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Registration deadline for The Construction of Irish-American Identity
conference at Drew University, June 22 & 23, 2006, is Tuesday June 20.

Registration is $55. Contact Bill Rogers at wrogers[at]drew.edu

The program and other information is available at:
www.depts.drew.edu/gsdean/IAI/IAI.htm


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

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Bill

I'd be very grateful if you could put the following call for papers on the=20
IR-D list. Liverpool, after all, was (perhaps still is) the capital of=20
Ireland in England - and the hub of the Atlantic diaspora. Many thanks

CALL FOR PAPERS

Liverpool: a sense of time and place
St George's Hall, Liverpool, 14-15 September 2007
A conference organized by the University of Liverpool in association with=20
Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Hope University, National=20
Museums Liverpool and the Liverpool Culture Company.

Proposals for papers are sought for a prestigious conference in the=20
magnificent setting of St George's Hall in September 2007 to mark the 800th =

anniversary of the granting of letters patent to Liverpool. Held alongside =

a local history fair organised by BBC Radio Merseyside, the conference will =

form part of a major history festival to commemorate the octocentenary, an=20
ambitious exercise spanning (and synergising) the interests and enthusiasms =

of amateur, public and academic historians.

Papers should be of around 20 minutes in length and presented in lively and =

accessible manner to an audience embracing academics, the interested=20
general public and the local media.

Reflecting Liverpool's location at the intersection of competing cultural,=20
economic and geo-political formations, the conference will be structured=20
around a set of concentric and widening circles:

=B7 Liverpool and the north of England
=B7 Liverpool and the Irish Sea
=B7 Liverpool and the Atlantic
=B7 Liverpool, the empire and beyond

This structure, however, is essentially an organizational device to give=20
overall shape to the conference and to aid the selection of an=20
international panel of plenary speakers. It would be appreciated if=20
contributors could address their proposals to one of these spatial=20
frameworks, but there is absolutely no obligation so to do. Indeed, the=20
organizers welcome free-standing proposals on any aspect of Liverpool's=20
history, culture, character, image and identity. We are particularly keen=20
to receive proposals which explore and question Liverpool's proverbial=20
difference, otherness and exceptionalism. Why does Liverpool (and the=20
'sub-region' of Merseyside) seem to differ in socio-economic structure,=20
cultural image and expression, political affiliation, health, diet, speech=20
and humour even from the immediate surroundings?

From hesitant medieval beginnings as a planned town on a greenfield site,=20
Liverpool rose from comparative obscurity to become a great world seaport,=20
thanks in part to the infamous slave trade. By 1907, the time of its 700th =

anniversary, 'cosmopolitan' Liverpool was the proud 'second city of=20
empire', at the height of fame and fortune, as the architecture of the Pier =

Head attests. Thereafter, the narrative took a sharp turn for the worse:=20
Liverpool descended from 'world city to pariah city', to be stigmatized,=20
after a brief 'Merseybeat' cultural florescence in the 1960s, as the 'shock =

city' of post-industrial Britain. It is currently undergoing remarkable=20
regeneration, re-branded as the new 'Livercool', boosted by UNESCO=20
inscription of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site=20
and the award of European Capital of Culture for 2008. The Conference will =

provide an opportunity for historians and scholars from across the=20
humanities and social sciences to reflect on this remarkable roller coaster =

history. Papers examining the competing and contested images and=20
representations of the city throughout its history will be particularly=20
welcome. Why has there been such external misrepresentation of Liverpool?=20
Why has the city been portrayed as different and apart, an internal=20
'otherness' purportedly compounded by self-pitying isolationism?

In examining Liverpool's distinctive culture and character, the conference=20
will adopt an inclusive framework with critical reflection on the gamut of=20
iconic figures, ranging from the Scottie-Road 'slummy', the scally scouser, =

and the slick 'Cunard Yank' through to the Liverpool gentleman (as opposed=20
to mere Manchester man) - the merchant-scholar princes of 'Liverpolis',=20
Roscoe's 'Florence of the north'. Across the gender divide, the same range =

will apply from the 'Mary Ellens' and other women who made ends meet on=20
Liverpool's streets (and in the saga fiction of Helen Forrester) through to =

the upper class women who played such a prominent role in the development=20
of philanthropy, social work and the 'politics of conscience'.

Papers offering a comparative perspective will be particularly welcome. The =

conference should provide the opportunity to interrogate Liverpool's=20
vaunted cultural exceptionalism in the context of other port and 'edge'=20
cities.

The conference will also facilitate critical reflection on Liverpool's=20
cosmopolitan pretensions as 'the world in one city'. When, why and how was =

Liverpool's cultural profile enriched by the celtic inflow from Ireland,=20
Wales and Scotland? Was waterfront Liverpool a 'diaspora space', a contact =

zone between different ethnic groups with differing needs and intentions as =

transients, sojourners or settlers? Given its precocious multi-cultural=20
demographic profile, decades ahead of other cities, why has Liverpool not=20
served as role model and front-runner for contemporary multi-ethnic,=20
multi-faith Britain?

Abstracts (250-500 words) of proposed papers should be sent by 31 October=20
2006 to Professor John Belchem, School of History, University of Liverpool, =

Liverpool L69 7WZ. Email j.c.belchem[at]liv.ac.uk

Limited funds should be available to assist with travel and accommodation=20
expenses for postgraduate students who present papers.

John Belchem
School of History
University of Liverpool




Professor John Belchem
School of History
University of Liverpool
9 Abercromby Square
Liverpool L69 7WZ
email: j.c.belchem[at]liv.ac.uk
phone: (0)151-794-2370
fax: (0)151-794-2366

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Bill,

I'd be grateful if you would circulate to members of the Ir-D list this call for papers.

Many thanks,

Oliver

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Call for Papers

Adventurers, Emissaries and Settlers:
Ireland and Latin America

Society of Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS) Conference
in conjunction with the
Fifth Galway Conference on Colonialism
at the National University of Ireland, Galway, 27-30 June 2007

The Society of Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS, www.irlandeses.org) was founded in July 2003 to promote the study of relations between Ireland and Latin America. The range of interest of the Society spans the settlement, lives and achievements of Irish migrants to Latin America and their descendants, the contemporary presence of Ireland in the life and culture of Latin America and the presence of Latin Americans in Ireland.

From the mythical visit of Saint Brendan the Navigator to Mexico in the sixth century and the migration of tens of thousands of people from the Irish midlands to Buenos Aires province in the nineteenth, to the conviction of three Irishmen with alleged IRA connections in Colombia and the settlement of a community of Brazilians in South County Galway in the twenty-first century, the pattern of relations between Ireland and Latin America has been heterogeneous, fragmentary, and erratic.

The Society invites papers on any aspect of the multitudinous connections between Latin America and Ireland from academics and the general public in disciplines such as history, geography, politics, literature and linguistics. The aim of the conference is to promote the exchange of views and research findings on a diverse range of issues and on an inter-disciplinary basis. The SILAS conference will take place concurrently and in conjunction with the Fifth Galway Conference on Colonialism. For details on accommodation, please see www.corribvillage.com, or phone +353-(0)91-527112, for campus accommodation. Alternatively, see www.irelandwest.ie/accomodation.asp, or phone Ireland West Reservations Centre +353-(0)91-537777, for private accommodation in Galway City.

Abstracts (c.500 words) should be sent by email to the conference organisers, to arrive no later than 1 November 2006. Should you wish to attend the conference without presenting a paper, please register by sending your details to the organisers by 1 April 2007.

Contact details:

Organisers: Oliver Marshall: oliver.marshall[at]brazil.ox.ac.uk
Claire Healy: clairedhealy[at]yahoo.com

SILAS Secretary: Edmundo Murray: edmundo.murray[at]irlandeses.org

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Dear Bill,=20

Would you circulate the information below to the IR-D list please.

Many Thanks!

Catherine=20


Dance Research Forum Ireland=20
Foram Taighde Rince na h=C9ireann
at=20
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
University of Limerick

At the Crossroads?=20
Dance and Irish Culture
=20
Dance Research Forum Ireland's first International Conference takes =
place at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of =
Limerick, from Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th June, 2006. The conference =
will consist of dance workshops, formal paper presentations - academic =
and practice-based, lecture demonstrations, a Barbeque Ceil=ED and a =
contemporary dance concert. (Details of public performances at the end =
of this note)

The event includes presentations and discussions of many dance forms =
from sean-n=F3s, to traditional dance, contemporary dance and ballet. =
The event is inclusive, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary and =
includes speakers from both Ireland and abroad.=20
=20

The conference is open to all interested parties. The event commences =
with the opening reception on Thursday 22nd June at 18.30 in Plassey =
House, University of Limerick. This will be followed by the keynote =
address by Dr Ramsay Burt, De Montford University, Leicester, UK. This =
will take place in the Wood Room, Plassey House. Details of conference =
programme etc. are available on the society's website: =
www.danceresearchforumireland.org =20

For further information please contact either Dr Catherine Foley at =
catherine.e.foley[at]ul.ie; tel. 00 353 61 202922 or Victoria O'Brien, =
tel.00 353 61 602608

Social Events:=20
Performances and Demonstrations:
Barbeque C=E9il=ED: The Paddocks, Friday June 23rd, 8.00 p.m. Music by =
the Irish World Academy C=E9il=ED Band. Tickets EUR20 which includes =
meal. Tickets and enquiries: 00 353 85 158 58 37

Contemporary Dance Performances: =20
Saturday June 24th, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, UL.=20
Featuring CruX Dance Company (Cork), Catherine Young and Siamsa T=EDre =
dancers (Tralee), and Angie Smalis of Daghdha Dance Company), Limerick. =
Entrance fee EUR5.oo=20



Dr Catherine Foley
Course Director MA in Ethnochoreology
Course Director MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance=20
University of Limerick
Limerick
Ireland
Tel: 00 353 61 202922
Fax: 00 353 61 202589
Email: catherine.e.foley[at]ul.ie
www.irishworldacademy.ie
www.danceresearchforumireland.org

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SILAS is happy to announce the 2006-2007 recipients of Irish Latin
American Research Fund grants. The objective of the Irish Latin American
Research Fund is to support innovative and significant research in the
different aspects of migrations between Ireland and Latin America.

- Andres Bisso and Paula L. Migo (Universidad de La Plata, Buenos
Aires). 1,000 Euros. "Los procesos de construccion de la identidad en
las asociaciones irlandesas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires durante el
siglo XX".

- Igor Perez Tostado (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla). 1,000
Euros. "The Irish Experience in the Spanish Caribbean Frontier:
migration, identity formation and political participation in the island
of Hispaniola (c.1640-1660)".

- Fiona Clark (St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin). 700 Euros.
"Daniel O'Sullivan: an Irish military physician in the Spanish colonial
world (late eighteenth century)".

Three prestigious scholars sat on this year's selection committee: Laura
P.Z. Izarra, Chair (University of Sao Paulo), Kerby Miller (University
of Missouri-Columbia), and Angus Mitchell (University of Limerick), and
assessed the research proposals to award grants to the best projects.=20

The Irish Latin American Research Fund is open to faculty, advanced
university students, and independent scholars throughout the world.
Applicants from previous academic years who were not awarded a grant may
apply again and submit the same project.

This year's grants were possible thanks to Herman and Maria Ana Beuk,
Harry Dunleavy, Jim Geoghegan, Cathal McGoey, Bill Mulligan, Peter
Mulvany, Edmundo Murray and Hugh Fitzgerald Ryan.

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Forwarded on behalf of

Dr Brian Griffin
Irish Studies Centre coordinator
Bath Spa University
Newton Park Campus, Bath BA2 9BN
Tel: (01225) 875226
Fax: (01225) 875605
Email: b.griffin[at]bathspa.ac.uk

BATH SPA UNIVERSITY

second ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE
IRISH STUDIES CONFERENCE

18 NOVEMBER 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS

For students and recent graduates
from British Universities and Colleges

This year the Irish Studies Centre at
Bath Spa University
is hosting its second
annual conference, open to
Irish Studies students and recent graduates
from British Colleges and Universities.
This year's conference will have an open theme,
as the aim is to showcase the broad range of
topics that are studied by Irish Studies
postgraduate students and recent graduates
(those who have graduated within the last three years)
in Britain. A selection of the proceedings will be published.

------------------------------------------------

Abstracts of c.200 words for papers of 25 minutes in length should be
submitted
by Friday 29 September 2006 to:

Dr Brian Griffin
Irish Studies Centre coordinator
Bath Spa University
Newton Park Campus, Bath BA2 9BN
Tel: (01225) 875226
Fax: (01225) 875605
Email: b.griffin[at]bathspa.ac.uk

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Forwarded on Behalf Of Catherine Nash

Please find, below, a short report on the First Annual Postgraduate=20
Irish Studies Conference, Bath Spa University, 12 November 2005.

And see separate email for the call for papers for the Second Annual
Postgraduate Irish Studies Conference to take place at Bath Spa =
University,
18 November 2006.

--=20
Dr Catherine Nash
Reader in Human Geography
Department of Geography
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London, E1 4NS

Phone: 020 7882 3153
Fax: 020 8981 6276

Email: c.nash[at]qmul.ac.uk

First Annual Postgraduate Irish Studies Conference, Bath Spa University, =
12
November 2005.

On 12 November Bath Spa=92s Irish Studies Centre hosted the first of =
what is
planned to be an annual Irish Studies conference for postgraduates of
British higher education institutions. Over 30 delegates attended. The =
wide
range of topics, perspectives and theoretical approaches gave a =
tantalising
glimpse of the excellent quality of work which will undoubtedly be =
produced
by these scholars in future. The conference kicked off with a session on
medieval and early modern Ireland, with papers by Helen Imhoff on =
=91Past and
Present in S=EDaburcharpat Con Culaind and Acallam na Sen=F3rach=92 and =
Devon M.
McHugh on =91The Saunderson Family Portrait Collection=92. This was =
followed by
a session on =91The Union Period=92, with papers by Darryl Barter on =
=91The Irish,
the Charter and the Historians=92, Nicola Morris on =91The Impact of the
Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland on Irish Methodism=92 and =
Claire
Nally on =91Anglo-Irish Protestantism and Leo Africanus: Cultural =
Politics and
the Discarnate States of W. B. Yeats=92s A Vision=92. The session on =
=91Ireland in
the Early Twentieth Century=92 consisted of papers by Aurelia =
Spottiswoode on
=91The Great Mediatrix: Conflict and Conciliation in Alice Stopford =
Green=92s
Experience and Expression of Irish Nationalism, 1900-1929=92, Michael =
McCabe
on =91The October Pastoral of 1922 and its Impact on Republicanism=92 =
and David
Doyle on =91Healing the Nation? Aonach Tailteann, the Printed Word and =
the
Nuances of Post Civil War Irish Politics=92. There were two sessions =
after
lunch. The session on =91The New Ireland: Literary Aspects=92 comprised =
of
papers by Chris Davies on =91=94Faces Without Flesh or Colour=94: Peadar
O=92Donnell=92s Adrigoole and Social Distress in Rural Munster, =
1924-29=92 and
Claire Lynch on =91Keeping it in the Family: The Influence of the Family =
in
the Autobiographies of Brendan Behan=92. In the final session, on =
=91Aspects of
Contemporary Ireland=92, delegates were treated to papers by Bill =
Sweeney on
=91RT=C9: Public Service Broadcaster? Outside Influences and Resulting
Distortions=92 and Miriam Gamble on =91=94Shapes that Mean =
Something=94?: The
=93Yarrow=94 Template in Muldoon=92s Recent Long Poems=92. One looks =
forward to
seeing these scholars=92 work in print in the not-too-distant future.

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From: Michael Kenneally [mailto:kenneal[at]vax2.concordia.ca]
Sent: 26 June 2006 03:36

Subject: Story by Sean O'Faolain

Dear Patrick,

I would like to pick the collective brains of the list serve members
regarding I question I have been asked about a short story by Sean
O'Faolain.


What is the name of the story in which a man visits a cottage and sees
(leaves?) a rose on the pillow of the young woman who lives there. On his
return several years later, he regrets not being more proactive in his
pursuit of the young woman. I may be distorting the story but hope the
information I have been given will ring a bell for someone.

Many thanks,

Michael Kenneally

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Subject: Irish Studies Conference, Sunderland, 2006
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From: Alison Younger [mailto:alison_younger[at]yahoo.co.uk]=20
Subject: Irish Studies Conference

Dear All,
just to remind you that the call for papers (supposedly) closes now. =
There
has been a lot of interest. If any of you are interested in submitting a
proposal can you let me know?
Slainte
Axx
=A0
=A0
The University of Sunderland=20
In Association with the North East Irish Culture Network
Fourth Annual Irish Studies Conference
=A0
10-12 November 2006
The Word, The Icon and The Ritual [iii] -Ireland - Renaissance, =
Revolution,
Regeneration.
=A0
Following the success of its last three international conferences:
Representing-Ireland: Past, Present and Future, [2003] and The Word, The
Icon and The Ritual, [2004], and Lands of Saints of Scholars, [2005] the
University of Sunderland, in association with NEICN, is soliciting =
papers
for an interdisciplinary conference, which will run from 10-12 November
2006.=20
The conference organisers hope to represent a wide range of approaches =
to
Irish culture from academics and non--academics alike. Performances,
roundtables, collaborative projects, and other non--traditional
presentations are encouraged in addition to conference papers. We
particularly welcome proposals for panels.=A0 As with previous year=92s
conference, we welcome submissions for panels and papers under the =
thematic
headings of: Ireland - Renaissance, Revolution, Regeneration in the
following areas: Literature, Performing Arts, History, Politics, =
Folklore
and Mythology, Ireland in Theory, Gender and Ireland Anthropology,
Sociology, Art and Art History, Music, Dance, Media and Film Studies,
Cultural Studies, and Studies of the Diaspora. North American and other
international scholars, practitioners in the arts, and postgraduate =
students
are all encouraged to submit proposals to the conference organisers.=A0 =
We
also welcome proposals for papers in absentia for delegates who wish to
participate but may find it difficult to attend the event.
The last three conferences have resulted in the publication of a =
selection
of essays, and we hope to continue this with essays from this year=92s
conference.
This year we will have over 100 speakers in an international event that =
will
include a book launch, traditional music and dance, drama and a ceilidh.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers Include:
=A0Ailbhe Smyth =96 University College, Dublin
Mervyn Busteed =96 University of Manchester
Tony Hepburn =96 University of Sunderland
Proposals of not more than 500 words should be sent by 20th June 2006 at =
the
latest to either of the organisers:
Dr Alison O=92Malley-Younger =96 alison.younger[at]sunderland.ac.uk=20
Professor Stephen Regan =96 stephen.regan[at]durham.ac.uk
And copied to the conference administrator, Ms Susan Cottam =96
susan.cottam[at]sunderland.ac.uk=20
=A0

=A0

Slan agus beannacht
=A0
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
W. B. Yeats
Alison O'Malley-Younger [Dr]
Programme Leader: English and Drama
Department of English
University of Sunderland
=A0

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My colleague Tom Redshaw has asked me to post this query to the list: can
anyone give a citation, even an issue number for David Krause's appreciation
of Liam Miller and the Dolmen Press that appeared in the IRISH LITERARY
SUPPLEMENT ?

Tom believes it was in the mid to late 1990s.

Thanks

James S. Rogers
Managing Director/Center for Irish Studies
Managing Editor/New Hibernia Review
University of St Thomas #5008
2115 Summit Ave
St Paul, MN 55105-1096
(651) 962-5662
www.stthomas.edu/irishstudies

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

Irish History Online

a bibliography of Irish history created by Irish History Online
in association with the Royal Historical Society Bibliography and London's
Past Online

http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie/

From the web site...

Irish History Online is an authoritative guide (in progress) to what has
been written about Irish history from earliest times to the present. It has
been established in association with the Royal Historical Society
Bibliography of British and Irish History (of which it is now the Irish
component) and London's Past Online.

It presently contains nearly 50,000 items, drawn from Writings on Irish
History for 1970 to 2001, plus all the Irish material currently held on the
online Royal Historical Society Bibliography. (The latter is less
comprehensive but covers a longer period of publications, up to the most
recent). Included are articles from journals, including local history
journals, and collective volumes. Searches can be made by author, by
subject, by publication details, or by period covered.

Irish History Online is an essential resource for the study of Irish history
at any level. It is free of charge to users.

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Subject: Diasporas, Migration and Identities Postgraduate Event, Leeds,
December 2006
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Forwarded on behalf of
From: Katie Roche [mailto:K.A.Roche[at]leeds.ac.uk]=20

Subject: Diasporas, Migration and Identities Postgraduate Event

Dear all
=A0
Diasporas, Migration and Identities Postgraduate Event,=20
13 and 14 December 2006, University of Leeds
=A0
We are now sending out a call for papers for this event, and are seeking
15-20 minute contributions on the subject of your research and its =
relation
to diasporas, migration and identities.
=A0
We are asking for abstracts of up to 200 words, sent to me by email =
please.
=A0
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 31 August.
=A0
You will be notified in early September as to whether or not your paper =
is
accepted.
=A0
Registration details and forms will also be sent to you in early =
September.
=A0
Best wishes, and I look forward to hearing from you.
=A0
Katie Roche
AHRC Programme Administrator
Diasporas, Migration and Identities
Address: Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel: +44 113 3437838
Fax: +44 113 3433654
email: k.a.roche[at]leeds.ac.uk

http://www.diasporas.ac.uk

=A0

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Mediating the Word: Language and Dialects in the British and
Irish Reformations
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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

Felicity Heal's article about translating scripture into the vernacular is
wide-ranging and will interest a number of Ir-D members...

It begins with that famous quote from Erasmus... ' 'I wold to God they [the
words of Scripture] were translated into the tounges of all men, so that
they myghte not only be read and knowne of the Scotes and Yryshmen, but also
of the Turkes and Saracens.'

P.O'S.

HEAL, FELICITY. "Mediating the Word: Language and Dialects in the British
and Irish Reformations." The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 56, no. 02
(2005): 261 - 286.

Abstract

Translating the Scriptures into the vernacular was a primary concern of
Protestant reformers. This led to worries about the precise language-form in
which they should be made accessible to lay folk. This article situates such
evangelical debates within contemporary understanding of the nature and role
of native tongues. Tudor and Stuart governments sometimes saw English as a
tool of political control; humanists questioned the 'copiousness' of the
vernacular; the Celtic tongues were readily identified with barbarity; the
status of the written word might be contaminated by the use of dialect.
Translators and authors sought to address these concerns, with great success
in England, Lowland Scotland and Wales, but much less effectively in
Gaelic-speaking Ireland and Scotland.

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From: D.C. Rose [mailto:musard[at]tiscali.fr]=20
Subject: Conference on South Asian Diasporas=20

Would this be of interest to the group?
=A0
Best,
=A0
David R.
=A0
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Summer Pervez=20
To: cfp[at]english.upenn.edu=20
=A0
Call for Papers for SALA's (South Asian Literary Association) 7th Annual
Conference (December 26 and 27, 2006; to be held in conjunction with the
MLA)=20

For its 6th annual conference, the South Asian Literature Association
invites proposals (of no more than 200-300 words) on the subject:
"Postcolonialism and South Asian Diasporas"=20

As Arjun Appadurai observes, diasporic communities such as the ones
formed in the West Indies, Malaya, Fiji, Mauritius, Eastern and Western
Africa, the U. K., and the U. S. by the phenomenon of transnationalism,
"safe from the depredations of their home states... become doubly loyal
to their nations of origin" (49). It implies a process in which
formations that have traditionally been perceived as restricted to
well-defined political and geographical boundaries have transgressed
national borders, producing new social formations. Do diasporic politics
then lead to cultural and religious fanaticism by emphasizing a
conception of identity polarized between the "authentic" and the
"demonic"? For instance, how is South Asian identity negotiated in
Western spaces and vice versa? How is identity read by privileging
history? How do diasporic practices affect canonical understandings of
literary texts?

Though diasporic cultural, political, social, and economic practices are
subjects addressed most frequently in the social sciences-especially
sociology and political science-they are of great importance to literary
and cultural studies as well. The 7th annual SALA conference, therefore,
will address diasporic practices in South Asian culture and the
arts-literature, cinema, and other audiovisual and textual media.

Some suggested themes and questions are:

*=A0=A0=A0 Examination of textual and contextual accounts, leading =
theoretical
and historical accounts, programs, and critiques of postcolonial culture
and the South Asian Diaspora. This may include recent South Asian cinema
in and about the diaspora as well as essays and pamphlets on diasporic
practices and sensibilities by literary writers.

*=A0=A0=A0=A0 The authors of these works of fiction and theory can =
include new
immigrants and descendants of old immigrants who live and work in
Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Saharan and Sub-Saharan Africa, the
Caribbean, Southeast Asia, etc., as well as itinerant writers who live
and work elsewhere, but all of whom have had a significant impact on the
literary world in the past fifteen years.

*=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Among the key topics explored can be the status in =
postcolonial
studies of linguistic representation and subjectivity; knowledge,
interest, and power; history and intertextuality; nationalism,
fundamentalism, and transnationalism; authors and critics; and the
forging of cross-cultural, interdiscursive, and diasporic practices that
are staked out across geopolitical boundaries.

*=A0=A0=A0=A0 Are diasporic identities exclusively a first-generation =
practice?
=A0
*=A0=A0=A0=A0 Do the transnational concerns between the politics of =
Islamic
fundamentalism and the culture of Islamic diasporas endure?
=A0
*=A0=A0=A0 Do the transnational concerns between the emergence of the =
Hindu
right in India and the culture of Hindu diasporas endure?
=A0
*=A0=A0=A0 Do diasporic writers reinforce or dismantle monolithic codes?

*=A0=A0=A0 Does the celebration of hybridity or multiculturalism in
postcolonial texts lack affiliation with the indigenous politics in the
Indian subcontinent?
=A0
*=A0=A0=A0=A0 Does the global grammar of postmodernist and postcolonial
mainstream dehistoricize the specific historical and religious
affiliations of diasporic groups?

Please email abstracts of 200-300 words electronically, by fax
(613-592-5990), or by regular mail to both conference co-chairs by June
1, 2005:

Nyla Ali Khan, Conference Co-Chair, SALA 2006 Assistant Professor
Department of English Thomas Hall 202 University of Nebraska-Kearney
Kearney, Nebraska 68849 USA nylakhan[at]aol.com or khanna[at]unk.edu

and
=A0
Summer Pervez, Conference Co-Chair, SLA 2006 Dept. of English,
University of Ottawa 70 Laurier Ave E Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
sperv073[at]uottawa.ca or summer[at]junooni.ca

Please include your full name, institutional affiliation, title, phone
number and email address with your proposal. A panel proposal will be
considered ONLY IF it includes a detailed abstract for each paper, a
designated chair, and a short statement as to why the submissions should
be considered as a panel rather than as individual presentations.

The SALA conference will be held on December 26 and 27 in Philadelphia,
in conjunction with the MLA convention.=20

SALA also publishes the refereed journal, South Asian Review (SAR).=A0 =
All
abstracts accepted for the conference will be published in the special
conference number of the SAR.=A0 Inquiries about SAR should be directed =
to
Kamal Verma at kverma+[at]pitt.edu.

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James and Tom,

I have looked through my back copies of ILS...

Not as pleasant or easy as you might think...

The paper has become crumbly and yellow, and the articles are listed at the
front in varying formats, with odd titles...

The reference is...

David Krause, 'Remembering Liam: An Epiphany of Friendship', Irish Literary
Supplement, Fall 1992, Volume 11, Number 2, pp 26-30.

Patrick O'Sullivan


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Subject: [IR-D] Krause on Dolmen

My colleague Tom Redshaw has asked me to post this query to the list: can
anyone give a citation, even an issue number for David Krause's appreciation
of Liam Miller and the Dolmen Press that appeared in the IRISH LITERARY
SUPPLEMENT ?

Tom believes it was in the mid to late 1990s.

Thanks

James S. Rogers
Managing Director/Center for Irish Studies
Managing Editor/New Hibernia Review
University of St Thomas #5008
2115 Summit Ave
St Paul, MN 55105-1096
(651) 962-5662
www.stthomas.edu/irishstudies

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From: Rogers, James [mailto:JROGERS[at]stthomas.edu]
Subject: RE: [IR-D] Krause, Remembering Liam

Thanks very much. Articles in ILS are indexed in the Expanded Academic
database, but apparently only starting in the late 90s or so.

Once again, the list and its godfather come through !

JSR

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick O'Sullivan [mailto:P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:02 AM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Krause, Remembering Liam

James and Tom,

I have looked through my back copies of ILS...

Not as pleasant or easy as you might think...

The paper has become crumbly and yellow, and the articles are listed at the
front in varying formats, with odd titles...

The reference is...

David Krause, 'Remembering Liam: An Epiphany of Friendship', Irish Literary
Supplement, Fall 1992, Volume 11, Number 2, pp 26-30.

Patrick O'Sullivan


-----Original Message-----
From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Rogers, James
Sent: 26 June 2006 20:30
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [IR-D] Krause on Dolmen

My colleague Tom Redshaw has asked me to post this query to the list: can
anyone give a citation, even an issue number for David Krause's appreciation
of Liam Miller and the Dolmen Press that appeared in the IRISH LITERARY
SUPPLEMENT ?

Tom believes it was in the mid to late 1990s.

Thanks

James S. Rogers
Managing Director/Center for Irish Studies
Managing Editor/New Hibernia Review
University of St Thomas #5008
2115 Summit Ave
St Paul, MN 55105-1096
(651) 962-5662
www.stthomas.edu/irishstudies

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Forwarded on behalf of

From: Madeleine Kingston [mailto:M.Kingston[at]londonmet.ac.uk]
Sent: 28 June 2006 16:40
Subject: Changing and Claiming Ethnic Identities: Seminar 20 July
Importance: High

DO NOTE, Contact information...

For more details about the London seminar please email Madeleine Kingston at
London Metropolitan University: iset[at]londonmet.ac.uk

There will also be a similar seminar in Liverpool on 17 July. For details of
this seminar please email Professor Robert Moore: rsmoore[at]liv.ac.uk

If anyone can get to these seminars I am sure that the IR-D list would like
a brief report...

P.O'S.


Dear Patrick,

Please could you circulate the details of this seminar to colleagues on
the Irish Diaspora list
Many thanks
Madeleine

--
Madeleine Kingston
Administrative Manager
Institute for the Study of European Transformations (ISET)
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB
Telephone: +44 (0)207 133 2927

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Changing and Claiming Ethnic Identities in the 1991 and 2001 censuses

20 July 2006: The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University

There will be a half-day seminar to present the findings of a research
project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and conducted
by Professor Robert Moore (Liverpool University) and Professor Mary
Hickman (London Metropolitan University).

Using the Longitudinal Study of the census the research examined two issues:

(1) Only about one percent of people who responded 'White' in the 1991
census did not choose one of the White categories of the 2001 census.
But around 9 per cent of people who responded in one of the 'Asian'
categories changed in 2001 and over 20 per cent of those in Black
African or Black Caribbean opted for a different ethnic category in
2001. The research explores the social characteristics of those who
changed their ethnic identity between the 1991 and 2001 censuses.

(2) There was an Irish category for the first time in 2001. On the basis
of earlier research it was believed that the Irish were undercounted in
the census partly because of a possible confusion between nationality
and cultural background in the use of the words British and Irish. The
research examines the social characteristics of those who did and did
not claim Irish identity.

The findings of the research should be of interest to people concerned
with issues of ethnic and racial differentiation and/or working with
different ethnic groups in the public and voluntary sectors; and to
academics working in ethnic and racial studies and Irish Studies.

The seminar will be held at the Women's Library (see address and
location link below) in London Metropolitan University from 10 am to 2
pm on Thursday 20 July.
There is no charge for the seminar and a light lunch will be provided.
There are thirty places available which will be allocated on a
first-come basis.

The Women's Library
Old Castle Street
London, E1 7NT
Tel: 0207 320 1191
Fax: 0207 320 2333

Map: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/about/location.cfm

For more details about the London seminar please email Madeleine
Kingston at London Metropolitan University: iset[at]londonmet.ac.uk

There will also be a similar seminar in Liverpool on 17 July. For
details of this seminar please email Professor Robert Moore:
rsmoore[at]liv.ac.uk

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan

Details below of Mary Tilki's new article which will interest a number =
of
IR-D members...

Tilki, Mary. "The social contexts of drinking among Irish men in =
London."
Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy 13, no. 3 (2006): 247 - 261.

The arguments and the material are presented with great delicacy - good =
use,
for example, of Ultan Cowley and Liam Greenslade. So, just in terms of
collecting references, very useful. No mention of Elizabeth Malcolm or
Richard Stivers, though the argument, it might be thought, overlaps with
Stivers...

This is a significant piece of work. And therefore... Usual between =
the
lines conditions apply...

P.O'S.


Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy =09
Publisher: Taylor & Francis =09
Issue: Volume 13, Number 3 / June 2006 =09
Pages: 247 - 261 =09

The social contexts of drinking among Irish men in London

Mary Tilki A1=20

A1 School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University, =
Queensway,
Enfield, UK


Abstract:=20

The article reports the alcohol-related findings of a qualitative study =
that
examined health beliefs and behaviours among Irish people in London. The
findings elicited though key informant and lay focus groups and
semi-structured interviews, illuminated the social and socioeconomic
background to excessive alcohol use among middle-aged Irish men who left
Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s. The findings describe the economic role =
of
the pub and alcohol for men in the construction industry as well =
protecting
them from homesickness, isolation and alienation in an unwelcoming and
hostile environment. They illustrate the use of alcohol later in life to
cope with physical and psychological pain, social stress and the =
symptoms of
mental illness. The use of alcohol as a culturally sanctioned coping
strategy is considered, exploring the ambivalent culture of alcohol in
Ireland and in particular the tolerance of excessive consumption among =
men.
The article explores the possibility that tolerant attitudes to alcohol =
in
Ireland persist on migration to Britain and are then confounded by a =
culture
of binge drinking among young people in general. The conclusion argues =
for
further research and for culturally sensitive healthcare and health
promotion strategies that take account of cultural and structural =
factors
impacting on young Irish men in Britain. Current NHS policies on =
equality,
alcohol and suicide offer timely opportunities to address alcohol misuse =
in
order to improve physical and mental health and reduce the incidence of
suicide among Irish men in Britain.

Keywords:=20

Alcohol, drinking culture, subculture, stereotypes, Irish, Ireland, =
mental
health, masculinity

Conclusion

Alcohol misuse among Irish people in Britain is clearly fraught with
sensitivity for both policy makers and practitioners. It is acknowledged
that binge drinking is common among young men from many different
backgrounds and that there is a particular danger of stereotyping Irish
people. However, there is evidence of a significant problem now and a
burgeoning one for the future if the issue is not tackled with urgency =
and
sensitivity. Research on the alcohol culture of Ireland suggests =
excessive
drinking norms (Ramsted & Hope, 2005; Sl=E1n, 2003), an absence of =
moderate
drinking role models (Share, 2003), and a culture of masculinity linked
closely to high alcohol consumption (Greenslade, 1995; Peace, 1992). =
There
is no evidence that confirms that attitudes and behaviours in Ireland =
are
continued on emigration to Britain but neither is there any to the =
contrary.
Given the unequivocal poor physical and mental health, high levels of
suicide and concerns about dangerous patterns of consumption among Irish =
men
(and women) in Britain, urgent action is needed at national and local =
policy
level. There is a clear need for further research and for campaigns =
targeted
towards the Irish community in order to create the social change needed =
to
make moderate consumption acceptable and binge drinking unacceptable. =
This
must be done with sensitivity and should take a harm-minimization rather
than an abstinence approach with therapeutic activities that are =
sensitive
to the social and cultural contexts of drinking. The NHS Alcohol, =
Delivering
Race Equality and Suicide Strategies afford timely opportunities to =
address
the needs of Irish people and there is both a strong business case and a
moral one for doing so.

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From: Steven Mccabe [mailto:Steve.Mccabe[at]uce.ac.uk]
Subject: BBC evaluation of the role of the Irish at the battle of the Somme

Dear Patrick, I thought this link might be of interest to the network in
that it is an evaluation (albeit superficial), of the role of Irish
soldiers at the battle of the Somme:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5126128.stm

Dr. Steven McCabe
Senior Lecturer in Construction Management
School of Property, Construction and Planning
Faculty of Law, Humanities, Development and Society
University of Central England
B42 2SU
Tel 0121 331 5178

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Forwarded on behalf of
Professor Mark McGowan, Office of the Principal, St. Michael's College, 81
St. Mary Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1J4

*CELTIC STUDIES: St. Michael's College, University of Toronto*

The Celtic Studies program, based at St. Michael's College, is a
non-departmental and multi-disciplinary undergraduate program of the
Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto. The program
invites applications for a three-year, contractually-limited term
appointment (non-renewable) at the level of Assistant Professor, in the
area of Modern Culture Studies. Teaching responsibilities will include
providing courses in one or more of the following areas: Irish,
Scottish, and Welsh literature, film and theatre. The teaching load will
be 2.5 full-year courses. The successful applicant will have a doctoral
degree or be close to completion in an area relevant to the teaching
requirements outlined above and will have demonstrated or have the
potential for excellence in research and teaching. Salary is $47,700.00
per annum with the possibility of benefits. The position will commence
July 1, 2007. Please submit an application and arrange for three letters
of reference to be sent to: Professor Mark McGowan, Office of the
Principal, St. Michael's College, 81 St. Mary Street, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M5S 1J4, by November 10, 2006.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. The University of
Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and
especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members,
women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual
minority groups, and others who may contribute to further
diversification of ideas.

http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/about/employment/Celtic-06-nov-10.html