish History provides a much needed =
historiographical
and interpretative overview of Modern Irish History. Much of Irish =
history
has been written from a socio-political perspective, upon which this =
volume
enlarges and offers a comprehensive account of Irish history in its =
manifold
aspects, such as family, famine, labour, institutional, women's, =
cultural,
Gaelic, art, identity and migration histories. Each chapter gives a =
critical
appraisal of the writings, themes, debates and methodologies of a =
particular
aspect of Irish History. As such, this book is an invaluable =
introduction to
the writings which have influenced and driven Irish histories and =
historical
debate in recent decades.

NOTE:
The Sample Chapter on the publisher web site is
Irish Political History: Guidelines and Reflections
By Patrick Maume.
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Subject: Book Notice, B=?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9vant_?= Maher Neville O'Brien,
Issues of Globalisation and Secularisation in France and Ireland
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Yann B=C3=A9vant / Eamon Maher / Grace Neville / Eugene O=E2=80=99Brien =
(eds.)
=20
Issues of Globalisation and Secularisation in France and Ireland
=20
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, =
2009.=20
282 pp., 1 tab., 1 graph.
Studies in Franco-Irish Relations.=20
Edited by Eamon Maher, Eugene O=E2=80=99Brien and Grace Neville. Vol. 3 =
ISBN 978-3-631-59052-2 hardback =E2=82=AC 49.80* / US-$ 72.95 / =C2=A3 =
46.50
=20
When one considers issues that are crucial to the evolution of French =
and Irish culture and behaviour, it is doubtful if there is anything =
more pertinent than globalisation and secularisation. Clearly, the =
experience of these concepts in both countries varies greatly: for =
example, while the French demonstrate a certain =
=E2=80=98m=C3=A9fiance=E2=80=98 =E2=80=93 even =
=E2=80=98m=C3=A9pris=E2=80=98 =E2=80=93 towards the globalisation =
project, which they associate with Hollywood, Microsoft, McDonalds and =
very little that is positive, the Irish, particularly during the Celtic =
Tiger years, were enthused by the possibilities it offered in terms of =
material gain and liberation from the excessive control of the Roman =
Catholic Church. In relation to the latter, many commentators argue that =
globalisation brought a more secular mindset to Ireland in recent =
decades, whereas in France the term =E2=80=98la=C3=AFcit=C3=A9=E2=80=98 =
is strongly identified with the Republican ideology that dates back to =
the French Revolution. Clearly, therefore, the theme is a revealing one.

Cet ouvrage, qui contient des articles r=C3=A9dig=C3=A9s en anglais et =
en fran=C3=A7ais, est compos=C3=A9 des Actes du 4e Colloque =
franco-irlandais qui a eu lieu =C3=A0 l=E2=80=98universit=C3=A9 Rennes 2 =
en mai 2008 sous l=E2=80=98=C3=A9gide du NCFIS.
=20
Table of Contents
=20
Introduction (Editors) =20
=20
Part I: =20
Poets and Fiction Writers on Globalisation and Secularisation
=20
Chapter 1 Eamon Maher, =E2=80=9CMa paroisse est =
d=C3=A9vor=C3=A9e par l=E2=80=99ennui=E2=80=9D: Secularisation in =
Georges Bernanos=E2=80=99 Journal d=E2=80=99un cur=C3=A9 de campagne and =
John McGahern=E2=80=99s That They May Face the Rising Sun
Chapter 2 Brian Walsh, The Place of the Present in the Poetry of =
Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon
Chapter 3 Paula Murphy, From Ferry to Flight: Globalising and =
Secularising Irish Women
Chapter 4 Peter D. T. Guy, McGahern, Proust and the Universality =
of Memory
Chapter 5 Waclaw Grzybowski, Lux ex Armorica : The Celtic =
Contemplative Consciousness versus secularisation in Thomas =
McGreevy=E2=80=99s Breton Oracles=20
Chapter 6 Brigitte Bastiat, The Hostage by Brendan Behan: A =
Tolerant and Secular Representation of Irish Society
Chapter 7 Jean Brihault, Dermot Bolger, Romancier de la =
mondialisation ?
=20
=20
Part II:
Society on the Wave of Secularisation and Globalisation
=20
Chapter 8 Catherine Maignant, Strategies to =
=E2=80=98save=E2=80=99 Globalised Secular Society: A Critical Assessment
Chapter 9 Mary Pierse, In careful and carefree secular =
engagements: Towards understanding the Saecula
Chapter 10 Jean-Christophe Penet, Ultramodernity and the =
Redefinition of Secularisation as the Restructuration of Belief in =
Contemporary France and Ireland
Chapter 11 V=C3=A9ronique Gauthier, Religion, =C3=A9conomie et =
mondialisation : une analyse institutionnaliste.
Chapter 12 Patrick Claffey, Masters and Servants: Joseph Pagnol, =
Brian McMahon and the Primary School =20
Chapter 13 Anne Goarzin, Faith, Hope and Debris: Globalization =
and Secularization in the Work of Paul Durcan and John Kindness
Chapter 14 Catherine Fravalo and Angela Feeney, La =
La=C3=AFcit=C3=A9 =C3=A0 la fran=C3=A7aise peut-elle apporter des =
solutions aux d=C3=A9fis que pose =C3=A0 l=E2=80=99enseignement en =
Irlande le multiculturalisme ?
Chapter 15 Eugene O=E2=80=99Brien, Globalisation and =
Secularisation =E2=80=93 Towards a Negotiation=20
=20
Notes on Contributors =20
=20
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Online AND London's Past Online


NEWS FROM THE Royal Historical Society Bibliography, Irish History
Online AND London's Past Online

Our latest update is now available online at
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl (RHS Bibliography),
http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie (Irish History Online) and
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/lpol (London's Past Online).

*New records*

This update contains nearly 5800 new records, of which just over half relate
to publications of 2008 and 2009. We are continuing the policy, introduced
at our last update, of including records as soon as we have confirmed that a
book or article has been published and relates to British or Irish history.
These records carry provisional indexing which has not yet been checked by
our team of academic section editors (such records can be identified by a
note: 'Record not yet reviewed by RHS section editor').

410 of the new records relate to Irish history, most of them being provided
by Irish History Online ( http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie ). The number of
records in the database relating to Irish history now totals nearly 66,500;
all these records are accessible using the "Irish material only" option on
the RHS search menu ( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp ), or through
the Irish History Online search menu ( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/ireland.asp
).

Although the London's Past Online project (
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/lpol ) is no longer itself creating new
records, new material on London history continues to be made available by
the Royal Historical Society and (where titles concern the Irish in London)
by Irish History Online. Nearly 300 of the new records in this update relate
to London and are available using the "London material only" option on the
RHS search menu ( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp ), or through the
London's Past Online search menu ( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/london.asp ).

The complete database, including titles from Irish History Online and
London's Past Online, now contains over 460,000 records.

You can browse all the latest additions, including those from Irish History
Online and London's Past Online, by broad period/country categories (based
on the sections previously used for the printed RHS Annual Bibliography) by
going to our browse page ( http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/browse.asp#sections ).

*Quick search box on welcome page*

A new quick search box on the RHS Bibliography welcome page (
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/bibwel.asp ) enables you to search the
Bibliography for a word or words. It works in the same way as the word
search box on the Simple search page. However, to get the most from the
Bibliography's extensive range of features, such as filtering by period
covered and browsable indexes, you should explore the options on the RHS
search menu (
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/dataset.asp ), or on the specific search
menus for Irish History Online (
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/ireland.asp ) and London's Past Online (
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/london.asp ).

*Faster searching for some subject indexing terms*

We have changed the way in which Place index searches for "England",
"England and Wales", "Britain", "United Kingdom (pre-1922 boundaries)",
"United Kingdom (post-1921 boundaries)", "Ireland", "Scotland" and "Wales"
are carried out so that searching is faster. Additionally, when you use the
Place index field to search for "England", "England and Wales" or "Britain"
you will get more results because such searches now return results for
records indexed as covering larger areas which will contain a lot about
England or Britain. We have also speeded up searching for the larger
top-level subject classifications, so that broad searches such as Subject
classification: "Economic activity and organization" in Place index:
"England" for Period covered: 1500-1700 will now run more quickly.

*OAI compatibility*

Dublin Core versions of our records are now available using the Open
Archives Initiative ( http://www.openarchives.org ) protocol for metadata
harvesting (OAI-PMH) - technical information is available from
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/oaiserver/oaiserver.exe?verb=Identify or, to list
records, you can click on
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/oaiserver/oaiserver.exe?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix
=oai_dc .

*Links to online text and services*

We have extended our links to the full text journal articles freely
available in the online library of the Archaeology Data Service (
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/index.cfm ) by including links from
our records for articles in _London Archaeologist_, 1-10 (1968-2005). We
continue to update our links to other online resources: links to the _Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography_ ( http://www.oxforddnb.com ) now include
the lives of people who died in 2005, added to the Oxford DNB in January
2009.

*Other news*

As in all updates, the indexing of many records initially published in the
CD-ROM version of the RHS Bibliography has been improved.

We plan to carry out the next data upgrade in autumn 2009.

_______________________________________________________

Peter Salt
Project Editor
Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History -
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl
Irish History Online - http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie/
London's Past Online - http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/lpol/

The Royal Historical Society Bibliography is based at the Institute
of Historical Research: http://www.history.ac.uk
IHR Digital WebLog: http://ihr-history.blogspot.com

We welcome comments, suggestions and feedback at
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/docs/feedback.html , or by e-mail to
rhs.bib[at]sas.ac.uk .





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The Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of =
Vienna in co-operation with the Embassy of Ireland in Austria/The Irish =
Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ invites applications for the position of

***VISITING PROFESSOR IN IRISH STUDIES***

tenable from 1 October 2009 until 31 January 2010 (full-time employment, =
four-month limited contract, salary
range: =E2=82=AC 3.375-=E2=82=AC4.000 per month).

The advertised position is associated with the Department of English. =
The successful candidate is expected to teach courses mainly in Irish =
Literature and Irish Cultural Studies; other possible fields of =
expertise are Irish
language and linguistics, media studies, area studies, social and =
institutional history. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated a =
broad interdisciplinary conceptualisation of Irish Studies and is =
expected to make
a significant contribution to the promotion of Irish Studies in Vienna.

Applicants will have the following qualifications:
(a) a PhD and post-doctoral experience at a university or other research =
institution;
(b) a distinguished research and publication record, with an outstanding =
reputation as an active member in the
international academic community;
(c) experience in university teaching and willingness and ability to =
teach at all curricular levels. The teaching load is 8 hours per week.

Applications should include a CV, a list of publications, a list of =
conference papers (including detailed information about invited =
plenaries at international conferences), a survey of previous academic =
teaching as
well as a statement of teaching philosophy/interests.

All applications (in English and preferably as PDF attachments) should =
reach the Dean of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, =
University of Vienna, Univ.Prof. Dr. Franz Roemer, Dr. Karl Lueger Ring =
1,
A-1010 Vienna, Austria, , no later than June =
24, 2009, indicating the reference number 8/36-2009.

The University of Vienna is an equal opportunities employer.

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European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS)

EFACIS Conference, Vienna, 3-6 September 2009

Dear Colleagues,

It gives me great pleasure to invite you to come to Vienna for this year's
EFACIS conference (3-6 September).

I believe that we will have an interesting variety of approaches to the
theme of "Ireland in/and Europe: Cross-Currents and Exchanges" with keynotes
(by Seamus Heaney, Lenny Abrahamson & Mark O'Halloran, John Fitzgerald) and
about 100 papers, panels, and poster presentations.

To register please visit the conference website:
http://www.univie.ac.at/efacis2009/

where you will find all the relevant information regarding registration,
travel, accommodation, draft programe etc.

Please note that the registration deadline is July 31.

Please note also that we advise early booking of hotel rooms, as the
majority of rooms which we have pre-reserved en bloc will not be held for us
beyond the middle/end of June. Vienna is extremely popular as a conference
venue--esp. in September.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in Vienna.

Best regards,

Werner Huber

--
Prof. Dr. Werner Huber
Institut fuer Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Universitaet Wien
Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 8
A-1090 Wien, AUSTRIA

tel: + 43 1 4277 42481
fax: + 43 1 4277 42498
e-mail: wern.huber[at]univie.ac.at

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DIASPORA CITIES:
URBAN MOBILITY AND DWELLING

A one-day conference

Wednesday 16 September 2009

The Department of Geography and The London City Centre
Queen Mary, University of London

CALL FOR PAPERS

This one-day interdisciplinary conference will explore the critical
relationships between cities and diasporas. Drawing on historical and
contemporary research, this conference will address the ways in which
the city, as a place of departure, travel, sojourn and resettlement, is
a site of diasporic mobility and dwelling. Through its focus on urban
diasporas and the importance of the city in fostering diasporic
identities, imaginations and networks, the conference will extend
debates about migration and diaspora; transnational and postcolonial
urbanism; cosmopolitan cities; and urban memory.

The conference is funded by The Leverhulme Trust and convened by the
Diaspora Cities research project team based at QMUL (Alison Blunt,
Jayani Bonnerjee, Noah Hysler-Rubin and Shompa Lahiri).

Abstracts are invited from researchers working on the relationships
between cities and diasporas with reference to particular cities and to
wider conceptual themes. Conference themes are likely to include:

- Diasporic memories, imaginings and experiences of the city
- Tales of urban mobility and dwelling in life stories, cultural
practices, text and images
- The emotional, embodied and sensory geographies of diaspora cities
- Public and private spaces of diaspora urbanism
- Diasporic practices, networks and the neo-liberal city
- Comparative studies of diaspora cities
- Mobility and dwelling in relation to urban modernities,
cosmopolitanism and consumption

Please email abstracts of up to 200 words by 10 July 2009 to:
Dr Shompa Lahiri=A0 -=A0 S.Lahiri[at]qmul.ac.uk

Registration is free but places are limited. To confirm your place,
please email S.Lahiri[at]qmul.ac.uk by 15 August 2009

Visit www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/diasporacities/ to find out more about the
conference and the Diaspora Cities research project

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Irish Studies Review: Volume 17 Issue 2
This new issue contains the following articles:

Original Articles

Ideological content and institutional frameworks: Unionist identities in
Northern Ireland and Scotland, Pages 135 - 152
Authors: Christopher Farrington; Graham Walker

'But we're only talking, maybe': language, desire, and the arrival of the
present in Synge's Playboy of the Western World, Pages 153 - 166
Author: Robert Brazeau

John Hewitt's allegorical imagination, Pages 167 - 182
Author: Sam Robertson

'Home is where the heart is'? Understandings of 'home' among Irish-born
return migrants from the United States, Pages 183 - 200
Author: David Ralph

'Her - she, this woman, me': the representation of subjectivity in Tom
Murphy's Alice Trilogy, Pages 201 - 221
Author: Margaret Maxwell

'How to handle eternity': infinity and the theories of J.W. Dunne in the
fiction of Jorge Luis Borges and Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman, Pages
223 - 237
Author: Mark O'Connell

Review article

Artifice of eternity: discoveries in the manuscript materials of W.B.
Yeats's The Tower , The King of the Great Clock Tower and A Full Moon in
March, Pages 239 - 243
Author: Jefferson Holdridge

Reviews

History and Art, Pages 245 - 274
Authors: Colman Etchingham; Peter Crooks; John McQuilton; Philip
McEvansoneya; Anthea Cordner; Alan Greer; Adrian Paterson; Mark O'Connell;
Eugene McNulty; Alex Wylie; Adam Hanna; Tara Stubbs; Monica Facchinello;
Adam Hanna; Simon Haworth; Simon Haworth

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The following item has been brought to our attention...

SOURCE

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0530/1224247744887.html

OPINION: Ireland was not unique in its industrial schools but the nature of
Irish Catholicism set it apart, writes TOM INGLIS

IRELAND HAS become an international disgrace. It is now known that we
incarcerated thousands of innocent little children into schools where they
were abused, raped and tortured. How and why did it happen?

Ireland was not unique. French theorist Michel Foucault pointed out in
Discipline and Punish that the idea of separating out deviants and misfits -
whether they be mad, bad, poor or sick - was central to the creation of
modern society. Mental asylums, jails, poor houses, reformatory schools and
welfare homes sprang up all around Europe from the 16th century. Those
deemed to be a threat to social order were herded into these institutions...

...This is where Foucault again becomes useful. He argued that the most
subtle way to discipline and control people was to sexualise them. From the
19th century, sex no longer remained under the jurisdiction of religion and
medicine, it began to be studied and analysed by a new breed of human
scientists including psychiatrists, demographers, educators, analysts,
therapists, psychologists and sociologists.

GENERALLY, THROUGHOUT the 20th century there was a move from harsh physical
forms of discipline and control to more subtle forms which involved forms of
critical reflection and discussion about the self and the nature of sexual
desire, pleasure and perversion.

However, again, things were different in Ireland. Sex remained wrapped up in
Catholic teaching for longer. Such was the monopoly of the church over Irish
society that, outside of a detached scientific medical language, it was
almost impossible to mention the word sex...

... Tom Inglis is associate professor of sociology in UCD and the author of
Moral Monopoly: The Rise and Fall of the Catholic Church in Modern Ireland

Full text at
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0530/1224247744887.html

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Subject: The Irish in Britain - A special one day event: 23.11.2009
SAVE THE DATE
Monday 23rd November 2009
=A0
A CONVERSATION WITH THE DIASPORA
organised by the UCD John Hume Institute

The Irish abroad have been a significant agent of change. This special =
one
day event will discuss the role that the Irish in Britain have played in
bringing about political, cultural and economic transformations.=20

To register your interest in attending this event=20
please email your details to rose.cotter[at]ucd.ie

VENUE
The Royal Society
Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AG
=A0
To view the programme of the day=92s events
http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/globalforum/edm/diasporaforum/

UCD John Hume Institute, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T. +353 1 7161565 W. www.ucd.ie/johnhume=20

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SOURCE
http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/globalforum/edm/diasporaforum/

The Irish in Britain: A Conversation with the Diaspora

The Irish in Britain: A Conversation with the Diaspora
23 November 2009
The Royal Society
Carlton House Terrace
London

In 2007 we started a conversation with the Irish Diaspora with an event in
New York. 1000 people came along and participated in a lively, informative
and entertaining debate. Last year we brought the discussion to Dublin and
this year we would like to continue that spirit of lively interaction with
the Irish in Britain. This special event takes as its premise that lasting
transformations within Ireland and of Irish Society, whether political,
cultural, social or economic have been shaped and informed by the Irish
abroad. This event is about exploring that proposition by looking at three
significant issues in our relatively recent past and drawing on the strands
arising from that exploration to inform and frame an open floor discussion
on the Irish in Britain today and tomorrow.

Outline Programme
08:30 a.m. Registration

09:00 a.m. Welcome: Hugh Brady, President of UCD

09:15 a.m.
Session One: Towards 2016

This session takes as its theme the notion of the Irish abroad as the
significant engine of political change. Contributions will look at the
influence of the "Irish" cities of Britain and America on the formation of
key figures involved in 1916 and the years that followed, the role of the
Irish abroad in the formation and sustaining of a republican movement, the
relationships between the new state and the Irish abroad and the
consequences of the legacies of historic events and their commemoration for
the present and future generations.

Participants will include Mary Daly, Diarmaid Ferriter, Michael Kennedy and
Bob Schmuhl

10:30 a.m. Coffee

11:00 a.m.
Session Two: Joyc(e)ity

The theme of this session will be the Diaspora as creative impulse. In
particular contributions will explore aspects of the Aesthetic of Exile,
Joyce and the contribution of the Irish to "Modernism" and the phenomenon of
a diaspora of cultural artefacts.

Participants will include Luca Crispi, Anne Fogarty, Declan Kiberd, and
Frank McGuinness

12:30 a.m. Lunch

2:00 p.m.
Session Three: Ties That Bind

The session will explore cultural branding, identity and social cohesion in
Britain and Ireland. It will take as a starting point two iconic
identifiers of "Irishness", the GAA and Guinness, both of whom celebrate
milestone anniversaries in 2009

Participants will include Cormac O'Grada and Paul Rouse

3:00 p.m. Coffee

3:30 p.m.
Session Four: What does the future hold for Ireland and its Diaspora?

An open floor discussion will be led by a special guest panel.

5.00 p.m. Closing remarks: Hugh Brady

7:30 for 8:00 The Forum will be followed by a dinner and the presentation
of The John Hume Medal

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Patrick O'Sullivan [P.OSullivan[at]Bradford.ac.uk]

No one seems to want to comment on David Rose's - not na=EFve - query =
about
Protestant orphans and orphanages...

Let me venture...

The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse mentions the Protestant
institutions in its own historical sections, and Eoin O'Sullivan in his
historical chapters recounts Protestant contributions to the debates - =
for
example in the 1970s. The numbers of Protestant children are very =
small.
The Commission does not seem to have found a need to enquire into =
Protestant
organisations.

What has always struck me as interesting is how very often the 'orphan' =
was
the centre, the actual battleground, in conflicts between church and =
state
in independent Ireland. Often it was an imaginary orphan - as in the
debates around the 1952 Adoption Act.

What has also struck me is how problems came to be redefined so that =
their
solutions could be the kind of solutions that church organisations could
offer. The problem of the 'orphan' - which the Commission's Report =
suggests
seems to have usually been a matter of poverty - came to mean the =
creation
of institutions. Rather than the offering of financial support.

These sort of debates, and issues, recur in different ways at different
stages throughout the diaspora. Some references, below. In this light
Lesley Hughes' work is especially interesting.

I don't usually like to editorialise, but this perspective means that in =
the
Irish experience I see a failure of the state, in its duty of care and
inspection.

Patrick O'Sullivan

Church, State, and Sexual Crime against Children in Ireland after 1922
Anthony Keating
Radharc, Vol. 5/7, (2004 - 2006), pp. 155-180
Published by: Glucksman Ireland House, New York University

The Transformation of Catholic Orphanages: Cleveland, 1851-1996
Marian J. Morton
The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 88, No. 1 (Jan., 2002), pp. 65-89=20
Published by: Catholic University of America Press

Catholics and the care of destitute children in late Nineteenth Century =
New
South Wales
Lesley Hughes=20
Australian Social Work, 1447-0748, Volume 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17 =
=96 25

Abstract
This article addresses the question of why the Catholic Church in New =
South
Wales continued and expanded its provision of institutional care of =
orphan
and destitute children when state provision turned decisively away from =
this
form of care in favour of a system of 'boarding out' of children with =
foster
families after a Royal Commission in 1874. It is argued that relevant
considerations include the social context of attempts to establish a =
secular
public school system to replace church schools; the Catholic Church's
opposition to the proselytism of Catholic children; the Catholic =
community's
perception of the quality of care provided in Catholic orphanages and =
its
reaction to the 1874 Report of the Royal Commission into Public =
Charities;
ambivalence towards the state boarding out scheme and the absence within =
the
Catholic Church and community of the resources necessary to establish =
and
maintain a Catholic system of foster care.

The Irish charter schools: The grand design in principle and practice
Kenneth Milne=20
Irish Educational Studies, 1747-4965, Volume 4, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 35 =
=96 53

Wilson, Tim. "Ghost Provinces, Mislaid Minorities: the Experience of
Southern Ireland and Prussian Poland Compared, 1918=9623." Irish Studies =
in
International Affairs, 2002/01/01/ 2002, 13(-1), pp. 61 - 86.

Second home: orphan asylums and poor families in America
By Timothy A. Hacsi
Published by Harvard University Press, 1997

Shanahan, Suzanne. "The Changing Meaning of Family: Individual Rights =
and
Irish Adoption Policy, 1949-99." Journal of Family History, 2005, 30(1), =
pp.
86 - 108.


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Forgive me if this question sounds fausse-naive - I have not been able =
to
follow the subject save through the fine contributions on IR-D - but is
anything being said about conditions in Protestant orphanages ?=20
=20
David=20

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Patrick O'Sullivan [P.OSullivan[at]Bradford.ac.uk]=20

The news has reached us of the formal creation of the School of Canadian
Irish Studies, Concordia University in Montreal. See note below...

Our sincere congratulations to Michael Kenneally and his colleagues. =
This
is a very exciting development and the culmination of a distinctively
Canadian approach to diaspora studies.

Michael Kenneally's contact information is
Michael Kenneally [michael.kenneally[at]concordia.ca]

Michael Kenneally, Professor
Director, Centre for Canadian Irish Studies
Research Chair in Canadian Irish Studies
Honorary Consul General of Ireland
Concordia University
1590 Doctor Penfield Avenue
Montreal, QC. H3G 1C5
514-848-8711

Patrick O'Sullivan


On June 1, 2009, Concordia University in Montreal created its new School =
of
Canadian Irish Studies, the culmination of more than fifteen years of
developing the discipline at the university.=A0 As a separate academic =
unit,
the School will have academic flexibility in serving the 700 students =
who
enroll in courses annually and in developing further programs in =
Canadian
Irish Studies.=A0 At present an Interdisciplinary Minor and Certificate =
are
available, with sixteen courses offered annually in ten departments.=A0
Several graduate students are enrolled in History, Literature and Film =
and
plans are underway to introduce a Major next year.=A0 Undergraduates and
graduates are eligible for twenty three scholarships awarded =
annually.=A0
=A0Several new faculty members will be appointed to the School of =
Canadian
Irish Studies in the coming weeks.

http://cjournal.concordia.ca/archives/20090402/school_of_irish_canadian_s=
tud
ies_approved_by_senate.php

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From: "MacEinri, Piaras"

Can it _really_ be the case that they intend to have a forum in London =
entitled 'A conversation with the Diaspora' with _not one_ expert =
speaker or community representative from the Diaspora?=20

Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED
NUI Cork=20
(UCD 1972-1975).

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SOURCE
http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/globalforum/edm/diasporaforum/

The Irish in Britain: A Conversation with the Diaspora

The Irish in Britain: A Conversation with the Diaspora=20
23 November 2009
The Royal Society
Carlton House Terrace
London

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In the Guardian at the weekend was an article by Seamus Heaney about his
versions of the poems of Robert Henryson - one of my own favourite poets.
And for the reason that Heaney gives - citing Hugh MacDiarmid on "the poetry
of a grown man".

Heaney also cites Eliot Weinberger on the pleasures of "writing by proxy"...

P.O'S.


Sound of sense
Chancing on a jaunty, sophisticated fable by the medieval Scots poet Robert
Henryson, Seamus Heaney was so enthralled he decided to translate a
selection of his 'perfectly pitched' works

Seamus Heaney
The Guardian, Saturday 30 May 2009

Little enough is known about Robert Henryson, "a schoolmaster of
Dunfermline" and master poet in the Scots language: born perhaps in the
1420s, he was dead by 1505, the year his younger contemporary William Dunbar
mourned his passing in "Lament for the Makars". In a solemn couplet, Dunbar
says that death "In Dunfermelyne ... has done roun [whispered] / To Maister
Robert Henrisoun", although here the title "Maister" has more to do with the
deceased man's status as a university graduate than with his profession as a
teacher or his reputation as the author of three major narrative poems -
"The Testament of Cresseid", "The Moral Fables" and "Orpheus and Eurydice".

... The work was enjoyable because Henryson's language led me back into what
might be called "the hidden Scotland" at the back of my own ear. The speech
I grew up with in mid-Ulster carried more than a trace of Scottish
vocabulary, and as a youngster I was familiar with Ulster Scots idioms and
pronunciations across the River Bann in Co Antrim. I was therefore entirely
at home with Henryson's "sound of sense", so much in tune with his note and
his pace and his pitch that I developed a strong inclination to hum along
with him. Hence the decision to translate the poems with rhyme and metre, to
match as far as possible the rhetoric and the roguery of the originals, and
in general "keep the accent"....

Full text at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/30/robert-henryson-seamus-heaney-tr
anslation

Heaney versions of Henryson...

from The Preaching of the Swallow
by Robert Henryson, translated by Seamus Heaney

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/30/preaching-swallow-robert-henryso
n-translation-heaney

The Toad and The Mouse by Seamus Heaney, translated from the Scots of Robert
Henryson (c 1420-1490)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/may/27/poetry.seamusheaney

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Isn't there something familiar about this 'they' (on the inside) vis a vis. 'the others' (on the outside - literally) phenomenon? Reprise last week's discussions...

Ultan

----- "Patrick O'Sullivan" wrote:
> Subject: RE: [IR-D] The Irish in Britain: A Conversation with the
> Diaspora -
> Programme
> From: "MacEinri, Piaras"
>
> Can it _really_ be the case that they intend to have a forum in London
> =
> entitled 'A conversation with the Diaspora' with _not one_ expert =
> speaker or community representative from the Diaspora?=20
>
> Piaras Mac =C9inr=ED
> NUI Cork=20
> (UCD 1972-1975).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> =
> Behalf Of Patrick O'Sullivan
> Sent: 02 June 2009 14:16
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: [IR-D] The Irish in Britain: A Conversation with the Diaspora
> - =
> Programme
>
> SOURCE
> http://www.ucd.ie/johnhume/globalforum/edm/diasporaforum/
>
> The Irish in Britain: A Conversation with the Diaspora
>
> The Irish in Britain: A Conversation with the Diaspora=20
> 23 November 2009
> The Royal Society
> Carlton House Terrace
> London