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Title of the Book Counter-hegemony and the Irish
Author(s) of the Book Acton, Thomas
Haodha, Micheal O [Ed.]

Publisher of the Book Cambridge Scholars Press

Publication Date 2006
ISBN of the Book 1847180272
Edition of the Book New ed 212 pp. hardback

Description Traveller Studies, Romani Studies and Diaspora and Migration
Studies - these disciplines are all relatively new areas of enquiry in
modern Ireland. This volume aims to act as a catalyst for some of these
areas of enquiry in the more 'liminal' interstices of Irish Studies.

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Author(s) of the Book Morash, Chris
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Publisher of the Book Carysfort

Publication Date 2006
ISBN of the Book 1904505139
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Title of the Book Made Holy
Subtitle of the Book Irish Women Religious at Home and Abroad

Author(s) of the Book McKenna, Yvonne
Publisher of the Book Irish Academic Press Ltd New search according to
publisher Irish Academic Press Ltd

Publication Date 2006
ISBN of the Book 0716533421 New search following ISBN/ISSN 0716533421
Edition of the Book New ed 256 pp. illustrations paperback

Description Based on the oral testimonies of over forty Irish nuns, this
book explores their attraction to religious life and experiences therein. It
probes the theme of social change in Ireland and explores the
interrelationship of gender, religion and diaspora, casting light on Irish
culture and its neglected histories.

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LC Control No.: 2003021155
Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Main Title: Diaspora, identity, and religion : new directions in theory =
and research / edited by Waltraud Kokot, Khachig To=CC=88lo=CC=88lyan =
and Carolin Alfonso.

Published/Created: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2004.

Related Names: Kokot, Waltraud.
To=CC=88lo=CC=88lyan, Khachig.
Alfonso, Carolin, 1969-
Description: viii, 211 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0415309913 (hardback)

Contents: Deconstructing and comparing diasporas / William Safran -- =
Diasporic spatiality and the question of identity / Avtar Brah -- =
Identity politics, history, and locality -- "Too close for comfort" : =
remembering the forgotten diaspora of Irish women in England / Breda =
Gray -- Place, movement, and identity : processes of inclusion and =
exclusion in a Caribbean family / Karen Fog Olwig -- Why locality =
matters : diaspora consciousness and sedentariness in the Armenian =
diaspora in Greece / Susanne Schwalgin -- Past and present in the =
history of modern Greek diaspora / Ioannis K. Hassiotis -- Griots, =
roots, and identity in the African diaspora / Hauke Dorsch -- The =
invention of history in the Irish American diaspora : myths of the great =
famine / Astrid Wonneberger -- Diasporic aspects of religion -- Religion =
or culture? : concepts of identity in the Alevi diaspora / Martin =
So=CC=88kefeld -- A double minority : notes on the emerging Yezidi =
diaspora / Andreas Ackermann -- A diachronic view at diaspora, the =
significance of religion, and Hindu Trinidadians / Martin Baumann -- =
They prayed in Brazil and it rained in Boston : Dominican and Brazilian =
transnational religious life / Peggy Levitt -- Let it flow : economy, =
spirituality, and gender in the Sindhi network / Dieter Haller.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.
Subjects: Emigration and immigration.
Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Group identity.
Religious minorities.
Space and time--Social aspects.
LC Classification: JV6091 .D53 2004
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Address: Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds LS2 9JT

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Subject: Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme

Dear all
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Postgraduate Event:=20
University of Leeds, 13 and 14 December 2006
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for
the above event, with a deadline of 31 August.
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more
and realise that some people may have been on holiday during the summer, =
so
we are extending the deadline for abstracts initially to 10 September.
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I know that a number of us have been following this project of Gisela's =
with interest...

Our congratulations to Gisela Holfter and her colleagues, on seeing the =
project through to completion... And at last we have a good reference =
for the influence of Ludwig Bieler...


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Sent: 01 September 2006 09:32
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Studies which has been edited by GISELA HOLFTER. 30% discount is offered =
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the first large group of immigrants in the country in the twentieth =
century. It therefore adds an important yet hitherto virtually unknown =
Irish dimension to international exile studies. After providing an =
overview of the topic and an analysis of current developments in exile =
studies the volume devotes two chapters to Jewish refugees and another =
to the considerable number of Austrian exiles, investigates the =
relationship between Irish government policy and public opinion, and =
explores the problems of identity faced by so many in exile. It then =
focuses on some eminent refugees - Erwin Schr=C3=B6dinger, Ludwig =
Bieler, Robert Weil, Ernst Scheyer,.and Hans Sachs - before concluding =
with personal accounts by Ruth Braunizer (the daughter of Erwin =
Schr=C3=B6dinger, excerpts from whose diaries are published here for the =
first time), Monica Schefold (the daughter of John Hennig), and Eva =
Gross. The fourteen contributors to the volume are Wolfgang Benz, Ruth =
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I'll send out the most obvious article material today - this is simply to
report on the state of play in Irish Diaspora Studies, connecting where
possible with the interests of IR-D members...

This special issue, on War and Tourism, of the journal, International
Journal of Tourism Research, will interest a number of members...

P.O'S.


International Journal of Tourism Research

Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 185 - 197

Special Issue: War and Tourism .

Published Online: 17 Aug 2006

Copyright C 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

1.
Special Issue Introduction

War and tourism: an introduction (p 153-155)
Alan Fyall, Bruce Prideaux, Dallen J. Timothy
Published Online: 17 Aug 2006
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.564

2.
Research Article
The sacralised landscapes of Glencoe: from massacre to mass tourism, and
back again
Dan Knox *
School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture, University of Sunderland,
Sunderland, UK
email: Dan Knox (dan.knox[at]sunderland.ac.uk)

*Correspondence to Dan Knox, School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture,
University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

Keywords
dark tourism . rhetoric . banality . landscape

Abstract
History is said to hang heavily over the dramatic mountain landscapes of
Glencoe. More precisely, multiple memories of the Massacre of Glencoe
dominate heritage visions and interpretations of this valley in Argyll,
Scotland. This paper makes use of the example of Glencoe to illustrate the
processes through which performative acts and utterances make and remake the
sacralised landscapes of what some have termed dark tourism. Through the
repeated telling or citation of stories about the massacre, and about the
associated Highland War, Glencoe is repeatedly fixed and figured into
discourses relating to fear, terror and bloodshed. What I am keen to
demonstrate is the ways in which the effects of performative utterances and
acts become concretised as they are made into the stuff of history and
heritage tourism. Glencoe is repeatedly figured as, fixed into and haunted
by the seventeenth century through the continued operation of ideologies
rooted in the Enlightenment and related to a hegemonic Highland and martial
vision of Scotland. The rhetoric surrounding Glencoe today, as both a site
and as a tourist product, and through which the collective remembering of
the events of 1692 is enacted, is overwhelmingly related to one historic
incident and the relation of that incident to a particular vision of the
Scottish nation. Visitors frequently report finding the glen a haunting,
frightening and menacing place: popular photography depicts dark and shaded
mountainsides, abandoned settlements and memorials that evoke similar
feelings. By conducting a tracing out of connections between the material
landscapes of Glencoe, historical and contemporary representations of the
glen, and tourist representational practices, this paper sheds some light on
the performative power of language and practice through, in and over
history, heritage, tourism and landscape. Copyright C 2006 John Wiley &
Sons, Ltd.

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10.1002/jtr.568 About DOI

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Operational Codes and the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland: A Test of the
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

Authors: SCHAFER, MARK1; ROBISON, SAM1; ALDRICH, BRADLEY1

Source: Foreign Policy Analysis, Volume 2, Number 1, January 2006, pp.
63-82(20)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:
The frustration-aggression hypothesis has largely been ignored in scholarly
literature regarding the examination of political elites. We investigate
this hypothesis through a quantitative operational code and historical
analysis of the Irish 1916 Easter Rising against the United Kingdom. The
article looks at the effect of frustration levels of rebel leaders James
Connolly, head of the Irish Citizen Army, and Patrick Pearse, leader of the
Irish volunteers. Findings show that both leaders were frustrated,
particularly Pearse, whose policies changed from peace to violence over a
four-year period that coincided with a rise in his level of frustration. The
findings in this paper support the frustration-aggression hypothesis, and
may provide insights into aggressive actions by state actors, malcontents,
and leaders of the oppressed.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-8594.2005.00020.x

Affiliations: 1: Louisiana State University

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The 'Celtic Tiger' and a knowledge economy

Authors: Crawley, Gerard M.; O'Sullivan, Eoin

Source: Industry and Higher Education, Volume 20, Number 4, August 2006, pp.
225-229(5)

Publisher: IP Publishing Ltd


Abstract:
Over the last two decades, Ireland has proactively marketed its educated
workforce, its favourable corporate tax rates, membership of the European
common market, and other advantages, to multinational technology
corporations. The resulting foreign direct investment in high-tech
manufacturing operations has driven a booming Irish economy that has come to
be characterized as the 'Celtic Tiger'. Today, however, Ireland is looking
to the research and development sector to drive future growth. Competition
from low-wage economies, such as those of Eastern Europe, India and China,
threatens Ireland's position as a low-cost, high-tech manufacturing base.
Across government, industry and the higher education sectors, Ireland is now
focused on fashioning an ecosystem of research and innovation that can
guarantee its continued prosperity.

Keywords: RESEARCH INNOVATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH FUNDING;
GRADUATE SCHOOL; RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

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The Cactus that Must Not Be Mistaken for a Pillow: White Racial Formation
Among Latinos

Authors: Rochmes, Daniel; Griffin, G. A.

Source: Souls, Volume 8, Number 2, Spring 2006, pp. 77-91(15)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:
Latinos are choosing to become white in the same manner as Irish, Jewish,
and other immigrants before them. The history of Latinos' political
posturing, desegregation efforts, and "assimilation" strategies reveal a
persistent, deliberate disassociation with Blacks and an insistence on
whiteness. The Chicano Movement and contemporary indigenous identities have
not constituted sufficient resistance to whiteness construction. Latinos
have recapitulated whiteness in the form of modern anti-Black racism and
violence most noticeable in Los Angeles and on the Internet. Although
Black-Latino coalitions hold promise for repudiating whiteness, Latinos must
critically challenge whiteness and embrace Blackness for these coalitions to
succeed.

Keywords: whiteness; blackness; Latinos; Mexican-Americans; Chicanos;
immigration; segregation; race; racism; racial identity

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A case study in the globalization of jobs in Ireland

Authors: Jobs, Charles; Butler, David

Source: International Journal of Social Economics, Volume 33, Number 10,
2006, pp. 666-676(11)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited


Abstract:
Purpose ? The paper sets out to identify the challenges and potential
responses Ireland has related to the potential loss of jobs due to
offshoring in a key Irish employment sector. The following research question
is addressed. How can Irish call centers effectively respond to offshore
competition? Design/methodology/approach ? This case study is a based on a
field research project including interview and survey data. The project was
supported by The Irish Development Agency (IDA) to obtain data about the
workers, management and demographic trends of the Irish call center sector.
A review of literature available on the subject and observations made during
the data gathering phase of a field research project run during the summer
of 2004. Findings ? Shows that the global market for offshoring is growing
at an accelerated rate due to economic drivers, cultural perceptions and
expectations of corporate managers, SMEs, and IT systems integrators.
Illustrates how Ireland can turn the problems associated with offshoring
into strategic advantage. Practical implications ? The paper proposes
responses to the threat of lost jobs in Ireland due to the forces of
globalization may offer useful insights for other countries facing similar
economic threats. Originality/value ? Very few papers have been published
related to Irish job migration. The value is the paper studies a significant
Irish industry sector in terms of employment and very real issues related to
the globalization of jobs via offshoring. This is important to the IDA and
to economic development practitioners in other countries facing the loss of
jobs to globalization and offshoring.

Keywords: Call centres; Employment; Globalization; Ireland; Labour market;
Outsourcing

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1108/03068290610689714

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Toward a Theory of Terrorism: Human Security as a Determinant of Terrorism

Authors: Callaway, Rhonda1; Harrelson-Stephens, Julie2

Source: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 29, Number 7,
October-November 2006, pp. 679-702(24)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group


Abstract:
In this article, we investigate the relationship between human rights
conditions and terrorist activity. We begin by outlining a theory for the
genesis and growth of terrorism and argue that states which deny subsistence
rights along with civil and political rights create an environment that is
conducive to the development of terrorism. However, we conclude that it is
the denial of security rights that is a necessary condition for the creation
and growth of terrorism. We then examine the causes of terrorism in Northern
Ireland in light of this theory. Specifically, we explore the extent to
which human rights abuses contributed to the formation and growth of
terrorists within Northern Ireland. We find that limits on the civil and
political rights of the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland played a
significant role in the genesis of terrorism. More importantly, British
abuses of security rights increased the number of Irish citizens who
supported and participated in terrorist activity.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/10576100600701974

Affiliations: 1: Department of Political Science, Sam Houston State
University, Huntsville, Texas, USA 2: Department of Political Science,
Geography, and Public Administration, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, Texas, USA

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The McCartney Sisters' Search for Justice: Gender and Political
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The McCartney Sisters' Search for Justice: Gender and Political Protest in
Northern Ireland

Author: Ashe, Fidelma1

Source: Politics, Volume 26, Number 3, September 2006, pp. 161-167(7)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing


Abstract:
The murder of Robert McCartney in Belfast in January 2005 sparked a campaign
by his sisters and partner to bring his murderer(s), allegedly members of
the Provisional Irish Republican Army, to justice. The article examines the
gender politics of this campaign. It explores how the campaign
simultaneously reflected and contested traditional ideas about women's
subjectivities and roles in ethnically divided societies. Furthermore, the
article highlights how the ideologies of masculinity and femininity acted as
political resources for the campaigners in their struggle with the Irish
republican hierarchy.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2006.00264.x

Affiliations: 1: University of Ulster

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Futures studies and public advisory work in Ireland

Author: Mareuge, C=C3=83=C5=A1line

Source: Foresight - The journal of future studies, strategic thinking =
and policy, Volume 8, Number 4, 2006, pp. 55-61(7)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited


Abstract:
Purpose ? This paper is intended to provide a detailed account of =
foresight activities in Ireland, their methods, means, topics of =
research, and impact on public debate, together with links to the main =
web sites. Design/methodology/approach ? This paper surveys the =
institutions and agencies that contribute to futures studies in =
connection with public policies in Ireland. Findings ? The Irish system =
of raising and producing futures studies resources is thus characterized =
by a proliferation of authorities with the disadvantage of resources =
splitting up, but with the advantage of diversity. Originality/value ? =
Provides an insight into the state of futures research in Ireland.

Keywords: Decision making; Ireland; Strategic planning

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1108/14636680610682049

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Social Partnership and Local Development in Ireland: The Limits
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Social Partnership and Local Development in Ireland: The Limits to
Deliberation

Author: Teague, Paul1

Source: British Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 44, Number 3,
September 2006, pp. 421-443(23)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:

The Irish model of social partnership is considered distinctive as it is
based on the principles of deliberative democracy more than adversarial
bargaining. The deliberative features of the model are considered to be
threefold. First, the negotiations to conclude national social agreements
are not confined to the government, trade unions and employers, but also
include a wide range of civil associations. Second, agreements are not
simply concerned with wage determination, but cover a wide range of matters
designed to promote social inclusion. Third, there is an effort to avoid
agreements being overly centralized by promoting programmes at the local,
territorial level. This paper examines the validity of this argument by
assessing efforts to forge a local dimension to the social partnership
model. The conclusions suggest that while the model has improved the
delivery of public services, it is premature to claim that Irish social
partnership represents a new model of labour market governance based on
deliberative democracy.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2006.00507.x

Affiliations: 1: The Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Sent: 01 September 2006 11:51
Subject: Re: Article, The Cactus that Must Not Be Mistaken for a Pillow:
White Racial Formation Among Latinos

'Latinos are choosing to become white in the same manner as Irish, =
Jewish,
and other immigrants before them...Although Black-Latino coalitions hold
promise for repudiating whiteness, Latinos must critically challenge
whiteness and embrace Blackness '=A0=A0=A0
=A0
Am I alone in finding this offensive?=A0 The premise is accepts both the
normativity of 'whiteness' and a forteriori the subordination of
'blackness', as well as presuming that 'blackness' is a social condition
defining immigrant groups whatever their origin : hardly reassuring to
people of real African descent.=A0 As an Oxford-educated Irish citizen =
of
middle-class Anglo-Jewish descent living as an immigrant in Paris, with
Swiss, Dutch and French 'in-laws', what 'colour' does that make me?=A0=20
=A0
Were the Normans also 'black'?
=A0
This is a jargon-led tyrannical denial of the right of individuals to =
pursue
their own accommodation within society.=A0 We=A0must=A0critically =
challenge this
typology.
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David Rose

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From: Carmel McCaffrey [mailto:cmcc[at]qis.net]
Sent: 01 September 2006 12:18
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Article, Operational Codes and the 1916 Easter Rising in
Ireland: A Test of the Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

Paddy,
Thanks for this info. This is a very interesting aspect of 1916 that I
feel is frequently neglected by many scholars of the period. It could
also be extended to the frustration felt by the general public and
their consequential reaction to events. I worked as a teenager in the
Irish Press in Dublin - Dev's paper for those who do not know - amongst
many Old IRA who would recall to me the emotions and yes, frustration of
the time in such terms. Clinically looking back at events without
considering the emotions is a narrow view in my opinion.

Carmel

Patrick O'Sullivan wrote:
> Email Patrick O'Sullivan
>
>
> Operational Codes and the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland: A Test of the
> Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
>
> Authors: SCHAFER, MARK1; ROBISON, SAM1; ALDRICH, BRADLEY1
>
> Source: Foreign Policy Analysis, Volume 2, Number 1, January 2006, pp.
> 63-82(20)
>
> Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
>
> Abstract:
> The frustration-aggression hypothesis has largely been ignored in
scholarly
> literature regarding the examination of political elites. We investigate
> this hypothesis through a quantitative operational code and historical
> analysis of the Irish 1916 Easter Rising against the United Kingdom. The
> article looks at the effect of frustration levels of rebel leaders James
> Connolly, head of the Irish Citizen Army, and Patrick Pearse, leader of
the
> Irish volunteers. Findings show that both leaders were frustrated,
> particularly Pearse, whose policies changed from peace to violence over a
> four-year period that coincided with a rise in his level of frustration.
The
> findings in this paper support the frustration-aggression hypothesis, and
> may provide insights into aggressive actions by state actors, malcontents,
> and leaders of the oppressed.
>
> Document Type: Research article
>
> DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-8594.2005.00020.x
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Reports and Reminders
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As we come to the end of the northern hemisphere's summer holidays...

My thanks to Bill Mulligan for looking after things...

I did get to Armenia - and in fact the Armenians have invited me back in
September. So, I am looking at my schedules - and I am looking at the long
queues in airports... I did get to Sweden.

My participation in seminars in Wales had to be cancelled - I was ill.
Likewise my participation in seminars in Brazil - no money.

I did have a family holiday - on a canal boat in the English Midlands. Some
good beer. There is a mysterious line across the middle of England,
somewhere south of Derby but north of Northampton. North of the line they
like their beer quite frothy, with a head on it - south of this line they
like their beer flat. There's a research project for some one...

Many members of the IR-D list will have experienced some interruptions of
service over the holiday - none of them our fault.

Some of you have tiny inboxes - which filled up. (Get yourselves a Gmail
account...) Some of you have complex forwarding systems - which fell over.
Some of you changed your email addresses - without telling us...

The oddest sequence occurred over the past week or so - when Spamcop decided
that Jiscmail, the UK National Academic Mailing List Service, was spam. So,
all the institutions that rely on Spamcop's lists banned our IR-D emails.
For a time...

I have long given up trying to do anything about these things... Doing
anything is very time consuming, and there is really no logical way through
for a small organisation. Just today, for example, I see that Trinity
College Dublin decided that just ONE of our Article alerts - the one about
the McCartney Sisters - was Spam. I wonder which particular word or phrase
in that Abstract triggered the block.

So...

Some reminders...

1.
Spare the time to look at your own institution's Spam blocking procedures,
and make sure that
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Is on the 'white' list, or friends list, or whatever it is called...

Solitary scholars will, by now, have learnt to look after themselves...

2.
If you want to look for missed messages go to the The Irish Diaspora Studies
List archives at Jiscmail
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
You will have to register as a Subscriber - contact me if you need help...

3.
I do wish IR-D members would register as Subscribers at Jiscmail. It takes
a lot of the chores of managing the list out of our hands, and into the
hands of the individual member. And we are always here to help if need be.

4.
The Archives of IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK are automatically organised and are
easily searchable. They run, in effect, from May 2004 - when we moved to
Jiscmail - to the present.

The full run of the Irish Diaspora list archive - from December 1997 to the
present - is still automatically collected and is searchable at
www.irishdiaspora.net. Again, contact me if you need help...

5.
AGAIN I remind people that emails for distribution to the Irish Diaspora
list should be sent to
The Irish Diaspora Studies List

Do not make us have to guess your wishes or intentions.

I know that, in some email systems, if you hit REPLY the message goes not to
the list but to the named sender of the message - which is usually me or
Bill Mulligan. Try hitting REPLY TO ALL - that works...

A number of messages clearly meant for the IR-D list were sent to me
personally over the holiday period... And I was not here to deal with them.

P.O'S.

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Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Princeton Acquires Irish Theatre Collection
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The following item from David Rose's Bulletin will be of interest...

P.O'S.

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=A0
Brief Notice, for posting in=A0Leabhar,
Online Literary Bulletin (Irish Writers),=A0
September Issue, 2006; David C. Rose (in Paris), Editor.
http://www.irishdiaspora.net/vp01.cfm?outfit=3Dids&requesttimeout=3D500&f=
older=3D2
00&paper=3D236
=A0
=A0
=A0
IRISH=A0PLAYWRIGHTS
=A0
Princeton Acquires Irish Theatre Collection:
Princeton University has received a major Irish theatre collection, =
spanning
160 years, including an unpublished play by Sean O'Casey, "The Cooing of =
the
Doves", heretofore thought to be lost. To be called the Milberg Irish
Theatre Collection, the trove includes more than 1,000 plays, =
photographs,
playbills,=A0and other materials dating to the mid-18thC; it includes =
works by
Dion Boucicault, Synge,=A0Beckett, Friel, McDonagh, and McPherson.
Princeton=A0will hold a symposium to celebrate the new acquisition, Oct =
13-15,
2006,=A0with scheduled guests Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Rea,=A0Fiona Shaw, =
and
Garry Hynes.=A0The new collection is a gift from Leonard L. Milberg =
(Princeton
University alumnus,=A01953), who remarked to The New York Times: "For =
Irish
theatre, I don't think there is anything else like this, especially =
outside
of Ireland.=A0I know people may be interested in a lot of other things, =
but if
it's Irish theatre, they'll call Princeton" (31st August 2006, The Arts,
page=A0E2, with small B&W photo). For particulars, see=A0Princeton's =
online news
release at
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S15/65/31C07/index.xml?section=
=3Dto
pstories.
=A0

Contributed to Leahbar by Maureen E. Mulvihill
Princeton Research Forum
Princeton, NJ

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Book Announced, Michael Hayes, IRISH TRAVELLERS,
Representations and Realities
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The following Press Release from The Liffey Press will be of interest to =
the IR-D list...

P.O'S.


PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LIFFEY PRESS
IRISH TRAVELLERS
Representations and Realities=20

by Michael Hayes

The Traveller =E2=80=9Cquestion=E2=80=9D has been a major source of =
debate in Ireland for many decades and Irish society appears as divided =
on the issue today as it has been at any time in the past few centuries. =
For as long as Travellers have migrated along Ireland=E2=80=99s roads =
they have been subjected to, at best, a sort of mythic and romanticised =
condescension, and at worst, vilification and outright hostility =
=E2=80=93 but always as the =E2=80=9COther=E2=80=9D of Irish ethnic =
identity.=20
Michael Hayes closely examines how images of Travellers have been =
created and distorted over the past few centuries ranging from the =
nineteenth century Victorian =E2=80=9Cgypsylorist=E2=80=9D movement to =
more modern studies in the areas of sociology and anthropology. In =
particular, the book focuses on the manner in the way in which =
=E2=80=9COthering=E2=80=9D in an Irish context related to the definition =
of Irishness that accompanied Ireland=E2=80=99s independence. As a =
postcolonial nation the promotion of a unitary version of =
Ireland=E2=80=99s history almost inevitably became a form of =
legitimisation for many in the Ireland of the early twentieth century. =
This tendency resulted in the exclusion from Irish self-definition of a =
number of =E2=80=9COther=E2=80=9D groups including the Irish Travellers, =
whereby many of the essentialist and stereotypical views of the Irish as =
represented under colonialism were now simply transferred to =
Ireland=E2=80=99s most visible Other, the Irish Travellers.=20

The book also traces the changes in the attitudes of =
=E2=80=9Cofficial=E2=80=9D Ireland as represented in State policy and =
academic commentary in the latter half of the twentieth century. These =
changes include a move away from an overtly assimilationist and =
settlement-focussed view to a more rights-based approach which =
acknowledges Travellers identity and cultural autonomy.
Despite such official rhetoric, however, the author argues that Irish =
society has created an =E2=80=9COther=E2=80=9D within its own social =
fabric, a complex amalgam of equality-driven rights initiatives combined =
with a largely media-driven stereotype tradition that continues to =
exist. Where, in all of this, does the everyday reality of the Traveller =
community fit?
=E2=80=93 ENDS =E2=80=93=09

Irish Travellers: Representations and Realities by Michael Hayes
=E2=82=AC22.95 / =C2=A319.95; Paperback; ISBN 1-904148-79-4
published by The Liffey Press, September 2006


For further information or if you would like to arrange an author =
interview contact
David Givens,
The Liffey Press, Ashbrook House, 10 Main Street, Raheny, Dublin 5.
Tel: 01-8511458 or via e-mail at dgivens[at]theliffeypress.com.=20
Visit the website at www.theliffeypress.com