XV ULSTER-AMERICAN HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM
23-26 JUNE 2004
'Changing Ways of Thinking about Emigration from Ulster'

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WEDNESDAY 23 JUNE
5.00-6.00 pm	Registration: Silver Birch Hotel, Omagh
6.00-8.00 pm	Welcome: Omagh District Council Buffet Reception
THURSDAY 24 JUNE
8.30 am	Bus departs from Silver Birch Hotel (residents only)
8.30 - 9.15	Registration: Centre for Migration Studies
9.15 am	WELCOME: Assembly Room Introduction to XV Symposium
9.30am	PLENARY LECTURE: Assembly Room Chair: Brenda Collins, Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum
	Kathleen Curtis Wilson, Visiting Scholar, University of Ulster, 'Irish Linen World-wide: exploring the fabric of Ulster and its diaspora'
10.30	TEA / COFFEE
10.45-12.45	PARALLEL SESSIONS 1
	1A: Assembly Room Migration Beachheads Chair: Trevor Parkhill, Ulster Museum
	Marianne S. Wokeck, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. 'Searching for Land: The Role of New Castle, Delaware, 1710s-1770s'
	Richard K. MacMaster, University of Florida, 'Searching for Order: Donegal Springs, Pennsylvania, from the 1720s to1770s'
	Scots-Irish Movement to the Virginia Backcountry Chair: Trevor Parkhill
	Warren R. Hofstra, Shenandoah University, Virginia, 'Searching for Peace and Prosperity: Opequon, Virginia, 1730s to 1760s'
	Katharine L. Brown, Mary Baldwin College, and Kenneth Keller, Mary Baldwin College, 'Searching for Status: the formation of a Scots-Irish Elite in Virginia's Irish Tract from the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century'
	1B: Library
	Chair: Piaras Mac Éinrí, University College, Cork
	William Roulston, Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, 'Reconstructing eighteenth-century Ulster families'
	GK Peatling, University of Guelph, Ontario and Institute of Ulster Scots Studies, University of Ulster, 'Rethinking interactions between Ulster-Scots and native Americans'
	Joyce Alexander, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies and Immaculata University, 'An Analysis of Scotch-Irish Perceptions of the Northern Ireland Conflict'
	Mícheál Roe, Seattle Pacific University and the University of Ulster, 'Characteristics and attitudes of 21st Century Scotch-Irish: findings from the General Social Survey'
12.45-2.00	LUNCH
2.00pm	PLENARY LECTURE: Assembly Room Chair: Alan Sharp, University of Ulster, Coleraine
	Steve Ickringill, Yorkshire, England, formerly University of Ulster, Coleraine, 'Reactions in Ulster to the Spanish-American War'
2.45-3.45pm	PARALLEL SESSIONS 2
	2A: Assembly Room Scots-Irish Movement to the Virginia Backcountry (cont.) Chair: Nini Rodgers, Queen's University Belfast
	Anita Puckett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 'Searching for Prestige: the Prestons and other Scotch-Irish Elites of the late eighteenth-century Virginia New River Valley'
	The Scots-Irish, the Backcountry, and Beyond Chair: Nini Rodgers
	Michael Montgomery, University of South Carolina, 'Searching for Independence: Backcountry Carolina, 1760s to 1780s'
	2B: Library Chair: Liam Kennedy, Queen's University Belfast
	Sylvia Hilton, University of Complutense, Madrid, 'Irishmen on the Mississippi in the late eighteenth century: the negotiation of interest and identity in Spanish Louisiana and West Florida'
	Peter Gilmore, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 'Two Sons of Oil Reconsidered: Irish Covenanters and the New World'
3.45-400	TEA / COFFEE BREAK
4.00-5.00	PARALLEL SESSIONS 3
	3A: Assembly Room The Scots-Irish, the Backcountry, and Beyond (cont.) Chair: David Doyle, University College, Dublin
	Kerby Miller, University of Missouri, 'Searching for Power: Western Pennsylvania in the 1790s'
	Patrick Griffin, Ohio University, 'Searching for Freedom and Security: Kentucky from the 1780s to the 1830s'
	3B: Library Chair: Johanne Trew, MCMS and Queen's University Belfast
	Harry Alexander, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies, 'Social Service Dimensions of Scotch-Irish Fraternalism in Industrial America'
	Julie Henigan, University of Notre Dame, Bloomington, Indiana, 'Bob Holt: a Scotch-Irish square-dance fiddle player from Ava, Missouri'
5.10	PLENARY PRESENTATION: Assembly Room 'MAGNI and the Way Ahead: from Ulster-American Folk Park to Museum of Emigration' Chair: Sir Peter Froggatt
	Tim Cooke, Chief Executive, Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland Philip Mowat, Curator, Ulster-American Folk Park Aideen McGinley, Permanent Secretary, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
5.30	Walk through the Outdoor Museum to the 'New World' Drinks Reception at Western Pennsylvania Log House and Group Photograph by Mr Geoff Heaver
6.30	Barbeque: Marquee
	Brian Lambkin and Patrick Fitzgerald, MCMS, 'The Mellons and the Emigrant Road from Castletown to Derry: a preview'
	'Come All Ye': informal musical entertainment with Julie Henigan
9.00pm	Buses depart for Silver Birch Hotel and Mellon Country Inn (residents only)
FRIDAY 25 JUNE
8.45am	Bus departs Silver Birch Hotel (those booked for three day programme only)
	Onboard commentary: Brian Lambkin and Patrick Fitzgerald, 'The Mellons and the Emigrant Road from Castletown to Derry'
10.30am	Welcome: Guildhall, Derry City
10.30am	Exploring Derry (optional guided tour including City Walls, Verbal Arts Centre, 'the Donegal quarter', Harbour Museum - lunch not included)
1.30pm	Bus departs city centre for University of Ulster
1.00-1.45pm	Registration for new delegates: MD021, Martha Magee Seminar Room, Ground floor, Main Building, University of Ulster, Magee Campus (Tea / Coffee on Arrival)
1.45pm	Welcome: MD 108 Minor Hall, Level 2, Main Building Professor Tom Fraser, Provost, and Professor John Wilson, Director, Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies
2.00pm	PLENARY LECTURE: MD108 Chair: John Wilson
	Kerby Miller, University of Missouri, 'Belfast's First Bomb, 28 February 1816: Class Conflict and the Origins of Ulster Unionist Hegemony'
3.00pm	TEA / COFFEE BREAK MD021, Martha Magee Seminar Room
3.20-4.20pm	PARALLEL SESSIONS 4
	4A: MD108 Chair: ?
	Ron Wells, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 'The Nameless, Dead Migrants and the Historian's Task'
	A N Other, Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies, 'Title'
	4B: MD007 (Lecture Theatre. Level 0, Main Building) Chair: Patrick Fitzgerald, MCMS?
	Karen J. Harvey, Lock Haven University, Pennsylvania, 'Contemporary Accounts of the Scotch-Irish in the Appalachian Backcountry: the cultural and economic frontier'
	Mary Daughtrey, Marymount University, Virginia, 'Post-Cold War Trends in Conflict Intervention: how does the Northern Ireland Peace Process fit in?
4.30pm	Book Launch: MD102, Great Hall, Level 0, Main Building The Irish, The Scottish and the Scotch-Irish: connections and comparisons, edited by William Kelly and John Young (Four Courts Press)
5.00pm	Depart for evening cruise on Lough Foyle: from Derry to Moville and back on board the 'Toucan' (evening meal on board with commentary by Mr Charlie McCann, former Foyle Pilot, on sites of emigration interest)
9.30pm	Return Derry; Bus departs for Silver Birch Hotel (residents only)
10.30pm	Arrive Silver Birch Hotel
SATURDAY 26 JUNE
9.15am	Bus departs Silver Birch Hotel
9.00-9.45	Registration for new delegates: Centre for Migration Studies
9.45am	PLENARY LECTURE: Assembly Room Chair: John Kirk, Queen's University Belfast
	Professor Michael Montgomery, University of South Carolina, 'From Ulster to America: the Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English'
10.30	PARALLEL SESSIONS 5
	5A: Assembly Room Chair: John Kirk
	Alan Crozier, Sweden, 'Language and Identity: continuity and community'
	5B: Library Chair: Sir Peter Froggatt, Scotch-Irish Trust
	Kenneth D. Keller, Mary Baldwin College, Virginia, 'Medicine as Cultural Baggage in the Ulster Scots Settlements of the Valley of Virginia'
	5C: Board Room New World of Conflict: the Scotch-Irish in Colonial America Chair: Joanne McKay, University of Ulster
	John Maass, Ohio State University, 'Ulster Scots and Disaffection in the Revolutionary War, 1780-81: response to conflict'
11.00	TEA / COFFEE BREAK
11.15-12.15	PARALLEL SESSIONS 6
	6A: Assembly Room Chair: Johanne Trew, MCMS and Queen's University Belfast
	Violet Johnson, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia 'Parading the Shamrock and the Pan: a historical comparative analysis of St Patrick's Day and the Carribean Carnival in the American South'
	Lorrie Blair, Concordia University, Canada, and Jean-Francois Frappier (Université de Montréal), 'Visualising Montreal's Saint Patrick's Day Parade'
	6B: Library Chair: John Othick, formerly Centre for Canadian Studies, Queen's University Belfast
	Rick Ruggle, Toronto, Canada, 'The demographics of faith - the Irish roots of religious affiliation in an Ontario township'
	Nina Ray, Boise State University, Idaho, and Tim Conway, University of Ulster, Coleraine, 'The Hearts of Steel in the Eighteenth Century: implications for the American immigration experience
	Rick Ruggle, Toronto, Canada, 'The demographics of faith - the Irish roots of religious affiliation in an Ontario township'
	6C: Board Room New World of Conflict: the Scotch-Irish in Colonial America (cont.) Chair: Joanne McKay, University of Ulster
	Monica Spiese, Millersville University, Pennsylvania, 'An Ulsterman in Pennsylvania: James Logan (1674-1751)'
	Nathan Kozuskanich, Ohio State University, 'The Paxton Riots, 1764'
12.15	FINAL PLENARY SESSION: Assembly Room 'Reflections on XV Symposium, Prospects for XVI Symposium' Close of Symposium Chair: Brian Lambkin, MCMS
12.30	'Celebrate Canada!' Lunch Reception Marquee
1.30	Launch of CAITNAN (Canada and Ireland Together: North Atlantic Neighbours) web site by the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland Mr Mark Moher
2.00pm	Bus departs for Belfast
2.00 - 3.00 pm	Public Event: Ulster-American Folk Park Music on the Move: a musical collaboration within the unique setting of the Ship and Dockside Gallery with Anita Best, one of Newfoundland's most talented traditional singers & Liz Doherty from Donegal, one of Ireland's most enthralling fiddlers
3.15 and 4.15 pm	Public Event: MCMS Library Two twenty-minute presentations on 'Canadian Migration' by Patrick Fitzgerald

 

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Tel: 0044 28 8225 6315;
Fax: 0044 28 8224 2241
or by email at christine.johnston@ni-libraries.org.uk

General enquiries: cms@librariesni.org.uk
Centre for Migration Studies,
Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Co Tyrone,
Northern Ireland, BT78 5QY,
Tel: 0044 28 8225 6315;
Fax: 0044 28 8224 2241

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