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I don't think it's an either/or proposition: why can't we incorporate bot=
h=20
immigrants and the diaspora into our society?

I think the notion of Irish identity as viewed from Ireland has often bee=
n=20
exclusive, not only of immigrants but of emigrants (and of course their=20
descendents) as well. Wouldn't a truly inclusive notion of Irishness=20
incorporate all people of who feel themselves Irish, whether it's because=
=20
they were born here, moved here, moved from here, or were descended from=20
here?

Regards,
Noreen

Noreen Bowden
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> To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
> From: "Mulligan, Adrian Neil Dr."
> Subject: Re: [IR-D] Ireland's future depends on diaspora's 'soft power'
> by David McWilliams
>
> Dear fellow IR-D members,
>
> With regards the article 'Ireland's future depends on diaspora's 'soft
> power'...
>
> I'm all for re-narrating narratives of Irishness, in an attempt to forg=
e a
> (post?)national identity -but it is one which I hope will be less
> ethnically exclusive, and I'm just not so sure that reaching out to the
> Irish Diaspora -whose Irishness we still conceptualize as being based u=
pon
> blood, is necessarily the right answer to whatever problems we reckon=20
> we're
> having in Ireland. Certainly, economically, the Irish diaspora have=20
> played
> a crucial role, but embracing them socially and politically, how's that
> going to move us forward?
>
> As an Irish citizen myself, born outside of Ireland, trust me -I
> continually struggle with my identity crisis, and I sympathize with the
> Argentinean economic migrants who wish to return to the land of their
> ancestors. BUT -the questions I believe we should be asking are 'Why
> aren't the Nigerian Irish for example, born in Dublin, considered Irish=
?'
> AND 'How do we forge a more multicultural Irish nationalism that would
> properly include them?' I think this is a much better direction -rathe=
r
> than continuing to promote an organic primordial 'tribal' sense of
> Irishness, which only further alienates these migrants who are an integ=
ral
> part of modern Ireland
>
> Just some thoughts...
>
> Adrian
>
>
>
> Dr. Adrian N. Mulligan
> Department of Geography
> Bucknell University
> Lewisburg, PA 17837
>
> (001)(570)577-1949
>
>=20

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P.O'S.

Norton, Christopher. "The Internment of Cahir Healy M.P., Brixton Prison
July 1941-December 1942." Twentieth Century British History 18.2 (2007): 170
- 193.

The arrest and internment in Brixton prison of the leading Northern Ireland
nationalist politician and Stormont MP, Cahir Healy, in 1941 has long
remained something of an historical enigma. Contemporaneous accounts that
his arrest amounted to little more than an unwarranted act of
anti-nationalist persecution or was the result of his alleged involvement in
'acts prejudicial' during time of war both benefited from the blanket of
secrecy that surrounded the case. This article casts light on this affair.
It offers an insight into the strategic considerations of Northern
nationalist politicians at a time when British victory in the war was
uncertain. It argues that some senior nationalist activists, including
Healy, did envisage a situation in which British defeat and German victory
could bring closer the prospect of Irish unity, did contemplate a policy of
cooperation with Germany and did take steps to make this known to the German
Legation in Dublin. The article also examines Healy's relationship with
fellow internees in Brixton prison and his continued post-war association
with figures on the British far-right, particularly Sir Oswald Mosley.

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Irish, Catholic and Scouse: The History of the Liverpool Irish, =
1800-1939
Belchem, John
price: =A3 14.95
ISBN 9781846311086

Synopsis
Liverpool in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a great
cultural melting pot and processing point of migration from Europe to =
the
USA. The Irish in particular crossed to Liverpool in their tens of =
thousands
before setting out across the Atlantic. Here for the first time =
acclaimed
historian John Belchem offers a ground-breaking and extensive social =
history
of the elements of the Irish diaspora that stayed in Liverpool, =
enriching
the city=92s cultural mix rather than continuing on their journey. =
Covering
the tumultuous period from the Act of Union to the supposed 'final
settlement' between Britain and Ireland, this richly illustrated volume =
will
be required reading for anyone interested in the Irish diaspora.

'No one has mastered the sources the way Belchem has, and here he uses =
the
documentation deftly... this is a mature scholar doing his style of =
history
about as well as it can be done.'
Professor Don Akenson, Queen=92s University, Kingston, Ontario

352 pages, 234 x 156 mm, limp

32pp black and white illustrations

Published September 2007

http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/html/publication.asp?idProduct=3D3783=


http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/

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I remember a young American in The Brown Pub in Kealkil trying to persuade
us that 'I am as Irish as you are'. As Kealkil people do not (did not?)
even regard the inhabitants of Bantry as being as Irish as they were, this
was received with some mockery. 'More Irish than the Irish themselves' was
never said without irony.

Post-nationalism is an excellent concept, but surely more academic than
actual? Where does that leave the old or older Nationalist traditions - or
rather how can we persuade (should we persuade) people to abandon their own
sense of being Irish formed in the past?
D=E9racin=E9 myself in three countries, I grow more, and not less, perplexe=
d.

Both Bloom and The Citizen are still in controversy.


D.C. Rose
1 rue Gutenberg
75015 Paris

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From: "Murray, Edmundo"
To: "The Irish Diaspora Studies List"

I am receiving enquiries from members on this list and others regarding =
this article and the associated TV programme by David McWilliams in =
RT=C9 "Generation Game 3" =
http://www.rte.ie/tv/thegenerationgame/prog3.html

- the Argentina section starts at about 21 minutes).

The following are a few points not included in the article or the =
programme, which of course steps in Mary Robinson's speech "cherishing =
the Irish diaspora", but mainly from an economic perspective.

The pretended Irishness of a majority of Argentines with Irish ancestors =
is limited to some kind of geographic awareness of their origins. Almost =
all of them are the product of the typical Latin American "mestizaje", =
in the case of Argentina among European and Middle-Eastern ethnicities =
and cultures. It would not be their love for Ireland the motivation to =
ask for an Irish passport. Actually most of them would prefer a British =
one if they were given the choice.=20

Who would move to Ireland? Only a handful of young people would take the =
risks of any emigration, and abandon the security of their families at =
home. I am told by embassy sources that very, very few of the Irish =
passport holders in Argentina actually went to live in Ireland, although =
the number of people asking for Irish citizenship continues to increase. =
The same happens at Spanish, Italian, Israeli, Japanese, French and =
other embassies in Buenos Aires. The number of returned migrants is not =
insignificant. More than a strong Irish identity the problem seems to be =
a strong lack of national identity among Argentines.

The sample of interviewees in the TV show is of course not =
representative. But their irritating statements (eg. "the only good =
thing that I see of Argentina is that the university is free"), would =
prompt most of the young people I know in that country - including other =
Irish Argentines - to... contemplate violence.

The programme and the article include other misrepresentations, like the =
portrayal of Che Guevara as Irish ("whose mother was a Lynch from =
Galway"), which sounds as complete nonsense for Argentine or Cuban ears, =
but is an increasingly common statement in Ireland.=20

However, what is really frustrating is the patronizing attitude (perhaps =
learned from British imperialism?) among certain Irish circles today who =
look upon on Latin Americans as "young" societies that need to learn =
from the "experience" and "discipline" of the Celtic Tiger. The three =
youngsters in the TV programme work well as a metonymy of this attitude.

Honesty, I prefer the previous regard of simple curiosity or plain =
neglect towards the Irish in Latin America. It is easier to communicate =
with someone who recognizes his/her ignorance than with someone who =
believes superior to others because of economic success.

Edmundo Murray

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CCMC

CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CULTURES

GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Tuesday 13 November
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20
John Baily

Video launch

Scenes of Afghan Music.
London, Kabul, Hamburg, Dublin.=20
(97 mins)

John Baily, Professor of Ethnomusicology at Goldsmiths, has researched =
and
performed Afghan music since the 1970s. This film is about his recent =
work
on Afghan music in London and London=92s musical communications with
Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora, funded by the AHRC=92s Diasporas,
Migration and Identities programme.

5.30 pm in the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre
Followed by a reception in the Senior Common Room

Free Admission =96 All Welcome

http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/find-us/

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This may be of interest to the list.

=20

In Life with Mae, the late Neal Shine combines an engaging memoir of his
family life in prewar Detroit with a biography of his mother, Mae, whose
vibrant spirit and fierce affection left an indelible mark on her three =
sons
and their friends and neighbors.

=20

Mae was born in 1909 in the small town of Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland, =
where
her father ran the depot that distributed Guinness Stout. Going into =
service
as a housekeeper at fourteen, Mae quickly saw that the only future she =
had
in Ireland was as a servant. By the time she was eighteen, she had saved
enough money from her housekeeping job for a one-way ticket to the =
United
States, where she eventually settled in Detroit.

=20

Shine, longtime editor and former publisher of the Detroit Free Press, =
tells
his story in a series of entertaining interconnected vignettes, =
reflecting
on his mother, his family life in Detroit, and later his journey to =
visit
family in Ireland. Whether recounting Mae's feud with a local tavern =
owner,
her distrust of the food sold by local grocers, or her standoff with a
department store deliveryman who had come to repossess their furniture,
Shine lovingly conveys his mother's fierce protective streak, her
effervescent personality, and her outspoken identification with the =
poor.
For fans of Shine's insightful and humorous storytelling, as well as =
fellow
Detroiters and readers with Irish roots, Life with Mae will be an
entertaining and satisfying read.

=20

Neal Shine was the former editor and publisher of the Detroit Free =
Press, as
well as emeritus professor of journalism at Oakland University in =
Rochester,
Michigan. During his years as publisher he was heavily involved in the =
life
of the community, serving on the boards of more than thirty-five civic =
and
community organizations. He received more than three dozen awards for =
his
community work and numerous awards for his journalism.

=20

Available October 2007 =20

ISBN 978-0-8143-3298-6 . $24.95 cloth . 256 pages . 30 illustrations.=20

=20

Bill

=20

William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor of History

Graduate Program Coordinator=20

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341 USA=20

Office: 1-270-809-6571

Fax: 1-270-809-6587=20

=20

=20

=20

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Subject: CFP Canadian Association for Irish Studies, Toronto, May 28-31,
2008
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CAIS 2008: Call for Papers

The Canadian Association for Irish Studies is holding its annual
conference and AGM from May 28-31, 2008 at St. Michael's College in the
University of Toronto. The conference will begin with a reception on
Wednesday the 28th and conclude with the traditional CAIS banquet on
Saturday the 31st .

Conference organizers are calling for 20-minute contributions on any
aspect connected with or suggested by the conference theme: *Irish Eyes
- Visions and Revisions*. Topics and themes may include but are not
limited to:

- speculation and spectacle

- site lines: territories actual and virtual

- sights and signs: tourism, marketing, popular culture

- scenes private and public, literary and political

- film, theatre, and visual arts

- seeing and believing

- visual cultures

- memories and countermemories

- reflections, predictions, past and future orientations

- Ireland looking abroad (and as seen from abroad)

- surveillance, intelligence

- exposures, recoveries

- inquests, inquiries, tribunals, trials

- witnessing


Please send a 200-250 word abstract no later than *January 5, 2008* to


Dr. Duncan Greenlaw
Department of English
St. Jerome's University
Waterloo, ON,
Canada N2L 3G3

dgreenlaw[at]uwaterloo.ca


Please paste the abstract into the body of e-mail submissions and be
sure to include your full name, contact information, and academic
affiliation (if any). Abstracts will be assessed by a conference
committee. All presenters at CAIS conferences must be paid-up members of
CAIS.

For more information: www.irishstudies.ca

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'Ireland's future depends on diaspora's 'soft
> power'...


Isn't it curious that this is the first public manifestation of interest =
in 'the Diaspora' by a self- absorbed and self-satisfied generation which=
revels in the success of the Celtic Tiger - the foundations for which, i=
n fact, rest on the remittances of the 20th century Irish abroad (Irish e=
ducation budget 1960 - =A316M; emigrants' remittances 1960 - =A315.5M.)? =
Motivated, of course, by sheer self-interest - the desire to prolong and =
enjoy that success at any price.=20

Yet the efforts of many to initiate a national dialogue with the diaspora=
have been met with overwhelming indifference on the part of the Irish in=
Ireland. My own End to Exile Campaign, for example, although advertised =
widely via the media over the past two years, hasn't generated so much as=
a phone call from anyone on this island!

In stark contrast, unsolicited emails arrive daily from Irish preople abr=
oad in response to statements such as the following:

=91We are finding deep wells of sadness in ordinary human lives=92, Te=
resa Gallagher, Irish Councelling & Psychotherapy, London.

The goal of this campaign is to enable those at home to reach out to thos=
e abroad. Many of our older emigrants consider themselves to be exiles ra=
ther than emigrants. They feel forgotten and ignored by those at home and=
, regardless of circumstances, that feeling erodes their peace of mind.=20

All emigrants dream of home but many who can=92t, or won=92t, return perm=
anently may yet be reclaimed by their own. it is painfully obvious howeve=
r that here time is of the essence=85=20

The goal of this campaign is to ecourage those at home, particularly the =
older generation including returned emigrants, to reach out to those abro=
ad. The concept works on the ink blot principle, whereby public awareness=
is raised at grass roots level, county by county, the end result being a=
n on-going national campaign driven from the bottom up.'

The response in Ireland? Screams of silence! Makes one wonder...

Ultan Cowley
=20





=20













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< Subject: Re: [IR-D] Ireland's future depends on diaspora's 'soft power=
'
< by David McWilliams
< =20
< Dear fellow IR-D members,
< =20
< With regards the article 'Ireland's future depends on diaspora's 'soft=
=20
< power'...
< =20
< I'm all for re-narrating narratives of Irishness, in an attempt to for=
ge a=20
< (post?)national identity -but it is one which I hope will be less=20
< ethnically exclusive, and I'm just not so sure that reaching out to th=
e=20
< Irish Diaspora -whose Irishness we still conceptualize as being based =
upon=20
< blood, is necessarily the right answer to whatever problems we reckon =
we're=20
< having in Ireland. Certainly, economically, the Irish diaspora have p=
layed=20
< a crucial role, but embracing them socially and politically, how's tha=
t=20
< going to move us forward?
< =20
< As an Irish citizen myself, born outside of Ireland, trust me -I=20
< continually struggle with my identity crisis, and I sympathize with th=
e=20
< Argentinean economic migrants who wish to return to the land of their=20
< ancestors. BUT -the questions I believe we should be asking are 'Why=20
< aren't the Nigerian Irish for example, born in Dublin, considered Iris=
h?'=20
< AND 'How do we forge a more multicultural Irish nationalism that woul=
d=20
< properly include them?' I think this is a much better direction -rath=
er=20
< than continuing to promote an organic primordial 'tribal' sense of=20
< Irishness, which only further alienates these migrants who are an inte=
gral=20
< part of modern Ireland
< =20
< Just some thoughts...
< =20
< Adrian
< =20
< =20
< =20
< Dr. Adrian N. Mulligan
< Department of Geography
< Bucknell University
< Lewisburg, PA 17837
< =20
< (001)(570)577-1949
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Thanks Bill. The book looks like a good read. Ruth-Ann Harris


William Mulligan Jr. wrote:
> This may be of interest to the list.
>
>
>
> In Life with Mae, the late Neal Shine combines an engaging memoir of his
> family life in prewar Detroit with a biography of his mother, Mae, whose
> vibrant spirit and fierce affection left an indelible mark on her three sons
> and their friends and neighbors.
>
>
>
> Mae was born in 1909 in the small town of Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland, where
> her father ran the depot that distributed Guinness Stout. Going into service
> as a housekeeper at fourteen, Mae quickly saw that the only future she had
> in Ireland was as a servant. By the time she was eighteen, she had saved
> enough money from her housekeeping job for a one-way ticket to the United
> States, where she eventually settled in Detroit.
>
>
>
> Shine, longtime editor and former publisher of the Detroit Free Press, tells
> his story in a series of entertaining interconnected vignettes, reflecting
> on his mother, his family life in Detroit, and later his journey to visit
> family in Ireland. Whether recounting Mae's feud with a local tavern owner,
> her distrust of the food sold by local grocers, or her standoff with a
> department store deliveryman who had come to repossess their furniture,
> Shine lovingly conveys his mother's fierce protective streak, her
> effervescent personality, and her outspoken identification with the poor.
> For fans of Shine's insightful and humorous storytelling, as well as fellow
> Detroiters and readers with Irish roots, Life with Mae will be an
> entertaining and satisfying read.
>
>
>
> Neal Shine was the former editor and publisher of the Detroit Free Press, as
> well as emeritus professor of journalism at Oakland University in Rochester,
> Michigan. During his years as publisher he was heavily involved in the life
> of the community, serving on the boards of more than thirty-five civic and
> community organizations. He received more than three dozen awards for his
> community work and numerous awards for his journalism.
>
>
>
> Available October 2007
>
> ISBN 978-0-8143-3298-6 . $24.95 cloth . 256 pages . 30 illustrations.
>
>
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D.
>
> Professor of History
>
> Graduate Program Coordinator
>
> Murray State University
>
> Murray KY 42071-3341 USA
>
> Office: 1-270-809-6571
>
> Fax: 1-270-809-6587
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Many, many thanks !
Tom



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From: Tkjor[at]aol.com
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:31:36 EDT
Subject: Rare document
To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk

From : Tom Jordan (_tkjor[at]aol.com_ (mailto:tkjor[at]aol.com) )

Neither Dublin's Trinity College, and the National Library, nor London's
British Library, hold the document:
McLysaght, E. (1935). Short History of a Transplanted Family.

Does anyone know where can I find it?

Tom Jordan

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Tom,

There is
MacLysaght
Short study of a transplanted family in the seventeenth century

Which is certainly in the Natiuonal Library of Ireland...

Here's the catalogue entry...

Short study of a transplanted family in the seventeenth century / by E.
MacLysaght.
by MacLysaght, Edward.
Dublin : Brown & Nolan, 1935.
# Subjects MacLysaght family.
# Ireland -- History -- 17th century.
Description:
79 p. : geneal. tab. ; 19 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Inscribed on end paper.
Printed errata note from author dated 1941, pasted in.
Includes bibliographical references.
Belonged to Gerard Slevin, Chief Herald of Ireland.

BL has 2 copies...

I have not searched further...

P.O'S.


Subject: Query, McLysaght, Transplanted Family
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:27:23 +0100

From: Tkjor[at]aol.com
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:31:36 EDT
Subject: Rare document
To: IR-D[at]jiscmail.ac.uk

From : Tom Jordan (_tkjor[at]aol.com_ (mailto:tkjor[at]aol.com) )

Neither Dublin's Trinity College, and the National Library, nor London's
British Library, hold the document:
McLysaght, E. (1935). Short History of a Transplanted Family.

Does anyone know where can I find it?

Tom Jordan

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Email Patrick O'Sullivan P.OSullivan[at]bradford.ac.uk

Because I do everything on tight budgets, on the cheap, there has been for
some time an annoying feature of our web site, irishdiaspora.net - I could
not entirely get rid of the web forwarding advertisements...

After moving to a new web forwarding provider, and after spending a tiny bit
more money, I have now solved this problem...

http://www.irishdiaspora.net/

Should now display, exactly as it is at the University of Leeds, with less
screen clutter...

http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/papers/index.cfm?outfit=ids

is our University of Leeds page, if you access it directly.

If you try to see irishdiaspora.net through your regular web browser you
might find that the browser is directing you to its cache version of the web
page - you will need to force a refresh. Also, it might take a couple of
days for the nameserver changes to echo around the world.

My apologies to those who, for years, have found the annoying adverts
annoying - they annoyed me too. I just needed to settle down and find the
time and energy to solve the problem.

P.O'S.

--
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Subject: Dev book and RTE series

FYI - new book on Dev by Diarmaid Ferriter published by RIA to accompany
the RTE TV series.

http://www.dev.ie/dev4.swf

http://www.rte.ie/laweb/

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Dear all,

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People might be interested in the following article:

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LONGING FOR THE LAND: EMOTIONS, MEMORY, AND NATURE IN IRISH TRAVEL =
ADVERTISEMENTS by Helena Wulff.=20

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It is in the current issue of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and =
Power Volume 14 Issue 4 It is a Taylor and Francis imprint and can be =
found online at: =20

http://www.informaworld.com =20

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As of today, the website has not been updated to show this issue but I =
presume the work is in hand.=20

anthony
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Dr Anthony McNicholas
CAMRI
University of Westminster
0118 948 61614 (BBC WAC)


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Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Job, Senior Research Officer post (part-time) - 'Sexuality,
Citizenship and Migration: The Irish Queer Diaspora in London'
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University
of Essex...

DEAR COLLEAGUES, PLEASE CIRCULATE....

Job Details

SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICER (Part-time), Department of Sociology, University =
of
Essex

'Sexuality, Citizenship and Migration: The Irish Queer Diaspora in =
London'

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Ref
RE468

Location
Colchester

Job Category
Research=20

Salary: =A327,466 per annum pro rata =20

Closing date:
30/10/07

Job Description

This fixed-term, sixteen-month post is funded by the ESRC and explores =
the
experiences of Irish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people =
living
in London. The appointment will be for 14 hours per week (0.40fte) =
starting
from January 1st 2007. The post is affiliated with the Department of
Sociology at the University of Essex, although fieldwork will take place =
in
London.=20

The postholder will be involved in data collection and writing up the
research, as well as some administrative work. Responsibilities will =
include
setting up a website about the study, arranging and carrying out =
interviews,
and writing and presenting conference papers and publications.=20

With a degree in sociology, gender studies or a related discipline, the
postholder must have experience of qualitative research. Knowledge of =
social
theories of gender, sexuality and intimate life, and/or migration and =
Irish
studies is desirable. Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, =
a
willingness to learn new skills, and an interest in gender/sexuality
research, are essential.=20

Further details of the post are available on the University of Essex
website:

http://jobs.essex.ac.uk/fe/tpl_essex01.asp

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Subject: DISCOUNT, Enda Delaney, The Irish In Post-War Britain
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Email Patrick O'Sullivan patrickos[at]irishdiaspora.net=20

I have negotiated with Oxford University Press and there is now a =
special
Irish Diaspora list discount of 20% on the cost of Enda Delaney's new =
book,
The Irish In Post-War Britain.

OUP tell me they have put the discount information on a special web page =
at
the publisher's web site.

Go to the following page on the OUP website
http://www.oup.co.uk/sale/webdel07/

and follow the instructions to receive the 20% discount.

In fact the instructions just tell you to put in a special code at =
checkout.

Normal Retail Price: =A355.00
Discounted Price: =A344.00
(Discount code: WEBDEL07. Please quote on all orders to receive the
discount.)
(Hardback)
ISBN-10: 0-19-927667-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927667-7
Publication date: 20 September 2007
242 pages, 216x138 mm

Of course I have no way of stopping non-members of the Irish Diaspora =
list
from using this facility.

P.O'S.

* A major new history of Britain's largest migrant group after 1945
* Examines the Irish experience within the context of the rapid =
changes
occurring within post-war British Society
* An original study based on an extensive range of new source =
materials

Exploring the neglected history of Britain's largest migrant population,
this new major historical study looks at the Irish in Britain after =
1945. It
reconstructs the histories of the lost generation who left independent
Ireland in huge numbers to settle in Britain from the 1940s until the =
1960s.
Drawing on a wide range of previously neglected materials, Enda Delaney
illustrates the complex process of negotiation and renegotiation that =
was
involved in adapting and adjusting to life in Britain. Less visible than
other newcomers, it is widely assumed that the Irish assimilated with
relative ease shortly after arrival. The Irish in Post-war Britain
challenges this view, and shows that the Irish often perceived =
themselves to
be outsiders, located on the margins of this their adopted home. Many
contemporaries frequently lumped all the Irish together as all being
essentially the same, but Delaney argues the experiences of Britain's =
Irish
population after the Second World War were much more diverse than =
previously
assumed, and shaped by social class, geography and gender as well as
nationality.

This book's original approach demonstrates that any understanding of a
migrant group must take account of both elements of the society that =
they
had left, as well as the social landscape of their new country. =
Proximity
ensured that even though these people had left Ireland, home as an =
imagined
sense of place was never far away in the minds of those who had settled =
in
Britain.

--
Patrick O'Sullivan
Head of the Irish Diaspora Research Unit

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-----Original Message-----
From: RICHERBY, Lorna K. [mailto:lorna.richerby[at]oup.com]
Sent: 08 October 2007 15:30
To: P.OSullivan[at]Bradford.ac.uk
Subject: FW: book

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Dear Patrick

Further to Enda's email, please can you let me know what information you
require for your list?

Many thanks.

I look forward to hearing from you shortly.

With best wishes
Lorna

Lorna Richerby
Assistant Marketing Manager, Humanities
Oxford University Press
Room A 121, Great Clarendon Street
Oxford OX2 6DP UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 353268
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 353741
Email: lorna.richerby[at]oup.com
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Oxford University Press - Publisher & Distributor of the Year 2005,
2006, and 2007 Awarded by the Academic, Specialist, and Professional
Group of the UK Booksellers Association


-----Original Message-----
From: Enda Delaney [mailto:Enda.Delaney[at]ed.ac.uk]
Sent: 02 October 2007 12:55
To: 'Patrick O'Sullivan'
Cc: RICHERBY, Lorna K.
Subject: RE: book

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Dear Paddy

I have asked Lorna Richerby from OUP to supply you with a blurb for the
book for circulation on the Irish Diaspora list.

Many thanks for your help with this.

All best wishes

Enda

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Anne Enright was the surprise winner of this year's Man Booker
prize.
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From today's Guardian, number 1...

P.O'S.

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'I wanted to explore desire and hatred'


Anne Enright was the surprise winner of this year's Man Booker prize. In =
her
first post-victory interview, she tells Stuart Jeffries about her =
breakdown,
the Irish meaning of family, and why her novel is not as bleak as =
everyone
has been making out

Thursday October 18, 2007
The Guardian

Anne Enright didn't back herself to win the Man Booker prize, which is a
shame, because the rank outsider could have made herself a few bob to
supplement her =A350,000 prize money. William Hill would have given her =
12-1
on her fourth novel, The Gathering, beating the other shortlisted books. =
Her
purportedly unremittingly miserable Irish family saga, with its =
alcoholic
suicide, blank-eyed paedophile, violent father, vacant mother and
irritatingly smug priest, not to mention its scenes of bad sex, =
self-harm, a
funless wake and 5am grief-stricken howling, was not - so the bookies
thought - a contender.

Full text at...

http://books.guardian.co.uk/manbooker2007/story/0,,2193477,00.html

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From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Welcome to Ireland - but don't stay long
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From today's Guardian, number 2...

P.O'S.

Welcome to Ireland - but don't stay long

Manch=E1n Magan
Thursday October 18, 2007
The Guardian

Hearing that Ireland has topped the list of the world's friendliest
countries in the Lonely Planet's Bluelist 2008, on account of the
"deliciously dark sense of humour and ... welcoming attitude towards
strangers", this Irishman's first thought is: "Ha, ha, we've managed to
hoodwink them again, the gullible amad=E1in [fools]!"

Lest there be any misunderstanding, it's important to make clear that =
the
Irish distrust and dislike all foreigners. It's a national trait. We =
will
use a bit of charm when you stop us for directions or waylay us in a =
pub,
but that's often because we just want your money. Although our booming
economy means we have more money now than we know what to do with, we =
still
want more and if getting at yours means asking you how the weather is =
and
how you're getting on, we'll do it. Just don't go thinking we like you. =
It's
nothing personal; we're a tribal nation.

The fact that the people who serve us pints are now nuclear physicists =
from
Latvia and our gardeners are university lecturers from the Philippines =
makes
us deeply uncomfortable, but what can we do? We're simply too rich to do =
it
ourselves. We no longer need to look back to the distant past for a =
golden
era - we're living it. Ireland is like a birthday boy gleefully opening =
all
his presents and keen to show them off. We want you here long enough to
revel in our abundance - but don't ask us to share any of it, and make =
sure
you leave soon.

If you meet us in the evening or first thing in the morning and we seem
particularly friendly, we may be drunk. We're fortunate in that we =
become
exuberant with drink. You wouldn't want to meet us next day when we're
hungover and laughing at you behind your back. But please keep coming. =
Being
an island nation, we're like a dysfunctional family, and it's a relief =
now
and then to see a new face.

Source
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2193337,00.html