More on the play 'Catalpa'...

Written and performed by Donal O'Kelly, this is the Red Kettle Theatre
Company production which recently received rapturous reviews in Dublin.
The play also did very well in Melbourne, 1997, and Edinburgh, 1996.

The play is at the Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, London from Tuesday May
11. There are special £5 'Early Bird' Tickets May 11-13, and some
student discounts.

The Catalpa was the American whaling ship, owned by the Fenians,
commanded by Captain George Anthony, which in 1875 accomplished [says
the 1897 quote from 'Z.W. Pease' here] 'the only important Fenian
conspiracy which was ever entirely successful' - the rescue of the
'military Fenian' convicts from Australia.

[With the advantage of hindsight we might add the independence of
Ireland to this list of successful conspiracies...]

Interestingly for those of us involved in the drama business, and
pondering the problems of small cast theatre (in this case, a cast of
one), the basic device of the play is the 'movie pitch' - the main
character imagines himself having to outline a possible movie to a
possible backer. Thereafter the play uses all the devices of theatre,
music, lighting, design, to tell its story.

Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR
Tel 0171 372 6611
Fax 0171 328 0795
Box Office 0171 328 1000

P.O'S.

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If you happen to be in Cork...

There is to be a Book Launch and Reception for

Chrystel Hug
The Politics of Sexual Morality
Macmillan, 1999

at 6 pm Thursday May 13 1999
Waterstone's Boole Basement
University College Cork

Contact Kingley Jones, (21) 276575
or watersones[at]tinet.ie

Please pass on my good wishes to Chrystel.

Paddy O'Sullivan

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan

We have placed on the Irish Diaspora Studies Web site...

Irish Diaspora Studies http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/diaspora/

in the Study Guides section...

The Orange Order, Militant Protestantism and anti-Catholicism
A Bibliographical Essay
by Donald MacRaild
University of Sunderland
England

It may be recalled that an earlier version of this Bibliography was
discussed on the Irish-Diaspora list. Don has now made the complete
version available to us - our thanks to Don for this very useful
resource.

Don has also given us his Bibliographic Essay on the Irish in Britain -
we will display that on the Web site as soon as we have finished the
tidying and the coding. And other 'Study Guides' are in preparation.

Patrick O'Sullivan

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From: "Jill Blee"
Organization: University of Ballarat
Subject: Through Irish Eyes Conference

The Australian Studies Centre at the University of Ballarat invites
anyone with an interest in the Irish contribution to Australia's
development to participate in the above conference.

Suggested Topics
Imperial Federation or Republic
Outside influences, the Home Rule debates, Fenianism, and the Irish
Republican Brotherhood in Australia
Writers, poets, and their readers
The Church and Politics
"Little Irelands" in the Australian Landscape

Date: December 3 - 5, 1999
Venue: The SMB Conference Centre
Lydiard Street South,
Ballarat
Call for papers: Paper proposals: 15th June 1999
Abstracts: 30th August 1999

Further information can be obtained from our website:
http://www.ballarat.edu.au/bssh/asc/throughi.htm

Please send all proposals and inquiries to:
Jill Blee
School of Behavioural and Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Ballarat,
PO Box 663
Ballarat
Victoria 3353
Telephone: 0353 27 9710
Fax: 0353 27 9840
email: j.blee[at]ballarat.edu.au

From: "Bruce Stewart"


Life of Fr. Thomas Burke


To Patrick Maume

Patrick,

I'm interested in Burke and have read two of his sermon collections,
one of which I merely recorded in this bibliographical style:

NOTE, V. Rev. Thomas N. Burke, OP, Lectures on Faith and Fatherland
(Cameron & Ferguson/Burns & Oates [& ?W], n.d.), ded. John McHale.
Pref., 'newspaper reports hastily revised'. Essays topics include 'St.
Patrick, The Christian Man of his Day'; 'Temperance'; 'Catholic
Charity'; 'Supernatural Life', 'The Absorbing Life of the Irish
People'; 'Catholic Church and Salvation of Society'; 'Catholic
Education'; 'National Music of Ireland'; 'Pope's Tiara'; 'Exiles of
Erin'; 'Catholic Church the True Emancipation'; 'The Irish People in
their Relation [to] the Catholic Church'. Also, a second part, 'The
Sophistries of Froude Refuted' (pp.117-288 END], includes 'Volunteers
of 1782'; 'Normen [sic] in Ireland'; 'Ireland Under the Tudors';
'Ireland Under Cromwell'; 'Grattan and the Volunteers'; 'The Future of
Ireland'.

He did of course succeed in hounding Froude out of America. He is
best known today for his Joycean connection - a not entirely enviable
fate.

Again, my note reads as follows: NOTE, Cited with Archbishop McHale [as
MacHale] and Leo XIII in
Joyce's 'Grace', 'There used always be crowds of Protestants in the
chapel when Father Tom was preaching', according to the character
Cunningham. Donald Torchiana comments that the sermon imitated by
character Kernan was probably preached in Yonkers, NY, 16 Dec. 1872,
where amid exaggerated praise of so-called beleaguered late Pope Pius
IX, Father Tom lamented his fate as 'a sad prisoner in the abandoned
halls of the Vatican'; Burke's biographer says his voice resembled one
of the great tragedians, and that 'histrionic tastes were with him no
passing fancy' Though as a priest the theatre was forbidden to him, he
showed to the end dramatic passion and power'; celebrated Pius IX's
espousal of Immaculate Conception and Papal Infallibility; Burke's
inspired nationalism; roundly approved of appointment of Paul Cullen
to cardinalship; sermons included 'Drunkenness the Worst Degradation -
Temperance, the Greatest Blessings of Man'; 'No salvation outside the
Catholic Church'; 'The Genius and Character of the Irish People'.
Torchiana cites passage from his DNB biography on his collections in
America, and his assault on Froude; Burke was son of Galway baker;
acc. Torchiana, crude wit, awkward jokes, florid oratory, vulgar
attacks on Darwin and women's rights are what most attach to his
memory; his biography characterises him as a youthful prankster,
raconteur, etc.; written by an anonymous Dublin Dominican, who is
'resolute in explaining the two sides of the jolly father on every
page' (Torchiana). BIBL (Torchiana, 1986), William J Fitzpatrick, The
Life of the Very Reverend Thomas N Burke 2 vols. (London: Kegan, Paul,
Trench 1885); Anon, The Inner Life of Father Thomas Burke (London:
Burns & Oates n.d.); also Thomas N. Burke, 'Pontificate of Pius IX',
in Lectures and Sermons, 2nd ser. (NY: Excelsior Cath. Publ. House,
1873); Thomas N. Burke, 'The Catholic Church and the Age We Live In',
Lectures and Sermons, ed. JA Rochfort, 2nd ed. (NY: P. F. Collier,
1878).

Sorry for the undigested format! It seems to me that the linkage
between nationalism and a certain form of ecclesiastic apologism is
essential to his rhetorical energy and his historical standing. He
was, in fact, pretty much off the beam about a lot of historical
issues, and took the sanctified Gaelic nation view of the conquest
period. But he is a brilliant representative of the national-catholic
formation at the moment before its emergence as the dominant
practico-political force in Ireland. I wouldn't think his social or
ethical thinking worthy of much consideration.

Thanks for your valuable note, which I will nobble. Bruce.




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

George Watt Memorial Award...

Over the past few months the Irish-Diaspora list has provided enough
information for someone - somewhere - to write an entry for this
competition...

P.O'S.

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GEORGE WATT MEMORIAL AWARD

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives proudly announces that the fourth
George Watt Memorial prize for the best papers on the Spanish Civil War,
the anti-fascist struggles of the 1930s, or the lifetime histories and
contributions of the Americans who fought in Spain from 1937 to 1939, has
been awarded to: Yossef Blum, (Yeshiva University, New York) Dr. Edward
Barsky, The Joint Antifascist-Fascist Refugee Committee, and "Medical
McCarthyism; and Catherine Wigginton, (Coe College, Iowa) "Where History
Turned Another Page:" Salaria Kee, An African American Woman in the
Spanish Civil War.

Two prizes of $500 each will be awarded each year for the best student
papers written on one or more of the above topics. Papers will be judged
on the basis of originality, effectiveness of argument, and quality of
writing. The paper must have been written to fulfill an undergraduate or
graduate course or degree requirement. Submissions are encouraged from
U.S. and international contestants.

The deadline for receipt of essays is April 1, 2000. Essays written either
during the year of submission or during the previous calendar year are
eligible for the competition. Essays must be at least 5,000 words long to
be considered for the prize. Applicants should submit five copies of their
paper, typed, double-spaced. Please mail entries to:


Eunice Lipton
201 West 85th St. 7E
New York, NY 10024-3909

The award winners will be announced each Spring. The Executive Committee
of ALBA will appoint the judges for the contest.

ALBA is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and
dissemination of the record of the American role in the 1936-1939 Spanish
Civil War and its aftermath. ALBA supervises a major archive at Brandeis
University (the most comprehensive historical archive documenting the
American involvement in the Spanish Civil War) and supports cultural and
educational activities related to the war and its historical, political,
artistic, and biographical heritage. Some 2,800 American men and women,
realizing the danger international fascism presented to the world, came to
the defense of the Spanish Republic in the years just prior to the Second
World War. On the other side were forces led by rebel Spanish generals
supported by Hitler and Mussolini.

The prizes honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran George Watt
(1914-1994), not only for his own long anti-fascist record but also as a
symbol of the many American men and women who risked, and sometimes lost,
their lives in this struggle. Watt himself was a veteran of Spain who then
served in the U.S. Army Corps in World War II. An effective voice for a
variety of social causes in his lifetime, Watt was also a driving force
behind ALBA.

For more information on ALBA and its activities go to:
http://www.alba-valb.org


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[I have already forwarded this message to some interested Ir-D list
members. If you are interested please contact Ronan Gallagher directly.
Usual warnings about working for the media apply. P.O'S.]


From: "Ronan Gallagher"
Subject: Boer War and WWII

------- Forwarded message follows -------
Our news and information pages are now updated weekly.
Why not visit http://www.four-courts-press.ie

Dear Folks,

I am currently sourcing material for two RTE radio productions that I have
originated. The are as follows:

1. ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902

The programme will be based on the Irish involvement in the War and is
scheduled to run in October 1999 (to coincide with the 100th anniversary of
the War beginning in October 1899).

Not only did an Irish brigade serve alongside the Boers, commanded by John
MacBride (who was later excecuted by the British in 1916), but nearly 3,000
Irish men (out of 27,000 soldiers) died serving in the ranks of the British
Army.

I am looking for photocopies of:

war diaries and newspaper clippings
stories of heroism

and also to make contact with historians (both social and military) that
might be interested in cooperating with me. Any leads, particualarly in
Africa, will be appreciated.

2. Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

Based on Richard Doherty's book of the same name and 'Ireland and the Second
World War: Politics, Society and Remembrance' edited by Brian Girvin
(Glasgow) and Geoffrey Roberts (Cork), this series will look to interview
historians, those that served in a variety of capacities during the War at
home and abroad, as well as recount the stories of people that died in
action or won medals for gallantry.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON EITHER OF THESE, DO LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. ALL ASSISTANCE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

Ronan Gallagher
Four Courts Press
Fumbally Lane
Dublin 8
Ireland
E-mail: ronan.gallagher[at]four-courts-press.ie

We have received a request for help from Rudi Hartmann
at Rudihkoe[at]aol.com
who is at the planning stage of a doctorate on the Irish in present day
Germany.

I have a vague memory of someone somewhere having done some work on
this.

Can anyone help?

P.O'S.

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From: "Thomas J. Archdeacon"
Subject: Richard White's Remembering Ahanagran


A few weeks ago, Bill Cronon aske me if I had read Richard White's Remembering
Ahanagran. I had managed not even to hear of it, and perhaps some of you are in the
same situation. White is a noted historian of the American West. Long at the
University of Washington, he is now at Stanford. White's mother was born in
Ahanagran, a townland near Ballylongford, which lies near the Shannon in Kerry. Her
story is typical in some ways and untypical in others. She came to America at age
16 and married an American army officer whom she met during World War II. He was
Jewish, and the difference in their religious backgrounds affected at least some of
their later interactions with both families.

I've only read about the first third of the book (although I've also peeked at the
last few pages). On the basis of what I've read, I recommend it highly. White is
concerned with the differences between history and memory, but that valuable
discussion is not what I like best about the book. What I find fascinating are his
discussions of the relationship between his mother's family (the Walshes) and their
poor farm and of the experiences of people in an emigrant culture.

The book is far from a best seller, but Amazon.com got it to me quickly. I ordered
on a Tuesday and received it by Friday. The list price is $24.00, but I paid a few
cents over $20, including shipping. By the way, the publisher is Hill and Wang, and
no, I'm not getting a kickback.

Best to all.

Tom




Thomas J. Archdeacon, Prof. & Chair Office: 608-263-1807
Department of History Fax: 608-263-5302
University of Wisconsin -- Madison Home: 608-251-7264
5133 Humanities
455 North Park Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1483
E-Mail: tjarchde[at]facstaff.wisc.edu
http://www.wisc.edu/history/famine
http://www.wisc.edu/history/404tja

From: "Ruth-Ann M. Harris"
Subject: Re: Ir-D Richard White's Remembering Ahanagran


I'm adding my recommendation to that of Tom Archdeacon. Remembering
Ahanagran is simply wonderful. In fact I plan to use it in a course I'm
teaching this fall. I contacted Richard White through the Web and found
him gracious and a bit surprised that people like the book so much -- his
mother apparently is not quite as enthusiastic.
Ruth-Ann Harris

Ruth-Ann M. Harris, Adjunct Prof of History and Irish Studies, Boston College
Note new e-mail address: harrisrd[at]bc.edu
Home Phone: (617)522-4361; FAX:(617)983-0328; Office Phone:(617)552-1571
Summer and Weekend Number: (Phone) (603) 938-2660

1.
From: jmcgurk[at]tinet.ie

Perhaps, Dr.Ulrick Kockel at the Institute of Irish Studies in Liverpool
may be of some assistance on the Irish in Germany.
And if the student wants to go right back to the middle ages then there
are
references aplenty in Dom Louis Gougaud 'christianity in Celtic lands'
London 1932) and in Tomas O'Fiach's articles in the Seanchas ard Mhacha
- -
of the 1980s period.
Happy hunting.
John McGurk - e-mail: jmcgurk[at]tinet.ie


2.
From: John Belchem

Try Uli Kockel at the Institute of Irish Studies here at
Liverpool. If not, ask Klaus Tenfelde. Best6 wishes, John
Belchem
On Tue, 11 May 1999 14:46:56 +0100
irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk wrote:

>
>
> We have received a request for help from Rudi Hartmann
> at Rudihkoe[at]aol.com
> who is at the planning stage of a doctorate on the Irish in present day
> Germany.
>
> I have a vague memory of someone somewhere having done some work on
> this.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> P.O'S.



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From: Peter Gray

Irish in Germany


Not quite present day, but _History Ireland_ devoted an entire recent
issue (5/3 - Autumn 1997) to Irish-German relations, with essays
ranging from the medieval period to the mid 20th century.

Peter Gray

On Tue, 11 May 1999 14:46:56 +0100
irish-diaspora[at]bradford.ac.uk wrote:

>
>
> We have received a request for help from Rudi Hartmann
> at Rudihkoe[at]aol.com
> who is at the planning stage of a doctorate on the Irish in present day
> Germany.
>
> I have a vague memory of someone somewhere having done some work on
> this.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> P.O'S.

----------------------
Peter Gray
pg2[at]soton.ac.uk

Anyone done anything on the image of the emigrant in the works of Brian
Friel?

And how odd, how very odd, that the resolution of Dancing at Lughnasa
should involve emigration to poverty and death in London...

P.O'S.


Forwarded on behalf of Richard Harp...

------- Forwarded message follows -------
Richard Harp (U. of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Robert Evans (Auburn
U.-Montgomery; e-mail: litpage[at]aol.com) invite proposals and manuscripts
for original essays on the work of Brian Friel. They would appear in a
new book which they are currently compiling, *A Companion to Brian Friel.*
Essays would need to be completed by the end of the year.

Contact either Harp or Evans for more information.

Richard Harp
Dept. of English
UNLV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
e-mail: harprlh[at]nevada.edu

From: Kerby Miller
Re Brian Friel



Would this citation help?

Richtarik, Marilynn. ACTING BETWEEN THE LINES: THE FIELD DAY THEATRE
COMPANY AND IRISH CULTURAL POLITICS, 1980-1994. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1994.

Kerby



>Anyone done anything on the image of the emigrant in the works of Brian
>Friel?
>
>And how odd, how very odd, that the resolution of Dancing at Lughnasa
>should involve emigration to poverty and death in London...
>
>P.O'S.
>
>
>Forwarded on behalf of Richard Harp...
>
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
>Richard Harp (U. of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Robert Evans (Auburn
>U.-Montgomery; e-mail: litpage[at]aol.com) invite proposals and manuscripts
>for original essays on the work of Brian Friel. They would appear in a
>new book which they are currently compiling, *A Companion to Brian Friel.*
>Essays would need to be completed by the end of the year.
>
>Contact either Harp or Evans for more information.
>
>Richard Harp
>Dept. of English
>UNLV
>Las Vegas, NV 89154
>e-mail: harprlh[at]nevada.edu

From: Noel Gilzean


Hi everyone

Has anyone seen this website Gaelic Gotham: A History of the Irish in New
York
http://www.netresource.com/mcny/irish.htm

Or
The Other Toronto: Irish Catholics in a Victorian City, 1850-1900
http://www.tgmag.ca/magic/mt38.html

or
The Ultimate Scapegoat: A Study of the Irish in England During the Early
Nineteenth Century
http://www.gober.net/victorian/reports/irish.html

or
"Against the Red Flag" Socialism and Irish Nationalism 1830 - 1913 by Mags
Glennon (Red Action)
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/cc1913/flag.html

James Connolly & Irish Freedom: A Marxist Analysis by G. Schuller
http://www.irsm.pair.com/general/history/jc&irishfreedom.htm

Perhaps we could start tracking individual articles on matters of interest
to this list. I could set up a page on my site and paste contributions on
it. I would also like to start putting together a list of theses that have
been written on the Irish in Britain, it appears that there is a
considerable amount of work being undertaken in this area at masters level
that is not easy to find or even to know it has been done.
Noel

Noel Gilzean
Behavioural Sciences
University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield HDI 3DH
n.a.gilzean[at]hud.ac.uk
01484 472835
http://www.hud.ac.uk/hip/

I thought that this might be of interest...

P.O'S.

------- Forwarded message follows -------
From: Ross Forman
Dated: Thursday, 13 May 1999

Britain and Latin America in the Nineteenth Century

The co-editors of a proposed volume of essays invite proposals or completed
papers that explore the complex cultural and political relationships between
Britain and Latin America during the nineteenth century. We are particularly
interested in work that opens up, challenges, and reconfigures such dominant
paradigms as "informal empire" and neo-imperialism. Theoretically informed
work that takes account of recent advances in cultural studies will be most
welcome, but all submissions should explore the rich cross-cultural
intersections that mark this period.

Essays may focus on any national, geographical, or cultural zone within Latin
America, and take up any of the numerous cultural forms and representations
that characterized the Anglo-Latin American relationship in this period:
literature, travel writing, cartography, antiquarian or archaeological
exploration, museum display, ethnology/anthropology.

Please send proposals of 500 words by September 15, 1999, and one hard copy
of completed essays (up to 30 pages) by December 15, 1999, to each of the
editors below. Authors must identify any papers previously published or under
consideration elsewhere.


Send materials to:

Robert Aguirre
c/o John Carter Brown Library
Box 1894
Providence, RI 02912
USA
FAX: 401 863 3477
r.aguirre[at]wayne.edu


AND

Ross Forman
Kingston University
School of Human Sciences
Penrhyn Road
Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE
United Kingdom
FAX: 44-181-547-7292
r.forman[at]sas.ac.uk

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Noel,

I think this is an excellent idea, and I think we would all be grateful
if you felt able to take on the chore.

Once you are ready let us know - via the Ir-D list. And I'll start
sending you the Web addresses I have - most probably after I get back
from holiday. And I am sure that other folk will do likewise.

The other idea I want to float is the possibility of a little database
of Irish-Diaspora list members. Ground Rules would be...

1. Irish-Diaspora list members would send in a little statement about
themselves, and their research interests, for inclusion on this
database.

2. In accordance with Data Protection laws the very act of sending in
this statement would be deemed to give permission for that material to
be held in a database.

3. There is NO requirement that every Irish-Diaspora list member send
in such a statement.

4. The little database so created would be accessible to Irish-Diaspora
list members, and ONLY to Irish-Diaspora list members, most probably
through a password-controlled Web site.

Any interest?

The background problem is that we are relying too much on my memory of
the membership of the Irish-Diaspora list - and my memory tends to peter
out when asked to recall more than 100 items. Or people.

Also, we are very aware that there are some 'constituencies' or
constellations of interests that are not being served as well as they
might be. And this might help us to grapple with that.

Paddy O'Sullivan
>
>
>From: Noel Gilzean
>
>
>Hi everyone
>
>Has anyone seen this website Gaelic Gotham: A History of the Irish in New
>York
>http://www.netresource.com/mcny/irish.htm
>
>Or
>The Other Toronto: Irish Catholics in a Victorian City, 1850-1900
>http://www.tgmag.ca/magic/mt38.html
>
>or
>The Ultimate Scapegoat: A Study of the Irish in England During the Early
>Nineteenth Century
>http://www.gober.net/victorian/reports/irish.html
>
>or
>"Against the Red Flag" Socialism and Irish Nationalism 1830 - 1913 by Mags
>Glennon (Red Action)
>http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/cc1913/flag.html
>
>James Connolly & Irish Freedom: A Marxist Analysis by G. Schuller
>http://www.irsm.pair.com/general/history/jc&irishfreedom.htm
>
>Perhaps we could start tracking individual articles on matters of interest
>to this list. I could set up a page on my site and paste contributions on
>it. I would also like to start putting together a list of theses that have
>been written on the Irish in Britain, it appears that there is a
>considerable amount of work being undertaken in this area at masters level
>that is not easy to find or even to know it has been done.
>Noel
>
>Noel Gilzean
>Behavioural Sciences
>University of Huddersfield
>Huddersfield HDI 3DH
>n.a.gilzean[at]hud.ac.uk
>01484 472835
>http://www.hud.ac.uk/hip/
>
>

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This review will be of interest - continuing the 'whiteness' debate
(previously on the Irish-Diaspora list).

And - oh yes - a mention of St. Patrick's Day...

P.O'S.


Reviewed for H-Law by Louis Anthes
(1)Andrew Gyory. _Closing the Gate: Race, Politics, and the
Chinese Exclusion Act_. Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina Press, 1998. xii + 354 pp. Photos, notes,
bibliography, and index. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8078-2432-1;
$19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8078-4739-9.
(2)Matthew Frye Jacobson. _Whiteness of a Different Color: European
Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race_. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press, 1998. x + 338 pp. Photos, notes,
bibliography, and index. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-674-06371-6.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=13950925922570

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Some of the other scholarly email lists have been posting 'Friendly
Reminders'. Here is one such, pasted in below, which we have adapted
somewhat for the Irish-Diaspora list...



Dear list Members,

The following is not meant in response to any individual message or
strand of conversation. Rather, we thought to take the opportunity to
post a few "friendly reminders" of list etiquette.

We'd like to draw your special attention to items 1 and 2. Messages
lacking signatures or institutional affiliation require extra labour for
moderators and cause delays in posting.

Do make sure to include this information in your posts. Apologies to
veteran list members, for whom such reminders are old hat.




SOME FRIENDLY REMINDERS

1. Remember to begin posts with your name and email address. Many e-
mail addresses do not show your name in full and researching this
information will substantially delay posting of your message. Make the
first line of your actual message follow this standard format:

From: Your name

2. Please conclude the message with your name and institutional
affiliation, thus:

Your name, Your institutional affiliation

This information is instructive for readers and helps maintain an
atmosphere of collegial exchange.

[I particularly like that bit... A lot of Ir-D list members do not have
a formal institutional affiliation, so don't worry too much about that -
but the background idea is that people want to know 'where you're coming
from...' P.O'S.]

3. Please avoid polemics and ad hominem attacks. Consistent with
our responsibility to encourage rigorous scholarly debate, the
moderators reserve the right to reject such messages.

4. Please avoid "Amen!" posts -- i.e. posts that simply affirm what has
already been said. Avoid "Huh?" posts -- i.e. posts that contain a
brief expression of confusion, but do nothing to indicate the
clarification sought.

[And Amen! to that... The background problem is that on a fully-
moderated list posting on Amens! or Huhs! takes as much trouble as
posting on the most profound thought that was ever thought. Also Amens!
and Huhs! seem to cause more annoyance than they're worth. P.O'S.]

5. Use subject lines indicating the subject of the post. Change subject
lines when you are changing the direction of the conversation. While
moderators ultimately determine appropriate subject lines, your aid
helps to lead discussion threads in new directions.

Thank you.

Paddy O'Sullivan
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From: "Ruth-Ann M. Harris"

Ir-D Irish Diaspora, the Web, Us


Hello Paddy,
Yes, I like the idea of a database of those of us on the network. Take
this as willingness to contribute. Ruth-Ann

Ruth-Ann M. Harris, Adjunct Prof of History and Irish Studies, Boston College
Note new e-mail address: harrisrd[at]bc.edu
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