7681 | 15 June 2007 14:52 |
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:52:15 +0100
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Map of Irish Diaspora? | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: Map of Irish Diaspora? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Piaras, Just for completeness... Author - personal EDWARDS, Ruth Dudley. Title An atlas of Irish history ... Maps drawn by W. H. Bromage. Publisher/year London: Methuen, [1973]. My own copy is... Edwards, R. D., An atlas of Irish history; Methuen: London, 1981. Has maps and a section on The Irish Abroad... Which make you think, This could be done better... The book is very much of its time. I have not seen the latest edition... Ruth Dudley Edwards. An Atlas of Irish History. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. xii + 299 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, select bibliography, index. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-415-27859-1. Reviewed by: Mimi Cowan, Department of History, Boston College. Published by: H-Albion (August, 2006) Review at... http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=29201160600141 I am not clear what Ruth has done to improve things... I did some work a while back, talking to geographers and cartographers, about ways in which things might be done better - in recent years cartography has become much more creative and imaginative... And, of course, by now an interactive web page or cd would be the obvious way forward... Patrick O'Sullivan -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of MacEinri, Piaras Sent: 15 June 2007 10:47 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Map of Irish Diaspora? Dear all A colleague here, Willie Smyth, who is Chair of Geography, has asked me if I know of any comprehensive world map of the Irish Diaspora (any period, contemporary or historical). I know this begs a lot of questions especially regarding definitions and data problems. Maybe my memory is failing me but I cannot offhand recall such a map - has anyone any ideas? Piaras Mac Einri | |
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7682 | 15 June 2007 16:53 |
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:53:11 -0400
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Map of the Irish Diaspora | |
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From: Marion Casey Subject: Map of the Irish Diaspora MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There is a map of the distribution of the Irish in America (1st and 2nd generation only) in 1890 on pages 690-691 of J.J. Lee and Marion R. Casey, Making the Irish American (New York University Press, 2006). It's based on the Report of the Population of the United States at the Eleventh Census (published in 1895). There are maps specifically for the Irish in New York City (1st generation only) in 1890, 1920 and 1970 on pages 571-573 in Ronald H. Bayor and Timothy J. Meagher, The New York Irish (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996). This book also includes five impressionistic maps (one for each borough of the City) that chart folk memories of parishes and neighborhoods that were Irish in the 19th and 20th centuries. Having been involved in the making of all these maps, I can tell you that it is labor-intensive and fraught with challenges because (at least in the USA) census categories are always changing, making it difficult to compare years or places over time. Joe and I presented our 1890 map and other tables with the caveat that, "as a measure of the number of Irish Americans and the meaning of Irish America, the U.S. census -- as rich a resource as it is for the study of American history -- raises far more questions than it can immediately answer, challenging all of us to handle the results carefully." A reliable map of the worldwide Irish diaspora would be a tremendous asset, especially if it included the raw data used to make it. So, we're talking about a big, fat atlas or book: who's ready to take this on? We would all be in his or her debt. Marion Marion R. Casey Glucksman Ireland House New York University | |
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7683 | 16 June 2007 09:07 |
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:07:53 +1000
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Map of Irish Diaspora | |
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From: Elizabeth Malcolm Subject: Map of Irish Diaspora MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit I agree with Marion that we really need a big fat atlas of the Irish Diaspora. I have a number of books about the Irish in different places with small maps of varying degrees of usefulness. But the more comprehensible books about the Diaspora, like Akenson's or Bielenberg's or Paddy's series, don't include maps. An atlas, with chapters accompanying maps, might actually help to promote comparative study; and it certainly would be useful for teaching purposes. For anyone interested in Australia, the following book - although it has shortcomings - does have a number of detailed line maps showing the distribution of the Irish in the main populated areas of Australia and where those immigrants came from in Ireland: A.L. Greiner and T.G. Jordan-Bychkov, 'Anglo-Celtic Australia: Colonial Immigration and Cultural Regionalism', Santa Fe, NM: Center for American Places, 2002, pp 73-98. Elizabeth __________________________________________________ Professor Elizabeth Malcolm ~ Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies ~ School of Historical Studies ~ University of Melbourne ~ Victoria, 3010, AUSTRALIA ~ Phone: +61-3-83443924 ~ FAX: +61-3-83447894 ~ Email: e.malcolm[at]unimelb.edu.au __________________________________________________ | |
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7684 | 17 June 2007 20:44 |
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:44:36 +0100
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TOC IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES VOL 26; NUMBER 2; 2007 | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: TOC IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES VOL 26; NUMBER 2; 2007 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES VOL 26; NUMBER 2; 2007 ISSN 0332-3315 pp. 177-194 Student teachers' prior experiences of history, geography and science: initial findings of an all-Ireland survey. Waldron, F.; Pike, S.; Varley, J.; Murphy, C.; Greenwood, R. pp. 195-210 Student discourse on physical activity and sport among Irish young people. Collier, C.; MacPhail, A.; O'Sullivan, M. pp. 211-213 BOOK REVIEW. pp. 123-125 Editorial. Sugrue, C.; Devine, D.; Conway, P.; Smyth, E. pp. 127-143 The Revised Programme of Instruction, 1900-1922. Walsh, T. pp. 145-162 Teacher professional development and ICT: an investigation of teachers studying a postgraduate award in ICT in education. McGarr, O.; O'Brien, J. pp. 163-176 Teacher Design Teams (TDTs) - building capacity for innovation, learning and curriculum implementation in the continuing professional development of in-career teachers. Simmie, G. M. | |
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7685 | 19 June 2007 10:09 |
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:09:50 +0100
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Book Review, Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson, | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: Book Review, Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson, Global Migration and the World Economy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Published by EH.NET (June 2007) Cross posted from EH.Net Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson, Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. xi + 471 pp. $50 (cloth), ISBN: 0-262-08342-6. Reviewed for EH.NET by Drew Keeling, Department of History, University of Zurich. For decades, scholars of modern cross-border migration and its history have noted the desirability of broad comparative perspectives, as frameworks for more numerous studies of particular locales and ethnicities. In recent years, economists have led development of a "big picture" approach to the history of international migration, and Jeffrey Williamson and Timothy Hatton have been at the forefront of those economists. Global Migration and the World Economy, the latest and most exhaustive joint study of this duo, builds on their prior work together and independently, but also breaks important new ground. For instance, most of this new book is not duplicated either in their Age of Mass Migration (1998) or in Williamson and Kevin O'Rourke's collaboration, Globalization and History (1999). The book is divided into four sections by time period: the nineteenth century rise of global migration, the early twentieth century fall, the late twentieth century "rise again," and a final section examining contemporary migration trends and future alternatives. Ten of eighteen chapters concern the period since 1914, and among the book's strengths are its many insightful comparisons between the post World War II period and the "first global century" that ended with World War I. Using an impressive combination of original theory, statistics, and logic, and incorporating a broad array of findings from other scholars, the authors dissect the economic fundamentals underlying international mass migration. They deploy their multi-pronged analysis across the vicissitudes of the modern migratory age: through shifts in origin countries, the transformation from industry to services in destination country economies, the growing importance of asylum-seeking and illegal migration, and the emergence of policy regimes that have become more restrictive, more sophisticated, and more difficult to effectively administer. A solid historical perspective informs a thorough examination of contemporary issues: from the importance and limitations of immigration regulations in shaping the magnitudes and character of migration, to democratic disconnections between public opinion and public policies on migration, to the complex offsets and feedbacks between education and mobility, skilled and unskilled labor, and the "brain drain" and remittances. Global Migration and the World Economy is chock full of precise and salient questions, and takes at least a stab at most of them, although it is often a challenge for the reader to keep track of which among a shifting multitude of open issues is being addressed, or where it has already been addressed. A tour de force summation of economic history literature on migration will make this an excellent reference source for future researchers. The coverage is particularly thorough on recent publications, through about 2004, which lends this volume an impressive "cutting edge" character, but also makes its conclusions tentative in a number of places. This suggests the possibility of an eventual second edition, which would also provide an opportunity to correct ambiguities in a few of the otherwise generally helpful "supply and demand" graphs or "box diagrams" and to redress overstatements such as "the labor market effect of immigration has always been the key focus in debate over immigration policy." That remark, on page 289, is difficult to reconcile with the finding, on page 359, that "prejudice against those of a different race and culture is the most important influence on attitudes towards immigrants." The topical coverage is very wide, although less so than the title might suggest. Migration's overlaps with international trade are treated more extensively, for instance, than its impacts on economic growth or its interactions with demographic and environmental factors. A more functionally descriptive title might be "the economic causes and consequences of global migration since 1815," and in that important category this significant book has few peers, if any. While an impressive work overall, some parts of Global Migration are problematic. The authors appropriately stress the importance of labor markets, which have been underappreciated in most of the migration historiography, but apply an incomplete corrective. They say little about labor demand, stressing labor supply instead, and attributing even more significance to factors exogenous to labor markets (such as travel costs, famines, wars, and government policies). At the core of their historical explanation for "what drove migration" is a model in which potential migrants in poorer countries are stuck in a "poverty trap" until they can find a way to "escape" it, with the help of higher wages, government subsidies, foreign remittances or lower ticket prices. Undoubtedly, relocation costs have always been a consideration in long-distance cross-border migration decisions, and were, in general, a more serious constraint the further back in time one looks, but the Hatton and Williamson model imputes to them a centrality beyond that established by their data. Rising wages across the nineteenth-century Atlantic basin lowered the real costs of travel, new travel technologies reduced travel times, the sources of Europe's overseas emigrants shifted southward and eastward to regions more remote from New World destinations, and there was a long term secular shift towards lower average labor market "skills" amongst transatlantic migrants. All of this is consistent with a declining cost barrier to migration. But how big a role did that barrier play to begin with, at the outset of the "first global century," e. g. circa 1830? The truth is, no one seems to really know for sure yet, including Hatton and Williamson. There is no model here explicitly assessing the relative importance of factors, including travel affordability, which distinguished stayers from leavers, there is no clear distinction between wanting to migrate and being able to migrate, and the cost data presented are quite incomplete. The authors' claim that "during the great transition from trickle to flood, it was the decline in steerage rates and in the time in passage that mattered most," but there are at least two problems with this theory as they present it. Firstly, most nineteenth century overseas migrants left from Europe, most of those European emigrants moved to the United States, and the all-time peak in U.S. immigration relative to population was in the early 1850s, a time when very few migrants yet reached America on the steamships which cut oceanic travel times by two thirds or more. Steamships did not take more steerage passengers to the U.S. than sailing ships until 1865. Secondly, the supporting passage cost data presented in Global Migration do not include most available sources of such figures, such as the fares compiled by Kristian Hvidt (1971) or Arnold Kludas (1986) showing an increase in North Atlantic transit fares after 1900 that coincides with an even sharper rise to the second highest all- time peak in the U.S. immigration rate. Hatton and Williamson deal authoritatively with the expected net benefits of migration, but have little to say about how the variance and uncertainties of such net benefits also have been important to voluntary international migrants. Uncertainties and fears - of mass amnesty, or of millions forced to live outside the law - have played a role in recent U.S. immigration policy debates. Long-distance transnational migration itself has long and rightly been regarded as a great gamble. Smuggled migrants crossing Arizona's deserts or the waters between Africa and Europe clearly confront substantial risks. Risk considerations have been convincingly suggested as contributing factors to past mass migration trends, such as the record high rate of Irish emigration in the early 1850s, for example, or the strong and persistent drop in German emigration after 1890. The causal role of pitfalls and anxieties, about leaving or staying or both, receive little attention in this book, however. The discussion on pre-World War I economic "convergence" between immigrant-sending and immigrant-receiving countries is not entirely clear-cut. Williamson's path-breaking international real wage comparison data set, gathered in the early 1990s and focused on 1870-1913, apparently still lacks coverage of two immigrant source countries which were major contributors to the massive migration "peak" of 1900-1913, Russia and Austria-Hungary. Many of the convergence examples actually cited, moreover, are comparisons within Europe rather than between Europe and the New World. This important distinction is often blurred. The authors nonetheless do make a persuasive case (for the nineteenth century and today) that chain migration, demographic transitions, travel costs relative to source incomes, and government policies are more significant than wage gaps in "driving" migration, but that international labor market migration, if sufficiently massive, has generally reduced global economic inequality between poor and rich countries. This migration-induced convergence has tended to come at the cost of rising inequality within richer destination countries, however. Subject to some notable distinctions and qualifications, the authors also reach similar conclusions regarding "south-to-south" migration, e.g. movement between less-developed countries. The chapter on the early twentieth century "backlash" against immigration suffers from a conflation of attitudes and intentions (on the one hand) with effective policies (on the other). Based on a model quantifying "policy stance" rather than "policy impact," Global Migration plausibly indicates that "labor market fundamentals," e.g. the negative effect of immigration on wages of the native-born were, after all, more important than xenophobia or racism in producing a gradual shift in favor of restricting European migration to the New World by the early twentieth century. Contrary to the assertions in this chapter, however, (although not the immediately following chapter on the impacts of the" backlash") the decade 1915-24 saw dramatic changes in the policies actually adopted in the U.S., the destination of most transatlantic migrants in the century before World War I. On the eve of that war, gradually increasing exclusion of limited categories of arriving Europeans had raised the debarment rate at U.S. entry ports to a still near negligible 2%. During the war, in contrast, U.S. immigration dropped by over 75%. The 1920s quota laws which soon followed were explicitly and successfully designed to eliminate most of the influx from Southern and Eastern Europe which had accounted for a large majority of the 15 million American immigrants of 1894-1914. As the authors rightly observe, American immigration quotas were largely redundant during the Great Depression and World War II, but nonetheless did have major restrictive effects in the 1920s and 1950s. The shifting constellations of political party strategies and interest groups which enabled significant fulfillment of growing popular sentiment against immigration to the U.S. by the 1920s, but not before, was chronicled in John Higham's Strangers in the Land half a century ago. It remains a useful study still today, but is not mentioned in Global Migration. The counterfactual question of whether - absent the world wars, the 1930s depression, and the U.S. quotas - immigration from Europe might have dwindled anyway after 1920, is one of many examples of provocative and interesting issues raised by the book, but not resolved, due to unavoidable space limitations. Hatton and Williamson do not, however, duck complicated and controversial concerns about labor migration negatively affecting native employment and wage levels. In several different historical contexts, they unravel the often indirect ways this occurs (such as inflows of foreigners helping to stimulate regional relocations of natives). Nonetheless, the authors also make a convincing case that the net overall effect of cross-border migration has tended to be economically beneficial: not just for migrants but also for the countries they move out of and into. The potential receptivity of contemporary policymakers and opinion- shapers to these judicious conclusions is another matter. The authors' stated desire to reach that set of audiences might have been more effectively served had there been a bit more attention devoted to how labor migrants import language, culture, ideas, and so forth, along with their job skills. Migrants come for work, but then often also become neighbors, taxpayers, users of public services, parents of school children, citizens and voters, and these developments, in turn, have economic impacts well beyond the fiscal impacts (which are treated authoritatively here). The cogent final section, on contemporary policy issues, has much to recommend it, but it is questionable how much of the preceding 340 pages policy formulators might read en route to it. Complex historical insights and practical politics do not mix easily in any case, however. A more avoidable shortcoming is the relative absence of questions addressed by migration historians. This book is loaded with material casting doubt upon non-economic historians' often implicit assumptions that narrow slices of the migration picture suffice to illuminate the whole. But, the argument for the big picture rather than the narrow case study is never quite engaged. Scholarship from outside of economic history but addressing migration history broadly is also given little weight. One cannot expect a book of this scope to cover all bases, but not mentioning Markus Hansen, Philip Taylor or Daniel Tichenor, for example, somewhere in four hundred pages suggests a lost opportunity. Dirk Hoerder's nine hundred page Cultures in Contact, published in 2002, has several references to Wallerstein, but none to Williamson, or Hatton. Global Migration and the World Economy talks at some length about Heckscher, but makes no mention of Hoerder. This divergence of History and Economics is undoubtedly yielding gains from specialization, but also implies unrealized potential gains from trade. A better appreciation of the inherently interdisciplinary and historical nature of this deeply personal and interpersonal, psychological, cultural, and even biological phenomenon would enrich models and analyses built around economic aggregates. A firmer and more nuanced understanding of migration's economic fundamentals, and a greater awareness of their central role, would enhance historians' investigations of international human relocation. Historians should read Global Migration and the World Economy, because sooner or later, they are likely to be called upon to more directly confront some of the crucial issues it raises. An interconnected world of demographic challenges, resource limitations and increasing climate disruptions, for example, is going to be a world where cross-border mass migration will be about much more than ethnic identities, culturally diffusing diasporas, or even elegantly contingent narratives. Even if - as Hatton and Williamson realistically conclude - the historical record offers no "easy solutions to the world migration problems" of the near future, it seems a reasonably safe bet that coming global migration challenges, whatever else they do, will also stoke desires for geographically broad historical insights. Notwithstanding its unevenness, and sometimes overstated conclusions, the sweep and incisive power of this book make it likely to remain a point of reference for years to come. It will probably receive more attention within the fields of economics and economic history than outside of them, but the long run prospects for interdisciplinary "convergence" on the causes and effects of global migration are improved by this ambitious and far-reaching scholarly contribution. Drew Keeling received his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005, and is now an instructor in the History Department at the University of Zurich. His dissertation, "The Business of Transatlantic Migration between Europe and the USA, 1900-1914" was awarded the 2005 Gerschenkron Prize of the Economic History Association. Two related publications are forthcoming later this year: "Costs, Risks, and Migration Networks between Europe and the United States, 1900-1914," in Research in Maritime History, and "Transport Capacity Management and Transatlantic Migration, 1900-1914," in Research in Economic History. Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0) Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9) Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U) Copyright C 2007 by EH.NET. All rights reserved. This work may be copied for non-profit educational uses if proper credit is given to the author and EH.Net. For other permission, please contact the EH.NET Administrator (admin[at]eh.net; telephone 513-529-2229; fax: 513-529-6992). Published by EH.NET Jun 13 2007 All EH.Net reviews are archived at http://eh.net/bookreviews/.= | |
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7686 | 19 June 2007 10:10 |
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:10:41 +0100
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Christy Moore on Desert Island Discs | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: Christy Moore on Desert Island Discs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Worth listening to is Christy Moore, interviewed by Kirsty Young on that very English radio programme, Desert Island Discs. From the web page, below, you can get to the BBC's Listen Again web pages... Christy Moore lays down his sentences like heavy baulks of wood... P.O'S. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs.shtml This Week's Guest: Christy Moore 17 June 2007 Repeated 22 June 2007 Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the Irish musician Christy Moore. His stature and influence in folk music is unparalleled - Bono, Elvis Costello and Billy Bragg are among those who cite him as a key influence. A passionate performer he's the archetypal Irish poet and protest singer; in the late 1970s Special Branch raided the launch of his album H Block; his songs have been banned by both London and Dublin courts and as recently as 2004 he was held by police and questioned about his lyrics and lifestyle. Not all the struggles he's dealt with have been political. By his own admission he wasted years maybe even decades boozing and bingeing on drugs. Having cleaned up his act he was then forced to confront the devastating legacy of his father's early death and how it affected him throughout his life. 1. Ave Maria Performer Felicity Lott Composer Gounod CD Title Songs by Charles Gounod Track 4 Label HYPERION Rec No: CDA668012 2. A Stitch in Time Performer Christy Moore Composer Mike Waterson LIVE PERFORMANCE 3. Lonely Boy Performer Paul Anka Composer Paul Anka CD Title Paul Anka: 30th Anniversary Collection Track 7 Label RHINO Rec No: R271489 4. Brennan On the Moor Performer The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Composer Trad. CD Title The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem Track 1 Label TRADITION Rec No: TCD 1022 5. Taimse Im' Chodladh Performer Planxty Composer Trad. CD Title Planxty: Words and Music Track 3 Label SHANACHIE Rec No: 79035 6. Joe Hill Performer Luke Kelly Composer Robinson CD Title The Dubliners: 20 Original Hits, Vol.2 Track Side 2 trk 5 Label CHYME Rec No: CHLP 1014 7. The Joy of Living Performer Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger Composer Ewan McColl CD Title MacColl: Black and White - the Definitive collection Track 20 Label COOKING VINYL Rec No: Cookcd 038 8. The Raggle Taggle Gypsy Performer John Reilly Composer Trad CD Title The Bonny Green Tree Track Side 2 Trk 2 Label TOPIC Rec No: 12T 359 Record: Taimse Im' Chodladh Book: Collection of Popular Songs of England & Scotland -Francis Child Luxury: A set of Uillean Pipes | |
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7687 | 19 June 2007 14:16 |
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:16:42 -0230
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From: Peter Hart Subject: Re: Map of Irish Diaspora? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII This isn't quite the same thing of course, but I once came across an atlas of Irish Catholic missions abroad - c. 1950s I think. Very nicely produced. Damn, I wish I'd bought it - never saw it again. Peter Hart On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Liam Greenslade wrote: > Hi all > > I don't know what stage of development it's in now but the Migration Policy > Institute set up an on-going project to map migrants globally. The details > can be found at > http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/wmm.cfm?CFID=15374660&CFTOKEN=62 > 021908 > > Best > > Liam > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf > Of Patrick O'Sullivan > Sent: 15 June 2007 14:52 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: [IR-D] Map of Irish Diaspora? > > Piaras, > > Just for completeness... > > Author - personal EDWARDS, Ruth Dudley. > Title An atlas of Irish history ... Maps drawn by W. H. Bromage. > Publisher/year London: Methuen, [1973]. > > My own copy is... Edwards, R. D., An atlas of Irish history; Methuen: > London, 1981. > > Has maps and a section on The Irish Abroad... > > Which make you think, This could be done better... The book is very much of > its time. > > I have not seen the latest edition... > Ruth Dudley Edwards. An Atlas of Irish History. London and New York: > Routledge, 2005. xii + 299 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, select > bibliography, index. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-415-27859-1. > > Reviewed by: Mimi Cowan, Department of History, Boston College. > Published by: H-Albion (August, 2006) > Review at... > > http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=29201160600141 > > I am not clear what Ruth has done to improve things... > > I did some work a while back, talking to geographers and cartographers, > about ways in which things might be done better - in recent years > cartography has become much more creative and imaginative... > > And, of course, by now an interactive web page or cd would be the obvious > way forward... > > Patrick O'Sullivan > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf > Of MacEinri, Piaras > Sent: 15 June 2007 10:47 > To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: [IR-D] Map of Irish Diaspora? > > Dear all > > A colleague here, Willie Smyth, who is Chair of Geography, has asked me if I > know of any comprehensive world map of the Irish Diaspora (any period, > contemporary or historical). I know this begs a lot of questions especially > regarding definitions and data problems. Maybe my memory is failing me but I > cannot offhand recall such a map - has anyone any ideas? > > Piaras Mac Einri > | |
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7688 | 19 June 2007 15:30 |
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:30:16 +0100
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From: Liam Greenslade Subject: Re: Map of Irish Diaspora? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all I don't know what stage of development it's in now but the Migration Policy Institute set up an on-going project to map migrants globally. The details can be found at http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/wmm.cfm?CFID=15374660&CFTOKEN=62 021908 Best Liam -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Patrick O'Sullivan Sent: 15 June 2007 14:52 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Map of Irish Diaspora? Piaras, Just for completeness... Author - personal EDWARDS, Ruth Dudley. Title An atlas of Irish history ... Maps drawn by W. H. Bromage. Publisher/year London: Methuen, [1973]. My own copy is... Edwards, R. D., An atlas of Irish history; Methuen: London, 1981. Has maps and a section on The Irish Abroad... Which make you think, This could be done better... The book is very much of its time. I have not seen the latest edition... Ruth Dudley Edwards. An Atlas of Irish History. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. xii + 299 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, select bibliography, index. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-415-27859-1. Reviewed by: Mimi Cowan, Department of History, Boston College. Published by: H-Albion (August, 2006) Review at... http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=29201160600141 I am not clear what Ruth has done to improve things... I did some work a while back, talking to geographers and cartographers, about ways in which things might be done better - in recent years cartography has become much more creative and imaginative... And, of course, by now an interactive web page or cd would be the obvious way forward... Patrick O'Sullivan -----Original Message----- From: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [mailto:IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of MacEinri, Piaras Sent: 15 June 2007 10:47 To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [IR-D] Map of Irish Diaspora? Dear all A colleague here, Willie Smyth, who is Chair of Geography, has asked me if I know of any comprehensive world map of the Irish Diaspora (any period, contemporary or historical). I know this begs a lot of questions especially regarding definitions and data problems. Maybe my memory is failing me but I cannot offhand recall such a map - has anyone any ideas? Piaras Mac Einri | |
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7689 | 19 June 2007 19:17 |
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:17:29 +0100
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CFP four-volume encyclopedia on the history of immigration, | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: CFP four-volume encyclopedia on the history of immigration, migration and nativism in the United States MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit four-volume encyclopedia on the history of immigration, migration and nativism in the United States cfp Essays needed for four-volume encyclopedia on the history of immigration, migration and nativism in the United States Location: United States Call for Papers Date: 2007-07-15 (in 26 days) Date Submitted: 2007-06-15 Announcement ID: 157088 Forwarded on behalf of James S. Olson Professor, Sam Houston State University Email: immigrationbook[at]gmail.com Essays are needed for "On the Move: The Encyclopedia of Immigration, Migration, and Nativism in United States History," a four-volume, one million word comprehensive encyclopedia to be published by Facts on File beginning in 2009. We are seeking essays that range from 200 to 1,000 words, and possibly more upon review of initial submissions. The volumes will consist of more than 1,500 entries covering a broad range of topics emphasizing the themes of demography, geographic mobility, and identity. Example entries include blurbs on literary works or films with related themes such as "Born in East L.A." and "Lone Star"; brief summaries of landmark legislation or Supreme Court cases; profiles of important historical figures in this arena, such as Cesar Chavez, Malcolm X or Black Hawk; and lengthier examinations of ethnic peoples and their pasts in North America. If you are interested, please e-mail us at: immigrationbook[at]gmail.com for submission guidelines and a list of available topics. We prefer that contributors hold a master's degree in history, sociology, anthropology or a related field. James S. Olson Professor, Sam Houston State University Email: immigrationbook[at]gmail.com | |
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7690 | 19 June 2007 19:18 |
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:18:39 +0100
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CFP: Postgraduate Symposium in Franco-Irish Studies, Tallaght | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: CFP: Postgraduate Symposium in Franco-Irish Studies, Tallaght MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable CFP: Postgraduate Symposium in Franco-Irish Studies Call for papers / Appel =E0 communications=20 =A0=20 1st International Postgraduate Symposium in Franco-Irish Studies=20 1=E8re Journ=E9e Internationale des Doctorants en Etudes = Franco-Irlandaises=20 =A0=20 Encounters / La rencontre (5 & 6 October 07)=20 =A0 Conference organiser: Jean-Christophe Penet=20 Co-organisers: Peter D. Guy, Sarah Nolan, Raymond Mullen=20 =A0=20 =A0=20 The theme of =91encounters=92 seems most appropriate to launch this = first international postgraduate symposium organised by the National Centre = for Franco-Irish Studies, Tallaght. It is our hope that the gathering will = allow for fruitful exchanges between postgraduates from different backgrounds = and cultures, but also for a stimulating exchange of ideas. The encounters = of French and Irish authors or historical/social events the conference will = aim to bring about may, of course, range from chance encounters or carefully planned ones to encounters that are synonymous with unpleasant confrontations from which new ideas can spring forth. We are confident = they will pave the way for a true eclecticism that will endow us with a fresh vision of the authors and events under scrutiny.=20 =A0=20 Quelle th=E9matique, pour cette premi=E8re journ=E9e internationale des = doctorants organis=E9e par le Centre National d=92Etudes Franco-Irlandaise de = Tallaght, plus appropri=E9e que celle de la rencontre=A0? C=92est =E0 une = rencontre heureuse entre doctorants de divers horizons, =E0 un =E9change des plus = stimulants entre jeunes chercheurs =E0 la culture et =E0 la formation diff=E9rente mais = dont les diff=E9rences peuvent s=92av=E9rer =EAtre une richesse pour la recherche lorsqu=92elles deviennent =E9change, =E0 laquelle nous souhaitons que ce = colloque donne le jour. Aussi esp=E9rons-nous que la rencontre d=92auteurs et de = faits de civilisation fran=E7ais et irlandais provoqu=E9e par ce colloque(qui = peut se d=E9cliner sous la forme de la rencontre de l=92analyse d=92un auteur ou = d=92un fait de civilisation irlandais/fran=E7ais =E0 travers un prisme = fran=E7ais/irlandais) =96 que cette rencontre se fasse sous le signe d=92un rapprochement, d=92une = mise en contact fruit du hasard ou, au contraire, concert=E9e et voulue, ou = encore, de fa=E7on plus primordiale, qu=92elle ait lieu =E0 la mani=E8re d=92un = affrontement, d=92un combat lib=E9rateur d=92id=E9es =96 ouvrira la voix =E0 un = =E9clectisme digne de ce nom, =E0 m=EAme de nous donner un nouveau regard sur les auteurs et les =E9v=E9nements =E9tudi=E9s.=20 =A0=20 Keynote speakers / Conf=E9renciers:=20 -=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dr. E. Maher (ITT, Dublin)=20 -=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Prof. C. Maignant (Universit=E9 Lille 3)=20 =A0=20 Short proposals in English or French (c. 350 words) should be submitted = to Jean-Christophe Penet (jcpenet[at]itnet.ie) by 31 August 2007. The = organisers hope to publish a selection of the papers. Papers for the conference may = be in English or French, preferably in the speaker=92s native language.=20 =A0 | |
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7691 | 19 June 2007 19:19 |
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:19:39 +0100
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CFP: Secularism and Globalization in France and Ireland, Rennes | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: CFP: Secularism and Globalization in France and Ireland, Rennes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A F I S=A0 The Association for Franco-Irish Studies=20 =A0=A0=20 Call for Papers=20 =A0=20 Secularism and Globalization in France and Ireland.=20 =A0=20 4th Conference of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies.=20 23-24 May, 2008 (University Rennes 2, Brittany, France)=20 =A0=20 Following the success of its three international conferences to date, = the Association of Franco-Irish Studies, in association with the Centre for Irish Studies, University of Rennes 2, France, is soliciting papers for = a conference, which will run from 23-24 May 2008.=A0=20 The enlargement of the European Union and globalization have accompanied = a general process of secularisation of Europe. Today the separation of=A0 = Church and=A0 State is a common feature in the Western world, though some = counter examples such as the=A0 British Monarchy still exist. Such a trend has = often been described as an inevitable consequence of the spread of human = rights, seen as the rights of individuals protected by=A0 a State which has = become neutral in religious matters.=A0=20 =A0=20 George Rupp, in his Globalization Challenged (Columbia University Press, 2006), gives a concise definition of this trend which he describes as = =93the call of Western secular liberalism=94, according to which religious and = other ideological views may be tolerated as long as they remain private convictions that do not shape public outcomes. Globalization often = appears, to quote Ian Burruma (The New York Review of Books, 11 April 2002), as =93another word for =91US imperialism.=92=94=A0 In this regard, = comparisons between the French and the Irish experiences may prove fruitful. In spite of the fact that the French and the American Revolutions were often seen as = sisters born out of the Enlightenment, they bore fundamental differences: the = French Revolution was secular, while the American one had a strong theological background. Today the French are defensive about their perceived = identity in the face of Hollywood, Microsoft, MacDonalds and Sects, and the = =93exception culturelle=94 claim,=A0 in addition to Claude Hagege's well-voiced = stance on language, are evidence of=A0 a strong suspicion as to the real motives = behind globalization. Today the American-Irish connection is very strong, and a long history of migration has played a major part in this process, but = one must not forget that for a long time Irish Catholicism considered = American culture as yet another Anglo-Protestant threat.=20 =A0=20 Now, at the beginning of the third Christian millennium, we are not only = in the globalization revolution, but also in the post-modern era.=20 What will be the responses of people in this new era to the deep insecurities produced by globalization?=20 Is it possible in this context that they may become more theological and religious rather than ideological and secular? What alternatives exist?=20 The aim of the Conference will be to examine and compare the French and = the Irish experiences of these phenomena, and assess what understanding = and=A0 perspectives they may offer. The headings provided do not seek to be prescriptive. Any other valid areas can also be examined.=20 Previous conferences have resulted in the publication of a selection of essays and the proceedings from the Rennes meeting will therefore appear = in the third volume of Studies in Franco-Irish Relations series (Peter = Lang).=20 Papers in French or English should be of 20 minutes duration and = abstracts of no more than 250 words must be submitted by the 4th of February 2008 = to:=20 =A0=20 Dr. Eamon Maher,=20 Director,=20 National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies,=20 ITT Dublin,=20 Tallaght,=20 Dublin 24.=20 E-mail: eamon.maher[at]ittdublin.ie=20 Phone: + 353 (0)1 4042871.=20 Or=20 Dr. Yann B=E9vant,=20 Centre d=92Etudes Irlandaises=20 UFR Langues=20 Universit=E9 Rennes 2=20 35043 Rennes cedex=20 E-Mail=A0: yann.bevant[at]uhb.fr=20 Phone=A0: + 0033 (0)299=A0141=A0628=20 =A0=20 Keynote speakers include=A0:=20 Pr Peadar Kirby (Dublin City University)=20 Pr Catherine Maignant (Universit=E9 Lille 3)=20 =A0=20 Scientific Committee=A0:=20 CRBC members (CRBC is the umbrella CNRS research unit to which the CEI belongs)=20 Pr Jean Brihault (Rennes 2)=20 Pr Gwendal Denis (Rennes 2)=20 Pr Francis Favereau (Rennes 2)=20 Pr Anne Goarzin (Rennes 2)=20 Pr Herve Le Bihan (Rennes 2)=20 =A0=20 | |
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7692 | 19 June 2007 19:23 |
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:23:09 +0100
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Call for papers / Galwad am bapurau, S4C and the first 25 years, | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: Call for papers / Galwad am bapurau, S4C and the first 25 years, Aberystwyth MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable NOTE 'While the focus of this Conference is firmly on S4C as a Welsh language broadcaster, its position as the first dedicated minority language = channel will be addressed through the comparative international context and = papers addressing this issue are also very welcome.' =A0 Call for papers / Galwad am bapurau : (Bilingual Message in Welsh and in English) Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth / University of Wales Aberystwyth 2-3 Tachwedd / November 2007 Cynhadledd Ryngwladol i nodi chwarter canrif cyntaf darlledu gan S4C / International Conference to mark the first 25 years of broadcasting by = S4C (Welsh language television) *=A0=A0=A0=A0 *=A0=A0=A0=A0 *=A0=A0=A0=A0 *=A0=A0=A0=A0 *=A0=A0=A0=A0 * S4C: the first 25 years 2-3 November 2007 Call for Papers The Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies in association = with the Wales Institute for Cultural and Communication Industries and the Mercator Centre for Minority Languages is hosting a two day = international conference at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth to mark the = 25th anniversary of the first broadcast by S4C, the Welsh language television channel, on 1st November 1982. The Conference seeks contributions from a wide range of participants - academics researchers, professionals, practitioners and policy = formulators - and aims to analyse significant events and scrutinise major decisions = taken in the trajectory of S4C from the legendary broadcasting campaign right through to the channel's vision of its future role and position in the market-led, post-analogue, multi-platform world. In addition to academic papers and presentations, keynote speeches and = panel discussion, the Conference will hold a number of unique witness sessions during which key figures will be interviewed in depth on the subject of their role in the creation / development of S4C. While the focus of this Conference is firmly on S4C as a Welsh language broadcaster, its position as the first dedicated minority language = channel will be addressed through the comparative international context and = papers addressing this issue are also very welcome. Abstracts of approximately 500 words or suggestions for panel = discussions should be sent to mercator[at]aber.ac.uk to arrive no later than 30th June 2007. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 20th July 2007. Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to: *=A0=A0=A0=A0 The emergence of S4C as a cultural, economic and = linguistic force in Wales *=A0=A0=A0=A0 The relationship between S4C and other broadcasters in = Wales and the UK *=A0=A0=A0=A0 S4C as pioneer of minority language broadcasting *=A0=A0=A0=A0 S4C as multi-platform content disseminator *=A0=A0=A0=A0 S4C and cultural vitality in Wales *=A0=A0=A0=A0 Commissioning and programming *=A0=A0=A0=A0 Content *=A0=A0=A0=A0 Audiences, citizens and consumers Abstracts submitted for consideration can be accepted in Welsh, English, French, Spanish, Catalan and Galician.=A0 Final papers, however, should = be submitted in Welsh or English. Translation into and from BSL will be arranged in consultation with participants. Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth S4C: y chwarter canrif cyntaf 2-3 Tachwedd 2007 Galwad am Bapurau (SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH) Mae Adran Astudiaethau Theatr, Ffilm a Theledu mewn cydberthynas =E2 = Sefydliad Diwydiannau Cyfathrebu a Chreadigol Cymru ynghyd =E2 Chanolfan Mercator = ar gyfer Ieithoedd Llai yn cynnal cynhadledd ddeuddydd ryngwadol yn = Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru i nodi 25 mlwyddiant y darllediad cyntaf gan S4C ar 1 Tachwedd 1982. Mae'r Gynhadledd yn gwahodd cyfraniadau gan ystod eang o bobl - = ymchwilwyr ac ysgolheigion ac hefyd gan bobl sydd ac a fu'n gweithio yn y diwydiant = neu sydd ac a fu'n gysylltiedig =E2 meysydd polisi perthnasol. Bwriad y = Gynhadledd yw dadansoddi digwyddiadau arwyddocaol ac archwilio penderfyniadau = allweddol a gymerwyd ar wahanol adegau ar hyd ymdaith sylweddol S4C o gyfnod = ymgyrch chwedlonol hyd at weledigaeth bresennol y sianel ynglyn =E2'i = swyddogaeth a'i safle mewn byd =F4l-analog, aml-blatfform, gyda'r farchnad yn arwain. Yn ogystal =E2 phapurau academaidd, cyflwyniadau, siaradwyr a = thrafodaeth, bwriad y Gynhadledd yw cynnal nifer o sesiynau llygaid-dyst, gan wahodd unigolion allweddol i gynnig tystiolaeth o'u cyfraniad hwy i greu / = datblygu S4C drwy gyfweliad. Er fod ffocws Gymreig bendant i'r Gynhadledd hon, croesewir papurau a = fydd yn cyfeirio at safle S4C fel y darlledwr penodol cyntaf mewn iaith leiafrifol ac yn cyflwyno dadansoddiadau cymharol rhyngwladol. Dylid danfon cynigion o tua 500 o eiriau neu awgrymiadau ar gyfer trafodaethau panel at mercator[at]aber.ac.uk i gyrraedd dim hwyrach na = 30ain Mehefin 2007. Danfonir cadarnhad i'r cynigion a gymeradwyir erbyn 20fed Gorffennaf 2007. Fe drafodir, ymysg eraill, y pynciau canlynol: *=A0=A0=A0=A0 S4C fel grym ym mae diwylliant, economi a iaith yn Nghymru *=A0=A0=A0=A0 Y berthynas rhwng S4C a darlledwyr erail yng Nghymru a'r = DG *=A0=A0=A0=A0 S4C fel arloeswr darlledu mewn ieithoedd lleiafrifol *=A0=A0=A0=A0 S4C yn lledaenu cynnwys aml-blatfform *=A0=A0=A0=A0 S4C a hyfywedd diwylliannol yng Nghymru *=A0=A0=A0=A0 Comisiynu a rhaglenni *=A0=A0=A0=A0 Cynnwys *=A0=A0=A0=A0 Cynulleidfaoedd, dinasyddion a defnyddwyr Gellir derbyn cynigion papurau yn y Gymraeg, Saesneg, Ffrangeg, Sbaeneg, Catalaneg a Galisieg. Fodd bynnag, dylid cyflwyno'r papur terfynol yn y Gymraeg neu'r Saesneg. Trefnir cyfieithu rhwng BSL drwy ymgynghori =E2 chynadleddwyr o flaen llaw. Croesewir papurau gan ymchwilwyr ifanc neu newydd. *=A0=A0=A0=A0 *=A0=A0=A0=A0 *=A0=A0=A0=A0 *=A0=A0=A0=A0 *=A0=A0=A0=A0 * University of Wales Aberystwyth | |
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7693 | 20 June 2007 00:27 |
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:27:08 +0100
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Barry McLoughlin's book Left to the Wolves - Irish Victims of | |
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From: Muiris Mag Ualghairg Subject: Barry McLoughlin's book Left to the Wolves - Irish Victims of Stalinist Terror MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline There is a good article on the BBC website at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6759483.stm Muiris | |
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7694 | 20 June 2007 17:03 |
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:03:15 +0100
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Terrorism and Migration_CFP | |
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From: Jim McAuley Subject: Terrorism and Migration_CFP MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi paddy, is this of interest to anyone? warm thoughts, jim CALL FOR PAPERS Terrorism and Migration A Two-Day Interdisciplinary Conference at the School of Humanities, Unive= rsity of Southampton, UK. Saturday November 17th-Sunday November 18th, 2007 Contemporary anxieties about terrorism in the mainstream media and politi= cs have clearly articulated the war against terrorism and the struggle for = global security to the control of immigration, as well as the criminalisati= on of Islam. As A. Sivanandan has argued in a recent article, =91the war on= asylum and the war on terror [=85] have converged to produce a racism whic= h cannot tell a settler from an immigrant, an immigrant from an asylum spea= ker, an asylum speaker from a Muslim, a Muslim from a terrorist=92. In res= ponse to the conflation of discourses of counter-terrorism, global security= and the control of migration, this conference invites papers from any area= of the humanities and the social sciences that are related to the followin= g topics: =95 Terrorism and Migration in Literature, Film, Visual Art and Music =95 Histories of migration, immigration law and political sovereignty =95 Migration, Terrorism and the State of Emergency =95 Ethnographies of migration and terrorism =95 Terrorism, Migration and the Public Sphere =95 Asylum, Imperialism and War Confirmed Speakers include: Margaret Scanlan, Elleke Boehmer, Ranjana Kha= nna, David Glover and Matthew Gibney. Please submit a 200-300 word abstract via email or post to the address be= low by September 1st, 2007: Sandy White English, School of Humanities University of Southampton Southampton S017 1BJ E-mail: sw17[at]soton.ac.uk This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you r= eceive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it fr= om your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the busine= ss of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will ac= cept no liability. | |
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7695 | 23 June 2007 15:55 |
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:55:06 +0100
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Book Review, Ford and McCafferty, eds., | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: Book Review, Ford and McCafferty, eds., _The Origins of Sectarianism in Early Modern Ireland_ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable H-NET BOOK REVIEW Published by H-Catholic[at]h-net.msu.edu (June 2007) Alan Ford and John McCafferty, eds. _The Origins of Sectarianism in = Early Modern Ireland_. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ix + 249 = pp. Index. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-521-83755-3. Reviewed for H-Catholic by Benjamin Hazard, Department of History, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Coming to Terms with the Past The decision made by the Ulster Unionist Ian Paisley, in March 2007, to share power with the Sinn Fein in the Northern Irish Assembly offers an opportunity to examine the recently published proceedings of a symposium which coincided with the historic Good Friday Agreement of 1998. This book attempts to assess the emergence of religious division in Ireland during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This was a time of flux and one of the problems to overcome is that of compartmentalization.=20 Apart from isolated efforts, the start of Irish confessionalization and sectarianism has largely been overlooked, a point made by Alan Ford in = his introduction to this volume (p. 3). In the first article, Ute Lotz-Heumann uses comparative methodology to apply the concept of confessionalization from German historiography to Ireland in the period from 1534 to 1649. Whilst the two are at odds on the appropriate use of the terminology, Lotz-Heumann and Ford concur = that parallel processes of sectarianism and confessionalization emerged with inter-denominational hostility in the 1580s (pp. 5, 53). This sets the tone for the dispassionate approach taken by the editors in contrast = with romanticized histories propagated until the twentieth century, which = both expressed and fuelled sectarian thought and action. John McCafferty surveys the difficulties confronted by the newly established state church during the reigns of James I and Charles I.=20 Despite being "well-educated [and] accomplished preachers," Church of Ireland bishops became caught up in "ruthless recovery of revenues and unrelenting insistence on a narrowly conceived conformity" (p. 71-72).=20 The juxtaposition of this article with Tadhg O'hAnnrachain's upbeat appraisal of the activity of Catholic prelates trained in continental Europe highlights the weakness of "Briticizing" the episcopate in the early years of Irish protestantism (p. 57). This, it would seem, added = to a sense of alienation amongst an indigenous Catholic population who = could turn to their own clergy, recently returned from new Irish seminaries on the continent filled with the zeal of post-Tridentine teaching. Whilst wrong-footed elsewhere in Europe, therefore, the introduction of Council of Trent decrees in Ireland was facilitated by the relatively late = arrival of reformation in the country.[1] The book's European theme recurs in M=C3=ADche=C3=A1l MacCraith's = assertion that the opinions of Irish Catholics "on the nature of their obligations to James I" should be set in the wider context of the debate generated in Europe "by the controversy emanating from the oath of allegiance" (p. 188). His interdisciplinary contribution makes two valuable primary sources in the Irish language available to a much wider public and, in doing so, casts light on the contemporary appeal of different political philosophies to the Gaelic-Irish in the seventeenth century. Taken together with Brian Jackson's account of internal strife amongst Irish Franciscans this nuanced understanding challenges the received view of monolithic ideologies on either side. This point is taken up by Alan = Ford who draws on a varied range of sources to evaluate the Irish historical renaissance and the shaping of protestant history in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Whilst detailing James Ussher's role, = he has little to say about the sharing of manuscripts between the = Archbishop of Armagh and M=C3=ADcheal O'Cleirigh.[2] David Edwards provides an impressive analysis of the arrival and settlement of English Catholics in Ireland where evidence suggests the enforcement of laws against their confession may have been less exacting than in England. Their presence, he reveals, had significant and = hitherto unforeseen repercussions upon the outcome of the rebellion in 1641 (pp. 123-126). Marc Caball tests and refines Samantha Meigs's thesis on the resistance to reformation offered by the bardic =C3=A9lite of Gaelic = society.=20 In common with Edwards, he concludes that contemporary politics were = based upon religious allegiance rather than ethnicity which, in turn, appears = to be at variants with Declan Downey's review of how Irish catholic nobles made recourse to "purity of blood and faith" overseas, especially in Habsburg territories. Therefore, as John Morrill states in his conclusion to the volume, = rather than reaching an overall consensus, this collection of essays makes a = most useful contribution to what has long been an "under-researched" topic = (pp. 237-239). Decades of conflict both stifled and polarized such debate. = It is to be hoped that, in today's more open Irish political climate, this book will give rise to further publications on the subsequent = development of sectarianism and confessionalization. Notes [1]. For earlier secondary sources on the subject, see Nicholas Canny, "Why the Reformation Failed in Ireland: Une Question Mal Pos=C3=A9e," = _Journal of Ecclesiastical History_ 30 (1979): 423-450; and Karl Bottigheimer, = "The Failure of the Reformation in Ireland: Une Question Bien Pos=C3=A9e," = _Journal of Ecclesiastical History_ 36 (1985): 196-207. [2]. Cf. Joop Leerssen, "Archbishop Ussher and Gaelic Culture," _Studia Hibernica_ 22-23 (1982-83): 50-58. Copyright (c) 2007 by H-Net, all rights reserved. H-Net permits the redistribution and reprinting of this work for nonprofit, educational purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the author, web location, date of publication, originating list, and H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. For other uses contact the Reviews editorial staff: hbooks[at]mail.h-net.msu.edu. | |
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7696 | 23 June 2007 15:55 |
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:55:15 +0100
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CFP IRISH STUDIES CONFERENCE, University of Sunderland, | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: CFP IRISH STUDIES CONFERENCE, University of Sunderland, 9-11 November 2007 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alison Younger [mailto:alison_younger[at]yahoo.co.uk]=20 =A0 The University of Sunderland In Association with the North East Irish Culture Network Fifth Annual Irish Studies Conference 9-11 November 2007 Ireland: At War and Peace =20 Following the success of its last four international conferences: Representing-Ireland: Past, Present and Future, [2003] and The Word, The Icon and The Ritual, [2004], Lands of Saints of Scholars, [2005], and Ireland: Renaissance, Revolution and Regeneration, (2006) the University = of Sunderland, in association with NEICN, is soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary conference, which will run from 9-11 November 2007. = The conference will begin with a plenary lecture on Friday 9th November; = there will be a book launch and wine reception in the evening and a ceilidh = and conference banquet on Saturday 10th November. 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. As with previous year=92s conference, we welcome submissions for panels and papers under the thematic headings of: = Ireland at War and Peace in the following areas: Literature, Performing Arts, = History, Politics, Folklore and Mythology, Ireland in Theory, Gender and Ireland Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, Tourism, 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. We also welcome proposals for papers in absentia for delegates who wish to participate but may find it difficult = to attend the event. As part of its commitment to furthering research and critical inquiry in = the field of Irish Studies, NEICN organises regular conferences, seminars = and readings. In the past four years we have had plenary papers delivered by Terry Eagleton, Robert Welch, Luke Gibbons, Ailbhe Smith, Kevin Barry, Siobhan Kilfeather, Shaun Richards, Lance Pettitt, Stephen Regan, Lord = David Puttnam, Andrew Carpenter, John Nash and Willy Maley, with readings from Ciaran Carson Medbh McGuckian, Bernard O=92Donoghue and Eilis Ni = Dhuibhne. Previous conferences have resulted in the publication of a selection of essays, and we hope to continue this with essays from this year=92s conference. LENGTH =96 Papers should not exceed 2,500 =96 3,000 words/20 minutes=92 = delivery DEADLINES =96 Enquiries and submissions should be submitted by 30th = June, 2007 to the conference coordinators Dr Alison O=92Malley-Younger =96 alison.younger[at]sunderland.ac.uk and = Professor John Strachan =96 john.strachan[at]sunderland.ac.uk and copied to the = conference administrator, Ms Susan Cottam =96 susan.cottam[at]sunderland.ac.uk=20 . CONFERENCE VENUE =96 The conference will take place at St Peter=92s = Campus. Please see our websites [at] www.sunderland.ac.uk and www.neicn.com for = further details. =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/English and Creative Writing Department of English University of Sunderland =A0 | |
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7697 | 27 June 2007 14:59 |
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:59:16 -0400
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CFP: Franco-Irish Connections, Military Aspects, | |
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From: Bill Mulligan Subject: CFP: Franco-Irish Connections, Military Aspects, 17th-20th centuries MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Forwarded from H-Atlantic. This may be of interest to the lsit. Bill Mulligan Franco-Irish Connections, Military Aspects 17th-20th centuries The Service Historique de la D=E9fense [the French Army historical =20 Service] in Vincennes, France, is organizing a two day conference =20 (6-7th September 2007) on the military aspects of the Franco-Irish =20 relationships between 17th and 20th centuries (free entrance). The scientific organisation is in charge of the Dr Genet-Rouffiac, =20 chief curator in the Service historique, Andr=E9 Rakoto, chief of the =20 international department of the Service historique, and Dr David =20 Murphy from Trinity College, Dublin. The papers, 45 mn long, in French or in English, are expected on the =20 following matters: - the different aspects of the action of the Irish on the service of =20 France, or in France, their links with the French society and the role =20 of France as the first step on the Continent; - Ireland in the French international policy, both as a subject of its =20 own and as an element of the British policy. The proposals have to be submitted to the scientific committee before =20 the 30th june 2007 at one of the following addresses: Dr Nathalie Genet-Rouffiac Dr David Murphy Service historique de la d=E9fense murphydjj[at]eircom.net Ch=E2teau de Vincennes BP 166 00468 Arm=E9es nathalie.genet-rouffiac[at]defense.gouv.fr The entrance will be free but a registration list is already on line =20 on the SHD site, where the definite program will be fully available at =20 the beginning of July: www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr | |
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7698 | 28 June 2007 09:26 |
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:26:16 +0100
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Ireland's first black mayor | |
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From: "MacEinri, Piaras" Subject: Ireland's first black mayor MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From today's Irish Times Piaras Ireland's first black mayor set to be elected in Portlaoise A Nigerian man who arrived here seven years ago seeking asylum is = likely to create history by becoming Ireland's first black mayor today, Ronan = McGreevy . Cllr Rotimi Adebari (43) was elected to Portlaoise Town Council in 2004 = and should take the chain of office when the members meet to elect a new = mayor this afternoon. He is likely to be elected under a mayoral pact which sees the position rotate among the Fine Gael/Sinn F=E9in/Independent members of the = council. Mr Adebari has scheduled a party for the new parish centre in = Portlaoise tomorrow evening to celebrate his imminent mayoralty. He said: "It will be a great honour to become the number one citizen of = the town. The kudos, though, goes to the people of Portlaoise who elected = me in 2004. They gave me this opportunity," he said. "I would want to use my year to say to immigrants coming here that this = is a land of opportunities and it is a country that is described as a place = of a thousand welcomes. "The people of Portlaoise have not only said that, but they have acted = on it by electing me to the town council". Mr Adebari arrived in Dublin with his wife and two children in 2000 = fleeing religious persecution. After a few weeks the family settled in = Portlaoise. He struggled to find work in the first two years, but he got involved = as a volunteer with the Abbeyleix Tennis Club and set up Supporting = Unemployed in Laois (Suil). He surprised many of his supporters by being elected to the town = council as an Independent in 2004, polling 321 first-preference votes. Since then he has set up "Optimum Point", a consultancy which trains companies and educational institutions in cross-cultural awareness and = he has completed a Masters in Intercultural Studies at Dublin City = University. He now works for Laois County Council co-ordinating an integration = project for local immigrants. "I got involved in the community and I volunteered. It gave me the opportunity to meet people first-hand and they got to know me. We all = have to make an effort to reach out to one another," he believes. "I want to encourage immigrants to be a force in their communities, to engage with their communities and people will get to know you. Their perception of you will change just like that and that's what happened = to me." | |
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7699 | 28 June 2007 20:31 |
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:31:53 +0100
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TOC Irish Political Studies Volume 22 Issue 2 | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: TOC Irish Political Studies Volume 22 Issue 2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Irish Political Studies: Volume 22 Issue 2 (http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=3Dissue&issn=3D0790-7184&volum= e=3D22&is sue=3D2&uno_jumptype=3Dalert&uno_alerttype=3Dnew_issue_alert,email) is = now available online at informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com). This new issue contains the following articles: Ark (Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive): The Northern = Ireland Qualitative Catalogue and Archive on the Conflict p. 133 Authors: Peter Mcloughlin;=A0 Mark McNally; Robert Miller DOI: 10.1080/07907180701419300 Republic of Ireland p. 139 Northern Ireland p. 227 Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy - = Special Issue on Intervening in Northern Ireland Read the free editorial at = www.informaworld.com/10.1080/13698230600941879 | |
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7700 | 28 June 2007 22:07 |
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:07:47 +0100
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'Blair chair' honours outgoing PM's role in peace process | |
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From: Patrick O'Sullivan Subject: 'Blair chair' honours outgoing PM's role in peace process MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 'Blair chair' honours outgoing PM's role in peace process The University of Liverpool has announced it will create a chair in = Irish studies in honour of the outgoing prime minister Liz Ford Wednesday June 27, 2007 EducationGuardian.co.uk Tony Blair felt the hand of history once more on his shoulders this week = as the University of Liverpool announced it was to create a chair in Irish studies in honour of the outgoing prime minister. The Blair chair has been created by the Irish government at the = university's Institute of Irish Studies, in recognition of Mr Blair's "instrumental = role" in the peace process. The chair, announced yesterday, comes with a =A35m endowment to be spent = on postgraduate research and a new undergraduate programme in British and = Irish politics, which will be launched next year. Researchers and students at the institute, founded in 1988, will be = involved in outreach work that focuses on peace-building programmes within communities experiencing conflict in Ireland and elsewhere in the world. Mr Blair, who stepped down as prime minister today, said: "This is a = great and unexpected honour. But it is also one shared by the very many people = in Northern Ireland and beyond who had the vision, courage and commitment = to work towards a peaceful future." The Irish prime minister, Bertie Ahern, said the new chair was "a = fitting way to mark Tony Blair's immense and historic contribution in helping = bring peace to Ireland". He added: "It is a contribution that will be remembered by Irish people = all over the world for as long as the history of our country is read and written. "The endowment of =A35m also recognises the importance of Irish studies internationally and the achievements to date of the Institute of Irish Studies in Liverpool - a city that has so many links with Ireland." The director of the institute, Prof Marianne Elliott, said: "The = endowment will enable us to build on the work we have carried out in Ireland over = the past 20 years and introduce our knowledge to other countries with = similar issues. "With Ireland now the fastest-growing economy in the western world, the knowledge of its history, culture, language and politics will prepare students for a range of careers." http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2112818,00.html and And from the Irish, a university chair http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=3D/news/2007/06/27/nblair6= 27.xm l | |
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