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For information, from the special issue of The European Legacy...

One for the orientalism-ists...

P.O'S.

The European Legacy
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Issue: Volume 10, Number 1 / February 2005
Pages: 21 - 28

Sydney Owenson's wild indian girl

Maureen O'Connor

A1 Department of English National University of Ireland Galway Ireland
maureen.oconnor[at]nuigalway.ie or maur_oconnor[at]yahoo.com

Abstract:

In 1811, Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan) published a novel set in India, The
Missionary: An Indian Tale, arguably the first Irish Orientalist text. If,
as Madeline Dobie has recently argued, the discourse of Orientalism in
France was used to avoid moral questions about colonialism and slavery,
Owenson used the genre in order to confront the brutalities of British
colonialism. Owenson's intertextuality drew on not only other works about
the east, but also her own literary productions and experience of authorship
as an Irish woman of undistinguished background performing for an imperial
audience. As she did in The Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale, her first
publishing success, in The Missionary Owenson exploits just those
equivalences imperialism posits among its peripheries. This essay examines
The Missionary's intervallic position between the Irish novels The Wild
Irish Girl and O'Donnel, and its possible role in the oft-noted shift in
Owenson's practice of textualist history.

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Dear List

Does anyone know of a novel(s) written in English but where Gaelic words or
phrases are used/interspersed in it?

I am trying to defend an African writers's use of Swahili/Kikuyu sayings in
his english written novel which some western critics seek to depict as
aggressive towards western literature!

Any help is appreciated


Liam Clarke

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yes I read it-- a scholarly piece but thin and superficial and not
recommended

Richard Jensen

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Dear Tom

Thanks for this: it was in fact an American novelist John Updike who
disliked Ngugi wa Thiong'o's use of African words in his english written
novel 'Petals of Blood'L Updike was of the view, I think, that Ngugi was
snarling at western/english writers. It seemed to me that Ngugi was simply
using African terms as a means of exerting more control over his material,
his stories

Many thanks


Liam

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There may be Irish words used in English-language novels, but one you
certainly have no trouble finding novels in American English in which
writers use Yiddish words. How one interprets their use is a matter of
perspective. The use is often clearly appropriate given the social context
in which the words are employed. Sometimes it may just reflect American
English's voracity for absorbing "foreign" words (in clear distinction to
French attitudes). Yiddish, of course, is not the only language; Italian
and Spanish as well as others come to mind. Likewise, novels are not the
only medium. Television shows sometimes use them.

Tom

Thomas J. Archdeacon
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U. Wisconsin -- Madison
4135 Humanities
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There is an interesting use of Irish and Spanish words in William
Bulfin's _Tales of the Pampas_ (London: Fisher & Unwin, 1900). His
strategy was to separate the Irish settlers from the Anglo Argentines,
and to put them closer to the Spanish-speaking local labourers and
gauchos.

Edmundo Murray

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There may be Irish words used in English-language novels, but one you
certainly have no trouble finding novels in American English in which
writers use Yiddish words. How one interprets their use is a matter of
perspective. The use is often clearly appropriate given the social
context in which the words are employed. Sometimes it may just reflect
American English's voracity for absorbing "foreign" words (in clear
distinction to French attitudes). Yiddish, of course, is not the only
language; Italian and Spanish as well as others come to mind. Likewise,
novels are not the only medium. Television shows sometimes use them.

Tom

Thomas J. Archdeacon
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The following item has turned up in our nets...

It looks like it might be a review of the Irish Empire tv series, videos,
dvds - much discussed on IR-D.

It would be nice to know what the visual athropologists have to say.

Does anyone have access to this journal?

P.O'S.


The Irish Empire
Publication: Visual Anthropology
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Dear Patrick and colleagues

The two media stories below may or may not be read in isolation from each
other! A few preliminary comments:

The total expected outcome (1 May 2004 - 30 April 2005) of labour migration
from the new accession states to Ireland will probably top 80,000. Note that
this would be the equivalent of 5.9m for the US, and this does not take
substantial other flows into account - return Irish migration, 'old' EU
states, asylum seekers, non-EU migrant workers, students and family
reunification. None of the people from the new accession states is entitled
to welfare payments because such payments are now limited, in general, to
those who can prove 'habitual residence' for a period of at least two years.
We may therefore assume that the vast majority are in productive, albeit
often low-paid, work. There is also apparently a high turnover rate: people
are coming for short-term work purposes and returning home, in part because
the cost of living in Ireland is now very high.

In the period May 2004 - February 2005m, 68,868 persons from new accession
states obtained new PPSN (social security) numbers (source: Department of
Social and Family Affairs). Interestingly, the equivalent figure for Britain
for the same period (with a population almost 15 times that of Ireland) was
about 130,000. It would seem that Poles, in particular, are drawn to
Ireland. The disproportionately higher immigration rates for Ireland may in
part, but only in part, be explained by the existence of a proportionately
larger black labour market in Britain. In any event, as I suggested earlier,
it is important to distinguish between flows and stocks - a high number of
PPSN numbers only proves that large numbers of people have come here, not
that large numbers are staying.

I would be interested in the views of colleagues, especially US-based, about
the second story. It seems to me that the claimed figure of 50,000
undocumented Irish in the US may be out by a factor of ten - i.e. that the
true figure may be less than 5,000. I would base my view on the sharp
fall-off in Irish migration to the US in recent years, the fact that many of
the undocumented became regularised since the early years of the 1990s, the
slow take-up in a special scheme introduced by the US for people from border
counties here and the high rate of return migration to Ireland for several
years now. The Fine Gael trip may ultimately have to do with electoral
politics in Ireland - certainly the makeup of the delegation (Donegal South
West, Mayo, Galway East, Cork) South Central is interesting.

Best

Piaras


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From Irish Independent, 2 May 2005

'Flood' of migrant workers proves a fantasy

FEARS of a flood of migrant workers coming to Ireland seeking work after EU
enlargement have failed to materialise, new figures reveal.

Just 75,000 people from the 10 new EU member states have come to Ireland
since accession on May 1 last year, and it is unlikely that all of them are
still in the country, the Department of Social and Community Affairs has
said.

A total of 75,312 people from Central and Eastern Europe, Malta and Cyprus
were granted personal public service (PPS) numbers between May 1 and March
31 last. Most were Poles. The amount of PPS numbers issued in the last year
shows a three-fold rise in the numbers of people coming here to live and
work from accession states, as just 22,000 work permits were issued during
2003 and 2004 to citizens of the 10 states. A total of 35,798 Poles applied
for PPS numbers - almost half the total number. Lithuanians came second,
with 16,083 applicants.

______________________________
From Irish Independent, 3 May 2005

Support for 50,000 Irish illegals in US

CATHOLIC Church representatives and a group of Fine Gael politicians are in
Washington this week to lobby on behalf of an estimated 50,000 Irish people
living illegally in the US.

Both groups are hoping to lobby for administrative changes that would make
it easier for undocumented Irish to secure legal status to remain in the US.

Chairman of the Commission for Emigrants, Bishop of Derry Dr Seamus Hegarty,
and its director Fr Alan Hilliard, are in Washington as part of the Irish
Bishops' 2005 Supporting Irish Abroad campaign.

"Fr Hilliard and I are travelling to the US to discuss with my colleagues in
the US Catholic Bishops' Conference how best the Irish and US bishops can
work together to alleviate the plight of our most vulnerable migrants," said
Dr Hegarty.

Fine Gael TD Michael Ring is also in Washington, along with fellow TDs Paul
Connaughton, the party's spokesman on emigrant affairs, Dinny McGinley and
MEP Simon Coveney.

Mr Ring said: "In many cases these are people who have been resident here
for years and who are married with families and contributing to the US
economy.

"The illegal status has caused much emotional pain because they have been
afraid to return to this country for family events."

While in the US the Irish delegation - who stressed they were there at their
own expense - hope to meet government officials and members of the Irish
American community in both New York and Washington.

In a month's time, the immigration legislation is expected to go before US
Congress, brought by senators John McCain and Edward Kennedy, which would
subject illegal immigrants to fines, but allow them to remain in the US and
earn a chance to apply for permanent residency.

Olivia Kelleher
and Tom Shiel

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Dear all, please find below a web address which contains the programme and
booking details for the forthcoming conference on Gender and Memory
co-hosted by University of Limerick (Ireland) and the Women on Ireland
Research network. The conference contains several sessions on gender and
Irish migration which may be of interest to members of this list.

Louise Ryan

Dr. Louise Ryan, Social Policy Research Centre, Roberts Building, Middlesex
University, Enfield Campus, EN3 4SA, l.ryan[at]mdx.ac.uk

http://www.ul.ie/womensstudies/event-special-genderandmemory-jun05.html

Women on Ireland Research Network
in conjunction with
the Women's Studies Programme at UL
present a conference on
Gender and Memory:
Documenting, Recording, Transmitting
8th and 9th June, 2005

The University of Limerick
Plenary Speakers
Breda Gray, Myrtle Hill and Eilish Rooney
Panels include:

Archives
Auto/biography
Crime and Punishment
Literature
Politics
Migrations
Motherhood
Oral History

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Irish undocumented in US?

I find it strange that another high level delegation of Church and political
officials are heading to the United States to plead the case of the illegal
Irish. Given the attitude of many Irish politicians, and the Minister for
Justice in particular, to the illegal emigrants who have come to Ireland in
the last few years it appears that there is great hypocracy as to illegal
emigrants in Ireland, as has been seen recently regarding Nigerians. Surely
the same principle should apply to both groups. It is interesting to see
that Michael Ring, Fine Gael T.D. for Mayo, says that many of the illegal
Irish in the USA are married and contribute to the American economy. The
same case can be made for many of the illegal emigrants in Ireland. Do we
always have to have double standards regarding the Irish aboard and those
who come to work in Ireland!!!

Gerard Moran

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From: Thomas J. Archdeacon
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Irish undocumented in US?

When advocates for Irish undocumenteds were lobbying for legalization in the
late 1980s, they claimed there were 135,000 in the U.S. No responsible
source put the number above 50,000, and the census bureau estimated it at
35,000. The bureau doesn't always get it right, but it does a pretty good
job, especially given the absence of internal controls in the U.S.

My impression is that coming to the U.S. at this time would be very foolish
for any European unskilled worker, except perhaps for some from the former
Eastern Bloc. Nevertheless, once established, migration patterns tend to
continue even when they are no longer rational. The fall-off in legal Irish
migration may be partly due to the changes in Diversity Visa allocations in
FY1995, which took away the privileges the Irish enjoyed during the first
three years of the program. Therefore, that a modest flow of illegals
continues is not impossible.

Ireland, praise the Lord, is riding high these days. I hope the people are
enjoying themselves after centuries of economic disadvantage. Although I'm
probably in a minority in thinking this, I believe that the ride may be a
short one, although I don't foresee a return to dire circumstances. My
guess is that, in the next decade or two, thanks partly to inclusion in the
EU, the economies of Eastern Europe will blow past that of Ireland. I
visited Poland and the Czech Republic over the past few years, and got a
sense of real ambition and drive there that I've rarely encountered in
Ireland. Closer ties between the Slavic nations (omitting Russia) and the
US may also help them. Except perhaps among members of this list, American
concern for and empathy with the Irish has pretty much dissipated, as
Ireland has reoriented itself from being the "next parish over" from the US
to being a European nation with all the implications of that adjective.

Tom


Thomas J. Archdeacon
Professor, Dept. of History
U. Wisconsin -- Madison
4135 Humanities
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Subject: RE: [IR-D] 'Flood' of migrant workers proves a fantasy; 50,000 =
Irish undocumented in US? 2

I didn't wish to highlight this aspect of our double standards as I was =
interested in hearing what people might have to say about the alleged =
number of Irish in the US but I think Gerard Moran is quite right. The =
Fine Gael move smacks of the utmost opportunism and hypocrisy (not that =
I would single them out as a party any more than the rest of them). With =
the possible exception of Simon Coveney, I don't recall that any of the =
FG delegation to the US has had anything to say about the situation of =
migrants in Ireland.
Again, with the possible exception of Coveney, it's not exactly the =
party's A-list anway.

The Sunday Tribune published the results of a survey on attitudes to =
immigrants on 1 May- the newspaper is not fully online but the Irish =
Independent carried a summary (below) of the findings. Unfortunately I =
feel that the survey was unprofessional in some respects and even =
tendentious.
For instance, a social science 101 student would recognise that asking =
whether immigrants were a drain on the State's welfare system is a =
leading question i.e. one that points towards or presupposes a =
particular answer.
Moreover, the newspaper chose to ask a person called Aine Ni Chonaill =
for her reaction - she is a well-known but essentially toothless bigot =
whose views count for little or nothing in Ireland and whose nasty =
little Immigration Control Platform received a derisory number of votes =
at the last election.=20

Nevertheless the hypocrisy of attitudes in Ireland is unmistakeable. We =
are in favour of special treatment of Irish undocumented migrants in the =
US but a majority is opposed to the same terms and conditions being =
extended to undocumented people here. In fairness to the Catholic =
Church, it has consistently campaigned for proper treatment, not only of =
Irish emigrants (notably elderly emigrants in Britain) but also for =
immigrants in Ireland, although not all of the bishops have spoken with =
one voice and some have elected not to speak at all.

The other point to make about the survey results is that attitudes are =
highly confused - e.g. a degree of antipathy towards asylum seekers in =
general is tempered by a view that they should be allowed to work while =
waiting and also be local solidarity in particular cases. Similarly, a =
general antipathy towards foreign workers can turn to strong solidarity =
where particular injustices are highlighted e.g. the current =
high-profile case involving the exploitation of Turkish contract workers =
here. To me this suggests a lack of information and understanding and =
not necessarily a generalised racism. The Government and political =
classes have singularly failed to explain the issues to people or to =
create a climate of acceptance of immigrants in our midst.=20

Piaras

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Most still have no contact with non-nationals

Monday May 2nd 2005

DESPITE the fact that over 150,000 people from outside the EU have come =
to live and work in Ireland over the past five years, a new survey =
reveals that most of us - 66pc- still have no "non Irish" friends.

The survey, carried out by Millard and Brown IMS portrays an at times =
conflicting array of views towards Ireland's new multi-cultural society.

While 81pc of people said the Government should restrict the number of =
"non nationals" allowed into Ireland, 35pc described themselves as being =
strongly of this view. 72pc felt asylum seekers should be allowed to =
work while waiting for their applications to be processed.

The survey also found differing views in relation to how they would feel =
were a son or daughter to marry someone from outside the State.

Some 20pc agreed that they would not want a child to "marry a =
non-national", a further 9pc being strongly of this view; however, 28pc =
of said they disagreed with such a stance and a further 15pc disagreed =
strongly.

Although the remaining 29pc were not able to offer a view, 80pc of =
people questioned felt it was good that children in Ireland were growing =
up in a mulitcultural society.

The survey, conducted for the Sunday Tribune, was based on a =
questionnaire of 1,100 people of different ages and backgrounds.

Peter O'Mahoney, CEO of the Irish Refugee Council, said he was concerned =
the contact between immigrant and indigenous communities may be even =
less than the 66pc figure.

He said that when speaking to groups of third-level students, some 80pc =
to 90pc had never had a substantial conversation with a recent =
immigrant, much less someone who had sought asylum in Ireland.

He said the survey's use of the word non-national was somewhat confusing =
as it at times seemed to apply to all immigrants and at other times to =
asylum applicants.

He said in the past five years 100,000 people from outside the EU had =
come to Ireland to work, while 55,000 had applied for asylum.

Over 50pc of those questioned felt immigrants were a drain on Ireland's =
social welfare system even though asylum seekers are banned from doing =
so, while many did not think non nationals should be entitled to the =
same welfare benefits as everyone else.

In response, Mr Mahoney said more than half of Ireland's immigrant =
population were taxpayers or third-level students paying high fees, =
while asylum-seekers who were not allowed to work had only a guaranteed =
weekly income of =E2=82=AC19.

He said given the views expressed on immigration controls, it was worth =
noting that the numbers of asylum seekers deported last year was eight =
times the figure of those given leave to remain.

Denise Charlton, spokeswoman for the Immigrant Council said one positive =
finding of the survey was that young people saw multiculturalism as a =
way of life.

Eugene Moloney=20

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Tom's comments are perceptive. In particular, I think he is right to point
to the likely future development of the new accession countries. The pattern
up to now with successive phases of EU expansion has been the same - a
convergance in economic conditions between old members and new entrants has
led to a fall in out-migration. After Spain and Portugal joined a lot of
Spanish and Portuguese migrants went home to fast-growing economies with
improving working conditions. Soon the flow reversed - and Spain is a nice
place to retire to, even for non-Spaniards. Ditto for Greece, and ultimately
Ireland. Looked at that way the 'flood' of Eastern European migrants may
ultimately become a trickle and the flow may well then reverse. Right now, a
year after membership, places like Poland still have high unemployment
(close to 20%) but foreign direct investment is flowing in and jobs are
coming onstream in all sectors. They have the skills, the education, low
wage costs and quite good infrastructure, as well as being close the major
markets and offering low- and even no-tax regimes.. These places are likely
to see growth of 4-5% over the next few years compared to 0.5-2% elsewhere
in the EU (except for Ireland..).

The Irish Government doesn't seem to have got this point - the assumption
seems to be that there is a pool of available labour in the new accession
states which will be enough for our needs well into the future. Not only is
this mistaken, in my view, but there is the additional and interesting fact
that those migrants with the highest propensity to return will precisely be
those from our EU partner states (although obviously some will stay) but the
people with the highest propensity to remain and commit to finding a place
Irish society are precisely the people whose 'cultural distance' from us is
allegedly the greatest - e.g. migrants from various parts of Africa and
Asia. This has interesting implications for the development of a policy on
diversity.

I don't know if the ride will be a short one, as Tom suggests. I do know
that there is a certain mood almost of collective amnesia in post Celtic
Tiger Ireland. It behoves us to be a little more modest - much of our
present prosperity is due to the generosity and support of others - and to
study the lessons of the past if we are to be ready for a changing future. I
don't think this is happening much.

Piaras

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Who were the authors?



>Email Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>The following item has turned up in our nets...
>
>It looks like it might be a review of the Irish Empire tv series,
>videos, dvds - much discussed on IR-D.
>
>It would be nice to know what the visual athropologists have to say.
>
>Does anyone have access to this journal?
>
>P.O'S.
>
>
>The Irish Empire
>Publication: Visual Anthropology
>Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
>Recency: Volume 18, Number 1/January-February 2005
>Excerpt: This article does not have an abstract.

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The author is Reginald Byron - Sociology and Anthropology at University
of Wales-Swansea.

Abstract: Reviews the motion picture "The Irish Empire," directed by
Alan Gilsenan.

Murray State's electronic subscription does not allow full-text access
for one year after publication, so I cannot get at the text.

Bill

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA




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Kerby,

That is how the item appeared in the databases.

The journal's web site - it is a Routledge, T & F journal - is no more
informative, and gives no authors.

But I have now been told that it is indeed a review, 4 pages, of the tv
series The Irish Empire.

Paddy


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From: Kerby Miller
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Who were the authors?

>The Irish Empire
>Publication: Visual Anthropology
>Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
>Recency: Volume 18, Number 1/January-February 2005
>Excerpt: This article does not have an abstract.

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

P.O'S.


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Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium

From: RKMacmaster[at]aol.com
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 17:04:33 EDT
Subject: Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium

Third Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium
Ramada Hotel, Philadelphia International Airport, June 4, 2005

Who are the Scotch-Irish?

9.00 a.m. Welcome: Harry Alexander, President of the Scotch-Irish Society
of the USA and Director, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies
9:15 a.m. Workshop: Introducing the Scotch-Irish to Young People (Panel
Discussion).
Moderator: Thomas N. Campbell, Elizabethtown Preservation Associates, PA
Panelists: Thomas A. Campbell, Kutztown Area School District, PA Dr.
Caroline Golab, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia Patsy Lieberman,
Takoma Park Middle School, MD Trevor Parkhill, Ulster Museum, Northern
Ireland Beth Py-Lieberman, Associate Editor, Smithsonian Magazine 10:30 a.m.
Coffee break
Presentations: Faith, Culture, Patriotism, and Trade
10:45 a.m. Session 1: Moderator to be announced Dr. Jan Greenough,
University of California, Berkeley: From Hedge School to Old Field School:
Influences on Education from Across the Atlantic Trevor Parkhill, Ulster
Museum, Northern Ireland: Pre-Famine Protestant, Post-Famine Catholic: Do
the Emigrants' Letters Reflect the Stereotypes?
11:45 a.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Session 2: Moderator to be announced
Dr. James Doan, Nova Southeastern University: 18th-century Radical Thought
in
America: Ulster Presbyterian Influences
Peter Gilmore, Carnegie-Mellon University: Presbyterianism as Cultural
Marker: Covenanters and the Scotch-Irish
2:00 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. Session 3: Moderator to be announced
Dr. Richard MacMaster, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies and University of
Florida: Flaxseed and Emigrants: Origins of Philadelphia's Trade with Ulster
1730-1750 Dr. William McGimpsey, Independent Researcher: The Scotch-Irish of
New York City during the Revolution
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Workshop reconvenes: Findings and Recommendations
4:20 p.m. Closing remarks

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Kerby,

That is how the item appeared in the databases.

The journal's web site - it is a Routledge, T & F journal - is no more
informative, and gives no authors.

But I have now been told that it is indeed a review, 4 pages, of the tv
series The Irish Empire.

Paddy


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From: Kerby Miller
MillerK[at]missouri.edu
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Visual Anthropology on The Irish Empire

Who were the authors?

>The Irish Empire
>Publication: Visual Anthropology
>Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
>Recency: Volume 18, Number 1/January-February 2005
>Excerpt: This article does not have an abstract.

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Thanks, Paddy.

If you ever get ahold of a copy, send it to us--or at least the "us"
that were involved in the film.

Best wishes,

Kerby




>Email Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>Kerby,
>
>That is how the item appeared in the databases.
>
>The journal's web site - it is a Routledge, T & F journal - is no more
>informative, and gives no authors.
>
>But I have now been told that it is indeed a review, 4 pages, of the tv
>series The Irish Empire.
>
>Paddy
>
>

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Paddy-

A friend forwarded this link, thought it might be of interest to the
list.

http://www.unicaen.fr/mrsh/anglais/lisa/publications/008/table008gb.pdf

Bill

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of History
Murray State University
Murray KY 42071-3341 USA

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From: Jason King
jkingk[at]yahoo.com
Subject: Ireland Fund of Canada graduate scholarships for CAIS Maynooth
conference, June 22-25

On behalf of the CAIS executive, I am pleased to announce that six Ireland
Fund of Canada scholarships, valued at $1250.00 each, have now been awarded
to Canadian graduate students to present their research at the Canadian
Association for Irish Studies (CAIS) conference on the themes of 'Ireland
and the Atlantic: Intercultural Contact and Conflict', to be held at
Maynooth on June 22-25. The following graduate students will be designated
as 'Ireland Fund Scholars' in the conference program:



Shelly Hobbs (Department of History, Memorial University of Newfoundland):
'The New Irish in St. John's, Newfoundland, 1949-2003'.

Mervyn Horgan (Graduate Programme in Sociology, York University, Toronto):
'Displacing the City in the National Imaginary: Dublin and Toronto'.

Brad Kent, (Ph.D. Candidate, Concordia University, Montreal): 'The Thin
Society Abroad: The Figure of Ireland in the Italian Travel Writings of Sean
O'Faolain'.

Saara Liinamaa (Ph.D. Candidate, York University, Toronto): 'Landscapes,
Portraits and Peripheries: Art, innovation and the Nation'.

Josh MacFadyen (PhD Program, History, University of Guelph): '125 Years of
Scots-Irish Resettlement in Canada, 1766-1891'.

Isabelle Matte (Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, Laval University, Quebec):
Quebec's "Quiet Revolution" and Ireland's "Celtic Tiger": A Comparative
Approach to the Study of Religious Change"


In addition to the Ireland Fund Scholars, two other Canadian graduate
students have been designated CAIS- SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada) assisted scholars, and have each been awarded a
lesser bursary to present their research at Maynooth:


Leigh-Ann Coffey (Ph.D. candidate, University of Toronto): 'The Luggacurran
conflict in a transatlantic context'.

Simon Jolivet: (Ph.D. Candidate, Concordia University): 'Le Government of
Ireland Act et la voie politique modirie, 1919-1920'.



The conference organizing committee is also pleased to announce that the
conference will feature plenary speakers from a cross-section of Irish
Studies research centres in Canada, as well as a public interview with the
Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre, Ben Barnes, who will explore Irish
and Canadian theatre links in a plenary session that will take place in the
Abbey Theatre on the afternoon of June 23rd, 2005.

At the invitation of Cambridge Scholars Press, a proposal for an edited
collection of essays based on selected conference proceedings provisionally
entitled The Irish Atlantic: Intercultural Contact and Conflict will be
submitted for publication.



Dr. Jason King

Maynooth CAIS 2005 Conference Convenor

Department of English, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.