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Interdependence and independence in Cantillon's Essai
Author: Berdell, John
Source: European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Volume 16,
Number 2, June 2009 , pp. 221-249(29)
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:
Cantillon's contribution to economic thought is widely understood to lie in
his systematic examination of economic interconnectedness. The model
developed here brings profits fully into price determination, casts
additional light on Cantillon's treatment of distribution, and provides the
first extended analysis of the policy recommendations found in part one of
his Essai. These anti-urban policies are examined in relation to French
urbanization and William Petty's analysis of Irish economic development.
Entrepreneurial risk-bearing is central to the Essai and this model, yet for
Cantillon landlord tastes determine the economy's equilibrium position. This
view is mirrored in his treatment of class mobility: only by becoming landed
proprietors can entrepreneurs escape dependence and become independent or
autonomous determiners of society. Indeed, social mobility actually accounts
for the 'independence' of the landed proprietors as a group. Rent's special
role stems not so much from the nature of land or agriculture - as
Physiocracy would emphasize - as from the nature of the social forces
determining its ownership.
Keywords: Cantillon; classical economics; income distribution; Petty;
demography
Document Type: Research article

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Subject: Article, "It's not Really a Nickname,
it's a Method": Local Names, State Intimates,
and Kinship Register in the Irish Gaeltacht
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=E2=80=9CIt's not Really a Nickname, it's a Method=E2=80=9D: Local =
Names, State Intimates, and Kinship Register in the Irish Gaeltacht
Author: Lele, Veerendra
Source: Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 19, Number 1, June =
2009 , pp. 101-116(16)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:
Naming systems in Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) communities in western =
Ireland produce different sociolinguistic registers. I argue that the =
use of a person's ainm =C3=A1iti=C3=BAil (=E2=80=9Clocal name=E2=80=9D) =
establishes and enlists a generalized register of kinship and social =
intimacy in the Gaeltacht. Local agents of the state (=E2=80=9Cstate =
intimates=E2=80=9D) articulate local names with official =
state-recognized names, operating between the registers these names =
represent. The ways in which local names are used, the knowledge about =
persons they produce, and the social relations they represent draw =
together personal identity, spoken practice, and kinship values in this =
particular Gaeltacht community.=E2=80=82
[Ireland; Irish language; kinship; names; register]
Document Type: Research article

EXTRACT
'In the Gaeltacht community in Connemara where I conducted fieldwork, a =
five-year-old boy, Eamon Conghaile, was asking his mother what his own =
name was in Irish. His mother told him "Eamon Conghaile." He replied, in =
English, "No, my 'Michael She=C3=A1in Tom' name!" He was referring to a =
man whose official name would have been written on a government document =
as Michael Flaherty.1 But Michael has another name, a "local name" or =
ainm =C3=A1iti=C3=BAil, Michael She=C3=A1in Tom, corresponding with his =
first name and those of his father and grandfather.2 In his community =
Michael is known by most (and he is known by nearly everyone, especially =
since he owns a line of tour buses) by his ainm =C3=A1iti=C3=BAil. Some =
who work for him have taken to calling him "MST." One would be =
hard-pressed to find his ainm =C3=A1iti=C3=BAil written on any of his =
tour buses, in part because the use of these local names is entirely =
oral. Young Eamon's use of an individual token of a well-known example =
of such a "local name" as a metapragmatic descriptor for the whole =
category shows his awareness, even at his early age, of the complex ways =
that such local names condense the social attributes of kinship, =
genealogy, social intimacy, Irish-language use, and identity and make =
available a sense of person and register that is personal and socially =
close. But this use of a local name as a metapragmatic descriptor, as an =
emblem of a generalized register of kinship and social intimacy, =
represents, as I will argue, a second-order pragmatics based on a =
first-order pragmatics of local naming, according to which a "local =
name" is a way of differentially referring to a person to identify them =
within a locality in which, among other things, everyone seems to have =
the same, or similar, official names. In this sense, as one respondent =
said, the ainm =C3=A1iti=C3=BAil"[is] not really a nickname; it's a =
method."

In this article I am primarily interested in the kinship and =
genealogical registers generated and practiced through personal =
names...'=20

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Call for Papers for a proposed edited book on

Feminism and Migration: Cross-Cultural Engagements

Description:

While feminization of migration is fairly recognized in contemporary
migration discourse, the relationship between feminism and migration
is not. The advancement of women through migration needs to be
explored in the light of the increasing mobility of people across
borders, both internal and international. The empowerment of (im)
migrant women through the exercise of personal agency, collective
action amongst diverse groups of women including First Nations/
indigenous communities, and other ways to coalesce with mainstream
women's organizations to achieve common goals remains marginal in
national discourses. More so, current trends in feminism(s) are still
rooted in divisive categories such as race, class, and sexuality.

This collection aims to highlight the often ignored intersection
between feminism and migration that occur along multiple sites of
engagement. It will address the major question, "does migration
contribute to advance feminism?" In particular, what are the existing
practices of cross-cultural collaboration amongst diverse groups of
women? To what extent does the "personal is political" experiential
paradigm contribute to the potential involvement of immigrant/migrant
women in certain modes of "feminist action"? Possible answers to
these questions are encouraged from scholars and practitioners.

Abstracts are due on August 30, 2009. Accepted contributors will be
notified by September 30, 2009. Completed papers (6,000 to 8,000
words) are due by March 2010.

Please submit the title and abstract of your proposed chapter as well
as a short author's biography with contact details to
glenda.bonifacio[at]uleth.ca.

Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, PhD

Assistant Professor in Women's Studies

University of Lethbridge, Canada

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Smock Alley theatre
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The Irish Times

Saturday, August 15, 2009
Artefacts found at historic theatre site
TIM O'BRIEN

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered artefacts and part of the original Smock =
Alley theatre (then known as the Smoke Alley theatre) in =
Dublin=E2=80=99s Temple Bar.

The original Smoke Alley theatre, which dates from 1662, was the first =
theatre in Dublin to secure a royal patent, issued following Oliver =
Cromwell=E2=80=99s death. It would have been where English actor and =
theatre manager David Garrick (1717-1779) staged his version of Hamlet.

The theatre also staged works by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), =
whose father, Thomas, was the theatre=E2=80=99s manager.

Through connections with Covent Garden in London the theatre thrived and =
was remodelled a number of times before it was rebuilt in 1735. In later =
years the site was home to a Catholic church, SS Michael and =
John=E2=80=99s, and the Dublin Viking Experience.

Sections of the building dating from each period were discovered in the =
archaeological excavation which is being completed as part of an =
=E2=82=AC8 million plan to reopen the building as a theatre complex, =
including a main theatre, a studio and rooms for the training of actors.

Commenting on the discoveries yesterday, Patrick Sutton, director of the =
Gaiety School of Acting and the Smock Alley project, said what had been =
found was =E2=80=9Cnot only the original walls of the 1662 building but =
of some of the walls of the later buildings=E2=80=9D. He said a mosaic =
tiled floor uncovered was =E2=80=9Cas ornamental and beautiful as =
anything you would see=E2=80=9D. Also recovered were timbers from the =
theatre=E2=80=99s stage, wine bottles and a man=E2=80=99s wig curler.

The discoveries, which form a national monument, are being recorded in =
situ before being moved to the National Museum. The excavation, which =
ended yesterday, will be sealed up on Monday, but it is hoped a =
permanent exhibition will be incorporated in the completed complex.

Mr Sutton paid tribute to the archaeologist Linzi Simpson, who he said =
had surprised him with the discovery when he returned from America. He =
also paid tribute to the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Dublin City Council =
and the Department of Arts for their help in bringing the =E2=82=AC8 =
million project along. =E2=80=9CWe have more than half the funding in =
place and will be setting up a foundation in the States to get the rest, =
I am confident it will be done,=E2=80=9D he said.

SOURCE

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0815/1224252587074.html

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Our attention has been drawn to the following...

http://www.feisamerica.com/

Feis America is the only family magazine for Irish dance enthusiasts in
North America and beyond. The focus of the magazine is family, positive self
image, health and the multi-generational bonds that unite us through our
passion for Irish dance and culture. Littlies to grandparents will enjoy the
rich editorial and adventures in every issue. A reasonably priced magazine
that transcends time zones and region boundaries is a small way to feel a
big connection!

SOURCE
http://www.feisamerica.com/store.html

The magazine seems to have been running since Nov/Dec 2008.

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The following new book may be of interest to members of the list. (In =
the
interest of full disclosure, I have an essay in the volume.)=20

James P. Byrne, Padraig Kirwan, Michael O=92Sullivan (eds). Affecting
Irishness: Negotiating Cultural Identity Within and Beyond the Nation.
Peter Lang , 2009. ISBN 978-3-03911-830-4=20

Series: Reimagining Ireland. Vol. 2 Edited by Eamon Maher=20

This collection of new essays addresses a key debate in Irish studies. =
While
it is important that new research endeavours to accommodate the new and
powerful manifestations of Irishness that are evident today in our
globalised economy, these considerations are often overlooked. The =
writers
in this book seek to reconcile the established critical perspectives of
Irish studies with a forward-looking critical momentum that incorporates =
the
realities of globalisation and economic migration.=20

The book initiates this vital discussion by bringing together a series =
of
provocative and thoughtful essays, from both renowned and rising
international scholars, on the vicissitudes of cultural identity in a
post-modern, post-colonial and post-national Ireland. By including work =
by
leading scholars in the fields of film studies, migration and Diaspora
studies, travel literature and gender studies, this collection offers a
thorough twenty-first-century interrogation of Irishness and provides a
timely fusion of international perspectives=20
on Irish cultural identity.=20

Contents:=20
Rapha=EBl Ingelbien: Irish Studies, the Postcolonial Paradigm and the
Comparative Mandate=20

Oona Frawley: =91Who=92s he when he=92s at home?=92 Spenser and =
Irishness=20

Anne-Catherine Lobo: Irishness and the Body: The Presence of the Body in =
the
Debates=20
on Poverty in the Early Nineteenth Century

Linda M. Hagan: The Ulster-Scots and the =91Greening=92 of Ireland: A =
Precarious

Belonging?

Niall O=92Gallagher: =91Ma Right Insane Yirwanny Us Jimmy?=92: Irishness =
in Modern
Scottish Writing=20

Carol Baraniuk: The Leid, the Pratoe and the Buik: Northern Cultural =
Markers
in the Works of James Orr=20

Aoileann N=ED =C9igeartaigh: =91No Rootless Colonist=92: John Hewitt=92s =
Regionalist
Approach to Identity=20

Maureen T. Reddy: Representing Travellers=20

Jason King: Irish multicultural Fiction: Metaphors of Miscegenation and
Interracial Romance=20

Iris Lindahl-Raittila: Subversive Identities: Femininity, Sexuality and
=91Irishness=92 in Novels by Edna O=92Brien=20

Justin Carville: A =91Sympathetic Look=92: Documentary Humanism and =
Irish
Identity in Dorothea Lange=92s =91Irish Country People=92=20

Thomas W. Ihde: Irish-American Identity and the Irish Language=20
=20
William H. Mulligan, Jr: Shades of Green and Orange: Irish Identity in
Diaspora=20

Florence Schneider: Muldoon=92s Palimpsestic Irishness=20

Ruth Barton: The Voice of Pierce Brosnan=20

Daniel Tobin: Shades, Minstrel and Majestic=20

Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem: Self-Contradiction in a Small Place: Anne
Devlin=92s =91Other at the Edge of Life=92=20




William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
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Subject: TOC Irish Political Studies Volume 24 Issue 3
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Irish Political Studies: Volume 24 Issue 3 is now available online at
informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

This new issue contains the following articles:

Articles

The Political Consequences of the Electoral System in Northern Ireland,
Pages 253 - 284
Author: John Coakley

Northern Ireland and the =91War on Terror=92: Political Perceptions, =
Pages 285 -
302
Author: Christopher P. Cunningham

Deepening Democracy within Ireland=92s Social Partnership, Pages 303 - =
319
Author: Niamh Gaynor

Cooking the Fudge: Constructive Ambiguity and the Implementation of the
Northern Ireland Agreement, 1998=962007, Pages 321 - 336
Author: David Mitchell

Building Trust and Goodwill in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties: =
The
Impact of Economic Aid on the Peace Process, Pages 337 - 363
Authors: Sean Byrne; Olga Skarlato; Eyob Fissuh; Cynthia Irvin

Free Presbyterianism and Political Change in Northern Ireland, Pages 365 =
-
384
Author: Graham Spencer

Was Sinn F=E9in Dying? A Quantitative Post-Mortem of the Party's Decline =
and
the Emergence of Fianna F=E1il, Pages 385 - 398
Author: Donnacha =D3 Beach=E1in

Book Reviews

Book Reviews, Pages 399 - 416
Authors: Aaron Edwards; Garry Watson; Niall =D3 Dochartaigh; Stephen =
Hopkins;
Patrick Maume; Eoin O'Malley; Liam Weeks; Cathy Gormley-Heenan; John =
Bergin

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Commissioning Legitimacy: The Global Logics of National Violence
Commissions in the Twentieth Century
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]

A wide ranging study of underlying philosophies and unintended consequences,
in which the Northern Ireland experience looms large...


Commissioning Legitimacy: The Global Logics of National Violence Commissions
in the Twentieth Century

Matthew R. Keller
Southern Methodist University, mkeller[at]smu.edu

Based on an analysis of the reports of twenty-eight national-level public
commission inquiries into events involving ethno-national violence-drawn
from five national contexts and arrayed over the course of the twentieth
century-this article demonstrates the strikingly transnational character of
these investigatory bodies' attempts to authoritatively explain episodes of
collective violence and to thereby restore governing legitimacy in the wake
of violent crises. One of four distinct "logics," or core explanatory
frameworks, each associated with a particular mode of "racial power,"
characterized a diverse cross-national pool of violence commission reports
during defined periods of the twentieth century. In revealing globally
encompassing logics to what has often been framed as a national or
case-specific phenomenon, the author shows how global ideational currents
compose a key dimension of national political dynamics.

Key Words: public inquiries . political logics . collective violence .
political legitimacy . transnationalism

This version was published on September 1, 2009

Politics & Society, Vol. 37, No. 3, 352-396 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509338924

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Subject: Migration Conference-Glasgow, Friday, September 4
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Forwarded on behalf of
Terence McBride

Hello, All.
=A0
My name is Terry McBride at the University of the West of Scotland =
(UWS),
Hamilton Campus.=A0I'm currently=A0organising a one-day conference on =
the
history of migrants in Scotland (with sponsorship from=A0the=A0Modern =
British
History Network) that will take place on Friday,=A0September 4 at the
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.=20

A number of speakers, including Murray Watson, Avram Taylor, Martin
Mitchell=A0and Stefan Manz,=A0will be looking variously=A0at the =
experience of
English, Jewish, Irish Protestant and German=A0migrants in Scotland.

This conference basically offers researchers like myself with a =
particular
interest in Irish migration an opportunity to think about the nature and
possiblities of future comparative work.
=A0=A0
A programme has been drawn up. However, I'm still particularly keen to =
have
greater postgraduate participation. Anyone (postgraduate student or
otherwise) with an interest in contributing/attending can find full =
details
(with all appropriate registration forms attached) on the conference =
website
at: http://www.uws.ac.uk/migrantscotland
=A0
Best wishes,
Terry McBride.=A0

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Our thanks to Piaras MacEinri for calling this Boston Globe article to =
the
attention of the list.=20

From Ireland... to the United States (again)
Isle's sour economy, cultural shifts drive new diaspora . . . .

Full text at:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/08/13/to_ireland_an=
d_b
ack_a_third_wave_of_irish_immigrants/?page3Dfull20

Bill Mulligan

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
=20
=20

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Subject: TOC IRISH UNIVERSITY REVIEW VOL 39; NUMB 1; 2009
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IRISH UNIVERSITY REVIEW
VOL 39; NUMB 1; 2009
ISSN 0021-1427

pp. 1-14
`Monuments of Veritie': Considering the Irish Holdings of Raphael
Holinshed's (1587) Chronicles.
Waters, C.R.

pp. 15-31
Belief and Unbelief: Nationalist Doubt in W.B. Yeats's The Celtic Twilight.
O Malley, S.

pp. 32-41
The Failure of Representation in Jack B. Yeats's The Green Wave and In Sand.
Walsh, I.R.

pp. 42-64
Ibsen and the Irish Free State: The Gate Theatre Company Productions of Peer
Gynt.
Malone, I.R.

pp. 65-75
Politics and Feminism: The Basque Contexts of Kate O'Brien's Mary Lavelle.
Mentxaka, A.L.

pp. 76-89
Remembering Language: Bilingualism, Hiberno-English, and the Gaeltacht
Peasant Memoir.
Moreno, C.P.A.

pp. 90-106
C.S. Lewis and a Chronicle on the Moores.
Hayes, J.

pp. 107-121
Representations of Motherhood in Emma Donoghue's Slammerkin.
Ladron, M.M.

pp. 122-129
`The Day Set Alight in the Mind': Notes on John McGahern's Late Style.
Sampson, D.

pp. 130-148
`Things of the Same Kind that Are Separated Only by Time': Reading the
Notebooks of Medbh McGuckian.
Hipp, S.

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Subject: UCC MultiText Project in History,
Tuaisceart =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C9ireann/_?= Northern Ireland in
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Our attention has been drawn to the following...

Subject: Tuaisceart =C9ireann/ Northern Ireland in Photographs
=A0
It was during this month 40 years ago that the Labour Government of =
Harold
Wilson took the decision to send troops onto the streets of Northern
Ireland. The subsequent 'Troubles' which followed took the lives of over
3,400 men, women and children.

Mr Brendan Murphy has won all the major wards in northern press =
photography.
In a career which spans this entire period, his work has appeared in the
Irish News, Irish Times, Irish Press and Irish Independent, as well as =
many
European news papers and magazines. In March 2003, he retired as picture
editor of the Irish News. He lives in Belfast with his wife Geraldine, =
and
works as a freelance photographer.

Brendan has kindly agreed to allow the MultiText Project to reproduce =
some
of his most powerful images on our website. The photographs feature
everything from celebrities and riots, to sports heroes and scenes of
everyday street life. The gallery can be viewed by clicking either of =
the
links below:

http://multitext.ucc.ie/viewgallery/2195
(thumbnail gallery, click the caption to enlarge the image)

http://multitext.ucc.ie/viewgallery/2195?slideshow=3D0
(slideshow of the full size images)

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Hi Bill

Hate to say it, but the hyperlink in your message is coming across to =
me as incomplete and it produces a broken link. Full address is

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/08/13/to_ireland_an=
d_back_a_third_wave_of_irish_immigrants/

best

Piaras


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=20
Our thanks to Piaras MacEinri for calling this Boston Globe article to =
the
attention of the list.=20

From Ireland... to the United States (again)
Isle's sour economy, cultural shifts drive new diaspora . . . .

Full text at:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/08/13/to_ireland_an=
d_b
ack_a_third_wave_of_irish_immigrants/?page3Dfull20

Bill Mulligan

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Graduate Program Coordinator=20
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20
Office: 1-270-809-6571
Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20
=20
=20

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The following conference may be of interest to list members who will be =
in
the US during the fall (autumn).=20

=20

Dear Colleague: =20

=20

Please mark your calendar for the 2009 Midwest Regional American =
Conference
for Irish Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. This
conference will take place on October 15 =96 17, 2009 at Southern =
Illinois
University Carbondale. The theme for this year=92s conference is =
=93Ireland:
Medieval to Postmodern=94. Papers and panels will be presented on =
topics
related to Irish and Irish Diaspora Studies. Conference presentations =
may be
given in English or in Irish. The plenary speakers are Mary O=92Malley =
and
Brian =D3 Conchubhair; Louis de Paor will be awarded the Charles F. =
Fanning
Medal for his contribution to Irish Studies. =20

=20

I would appreciate if you would share this information with interested
colleagues and students. =20

=20

We still have registration openings at this time. Advanced registration =
is
required. Please register prior to September 10, 2009 to avoid =
registration
late fees. For additional conference information, or to register on =
line
with a credit card, visit our web site at:=20

=20

https://www.dce.siu.edu/index.php/Conferences/2009-Midwest-Regional-Ameri=
can
-Conference-for-Irish-Studies=20

=20

There are several events in Carbondale during this time. If you =
register
for this conference, it is strongly recommended you make lodging
arrangements early.

=20

Conference hotel information, additional travel and lodging information =
and
a tentative conference schedule is available on the conference web site.

=20

Pat Eckert

Division of Continuing Education

Mailcode 6705

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, IL 62901

618-536-7751

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Dear Colleague: 

 

Please mark your calendar for the 2009 Midwest
Regional American Conference for Irish Studies at Southern =
Illinois
University Carbondale. This conference will take place on October 15 – 17, 2009 at Southern =
Illinois
University Carbondale. The theme for this year’s =
conference is
“Ireland: Medieval to Postmodern”.  Papers and panels =
will be
presented on topics related to Irish and Irish Diaspora Studies. =
Conference
presentations may be given in English or in Irish. The plenary speakers =
are
Mary O’Malley and Brian =D3 Conchubhair; Louis de Paor will be =
awarded the
Charles F. Fanning Medal for his contribution to Irish Studies.  =


 

I would appreciate if you would share this =
information
with interested colleagues and students. 

 

We still have registration openings at this =
time. Advanced
registration is required.  Please register prior to September =
10, 2009
to avoid registration late fees.  For additional conference =
information,
or to register on line with a credit card, visit our web site at: =


 

https://www.dce.siu.edu/index.p=
hp/Conferences/2009-Midwest-Regional-American-Conference-for-Irish-Studie=
s


 

There are =
several events
in Carbondale during this time.  If you register for this =
conference, it
is strongly recommended you make lodging arrangements =
early.

 

Conference hotel information, additional =
travel and
lodging information and a tentative conference schedule is available on =
the
conference web site.

 

Pat Eckert

Division of Continuing =
Education

Mailcode 6705

Southern Illinois =
University

Carbondale, IL  62901

618-536-7751

 







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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Ireland-Wales events at Cardiff University, 17th to 19th September
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Dear all,=A0

We are writing to remind you that our next and final AHRC-funded
Ireland-Wales symposium will take place in Cardiff University from =
Thursday
17th to Saturday 19th September. The 17th will be devoted to a =
postgraduate
conference ('Correspondences') while the 18th and 19th will feature a
symposium on the topic of 'Ireland and Wales: Nations and =
Knowledges'.=A0

A combined programme can be found
here:=A0http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/encap/newsandevents/index.html

To register, please email=A0irelandwales[at]cardiff.ac.uk=A0
The events are free and open to all and will include lunches, teas and
coffees.

Among the highlights will=A0be a public lecture by Paul Murphy MP, on =
the
topic of 'Wales and Ireland: a Personal Perspective'.=A0
The lecture will be followed by a buffet reception, sponsored by the =
Irish
Embassy in London.=A0

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

Best wishes,
Claire Connolly, Katie Gramich, Paul O'Leary

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Subject: Book Noted,
The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry
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Forwarded on behalf of
Mike Collins=20
Publications Director=20
Cork University Press/Attic Press=20

The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry
=A0
Edited by John Crowley and John Sheehan
=A0
The Iveragh Peninsula, often referred to as the =91Ring of Kerry=92, is =
one of
Ireland=92s most dramatic and beautiful landscapes. This cultural atlas,
comprising over fifty individual chapters and case studies, provides the
reader with a broad range of perspectives on the peninsula and the human
interactions with it since prehistoric times to the present day.=20
=A0
Although not a conventional atlas, it contains many historic and newly
commissioned maps from over 50 contributors. It also combines many =
different
approaches towards understanding the distinctive character =96 both =
physical
and human - of this unique landscape.
=A0
The opening chapters explore the physical and environmental setting of =
the
peninsula. Subsequent chapters deal with its development over the =
millennia
and the influences that have shaped it. All aspects of Iveragh=92s past =
and
present are considered, using the evidence of disciplines such as
archaeology, art-history, cartography, folklore, geography, geology,
history, mythology and zoology. The range of topics that arise from this
approach is tremendously wide, and occasionally surprising.=20
=A0
Given its status as a peninsula projecting into the Atlantic, the =
history
and culture of the Iveragh Peninsula have been moulded by external
influences as well as by regional and national ones. Its story is
multi-layered, involving the imprint of mythological as well as historic
settlers and invaders. The peninsula has witnessed significant periods =
of
transition, perhaps none more so than in the present era. This book =
seeks to
deepen and illuminate our understanding of its landscape, history and
heritage.
=A0
John Crowley is in the Department of Geography, University College Cork =
and
John Sheehan is in the Department of Archaeology, University College =
Cork
=A0
Further information about the book =A0is available on
www.corkuniversitypress.com
=A0
=A0
Regards
=A0
=A0
Mike=20
Mike Collins=20
Publications Director=20
Cork University Press/Attic Press=20
Youngline Industrial Estate=20
Pouladuff Road, Togher=20
Cork, Ireland=20
Tel: + 353 (0)21 4902980=20
Fax: + 353 (0)21 4315329=20
http://www.corkuniversitypress.com=20
My blogs: http://www.corkuniversitypress.org=20

The Cork University Press helps to nurture the distinctiveness of local,
regional and national cultures and extends the reach of UCC to national =
and
international communities making evident the University=92s commitment =
to the
broad dissemination of knowledge and ideas.
=A0

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Forwarded on behalf of Valerie Norton...

Please contact her for further information at the address below.=20


POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS INFORMATION
In early December 2008 the UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland (HII) was =
successful in obtaining almost =E2=82=AC194,000 in funding from
The Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences =
(IRCHSS). =20

The project in question Protestants, print and Gaelic
culture in Ireland, 1567-1722 received the funding under the Project =
Grants Schemes in Theology and Religious Studies.
=20
Short abstract:
The proposed project centres on a unique and dynamic encounter between =
Protestantism, print technology and Gaelic culture
Between 1567 and 1722. This creative and transformative process sheds =
considerable light not only on the rich and often subtle
complexities of religious andcultural interchange in early modern =
Ireland but also offers a shared legacy for both historic
traditions in contemporary Ireland. A key objective of the research =
project focuses on deepening knowledge and understanding of a
common historical inheritance which so far has little informed processes =
of ecumenical and political rapprochement and
reconciliation on the island of Ireland.

The project aims to investigate a critical episode in Irish religious =
and cultural history during the early modern period: the use of print in =
Irish for Protestant evangelisation. Beginning with the publication of =
John
Carswell=E2=80=99s Gaelic version of the Book of Common Order printed in =
Edinburgh in 1567 and down to the church catechism in Irish
(Belfast, 1722), a remarkable and now largely obscured Protestant =
programme of translation of devotional texts was undertaken.
=20
However, this textually-productive amalgam of reformation ideology, =
print technology and Irish has been largely overlooked by
subsequent historians and its legacy overshadowed by the sectarian and =
ethnic dissension engrained in the Irish historical
experience. =20

The research project also incorporates a comparative strand which seeks =
to situate the Irish evidence in the context of
the French Protestant experiencein the early modern period. In summary, =
this proposal aims to re-evaluate and offer new
interpretations of an unparalleled meeting between native and newcomer =
in early modern Ireland.
=20
Post Doctoral Fellowship Applications
Applications are now invited from suitably-qualified doctoral graduates =
for two post-doctoral fellowships funded through
This project. One fellowship will be of two years duration and the =
second is a oneyear fellowship. Salary will be at the current
IRCHSS post-doctoral fellowship rate of =E2=82=AC31,745 per annum. The =
doctoral fellowships are awarded and held on the basis of the
relevant IRCHSS terms and conditions.

Applications will only be considered where they relate directly to the =
history of early modern religion, culture and society
In Ireland, especially in the area of Gaelic culture, print and =
Protestantism from the sixteenth to the beginning of the nineteenth
centuries. The closing date for the receipt of applications is Monday =
31st August 2009 at 12 noon.


For further information, contact:
Valerie Norton
Institute Manager
UCD Humanities Institute
Belfield, Dublin 4
T: +353 1 716 4690
F: +353 1 716 4691
hii[at]ucd.ie
www.ucd.ie/hii

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This CFP might be of interest to the music and dance specialists...

University of Bristol
Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth


Fourth CHOMBEC Conference

Worlds to Conquer: the travelling virtuoso in the long 19th century

Victoria Rooms, Bristol, UK, 5-7 July 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

An Italian troupe arrives in Macao from Chile in 1833 and mounts seven
Rossini operas over the summer before moving on to Calcutta; a renowned
French harpist, bigamist and forger, dies in Sydney in 1856 after a reunion
with a musical fellow-criminal from his London days; a Canadian diva sings
'Home, sweet home' to British sailors in the middle of The Barber of Seville
at her debut in Malta, while nearly a hundred years earlier another young
singer loses her life, her daughter and her fabulous Indian fortune on the
voyage home. Many other musicians, remembered or forgotten, move around the
world, often unconcerned with national spheres of influence, amassing debts
or fortunes and acquiring or abandoning spouses as careers and reputations
are made, lost or reinvented.

Stories of such musical adventurers abound, especially from the 19th century
in the era of steamships and gold rushes, and for every colourful rogue or
genius such as Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt who conquered Europe there was
another who travelled the world. The glamour and the tedium, journeys and
repertoires, tribulations and triumphs, stamina and stardom pertaining to
such characters can be savoured for their own sake or framed within the
contexts of travel literature. Yet they can also be invoked to challenge the
musical histories in which they have all too seldom appeared.

Why did they go? How did they or their agents manage their tours? Was their
repertoire tailored to national communities; was it old or new? Were touring
networks and remittances a crucial part of the international musical
economy? How do we assess the standard of performance in peripheral contexts
(and when were they peripheral)? What were the patronage networks and the
national distinctions and tensions? What was the significance of the
virtuoso group, the virtuoso family? How and why were institutional careers
overseas sought, sustained, endured? Was the visiting examiner a new type of
virtuoso?

The posing or--even better--the answering of these and related research
questions in 30-minute slots is invited and encouraged. Emphasis is on the
world beyond Europe, on translocality and transnationality, on musical
provision and consumption, on case studies involving individuals, groups,
genres, places, institutions and repertoires, and on the interrelationships
between music and politics, geography, economics, technology and material
culture in the 'long' 19th century, a portion of whose global musical
history we may thereby begin writing. It is hoped that an edited book will
be based on selected conference proceedings.

Proposals for a paper or a panel with an abstract of not more than 200 words
should be sent to Stephen Banfield by 15
October 2009

Programme Committee: Benjamin Walton (University of Cambridge), Esmeralda
Rocha (student member, University of Western Australia), Kerry Murphy
(University of Melbourne), Stephen Banfield (University of Bristol)

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A very appreciative review of Barry McLoughlin's book in the journal,
Revolutionary Russia...

Extracts below...

P.O'S.

Left to the Wolves: Irish Victims of Stalinist Terror
Author: Morgan, Kevin1
Source: Revolutionary Russia, Volume 22, Number 1, June 2009 , pp.
114-116(3)
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group


Barry McLoughlin, Dublin and Portland: Irish Academic Press, 2007. Pp. xviii
+ 294; illustrations; notes; index. 20.00 (paperback) ISBN
978-0-7165-2915-6; 45.00 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-7165-2915-6

One advantage of the study of smaller communist parties is that it lends
itself to writing on a relatively human scale, notably through the adoption
of methods of biography or micro-history. Another advantage, albeit one that
needs handling carefully, is that the singularities of these parties are
sharply registered, in contexts in which communism was often a marginal
presence. Irish communism was very much a case in point. As Barry McLoughlin
reminds us in his account of three Irishmen sucked into the vortex of
Stalin's terror, such predicaments can seem almost impossible to comprehend
from a purely Irish perspective. This, perhaps, is their significance. For
readers of Revolutionary Russia, these small-scale dramas may seem as
peripheral to communism as they were to Ireland itself. From the standpoint
of Russian history, there is little that is exceptional about the fate of
these victims. Had they been Russians, their personal tragedies would most
likely have been lost in the larger statistical record and the debates to
which it has given rise. This, on the other hand, is precisely the
justification for such a study. In taking us through initially unremarkable
political lives and the points of no return that were passed with Stalin's
tightening grip on power, the personalised narrative paradoxically brings
home the terror's unimaginable scale and sheer arbitrariness. For historians
of international communism there is further value, for, as the stories take
their course between Ireland, Britain and the USSR, they remind us of the
interconnections that held together the 'century of communisms'...

Apart from the Russian connection, the lives reconstructed by McLoughlin
have little in common...

(There follows discussion of the lives - and the deaths - of Patrick
Breslin, Brian Goold-Verschoyle, Sean McAteer...)

...Each of McLoughlin's stories is self-contained and there is little
attempt to identify common themes, let alone to weave them together. For the
general readership that he has in mind, such a structure has much to
recommend it, not least in terms of readability. The book can also be
commended for its meticulous research. Extensive documentation from the
Moscow archives is backed up by a wide range of Irish and British sources.
Where the personal trail dries up, as inevitably it does, McLoughlin makes
good use of other testimonies and sources of evidence to fill out the story:
for example, in respect of Goold-Verschoyle's experience of the Butyrka.
Always the status of the evidence is clearly indicated, as likewise when, as
on occasion, McLoughlin has no alternative but conjecture. His
reconstruction of these imperfectly documented lives is skilful, scholarly
and imaginative.

...To the extent that Mcloughlin suggests an analytical framework, it is
through the notion of totalitarianism. Irish history, he rightly says, has
been bloody but not totalitarian, and it is 'therefore difficult to
comprehend what the . Irish victims endured' (p. 8). The implications of
this are nevertheless unclear. Are the communists and other leftists who
looked on or looked away to be regarded as totalitarians themselves? Or are
they to be counted with those who failed to comprehend and consequently also
failed to act or speak on the issue in ways consistent with their own
ostensible political values? Was this, moreover, a question merely for the
1930s? Or was the memory of the victims also left to the wolves?...

These are mere speculations - and one would like to have had more of
McLoughlin's own reflections on his own research. Still, his book is well
worth reading and an important document of the terror. One must also respect
the view that the memory of these victims deserves a wide readership, but so
too do the moral and political issues that the subject raises.

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Dear All,

I came across the following the other day and thought I might share it =20
with the list. While not up to current standards, it is actually not a =20
half-bad joke for mid 1880s Punch.

Michael de Nie


Punch
23 April 1885

An Irish Emblem

In the _Daily Chronicle_ it was reported that--

"As the Royal Carriage drove off, an onion was thrown from Parnell =20
Bridge, which struck one of the footmen."

The Royal _Jeames de la Pluche_ couldn't understand why this =20
vegetable, of which he owns he is particularly fond, should have been =20
hurled at him.

"Didn't ye notiss," then asked an Irish friend, "that the outside skin =20
was off, and that the second skin was off too?"

"I did not," replied JEAMES; "but it might have taken my outside skin =20
off, had it caught the bridge of my nose."

"An' what do the two skins off signify?" asked TIM MURPHY.

"Nothing to me," answered JEAMES.

"But a moighty dale to the Nationalists," returned his friend; "for =20
him as threw it meant that nothin' less would satisfy them but the =20
REPALE OF THE ONION!"

[JEAMES fainted.











Michael de Nie
Department of History
University of West Georgia
mdenie[at]westga.edu

Secretary
American Conference for Irish Studies