Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Leeds Met Ireland Film Festival 2008
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Email Patrick O'Sullivan

I have pasted in below the outline of Lance Pettitt's Leeds Met Ireland =
Film
Festival 2008.

I have tidied it up a little bit, because the original layout made it =
seem
that I was going to speak for 2 hours on a Wednesday afternoon... I =
could.
But I won't.

Lance has asked me to say a few words as an introduction to Tom Collins'
movie, Kings. It is a film version of Jimmy Murphy's play, The Kings Of =
The
Kilburn High Road.

And, for me, of course, this festival - so near to my home - is a chance =
to
meet friends and colleagues. And maybe make new friends.

And recycle old anecdotes...

Paddy O'Sullivan


Leeds Met Ireland Film Festival 2008

This series of screenings, seminars and discussions is presented in
association with Reel Ireland, Dublin, by the Schools of Cultural =
Studies
and Film, TV and Performing Arts as part of the Leeds Met Ireland =
Festival
Programmer. Its aim is to showcase Irish cinema in feature-length and =
short
form, drawing on some of the best contemporary work produced in and =
about
Ireland, but also featuring significant archive material. This year, =
films
explore =91Celtic Tiger cinema=92 and the long-standing theme of =
emigration from
- but also to - Ireland.

We are pleased to feature the UK premier of Tom Collins=92 Kings/An =
Boic=EDn=ED, a
guest lecture by Dr Ruth Barton (Trinity College, Dublin), =
film-makers=92
introductions to their work and an interdisciplinary seminar combining
literature/film. Screenings, seminars and lecture at the Electric =
Press/Old
School Board are free. Screenings at the Hyde Park Picture House cost:
=A35.50 and =A33.50 concessions. This event is sponsored by Leeds Met =
Ireland.

Festival Programmer: Lance Pettitt, Reader in Media and Popular Culture

Sunday 9 March=20

Feature: Once (John Carney, 2006, 96 mins)=20
Short: Undressing My Mother (2004, Ken Wardrop, 5mins)
Location: Hyde Park Picture House, Brudenell Road, Leeds
Time: 6.30pm =20
Admission: =A35.50/=A33.50 concessions=20
Once is a crowd-pleasing modern day musical romance about a Dublin =
busker
falling in love with an immigrant. Actor-musician Glen Hansard and =
Mark=E9ta
Irglov=E1 star in a Sundance nominated film. Undressing is an =
award-winning
short in which the filmmaker explores his mother's unique take on her
overweight and ageing body.


Monday 10 March =20

Feature: Harvest Emergency (1997 Liam Wylie, 51mins)
Speaker: Liam Wylie (RTE)
Location: Electric Press, Millennium Square, Leeds
Time: 4.00pm
Admission: FREE

The summer of 1946 saw Irish crops threatened by adverse weather =
conditions
provoking massed volunteers from the city rallying to save the harvest. =
As
these unique events unfolded they became the subject of an attempt by =
film
pioneers Colm O'Laoghaire and Kevin O'Kelly to record it on celluloid.
Remarkable luminous colour footage is edited into a documentary about an
important social and cinematic moment. Film maker and archivist Liam =
Wylie
introduces the film and leads discussion on the issues raised.=20

Tuesday 11 March

Lecture: Celtic Tiger Cinema: Contemporary Irish Film
Speaker: Dr Ruth Barton (Trinity College, Dublin)
Location: Board Room, Old School Board, Calverley Street, Leeds
Time: 6.15pm-7.15pm (followed by reception) =20
Admission: FREE

What kinds of films were made in and about Ireland during and in the =
wake of
the economic boom in Ireland? As the Republic became highly globalised =
and
Northern Ireland got used to relative peace, are there themes, genres =
and
narratives that mark out Celtic Tiger Cinema as distinctive? These =
questions
will be answered and illustrated with film clips by one of the leading
authorities on Irish cinema. =20


Feature: Adam and Paul (Lenny Abrahamson, 2004, 86mins)
Short: Thirty-five Aside (Damien O=92Donnell, 1995, 27 mins)=20
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, Brudenell Road, Leeds=20
Time: 8.30pm =20
Admission: =A35.50/=A33.50 concessions=20

In Adam and Paul two heroin addicts wake up on a cold winter=92s morning =
in a
field desperate for their next fix. The rest of their day unfolds in
picaresque fashion. A Galway film fleadh winner, this is a mordantly
humorous tale of Celtic Tiger Dublin with more than a whiff of Beckett =
about
it. Very dark, very funny. Thirty-five Aside, is a short tale about a =
misfit
boy who gets bullied at school until he learns how to soar. Watch out =
for
the granny on wheels! Some sublime visual comedy from the director who =
went
on to make the highly acclaimed East is East.=20

Wednesday 12 March
Seminar: Writing / Screening Irish Migration
Speakers: Dr Jessica March (Oxford University) & Dr Lance Pettitt
(Leeds Met)=20
Chair: Dr Tom Herron (Leeds Met)
Venue: Electric Press, Millennium Square, Leeds=20
Time: 3.30pm-5.30pm=20

The presentations and an archive screening will focus on autobiography =
and a
C4 series called Irish Angle (1982-87) to explore the ways in which the
experience of Irish migration was represented in the late-twentieth =
century

followed by reception.=20
Speaker: Dr Patrick O=92Sullivan, Irish Diaspora Research Network, =
University
of Bradford).=20
Admission: FREE

.=20

Feature: UK PREMIER =96 Kings (Tom Collins, 2007, subtitles, 95 mins)=20
Short: My Name is Yu Ming (Daniel O=92Hara, 2003, 13mins)
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, Brudenell Road, Leeds=20
Time: 8.15pm =20
Admission: =A35.50/=A33.50 concessions=20

'Where can we truly call home? Our country..? Our family..? Ourselves..?
Starring Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Barry Barnes and nominated for no =
less
than 14 Irish Film and TV Academy Awards and Official Selection at the
Toronto International Film Festival, Kings / An Boic=EDn=ED is the story =
of a
group of friends who emigrated to England in the late 70s promising to
return rich and successful. Now, twenty-five years on, only one of them =
is
going home =96 Jackie, whose body was found on a railway crushed by a =
passing
train. It is when his friends are forced to reflect on the fact that it =
was
no accident, but suicide, that they are forced to face up to the bitter
chill of truth. Tom Collins has been invited to introduce the film and =
take
part in a Q&A.=20

My Name is Yu Ming / Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom, bored with life in China, Yu =
Ming
comes to Ireland to work. Having learned the national language, he =
becomes
disillusioned and isolated when nobody can communicate with him in =
Ireland=85=20

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Irish Studies International Research Initiative Awards,
Funding for Postgraduate Study at Queen's University
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

We have heard from
=A0
Catherine Boone
School Secretary
School of History and Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast

She is circulating information on fully-funded PhD studentships and MA
Bursaries available for entry in 2008 in any Irish-Studies related Phd =
or MA
(including MA Irish History and MA Irish Studies) at QUB.=20

If you know of any overseas students who might be interested in applying =
for
this funding, please pass this on this information...


SCHOOL OF HISTORY & ANTHROPOLOGY
Funding open to applicants for Sept 2008 entry

Irish Studies International Research Initiative Awards (PhD)=20

The University is offering two full-time Postgraduate studentships for
research leading to the award of a PhD. Applications for these =
studentships
are invited from overseas students. These three-year awards are =
available
for research within the three thematic areas of Irish Studies outlined =
below
and will cover both fees and stipend. Overseas residents proposing to
undertake a PhD in Irish History are eligible to apply for this =
competition.

The three thematic areas are:=20
(i) Ireland's Other Capital - Belfast : History, Representation,
Reimagining
(ii) Political Conflict, Violence and Human Rights
(iii) Irishness in its Wider Setting : European and Global Perspectives


Irish Studies International MA Bursaries=20
The University is offering two bursaries for students undertaking a =
Masters
Program within the area of Irish Studies. Applications for these =
bursaries
are invited from overseas students. The bursaries will be for one year =
and
cover both fees and stipend.=20

Application Procedure
Applicants should submit an application for admission using the =
University's
online application system at http://pg.apply.qub.ac.uk/home/ They may
indicate on the application form their wish to be considered for funding =
but
overseas applicants will automatically be considered for these awards. =20
Further information is available from Catherine Boone, School of History =
&
Anthropology, c.boone[at]qub.ac.uk
Please visit www.qub.ac.uk/history for further details.
=A0

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: IASIL 2008 - updated list of speakers
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dr. Dawn Duncan
Associate Professor of English/Global Studies
Concordia College-Moorhead, MN
Secretary, International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures
(IASIL)

Is circulating this information...

The IASIL website now features an updated list of people whose paper
proposals for IASIL 2008 have been accepted, as of 27 February. All =
members
who submitted proposals before the final deadline earlier this month =
should
by now have heard back from the conference organisers.=20
=A0
The list is on http://www.iasil.org/portugal/speakers.html=A0


There are about 200 papers, focussed on an impressively wide range of
periods, authors, and genres.=20

NOTE: Quite a few papers of Irish Diaspora interest, including

Angela Vaupel=20
Irish Writing and Exile

B. R. Siegfried=20
Irishing Shakespeare in the American West: W. B. Yeats in the Utah
Territories

Vanessa Silva Fern=E1ndez=20
Voices by the Atlantic: the Reappropriation of Female Experience in =
Ireland
and Galicia

Tony Murray=20
=93Diaspora Space=94 in the Literature of the Post-War Irish in London

But browse, browse...

P.O'S.

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Simon Jolivet
Subject: Brig Hannah, April 1849, Quebec
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Paddy,
=20
I wonder if you could pass this message to all the suscribers of the list.
=20
A film production based in Montreal wants to shoot a documentary about the =
Brig Hannah which sank in the St. Lawrence River in 1849. They are intensiv=
ely trying to find descendants of the survivors. Nearly all the passengers =
came from the Forkhill area, Co. Armagh.
=20
Thanks,=20
Simon Jolivet
=20
=20
=ABWere your ancestors survivors of the tragic Hannah wreck? A documentary =
production about Irish Famine immigrants to Canada in 19th Century is looki=
ng for descendants of Irish ancestors who survived the sinking of the Hanna=
h and settled in the province of Quebec. On April 29th, 1849, the Brig Hann=
ah, sailing from Newry, (Ulster province) to Quebec, under the command of C=
aptain Curry Shaw, hit an iceberg and sank in the Golfe du Saint-Laurent. A=
t least 180 passengers were travelling on this boat, mostly Irish emigrants=
coming from the Forkhill area (Co. Armagh). Some died on the same iceberg =
that wrecked the boat, but miraculously, at least 120 survived 24 hours on =
the ice before being picked up by a passing ship. These 120 survivors all p=
assed through Grosse-Ile and Quebec City before to settle in Ontario, USA a=
nd Quebec. If you or someone you know has heard the tale of the Hannah pass=
ed down through the generations and live in Quebec, please contact us at th=
e co-ordinates below. Thank you very much for your attention.=20
=20
Here's a partial list of the survivors who may have settled in Quebec: Will=
iam Tadford (wife and child); Michael McGill (wife and 2 children); Owen Mc=
Court (wife); Patrick McGuikr (wife and 2 children); Joseph Kerr (wife and =
2 children); John Delany (wife and sister); William Henderson (wife and 4 c=
hildren); Henry Grant (wife); William Wood; Eliza Blackstock; Samuel Hender=
son; Edward Nugent; Edward McElhern (wife and child); Patrick McGrory (wife=
and 3 children); Eliza Perdue; Jane Thompson (sister); Mary Anne Brantford=
; Peter Bennett; James McKeough (wife); Patrick McGinn; John Tuft (son); An=
drew Kelly; Joseph Murphy (sister and child); Catherine Hart.
=20
Contact Hugh John Murray and + 514 =96 273-4252 ext. 293 =96 hjmurray[at]galaf=
ilm.com
_________________________________________________________________

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Company Towns in Comparative Perspective (15th World History
Economic Congress), Netherlands 2009
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

This item will interest a number of IR-D members - just to see this approach
and this network developing. Though I suppose you could go to Utrecht...

P.O'S.

Subject: CFP: Company Towns in Comparative Perspective (15th World History
Economic Congress), Netherlands 2009

From: Marcelo Borges [borges[at]dickinson.edu]
Date sent: 26 Feb 2008

Call for Papers for session on Company Towns in Comparative Perspective
(15th World History Economic Congress)

Call for paper proposals for a session on Company Towns in Comparative
Perspective for the 15th World History Economic Congress which will take
place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from August 3 to 7, 2009. The session is
organized by Marcelo Borges (Dickinson College) and Susana Torres
(Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia and Universidad Nacional de la
Patagonia Austral). We are looking for papers that analyze different
national and historical cases in a comparative and global perspective. The
session will have approximately 10 participants.

This session will focus on the historical experiences of company towns in
different geographic and cultural contexts around the globe, exploring
aspects such as labor-capital relations, working experiences, gender
relations, social and family life, migrations and ethnic relations, economic
organization, and spatial dimensions of work, social interactions and power.
It will also compare the historical developments of company towns with other
single enterprise communities such as factory villages or mill towns.

Scholars interested in participating in this session should send a 300-500
word proposal and CV by May 15, 2008. Complete papers will be due by March
15, 2009.

For more information about the World Economic History Congress, visit their
website at http://www.wehc2009.org/

Marcelo Borges
Department of History
Dickinson College

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: New Irish Language MA in Conference Interpreting at NUI Galway
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

From
http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/main_press.php?p_id=3D671&language=3Dgaeilge=


New Irish Language MA in Conference Interpreting at NUI Galway

NUI Galway is offering a new Masters Degree through Irish in Conference
Interpreting (MA Ateangaireacht Chomhdh=E1la), the first of its kind in
Ireland. The course has been designed in direct response to Irish =
becoming
an official language of the European Union and the resulting demand for
professionals with recognised qualifications in Irish language =
interpreting
and translation.

The M.A. programme will be taught through Irish and, in addition to =
Irish
and English, students with a high level of French and Irish will have =
the
opportunity to use French while studying this M.A. The course is based =
on
the European Masters in Conference Interpreting, a programme developed =
in
conjunction with institutions of the European Union and offered in 18
universities across Europe. Devised by Acadamh na hOllscola=EDochta =
Gaeilge,
NUI Galway=92s dedicated structure for the provision of third level =
courses
through Irish, the M.A. will be delivered in An Cheathr=FA Rua in the =
heart of
the Connemara Gaeltacht.

Eoin =D3 Droighne=E1in, Programme Director, believes the career =
prospects for
graduates will be very good, =93The European Union urgently needs to =
recruit
highly trained and qualified Irish language interpreters. The MA
Ateangaireacht Chomhdh=E1la is designed to educate and prepare students =
for a
career as a professional conference interpreter. Students will also be
trained in the specialised skills of interpreting, leaving them in a =
strong
position to secure prestigious employment on completing the course=94.

The subjects covered in the MA Ateangaireacht Chomhdh=E1la will include
Conference Interpreting, simultaneous and consecutive Interpreting, the
European Union and International Organisations, as well as the Theory =
and
Practice of Interpreting. The programme will also cover memory =
exercises,
sight translation, note-taking skills, mock conferences, glossaries for
technical meetings, voice coaching, and booth etiquette. Students will =
have
the opportunity to visit EU institutions to see at first hand the work =
of
international interpreters.

Applications are now being accepted for this full-time one-year course =
which
will begin in September 2008 with a maximum intake of 12 students. Other
postgraduate courses in Irish on offer at NUI Galway, include the: M.A. =
in
Language Planning; M.A. in Teaching Methodology (An Ghaeilge); Higher
Diploma in Drama; and the Higher Diploma in Applied Communications. In
addition to the taught programmes, the NUI Galway=92s Acadamh offers a
research scholarship programme in Information Technology.

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: REPORT Understanding and Engaging with Diasporas
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

This conference report is of interest...

P.O'S.

Subject: Understanding and Engaging with Diasporas

Dear=A0Colleague=20

WP883=20

Understanding And Engaging With Diasporas
Monday 3 - Thursday 6 December 2007

We have pleasure in attaching a link to the conference report for
"=A0Understanding And Engaging With Diasporas" =A0We do hope that you =
will find
the report of interest.=A0 Please feel free to pass freely to =
colleagues.
=A0=20
http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/documents/conferences/WP883/pdfs/WP883.pdf
=20
Best regards=20
Barbara=20

Wilton Park organises over 60 conferences each year. If you would like =
to
receive news of events of potential interest to you, please subscribe to =
our
email news service.
=20

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: SOFIER Annual Conference, Belfast,
Thursday 13th March and Friday 14th March 2008
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

SOFEIR ANNUAL CONGRESS 2008=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
BELFAST=A0
=20
Thursday 13th March and Friday 14th March 2008

=931998-2008 : the Agreement Ten Years Later=94
Ten years after the signing of the Agreement, the purpose of this 2008
annual congress is to organise a meeting between the members of the =
SOFEIR
and a panel of Northern Ireland academics, researchers and experts, to
examine the evolution that has taken place in Northern Ireland since =
1998 in
a variety of fields: justice, politics, the economy, north-south =
relations,
society (1. segregation/integration, 2. dialogue), literature, theatre.
There will be eight panels of 3 to 4 local guests and chaired by one or =
two
French members of the SOFEIR. After a synthetic presentation of the =
research
carried out by SOFEIR members on the topic of the panel (a more complete
description will be provided in writing), each of the guests will be
requested to give a brief paper on what he/she perceives to have been =
the
marking elements of positive or negative change (or stagnation) since =
the
signing of the Agreement as well as an assessment of the extent to which
this evolution has been Agreement-related. These presentations will then =
be
followed by a discussion with and questions from the floor.=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
=A0=A0 =A0 =A0

PROGRAMME
Thursday, March 13th =96 Stranmillis College
9.00 a.m.: Conference opening : Professor Catherine Maignant, Chair of
SOFEIR
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dr Norman Richardson,
Stranmillis College
Morning session 1 =96 9.15 a.m =96 10.45 a.m.
Chair : Professor Val=E9rie Peyronel
Dr Michel Savaric, Besan=E7on University
SOCIAL ISSUES : the handling of diversity=A0
* Helen Lewis, INCORE Policy/Practice coordinator
* Dr Norman Richardson, Inter Faith Forum=20
* Chuck Richardson : Director Spirit of Enniskillen=20
* One or two members of the Spirit of Enniskillen programme will talk =
about
their experience.=A0=20

Morning session 2 =96 11.00 a.m. =96 12.30 a.m.
Chair =A0: Dr Martine Pelletier =96 Tours University
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dr Mark Phelan, Queen=92s =
University,
THEATRE
* Tim Loane : playwright and co-founder of Tinderbox Theatre Company
* Gilly Campbell : drama officer at the Northern Ireland Arts Council
* Jo Egan : Kabosh Theatre=20
* Paula McFettridge : Kabosh Theatre
=A0 (Paula McFettridge is also the previous AD of the Lyric Theatre =
Belfast).=20
=A0
Afternoon session 1 =96 1.30 p.m. =96 3.30 p.m.
Chair : Dr Christian Mailhes, Toulouse1 University
CRIMINAL =A0JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
* His Honour Judge David Smyth
* Professor Colin Harvey, Head of the Law School at Queen=92s, =
commissioner on
the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
* Mike Richie, Director of the Committee for the Administration of =
Justice=20
* Geraldine Finucane, solicitor Pat Finucane=92s widow
=A0
Afternoon session 2: 4.00 p.m. =96 6.00 p.m.
Chair : Professor Marie-Claire Consid=E8re Charon, Strasbourg University
=A0NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS
* Mary Bunting, Joint South Secretary of the North-South Ministerial =
Council
* Tom Hanney, Joint North Secretary of the North-South Ministerial =
Council
* Professor Liam O=92Dowd, School of Sociology, Queen=92s University=20
* Andy Pollack, director of the Centre for Cross-Border Studies=20
* Father Sean Nolan, Truagh Development Association
* Eoin Magennis, Information Executive, Intertrade Ireland

8.00 p.m - SOFEIR General Assembly
=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0-----------------------------------------
Friday, March 14th, Queen=92s University=A0
Morning session 1 - 9.00 a.m. =96 11.00 a.m
Chair : Professor Wesley Hutchinson=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dr Philippe Cauvet
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
* Professor Lord Bew, School of Politics, Queen=92s University Belfast
* Professor Adrian Guelke, School of Politics and International Studies,
Queen=92s University Belfast=20
* Professor Richard Wilford, School of Politics, Queen=92s University =
Belfast
* Dr Michael Smyth, University of Ulster (to be confirmed)
=A0
Morning session 2 =96 11.30 a.m =96 1.00 p.m.
Chair : Professor Val=E9rie Peyronel, Paris 12 University
=A0SEGREGATION /INTEGRATION
* Professor Tony Gallagher, Head of the School of Education, Queen=92s
University Belfast
* Dr Pete Shirlow, School of Law, Queen=92s University Belfast
* Dr Dominic Bryan, former director of the Institute of Irish Studies,
Queen=92s University Belfast
=A0
Afternoon session 1 =96 2.00 p.m. =96 3.15 pm.
Chair : Professor Wesley Hutchinson, Paris3 University
LANGUAGE POLITICS
* Ian Adamson =96 President of the Ulster-Scots (Ullans) Academy=20
* Aodan Mac Poilin =96 Director of the ULTACH Trust
=A0
Afternoon session 2 =96 3.45 p.m. =96 5.45 p.m.
Chair : Professor Sylvie Mikowski, Reims University
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dr Pascale Amiot, Perpignan =
University
LITERATURE
* Dr Eamonn Hughes, Head of the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen=92s
University Belfast
* Carlo Gebler, writer
* Glenn Patterson, writer
* Medbh McGuckian, poet
NB : Ms McGuckian will be reading some of her poems=20

5.45 p.m. Closing session
6.00 p.m. Reception offered by the Institute of Irish Studies=20

Contact :=A0Pr Val=E9rie Peyronel (Belfast 2008 Conference
Coordinator)=A0peyronel[at]univ-paris12.fr

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: "William Mulligan Jr."
Subject: McGahern Documentary
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The following has come to our attention and may be of interest to the =
list.=20

Three of Pat Collins=92 films, including the award-winning John McGahern =
- A
Private World (2004), are available from the Harvest Films website:=20

http://www.harvestfilms.ie/shop.html=20

In addition to the McGahern documentary, Oile=E1n Thora=ED [Tory Island] =
(2002),
and Cathair Chorca=ED [Cork City] (2005) are both available. The last =
two
films are in English and Irish, with the Irish subtitled in English.=20


Bill Mulligan
=20

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: "William Mulligan Jr."
Subject: Boston Irish Historical Documentary
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The following item has come to you attention and may be of interest to =
the
list.=20

=20

Bill Mulligan

=20

NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD

The Green Square Mile: Story of the Charlestown Irish, 2007 (58 =
minutes)

$125 price to institutions / $25 price to individuals=20

=20

Kendall Productions

=20

"The Green Square Mile: Story of the Charlestown Irish" is more than a
history of America's most Irish neighborhood. It is a grim and grand =
tale of
immigration, hardship and ultimate triumph.=20

=20

The history of the Charlestown, Massachusetts Irish has never been told. =
The
Irish built Charlestown and have called it home for two centuries. Yet, =
due
to the Puritanical legacy of Boston, they have no recorded history.=20

=20

Nowhere else in the world was more inhospitable to the Irish than =
Boston.
The conflict and the ensuing riots, mayhem, and turmoil made the =
Charlestown
Irish truly different from other immigrant communities.=20

=20

This film reveals the "Townies" of Charlestown as "more Irish than their
Irish cousins." Not only have they cultivated a unique sense of =
identity,
they've weathered centuries of Yankee bigotry and media hostility to =
emerge
as a vibrant working-class community.=20

=20

Shot in a dozen locations both in Ireland and in and around the Town, =
the
film evokes pathos, pride, and humor, and responds candidly to =
persistent
charges of mob violence and racism. It's a compelling human history of a
neighborhood with great heart.=20

=20

The Charlestown story is told by writer, historian and "townie" Ed =
Callahan.
He begins with a walk through Boston's second oldest Irish Catholic =
cemetery
at the crest of Bunker Hill.=20

=20

The film follows the Irish in Charlestown from Colonial times to the
present:

=20

The Puritans and the Irish: Riots, Mayhem and the Burning of the =
Ursaline
Convent

=20

The Famine Irish: The Donegal Connection and a tour of Derry - "point of
departure"

=20

The American Civil War and the Growing Cause for Irish Freedom

=20

Irish Laborers: From the Longshoremen of the Navy Yard to the Building =
of
the Middlesex Canal

=20

Growing Up Irish Catholic in 20th Century Charlestown

=20

Old Sully's: Irish Power Politics and the launching of John F. Kennedy's
Political Career

=20

Busing: Rare early news footage of "the Second Battle of Bunker Hill"

=20

Code of Silence: Gang Wars and Bank Robbery=20

=20

Gentrification and the Irish Legacy in 21st Century Charlestown

=20

Academics appearing in the film include:

=20

Marie Daly, Research Librarian, New England Historic Genealogical =
Society -
on early Settlers and the Bunker Hill Catholic Cemetery

Kevin Kenny, Director of Graduate Studies, Boston College - on American
Irish movements (The American Irish: A History, New York: Longmann =
Press,
2000)

=20

Thomas H. O'Connor, Professor of History, Boston College -- on =
Charlestown
Irish politics (The Boston Irish: a Political History, Boston: =
Northeastern
University Press, 1995). =20

=20

Michael P. Quinlin, Author and Director, Massachusetts Irish Tourism - =
on
the recent regeneration of the Charlestown Irish (Irish Boston: a Lively
Look at Boston's Irish Past, Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2004)

=20

Nancy Luisignan Schultz, Professor of English, Salem State College - on =
the
Ursuline Convent School Fire. (Fire & Roses: the Burning of the Ursuline
Convent, 1834, Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2000)=20

=20

The Green Square Mile has been honored at the following film festivals:

=20

Boston Irish Film Festival=20

Plymouth Independent Film Festival

ICONS 2007 Irish Cultural Center of New England

Lowell Film Festival

Feile Film, Belfast

Press kit available upon request

=20

For more information and ordering:

Maureen McNamara, Producer/Director

Kendall Productions

26 Cpl. McTernan St. #2

Cambridge, Massachusetts

USA 02139

617-661-0402

www.kendallproductions.com

=20

The Green
Square Mile Brochure Available for Download

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: TOC Interventions Under Which Flag? Revisiting James Connolly
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Our attention has been drawn to the following...

The latest issue of the journal, Interventions, is a James Connolly special,
which will interest many IR-D members...

It is edited by Catherine Morris and Spurgeon Thompson.

Extract from their Introduction and TOC pasted in below...

The special issue includes the text of Connolly's play, UNDER WHICH FLAG?

P.O'S.


EXTRACT
The sharpness of Connolly's vision of postcolonial dependency comes from his
need to take sides effectively against both the native class that oppressed
his own and the empire they collaborated with to keep their power.
Throughout his life his critiques of imperialism were matched only by his
unrelenting attack on a native, elite comprador class posing as nationalist
liberators of the people. This is because he knew that national liberation
would be nothing without social transformation, without an attending
socialist revolution. Robert Young asserts:

Connolly was the first leader in a colonized nation to argue for the
compatibility of socialism and nationalism, in doing so producing a position
which would not only inspire Lenin and through him lead to the Third
International, but which would subsequently become the defining
characteristic of the triumphant tricontinental Marxism of the national
liberation movements, including that of Fanon, but also that of Mao, Cabral
and Guevara. (Young 2001: 305)

It is not only because Connolly was one of the first anticolonial leaders to
see socialism and nationalism as useful to each other, however, that we
choose to dedicate this special issue of Interventions to his life and work.
He was certainly a 'national internationalist', perhaps the first in any
European colony. But this has much to do with Connolly's unique historical
positioning as a bicontinental Marxist or, as David Lloyd puts it in his
article included here, a 'transatlantic thinker'. Unlike most anticolonial
leaders of the twentieth century, he was given the opportunity by history,
as it were, to work as both an international socialist agitator and the
leader of an Irish insurrection. His work for the Industrial Workers of the
World (IWW) in the United States for five years exemplifies the unique
education afforded him.
EXTRACT ENDS


Interventions International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Volume 10 Issue
1 2008
Under Which Flag? Revisiting James Connolly


Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies Volume 10
Issue 1

Special Issue: Under Which Flag? Revisiting James Connolly

This new issue contains the following articles:

Editorial: Ten Years of Interventions p. 4

POSTCOLONIAL CONNOLLY p. 1
Authors: Catherine Morris; Spurgeon Thompson

INDIGENOUS THEORY: JAMES CONNOLLY AND THE THEATRE OF DECOLONIZATION p. 7
Authors: Spurgeon Thompson

UNDER WHICH FLAG? p. 26
Authors: James Connolly

CONNOLLY, THE ARCHIVE, AND METHOD p. 48
Authors: Gregory Dobbins

'MORE USEFUL WASHED AND DEAD': JAMES CONNOLLY, W. B. YEATS, AND THE
SEXUAL POLITICS OF 'EASTER, 1916' p. 67
Authors: Margot Gayle Backus

ANCIENT ERIN, MODERN SOCIALISM: MYTHS, MEMORIES AND SYMBOLS OF THE IRISH
NATION IN THE WRITINGS OF JAMES CONNOLLY p. 86
Authors: Jonathan Githens-Mazer

A CONTESTED LIFE: JAMES CONNOLLY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY p. 102
Authors: Catherine Morris

WHY READ CONNOLLY? p. 116
Authors: David Lloyd

BOOKS p. 124

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: "Thomas J. Archdeacon"
Organization: UW-Madison
Subject: Re: Boston Irish Historical Documentary
In-Reply-To:
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

I am eager to see this documentary, and participation in the production by a
person like Kevin Kenny argues in its favor. At the same time, the wording
of the promotional material makes me a little nervous. It sounds firmly
rooted in the tradition labeled "MOPE" or "Most Oppressed People Ever" (I
attribute the acronym -- perhaps incorrectly -- to Liam Kennedy). Without
denying the impact of ethnic, religious, and class prejudice on how
outsiders have perceived South Boston, I find statements like "due to the
Puritanical legacy of Boston, [the people of Charlestown] have no recorded
history" to be ludicrous. From a historian's point of view every community
is unique, but I still imagine that, from a social scientist's point of
view, Charlestown's history has parallels/analogies/etc with those of many
other neighborhoods. Herbert Gans's old work on the Italians of the
Boston's West End might offer some insights into it.

I'll be curious to see how the film handles the busing crisis of the 1970s.
However ineptly their leaders managed the situation, the people of South
Boston did have legitimate grievances about having to absorb so much of the
impact of the school desegregation crisis while their neighbors in the
suburbs (including many Irish as well as the usual crowd of "Puritans")
protected themselves against any dislocations. Ron Formisano has a fine,
balanced book on the issue (_Boston against Busing_). One thing that struck
me as I studied that crisis, which is usually presented as a class between
Irish and African-Americans) was that many of the participants -- at the
street level rather than in media coverage -- had Italian names. It made me
wonder about the extent to which the portrayal of "Southie" as a completely
Irish bastion is overblown.

The "more Irish than their Irish cousins" world of South Boston (or
fictional substitutes for it encountered in works like Denis Lehane's
_Mystic River_ or the movie "Monument Avenue") is a staple in modern
entertainment. I love the stuff, but one needs to balance it with less
romantic treatments, such as Michael P. MacDonald's, _All Souls: A Family
Story from Southie_ or Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, _Black Mass: The True
Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob_.

[Sidebar: One stream of Lehane's fiction follows the adventures of two
private investigators in South Boston -- and Irish-American male and his
Italian-American female partner/would-be lover, etc.]

Tom

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: "William Mulligan Jr."
Subject: Re: Boston Irish Historical Documentary
In-Reply-To:
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I don't disagree with what Tom Archdeacon says to any significant degree =
but
his segue from Charlestown to South Boston is puzzling. They are quite
separate neighborhoods in Boston some distance from one another. When I
lived in Massachusetts, 1966-1977, South Boston was a very distinct =
place
with a strong sense of its separateness from other neighborhoods, =
especially
other Irish neighborhoods, and decidedly unwelcoming to New York Irish. =


Bill Mulligan

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: "William Mulligan Jr."
Subject: Lecture: Sally Barr Ebest on Irish American Women
In-Reply-To:
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

List members who are in or near Murray, Kentucky are invited to a public
lecture.=20
=20

Sally Barr Ebest, professor of English at the University of Missouri-St
Louis, will speak at on Monday March 24 at 4:00 pm in Faculty Hall Room =
208.


Professor Ebest will speak on "Irish American Women at Mid-Century: The
Wages of 'Sin.'" Her lecture will address the status and experiences of
Irish American women during the middle of the twentieth century and "how
they were amazingly accomplished in comparison to their non-hyphenated,
non-Catholic peers."=20

Her publications include Too Smart to be Sentimental: Contemporary Irish
American Women Writers (2008); "These Traits Also Endure: Contemporary =
Irish
and Irish-American Women Writers" New Hibernia Review 7, no. 2 (2003), =
which
compares contemporary Irish and Irish American women's attitudes towards
feminism; Reconciling Catholicism and Feminism? Personal Reflections on
Tradition and Change (co-edited with Ron Ebest) (2003); among other
publications.=20

Dr. Ebest's visit to Murray State is in conjunction with History 305, =
The
Irish Diaspora. In addition to her public lecture, he will meet with
students to discuss her work on Irish and Irish American women. =20

Dr. Ebest is a graduate of Ball State University and completed her =
master's
degree there and has her Ph. D. from Indiana University. She teaches a
variety of courses in women's studies and writing theory and pedagogy.=20
=20
The lecture series is organized by Dr. Bill Mulligan and is funded =
through
a grant from the American Conference for Irish Studies and additional
support from the Office of the President, the College of Humanities and =
Fine
Arts, the Department of History, Phi Alpha Theta, and the Institute for
International Studies at MSU.


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

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: "Thomas J. Archdeacon"
Organization: UW-Madison
Subject: Re: Boston Irish Historical Documentary
In-Reply-To:
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

I think the confusion may partly reflect Bill's better knowledge of the
subtleties among the Boston Irish but also the film's description of itself.
Although I do know that Charlestown does not equal South Boston, the
references to segments on busing and criminality made me think that the
filmmakers themselves had allowed some flexibility in their definitions.
The busing issue affected all of Boston to some degree, but the two public
high schools most directly affected (I believe) were in South Boston
("Irish") and Dorchester (African-American). Likewise, if the filmmakers
managed to maintain their strict focus on Charlestown while examining crime
in Boston, more power to them.

The filmmakers will have done an amazing job if they truly have managed a
microcosmic study of a single neighborhood and found it unique not only
among the many Irish communities of the United States but also among the
several Irish neighborhoods of Boston. That will perhaps indicate a new
standard for measuring ethnic retention or even ethnogenesis. My wording
suggests a certain skepticism, I realize, but there is sincerity to it if
the filmmakers really do show the people of Charlestown to be their own
sub-species of Boston Irish. Of course, back when I was an adolescent in
Manhattan and phones still had dials, we referred to a type known as a
"B.I.C.", a "Bronx Irish Catholic." I wonder if my friends were ahead of
their time in devising sociological categories.



Tom

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Matt O'Brien
Subject: Re: Boston Irish Historical Documentary
In-Reply-To:
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

You weren't wearing a Yankees' cap, were you Bill? (Just kidding)
Although they are geographically separate, I can understand how a story on
the Irish in Charlestown would invite a comparison with Southie. I can
remember a dining-hall conversation at college in Worcester, Massachusetts
when the subject of racial prejudice in Southie came up. There was a kid
from Charlestown there, who offered a defense that hinted at an element
of mutual respect between the two communities: "Hey, they take care of their
own down there." Nobody really had anything to say after that.

By the way, I'd add J. Anthony Lukas's *Common Ground* to the list of books
that Tom mentioned. It's a little dated, but Lukas looks at the busing
crisis through the three family narratives that offer compelling accounts of
working-class Irish-American defensiveness, African-American vulnerability,
and WASP good intentions.

Lastly, I thought that "Monument Ave" (which is named after one of the main
streets in Charlestown) had a couple of interesting subplots. There's a
disturbing scene where the Irish-American protagonist and his friends chase
down a black college student who has happened to wander into the
neighborhood, as well as an Irish cousin who is visting his Irish-American
cousin. The latter character is a little one-dimensional as a naive,
well-intentioned foreigner, but at the same time he voices disgust at some
of the rougher elements of life in Charlestown.
Matt O'Brien
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:56 PM, William Mulligan Jr. wrote:

> I don't disagree with what Tom Archdeacon says to any significant degree
> but
> his segue from Charlestown to South Boston is puzzling. They are quite
> separate neighborhoods in Boston some distance from one another. When I
> lived in Massachusetts, 1966-1977, South Boston was a very distinct place
> with a strong sense of its separateness from other neighborhoods,
> especially
> other Irish neighborhoods, and decidedly unwelcoming to New York Irish.
>
> Bill Mulligan
>

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article,
The Mental Treatment Act 1945 in Ireland: an historical enquiry
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

The following item has turned up in our alerts and will interest a number of
IR-D members...

P.O'S.

History of Psychiatry, Vol. 19, No. 1, 47-67 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X06075949
C 2008 SAGE Publications
The Mental Treatment Act 1945 in Ireland: an historical enquiry
Brendan D. Kelly

University College Dublin, brendankelly35[at]gmail.com

The Mental Treatment Act 1945 had a decisive influence on the provision and
development of psychiatric services in Ireland. This paper examines: (a) the
historical and psychiatric backgrounds to the introduction of the Mental
Treatment Act 1945; (b) the main provisions of the Act; and (c) the
international context of the Act, especially in relation to institutional
and legislative trends in other jurisdictions.


Key Words: commitment of mentally ill . history . Ireland . legislation .
mental health services . 20th century

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Article, Counting on the `Celtic Tiger',
Adding ethnic census categories in the Republic of Ireland
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

The following item has turned up in our alerts and will interest a number of
IR-D members...

P.O'S.

Ethnicities, Vol. 7, No. 4, 516-542 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1468796807084015
C 2007 SAGE Publications
Counting on the `Celtic Tiger'
Adding ethnic census categories in the Republic of Ireland
Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain

National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Rebecca.King-ORiain[at]nuim.ie

On 23 April 2006, an ethnicity question appeared for the first time on the
census in the Republic of Ireland. This article analyses the evolution and
addition of this question as an illustration of a specific process of state
racialization in the Irish census. As such, it illuminates the social and
political contestation of the meaning of race, racial categories and
ethnicity in the Republic of Ireland through an examination of the interplay
between demographers' needs for simple categorization and the complex lived
reality of race and ethnicity in Ireland. Driven by the `Celtic Tiger'
economic boom and reversing the historic trend of Irish emigration,
immigration has increased to levels not generally seen before 1996 in
Ireland. The article shows how a growing diverse population of immigrants to
Ireland, an increased awareness of equality legislation and a need to
rationalize the statistical systems in Ireland all created a desire to
enumerate ethnic groups. The article also explores how the Irish census
arrived at the particular form of racial and ethnic categorization that it
did - influenced by international censuses (particularly from the UK with
which it shares a common travel area), the historical ethnicization of
Travellers (as the article shows, there has been a long-standing debate
about whether Travellers, a disadvantaged indigenous nomadic group, are
considered `ethnic' or not) and increasing awareness of ethnocultural
characteristics among European statistical agencies.


Key Words: ethnicity . Irish . race . racial/ethnic categorization .
racialization

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: Call for Papers - Migration, Diaspora and Nationalism,
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Forwarded on behalf of
Editorial Board=20
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

________________________________________

Please forward this call onto your relevant lists and other interested
parties.=20
With many thanks,=20
Editorial Board=20
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism=20

Call for Papers
=A0
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a bi-annual, fully-refereed =
journal
published in the Department of Government at the London School of =
Economics,
invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary articles on =
issues
pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related themes. Examples of =
these
themes include:
=95 Nationalism in the Post Cold War World
=95 Myths, Memories and the Representations of the Past
=95 Ethnic Relations and Conflicts
=95 Nationalism and Regional Conflicts
=95 Separatism and Irredentism
=95 Great Powers and Nationalism
=95 Imperialism and Nationalism
=95 Issues of Minority Rights in Multinational States

For this call, the editors are particularly interested in papers =
relating to
the following themes:

Migration, Diaspora and Nationalism

The editors welcome submissions of work in progress as well as =
contributions
from young professionals, post-docs and lecturers in the early stages of
their careers. SEN especially encourages submissions from advanced PhD
candidates and Post Doctoral Fellows. For submissions to be considered =
for
publication in 2008, please ensure your paper reaches us by Tuesday 25th
March 2008 via email (SEN[at]lse.ac.uk). The word limit is 6000 words,
including bibliography and references. The SEN style guide can be found =
at

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/SEN%20Guidelines.pdf.
Submissions that do not conform to the style guide will not be accepted. =
For
more information, please visit the SEN website:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/=20

Sender: The Irish Diaspora Studies List
From: Patrick O'Sullivan
Subject: TOC EIRE IRELAND VOL 42; NUMB 3/4; 2007
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

EIRE IRELAND
VOL 42; NUMB 3/4; 2007
ISSN 0013-2683

pp. 11-34
Projections and Reflections: Irishness and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the
Easter Rising.
Higgins, R.

pp. 35-59
Poetic Jansenism: Religious and Political Representation in Denis Devlin's
Poetry.
Wilson, J.M.

pp. 60-103
Captain Rock: Ideology and Organization in the Irish Agrarian Rebellion of
1821-24.
Donnelly, J.S.

pp. 104-125
Paradoxes of National Liberation: Lady Morgan, O'Connellism, and the Belgian
Revolution.
Ingelbien, R.

pp. 126-147
Elizabeth Bowen, Surrealist.
Walsh, K.

pp. 148-172
``They Are Not Worthy of Themselves': The Tailor and Ansty Debates of 1942.
Richardson, C.

pp. 173-206
Bonfires, Illuminations, and Joy: Celebratory Street Politics and Uses of
``the Nation' during the Volunteer Movement.
Higgins, P.

pp. 207-248
The Battering Ram and Irish Evictions, 1887-90.
Curtis, L.P.

pp. 249-276
An Irish Informer in Restoration England: David Fitzgerald and the ``Irish
Plot' in the Exclusion Crisis, 1679-81.
Gibney, J.

pp. 277-287
Recent Works on Irish Music: An Interdisciplinary Conversation.
Spinney, A.M.