《凯利帮真史》内德·凯利身份认同研究

彼得·凯里第二次获布克奖的小说《凯利帮真史》将澳大利亚官方历史记载中面目狰狞的"丛林大盗"内德·凯利塑造成为一个本性良善但为生活所逼而反抗殖民当局的爱尔兰裔英雄。复活历史人物,让历史人物站出来为自己辩护,凯里巧妙地安排小说人物展开了一场历史话语权的争夺。在他看来,爱尔兰裔澳大利亚人是白澳内部的"他者",他们挑战了澳官方宣称的"澳大利亚是白人的澳大利亚"的观点。     

叶芝的爱尔兰神话情结

威廉·勃特勒·叶芝是爱尔兰20世纪最伟大的诗人,他的诗歌渗透着浓烈的爱尔兰情感和明显的爱尔兰因素,古爱尔兰的浪漫神话故事是叶芝诗歌萃取营养的主要来源之一,叶芝对爱尔兰神话故事的运用有利于帮助爱尔兰人民族集体记忆的恢复,爱尔兰历史的重建,以及爱尔兰民族身份的确立。     

爱尔兰文艺复兴时期的话剧与我国“国剧运动”

爱尔兰文艺复兴时期的话剧运动对余上沅和他发起的“国剧运动”具有根本影响 ,促使余上沅试图仿效爱尔兰话剧运动对传统的执著追求 ,而试图建立具有民族个性的话剧形式     

A state examination system and perpetuation of middle-class advantage: an Irish school context

This article explores how a formal state examination system operates as a tool which enables the cultural reproduction of the middle classes in an increasingly market-driven education system in Ireland. It is based on a study of a group of final-year girls approaching the high-stakes terminal Leaving Certificate examination. The success of this reproduction is based on a mutually beneficial partnership between the school and the parents, which ultimately benefits the students. The article examines how the school is successful in this competitive education market place and in upholding the middle-class nature of schooling. The structures of the school also empower parents and students to enhance privilege and academic success. The article concludes by considering the continuing relevance of Bourdieu to social reproduction in education.     

Killing off the Competition

In August 1929, James W. Upton, Editor of the republican newspaper, Honesty, discovered that that Seán Lemass and Gerald Boland, the Secretaries of the Fianna Fáil party, had issued a circular to their members that blackballed Honesty and promoted the sales of The Nation, a publication that Fianna Fáil's leader, Éamon de Valera, had recently brought under his control. The event that triggered this action was Upton's decision to publish an article critical of the Fianna Fáil leadership, something Upton did in the interest of freedom of speech. Upton, who was sympathetic to the Fianna Fáil cause, dubbed Lemass and Boland, ‘the Dublin Junta’ and accused them of launching an underhand attack to further their own careers and party ambitions. Fianna Fáil retaliated in the pages of The Nation, declaring that Honesty was no longer a republican journal and thereby destroying Honesty's readership. An exploration of these events reveals political duplicity and a fundamental misfit between the views of a republican idealist and hardheaded professional politicians. Upton believed that republicanism without journalistic freedom was no republicanism at all, whilst Lemass and Boland focused on building a disciplined party machine intent on suppressing dissent, within and without of its ranks.     

Examining student immobility: a study of Irish undergraduate students

This paper explores student mobility among Irish higher education students. It specifically focuses on the profile of ‘stayers’, that is, students who have no plans to study abroad, thus addressing an underexplored topic in existing literature on student mobility. The article aims to identify factors that impact on students’ decisions not to pursue study abroad. Drawing on a national survey of students, Eurostudent V, the findings demonstrate that immobility is predicted by mother’s level of education and family income, showing the salience of socio-economic factors. Age and language proficiency are also visible factors, with the main obstacles to mobility being finances, language barriers and not wanting to separate from family and friends. Trends are also visible in the education institution a student is enrolled in, with those in institutes of technology more likely to be immobile than those in universities.     

Competence of Irish and Polish teachers in the opinions of young Polish immigrants in Ireland

Since 2004, Ireland has experienced the arrival of immigrants from various countries from all over the world including Poland. The Polish came to Ireland with their families including children of school age obliged to attend compulsory education. These children have attended schools dissimilar from the ones they are accustomed to in their home country in terms of teacher–student relationships. The question then arises as to what an Irish teacher is like in the opinions of young Polish immigrants? Is the image different from the one of a Polish teacher, or does the peculiarity of this job make teachers in various countries alike? This research conducted among a group of Polish grammar school students in Ireland helps to answer these questions. This article is a comparative study of teachers’ competence, and their personality, as well as their substantive, methodological and educational competence. The information was obtained by group interview technique with Polish youth aged 13–15 studying in Irish secondary schools at junior cycle level.     

爱尔兰僧侣与加洛林文艺复兴

8世纪中后期起,为实现帝国版图内的文化重建,使教会能够完成整合社会文化的职责,加洛林王朝统治者加大了在教士阶层普及读写知识和古典文化教育的力度.加洛林统治者这一举措,在书面拉丁文的复兴、古典文献的收集与保存、修道院学校和图书馆的建设等方面取得了显著成效,因而被称为"加洛林文艺复兴".在这当中,爱尔兰僧侣凭借其深厚的宗教修养和高度的古典学术水平,在相当大的时间和空间范围内,在当时几乎所有的文化领域中,都作出了突出而卓越的贡献.他们协助法兰克人重建教育制度,修订<圣经>、教父作品和宗教礼仪,研习几乎失传的拉丁和希腊学术,并且创造出现代印刷字体的前身--加洛林小写体.爱尔兰僧侣之所以能在"加洛林文艺复兴"时期独领风骚,与爱尔兰本土深厚的学术传统、爱尔兰僧侣在欧洲大陆建立的修道院体系以及加洛林时期法兰克人的知识水平和文化需求密切相关.