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THE IRISH SEMINAR 2005

invites you to the Madden-Rooney Public Lecture
by
Siobhan Kilfeather

Genealogies of Irish feminism

Chair: Kevin Whelan

Tuesday 12 July 2005

8:00 - 9:30pm

Room G 32 Earlsfort Terrace

Admission is free and open to all.

Siobhan Kilfeather is editor of the Field Day Anthology, Volumes 1V & V
(2002) and is the author of Dublin. A Cultural History (forthcoming).

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on -
the fact that the discussion is repetitive does not mean that it is
uninteresting or insignificant. There is an important issue in there...

On a train of thought - interesting to see there that mention of Peadar =
=D3
Riada. That 'ambitious new composition' must be, I think, the setting =
of
the Caoineadh Art Ui Laoighre. Which I have not heard. But Peadar's =
choral
works in recent years have been confident and ambitious...

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Subject: JULY-AUGUST ISSUE OF JMI


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A UNIQUE MIX OF ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND DEBATE
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Looking for the Irish Bart=F3k
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there still
some value in the concept? Composer David Flynn argues that there is, =
and
that now is the time for a new engagement by Irish composers with Irish
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The Scribe: In Search of James O=92Neill
Caoimh=EDn MacAoidh travels to Chicago in search of details of the life =
of
James O'Neill =96 Francis O'Neill's partner in the creation of the =
O'Neill
Irish music collections

Music in Space: Sonorities 2005
J=FCrgen Simpson reports on the Sonorities new music festival which took =
place
recently in Queen's University Belfast

Music, Ideas and History
Barra =D3 S=E9aghdha re-opens the debate on music and nationalism in a =
review of
a major new book on Irish music =96 The Progress of Music in Ireland

New Work Notes: Jennifer Walshe's 'Bed of Soft'
Conor Kostick reports on a unique musical project by composer Jennifer
Walshe

Traditional Music Review: Banners, Turf and Liquefied Gas
Fintan Vallely discusses Tommy Sands' new book 'The Songman', plus CDs =
by
Harry Bradley and Paul O'Shaughnessy, fiddle-player Gerry O'Connor and =
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Brock McGuire Band

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The editors of the Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern
Europe (http://www.heroicage.org) are pleased to announce the publication of
Issue 8:Traders, Saints, and Pirates: The Sea in Early Medieval Northwestern
Europe. The main articles are:

Twelfth-Century Norman and Irish Literary Evidence for Ship-Building and
Sea-Faring Techniques of Norse Origin by William Sayers.

"Bad to the Bone"? The Unnatural History of Monstrous Medieval Whales by
Vicki Ellen Szabo.

Time, Space and Political Communities: Transportation and Travel Routes in
Early Medieval England by Lemont Dobson.

Pictish Art and the Sea by Craig Cessford.

In addition we offer our regular columns and other features. Issue Editor
Elizabeth Ragan has done a very good job pulling these articles together and
bringing the Issue 8 to fruition and we would like to thank her for her
efforts.

In other and related news, our website has moved! Many of you will have
seen Bill Schipper's announcement last week regarding our new url:
www.heroicage.org. Related to the new url is the fact that we have moved
completely to the web site at Memorial University of Newfoundland. We would
like to thank MUN and particularly Bill Schipper for housing the journal.
Thanks also go to Dan O'Donnell and Bill Schipper for providing and setting
up the new site and address.

Readers will also note a change in the web site design. Board member Deanna
Forsman undertook a redesign of our site. We have now entered the 21st
century in web design which has far outstripped our original look.
Admittedly current web design has far outstripped our new design too, but it
is good to have a facelift. Our thanks go to Dr. Forsman for all her hard
work on the site and creativity. We also invite comments on the site.

One final note: with Issue 8 we have introduced paragraph numbering for
articles etc. in our issues. We have introduced this change in an effort to
address difficulties with citing online articles. As is obvious, one cannot
cite a page number if there are no pages! But paragraph numbers not only
resolve that issue, they also give an even greater ability to specify what
is being cited or quoted. We hope this development is of service to our
readers.

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soon.

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News has reached us of the publication of
Alexia Grosjean and Steve Murdoch, eds
Scottish Communities Abroad in the Early Modern Period

The names of the editors will be familiar as the developers of the =
Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe Database (SSNE Database), =
now hosted at St. Andrews University.

Note in this new book the chapter by Paddy Fitzgerald...

Patrick Fitzgerald, =E2=80=9CScottish Migration to Ireland in the =
Seventeenth Century=E2=80=9D;

...plus the other obvious points of connection with similar Irish =
communities in that period.

P.O'S.



From the publisher's web site...

(this can be a bit slow to load...)

http://www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub6_id21583.htm
=20
Scottish Communities Abroad in the Early Modern Period
Edited by Alexia Grosjean and Steve Murdoch
=09
In print, 2005
ISBN 90 04 14306 8
Hardback (xxii, 418 pp., 22 illus., in English)
List price: EUR 139.- / US$ 199.-
Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: History, Culture, =
Religion, Ideas, 107

This product is part of:
Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: History, Culture, =
Religion, Ideas

Migration is a fundamental feature of human experience. This =
extraordinary collection of essays focuses on a particularly intriguing =
sequence of migrations: those of Scots during the period 1600-1800. The =
book first considers the =E2=80=9Cnear-abroad=E2=80=9D (Ireland), the =
=E2=80=9Cmiddle-abroad=E2=80=9D (Poland and Lithuania), and the =
=E2=80=9Cfar-abroad=E2=80=9D (the Americas), and then details a number =
of acutely revealing case histories of Scottish communities in Bergen =
(Norway), Rotterdam and the Maas (the Netherlands), Gothenburg (Sweden), =
K=C3=A8dainiai (Lithuania), and Hamburg (Germany). Then, concentrating =
on the Netherlands, the focus shifts to specific cultural/occupational =
milieux: exiles (usually for religious reasons), students, and soldiers =
or sailors. In conclusion, three leading scholars=E2=80=94Lex Heerma van =
Voss, S=C3=B8lvi S=C3=B8gner, and Thomas O=E2=80=99Connor=E2=80=94offer =
wider contextual perspectives that compare the Scottish experience with =
that of other countries. As Professor T.C. Smout says in his Foreword, =
=E2=80=9CThe present volume is a breakthrough, surely the biggest =
advance in the field for a hundred years.=E2=80=9D

Table of Contents
Patrick Fitzgerald, =E2=80=9CScottish Migration to Ireland in the =
Seventeenth Century=E2=80=9D;
Waldemar Kowalski, =E2=80=9CThe Placement of Urbanised Scots in the =
Polish Crown during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries=E2=80=9D;
David Dobson, =E2=80=9CSeventeenth-century Scottish Communities in the =
Americas=E2=80=9D;
Nina =C3=98stby Pedersen, =E2=80=9CScottish Immigration to Bergen in the =
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries=E2=80=9D;
Douglas Catterall, =E2=80=9CScots along the Maas, =
c.1570=E2=80=931750=E2=80=9D;
Alexia Grosjean and Steve Murdoch, =E2=80=9CThe Scottish Community in =
Seventeenth-century Gothenburg=E2=80=9D;
Rimantas =C5=BDirgulis, =E2=80=9CThe Scottish Community in =
K=C4=97dainiai c.1630=E2=80=93c.1750=E2=80=9D;
Kathrin Zickermann =E2=80=9C=E2=80=98Briteannia ist mein =
patria=E2=80=99: Scotsmen and the =E2=80=98British=E2=80=99 Community in =
Hamburg=E2=80=9D;
Ginny Gardner; =E2=80=9CA Haven for Intrigue: the Scottish Exile =
Community in the Netherlands, 1660=E2=80=931690=E2=80=9D;
Esther Mijers, =E2=80=9CScottish Students in the Netherlands, =
1680=E2=80=931730=E2=80=9D;
Andrew Little, =E2=80=9CA Comparative Survey of Scottish Service in the =
English and Dutch Maritime Communities c.1650=E2=80=931707=E2=80=9D.
With a Foreword by T. C. Smout and a Conclusion by Lex Heerma van Voss, =
S=C3=B8lvi S=C3=B8gner and Thomas O=E2=80=99Connor.

'The present volume is a breakthrough, surely the biggest single advance =
in the field for a hundred years.'
T. C. Smout, Historiographer Royal in Scotland.

Readership: All those interested in early modern history, migration =
studies, Scottish history, British history, European history as well as =
those with an interest in social and historical anthropology.

Alexia Grosjean, Ph.D. (1998) is a Research Fellow in the University of =
St Andrews =E2=80=98Scottish Parliament Project=E2=80=99. Her main =
publications include: An Unofficial Alliance: Scotland and Sweden =
1569-1654 (2003) and a co-authored volume with Steve Murdoch, Belhelvie: =
A Millennium of History (2001).

Steve Murdoch, Ph.D. (1998) lectures in Scottish history at the =
University of St Andrews. His main publications include Britain, =
Denmark-Norway and the House of Stuart 1603=E2=80=931660: A Diplomatic =
and Military Analysis (2003), and, as editor, Scotland and the Thirty =
Years=E2=80=99 War, 1618=E2=80=931648 (2001).

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Breizh: music and the politics of nationhood in contemporary
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And it places its discussion within a number of similar debates in =
Ireland,
Wales and Scotland...

P.O'S.


Nations and Nationalism
Volume 11 Issue 1 Page 103 - January 2005
doi:10.1111/j.1354-5078.2005.00194.x
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Roots, rock, Breizh: music and the politics of nationhood in =
contemporary
Brittany*
Sharif Gemie1

Abstract.
The three terms Roots, Rock and Breizh (or 'Brittany') seem to make =
unlikely
companions: their meeting looks more like a collision than a confluence.
However, these disparate forces have fashioned a unique cultural dynamic =
in
Brittany. This paper analyses this cultural-nationalist movement. It
considers its socio-cultural context, presents some case studies of
particular singers and festivals, and evaluates the movement's =
significance.


Conclusion...

Instead of thinking in narrow, formalist terms of 'Breton music', I have
argued that we need to consider a broader 'Breton musical culture', a
category which would include non-aural aspects such as dance, costume,
festivals and an all-important socio-economic dimension. Here, it is
significant that diverse commentators have noted a particular =
Breton-Celtic
ethic in mass festivals such as the Vieilles Charrues and the FIL, which
retain a sense of intimacy and human scale. This musical culture has =
created
a particular cultural capital for Brittany, and has clearly assisted the
social, economic and cultural revival of a once-depressed region. =
Moreover,
in the hands of politically astute performers such as Servat, this =
culture
has created a type of new public sphere, a space for critical reflection =
on
Breton society.

There is clearly much to celebrate in this outstanding success. But, at =
the
same time, perhaps something has been lost. This vast, soggy, consensus
which turns out to cheer every single bagpipe player and fest-noz dancer =
is
probably not the best vehicle for an articulate debate. In Brittany the
'ambiance celtique' has become 'a synonym ... for the simple notion of
having a good time' (Wilkinson 2003: 228). What we have seen, in many =
cases,
is the transformation of Breton-Celtic music from a genuinely critical
voice, a rebel music, to something approaching what Tom Nairn might
recognise as an equivalent of Kailyard conservatism: 'Kitsch images for =
the
new mass reading public of the cities' (Nairn 1981: 157-9). Of course, =
this
shift has happened against the best wishes of skilled performers such as
Stivell and Servat, but the real dynamic of mass culture cannot be =
judged
simply by the words of its most articulate representatives. The contrast
between the easy celebration of the Celtic and the rigorous condemnation =
of
the raver is illustrative of how deeply rooted Breton musical culture =
has
become in the region, and how it can easily become conservative.

The development of this culture has certainly assisted in the creation =
of
one element of a potential national culture: it has popularised a series =
of
easy clich=E9s by which to distinguish 'Celtic' Brittany from 'Latin' =
France.
This point, however, has not yet been accompanied by any substantial
development of a politicised sense of Breton nationalism.

And yet ... the melody shifts, twists and grows louder, if not clearer. =
No
clear conclusion can be reached until the singer has reached the end of =
the
song. Some mysterious process is unfolding in these festivals and
celebrations: not exactly the discovery of the lost Celt, but - equally =
-
not simply another twist in the commercial cycle. Roots, rock and Breizh
have fused with a powerful developmental dynamic to create a unique =
musical
culture.
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News has reached us of the publication of this important book by Angela
McCarthy...

From the publisher's web site...
www.boydell.co.uk/43831430.HTM


Irish Migrants in New Zealand, 1840-1937
`The Desired Haven'
Angela McCarthy


'I have at last reached the desired haven', exclaimed Belfast-born Bessie
Macready in 1878, the year of her arrival at Lyttelton, when writing home to
cousins in County Down. There was a huge amount of worldwide European
migration between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, a
phenomenon which this book examines. Making close use of personal
correspondence exchanged between Ireland and New Zealand, the author
addresses a number of central questions in migration history, including the
circumstances of departure; why some connections chose to stay; how migrant
letter writers depicted their voyage out, the environment, work, family and
neighbours, politics, and faith; and the prevalence of return and repeat
migration. Throughout, the book gives significant attention to the social
networks constraining and enabling migrants. It also considers broader
debates in the history of European migration, relating to the use of
personal testimony to chart the experiences of emigrants and the uncertain
processes of adaptation, incorporation, and adjustment that migrants
underwent in new and sometimes unfamiliar environments.


DETAILS
16 b/w illustrations
328 pages
Size: 23 x 15 cm
ISBN: 1843831430
Binding: Hardback
First published: 2005
Price: 90.00 USD / 50.00 GBP
Imprint: Boydell Press
Series: Irish Historical Monographs

BIC class: HBCR

STATUS: Available
Details updated on 12/07/2005

Contents
Introduction
1 `It is well to gain that shore': Irish Migration and New
Zealand Settlement
2 `Very perfection of a letter writer': An Overview of
Irish-New Zealand Correspondence
3 `Seas may divide': The Voyage
4 `How different it is from home': Comparing Ireland and New
Zealand
5 `No rough work here like at home': Employment in New Zealand
and Ireland
6 `Bands of fellowship': Familial Relations and Social
Networks in New Zealand
7 `I must have you at home': Return Migration, Home, and
Relationships in Ireland
8 `Never denie your country': Politics and Identity in the Old
and New Worlds
9 `Out of darkness into light': The Importance of Faith
10 Conclusion

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Good grief!

The list contains today two books that in which I would have a great
interest - McCarthy's on New Zealand, and the collection on the Scottish
abroad in the early modern era. I gulped at the $99 price tag for
McCarthy's book, especially because I've not seen any assessment of it yet.
Nevertheless, I was able to rationalize that the dollar is weak and the book
may be a professional necessity for me. I choked, however, on the $199 cost
of the volume on the Scots. That reflects far more than a weak dollar.

I am co-editing a series on the Irish and the Irish Diaspora, and, for
unpleasant reasons related to the general problems of the U. Wisconsin Press
(rather than the series), have become somewhat acquainted with the economics
of publishing. The days are gone when publishers can count on library sales
to cover the basic costs. UW now expects hardcover sales to libraries to
amount to 200 or 300 on a scholarly volume. Specialists seem to be picking
and choosing too, and paying only for the absolutely essential. That is
with a pricing policy that strives, by hook or crook, to keep hardcover
prices at $50 or less in fields like History and English. Putting something
out at $199 - and perhaps even $99 - seems self-destructive.

Ours is not a big field; Paddy (I Think) and I have only a couple of hundred
people on each of our lists, and I know there is some overlap between them.
Among them, most are hard-core scholars, but they represent a variety of
disciplines and needs. The folks on my list, for example, seem mostly to be
in literature (unlike me) and not keenly interested in analyses of the
Diaspora as they are construed on Paddy's list. Many are grad students,
and, therefore, broke by definition. These book costs constitute a
considerable "barrier to entry" for people eager to build a field.

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UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

VISITING SHORT-TERM PROFESSORS IN ANY FIELD OF IRISH STUDIES

12th July 2005


This is to notify all colleagues and friends of an exciting opportunity
which has arisen at our University in the field of Irish Studies.

As a result of a collaborative plan between the Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences and the Irish community in Sydney, funds have been made available
to support the appointment of a series of short-term Professors in Irish
Studies for the period of at least 2006-2007 inclusive. These are
short-term appointments which would suit persons taking Sabbatical Leave or
those who can negotiate a period of Leave Without Pay from their home
institution. It is expected that the successful candidates will come to the
University of New South Wales, in Sydney, for a period of around six months
which will include one full teaching session, and will offer an
undergraduate course in an area of their interest while they are here.
Teaching sessions run from March - June and July-October. It will be
possible to arrange some flexibility in the timing of the visit, recognising
that teaching session dates may not neatly overlap between Irish
institutions and UNSW.

In addition, the Professor who is appointed to the position will be expected
to take part in the life of the relevant School or area, to which he/she
will be attached, and to give some guest talks and/or public lectures to
interested members of the broader community, in their own area of interest.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers an interdisciplinary major in
Irish Studies, drawing on elements from European and Australian Studies,
with contributions from the Schools of English, History, Media Film and
Theatre, and other areas on occasion. Applicants interested in any area of
Irish Studies will be considered provided their teaching can be encompassed
within the Faculty's general teaching interests. There are also a number of
postgraduate students working on Irish Studies topics.

Details of the Irish Studies activities at UNSW are available at
www.irishstudies.arts.unsw.edu.au

Further information about the position is available at
www.hr.unsw.edu.au/employment/PosDes/pd01070501.pdf

Or contact Professor Annette Hamilton, Dean, FASS, at
a.hamilton[at]unsw.edu.au, for further information regarding the position and
associated conditions. Potential applicants might like to submit a summary
cv prior to proceeding to a formal application.

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I think this is very true, especially re. grad students. I collected a
lot of books when I was doing my MA and PhD, but not by paying full price.
Used bookstores still sold them at a steep discount, and ultracheap remainders
were plentiful in places like the old Barnes and Noble in New York. Now, the
market for used books has been transformed and the prices inflated - and a
lot of old stores are gone. And, while remainders still exist, supplies
are far less than what they were.

I still find it hard to buy books at full price - a hangover from student
days, but also in shock at some prices - and I can at least claim them
on my taxes. There's no way today's grad students can do what I and
others did 10-20 years ago. And this is not just an added cost of
education, it makes it a lot harder when it comes time to teach or if one
winds up in a place with a weak Irish collection (the vast majority of
universities).

Mind you, this is no reflection on the books mentioned - I will be buying
Angela McCarthy's as well!

Peter Hart


On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Thomas J. Archdeacon wrote:

> Good grief!
>
> The list contains today two books that in which I would have a great
> interest - McCarthy's on New Zealand, and the collection on the Scottish
> abroad in the early modern era. I gulped at the $99 price tag for
> McCarthy's book, especially because I've not seen any assessment of it yet.
> Nevertheless, I was able to rationalize that the dollar is weak and the book
> may be a professional necessity for me. I choked, however, on the $199 cost
> of the volume on the Scots. That reflects far more than a weak dollar.
>
> I am co-editing a series on the Irish and the Irish Diaspora, and, for
> unpleasant reasons related to the general problems of the U. Wisconsin Press
> (rather than the series), have become somewhat acquainted with the economics
> of publishing. The days are gone when publishers can count on library sales
> to cover the basic costs. UW now expects hardcover sales to libraries to
> amount to 200 or 300 on a scholarly volume. Specialists seem to be picking
> and choosing too, and paying only for the absolutely essential. That is
> with a pricing policy that strives, by hook or crook, to keep hardcover
> prices at $50 or less in fields like History and English. Putting something
> out at $199 - and perhaps even $99 - seems self-destructive.
>
> Ours is not a big field; Paddy (I Think) and I have only a couple of hundred
> people on each of our lists, and I know there is some overlap between them.
> Among them, most are hard-core scholars, but they represent a variety of
> disciplines and needs. The folks on my list, for example, seem mostly to be
> in literature (unlike me) and not keenly interested in analyses of the
> Diaspora as they are construed on Paddy's list. Many are grad students,
> and, therefore, broke by definition. These book costs constitute a
> considerable "barrier to entry" for people eager to build a field.
>

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Ethnic politics and labour market closure: Shipbuilding and
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Ethnic and Racial Studies
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Issue: Volume 28, Number 5 / September 2005
Pages: 859 - 879
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DOI: 10.1080/01419870500158893

Ethnic politics and labour market closure: Shipbuilding and industrial
decline in Northern Ireland

Niall =D3 Murch=FA


Abstract:

This article examines the interplay of ethnic conflict and economic
interests in Northern Ireland, specifically for the case of the =
shipbuilding
industry, which received massive state aid despite its terminal decline.
Parkin's theory of dual social closure by members of the subordinate =
class
but dominant status group to monopolize resources and opportunities is
employed to examine the interests and actions of Protestant workers. The
contribution of local institutions including Extended Internal Labor =
Markets
to the salience of Protestant group solidarity is examined from a =
political
economy perspective. Political accommodation between Protestant labour =
and
the Northern Ireland government, and later British government political
fears of antagonizing Loyalist workers, facilitated huge aid to a =
failing
industry.

Keywords:

Shipbuilding, Northern Ireland, political economy, dual closure,
sectarianism=20

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I should quickly add that I am in negotiation with Boydell Press, the
publisher of Angela McCarthy, Irish Migrants in New Zealand, 1840-1937...

And there is a possibility of an IR-D list discount.

Of course a discounted horrendous starting price will still be horrendous.

But maybe not quite as...

I will report further later...

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News has reached us of the publication of this important book by Angela
McCarthy...

From the publisher's web site...
www.boydell.co.uk/43831430.HTM


Irish Migrants in New Zealand, 1840-1937 `The Desired Haven'
Angela McCarthy

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A number of linen-related items have fallen into our nets. It seems =
right
to just flag up how much is going on...

A number of IR-D members have interests in this area - and, as one =
reviewer
remarks, quoting Hobsbawm, =93Whoever says protoindustrialization says
linen...=94

Key names are Brenda Collins, who is now Research Officer at the Irish =
Linen
Centre, Peter Solar, Philip Ollerenshaw...=20

3 items pasted in below...

Information about recent articles follows in the usual way.

P.O'S.


1.
The European Linen Industry in Historical Perspective

Brenda Collins and Philip Ollerenshaw
Price: =A355.00 (Hardback)
0-19-925565-2
Publication date: 18 December 2003
OUP/Pasold Research Fund 360 pages, 1 map; numerous figures tables &
halftones, 216mm x 138mm
Series: Pasold Studies in Textile History

http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-925565-2

Reviews

* 'Readers with strong interest in material culture will find much =
to
contemplate in this book.' -History

Description

* Historical study of European linen manufacture
* Interdisciplinary approach to the nature of historical evidence
* Sets the study of the European linen industry within the context =
of
modern economic and social analyses

A wide-ranging set of original essays by leading researchers in the =
history
of textiles, from the disciplines of history, sociology, economics, and
archaeology. The book begins with an overview of the evolution of linen
production and consumption in Europe from the Middle Ages to the
twenty-first century which sets individual chapters in a wider context.
Developing from this panoramic survey, ten essays address aspects of =
linen
production and consumption in Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, the Low
Countries, and Germany, while two further chapters consider connections
between Europe and linen manufacture in north America. The book offers =
fresh
and revisionist interpretations of important historiographical themes =
such
as the significance of technology transfer, the role of the state and =
other
forms of patronage, the gender division of labour, competition with =
other
textiles, and the interaction between traditional practices and =
exogenous
change. The breadth of coverage of these issues is enriched by the =
diversity
of evidence from the subject specialisms, including documentary sources,
images, archaeological findings and artefactual evidence from material
culture. The book includes maps, illustrations, tables, a comprehensive
glossary of terms, and select bibliography related to historical textile
manufacture. It provides an essential understanding of one of Europe's =
major
manufactures and sets the development of the European linen industry in =
the
context of the emergence of western industrialised society.

Readership: Students of history, archaeology, textiles, economics, and
sociology. Museums specializing in the fine arts, industrial history,
textiles, and costumes. Specialist libraries dealing with the arts

Contents

* 1 Brenda Collins and Philip Ollerenshaw: The European Linen =
Industry
in Historical Perspective
* 2 Elizabeth Heckett: An Elusive Cloth - Aspects of the Archaeology =
of
Linen in Northern Europe in the Medieval and Post-Medieval Periods
* 3 David Mitchell: Linen Damask Production: Technology transfer and
Design, 1580-1780
* 4 Brian Mackey: Overseeing the Foundation of the Irish Linen =
Industry
- the Rise and Fall of the Crommelin Legend
* 5 Robert DuPlessis: Transatlantic Textiles: European Linens in the
Cloth Cultures of Colonial North America
* 6 Adrienne Hood: Flax Seed, Fibre, and Cloth: Pennsylvania's =
Domestic
Linen Manufacture and its Irish Connections, 1700-1830
* 7 Jane Gray: The Irish, Scottish and Flemish Linen Industries =
during
the Long Eighteenth Century
* 8 Beverly Lemire: Transforming Consumer Custom: Linens and Cottons =
in
the English Market, 1700-1830
* 9 Inger Jonsson: When Linen Provided for All: Wealthy Flax Growing
Farmers and Poor Female Scutchers in the Early Nineteenth Century =
Swedish
Linen Production
* 10 Alastair Durie: Government Policy and the Scottish Linen =
Industry
before c. 1840
* 11 Peter Solar: The Birth and Death of European Flax, Hemp, and =
Jute
Spinning Firms: the Irish and Belgian Cases
* 12 Karl Ditt: The Rise and Fall of the German Linen Industry in =
the
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
* 13 Philip Ollerenshaw: Stagnation, War, and Depression: the UK =
Linen
Industry 1900-1930

Book Review at
http://www.hbs.edu/bhr/archives/bookreviews/79/khoneyman.pdf


2.
The Impact of the Domestic Linen Industry in Ulster
Author: W H Crawford
Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
Publication Date: 01-04-2005
Format: PB
Itemnumber: 1-903688-37-X
Retail Price: =A39.99 =20
Web-Price: =A39.49 =20
Members-price:=A38.54 =20

Abstract: The domestic linen industry left an indelible imprint on =
Ulster
history. It was introduced by colonists from the north of England in the
seventeenth century, before the arrival of the Huguenots, and encouraged =
by
the landlords to improve their rentals. Earnings from raising flax, =
spinning
yarn and weaving cloth, provided farming families with regular incomes =
that
enabled them to lease small farms and improve marginal land. Continual
improvements by Ulster bleachers in the finishing of linens secured for =
them
control of the industry, focussing its development. Exports to Britain =
first
through Dublin and then direct to Liverpool and London, created a =
merchant
class and underpinned the development of Belfast and the provincial =
market
towns. By 1800 Ulster was reckoned to be the most prosperous province in
Ireland. It was also the most densely peopled with a population of two
million in 1821, almost equal to that of Scotland.

Web site

http://www.ancestryireland.co.uk/

Where you get linked to Books Ireland

http://www.booksireland.org.uk/index.php?id=3D906&backPID=3D893&tt_produc=
ts=3D359


3.
The linen industry in the nineteenth century Peter Solar
in

The Cambridge History of Western Textiles 2 Volume Boxed Set
Edited by David Jenkins
University of York

(ISBN-10: 0521341078 | ISBN-13: 9780521341073)

=A3250.00

http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=3D0521341078

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The Irish Linen Trade, 1852-1914

Author: Solar, Peter

Source: Textile History, May 2005, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 46-68(23)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:
This article presents and discusses annual series for Irish exports and
imports of linen cloth, yarn and thread for the period 1852-1914. In the
absence of official trade statistics for Ireland before 1904, these series
draw on information from harbour commissioners' reports and trade circulars.
The new estimates show that exports of cloth increased more than threefold
over the period, with almost all growth having taken place in two periods:
the early 1860s to mid-1870s and the mid-1890s to the First World War.
Exports of yarn and thread, always much less important than those of cloth,
peaked in the 1870s and showed little growth over the rest of the period.
Imports of cloth and thread were relatively small, though growing in the two
decades before the First World War.

Language: Unknown

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/174329505x37121

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The Hand-Loom in Ulster's Post-Famine Linen Industry: The Limits of
Mechanization in Textiles' 'Factory Age'

Author: James, Kevin J.

Source: Textile History, November 2004, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 178-191(14)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:
This article explores conditions in the Ulster linen trade which sustained
hand-loom weaving through the second half of the nineteenth century. In
particular, it investigates the role and limits of technology in this
process, and the impact of the American Civil War and its aftermath on
mechanization.

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Puzzles in the economic institutions of capitalism: production coordination,
contracting and work organisation in the Irish linen trade, 1750-1850

Authors: Brownlow, Graham; Geary, Frank 1

Source: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1 July 2005, vol. 29, no. 4, pp.
559-576(18)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract:
Pre-Famine Ireland is a byword for market failure and path dependence.
Production of flax yarn and linen cloth was highly regulated and coordinated
by the market rather than by firms. Contemporary political economists
suggested that these institutional features provided evidence of
organisational inefficiency. The historical evidence suggests that they were
a rational response to transaction and production costs. The Irish case
provides a test of the hypotheses that firms emerge to reduce the cost of
market transactions. It suggests that institutions other than the firm can
modify transaction costs, coordination of production can affect both
transaction and production costs, and that agents choose between market and
firm coordination given technology and factor prices. Finally,
centralisation of production was driven by technology.

Keywords: Production; Coordination; Markets; Firms; Transactions

Language: Unknown

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei010

Affiliations: 1: University of East Anglia and University of Ulster at
Jordanstown, respectively

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From: Alison Younger
alison_younger[at]yahoo.co.uk

Colleagues,
I'd like to draw your attention to a new initiative we are setting up as =
a
collaborative venture between the universities of Sunderland and Durham. =
We
hope that diaspora colleagues will be interested in being part of =
this...
Slainte
Alison O'Malley-Younger
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JOSE LANTERS =96 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE.
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of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Irish Diaspora. It =
will
also organise seminars, symposia, and conferences for scholars, Ph.D.
students, teachers, and other interested parties. The network will =
encourage
discussion among members on topics of Irish interest, and promote and
enhance the interest in Irish studies within the north of England and
beyond. It will eventually be developed as an electronic network, =
including
a newsletter and resources, accessible via the websites of both =
institutions
with membership open to scholars, teachers, and other interested
individuals from all parts of the world.
Membership: Membership is open to scholars who have registered with the
association. Registration entitles members full participation including =
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presenting of papers at events held under the auspices of NEICN. Members
will also be invited to contribute papers to annual NEICN publications, =
and
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Membership Fee - =A310.00
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Department of English
University of Sunderland
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Irish Migrants in New Zealand, 1840-1937 `The Desired Haven'
Angela McCarthy

DETAILS
ISBN: 1843831430
Binding: Hardback
First published: 2005
Price: 90.00 USD / 50.00 GBP
Imprint: Boydell Press
Series: Irish Historical Monographs

I have received the following email from the publisher.

The email is self-explanatory. You will see that a discount of 28 per =
cent
is being offered - you simply have to use reference number 05169.

P.O'S.


________________________________

From: Sean Andersson
sandersson[at]boydell.co.uk
Subject: RE: Irish Migrants in New Zealand, 1840-1937


Dear Patrick,

I would be delighted to offer our book to the Irish Diaspora list at =
just
over 25% discount (I've made it 28% to keep to round figures) and think =
that
we can make ordering it a simple process.

First of all members may view details at www.boydell.co.uk/43831430.HTM
=20

If members would like to order a copy they may do so for =A336.00 plus =
=A32.00
UK postage or =A35.00 rest of the world. That's a =A314.00 saving on the
published price of =A350.00. In North America: US$64.00 plus $4.00 =
postage.
That's a US$26.00 saving.

On-line orders should be placed at www.boydell.co.uk/souk.htm
as this special order form allows =
books
to be ordered at discounted prices when a reference number is entered. =
In
this case the reference number is 05169.

Queries or telephone orders to +44 (0)1394 610 600. Postal orders to =
Boydell
& Brewer Ltd, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK. In North =
America:
+1 (585) 275 0419. Postal: Boydell & Brewer Inc, 668 Mount Hope Avenue,
Rochester, NY 14620-2731, USA.

I think this includes all the information potential buyers would need, =
and I
think it's quite a easy, simple process. Do let me know if you think =
I've
missed anything though, or if you have any suggestions.

Kind regards,

Sean Andersson

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We have received a corrected web address for information about these
Visiting Professorships at the University of New South Wales

http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/employment/01070501.htm

This web address was presented incorrectly in the original announcement.

I have inserted the correct address into the message below.

P.O'S.


-----Original Message-----

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

VISITING SHORT-TERM PROFESSORS IN ANY FIELD OF IRISH STUDIES

12th July 2005


This is to notify all colleagues and friends of an exciting opportunity
which has arisen at our University in the field of Irish Studies.

As a result of a collaborative plan between the Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences and the Irish community in Sydney, funds have been made available
to support the appointment of a series of short-term Professors in Irish
Studies for the period of at least 2006-2007 inclusive. These are
short-term appointments which would suit persons taking Sabbatical Leave or
those who can negotiate a period of Leave Without Pay from their home
institution. It is expected that the successful candidates will come to the
University of New South Wales, in Sydney, for a period of around six months
which will include one full teaching session, and will offer an
undergraduate course in an area of their interest while they are here.
Teaching sessions run from March - June and July-October. It will be
possible to arrange some flexibility in the timing of the visit, recognising
that teaching session dates may not neatly overlap between Irish
institutions and UNSW.

In addition, the Professor who is appointed to the position will be expected
to take part in the life of the relevant School or area, to which he/she
will be attached, and to give some guest talks and/or public lectures to
interested members of the broader community, in their own area of interest.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers an interdisciplinary major in
Irish Studies, drawing on elements from European and Australian Studies,
with contributions from the Schools of English, History, Media Film and
Theatre, and other areas on occasion. Applicants interested in any area of
Irish Studies will be considered provided their teaching can be encompassed
within the Faculty's general teaching interests. There are also a number of
postgraduate students working on Irish Studies topics.

Details of the Irish Studies activities at UNSW are available at
www.irishstudies.arts.unsw.edu.au

Further information about the position is available at
http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/employment/01070501.htm

Or contact Professor Annette Hamilton, Dean, FASS, at
a.hamilton[at]unsw.edu.au, for further information regarding the position and
associated conditions. Potential applicants might like to submit a summary
cv prior to proceeding to a formal application.

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From: Kerby Miller
MillerK[at]missouri.edu

These email messages remind me that I would like to ask experts on British
economic history several questions concerning the Ulster linen industry and
policies relating to it in the post-Union century.

Can you provide contact information (preferably email addresses) for Peter
Solar and Frank Geary (the two scholars with whose work I'm most familiar)?

Thanks,

Kerby.

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SOCIAL ATTITUDES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
VOL 9; 2004
ISSN 1350-9942

pp. 5-20
Cinderfella (Finally) Goes to the Ball
Fowler, C.; Devine, P.

pp. 21-34
Information, Participation and Trust in Health Care Gray, A. M.;
Whittington, D.; Thompson, K.

pp. 35-52
Lifelong Learning
Field, J.

pp. 53-66
Family Relations and Social Networks in Northern Ireland Daly, M.

pp. 67-80
The Changing World of Work
Black, B.

pp. 81-91
Culture in Northern Ireland
Heenan, D.

pp. 92-106
Making a Difference? Public Attitudes to Devolution MacGinty, R.

pp. 107-120
The Impact of Devolution on Community Relations Harbison, J.; Lo, A. M.

pp. 121-127
Appendix I Technical Details of the Survey Devine, P.

p. 128
Appendix II Notes on the Tabulations

pp. 129-132
Appendix III Using Life and Times Survey Data