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10 June 2008 08:40  
  
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:40:53 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Irish Seminar lectures at National Gallery of Ireland
  
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Irish Seminar lectures at National Gallery of Ireland

This year's Irish Seminar begins on Bloomsday, 16 June, and runs until 4 =

July. To mark its first decade, the Irish Seminar has invited three very =

distinguished international intellectuals to offer free public lectures=20
at the National Gallery of Ireland, (entry Merrion Street West=20
entrance), over three successive Tuesdays at 8pm.

On Tuesday 17 June, Professor Jacqueline Rose, will deliver a lecture on =

=93Partition, Proust and Palestine.=94 An internationally distinguished=20
feminist and literary critic, Rose has in recent years also become one=20
of Britain's most outspoken critics of Zionism and has written widely on =

that topic. Her many publications include /The Haunting of Sylvia Plath/ =

(1992), /Why War?=97Psychoanalysis, Politics, and the Return to Melanie=20
Klein/ (1993), States of Fantasy (1996), /Sexuality in the Field of=20
Vision/ (1996, reissued 2006), The Question of Zion (2005); and The Last =

Resistance (2007).

On 24 June, the renowned economic historian Giovanni Arrighi, author of=20
The Long Twentieth Century and Adam Smith in Beijing, will discuss the=20
economic decline of American empire and the Rise of Asia. Arrighi is=20
Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and, with Fernand=20
Braudel and Immanuel Wallerstein, one of the leading international=20
theorists in the field of world systems analysis. /The Long Twentieth=20
Century: Money, Power, and the Origins of Our Times/ (1994) /Adam Smith=20
in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century/ (2007) are widely=20
recognised as classic studies of the history and economics of European=20
and American imperialism.

On 1 July, Perry Anderson, whose family comes from the south of Ireland, =

will discuss the current collapse of American global hegemony and the=20
situation of the contemporary left in a now rapidly-changing=20
international arena. A founder-editor of the /New Left Review /and a=20
polymath intellectual historian of enormous range and ambition, Anderson =

has been one of the most influential figures on the intellectual left=20
for decades. He teaches at UCLA (where he has a joint appointment in=20
History and Sociology) and is the author of numerous works including=20
Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism (1974); /Lineages of the Absolutist =

State /(1974); Considerations on Western Marxism (1979); In the Tracks=20
of Historical Materialism (1983);/English Questions/ (1992); A Zone of=20
Engagement (1992); /The Question of Europe/ (1997); The Origins of=20
Postmodernity (1998); and Spectrum (2005).

This year=92s Seminar also features a number of lecture series: Clair=20
Wills will discuss women's writing and culture in twentieth-century=20
Ireland; Seamus Deane will survey the intellectual history of Irish=20
republicanism from Toland and Hutcheson through Tone and Mitchel to=20
Davitt and Connolly; Luke Gibbons will consider issues of race,=20
spectrality and Irishness; Chris Morash will track the development of=20
modern Irish theatre 1900-1950; and Joe Cleary will review the careers=20
of some influential twentieth-century Irish cultural critics. Other=20
highlights include a forum on The Novel in the New Ireland led by=20
Patrick McCabe and Barry McCrea, a Symposium on the works of Thomas=20
Moore to mark the bi-centenary of his /Irish Melodies/, and lectures on=20
a range of leading contemporary Irish writers and artists from Edna=20
O'Brien to Sinead O'Connor. For full details of the programme, see=20

http://irishsem.googlepages.com

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10 June 2008 08:42  
  
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:42:04 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Irish Theatre and the World Stage: 2008 Synge Summer School
  
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IRISH THEATRE AND THE WORLD STAGE - 2008 SYNGE SUMMER SCHOOL.
29 June - 5 July 2008
Rathdrum, Co Wicklow
http://www.syngesummerschool.org/

Speakers: Lynne Parker, John P. Harrington, Emilie Pine, Ondrej Pilny, Ros
Dixon, Nicholas Grene, Shaun Richards, Mark Phelan,
Patrick Lonergan, Melissa Sihra, Mary Luckhurst, Bisi Adigun, Sebastian
Barry.

A small number of places remain available for this year's Synge Summer
School. The programme includes

. Lectures, seminars and workshops on many Irish dramatists: Brian
Friel, Stewart Parker, Marina Carr, Conor McPherson -
and, of course, JM Synge.

. A reading by award-winning writer Sebastian Barry, author of The
Steward of Christendom, The Pride of Parnell Street and
A Long Long Way;

. A talk by Bisi Adigun, who will discuss the updated version of The
Playboy of the Western World which he and Roddy Doyle
wrote for production at the Abbey Theatre in 2007; and

. A lively social programme, including a visit to the Abbey Theatre
and a tour of Synge Country in County Wicklow.
Applications for this year's School are now being accepted. Visit the Synge
Summer School website for more

Go to http://www.syngesummerschool.org/ or email
Patrick.lonergan[at]nuigalway.ie for more information.
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8703  
10 June 2008 08:43  
  
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:43:25 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Scholarships and Lectureships Gender, Culture and History
  
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Forwarded on behalf of Professor Gerardine Meaney =



Gender, Culture and Identity: International, National and Local Contexts
Graduate Research Education Programme
IRCHSS FUNDED

PhD Studentships=20
Lecturer in Digital Humanities (one year post)
Lecturer in English and Irish Studies (three year post)
Administrator (Executive Assistant, Pt 6, half-time post)

The Programme Team of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and =
Social Sciences Graduate Research Education Programme
=E2=80=98Gender, Culture and Identity: International, National and Local =
Contexts=E2=80=99 invite applications for the above positions. This
is an interdisciplinary thematic structured graduate research education =
doctoral programme offered by the Graduate School of Arts
and Celtic Studies, School of English, Film and Drama, School of History =
and Archives, School of Art History and Cultural Policy
in University College Dublin, Department of History and College of =
Humanities, University of Limerick and School of History and
Anthropology, the Queen=E2=80=99s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Studentships
Studentships are offered in the following areas:
(1)Gender, Cultural Change and Artistic Practice in Ireland
(2)Gender, Cultural Memory and Local Identities
(3) Gender, National Policy and International Practice
This part of the programme will include two distinct but related =
doctoral projects:
Gender and Ireland=E2=80=99s Foreign Relations (1919-70)
Gender, International medical practice and national medical policy, =
1922-60
Scholarships are valued at =E2=82=AC16,000 per annum plus fees. They =
will be awarded initially for one year, but subject to terms and
conditions, are renewable for two additional years. The Studentship in =
=E2=80=98Gender and Ireland=E2=80=99s Foreign Relations=E2=80=99 will be =
attached
to the Graduate School, University of Limerick. The other studentships =
will be attached to the Graduate School in Arts and Celtic
Studies, UCD Dublin.

For further particulars and application forms for scholarships, please =
contact barbara.gannon[at]ucd.ie. Applicants for the
scholarship in =E2=80=98Gender and Ireland=E2=80=99s Foreign =
Relations=E2=80=99 should include =E2=80=98GREP Limerick=E2=80=99 in the =
subject line of all correspondence.

Lecturer in Digital Humanities (one year)
The Lecturer in Digital Humanities Officer will create, test and teach =
two online modules offered in stage one and two of the
Graduate Research Education Programme. The successful candidate will =
have a background in the creation of digital resources for
research and teaching in History and Culture and experience of working =
in an interdisciplinary environment. Research and=20
teaching experience in the area of digital humanities, gender and Irish =
Studies is desirable. The position is offered from 1
August 2008 to 31 July 2009 at Assistant/College Lecturer level. Please =
note that this a fixed term, entry level position.=20
Lecturer in English and Irish Studies (three year)
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates who can =
contribute to the teaching of postgraduate modules in Gender
and Culture and the undergraduate teaching of Irish Studies, with a =
research background in at least one and teaching experience in
at least two of the following areas: Literary/Cultural Theory, =
Postmodernism, Film and Literature, Cultural Studies. The
successful candidate will have experience of working in an =
interdisciplinary environment, teaching experience (including
postgraduate teaching) and an excellent research background. Some =
experience in the area of Digital Humanities will be an
advantage. The position is offered from 1 September 2008 to 1 September =
2011 at Assistant/College Lecturer level. Please note
that this a fixed term, entry level post.=20
Adminstrator (Executive Assistant, Pt 6, half-time post)=20
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a =
half-time position as programme administrator. The successful
candidate will have; excellent interpersonal skills, excellent IT =
skills, the ability to work independently, and experience of
working in a research and/or teaching environment. The position is =
offered from August 1 2008 to August 31 2012. Please note that
this a fixed term post.


Informal Enquiries to: Professor Gerardine Meaney, School of English, =
Drama and Film, UCD
Email address geradine.meaney[at]ucd.ie

Relocation Expenses: No relocation expenses will be payable on these =
appointments.=20

For information to assist you in your application for this position, =
please refer to the Guidelines for Applicants brochure at
www.ucd.ie/hr/html/vacancies/guidelines/app_guidelines.html



=20

________________
Dr Aidan Arrowsmith
Department of English
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester M15 6LL
UK
0161 247 2000

___________________________________________________________
Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read =
the
Manchester Metropolitan University's email disclaimer available on its =
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8704  
10 June 2008 09:51  
  
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:51:04 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Special issue of Irish Geography on Migration
  
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This should be of interest to list members....

=20

Special Issue of Irish Geography on Migration 41(2) 2008

Edited by Mary Gilmartin and Allen White

=20

Editorial: Revisiting contemporary Irish migration: new geographies of
mobility and belonging

Though immigration has become one of the key issues facing Irish
society, geographers in Ireland have been slow to respond. This is
despite a long tradition of studying migration, particularly emigration,
within Irish geography. This is even more surprising given recent
developments within the discipline, as geography moves to assert its
centrality to the study of international migration. This paper outlines
the ways in which geographers in Ireland could contribute to broader
debates about migration, both empirically and theoretically. It also
introduces the five papers in this special issue of the journal, which
provide a comprehensive overview of research on Irish migration, as well
as detailed discussions of Irish migration to the UK, return migration
and migration to Ireland from Poland, China and Nigeria.

=20
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10 June 2008 11:37  
  
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:37:29 +0200 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
UCC Honorary Doctorate to Human Rights Activist in Argentina
  
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Two Latin American honorary doctorates from Irish universities in one =
month is such a record that I could hardly let the moment pass without =
commentary.=20

To Munira Mutran's recognition at NUI Maynooth later this month, we have =
to add Patrick Rice's Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa, conferred =
to him last Friday June 6 at UCC. Patrick is well-known in Geneva, where =
he strongly contributed to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary =
Disappearances of the UN Commission on Human Rights (Office of the High =
Commissioner for Human Rights).=20

Edmundo Murray


Following text from UCC pages: =
http://www.ucc.ie/en/mandc/news/fullstory,56648,en.html
See also "UCC to honour Fermoy-born victim of Argentine torture"
http://www.corkman.ie/frontpage/ucc-to-honour-fermoyborn-victim-of-argent=
ine-torture-1399311.html


TEXT OF THE INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS DELIVERED BY: PROFESSOR DERMOT KEOGH, =
Head, Department of History, in University College Cork on 6 June, 2008, =
on the occasion of the conferring of the Degree of Doctor of Laws, =
honoris causa, on PATRICK RICE

Patrick Rice has spent nearly forty years in Latin America working in =
the area of Human Rights education and in defence of the rights of the =
families of the 'disappeared.' Born in Fermoy in September 1945, he was =
educated at the local Christian Brothers' school. He joined the Divine =
Word Missionaries, studied at St Patrick's, College, Maynooth, and was =
ordained in 1970. His order sent him to Argentina as a chaplain to the =
Catholic University of Santa Fe and as an assistant professor in the =
Philosophy Department of the same university. =20

Dissatisfied with his pastoral role, he left the Divine Word =
Missionaries in 1972 and joined the Little Brothers [Hermanitos] of =
Charles de Foucauld. After his novitiate had ended in 1973, he became a =
worker priest in Santa Fe Province serving as part of a pastoral =
programme to unionise forest workers and agricultural labourers. In =
1974, he moved to Buenos Aires, got a job as a carpenter on a building =
site and lived with the Hermanitos in the shanty town of Villa Soldati.

Following the coup in 1976, the military authorities viewed the pastoral =
mission of the Hermanitos with great suspicion and many members were =
forced to go underground. Gross violation of human rights quickly =
became the hallmark of the new regime. Mutilated bodies were dumped near =
Villa Soldati, including the cadavers of two Uruguayan members of =
congress. In all, nearly 30,000 were 'disappeared' before the military =
were forced from power in 1983.

Those working in defence of human rights under the military regime could =
not count on widespread support in Argentina. Instead of the =
condemnation of human rights abuses, many people responded to the =
frequent disappearances with the now infamous phrase - "algo habr=E1n =
hecho," or 'they [that is, those who were 'disappeared'] must have done =
something.' Nobody was safe. The outspoken Bishop of La Rioja, Enrique =
Angelelli was killed by the military on 4 August 1976. Accompanied by a =
member of the Fraternity, Patrick made the long and difficult bus =
journey to the diocese during a 'state of siege' to investigate the =
circumstances in which the bishop had died. Returning to the capital, =
he continued the investigation into disappearances and helped produce a =
report "Violence against the Argentine Church" which received =
international attention. Patrick later described that investigation as =
his first work in the field of human rights. =20

Patrick, despite the danger in the capital, kept working openly. His =
life was changed by the events of 11 October 1976. That night, he left a =
prayer meeting in his parish in Villa Soldati accompanied by an =
eighteen-year-old catechist, Fatima Cabrera. They suddenly found =
themselves surrounded by armed men. They were hooded, bundled into an =
unmarked car and taken to a secret detention centre where they were =
tortured over a number of days, sometimes in adjacent rooms or in the =
same room.

Recalling those events, Fatima wrote recently that there were moments =
when she had the sensation that she was no longer alive. In Fatima's own =
words: Ellos, los militares, eran los due=F1os de la vida. Their =
military torturers were the arbiters over who lived or died. But =
despite their ordeal, Patrick and Fatima did not share the fate of the =
30,000 disappeared. Prompt and courageous action by the staff of the =
Irish embassy in Buenos Aires certainly helped save both of their lives. =
The then third secretary, Justin Harman, hearing of Patrick's =
disappearance, worked with Ambassador Wilfred Lennon, to establish his =
whereabouts. Now Irish ambassador to Moscow, Mr Harman, who is here =
today, did not give up. He was the source for a news item in The London =
Times on 14 October which reported Patrick's abduction. The following =
day, the same paper reported an Irish embassy source confirming that he =
was in police custody but his whereabouts and the reason for his =
detention were not known. Meanwhile, questions were being raised at the =
United Nations in New York about the whereabouts of the 'disappeared' =
Irishman.

The military authorities transferred Patrick to a new holding centre. =
Being over six feet tall, his military guard found it hard to stuff him =
into the boot of a car. Fatima Cabrera arrived at the same prison a =
few days later. Both showed the signs of physical abuse and torture. =
On 19 October, Patrick was shaved by his captors and told that he was to =
receive visitors. He was also advised, if he did not want to wind up in =
a sack at the bottom of the River Plate, to say that he had fallen down =
a stairs. His visitors, the Irish ambassador and Justin Harman, were =
delighted to see him but distressed by his appearance. They assured him =
that they would work hard to get him out of jail.

In December 1976, as Patrick was being released from jail his captors =
asked him to write something positive in their records. He wrote, with =
characteristic understatement: "I might have been treated better." =20

Nearly thirty years later, a fellow prisoner and survivor told Patrick =
he believed that many of the prisoners in that holding centre were alive =
today because he had seen them. Therefore, the military were unable to =
make them 'disappear.'

On his return to Cork, Patrick was helped make a good recovery by =
Professor Bob Daly of UCC. And so began a new phase in his life as a =
campaigner for human rights. In 1976 to 1977, he worked in London with =
Latin American refugees. He was a founding chairperson of the Committee =
for Human Rights in Argentina. He went on speaking tours in France, =
Spain and the United States to denounce torture in Argentina.

Between 1978 and 1980, he moved to the United States and helped found =
the Washington Committee for Human Rights in Argentina. He lobbied the =
US Government and Congress on human rights. In 1979, Patrick helped =
organize with Senator Christopher Dodd a hearing on the 'Disappeared' in =
Argentina. He also worked with the Inter-American Commission on Human =
Rights.

In 1980, Patrick moved to Caracas, Venezuela, where he lived with a =
community of the Hermanitos in shantytowns near the capital. He began =
promoting human rights within the pastoral programmes of the local =
archdiocese. He also cooperated in assisting refugees from Haiti. In =
January 1981, Patrick helped organise in Costa Rica the First Latin =
American Congress of Families of the Disappeared. He became one of the =
founding members of FEDEFAM (The Latin American Federation of =
Associations of Relatives of Disappeared-Detainees). He served as its =
Executive Secretary from 1981 to 1987. =20

As part of his work with FEDEFAM, he visited most Latin American =
countries to investigate situations of enforced disappearances and began =
to lobby actively at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. He =
also represented FEDEFAM when, in 1982, it received the Spanish Human =
Rights award. He did a speaking tour of ten cities in the US organized =
by the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation, and, accompanied by the =
mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, received a peace prize.

With the fall of the Argentine military junta in 1983, Patrick returned =
to Buenos Aires. There he mourned the loss of so many members of his =
order and their friends. Returning to Villa Soldati, he met Fatima =
Cabrera. He had last seen her in prison in December 1976. She had, in =
the interim, spent two years in jail and a further two years under house =
arrest. Patrick left for Venezuela again, but kept in contact by letter =
with Fatima. They married in Caracas in May 1985. Two of their children =
were born in Caracas, and the third, Blanca, when they returned to live =
in Buenos Aires in 1987. She is here today with her mother.

Living back in Buenos Aires, it was not long before Patrick became =
involved in human rights training and education at the Ecumenical =
Movement for Human Rights. He coordinated training courses, seminars and =
workshops throughout the country. In 1992, he became the national =
coordinator of that organisation and got involved in prison visitation =
and assistance to families of the disappeared. He coordinated training =
courses for teachers in human rights. In 1999, Patrick began to work =
again with FEDEFAM and was nominated as Senior Adviser to the Executive =
Committee.

* He has led a training seminar in Sri Lanka in 1999 organized by =
the Asian Federation on Involuntary Disappearances. =20
* He has participated in the Consultation on Disappearances in =
Africa, in Benin in 2002.
* He has attended the General Meeting of Families of the Missing in =
Croatia in 2002
* and Patrick has also taken part in 2003 in consultations with the =
Office of Forensics and Missing persons in Pristinha, Kosovo.=20

In 2002, the Irish Diplomatic Mission at Geneva nominated him as the =
Western Group's candidate for membership of the UN Working Group on =
Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. He participated in much of the =
advocacy to gain approval for an international instrument against =
enforced disappearances. That was finally achieved on 23 September 2005. =
=20

Over the past forty years, Patrick Rice has been a tireless worker in =
the field of human rights - as a teacher, educator, activist and =
lobbyist. For her part, Fatima has had responsibility for running the =
national adult literacy campaign in Argentina. She now directs the adult =
literacy campaign in the greater Buenos Aires which has a population of =
thirteen million.

A few days ago, before leaving Buenos Aires, both Patrick and Fatima =
were key-witnesses in the trial of a police chief accused of sanctioning =
a massacre at Pilar, in 1976, in which nearly twenty people were shot. =
Today in Argentina such testimony is not without danger. Two years ago, =
another key witness in a similar trial was 'disappeared' and is presumed =
dead. And so the struggle continues. The leading Argentinian poet, Juan =
Gelman, recalled how his son, Marcello, and his pregnant wife, Claudia, =
were 'disappeared' by the military on 24 August 1976. Both died in a =
concentration camp and Gelman writes:
The military
dictatorship never officially
recognised their 'disappearance.'
It spoke of 'those forever absent.'
Until I have seen their bodies
Or their murderers, I will never give them up for dead.

Juan Gelman's determination, as reflected in those powerful lines, is =
shared by Patrick and Fatima Cabrera Rice. They will continue to reclaim =
the memory of those who have been 'disappeared' and never be intimidated =
into silence.

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8706  
10 June 2008 14:33  
  
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:33:28 -0500 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Film query
  
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I am trying to find a copy of a 1949 Bing Crosby/Barry Fitzgerald film, Top
o' the Morning , which concerns an American detective in Ireland to
investigate the theft of the Blarney Stone

Interlibrary loan, Netflix, Facets Video, Amazon, E-bay do not have it.
Any other suggestions?

I'm wondering now if I should look for the screenplay instead. Does anyone
know where Paramount archives its screenplays?


Jim Rogers
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8707  
10 June 2008 17:40  
  
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:40:36 -0400 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Re: Film query
  
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Did you try Turner Classic Movies, it's a cable movie station that speciali=
zes in older films and broadcasts them uncut. They have a website and a pub=
lication. Perhaps it or the editors might be a resource. Good luck.
Linda

> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:33:28 -0500
> From: JROGERS[at]STTHOMAS.EDU
> Subject: [IR-D] Film query
> To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>=20
> I am trying to find a copy of a 1949 Bing Crosby/Barry Fitzgerald film, =
Top
> o' the Morning , which concerns an American detective in Ireland to
> investigate the theft of the Blarney Stone=20
>=20
> Interlibrary loan, Netflix, Facets Video, Amazon, E-bay do not have it.
> Any other suggestions?
>=20
> I'm wondering now if I should look for the screenplay instead. Does any=
one
> know where Paramount archives its screenplays?
>=20
>=20
> Jim Rogers

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8708  
11 June 2008 08:48  
  
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:48:17 -0500 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Thanks
  
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Thanks to everybody who helped with this -- I' ve actually tracked down a
copy in the hands of a Crosby buff, through a list-subscriber who wrote to
me off-list. Once again I am reminded what an international treasure the
Diaspora list truly is!!

Jim R

-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Barton [mailto:ruth.barton[at]TCD.IE]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:33 AM
To: IR-D[at]JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [IR-D] Film query

Dear Jim

It is nearly impossible to get hold of this film. I borrowed Kevin
Rockett's v. poor condition vhs when I was researching Fitzgerald. I
suspect if you were in Dublin, he would let you watch it in our library.

Best

Ruth Barton

On Jun 10, 2008, at 8:33 PM, Rogers, James wrote:

> I am trying to find a copy of a 1949 Bing Crosby/Barry Fitzgerald
> film, Top
> o' the Morning , which concerns an American detective in Ireland to
> investigate the theft of the Blarney Stone
>
> Interlibrary loan, Netflix, Facets Video, Amazon, E-bay do not have
> it.
> Any other suggestions?
>
> I'm wondering now if I should look for the screenplay instead.
> Does anyone
> know where Paramount archives its screenplays?
>
>
> Jim Rogers
>

Department of Film Studies
School of Drama, Film and Music
Samuel Beckett Centre
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2

Tel: 353-1-8962961
http://www.tcd.ie/Drama/film.php
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8709  
11 June 2008 09:53  
  
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:53:59 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Re: Film query
  
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Jim,

Did you try www.tcd.ie/irishfilm? The database has an entry for the
film (in case more information helps). irishfilm[at]tcd.ie is their
contact.

Sunniva O'Flynn (curator at the Irish Film Institute) would probably
be able to tell you whether the IFI library has a copy or maybe how to
buy one: soflynn[at]irishfilm.ie.

Sara

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Rogers, James wrote:
> I am trying to find a copy of a 1949 Bing Crosby/Barry Fitzgerald film, Top
> o' the Morning , which concerns an American detective in Ireland to
> investigate the theft of the Blarney Stone
>
> Interlibrary loan, Netflix, Facets Video, Amazon, E-bay do not have it.
> Any other suggestions?
>
> I'm wondering now if I should look for the screenplay instead. Does anyone
> know where Paramount archives its screenplays?
>
>
> Jim Rogers
>
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11 June 2008 10:33  
  
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Re: Film query
  
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Dear Jim

It is nearly impossible to get hold of this film. I borrowed Kevin
Rockett's v. poor condition vhs when I was researching Fitzgerald. I
suspect if you were in Dublin, he would let you watch it in our library.

Best

Ruth Barton

On Jun 10, 2008, at 8:33 PM, Rogers, James wrote:

> I am trying to find a copy of a 1949 Bing Crosby/Barry Fitzgerald
> film, Top
> o' the Morning , which concerns an American detective in Ireland to
> investigate the theft of the Blarney Stone
>
> Interlibrary loan, Netflix, Facets Video, Amazon, E-bay do not have
> it.
> Any other suggestions?
>
> I'm wondering now if I should look for the screenplay instead.
> Does anyone
> know where Paramount archives its screenplays?
>
>
> Jim Rogers
>

Department of Film Studies
School of Drama, Film and Music
Samuel Beckett Centre
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2

Tel: 353-1-8962961
http://www.tcd.ie/Drama/film.php
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16 June 2008 08:40  
  
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:40:04 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Article, Gareth Peirce, Was it like this for the Irish?
  
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The name of Gareth Peirce will be familiar to many IR-D members - and not
only to those who remember the strange, tidy version of the British legal
system portrayed in In the Name of the Father (1993)...

The comparison between the Irish and Muslims has previously been discussed
on IR-D, so I think a number of IR-D members will wish to know about this
article. Gareth Peirce uses the phrase 'our new suspect community' - a
reference to Paddy Hillyard's book title..,

First 2 paragraphs of the article and link pasted in below...

The article is now freely available on the London Review of Books web site.

Anyone who has problems getting hold of this text should contact me
directly...

P.O'S.

London Review of Books.
Vol. 30 No. 7 10 April 2008

Was it like this for the Irish?
Gareth Peirce on the position of Muslims in Britain

The history of thirty years of conflict in Northern Ireland, as it is being
written today, might give the impression of a steady progression towards an
inevitable and just conclusion. The new suspect community in this country,
Muslims, want to know whether their experience today can be compared with
that of the Irish in the last third of the 20th century. It is dangerously
misleading to assert that it was the conflict in Northern Ireland which
produced the many terrible wrongs in the country's recent history: it was
injustice that created and fuelled the conflict. Before Bloody Sunday, when
British soldiers shot and killed 13 unarmed Catholic demonstrators who were
marching to demand not a united Ireland but equal rights in employment,
education and housing (as well as an end to internment), the IRA was a
diminished organisation, unable to recruit. After Bloody Sunday volunteers
from every part of Ireland and every background came forward. Over the years
of the conflict, every lawless action on the part of the British state
provoked a similar reaction: internment, 'shoot to kill', the use of torture
(hooding, extreme stress positions, mock executions), brutally obtained
false confessions and fabricated evidence. This was registered by the
community most affected, but the British public, in whose name these actions
were taken, remained ignorant: that the state was seen to be combating
terrorism sufficed. Central to the anger and despair that fuelled the
conflict was the realisation that the British courts offered neither
protection nor justice. The Widgery Report into Bloody Sunday, which was
carried out by the lord chief justice, absolved the British army and backed
its false account of 13 murders, ensuring that Irish nationalists would see
the legal system as being aligned against them.

We should keep all this in mind as we look at the experiences of our new
suspect community. Just as Irish men and women, wherever they lived, knew
every detail of each injustice as if it had been done to them, long before
British men and women were even aware that entire Irish families had been
wrongly imprisoned in their country for decades, so Muslim men and women
here and across the world are registering the ill-treatment of their
community here, and recognising, too, the analogies with the experiences of
the Irish...

Full text at
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n07/peir01_.html
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16 June 2008 08:56  
  
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:56:46 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Irish Film and Television Network Survey
  
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I suppose that people who need to know about the Irish Film and Television
Network will already know about the Irish Film and Television Network

http://www.iftn.ie/

But - just in case - the Network is settling down and becoming more and more
useful.

The have asked users to complete an Irish Film and Television Network
Survey...

See below...

P.O'S.


________________________________________
From: IFTN Weekly [mailto:info[at]iftn.ie]
Sent: 11 June 2008 12:09
Subject: IFTN Survey

Dear IFTN Reader,

We are asking all IFTN readers to take a few minutes to complete a quick
survey which will help us improve the IFTN website, newsletter and the level
of service IFTN provides.

All answers and information submitted will only be used by IFTN for research
purposes.

The survey only takes 3 minutes and we would greatly appreciate your help
with this.

Follow the url:
http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=5b4o7ilbc6n62j8448395

Many thanks,

IFTN Editor.
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16 June 2008 09:12  
  
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:12:18 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Article, Rejecting the American Dream
  
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This article turned up in our alerts because it cites - as just one example
of a new turn in cultural sociology/ethnography - Anne Kane on the Irish
Land War. The bulk of the article is the report of a men's group, who begin
to see the 'American Dream' as a script in which the men have pre-assigned
roles.

P.O'S.

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Vol. 37, No. 3, 255-290 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0891241607303393
C 2008 SAGE Publications
Rejecting the American Dream
Men Creating Alternative Life Goals
Eric Magnuson

Loyola Marymount University

This article uses ethnographic research to explore the dynamics of belief,
morality, and life change within the mythopoetic men's movement. Examining
the creation of local meaning within this context shows that its members
have developed a significant criticism of the material values and work ethic
connected to what has been called the American Dream. They are generally
upper and upper middle-class white men who have come out ahead in the
economic competition and yet have found it emotionally damaging and
unfulfilling for themselves and their wives, children, and others in their
lives. As a result, they take significant steps to change their lives,
deprioritizing work and economic success in favor of emotional values and
spiritual well-being. The analysis synthesizes ethnography with cultural
sociology to explore this curious critique of modern culture and the
corresponding efforts at microlevel social change.

Key Words: mythopoetic . men's movement . men's groups . ethnography .
cultural sociology
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16 June 2008 14:03  
  
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:03:50 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Article, Celtic Tiger found in education jungle
  
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At first sight this looks like a really useful article.

I had long looked for something accessible that would survey the links
between education, education policy, emigration and economic development in
Ireland over the past decades. Remember 'educate to emigrate' anyone?

Some things sort of cover the ground.
Eileen Moore Trauth, The Culture of an Information Economy: Influences and
Impacts in the Republic of Ireland, has some good quotes, but has a very
specific focus - and I have reached a stage where I wonder if a book costing
over 100 pounds is in any real sense 'published'. There will certainly be
other books that I have missed. Over the years a number of articles have
ventured into this area - but, again, usually with a specific focus.

When this article turned up in our alerts I made an effort to see it - not
noticing that it is only 3 pages long. All it says really is, o, there's
something interesting here. Which is true.

P.O'S.


Celtic Tiger found in education jungle
Author: Cooney, Thomas M.

Source: Education + Training, Volume 50, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 64-66(3)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited


Abstract:

While the growth of the Irish economy ("Celtic Tiger") has been well
documented, not enough attention has been given to the role of education as
a cornerstone for the success. This paper seeks to review education policy
in Ireland over the past 50 years and to identify the significant
educational initiatives that helped shape modern Ireland.

Primarily utilising history books and governmental papers with specific
reference to education policy in Ireland, the paper is a review of the
relevant literature offering an insight into a variety of schemes instigated
by various Ministers for Education over the past five decades.

The key finding was that the consistent education policies of the preceding
decades bore fruit: during the 1990s, there was growing demand for educated
human capital in all developed countries, and its ready availability in
Ireland helped to attract foreign direct investment and to promote the
development of indigenous companies.

This paper uses education policy in Ireland to create a link from mass
emigration in the 1950s to the "Celtic Tiger" boom years of recent times.
Keywords: Economic booms; Educational policy; Entrepreneurialism; Ireland

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1108/00400910810855531
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16 June 2008 16:00  
  
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:00:55 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
PhD Studentship in Irish Literature: The University of Sunderland
  
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From: Alison Younger [mailto:alison_younger[at]yahoo.co.uk]=20
Subject: Ph.D Studentship

=A0
PhD Studentship in Irish Literature: The University of Sunderland
=A0
Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship based in the Department =
of
English at the University of Sunderland. Starting in October 2008, the
position will fund three years full-time study (at c. =A311,000 p.a.
maintenance grant, plus all fees).

This position is funded by the Leverhulme Trust as part of the research
project =91Consumer Culture, Advertising and Literature in Ireland,
1848-1921=92, a collaborative research project between the Universities =
of
Sunderland and Durham led by Professor John Strachan.=A0 The Sunderland
Studentship will be supervised by Dr Alison O=92Malley-Younger.

The successful candidate will work on late nineteenth and early
twentieth-century Irish literature as it relates to the broad terms of =
the
research project.=A0 Subjects might include the impact of consumer =
culture in
the following areas: the contemporary Irish novel, the Irish Literary
Renaissance in general, Irish Modernism, Irish drama, Irish poetry, and
Irish popular culture.

The post-holder will be expected to attend/participate in the main
activities of the project, including the guest lecture series to be held =
in
Sunderland (year 1) and Durham (year 2), and the international =
conferences
to be help in Dublin (year 2) and Durham (year 3).

For further information or informal discussion, contact Dr =
O=92Malley-Younger:
alison.younger[at]sunderland.ac.uk

For information about English at Sunderland see:
http://admc.sunderland.ac.uk/subject-areas/culture/english/On-line=20
For an application form and a Role Profile for the post, e-mail Dr =
Alison
O=92Malley-Younger (alison.younger[at]sunderland.ac.uk).=A0 In your =
application
form, please include a research proposal of up to two pages setting out =
the
nature of your thesis and how in broad terms it would relate to the =
project.
The closing date for applications is 7 July 2008.

Slan agus beannacht
www.neicn.com=20
=A0
Alison O'Malley-Younger [Dr]
Programme Leader: English and Creative Writing
Department of English
University of Sunderland
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16 June 2008 23:21  
  
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:21:54 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Re: Article, Celtic Tiger found in education jungle
  
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From: Patrick Maume,
I visited Collins Barracks/National Museum the other day and picked
up a privately printed book which may be of interest to Diaspora list
members. This is MEMOIR OF ANDREW J. BYRNE - VETERAN OF THE AMERICAN
CIVIL WAR (2008) which is available from
www.originalwriting.ie/bookshop. (ix +239 hbk), cost E20 at the
museum.
Byrne (1830-1911) was a Dublin-born bricklayer. The memoir begins
with his family background and memories of O'Connell and the Young
Irelanders. He first emigrated in 1849, having just got married (he
quickly regretted this - there were long periods of separation and his
wife developed a drink problem. She died in 1865 and he remarried.)
He went to New Orleans and finding it difficult to get work (partly
because slaves took much of the labouring work which was available to
immigrants in the North) he enlisted in 1850. After two years'
garrison duty in Texas he deserted and returned to Ireland in 1853,
serving in the Dublin Artillery militia at the time of the Crimean
War. He went back to the US in 1856, re-enlisted, was discharged in
1860 after serving in garrison duty in New Mexico and returned to
Ireland. In 1861 he returned and enlisted in the Union Army (he
emphasises his ideological sympathy for the North). He was wounded in
the Peninsula campaign of 1862, fought in the Wilderness and the
Shenandoah Valley in 1864, and was present at the surrender of Lee's
army. In 1865 he returned to Ireland to take part in the Fenian
movement - he was arrested and told to leave the country for some
years. He returned to the army for a time but left because of lack of
promotion opportunity, and worked as a bricklayer in the Midwest and
New York state before finally going back to Ireland in 1873 because of
the Depression in the US at the period. The book is pretty lightly
edited (original misspellings preserved) though an appendix outlining
the course of the US Civil war is supplied. There is also a section
in which he gives his memories of Fr. Mathew and his views on drink.
The original MS is illustrated with his watercolours, many of which
are reproduced here as plates.
I am sure that scholars of the Irish in the US Civil war and of C19
emigration generally could mine some useful material from this book.
Best wishes,
Patrick
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17 June 2008 18:21  
  
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:21:15 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Call for Papers - Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism: Gender,
  
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From: Sen[at]lse.ac.uk [mailto:Sen[at]lse.ac.uk]
Sent: 17 June 2008 12:23
Subject: Call for Papers - Gender, Ethnicity and Nationalism


Please forward this call for papers onto your lists and any other interested
parties.
Many thanks,
Editorial Board
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

Call for Papers


Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a 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:

. Masculinities and the nation
. Gender, war and violence
. Nationalism and sexuality
. Motherlands and fatherlands
. Women and right-wing movements
. Gender and ethnicity

The editors are particularly interested in the theme of gender, ethnicity
and nationalism for this call.

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 career. SEN especially encourages submissions from PhD candidates.
For this call, please ensure your paper reaches us by 1st September, 2008
via email (SEN[at]lse.ac.uk). Articles should not exceed 8,000 words
(including endnotes and references), and should have a minimum length of
5,500 words.

For more information and author guidelines, please visit the SEN website:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1473-8481
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17 June 2008 18:57  
  
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:57:13 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Ireland over the marmalade
  
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A long time ago I was staying with friends in Madrid. In the morning I =
came
to the breakfast table and found there various treats. So, I helped =
myself
to toast - and marmalade. I was the victim of a cultural experiment. =
My
friends exclaimed: It's true, It=92s true, they DO eat marmalade for
breakfast!

But I digress...

I never know how much to flag up Irish items from my newspaper and =
magazine
reading - I tend to assume that people who need to know already know. =
But
when I do flag items I often get thanked.

Ireland is in the news a great deal, of course, because of the rejection =
of
the Lisbon Treaty. My own view, to summarise, is that we desperately =
need
the European Union to work, and work better - but that enthusiasm for =
the
EU's systems does not like survive an encounter with an EU bureaucrat...

The summaries on The Irish Emigrant pages are as good as any
http://www.emigrant.ie/

Thereafter, search and pick...
There has been lots of comment in The Guardian... Fintan O'Toole, Denis
MacShane, and all the usual Guardian folk.

Colm T=F3ib=EDn was interesting...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/14/ireland.eu

More relevant to IR-D, perhaps...

Was a juxtaposition on the page, over the marmalade. You don't get this =
on
the web.

A review of Ffion Hague's Lloyd George's women, The Pain and the =
Privilege:
The Women in Lloyd George's Life...=20

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2285482,00.html

next to Garret FitzGerald's review of Elisabeth Kehoe, Ireland's =
Misfortune:
The Turbulent Life of Kitty O'Shea

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2285483,00.html

The link? 'Early in their relationship he (Lloyd George) gave to =
Frances
Stevenson a biography of Charles Parnell, whose political career was
destroyed when his affair with Kitty O'Shea became public.'

The conclusion to Garret FitzGerald's review has an approach I don't =
recall
having seen for some time...

' If Katharine O'Shea's love for Parnell eventually diverted Ireland =
from
the cul-de-sac of home rule and on to independence, maybe she wasn't =
quite
as much of a misfortune for Ireland as the title of this excellent book
suggests.'

P.O'S.
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19 June 2008 08:38  
  
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:38:43 +0100 Reply-To: The Irish Diaspora Studies List [IR-DLOG0806.txt]
  
Professor of Irish Literary & Cultural Studies, Maynooth
  
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Professor of Irish Literary & Cultural Studies, Department of English, =
NUI Maynooth.

Following two centuries of internationally renowned scholarly activity =
on the Maynooth campus the National University of Ireland, Maynooth was =
established under the 1997 Universities Act as an autonomous member of =
the federal structure known as the National University of Ireland. With =
approximately 5,500 fulltime students and another 3,000 registered as =
part-time NUI Maynooth has 26 academic Departments which are organized =
into three Faculties: Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy; Science and =
Engineering, and Social Sciences. Building on a tradition of scholarship =
and excellence in all aspects of its teaching and learning, and research =
activities, within the liberal arts and sciences tradition NUI Maynooth =
is committed to being a first class research-led centre of learning and =
academic discovery. It is located on a pleasant university campus in =
Ireland=E2=80=99s only university town 20km west of Dublin, and has =
recently undergone a major phase of expansion in research, teaching and =
!
service facilities. The spacious campus is laid out in its own =
extensive grounds in rural surroundings, and is divided between an older =
complex of fine nineteenth century buildings and a modern complex of =
teaching, research, accommodation, and support facilities.

The recently adopted University Strategic Plan 2006-2011 sets out an =
ambitious programme that will build on the efforts of the last decade, =
which were highly acclaimed in 2005 by an international review panel of =
the European Universities Association, and also enable NUI Maynooth to =
take on the challenging agenda set by the Irish Government for the =
Higher Education sector which will require a significant transformation =
of undergraduate education and the development of an internationally =
competitive Fourth level (graduate level) sector. The Strategic Plan =
2006-2011 may be accessed at =
http://planning.nuim.ie/strategic_plan.shtml

The Department of English, as part of the School of English, Media and =
Theatre Studies, is looking for a Professor of Irish Literary and =
Cultural Studies. The successful applicant will be an outstanding =
individual, with an internationally recognised record of scholarship and =
publication in the field of Irish literary and cultural studies. NUI =
Maynooth is particularly interested in attracting an applicant whose =
work is acknowledged as an authority in the field, with expertise in =
Irish Romanticism, Irish modernism and Irish media and cinema. The =
successful applicant will be based in the Department of English, and =
will contribute to the development and teaching of the discipline, at =
both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Department is =
particularly interested in attracting an individual who will have the =
capacity with the standing to attract highly qualified research =
students.

The Department is located within the School of English, Media and =
Theatre Studies, and strong preference will be given to an applicant who =
can contribute to the development of programmes, particularly at =
postgraduate level, in the area of Irish film and media studies.

The School of English, Media and Theatre Studies is made up of the =
Department of English, the Centre for Media Studies, and the new Centre =
for Theatre Studies. The School is part of the Faculty of Arts, Celtic =
Studies and Philosophy.

The Department of English currently has twelve full-time faculty, two =
Executive Assistants, three contract staff, and a number of part-time =
teaching assistants.

The Department of English has both undergraduate and postgraduate =
programmes. There are close to 1000 undergraduate students studying =
English at NUI Maynooth, and approximately 25 students enrolled in two =
taught MA programmes (M.A. in Twentieth-Century Irish Writing and =
Cultural Theory, and an M.A. in Culture, Empire and Colonialism. The =
Department has both PhD researchers and researchers affiliated to funded =
projects. The Department has particular research strengths in the areas =
of Irish writing and culture, and postcolonial literature and theory.

Job Description
Teaching:
=E2=80=A2 The Professor in Irish Literary and Cultural Studies would =
contribute to undergraduate teaching in the Department of English. Given =
that the English Department at NUI Maynooth is a relatively compact =
unit, the successful applicant may be expected to teach in a range =
undergraduate areas.
=E2=80=A2 The Department of English offers two M.A. programmes: MA in =
English - Twentieth-Century Irish Writing and Cultural Theory and MA in =
English - Culture, Empire, Postcolonialism. The successful candidate =
will contribute significantly to the teaching and development of these =
programmes.
=E2=80=A2 The Department of English has a developing PhD research =
cohort. The successful candidate would be expected to be able and =
willing to supervise M.Litt. and Ph.D research in relevant areas.
=E2=80=A2 The Professor in Irish Literary and Cultural Studies may be =
asked to contribute to teaching more widely within the School of =
English, Media and Theatre Studies, particularly with reference to =
postgraduate teaching in the Centre for Media Studies.

Research:
The Department of English has a strong research concentrations of =
world-class standard in the area of Irish Studies, particularly in =
relation to postcolonial theory. The Professor of Irish Literary and =
Cultural Studies would be expected to contribute to existing and =
emerging research groupings within the School. By clearly establishing =
the School=E2=80=99s research strength in the field of Irish Studies, it =
will become possible to attract postgraduate research students to the =
School in a strategic and targeted manner, and the successful candidate =
will be expected to play a pivotal role in this process.

The successful candidate will be a figure of international reputation, =
who has published extensively across the field of Irish literary and =
cultural studies, with and will be a recognised authority in Irish =
Romanticism, Irish Modernism, and Irish film and media studies. It will =
be expected that Professor of Irish Literary and Cultural Studies will =
have not only an outstanding record of publication and conference =
presentations, but will have future plans to contribute to the =
development of the field at the highest level.
Administration:

The Professor of Irish Literary and Cultural Studies would be expected =
to carry out such administrative duties as requested from time to time =
by the Head of School. This may include the promotion of particular =
academic programmes.

Contacts:
Prof. Chris Morash, Head, School of English Media and Theatre Studies
Telephone: +01-7083665/3667/3706
Email: Chris.Morash[at]nuim.ie

Person Specification
The successful candidate for the post of Professor of Irish Literary and =
Cultural Studies shall have the following:
A Ph.D. completed in a relevant research area. (essential)
The proven ability to make an outstanding contribution to the =
development of the field of Irish Studies, and to attract research =
students of a high calibre (essential)
An internationally recognised body of scholarship in Irish Studies, with =
particular reference to Irish Romanticism, Irish Modernism and Irish =
film and media studies. (essential)
Definite plans for future research and publication in the areas outlined =
above. (essential)
A proven record of teaching at a major Third Level institution in the =
relevant area. (essential)
An ability to work constructively and harmoniously in both team and =
individual contexts in a relatively small academic unit. Flexibility =
will be an important attribute of the successful candidate. (essential)

Terms
The post is tenable from 1 September, 2008
Salary Scale (new entrants): =E2=82=AC87,229 - =E2=82=AC116,594 p.a. (6 =
points)
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Subject: H-ETHNIC: RIP Rudy Vecoli

Rudy Vecoli passed away yesterday at home in Minnesota.

Reconstructing Italians in Chicago: 25 Authors in Search of Roots
and Branches" May 8-10, 2008 was dedicated to Professor Rudolph
Vecoli, Pioneering Scholar of Italians in Chicago and Director
Emeritus of the immigration History Research Center at the University
of Minnesota. Conferees viewed videotape presentations by Vecoli
recalling his decision to specialize in Italian American studies and
to write his U of Wisconsin dissertation on Chicago Italians before
World War I.

His major early contribution to the field was to challenge Oscar
Handlin's over-emphasis on emigration as an "Uprooting"
experience that in short order created an "American Melting
Pot." It seems that the Italians who Vecoli studied in Chicago
weren't THAT uprooted----that they had retained many elements of
South Italian culture--and that the original pioneer Italian
immigrants to Chicago tended to be merchants rather than peasants.

In 1964 Vecoli published "Contadini in Chicago," a critique of Oscar
Handlin's classic account of the immigrant experience. Vecoli's
cultural pluralist approach to ethnic history led to the revival of
immigration history during the late 1960's and 1970's. Vecoli
substituted the experience of the "transplanted" Italian American
contadini [peasants] in his analysis for that of the assimilating
East European immigrant proposed by Handlin.
see John J. Bukowczyk, "Homage to the Contadini: the Influence of
Rudolph J. Vecoli on Immigration and Ethnic History." Italian
Americana 2002 21(2): 125-134. Issn: 0096-8846

Rudolph J. Vecoli, "Contadini in Chicago: A Critique of The
Uprooted," The Journal of American History, Vol. 51, No. 3 (Dec.,
1964), pp. 404-417
online at http :// www. jstor.org /pss/1894893 [erase spaces]
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