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I have stayed in touch with this group, and have occasionally, when asked,
offered advice, and have shared messages with the IR-D list...

Their core interests seems to be those of educationlists, at every level -
and really about the ways in which the task of sustaining a culture can be
fitted into the normal structures of education.

They have tended to label themselves 'Cultural EducationCultural
Sustainability' - and no, I don't know why they do that. Maybe it sort of
suggests that the flow is both ways...?

Anyway, these issues are certainly around in the study of the Irish
Diaspora, but perhaps not formally in those terms. Though I do recall a
despairing article by Dennis Clark some years ago, and that despair (or
gloom at least) might be said to be the main theme of his book Hibernia
America...

The group Cultural EducationCultural Sustainability have now launched a
journal - information from Zvi Bekerman below...

P.O'S.


Forwarded on behalf of...

Zvi Bekerman, Ph.D.
School of Education, Melton Center
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Israel, 91905
Fax + 972 2 5322211
Tel + 972 2 5882120
e-mail: mszviman[at]mscc.huji.ac.il


________________________________

From: Zvi Bekerman [mailto:mszviman[at]mscc.huji.ac.il]
Subject: CECS NEW JOURNAL CONTRACT SIGNED


Dear Friends
You are receiving this message because we have (together with our colleague
Seonaigh McPherson - co-editor) reached an agreement with LEA (our
conference proceedings publisher) to publish a quarterly, peer-reviewed
Journal on Cultural EducationCultural Sustainability. The truth be said we
owe much to Naomi Silverman at LEA for her encouragement and interest in
having such a journal published. The Journal will be entitled Diaspora,
Indigenous, and Minority Education - International Journal.

Soon we will be able to supply you with a proper advertising electronic doc.
but we thought it worthwhile in the meantime to let you know so you can
start thinking about submitting relevant MS of your own and/or letting
colleagues involved in this type of research know about the initiative.
Following a short description which might help you get a clearer idea of the
scope, aims, focus, etc. of the publication. The first issue is planned to
appear on Jan 2007 and early submissions can be send to the editors. Zvi
Bekerman mszviman[at]mscc.huji.ac.ill & Seonaigh McPherson
macpher2[at]Ms.UManitoba.ca



Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education - International Journal

A new peer-reviewed, quarterly journal that focuses on critical discourse
and research in Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority education. The Journal
aims at centering on attempts to enhance cultural sustainability in a world
increasingly consolidating under national, transnational, and global
organizations.. We welcome research conducted from a variety of theoretical
and methodological perspectives which emphasize the centrality of marginal
voices and a peripheral gaze. Moreover it is our intent to bridge arbitrary
disciplinary boundaries in which this research and theorizing are being
conducted today. We encourage studies that point to the complex
relationships among multiple political/economical/historical/social contexts
and the ways in which these shape educational policies and outcomes.
Accordingly, this journal seeks cutting-edge interdisciplinary research from
around the world to enhance understanding of the relationships between: a)
home and school cultures; b) educational development, curriculum, and
cultural change; c) culture, ethnicity, and gender in identity construction;
and d) societal attitudes and cultural variation.

Examples of topics include research or theoretical papers on:


. the impact of educational policies and approaches on
specific dimensions of cultural diversity;

. the impact of political and economic challenges on
efforts to sustain languages and cultures through education

. the formation and consequences of
religious/ethnic/national identities in educational contexts;

. the sustained dialogue between majority and minority
cultures within a variety of political and social contexts cultural and
language policies and rights in educational contexts widely understood

. the relationship between ecological, linguistic,
and/or cultural sustainability

. well substantiated exemplary programs and/or "best
practices" in cultural sustainability

. the potential contribution of indigenous knowledge to
contemporary western educational paradigms and practices;

. curricular and/or language of instruction issues and
their impact on cultural sustainability

. the relationship between home/local linguistic and
cultural socialization and schooling;

. educational practices and programs that promote
cultural sustainability and tolerance

. the role of ideologies in educational cultural
policies.



Zvi Bekerman, Ph.D.
School of Education, Melton Center
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Israel, 91905
Fax + 972 2 5322211
Tel + 972 2 5882120
e-mail: mszviman[at]mscc.huji.ac.il

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Three little Review Essays of over-lapping interest in the latest Journal of
Urban History...

The Finan essay includes a review of Slayton's life of Al Smith...

P.O'S.


Journal of Urban History
November 1 2005, Volume 32, No. 1

Edward T. O'Donnell
The Ethnic Crucible: New York City's Lower East Side and How It Got That
Way
Journal of Urban History 2005 32: 138-146.

Christopher M. Finan
We are All New Yorkers Now
Journal of Urban History 2005 32: 152-159.

Ellen Skerrett
Reconsidering Place and The Irish Experience
Journal of Urban History 2005 32: 160-168.

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For information...

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STUDIES -DUBLIN-
VOL 94; NUMB 375; 2005
ISSN 0039-3495

pp. 227-236
Where does the European Union go now?
Ahern, B.

pp. 237-244
Europe: Identity, Convergence and Expansion Sutherland, P.

pp. 245-253
The Future of the European Union - Economic Growth, Social Cohesion and
Sustainability Begg, D.

p. 254
Human Spirit - A Poem
Guckian, M.

pp. 255-264
The Market as a Mechanism for Social Justice: The Case of Europe O Brien, D.

pp. 265-272
The Lisbon Strategy: A sustainable future for Europe Molina, N.; Hanan, R.

pp. 273-284
Migration in Europe: Reflections of a Humanist Observer Dukes, A.

pp. 285-292
Migration in Europe: Fortress Europe or Opportunity Europe?
Peschke, D.

pp. 293-299
A Democratic Deficit in Europe?
Coghlan, N.

p. 300
The Lost Roundness of the World - A Poem Woods, M.

pp. 301-307
Foreign Affections: Essays on Edmund Burke, by Seamus Deane Fanning, B.

p. 308
The Smell of Connaught - A Poem
Conway, J.

pp. 309-310
A Case Study of Ireland and Galicia's Parallel Paths to Nationhood, by Eva
Roa White O Connell, P.

pp. 311-312
Jesus A Jewish Galilean - A New Reading of the Jesus-story, by Sean Freyne
King, N.

pp. 313-314
Imagining the Future: Our Society in the New Millennium, edited by Harry
Bohan and Gerard Kennedy Langan, M. D.

pp. 315-316
Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Older Irish People, Pearl Treacy,
et.al Kennedy, F.

pp. 317-320
The Death of Life: the Horror of Extinction, by Sean McDonagh Leen, M.

pp. 321-322
Peace Comes Dropping Slow: Dialogue and Conflict Management in Northern
Ireland, by Brian Lennon Hammersley, N.

pp. 323-325
An Easter People: Essays in Honour of Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy, edited by John
Scally Barber, N.

pp. 326-327
The Pius War: Responses to the Critics of Pius XII, edited by Joseph Bottum
and David G. Dalin O Donoghue, F.

pp. 328-331
Song of the Midnight Fox, by Eileen Sheehan Both Sides Now, by Peter Keane
Delaney, P.

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________________________________

From: Donna Whittaker [mailto:donnaw[at]vax2.concordia.ca]
Sent: 19 October 2005 16:31
To: patrickos[at]irishdiaspora.net

Dear Patrick O'Sullivan,

Dr. Michael Kenneally gave me your email address as we are trying to
advertise a job in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800). Though the ad states
"preferably" Britain, we are encouraging all Western European specialists to
apply, including anyone specializing in the history of Early Modern Ireland.


Could you send out this information to your listserve?

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or require further
information. I've copied the ad at the bottom of this message to allow you
to cut and paste, if necessary.

Many thanks,

Donna E. Whittaker
Assistant to the Chair
Department of History
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, QC CANADA H3G 1M8
Tel. 514-848-2424, extension 2414
Fax. 514-848-4538
Email. donnaw[at]vax2.concordia.ca


Early Modern Europe (1500-1800), preferably Britain, although all Western
European fields will be considered.

Subject to budgetary approval, the Department invites applications for a
tenure-track position in Early Modern Europe (1500-18:00), preferably
Britain, although all Western European fields will be considered. The
successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in hand and will be expected to
teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, maintain an active research
profile, and participate in the life of the Department. Applications should
include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, writing
sample, statement of teaching philosophy, and evidence of teaching
effectiveness. Candidates should arrange to have three letters of reference
forwarded immediately on their behalf. Review of applications will begin on
November 15, 2005 and continue until the position is filled. All qualified
candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent
residents will be given priority. Concordia University is committed to
employment equity.

Subject to the previously mentioned budgetary approval, we anticipate
filling these positions, normally at the rank of Assistant Professor, for
July 1, 2006. French proficiency is considered an asset.

All materials should be submitted in hard copy to: Dr. Graham Carr, Chair,
Department of History, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.,
Montreal, QC, Canada, H3G 1M8. For additional information, contact:
histjobs[at]alcor.concordia.ca or telephone: 514-848-2424, extension 2414.

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From: Rogers, James
JROGERS[at]stthomas.edu
Subject: Irish ecocriticism CFP



I am forwarding this Call for Papers on behalf of Christine Cusick, who
lately published an excellent article on Moya Cannon's poetics of place in
NEW HIBERNIA REVIEW. Please do send it along to other list serves or
potentially interested individuals.

_________________________________________________________________________

A Call for Papers:

"Murmurs that Come out of the Earth":

Ecocritical Readings of Irish Texts, a Collection



Long before there was a theoretical movement that defined
and categorized literary readings of nature, scholars of Irish literature
have understood the importance of the natural world to an Irish cultural
sensibility. An emphasis on place not only pervades Irish writing of the
twentieth century but is also rooted in ancient traditions of Celtic
mythology and place-lore. While critical assessments of Irish place writing
are numerous, few address such representations of the natural world as
politically and culturally informed and scripted texts. Even fewer address
the ecological implications embedded in these ways of knowing place.
Globalization, the expanding European economy, technological growth--all of
which have turned a famine-ridden colonized nation in the "tiger" of
Europe-- necessitate a consideration of place that is committed to its
ecological materiality.

This project will explore the natural world as a record of,
and participant in, the experiences of a place called Ireland. The
theoretical foundations of the project are rooted in critical assumptions
that have more frequently been linked to American studies. Careful and
trenchant work within the field of ecocriticism has effectively articulated
the implicit fallibility of any attempt to isolate nature from culture.
Through a study of the cultural forces that shape and construct an
environmental ethic in Ireland, this project is a gesture to wed the
critical impetus of ecocriticism to environmental concerns in Ireland.

This collection will be grounded in the long tradition of place studies that
carry us through very recent critical contributions, most notably Oona
Frawley's study Irish Pastoral: Nostalgia and Twentieth Century Irish
Literature (2005). The defining characteristic of this new endeavor will
be its contribution to not only the conceptual manifestation of place and
landscape in Irish texts, but also to the complex and concrete reality of
the wellness and sustenance of Ireland's natural resources. This will be
an interdisciplinary collection; thus, the "text" in this study will be
broadly defined. Critical studies of film, photography, and/or such social
phenomenon as ecotourism in Ireland, are welcomed. Possible topics include,
but are not limited to, studies that consider the following influences upon
the conceptualization and treatment of the natural world in Ireland:

emigration

diaspora

tourism

nostalgia

gender

colonization

language

traditional Irish music

storytelling

Celtic mythology

dinndshenchas

deforestation

rural despoiliation



Inquiries should be sent to Christine Cusick at christine.cusick[at]iup.edu

Established scholars in both Irish and Ecocritical Studies have already
agreed to contribute to this collection; however, engaging work from both
established and new scholars alike is welcomed.

All submissions should conform to the MLA Style Sheet.

Please send completed essay length submissions to:



Dr. Christine Cusick

Department of English

110 Leonard Hall

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana, PA 15705



Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2006

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Press Release

Unveiling of Brother Walfrid Statue at Celtic Park, Glasgow.
November 5th 2005 at 2pm.

1 A statue of Brother Walfrid, the main founder of Celtic Football Club,
solely financed by Celtic supporters, will be unveiled outside the glass
fronted entrance to Celtic Park on Saturday 5th November at 2pm. =20

2 Joining several thousand Celtic supporters at the ceremony will be =
past
and present Celtic players, officials and custodians, as well as Church,
political, sporting and community representatives from all over Scotland =
and
beyond, reflecting the essential nature, distinctiveness as well as =
openness
and symbolism of the Club. =20

3 The ceremony will be distinguished by music composed for the event by
Scotland=92s foremost composer, James MacMillan. Entitled =91Walfrid, =
on His
Arrival at the Gates of Paradise=92, it will be performed by the =
musicians of
the =91Coatbridge St Patrick=92s Branch of Comhaltas Ceolt=F3ir=ED =
Eireann=92, an
Irish cultural body in Scotland. =20

=20
Background to Ceremony
A statue of Brother Walfrid, created by sculptor Kate Robinson and =
solely
financed by Celtic supporters, will be unveiled outside the glass =
fronted
entrance to Celtic Park on Saturday 5th November at 2pm. To this end, =
for
the past three years money raising ventures have been taking place =
amongst
Celtic supporters and for eighteen months the planning committee has =
been
organising the construction and erection of the statue as well as the
unveiling ceremony itself. =20

This venture has resulted from the wishes of many supporters to honour =
the
man, who along with his compatriots in 1887/88, gave birth to the
institution that has become a community symbol. Tens of thousands of =
pounds
have been raised over the past three years by fans, including by Celtic
supporters associations in North America, Ireland, England and Scotland. =
=20

Andrew Kerins, the Catholic Marist Brother Walfrid from County Sligo
Ireland, is the critical figure in the history of the Club. The legacy =
of
Walfrid and his fellow founders of Celtic has meant that Irish =
immigrants
and their offspring, Scotland=92s largest immigrant community, as well =
as many
others from a variety of backgrounds and identities, have shared in this
cultural institution, been recipients of Celtic inspired charity and =
enjoyed
and celebrated the distinctiveness and success that Celtic has brought =
to
their lives. =20

Joining several thousand Celtic supporters at the ceremony will be past =
and
present Celtic players, officials and custodians, as well as Church,
political, sporting and community representatives from all over Scotland =
and
beyond, reflecting the essential nature, distinctiveness as well as =
openness
and symbolism of the Club. The statue will be unveiled by several well
known figures including Celtic Chairman Brian Quinn, who was taught by
Marist Brothers in Glasgow and whose family roots are in Sligo, former
Celtic player Sligo born Sean Fallon, as well as a grand niece and grand
nephew of Brother Walfrid and two refugees from the contemporary refugee
community in Glasgow. A number of children will also be involved in the
unveiling of the statue. =20

The ceremony will be distinguished by music composed for the event by
Scotland=92s foremost composer, James MacMillan. Entitled =91Walfrid, =
on His
Arrival at the Gates of Paradise=92, it will be performed by the =
musicians of
the =91Coatbridge St Patrick=92s Branch of Comhaltas Ceolt=F3ir=ED =
Eireann=92, an
Irish cultural body with numerous branches amongst the Irish diaspora in
Scotland and other countries. The ceremony begins at 2pm on Saturday
November 5th. Celtic and the Brother Walfrid Committee have invited all
Celtic supporters to attend this momentous day. =20

Futher details from:
Walfrid Committee Chairperson, Eddie Toner 07939585663

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-----Original Message-----
From: e-mail[at]euskalidentity.com
Subject: New Web Site: euskalidentity.com

*Sorry for Cross-posting. Please distribute widely*

Dear friends,
I have the pleasure to inform you of the creation of a new web site:
www.euskalidentity.com

Euskalidentity is the web site for Euskalidentity Kultur Elkartea (EIKE), a
non-profit cultural association dedicated to study Basque identity
worldwide.
It was recently created by a group of people coming from different walks of
life with two clear goals in mind: promotion and dissemination of Basque
culture throughout the planet.

Euskalidentity is a medium to promote not only interdisciplinary and
comparative studies on Basque identity but also to disseminate information
related to Basques around the world. Therefore, Euskalidentity is aimed at
increasing the awareness of Basque cultural heritage needs of those Basques
living abroad, among the general public and policy makers in the Basque
Country.
Euskalidentity is conceived as a platform to explore Basque identities
worldwide. It aims to become a virtual forum of discussion, which would
combine an academic and non-academic approach towards the study and
dissemination of information related to Basque people around the world.

Pedro J. Oiarzabal
Center for Basque Studies/322
University of Nevada, Reno
NV 89557 -USA
1-775-784-4854
Fax: 1-775-784-1355
pjo[at]unr.edu
http://basque.unr.edu

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=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Institute of Irish Studies=20
Subject: St Patrick's Day Conference

Dear all,

We are organising a unique conference and exhibition around the subject =
of
St. Patrick's Day and we would welcome your input. If you like to either
submit a paper or attend the conference, please see below for further
information, and forward this to others who may be interested.

With thanks

----------------------------------------------------
St Patrick=92s Day: paraders, performers and promoters

24th-25th March 2006
-----------------------------------------------------

=93Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick=92s Day=94 =AD or are they?

What do you do on March 17th?

Is Irish identity something which can be adopted, brokered and consumed?

How is St. Patrick=92s Day celebrated, commemorated, contested?

This unique event is a subsidized Conference (=A36), an exhibition and a
debate about St. Patrick=92s Day. We seek to examine and consider the
varieties and complexities of St. Patrick=92s Day in a modern world. We
therefore welcome proposals from academics studying St. Patrick=92s Day, =
its
history and its evolution; policy makers shaping St. Patrick=92s Day;
promoters engaging with the organization of public events such as St.
Patrick=92s Day; and paraders and protesters on the streets, at the =
pickets
and in the pubs on St. Patrick=92s Day.

Guest speaker =AD Dr Michael Cronin, Boston College Guest debate =AD =
=91Imagining
an ideal St. Patrick=92s Day=92 featuring parade organizers and =
politicians
Special Exhibition =AD =91Consuming St. Patrick=92s Day=92
Special Meeting =AD Annual General Meeting of the Anthropology =
Association of
Ireland

------------------------
Attendance at Conference:

Please e-mail Catherine Boone if you would like to attend at:
irish.studies[at]qub.ac.uk
The venue will be Queen's University Belfast and the room number will be
confirmed nearer the date.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---

Call for papers:

Please send abstracts of not more than 300 words to the conference
organizers by 15th January 2006. Inquiries and sponsorship welcome to =
the
following contacts:

Dr Jonathan Skinner (j.skinner[at]qub.ac.uk), Dr. Dominic Bryan
(d.bryan[at]qub.ac.uk) &
Dr John Nagle (j.nagle[at]qub.ac.uk)


Best wishes

Catherine Boone
Institute of Irish Studies
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
BT7 1NN
Tel: +44 (0) 289097 3386
Fax: +44 (0) 289097 3388
E-mail: irish.studies[at]qub.ac.uk
Website: www.qub.ac.uk/iis=20

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BOOKS IRELAND
NUMB 279; 2005
ISSN 0376-6039

pp. 217-218
Turfcutter's donkey: Phil Young

pp. 219-220
The Canal Bridge: Tom Phelan

pp. 221-222
Family matters: Ivy Bannister

pp. 223-223
Imram: celebrating our differences

p. 226
The artist as critic
O Riordan, A.

pp. 227-228
Cultural questions
Rose, D. C.

p. 229
Piety
Greacen, R.

p. 230
Pruning
Kelly, E.

p. 231
Microwave writing
Kirkaldy, J.

p. 232
Quixote vs revisors
Snodaigh, P. O.

pp. 233-234
Inside view
Canavan, T.

p. 235
Ex-press
Oram, H.

pp. 236-237
What is life?
Power, B.

p. 238
Transubstantiation
Johnston, F.

p. 239
Heart on sleeve
Leonard, S.

pp. 240-240
Kind Hearts
Doran, T.

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The speed with which the word 'Trinketization' or 'Trinketisation', has
spread demonstrates perhaps that there was something out there, an
experience, a concept, that needed the word.

The 2 spellings do not help of course - and both versions must be searched
for...

It is still mostly a word within the anthropology and the sociology of
tourism - where the word has become a standard heading in course outlines.

Moya Kneafsey - web reference below - uses the word, in quotes, to summarise
a sequence of objections to aspects of the tourism industry in Ireland. But
does not give a reference.

The background to the experience is in Adrian Franklin's book on Tourism -
sample chapter web reference below...

I think that the current development of the word owes much to John Hutnyk,
whose blog is actually headed Trinketization...
http://hutnyk.blogspot.com/

One reference is most probably now the Hutnyk chapter on 'Hybridity' in
Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 28, Number 1, January 2005, pp. 79-102(24)
- details below... Which uses the word in its Abstract...

...Though I have found an earlier use in Tracy Backrach Ehlers, 1996 Crafts.
In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Vol. 1. David Levinson and Melvin
Ember, eds. Pp. 247-252. 'Tourism and the Trinketization of Crafts'

It's around... Web searches will find more referencers. And examples of
expanding use - the trinketization of culture, the trinketization of
religion.

It is certainly a word that captures some experiences of the cultures of the
Irish Diaspora, and I suppose it is a word that I can envisage myself using.
But already I find myself wary - it is a word of almost instant and
unquestioning disparagement. And I find myself wondering, What is the
opposite of trinketization?

P.O'S.


Hybridity
Author: Hutnyk John

Source: Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 28, Number 1, January 2005, pp.
79-102(24)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:
This exploration of hybridity begins by offering a description of the term
and its uses in divergent and related fields, then a critique of assumptions
(those of purity, of marginality and identity). A discussion of cultural
creativity, syncretism, diffusion, race and biology (the history of
migration, language, culture, and 'blood') leads on to consideration of how
syncretism and hybridity seem to do duty as terms for the management of the
more esoteric cultural aspects of colonialism and the global market. The
argument focuses on cultural creativity - innovation and authenticity,
ownership of cultural forms, and of technological modes of cultural mix
(science fiction film as example) - to underscore how lack of attention to
political and economic difference makes possible celebrations of hybridity
as the fruit of late capitalist globalization. This links hybridity to more
explicit political terminologies and construes hybrid artefacts as
commodities of difference in the context of transition - urbanization,
privatization, trinketization.

Keywords: Hybridity; diaspora; syncretism; cyborg; urbanization; mixture

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/0141987042000280021



Tourism and Place Identity: A case-study in rural Ireland
Moya Kneafsey
http://www.ucd.ie/gsi/pdf/31-2/place.pdf

Tourism
An Introduction
Authored by:
Adrian Franklin University of Tasmania, Australia

Tourist objects, tourist rituals
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/pdf/books/010425Ch5.pdf

Cloth : 0-7619-6760-5
Paper : 0-7619-6761-3

Publisher:
Sage Publications Ltd
Pub Date: 03/2003
Pages: 312
Subject Areas:
-Tourism Studies
-Sociology of Leisure

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The prelimiary programme of the European Social Science History =
Conference,
ESSHC, Amsterdam is now on the web site...

Details below, at the end of this email...

A quick look finds at lrast 2 items of interest to Irish Diaspora =
Studies -
William Issel on Bishop Hugh A. Donohoe,and Ciaran O'Scea on an Irish
Minority in Early Seventeenth-Century Castile...

Abstracts pasted in below...

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William Issel=20
Catholic Labor Activism: The Career of Bishop Hugh A. Donohoe in =
California
Hugh Donohoe was a Diocesan priest, labor union specialist, professor,
editor, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Auxiliary Bishop =
of
the San Francisco Archdioces, and Bishop of Stockton and Fresno, =
California.
Donohoe personified Catholic labor activism from the 1930s through the =
Cold
War years. Donohue was a central figure in a network of militant =
Catholics
in California who were inspired by the writings of Pope Pius XI and by =
the
Catholic labor encyclicals to mobilize the church hierarchy and laymen =
and
women on behalf of a program of labor reform leading to the expansion of
union membership and labor union power in California and the nation more
generally. The paper is based on archival sources and it addresses =
several
issues central to the theorizing of social movement and social reform
organization mobilization and process. Donohoe's work as a Catholic =
labor
activist will be compared and contrasted with the work of other "labor
priests" and Bishops in other major cities in the United States during =
the
period who were sympathetic with and worked to extend the influence of =
labor
unions.


Ciaran O'scea
The Assimilation and Identity Formation of an Irish Minority in Early
Seventeenth-Century Castile

The Assimilation and Identity Foroation of an Irish Minority in Early
Seventeenth-Century Castile
In the early seventeenth century, partly as a result of the completion =
of
the English conquest of Ireland and partly as a consequence of the =
failed
Spanish intervention in Munster in 1601, approximately 10,000 Irish =
people
emigrated to Spain before 1608. This emigration caused severe problems =
along
Spain=B4s Atlantic seaboard and at the court and was only resolved due =
to
adoption of extraordinary financial measures, and its redirection to
Flanders. This emigration was, to a large extent, defined by its kinship
basis, and represented the wholesale transference of Gaelic Irish =
society
from its place of origin to the Iberian Peninsula. My research, which is
almost completed, involves the analysis of how the experience of contact
with the host society altered the identity of the Gaelic Irish group =
across
a wide range of aspects between 1601 and 1638. Among these are
family-kinship structure, the acquisition of literacy, how these =
emigrants
made their way or not in the host society, their internal struggles, and
their relations with Spanish society. One of the most persistent =
features of
this experience was the importance of family-kinship structure in =
defining
their behaviour throughout the whole period. This agnatic structure, =
which
in the opening decades showed considerable resistance to change, was =
forced
due to the loss of many its juridical, economic, and anthropological
functions to adapt a more Castilian family structure. Although the =
reasons
for these changes were complex, one of the most important was related to =
the
need to adapt to a radically different system of court patronage in =
order to
advance socially and economically in the host society. In essence one =
can
speak of a lineage based agnatic system coming into contact with a three
tiered class based system of patronage. The resultant experience was =
very
traumatic for the Irish communities as was shown by their subsequent =
group
behaviour. At the same time, however, as this slow process of change was
occurring, these emigrants also maintained close contact with their =
country
of origin. In fact, this remained another of the overriding features of =
this
emigration =96 the extent to which there existed a constant flow of
individuals to and from Ireland as well as between the various Irish
European communities. This meant that in theory the experience of =
emigration
and exile would have been transmitted to those who remained at home, not
just in terms of ideas but also regarding legal rights and family =
structure.
In my paper, therefore, I propose to examine how this experience of
exile-emigration altered the family-kinship of these immigrants, and =
then to
show how the changes in these structural elements contributed to the
formation of a reformed group identity.

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We have discussed on the Ir-D list before the care labour market. There =
is
an interesting recent paper by Sandro Mezzadra on the CSISP web site - =
which
some members will find useful...

Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process
Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of Londo

http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/csisp/papers/mezzadra_taking_care.pdf

Taking Care: Migration and the Political Economy of Affective Labor
March 16th 2005
Sandro Mezzadra (Dipartimento di Politica, Istituzioni, Storia =96 =
Universit=E0
di Bologna)

P.O'S.

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For information...

P.O'S.


Atlantis from a Geographer's Perspective:
Mapping the Fairy Land
by Ulf Erlingsson

http://www.lindorm.com/books.html

Book Data
Published: 2004
ISBN: 0975594605
LCCN: 2004094281
Page count: 100
Illustrations: 30
Format: A5 (ca 6" x 9")
Hardcover: Litho case
Protection: Dust jacket
Binding: Smythe sewn
Price: $21.20 now $16.95

See also...

http://atlantisinireland.com/

Further discussion...

http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/tara/atlantis3.php

http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/threemon_article_atlantis_from_a_geographe
rs_perspective.htm

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prweb243500.htm

http://newsroom.eworldwire.com/view_release.php?id=11134

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We are happy to announce the posting of new contents to the web site of =
the Society for Irish Latin American Studies:=20
www.irlandeses.org

- "Politically Incorrect: Irish Argentines in the Early Peronist =
Period", by Carolina Barry

- "The Irish in Falklands/Malvinas Islands", by Edmundo Murray
- New in the "Dictionary of Irish Latin American Biography": Baxter, =
Jos=E9 Luis [Joe] (1940-1973), activist and revolutionary. Cooke, John =
William (1920-1968), politician and ideologist of the Peronist movement. =
Farrell, Edelmiro Juli=E1n (1887-1980), army officer and president of =
Argentina. Guevara, Ernesto [Che] (1928-1967), physician and =
revolutionary.

Contact information:
Edmundo Murray=20
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Further to an earlier mention of this article on Ir-D...

I have now been able to read this Review Article by Janet Nolan - my thanks
to those who deserve to be thanked...

As is sometimes the way of Review Articles Janet has had to yoke together 3
rather different accounts of the Irish American experience - but that in
itself is a comment on the state of play. Because of her own knowledge is
able to make some interesting general points. There is a very sympathetic
and close reading of Miller and colleagues, Irish immigrants in the land of
Canaan - with the quite legitimate complaint that discussion of Protestant
Irish redefinition of ethnicity is scattered over 'no fewer than 35 separate
pages...'

I thought that this Review article was worth sharing more widely, and - with
Janet's permission - approached OUP, the publisher of American Literary
History, for permission to place the review on our web site.
Straightforward refusal...

Anyway, I have it here - so usual between the lines conditions might
apply...

P.O'S.




Nolan, Janet "Silent Generations: New Voices of Irish America"
American Literary History - Volume 17, Number 3, Fall 2005, pp. 595-603
Oxford University Press

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American Literary History 17.3 (2005) 595-603 New Voices of Irish America
Janet Nolan

The Irish are everywhere and in large numbers, and at least 45 million
Americans today have Irish ancestry. Nevertheless, until recently, three
major components of the diverse Irish population in the US have been
overlooked by most historians: Protestants, antebellum (or pre-Famine)
immigrants, and women. In fact, the history of American-Irish immigration
has focused almost exclusively on the experience of Catholic post-Famine-era
working-class men as representative of all the Irish who left their homeland
for the New World. Generations of other Irish who journeyed across the
Atlantic have been silent in the histories of the Irish in the US.

This circumscribed view of the American Irish stemmed from Irish as much as
American circumstances. Beginning with Henry VIII's break with Rome, the
English Crown's subsequent centuries-long struggle to impose its sovereignty
made Catholicism a political and social liability in Ireland and in
England's (later, Great Britain's) US colonies. Except for the short-lived
attempt of the United Irishmen of the late eighteenth century to bring them
together, Catholics and Protestants remained politically, culturally, and
economically segregated. After the Act of Union in 1801, which subordinated
Ireland to Great Britain in a United Kingdom, Protestants tied themselves
even more to an Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, leaving Irish national identity to
Catholics alone. In the New World, Irish Protestants likewise abandoned
their ties to an Irish ethnicity that was increasingly tied to Catholicism
and social pathology. Nevertheless, before...
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Silent Generations: New Voices of Irish America

# Nolan, Janet. Silent Generations: New Voices of Irish America
Subjects:

* Miller, Kerby A. Irish immigrants in the land of Canaan: letters and
memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America, 1675-1815.
* Dunne, Robert, 1964- Antebellum Irish immigration and emerging
ideologies of "America".
* Waters, Maureen, 1939- Crossing Highbridge: a memoir of Irish America.
* Irish Americans -- History -- Sources.
* Irish Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

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A timely mention of Janet Nolan's Review Article...

Since...


Glucksman Ireland House presents:


The Annual O'Malley Lecture - Janet Nolan


November 3, Thursday, 7 pm


Venue: NYU Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for University Life, 60 Washington
Square South, New York City


THE ERNIE O'MALLEY LECTURE SERIES


Janet Nolan will present: "Minds to Hands: The End of a Golden Age for
Irish-American Teachers, 1920-1935"


Distinguished scholar Janet Nolan, Loyola University, Chicago, delivers the
seventh annual lecture in this series endowed by Cormac K. H. O'Malley in
honor of his father. Based on her recent book, Servants of the Poor:
Teachers and Mobility in Ireland and Irish America, (Notre Dame Press, 2004)
and upon research for a forthcoming volume, the lecture will explore the
lives of two Irish-American women in Chicago, Justitia Coffey, BVM, and
Margaret Haley. Both were daughters of Irish-born parents, and both defended
Irish-American teachers inChicago's public schools against official
opposition to teacher professionalism.



Scott Spencer
Glucksman Ireland House
New York University
212 998 3955
scott.spencer[at]nyu.edu
www.irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu


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Date: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:19 am

Subject: [IR-D] Review Article, Janet Nolan on Silent Generations: New
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> Email Patrick O'Sullivan
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> I have now been able to read this Review Article by Janet Nolan -
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From: Jessica March
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Subject: John O'Donoghue's "In a Strange Land"?


I find myself at a dead-end - please may I draw on group consciousness?

Can anyone direct me to biographical sources/obituaries/reviews pertaining
to John O'Donoghue who wrote the trilogy "In a Strange Land" (1958), "In a
Quiet Land" (1957) and "In Kerry Long Ago" (1960)? Or provide any
information about B.T. Batsford who published them.

Best wishes,

Jessica March

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Jessica,

John O'Donoghue is discussed briefly in
Story-tellers and writers: Irish identity in emigrant labourers=92
autobiographies, 1870-1970
Bernard Canavan=20

in
Patrick O'Sullivan, ed., The Creative Migrant
Volume 3 of The Irish World Wide
Leicester University Press, London & Washington=20

First published 1994, ISBN 0 7185 1423 8
paperback edition 1997, ISBN 0 7185 0114 4

But you knew that. And all we were doing then, really, was flagging up =
the
existence of this tradition of Irish in Britain working class
autobiography...

If you have trouble getting hold of a copy of this volume I do have
spares...

P.O'S.



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From: Jessica March
jessica.march[at]st-johns.oxford.ac.uk
Subject: John O'Donoghue's "In a Strange Land"?


I find myself at a dead-end - please may I draw on group consciousness?

Can anyone direct me to biographical sources/obituaries/reviews =
pertaining
to John O'Donoghue who wrote the trilogy "In a Strange Land" (1958), "In =
a
Quiet Land" (1957) and "In Kerry Long Ago" (1960)? Or provide any
information about B.T. Batsford who published them.=20

Best wishes,

Jessica March

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Finding the Poem - Modern Gaelic Verse and the Contact Zone
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Irish language and poetry specialists might find this article of interest.
It is about Scottish Gaelic, but mirrors debates within Irish/Ireland - and
useful references.

P.O'S.


Forum: the University of Edinburgh postgraduate journal of
the arts
URL: http://www.history-journals.de/articles/hjg-eartic-j00031.html


Vol. 1.1 (Autumn 2005): Origins and originality

~ Krause, Corinna. "Finding the poem: modern Gaelic verse
and the contact zone."
Full-Text (HTML): http://forum.llc.ed.ac.uk/issue1/Krause_Gaelic.html
Full-Text (PDF): http://forum.llc.ed.ac.uk/issue1/Krause_Gaelic.pdf

ABSTRACT
Finding the Poem - Modern Gaelic Verse and the Contact Zone
Corinna Krause, University of Edinburgh

Exploring the relationship between modern Gaelic poetry and the ever facing
English self-translations by Gaelic authors, this paper identifies modern
Gaelic verse as literary contact zone highlighting dynamics surrounding both
the production and the reception of modern Gaelic verse whilst considering
the impact of such dynamics on the state of Gaelic as thriving literature
and language.


EXTRACT Begins...

Finding the Poem - Modern Gaelic Verse and the Contact Zone
Corinna Krause (University of Edinburgh)

In an article subtitled "Border Writing in Quebec", translation studies
scholar Sherry Simon celebrates the contact zone as a creative space where
translation and interlingual writing meet. Acknowledging her debt to Mary
Louise Pratt who established the concept of the contact zone in the context
of postcolonial literary criticism, she defines it as a "place where
cultures, previously separated, come together and establish ongoing
relations." Accepting that "historically, these zones have grown out of
colonial domination" she asserts that "increasingly, however, we find that
Western society as a whole has turned into an immense contact zone, where
intercultural relations contribute to the internal life of all national
cultures." (58) She re-evaluates the very activity of translation in today's
world stating that "the place of the translator is no longer an exclusive
site. It overlaps with that of the writer and, in fact, of the contemporary
Western citizen." (59) Not surprisingly, translation plays an important part
in Scottish Gaelic literature. Writing in Gaelic means writing in a minority
language, and considering Scottish literature as minority literature in an
English language context, Gaelic writing reveals itself to be twice removed
from the sphere of mainstream majority literature...