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Thursday, November 15th, 2007All members and interested people are invited to attend Ean’s AGM and seminar on 1 December, 2007, at the Temple Bar Hotel in Dublin at 11:00.
The seminar, which is titled “Focusing resources, strengthening links with the Irish abroad”, will include inputs on emigrant services, emigrants and the media, continuing emigration of people at risk, political participation, remembering soldiers who fought in wars abroad, and more. It will also include an update on the organisation’s work and reports on Éan’s projects in facilitating assisted holidays and a transition-year curriculum about emigration and the Diaspora.
Former senator Pascal Mooney, known for his work as an emigrant advocate, will be one of the hosts of the day. Social researcher Brian Harvey will speak on “Value for Money and Policy Review of the Support for Emigrant Groups Programme�, the recent report from Goodbody Consultants, and its implications for those involved in serving emigrants around the world. Writer Philip Orr will discuss Irish soldiers, North and South, who served abroad. Irish Times journalist Patsy McGarry will discuss the role of the media in keeping Irish connected.
The event will be recorded and downloadable from the organisation’s website, at www.ean.ie, by podcast. “Our aim is to make this an accessible, useful event for organizations around the world – and podcasting will facilitate this� says Ean chair Fr Alan Hilliard, who is also the Director of the Episcopal Commission for Emigrants. “We think it will be particularly useful for our member organizations around the world to get access to Brian Harvey’s analysis of the Goodbody Report on the Support for Emigrant Groups Programme, and we’re delighted that podcasting will make this possible�.
Our theme reflects the fact that we’ve come so far – the Irish Government has given tremendous support to emigrants in recent years, for example – and with increased technology and new attitudes there are exciting opportunities for stronger links than ever before.
Here is the schedule for the day:
11 – 11:30 Registration
11:30 – 12:15 Session 1 Introduction and work of Ean
Introduction
Overview of Ean work: Noreen Bowden
Talk on assisted holiday project: Karen McHugh
Alan Hilliard12:15 – 1:15 Session 2: Focusing resources
Brian Harvey on Goodbody Report on service provision to emigrants1:15 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:50 Session 3: Strengthening ties
Patsy McGarry on the media and the Irish abroad
Philip Orr on the experience of Irish soldiers abroad
Noreen Bowden on political participation
Paula Lally on emigration of people at risk3:50 – 4:30: AGM business
· Presentation of accounts
· Nomination of board members4:30 Closing remarks and reception
All are welcome to attend! For questions or to RSVP, contact Noreen at noreen@ean.ie, or 01 8779011.
Irish Episcopal Commission for Emigrants: November 2007
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007The Irish Episcopal Commission for Emigrants marks 50 years of the Irish Chaplaincy in Britain with a conference called, “Pastoral Care to Public Policy – Journeying with the Migrant”. The conference will highlight the value of a sustainable pastoral care response to the phenomenon of inward migration in Ireland. A panel of international speakers will examine the global context, as well as current cultural and policy deficits in Ireland.
Speakers will include:
- Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
- Peter Sutherland, Chairman of the UN Global Commission for Migration
- Bishop Nicholas Di Marzio, Bishop of Brooklyn and former Executive Director of Migration and Refugee Service for the U.S. Catholic Conference
- Desmond Cahill, Professor of Intercultural Studies at RMIT (Melbourne Institute of Technology)
- Francis Davis, Von Hügel Institute, University of Cambridge
The conference will take place on 21 – 23 November, 2007 in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel in County Meath.
Contact the conference office at +353 1 5053055 or by email at migrantconference@iecon.ie. For more information, visit www.catholiccommunications.ie.
Trinity hosts Migration Research Fair, Sept 2007
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Trinity’s Immigration Initiative will host its Migration Research Fair on 24 September at Trinity College, Dublin.
The aim is to showcase, map and share academic research on migration in Ireland through a gathering of academic and other researchers, state, public sector and NGO stakeholders and migrant organisations.
The day will be divided into five thematic workshops:
- Migration and the labour market
- Migration, language and education
- Migration and social policy
- Migration and community relations
- Migrant networks
Among the speakers will be Ean member Caitriona ni Laoire from the Department of Geography, UCC, who will speak on “Irish Return Migration – Complicating Host-Newcomer Dualisms?”. Other speakers include Minister for Integration Conor Lenihan and representatives from ICTU, FAS, IBEC, the Immigrant Council of Ireland, the National Economic and Social Council and academics from a wide range of disciplines.
Visit the Trinity Immigration Initiative website.
John Boyle O’Reilly Summer School: September, 2007
Saturday, September 1st, 2007The Flight of the Earls is the subject of this year’s John Boyle O’Reilly Summer School, hosted by The Old Drogheda Society. Speakers will include Dr Patrick Fitzgerald of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh, who will speak on “The Flight of the Earls and the Origins of Modern Diasporas”.
Other speakers include Dr John McGurk, Senior Research Fellow in Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool, whose talk will be “The Flight or Escape of the Earls: Why and with what results”. Dr John McCavitt, noted historian and author of the www.theflightoftheearls.net website, will speak on “The Flight of the Earls and County Louth”.
The event takes place on September 9 in the Boyne Valley Hotel.
Visit www.eastmeath.org for more information.
Irish Theatrical Diaspora focuses on Dublin Theatre Festival
Monday, August 20th, 2007The Irish Theatrical Diaspora group will hold its 2007 conference in association with the Dublin Theatre Festival and the Irish Theatre Institute.
The conference will explore the history of the Dublin Theatre Festival in its first five decades, focusing on
- landmark Irish plays first staged at the DTF
- visiting companies and productions from abroad that have influenced Irish theatre practice, and
- Â DTF plays and productions that have highlighted social and political issues of their time.
The conference will be held at Dublin’s Project Arts Centre from 4-5 October.
Irish Theatrical Diaspora’s purpose is to develop and co-ordinate research on the production and reception of Irish drama in its local, national and international contexts. By “Irish drama” is defined as all theatrical performances within the island of Ireland, and any theatrical performances outside the country involving Irish-born personnel or having substantial Irish content.
The group’s previous conferences focused on “Irish Theatre on Tour” (in 2004), “Irish Theatre in England” (2005), and “Irish Theatre in America” (2006). Conference proceedings of all these events have been published or are in process.
Visit the Irish Theatrical Diaspora website.
ACIS 2008 National Conference: 16-19 April, 2008; Iowa
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The American Conference for Irish Studies will host its 2008 conference in St Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. The Conference theme is “The Global Irish: Conflict, Coexistence and Community.”
Organisers are inviting 20-minute papers on any Irish Studies topic, particularly those that address how the Irish both in Ireland and abroad have endured and interpreted their experiences of conflict, coexistence and community.
Presenters must be members of the American Conference for Irish Studies. Please send one-page abstracts in .pdf or .doc format to Dr Ryan Dye at DyeRyanD@sau.edu by December 1, 2007. Include your name, institutional affiliation and contact informationin that document, as well as the body of your email.
Visit the conference website.
Visit the American Conference for Irish Studies website.