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    23rd Ulster-American Heritage Symposium

    June 17 – 20, 2020

    Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland

    Call For Papers

    Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland

    It is with great pleasure that we announce that the 23rd meeting of the Ulster American Heritage Symposium will once again be hosted by the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Northern Ireland, June 17-20, 2020. The Ulster American Folk Park has been closely associated with the Symposium since it met for the first time in the bicentennial year of 1976 and the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies (MCMS) has hosted the meeting on this side of the Atlantic since 1996.

    Call For Papers

    Symposium Themes

    The theme of this symposium is ‘Continuity and Change: Ulster-American migration over the last three centuries’. A striking feature of trans-Atlantic emigration from Ulster since 1700 has been persistence with remarkably few and generally brief interruptions to the movement of migrants from the province to the continent of North America. A popular narrative shaped by the pervasive demands of often binary Unionist/Nationalist identities, combined with the effects of periodization, have tended to fashion a history which has generally stressed specific, discrete phases of emigration.

    The Symposium offers an opportunity to reflect on the phenomenon and reconsider the chronology of migration between Ulster and North America, from 1700 to the present. Over the same timespan we can see the evolution of the two-way diasporic relationship operating across the Atlantic and would welcome papers which explore this influence in both Ulster and North America.

    Submission Guide

    As always, offers of papers related to the broad theme of the Symposium are welcome.  Particular themes for consideration might include As always, offers of papers related to the broad theme of the Symposium are welcome.  Particular themes for consideration might include

    • Periodization and particular landmark or milestone dates
    • The role of commemoration and memorialization
    • How the historiography shaped the current popular perspective?
    • The evolution of diasporic relationships from 1700
    • The factors encouraging or interrupting trans-Atlantic migration flows
    • How disciplines other than history might challenge the traditional chronology
    • How factors such as changing technology, communication systems and logistics altered migration patterns

    Please submit your offer of a paper including title plus abstract (of not more than 250 words) and brief CV (not more than 50 words) by email to: catherine.mccullough@librariesni.org.uk and patrick.fitzgerald@librariesni.org.uk

    Submission Deadline

    Deadline: 12 noon on Monday 13 January 2020
    A response from the organisers should be received by Monday 3 February 2020

    Please submit your offer of a paper including title plus abstract (of not more than 250 words) and brief CV (not more than 50 words) by email to: catherine.mccullough@librariesni.org.uk and patrick.fitzgerald@librariesni.org.uk

    Accommodation

    The main conference accommodation will be at the Silverbirch Hotel, Omagh. You can visit their website to make reservations here.

    Symposium Programme

    The programme will consist of a welcome reception on the Wednesday evening, two full days of papers on Thursday and Friday at the Mellon Centre and the Ulster American Folk Park, and potentially a trip on Saturday, depending on the level of interest.

    Call For Papers

    Contact the Mellon Centre

    The Mellon Centre for Migration Studies
    2 Mellon Road
    Omagh
    County Tyrone
    Northern Ireland
    BT78 5QU
    tel: 028 8225 6315
    email: mcms@librariesni.org.uk

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    Funding Provided By Department of Communities

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