Forwarded for information, by Danny Cassidy...

DanCas1[at]aol.com
Subject: Fwd: HOLY IRELAND


> A Kilkenny author, shunned for highlighting the link between the Catholic
> Church and atrocities in Yugoslavia during World War II, is set to receive
> a posthumous apology from the city's Mayor, after almost fifty years.
> Hubert Butler was incorrectly accused of insulting the Papal Nuncio at a
> meeting in 1952 and, as a result, he and his family were ostracized by many
> people they had considered friends. The apology is welcome, if overdue,
> according to his daughter.
>
> Julia Crampton, Hubert Butler's daughter, explains the background to the
> story:
> http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/1012/newsatone/news1pm5A.ram
>

From: "C. McCaffrey"
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Subject: Re: Ir-D Apology to Hubert Butler

Thank you so much for this. I listened with frustration and anger. But
thankfully we are moving into better times in Ireland. As someone who grew up in
Ireland when the Catholic Church was in its 'triumphant' phase it is something of
a relief to know that this time is passing and that Irish identity is no longer
measured by a 'how Catholic are you' litmus test. Something like this also serves
to demonstrate that the North was not the only place with serious social issues.
A fact that gets overlooked sometimes especially here in the US where the solution
to the Irish problem is seen as simple integration of the two parts. Under this
kind of social Catholicism? Sooner or later it would have been a recipe for
disaster.

Carmel



irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk wrote:

> Forwarded for information, by Danny Cassidy...
>
> DanCas1[at]aol.com
> Subject: Fwd: HOLY IRELAND
>
> > A Kilkenny author, shunned for highlighting the link between the Catholic
> > Church and atrocities in Yugoslavia during World War II, is set to receive
> > a posthumous apology from the city's Mayor, after almost fifty years.
> > Hubert Butler was incorrectly accused of insulting the Papal Nuncio at a
> > meeting in 1952 and, as a result, he and his family were ostracized by many
> > people they had considered friends. The apology is welcome, if overdue,
> > according to his daughter.
> >
> > Julia Crampton, Hubert Butler's daughter, explains the background to the
> > story:
> >

Forwarded for information...

P.O'S.


Branding in the UK public house sector: recent developments

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 14 September 2000, vol. 12,
no. 6, pp. 366-370(5)

Knowles T.[1]; Howley M.J.[2]

[1] Senior Lecturer, School of Leisure & Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University,
Sheffield, UK
[2] Lecturer, School of Management Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Abstract: While the traditional English public house still represents the largest part of
the market, its share is falling with the introduction of themed branded establishments.
The UK?s pub retailers have over the past five years reacted to a developing society
whereby attitudes towards leisure time, drinking, eating out, health and entertainment
have changed. Through diversification, they have moved away from the traditional British
public house towards branded outlets that are able to appeal to diverse consumer demands.
The reasons for this diversification will be explored along with the brewers? response.
Within this process of diversification lies the matter of promotion and branding. The
emphasis seems to be slowly moving away from the beer product of a particular brewer to a
focus on the service providers? corporate image, name and reputation. In cases such as
Whitbread and Bass, companies are introducing a hierarchy of brands that revolve around
five issues: physical evidence, service delivery, process, people, and quality. It is the
customer?s perception of these five attributes that will determine establishments?
success. One such brand has been the Irish themed pub. This paper will critically analyse
the reasons for the success of this Irish phenomenon with a link made between the nature
of this particular ?product? and customers? perception of it.

Keywords: Public houses; Brands; Brand loyalty; Brand identity

Language: English Document Type: Miscellaneous ISSN: 0959-6119

Publisher: MCB University Press

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From: Alexander Peach
Subject: RE: Ir-D Archaeological Polemic Continued 2

My thanks to Willie for this information, I did indeed choose my words
carefully. The provenance of the original posting was suspect. What it does
demonstrate I think is that ancient monuments are important not only to
nation states but to other groups who wish to impose their own narratives
upon these discursive places/texts. I have seen representations of ancient
monuments in all sorts of "Irishy" places, and it is interesting to me that
these have become part of the national myth. I remember a Belfast street
mural that had a representation of a dolmen within the political context of
the mural. Albert Reynolds (I think) visited Newgrange to see the
illumination of the spiral carvings that takes place around the mid winter
solstice. The theatrically spectacular and symbolic nature of this event
has not been lost on national politicians who wish to bathe in the
reflected light of millennia - and a gleam of this light is also intended
to illuminate a sense of ancient continuity. Tara is close by and a
symbolic landscape of sacredness is a useful tool for a relatively new
state wishing to re-invent and bolster legitimacy. What other historical
artifacts are untainted by the history of the post-Norman centuries? As for
the idea of "Shamrock World", the commodification of such national
imaginings is to be expected in our materialist world view but cuts across
more romantic visions of the distant past, and it is from this perspective
that the protest letter originates I am sure. More interesting to myself is
the way in which such artifacts are become tools of hegemonic inculcation
to the ethno-nation myths of classic nationalisms. Yeats et al have had a
hand in all this I suspect, but I'm no literary expert.

Best wishes

Alex Peach

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From: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk[SMTP:irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk]
Sent: 16 October 2000 07:13
To: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
Subject: Ir-D Archaeological Polemic Continued 2


From: "Willie Jenkins"
Subject: Re: Ir-D Archaeological Polemic Continued

Since four years have passed since I lived in Ireland, I cannot comment on
the present appearance of Knowth, though the 'mushroom' description revives
some memories. In any case, I did work previously with Prof. Eogan
investigating the post-Reformation landscape of this part of Brugh na
Boinne
(The Boyne Valley). In response to this statement:

the chief archaeologist, one
>George Eogan, who, during the course of his work has apparently never
>published interim
>reports so that his findings might be discussed and a consensus reached
>about
>what this place may have looked like.

the word 'apparently' is wisely chosen. It should be pointed out that in
addition to the work cited in Martin Byrne's letter (Knowth and the Passage
Tombs of Ireland), Prof. Eogan has had two other (and lengthy!) interim
works on Knowth published by the Royal Irish Academy over the past twenty
years, Excavations at Knowth Vols. 1 and 2. The latter volume is
co-authored with Helen Roche and was published in 1995, if I am not
mistaken. A third volume is on the way.

William Jenkins
Department of Geography
University of Toronto

From: Cymru66[at]aol.com
Subject: Re: Ir-D Branding in the UK public house sector

Dear Paddy,
I'm impressed by the work cited. However, I suggest that the authors join
me in membership of CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) which needs the support they could
provide in
maintaining the quality and choice of real ale and the pub surroundings in
which it is supped. It is all too true that the corporate giants are
attempting to impose uniformity and banality at the expense of taste and
companionship so let's get together and try to do something!
Best,
John Hickey

This item has been brought to our attention by Jean Talman, CAIS.

There is a general point about how difficult it is to interest the Ireland Funds in Irish
Diaspora Studies - when they are themselves a manifestation of the Irish Diaspora...

P.O'S.


From: jean.talman[at]utoronto.ca
Subject: Ireland Fund Scholarship

From: Jean Talman, Secretary-Treasurer

Please do whatever you can to encourage eligible Canadian students to
apply for the following:

THE IRELAND FUND OF CANADA SCHOLARSHIP

In 1999 The Ireland Fund of Canada announced the establishment of a
scholarship, available to Canadian students, for graduate study in
Ireland. The first winner was Caleb Armstrong, a student at the
University of Western Ontario, who is now pursuing his studies in Irish
Literature at Trinity College, Dublin.

The scholarship is being offered on an annual basis and applications are
once again being accepted. A grant of up to Cdn.$10,000 will be offered
to a suitable applicant to study at a recognized academic institution in
Ireland in the field of Irish Studies. An academic panel from the
University of Toronto and York University will vet the applications.

Applications for the academic year of 2001/02 should be sent by March
31, 2001, to Melanie Hurley, Executive Director, The Ireland Fund of
Canada, 67 Yonge Street, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8. (Note
this address will be operational as of December 1, 2000. The current
address is: 56 The Esplanade, Suite 206, Toronto, ON M5E 1A7).
Applications should consist of: (1) a letter setting out the student's
academic background and plans for graduate study; (2) a copy of the
student's academic transcript; (3) letters of academic reference from
two professors.

Further information can be obtained from The Ireland Fund of Canada,
National Office, address as above. Phone: (416) 367-8311. Fax: (416)
367-5931. Email: irelandfund[at]irelandfund.ca

This scholarship is one of the initiatives The Ireland Fund of Canada is
taking to broaden its scope of grant-giving within Canada.

This item has been brought to our attention through the courtesy of Jack Kolb...

Notice, once again, Ireland as a 'version of pastoral'...

P.O'S.

Jack Kolb )
Jews in Ireland

>Jewish Heritage Report
>Vol. II, Nos. 1-2 / Spring-Summer 1998
>Ireland's Jews
>
>IRELANDâ??S JEWS: A FADING TRIBE ON THE EMERALD ISLE
>Story and photos by Paul Margolis
>
>In Ireland, more than three centuries of Jewish life is drawing to a close.
>Emigration, an aging population that hasn't replaced itself, intermarriage
>and assimilation have all taken their toll, reducing the community from
>nearly 6,000 in the 1940s to just over 1,000 today. Within a generation or
>two, only a handful of Jews are likely to remain in Ireland.
>
>The present Jewish community of Ireland dates from the 1880s, when immigrants
>from Lithuania fleeing pogroms and Russian oppression landed in Dublin and
>Cork. Before that, there had sporadically been small Jewish communities from
>the mid-17th century on. Jews have never been persecuted in Ireland,
>probably because they have always been such a tiny minority in an
>overwhelmingly Catholic country. Most Irish Jews are comfortably
>middle-class; many are professionals or in business. Many are third- or
>fourth-generation Irish-born. Dublin's original Jewish cemetery has graves
>dating back to the early 18th century, and a second cemetery, at Dolphinâ??s
>barn, was opened in 1898, and a third, Woodlawn, in the early 1950s. The
>dead in Ireland far outnumber living Jews.
>
>It's almost impossible not to be taken by the physical beauty of Ireland and
>the friendliness of the people. The cities are small, old and charming, with
>streets that are safe at all hours. There's little evidence of "progress" in
>the form of high-rises or modern architecture. Dublin, where the majority of
>Ireland's Jews live, is still very much an 18th and 19th century city. The
>pace of life is unhurried and people will strike up conversations with you on
>the street and in stores.
>
>Cork, a seaport city some 150 miles southwest of Dublin, has a synagogue and
>a handful of Jews who actively participate in its upkeep. The Jewish
>population is estimated at 20 to 30 in this city of 135,000.
>
>The Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin was founded in 1985 and opened by Dublin
>born Chaim Herzog, then president of Israel. It is housed in the former
>Walworth Road Synagogue at 3 and 4 Walworth Rd., which was opened in 1916.
>The Museum houses a large collection relating to the history of Jews in
>Ireland, and maintains the synagogue sanctuary intact. Raphael Siev, the
>Museumâ??s founder and curator, spoke of "three hemorrhages" that reduced the
>Jewish population of Ireland from its peak of nearly 6,000 in the 1940s to
>1,200 today. "Starting in the late 1940s, young Jews became assimilated,
>and there was a great deal of intermarriage. In those days, the Church
>insisted that the non-Catholic had to convert. That," said Siev, who is also
>a member of the Irish diplomatic corps, "was the first major hemorrhage."
>
>The founding of the State of Israel in 1948 prompted an exodus from Ireland.
>"Irish Jews have always been very Zionistic," explained Siev. "In fact,
>today there are more Irish-born Jews living in Israel than in Ireland." The
>third hemorrhage, ongoing from the 1960s, is emigration for better economic
>and social opportunities. "The young leave because there's no Jewish life
>for them here, and because the good jobs are overseas," said Siev. Parents
>practically force their children out of Ireland, to England, Israel or the
>U.S., so they can meet and marry other Jews.
>
>Siev's statistics on the Jewish population outside of Dublin aren't very
>heartening: one Jew each in Limerick and Waterford, a single family in
>Galway, two-dozen in Cork, and two hundred in British-controlled Northern
>Ireland.
>
>When I visited Ireland during the summer of 1996, Dublin had been without a
>rabbi for over two years. That August, Rabbi Gavin Broder came from England
>to fill the Chief Rabbi's post.
>
>The Judaism of Ireland is nominally Orthodox, but is a more liberally
>interpreted version than in the U.S. Dublin's two remaining Orthodox
>synagogues are merging, and there is a Progressive temple that is comparable
>to Reform. There are other signs of the dwindling of the Jewish community.
>The formerly all-Jewish Edmondston Golf Club on the outskirts of Dublin has
>had to accept Gentile members to stay afloat.
>
>Dublinâ??s enormous main synagogue, the Dublin Hebrew congregation, located at
>37 Adelaide Road, remains open, but the future for the building, erected in
>1982 and designed to hold up to 1,000 worshippers, remains uncertain. The
>dark richly furnished interior is notable for its central bimah, and the
>large brass candle sticks which surmount it. Another large synagogue,
>Greenville Hall, with its imposing exterior Corinthian-columns, dates from
>the 1920s and was closed in the mid-1980s. It was almost sold for use as a
>mosque, but is now the headquarters of a high technology company. Stars of
>David are still visible on its windows. Dublin's kosher bakery, The Bretzel,
>has been owned by non-Jews for two generations, and a mashgiach comes in
>daily to oversee kashruth. Until the 1950s, there were enough Jews in Dublin
>to support eight kosher butcher shops and a dozen synagogues.
>
>Despite their small numbers, the Jews have had a significant influence on
>Ireland. There are currently three Jewish members of the Irish Parliament,
>and both Dublin and Cork have had Jewish mayors. Chaim Herzog, the former
>President of Israel, grew up in Dublin, and Herzog House is one of the city's
>Jewish monuments. Of course, the most famous Irish Jew of all is fictional:
>Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of James Joyce's novel Ulysses. A plaque
>marks "his" house at 52 Clanbrassil Street in Dublin.
>
>Ireland is a country with a future, but not for the Jews. It is one of the
>unspoiled countries of Europe, and the economy has improved dramatically with
>Ireland's entry into the European Union. Possibly, Jews from other European
>countries will be attracted to Ireland because of the favorable economic
>climate, or expatriate Irish Jews will return home for the same reason.
>However, it seems unlikely that there will ever be enough Jews in Ireland
>again to prevent the virtual disappearance of the community within a few
>decades.
>
>Cork, Ireland. Eric Sayers, in his late 30s, is one of the few active
>members of the Cork
>synagogue. He said that on the High Holy Days, Jews have to be 'imported'
>from Dublin.
>
>Contact the Editor of Jewish Heritage Report
>http://www.isjm.org/jhr/IInos1-2/ireland..htm
>Updated: 1-7-99

These two recent Sport and Diaspora items have fallen into our nets...

P.O'S.


1.
Copyright © 2000 British Library of Political and Economic Science.

TI: The 'green' and the 'gold': the Irish-Australians and their role in the emergence of
the Australian sports culture
AU: Horton_PA
JN: International journal of the history of sport, Jun-Sep 2000, Vol.17, No.2-3,
pp.65-92
IT: Sport in antipodean society
AB: This chapter considers the impact of Catholic Irish-Australians upon the emergence
of an Australian sport culture. It discusses the notion that many of what are now
considered definitively Australian attitudes and values were in fact the outcome of the
conflict between the Catholic Irish-Australians and the Protestant English- Australians.
This conflict between the two largest migrant groups, the Irish Catholics and the
Protestant English, was critical. Urbanization, education and class were also major
influences upon the development of Australian sports culture. In Australia sport became a
central feature of the national culture and in many ways now defines Australia and its
people. Reprinted by permission of Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
IS: 0952-3367
DT: Article
DC: Anthropology Sociology
SD: National culture Anthropology of sport Interethnic relations Cultural identity
Cultural influence Catholics Education Class Urbanization Sport
GD: Australia


2.
Copyright © 2000 British Library of Political and Economic Science.

TI: The Irish brawn drain: English League clubs and Irish footballers, 1946-1995
AU: McGovern_P
JN: British journal of sociology, Sep 2000, Vol.51, No.3, pp.401-418
AB: This paper draws on world systems and resource dependency theories to show how the
changing recruitment practices of English League clubs have deepened the brawn drain from
Irish football, thereby compounding its underdevelopment. An analysis of the origins,
method of recruitment and destinations of Irish players (North and South) who appeared in
the English League between 1946 and 1995 shows that English clubs imported large numbers
of Irish players throughout the second half of the twentieth century. However, it was the
inclusion of Irish teenagers within the youth policies of the largest clubs in the period
after the 1970s that marked a break from the traditional pattern of buyer-supplier
relations. Instead of continuing to purchase players who had established reputations
within the Irish leagues, English clubs began to hire the most promising schoolboys before
they joined Irish sides. As this practice spread, it eventually eliminated a valuable
source of income: the selling of players to English clubs. Despite this development it
would, however, be inappropriate to view the relationship between the Irish and English
football industries as a simple zero sum game as Irish clubs benefit from employing highly
trained young players who return home after failing to establish careers in England.
Reprinted by permission of Routledge, Taylor and Francis Ltd.
IS: 0007-1315
DT: Article
DC: Sociology
SD: Football Post-war history Social history Recruitment Emigration Human resources
GD: United Kingdom Ireland


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From: Patrick Maume
Subject: Re: Ir-D Jews in Ireland

From: Patrick Maume
The piece has another little problem. There were three Jewish TDs
when he visited Ireland in 1996, but there are only two now since
Mervyn Taylor retired at the 1997 general election. (Incidentally,
the election of four Protestant TDs in 1992 marked the first occasion
since 1981 on which there had been more Protestants than Jews in the
Dail.)
Best wishes,
Patrick


On Tue 17 Oct 2000 07:18:00 +0000 irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk wrote:

> From:irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk> Date: Tue 17 Oct 2000 07:18:00
+0000
> Subject: Ir-D Jews in Ireland
> To: irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk
>
>
>
> This item has been brought to our attention through the courtesy of
Jack Kolb...
>
> Notice, once again, Ireland as a 'version of pastoral'...
>
> P.O'S.
>
> Jack Kolb )
> Jews in Ireland
>
> >Jewish Heritage Report
> >Vol. II, Nos. 1-2 / Spring-Summer 1998
> >Ireland's Jews
> >
> >IRELANDâ??S JEWS: A FADING TRIBE ON THE EMERALD ISLE
> >Story and photos by Paul Margolis
> >
> >
> >When I visited Ireland during the summer of 1996... There are
currently three Jewish members of the Irish Parliament

From: "Bruce Stewart"


The Princess Grace Irish Library has launched an important new
resource for Irish Studies at:

http://www.pgil-eirdata.org

Registration and access through the front page is immediate. BS

bsg.stewart[at]ulst.ac.uk
Languages & Lit/English
University of Ulster
tel (44) 01265 32 4355
fax (44) 01265 32 4963

From: "Charles E. Orser"
Subject: thokey

In reading Thomas Foster's Letters on the Condition of the People of
Ireland (1846), I have come across the word 'thokey' (p. 105). According to
Foster, it means a farmer of 'independent circumstances'. A farmer who has
a large farm and can pay a high rent is considered 'thokey'. Does anyone
out there know whether this is a gloss of an Irish word, and if so, what it
means in Irish?

Help much appreciated.
Charles Orser

****************************************************************************
Charles E. Orser, Jr.
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology,
Founding Editor, International Journal of Historical Archaeology, and
Adjunct Professor of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Campus Box 4660
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-4660

Phone: 309.438.2271
Fax: 309.438.5378
e-mail: ceorser[at]ilstu.edu
field school website: www.ilstu.edu/~ceorser/field_school.htm
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From Email Patrick O'Sullivan

Without wishing to add to my - no doubt deserved - world-wide reputation as a whining
hypochondriac...

I do have to report that I was knocked off my perch last week, by the first of our
winter's flu bugs.

(The image, I suppose, is of a parrot. Or a macaw. Happily sitting on its favoured
branch. And getting knocked off its perch...)

Amongst the places I was not over the past few days... Florida, where I hope Eileen
Sullivan's Seminar went well... Northern Ireland, where I hope Brian Lambkin's Conference
on 'The Literature of Irish Exile' went well...

Today, I tottered forth into the autumnal sunshine - soon to be driven back indoors by the
rain. I then looked at my To Do list, and found much left UnDone. My apologies to
everyone, as I get back on top of things...

Or I might simply lie on the couch and watch _Mildred Pierce_ on day time television...

P.O'S.

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From: "Brian Lambkin"
Subject: Re: Ir-D Thokey

Charles,
For what it is worth, the Concise Ulster Dictionary (OUP 1996) seems to be
no help on this.
Best wishes
Brian Lambkin


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From:
To:
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 7:26 AM
Subject: Ir-D Thokey


>
> From: "Charles E. Orser"
> Subject: thokey
>
> In reading Thomas Foster's Letters on the Condition of the People of
> Ireland (1846), I have come across the word 'thokey' (p. 105). According
to
> Foster, it means a farmer of 'independent circumstances'. A farmer who has
> a large farm and can pay a high rent is considered 'thokey'. Does anyone
> out there know whether this is a gloss of an Irish word, and if so, what
it
> means in Irish?
>
> Help much appreciated.
> Charles Orser
>
>
****************************************************************************
> Charles E. Orser, Jr.
> Distinguished Professor of Anthropology,
> Founding Editor, International Journal of Historical Archaeology, and
> Adjunct Professor of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway
>
> Department of Sociology and Anthropology
> Campus Box 4660
> Illinois State University
> Normal, IL 61790-4660
>
> Phone: 309.438.2271
> Fax: 309.438.5378
> e-mail: ceorser[at]ilstu.edu
> field school website: www.ilstu.edu/~ceorser/field_school.htm
>
****************************************************************************
>

Forwarded, for information, from the H-Ethic list...


NCC WASHINGTON UPDATE, Vol. 6, #36, October 20, 2000
by Bruce Craig of the National Coordinating Committee
for the Promotion of History


3. "PEOPLING" THEME STUDY PASSES SENATE
On October 5 the Senate passed S. 2478, "The Peopling of America Theme Study
Act," legislation directing the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a
theme study to identify, interpret, and preserve sites relating to the
migration, immigration and settling of America. Senator Daniel Akaka
(D-HI), for himself and Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) introduced the legislation
on April 27. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee conducted a
hearing on May 11. The Senate passed measure has been referred to the House
Committee on Resources.

In addition to the Senate passed measure, on September 23, Congressman Mark
Souder (R-IN) introduced companion legislation in the House of
Representatives. A hearing on Souder's bill (or the Senate passed measure)
has not been scheduled in the House. Therefore, enactment of this
legislation this Congressional session is dependent on Senator Akaka's and
Congressman Souder's ability to see this legislation attached to some other
pending bill.

Akaka introduced the legislation noting that "All Americans were originally
travelers from other lands. Whether we came to this country as native
peoples, English colonists or African slaves, or as Mexican ranchers, or
Chinese merchants, the process by which our nation was peopled transformed
us from strangers from different shores into neighbors unified in our
inimitable diversity -- Americans all." It is Akaka's hope that the study
which will focus on immigration, migration and settlement of the United
States will serve as a springboard for the preservation and interpretation
of several significant properties. The National Park Service, supports the
study and the enactment of the legislation.

In preparing the theme study, the legislation calls on the NPS to establish
linkages with "organizations, societies and cultures" and to enter into a
cooperative agreements with a educational institutions, professional or
local historical organizations or other entities. These entities would
assist the NPS to prepare the theme study in accordance with generally
accepted scholarly standards.

Forwarded, for information...

From: Mark Stein
Subject: CFP: The Politics of English as a World Language

Invitation & Call for Papers
_______________________________________________________________________
Association for the New Literatures in English
ASNEL / GNEL
Annual Conference 2001

"THE POLITICS OF ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE"
6 to 9 June 2001

Prof. Dr. Christian Mair
University of Freiburg
_______________________________________________________________________

The past decade has been characterised by a convergence of interests =96
mostly unacknowledged in institutionalised academic frameworks =96 between
linguists working on English as a World Language ("EWL") and scholars in
the field of postcolonial literary studies. Books such as Robert
Phillipson's Linguistic Imperialism (1992), Alastair Pennycook's The
Cultural Politics of English as an International Language (1994), or the
massive collection of essays on Post-Imperial English edited by Fishman,
Conrad and Rubal-Lopez have made the point that the spread of English has
not taken place in a social and cultural vacuum. In studies of postcolonial
literature, language issues have always been prominent =96 an emphasis that
has increased rather than abated in recent years. It is the aim of this
conference to explore the interdisciplinary territory linking EWL studies
and scholarship on postcolonial literatures. Linguistic, literary and
cultural-studies contributions are invited on issues such as
Multilingualism/ Heteroglossia, Creolisation, English and Linguistic Human
Rights, Postcolonial Language Planning, Language and Identity/ Ethnicity,
Gender and Language, Linguistic Experiments in Literature, Language and
Literary Audience(s), Cultural Transfer and Translation, and
Interdisciplinary Teaching.

Enquiries and submissions (name, affiliation, title of contribution, and
abstract of no more than 200 words) should be addressed to the convener:

Prof. Dr. Christian Mair
Englisches Seminar, Universit=E4t Freiburg
D-79085 Freiburg
Germany
mailto:mairch[at]ruf.uni-freiburg.de



Provisional Programme

The following have accepted invitations to speak:
- -Florian Coulmas (Duisburg), "The economics of language in a global communit=
y"
- -Barbara Lalla (St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago): "The politics of the
language/ literature interface in the Caribbean"
- -Peter M=FChlh=E4usler (Adelaide): "English as an exotic language: the limit=
s
of adaptation"
- -Alastair Pennycook (Sydney): "Homogeny and heterogeny: Possible roles of
English in the world"
- -Tove Skutnabb-Kangas und Robert Phillipson (Roskilde, Denmark):
"Linguistic diversity and biodiversity: the threat from killer languages"
- -Loreto Todd (Leeds): "Espousing the other tongue: for better and for worse"
- -Michael Toolan (Birmingham): "English as the supranational language of
human rights?"

The following writers have so far agreed to read from their work during the
conference:
- -Diran Adebayo (Nigeria/ UK)
- -Uma Parameswaran (Canada)
- -Patricia Powell (Jamaica/ USA)
Negotiations are under way with several further writers.



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This may be of interest to listmembers--hope to see many of you there.*
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Mark Stein *
New English Literatures and Cultures *
FR.4.3 *
Universitaet des Saarlandes *
D-66123 Saarbruecken *
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Luca Codignola: codignol[at]unige.it

Università di Genova
Centro di Ricerca in Studi Canadesi e Colombiani
Research Centre in Canadian Studies and on the Age of European Expansion
Centre de recherche en études canadiennes et sur l'époque de l'expansion européenne


SECONDO SEMINARIO ANNUALE DI STORIA ATLANTICA

La nuova storiografia atlantica
SECOND ANNUAL SEMINAR IN ATLANTIC HISTORY
The New Atlantic Historiography
DEUXIÈME SÉMINAIRE D'HISTOIRE ATLANTIQUE
La nouvelle historiographie atlantique

Genova, Italia, 17 ottobre 2000-10 aprile 2001


17 ottobre 2000, via Balbi 4, aula E, 17:00-19:00
Luca Codignola (Università di Genova)
Una nuova storiografia dell'impero britannico in età moderna?

24 ottobre 2000, via Balbi 4, aula E, 17:00-19:00
Allan Greer (University of Toronto, Canada, e University of Cambridge, Gran Bretagna)
The Historiography of New France

30 ottobre 2000, via Balbi 4, aula E, 17:00-19:00
Maurice Basque (Université de Moncton, Canada)
La nouvelle historiographie acadienne

20 novembre 2000, via Balbi 4, aula E, 17:00-19:00
José A. Brandao (Western Michigan University, Stati Uniti)
Iroquois Expansion in the Seventeenth Century: A Review of Causes

04 dicembre 2000, via Balbi 4, aula E, 17:00-19:00
Giovanni Pizzorusso (Giunta Centrale per gli Studi Storici)
Dalla Francia al Nuovo Mondo, 1608-1799: le grandi linee della nuova storiografia
religiosa
Anne C. Meyering (Michigan State University, Stati Uniti)
The West Indies in the History of the French Revolution, 17801815

12 dicembre 2000, via Balbi 5, aula III, 10:00-12:00
Massimo Rubboli (Università di Genova)
Nuove tendenze della storiografia sulla Riforma

16 gennaio 2001, via Balbi 4, aula E, 17:00-19:00
Phillip A. Buckner (University of New Brunswick, Canada, e University of London, Gran
Bretagna)
The Atlantic Region of British North America in the Era of the American Civil War: A
Historiographical Re-Assessment

29 gennaio 2001, via Balbi 4, aula E, 17:00-19:00
John A. Dickinson (Université de Montréal, Canada, e Université de Versailles
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Francia)
La démographie française et canadienne: quoi de neuf?

06 marzo 2001, via Balbi 5, aula III, 10:00-12:00
John G. Reid (Saint Mary's University, Canada)
Acadia/Nova Scotia, Imperialism, and the North Atlantic World, 16041763
13 marzo 2001, via Balbi 5, aula III, 10:00-12:00
Elisabetta Tonizzi (Università di Genova)
La globalizzazione in una prospettiva storica

20 marzo 2001, via Balbi 5, aula III, 10:00-12:00
Marco Doria (Università di Genova)
Gli Stati Uniti e il modello di sviluppo italiano nella prima metà del Novecento

27 marzo 2001, via Balbi 5, aula III, 10:00-12:00
Michael McDonnell (University of Swansea)
The American Revolution Reconsidered

03 aprile 2001, via Balbi 5, aula III, 10:00-12:00
Ferdinando Fasce (Università di Bologna)
La presidenza degli Stati Uniti: un dibattito storiografico
Kenneth L. Kusmer (Fulbright Visiting Professor, Temple University, Stati Uniti)
Beyond the Civil Rights Revolution: Race and Ethnicity since World War II

10 aprile 2001, via Balbi 5, aula III, 10:00-12:00
Luigi Bruti Liberati (Università di Milano)
Fascismo e comunità italiane in Nord America: un dibattito recentissimo

Il Seminario, promosso, organizzato e finanziato dal Centro di Ricerca in Studi Canadesi e
Colombiani, ha usufruito del contributo finanziario del Governo del Canada, nonché della
collaborazione del Dipartimento di Storia dell'Antichità e del Medioevo (insegnamenti di
Storia del Canada, Storia dell'America Latina e Storia delle Esplorazioni e Scoperte
Geografiche), del Dipartimento di Ricerche Europee (insegnamenti di Storia dell?America
del Nord, Storia moderna e contemporanea della Chiesa e delle altre confessioni cristiane
e Storia dei partiti politici), della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, della Facoltà di
Scienze Politiche e del Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne.

Direttore del Seminario: Luca Codignola
Comitato Scientifico: Massimo Rubboli, Francesco Surdich, Chiara Vangelista
Segreteria: Pamela Ollerhead, Nadia Pardini

Per informazioni:
- - Luca Codignola: codignol[at]unige.it
- - Massimo Rubboli: rubboli[at]csb-scpo.unige.it
- - Francesco Surdich: medioevo[at]unige.it
- - Chiara Vangelista: vangelst[at]cisi.unito.it
- - Pamela Ollerhead: pollerhe[at]yahoo.com
- - Nadia Pardini: seaned[at]iol.it

Centro di Ricerca in Studi Canadesi e Colombiani
Direttore: Luca Codignola
Consiglio Direttivo: Gabriella Airaldi, Venanzio Amoroso, Corradino Astengo, Renato
Balduzzi, Alberto Capacci,Anna Giulia Cavagna, Luca Codignola, Giovanni Domenichini, Lauro
G. Magnani, Goffredo Miglietta, Massimo Rubboli, Francesco Surdich, Maria Elisabetta
Tonizzi, Chiara Vangelista
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fax (39) (010) 246-5810, posta elettronica codignol[at]unige.it
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Forwarded for information...

Subject: CFP: Women's Activism in New Immigrant Communities,
Bronxville NY (Mar 2-3, 2001)
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 15:04:03 -0400

Call for Proposals

"On the Front Lines: Women's Activism in New Immigrant Communities"

Friday, March 2 - Saturday March 3, 2001
Third Annual Women's History Month Conference
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

A new wave of immigrants from the global South-Latin America and the
Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East-has changed the
face of U.S. movements for social justice. With women often in the lead,
immigrants constitute the most dynamic force in the revived labor movement,
and they've brought new energy and new ideas to feminist organizing,
campaigns against racism, struggles for civil liberties, and other
democratic causes. This interdisciplinary conference will focus on women's
activism in these contexts.

We welcome proposals for papers, panels, workshops, and performances on all
aspects of women's organizing in new immigrant communities, among earlier
immigrants from the same parts of the globe, and in their countries of
origin. Students and activists are especially invited to participate.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

Gender Issues in Immigrant Communities
Immigrant Worker Organizing
Feminist Projects
Lesbian Activism
Diasporic Cultures
Mail Order Brides
Organizing for Immigrants' Rights
Health and Environmental Issues
Immigration Law and its Impact
Bilingual Education
INS Detention
Religion and Activism
Violence Against Women
Generational Differences
Media Representations of Immigrants
Transnational Solidarity

Please send a short abstract and c.v. to:

Mary Reynolds, Associate Director
Women's History Graduate Program
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY 10708
Phone: 914-395-2405 Fax: 914-395-2663
email: mreynold[at]slc.edu

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2000

Presenters will be notified by December 22, 2000

Board of Advisors: Anannya Bhattacharjee (Unitarian Universalist Veatch
Program), Luis Francia (SLC), Priscilla Murolo (SLC), Eric Popkin (SLC),
Shahnaz Rouse (SLC).

Irish-Diaspora list member
J'aime Morrison
Department of Performance Studies
New York University

is looking for information on the American Wake. She is searching for
images, letters, fictional accounts, filmic representations, studies -
relating to the practice in any historical period.

My own note on the American Wake will follow as a separate Ir-D email...

P.O'S.


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From Email Patrick O'Sullivan

I find that the best introduction to the whole notion of the American Wake remains the
last few pages, the last Chapter in Kerby Miller, Emigrants and Exiles, Oxford UP, 1985.
The Chapter is called simply 'Conclusion' - and in it, at last, Kerby stops quarrelling
with his thesis, and simply writes... beautifully. The Chapter weaves together much
material from folklore, letters and literary sources. It is a very moving piece of
scholarly writing.

There is a background problem to the whole subject of Wakes - real Wakes as opposed to
American Wakes. There is a very old theatrical gag - best seen in the Marx Brothers 1938
movie Room Service, or in Boucicault's play The Shaughraun - where the pretended 'corpse'
plays tricks on the mourners. The gag is in fact far older that the intersection of Irish
folkloric custom with theatrical practice. But the easiest way to set up the gag in the
theatre is to set up a 'Wake', and invent thereafter. Boucicault, for example, had not
the slightest personal acquaintance with the customs of the peasants of the West of
Ireland. All over the world people know that the Irish hold Wakes - or used to. But most
of their 'knowledge' of Wakes comes from that theatrical gag...

P.O'S.


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From: "joan hugman"

Dear Paddy
An instant cure for a (temporarily?) perchless macaw (or anyone
else in need of a recuperative but not restful distraction) - is
probably a trip to Newcastle uponTyne where the Tyneside Irish
Festival is in full swing...
Joan


Subject: Ir-D Knocked Off Perch Date:
Mon 23 Oct 2000 13:25:00 +0000 From:
irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk Reply-to:
irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk To:
irish-diaspora[at]Bradford.ac.uk


>From Email Patrick O'Sullivan

Without wishing to add to my - no doubt deserved - world-wide reputation as a whining
hypochondriac...

I do have to report that I was knocked off my perch last week, by the first of our
winter's flu bugs.

(The image, I suppose, is of a parrot. Or a macaw. Happily sitting on its favoured
branch. And getting knocked off its perch...)

Amongst the places I was not over the past few days... Florida, where I hope Eileen
Sullivan's Seminar went well... Northern Ireland, where I hope Brian Lambkin's Conference
on 'The Literature of Irish Exile' went well...

Today, I tottered forth into the autumnal sunshine - soon to be driven back indoors by the
rain. I then looked at my To Do list, and found much left UnDone. My apologies to
everyone, as I get back on top of things...

Or I might simply lie on the couch and watch _Mildred Pierce_ on day time television...

P.O'S.

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Joan Hugman
Department of History, Armstrong Building,
University of Newcastle NE1 7RU Tel 0191 222 6701