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Hegemony at the Oscars
Here’s a link to a piece I wrote about the Oscars for the Decoding Media blog. If you’re not following their site, you should! https://decodingmedia.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/hegemony-at-the-oscars/
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Review – Gallipoli Ireland
The link to my latest review — RTÉ’s Gallipoli Ireland website, published by Notre Dame’s Breac: A Digital Journal of Irish Studies: http://breac.nd.edu/articles/64213-remembering-gallipoli/
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I ♥ Paris
Horrible things have happened tonight in one of my favourite cities. I was there this past July, having one of the most relaxing and romantic of times — as hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people do in Paris … Continue reading
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Family History Ghosts
A brief plug before I return to a regular season of weekly posts. I’ll be speaking at the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa Conference on 22 September. This is an interview I did earlier today about it… … Continue reading
Irish Green Season (aka “A Little Bit of Shameless Self-Promotion”)
Things at the School of Canadian Irish Studies are getting crazy these days (in a fun way), as we await the climax of Montreal’s Irish “Green Season”. There have been balls, luncheons, poetry readings, film screenings… and now we’re all … Continue reading
God Bless St Patrick: Irish Masculinities on Film – Part I
Getting ready to head to New Orleans for this year’s American Conference for Irish Studies, I thought a fun post might be to postulate somewhat on what is sure to be rife on the television set this coming weekend: movies … Continue reading
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Bookiness – The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars As with the Harry Potter series, I waited until the third book was out before seeing if the hype was worth it. I’m pleased to say that, in … Continue reading
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The Fighting Irish? Contemplating the Irish Military Diaspora
One of the most lasting stereotypes of the Irish – at home and abroad – has been of Irishmen’s “natural aggression” and “bellicosity.” The Notre Dame football team has definitely helped to bring this into the post-modern age, but it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged ambiguity, definitions, Ireland, masculinities, military, stereotypes, war
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Late Night Thoughts – Part I – “Second Wife Syndrome”
(NB – For some reason, I get ideas at odd times of the night. I sleep with a notepad on my dresser. Sometimes, though, I can’t get to bed before writing things down… and this is one of those results.) … Continue reading
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Sir Mark Brydon
First post — first thoughts… 1) I probably shouldn’t have started writing this while also watching The State Within — if you haven’t seen this BBC/BBC America production, you need to get a copy of it immediately. I believe this … Continue reading
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Mid-Atlantic Musings 