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Welcome to the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies.

The Institute of Ulster Scots Studies was established in January 2001. It is located at the Magee Campus of the University of Ulster.

The goal of the Institute is to explore the history, heritage and legacy of the UlsterScots people. The focus of the research carried out will be on the Ulster Scots Diaspora. Both the common and the diverse currents of the Ulster Scots experience have beenoften ignored: the first because of a tradition of writing distinctive national historieswhich tended to fragment that experience geographically; the second because of atradition of cultural essentialism which tended to displace difference in favour ofnational uniformity.

In a world of self-conscious nation states, the cultural connections of people whoshared no single national identity brings problems of conceptualisation. Ulster Scots studies expand the boundaries of conventional understanding but hasoften been intellectually marginalised.

The role of the Institute is therefore to promote the experience of the Ulster Scots asa mainstream academic concern.

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**PLEASE NOTE: THE INSTITUTE OF ULSTER SCOTS STUDIES OFFICIALY CLOSED ON 30JUNE 2011. SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE INSTITUTE HAS NOWBEEN MOVED TO THE CENTRE FOR IRISH AND SCOTTISH STUDIES. FOR FURTHERINFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE,MAGEE, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER FOR MORE DETAILS.

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Monreagh Heritage Centre

The Monreagh Heritage centre has a new website! All details concerning access to the centreand relevant contact details can now be accessed here:http://monreaghulsterscotscentre.town.ie/

Professor Brad Patterson of Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand,will be in Europe to deliver a series of papers at several conferences, these include visits toQueens University, Belfast, University of Liverpool & University of Northumbria. He is the founding Director of the Irish Scottish Studies Programme at the Stout InstituteResearch Centre, Victoria University Wellington (2002-2009) and is currently the William MasseyFellow, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.He has taught widely in New Zealand tertiary education. Recent publications includeThe Irish in New Zealand: historical contexts & perspectives & From Ulster to New Ulster.

During his visit, Professor Patterson will deliver a number of lectures in the North-West on hisresearch on the movement and settlement of Ulster Scots to New Zealand. The events are listed below: - From Ulster to New Zealand - and back: A Personal OdysseyTower Museum, Londonderry on Wednesday 23 June at 7pm. The lecture has been organized by the IUSS and is sponsored by the Museum and will befollowed by a wine reception. All are welcome. Contact: [email protected] or Tower Museum: (0044) 2871372411

- Lecture on William Massey on Monday 28 June at 3pm, Roe Valley Heritage Centre,Limavady, County Londonderry. All are welcome. Contact: [email protected] or Limavady Borough Council: (0044) 2877722226www.limavady.gov.uk The IUSS will also host Dr James Watson from the Massey University. Dr Watson will visit in July for the launch of his biography on William Massey. (Haus

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publications) Further details to follow.Contact: [email protected] for more information. The Monreagh Ulster Scots Heritage Centre is hosting a series of creative writingworkshops

Facilitator for the 8 week Course will be award-winning poet Patricia Morris who has manyyears experience in hosting workshops and who holds a Masters Degree in Creative Writing.

The emphasis will be on creating a warm, relaxed and supportive atmosphere in which eachwriter - whatever their previous experience of writing - builds confidence in their ability to createoriginal and valuable pieces of work in the language of their choice. It would be wonderful todiscover poets who have perhaps never put pen to paper before but who speak Ulster Scots intheir day to day lives and who would like to be given the opportunity to express themselves inprint.

I will be encouraging each person to find their own Voice and to express themselves in thelanguage they are most comfortable and familiar with as I feel this will create a vibrancy andauthenticity to the work which is produced. As part of the Course we will be exploring the useof Ulster-Scots in poetry its rhythms and use of language by reading the works of the Weaverpoets and modern day poets.

All are welcome, whether beginners or more experienced writers who would simply like toexplore another facet to their writing.

The Course will run from Tuesday 18/05/10 29/06/10; 11am - 12.30pm each day and willcost 60 euro per person.

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The Ulster Scots- Scots Irish Heritage and Education Centre,Monreagh, Carrigans,

Co Donegal, Ireland. Tel 0035374 9140708

Monreagh Heritage Centre Open Day, 17th April, 2010 Carrigans, Donegal

On Saturday the 17th of April, we are hosting an Open day for the Community at our Heritagecentre in Carrigans,St Johnstone, Co Donegal. Please see invitation here:../info/invitationtoopenday.htm**PLEASE NOTE - THE OPEN DAY HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.PLEASE CHECK BACK TO THE SITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. Projects

The online primary and secondary source database is now active. IUSS researchers havecompleted an updated and revised database of primary source material relevant to the study ofUlster Scots History, Literature, Migration and identity. Our intention was that this databasealong with the updated secondary bibliography which will provide an extensive catalogue ofsource material for researchers and scholars of Ulster and Scottish history as well as for thestudy of Ulster Scots migration and Diaspora. The material, which has been re-categorised hasbeen uploaded and can be viewed by clicking bibliography on the left hand-side menu. To

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complete a key word search in each section press ctrl and f - from there enter a keywordsearch. The research team will continue to update the database will further material. Word fileswill be added to each section allowing users to download material in a printer-friendly format. View the bibliography: ../research/biblio.html Flight of the Earls The Flight of the Earls is a bi-lingual collection of essays produced as a result of theinternational conference held by the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies and Donegal CountyCouncil in the Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Donegal, during August 2007 and is due forpublication this summer. This English/Irish volume edited by Dr Dr amonn Ciardha (University of Ulster), Dr DavidFinnegan (Goldsmiths, London) and Ms Marie-Claire Harrigan (University of Ulster) has thirty-two contributors, a whos who of early modern Irish history and literature (including scholarsfrom the Univ. of Connecticut, CUNY, Discovery Programme, Edinburgh, Howard CommunityCollege, King's College, London, LCCC, Liverpool Hope, Notre Dame, NUI, Galway, NUI,Maynooth, St. Columbs, St Patricks Drumcondra, Strathclyde, Trinity College Dublin, Thornhill,University College Dublin and Ulster). This will be a signature bilingual publication on awatershed event in Irish History and a major teaching and research tool.The book will be available for purchase here: http://www.ghpress.com/ Recent Events 1641 Depositions: Politics, Society and Wars of the three kingdoms Conference10th April 2010 Trinity College, Dublin IUSS Research assistant, Ms Marie-Claire Harrigan and IUSS PhD student, Mr AndrewRobinson recently attended the 1641 depositions conference in Dublin where both researchersgave papers at the event. Addressing the outbreak of the rebellion and its historical context, Mr Robinson presented apaper entitled Owen OConnolly and the betrayal of the plot to capture Dublin Castle, 23rdOctober 1641. Ms Harrigan delivered a paper during a session entitled The Seventeenth Century in the DigitalAge which explored the use of SPSS to categorise evidence from the depositions fusingtogether historical, social science and information technology research techniques. Atlantic Gateway The tenth book in the IUSS Ulster and Scotland series, Atlantic Gateway, was officially launchedon 26th November at the Magee Campus, University of Ulster. The book by Professor RobertGavin, Professor Dolores O'Reilly and adjunct IUSS staff member Dr William Kelly examines thesignificant role played by the port and city of Londonderry since 1700. Dr Kelly noted at thelaunch, 'As Simon Schama remarked in his History of Britain, "history should never be confusedwith nostalgia, it is written not to revere the dead but to instruct the living". In a very profoudsense therefore, history is as much, if not more about the future than it is about the past.' Thebook was published by Four Courts Press with financial assistance from the Londonderry Portand Harbour Commissioners, The Honourable The Irish Society, Derry City Council, TheUniversity of Ulster and the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies. It is available for purchase along with other IUSS sponsored texts from Four Courts Press:www.fourcourtspress.ie/subcategory.php?intSubCategoryID=34 'From Ulster to New Zealand - and back' Associate member of the IUSS Professor Brad Patterson from Victoria University of Wellingtonvisited the Magee Campus on 9th & 10th November as a guest of the IUSS. During his visitProfessor Patterson presented a paper entitled From Ulster to New Zealand - and back. Professor Patterson's research interests are the Irish and Scottish Diasporas. Recentpublications include an edited volumeSport, Society and Culture in New Zealand(1999) and

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The Irish in New Zealand: Historical Contexts and Perspectives(2002) and most recently edited,Ulster-New Zealand Migration and Cultural transfers(2006). The Ulster-Scots Diaspora writing in AmericaConference, University of Ulster, Magee 23-24th October, 2009 The Institute of Ulster Scot Studies recently hosted a conference entitled The Ulster-ScotsDiaspora writing in America. The event was held over two days with the second day being held in the newly-opened Ulster-Scots heritage centre in Monreagh, County Donegal. Speakers included Richard MacMaster, Carol Baraniuk, Brian Lambkin, Andrew Holmes,Johanne Trew, William Roulston, Eull Dunlop, Alister McReynolds, Frank Carey and FrankFerguson. Event organiser Frank Ferguson said: Ulster Scots emigrants and their descendants havecreated an exceptional archive of texts that tell many stories about Ulster and America. Thisconference brought these various narratives to light and demonstrated how interwoven UlsterScots culture has become with mainstream American literature and history. "From ProfessorsTobins keynote paper, which began the conference, to the launch of Professor RichardMacMasters new book Scotch-Irish Merchants in Colonial America, that concluded it, theproceedings demonstrated the new and exciting scholarship that the Institute of Ulster ScotsStudies is propagating at Magee. Commemorating the PlantationPlantationand Reaction: The 1641 RebellionTrinity College, Dublin, 23-25th October, 2009 The third and final conference in a series of planned events commemorating the 400th

anniversary of the Plantation of Ulster took place on 23-25th October in Dublin. The conference began with a keynote address by Professor Aidan Clarke on the 1641Depositions project currently ongoing in Trinity College Dublin. More than 300 people attended the address given at Dublin Castle where the event wasofficially launched by Councillor Dermot Lacey, Deputy Mayor of Dublin, Professor JohnHegarty, Provost of Trinity College and Professor John Morrill, University of Cambridge. In his address, Professor Clarke noted that the selective use of history had skewedunderstanding of the causes and consequences of the rebellion but that contemporary use ofsource material like the depositions have and will continue to enlighten and determine how thealleged massacres are perceived and understood. Speakers at the conference included Professor William Smyth (UCC), Dr David Edwards (UCC),Professor Nicholas Canny (NUI Galway), Dr Phil Withington (Cambridge), Professor RonaldAsch (University of Freburg), Professor Peter Wilson (Hull), Dr Igor Perez Tostado, ProfessorKaren Kupperman (NY), Professor Judith Pollman (University of Leiden) and Professor AndyWood (University of East Anglia). The conference, which was in association with the IUSS marked the end to the series of threeevents over this year including two earlier conferences on the Plantation in Goldsmiths College,London and University of Ulster, Magee. Projects within the IUSS continue to examine and analyse the use of the depositions fromlinguistic, historical and political dimensions. The other conferences in the The Plantation of Ulster 1609-2009: A laboratory for Empire seriesincluded: The Plantation of Ulster



: Politics, Economics and Cultural ContextsLondon25-26 June 2009 (in association with Goldsmiths University) The Plantation of Ulster: The Politics, socio-economic and cultural impactUU Magee Derry/Londonderry 3-5 July 2009 American Heritage Symposium, 26th June 2008 Centre for Migration Studies, UlsterAmerican Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone The Institute of Ulster Scots Studies (IUSS) at the University of Ulster is a key player in theAtlantic Arc Network, a new research partnership to facilitate research co-operation and the useof archives among institutes in Canada, USA and Europe. A special conference was held on25th-28th June 2008 for the Atlantic Arc Network as part of the Ulster American HeritageSymposium. This was followed by a reception and book launch of David A. Wilson'sThe Orange Order in Canada(Four Courts, 2007) hosted by the IUSS and Four Courts Press. Tourism and Cultural Exchange in Ulster and Scotland -Historical PerspectivesThe Institute of Ulster Scots Studies and Guelph University Canada are co-hosted a conference'Tourism and Cultural Exchange in Ulster and Scotland: Historical Perspectives'on the 28th June 2008 at the Tower Museum Londonderry. The conference looked at the longestablished historic links between the two countries in terms of tourism and cultural exchanges. There were 14 guest speakers from Canada and Scotland, as well as a local audience includingProvost Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor James Allen, council members and local universitiesand colleges. Ulster Scots Writing: An Anthologyedited by Frank Ferguson (Four Courts Press, 2008) This groundbreaking anthology is the first major collection to chart the impact of Scottishinfluences upon Ulsterwriting. The proximity of the province of Ulster to Scotland has resulted in lively confluence of people,ideas and cultures for many centuries. This has been recorded in an abundance of texts that expressUlster's complex and dynamic relationship with Scotland. Ulster-Scots Literature, An Anthologycharts the breadth and diversity of Scottish influences upon Ulster writing from the seventeenthcentury to the present day. For the first time, this is explored through literary prose, poetry anddrama and a number of other important genres: philosophy, political and polemical texts,sermons, historiography, autobiographies and folk writings. The collection records how familiarand less well-known Ulster writers negotiate Scottish inheritances in their work. As well asintroducing readers to significant works, the anthology will offer fully annotated texts withbiographical notices of each author. The book is aimed at all those interested in the cultural,linguistic and literary history of Ulster. It is an invaluable resource for students and researchersas well as the casual reader who wishes to learn more about Ulster's Scottish dimension. Itprovides a timely contribution to debates on Ulster-Scots language, identity and heritage andcelebrates a significant literary tradition.





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Aims of the Institute

To explore the experience of the Ulster-Scots Diaspora and its significant influence onthe history of the modern world - particularly that of North America.

To unify the histories of the peoples of Ulster, Scotland and America.

To enlighten perspectives of Ulster/Scots-Irish identity within the USA, Canada,Australia and New Zealand.

To work with international partners in comparative studies of cultural diversity,regionally, nationally and internationally.

To provide a forum for debate within the diverse heritages of the island of Ireland.

To locate centrally within the island of Ireland and in Scotland the history, heritage, language and cultural impact of the Ulster Scots people.

To promote an awareness and understanding of local history and heritage among thepeople of Ulster.

Objectives of the Institute

To promote the understanding of Ulster Scots history, culture and heritage throughresearch and scholarship within local, national and international contexts.

To recover for posterity, the significance of the cultural, political and intellectual movement of ideas influenced by the Ulster Scots people.

To develop a transnational approach which will be geographically and politicallypluralist and embrace a multiplicity of perspectives. It will stress, as is appropriate fora trans-oceanic enterprise, the fluidity of the cultural process and the dynamism ofcultural exchange rather than the parochial rootedness of ethnic history. Theapproach will be polycentric, broadening intellectual horizons rather than restrictingthem.

The challenge is a significant one: to harness the intellectual energies of scholars indifferent countries in a co-operative engagement, sharing expertise and learning inthe promotion of research of the highest quality. It is a challenge which the Institute embraces with confidence and enthusiasm in thesecure knowledge of the value of its work.

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Professor J. Allen,Provost/Pro-ViceChancellor, StudentSupport, University ofUlster, Magee Campus,Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Dr A. Aughey, School ofEconomics and Politics,University of Ulster atJordanstown, Shore Rd.,Newtownabbey, Co.Antrim, BT37 OQB

Mr F. Carey, MonreaghManse Project, Universityof Ulster, Magee Campus,Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Dr F. Ferguson, Instituteof Ulster Scots Studies,University of Ulster, MageeCampus, Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Dr J. Gillespie, School ofLanguage and Literature,University of Ulster atColeraine, Cromore Rd,Coleraine, Co.Londonderry, BT52 1SA

Professor O. Hargie,School of Communication,University of Ulster atJordanstown, Shore Rd.,Newtownabbey, Co.Antrim, BT37 OQB

Dr W.P. Kelly, MI206,University of Ulster, MageeCampus, Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Professor D. Mac Raild,School of Arts & SocialSciences, NorthumbriaUniversity, LipmanBuilding, room 302,Newcastle upon Tyne,NE1 8ST

Professor J. Wilson,School of Communication,University of Ulster atJordanstown, Shore Rd,Newtownabbey, Co.Antrim, BT37 OQB

Dr I. Adamson, UlsterScots Agency, 68-72Great Victoria Street,Belfast, BT2 7GE

Dr J. Mc Kee, School ofLanguages and Literature,University of Ulster, MageeCampus, Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Mr J. Millar, Ulster ScotsAgency, 68-72 GreatVictoria Street, Belfast,BT2 7GE

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Mr A. Mc Reynolds,Honorary Fellow,University of Ulster, MageeCampus, Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Professor P. ODochartaigh, DeanFaculty of Arts, Universityof Ulster at Coleraine,Cromore Rd, Coleraine,Co. Londonderry, BT521SA





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Research Projects* 1641 DepositionsThe purpose of this project is to compare and contrast the rhetoric of UlsterScots identity at the time of its development in the seventeenth century and thatof its contemporary existence today. It is the aim of this project to study howmembers of this community, or those who may be considered a part of thiscommunity, view themselves and their contemporaries. The project shall focuson national, political and religious identity as major areas of interest, but shallremain open to any other factors that prove relevant. The research shall focuson the aspect of "loyalism" as a rallying cry. In 1641, loyalism had a very different meaning of that of contemporary NorthernIrish society. Through this research it is hoped that we shall learn more aboutthe symbols and markers adhered by the Ulster Scots, that we might moreeasily identity them as a unique and discreet cultural entity; and also trace thechanges that take place within loyalism, perhaps lending credence to Elliot's1986 findings that group consciousness can be arterially stimulated andmaintained, providing evidence once more that culture is socially constructedartefact that can be manipulated - theoretically at least - into something positiveand inclusive, in place of the turmoil and violence currently experienced byUlster's fractured identity. To do this, the research will critically analyse the 1641 depositions, alongside acollection of contemporary transcriptions dealing with Ulster Scots identity,isolating and examining the metaphors employed by various individuals topresent and perpetuate their own views on their social identity and that ofothers. 1718 From Londonderry, Ireland to Londonderry, New HampshireThis project highlights the first substantial movement of people from Ireland toNorth America in the eighteenth century. It was a precursor to the GreatMigration of Ulster Protestants in the later 1700s. The project will trace themovement of a group of Presbyterians from Aghadowey, Co. Londonderry ontheir journey to the New World, and their settlement in Londonderry, NewHampshire. It will address questions such as why did they leave, who left, theirarrival in colonial America and their legacy. This project reflects the Institute'sobjective to explore the experience of the Ulster Scots Diaspora and to broadenperspectives and understanding of Ulster Scots history and identity. The UlsterScots Agency is a partner in the project and their website will host the research. Ulster Scots 1798 RebellionThe work on 1798 rebellion builds on previous work from the 1641 depositions. The aim of this project is to investigate how people show their identity or comemore passionate and thus more open about their identity when it is contested orthreatened. This project will focus on Ulster Scots identity during the 1798rebellion, research will be limited to the counties of Antrim and Down and willutilise any available eyewitness statements as well as church records, lettersand press releases should they be deemed appropriate. Active and Passive Knowledge of Ulster Scots Language in Correlation ToAge and Gender Across Northern IrelandParticipants were distributed in terms of age, gender and geographical location. Results illustrated that overall men know and use more Ulster Scots Wordsthan woman, across all age ranges. There was also a rise in knowledge across

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the three age groups of 18-30, 31-50 and 51+. This pattern was also seen forthose who actively used Ulster Scots, demonstrating that the youngest agegroups used the least. Results from this study raised many important issuesregarding Ulster Scots; one such issue concerned its active use by the youngergenerations. As the 18-30 age group know and use very little Ulster Scots inboth non Ulster Scots (i.e. Co. Tyrone) and Ulster Scots speaking areas (i.e.Co. Down), it suggests Ulster Scots is not being passed on to the youngergenerations. If Ulster Scots is to be maintained and supported this is a factorthat will need to be considered in future planning for Ulster Scots. Northern Ireland Press Reaction to The 'issue' of the Ulster ScotsThe aim of this project was to provide an analysis of the coverage given toUlster Scots in the three local daily newspapers, the Belfast Telegraph, IrishTimes and Belfast News Letter from 1996 to the present day. The analysis wasinformed by three general thematic approaches i.e. the press perception ofUlster Scots in terms of how it was defined; the political stance of the press withregard to the issue of the Ulster Scots within the more general socio-politicalcontext in Northern Ireland. Although the project will be loosely arrangedaround these themes, several more specific topics also informed the substantivediscussion. They included, analysing how the press react to the funding givento promote Ulster Scots; how the press view the status of the Ullans as either alanguage or dialect; who the press perceive the Ulster Scots people to be andhow they view the relationship between Ulster Scots and Irish language andculture. Diaspora, Migration and IdentitiesFollowing the announcement of the Arts and Humanities Research Council'snew strategic programme 'Diasporas, Migration and Identities' in 2004, theInstitute of Ulster Scots Studies has engaged in research on the Ulster ScotsDiaspora. Research is ongoing relating to the Ulster Scots in America, Canadaand New Zealand. One particular issue is the role of the Orange Order in thesecountries, especially in New Zealand. More recently, a two-day symposium washeld at the University of Melbourne on the Ulster Scots and Australia. InFebruary 2006 the Institute hosted an Australia Week in which threeleading Australian academics presented papers on Ulster and Australia. Siege and Restoration Drama ProjectThis project is based on Colonel John Michelburne's Ireland Preserved or theSiege of Londonderry. The project, so far, has resulted in the creation of an original script, Voices ofthe Siege which received three, fully staged and costumed performances at ThePlayhouse on the 22nd and 23rd June 2005 to excellent houses including apacked out schools matinee. The production drew together a cross communitycast of 15, most of whom were aged between 16 and 32, who leaned how todeliver period dialogue, musket and arms drills and much about the involvementof the Ulster Scots community in the Siege, on both The Williamite and Jacobitesides. The project was funded by the Ulster Scots Agency and ILEX, the urbanregeneration company. An article John Michelburne and another on North WestUlster authors of the late 17th and early 18th Century have been produced andpublished for the Culture Northern Ireland website and another article onMichelburne and his play will be published shortly in The Crimson Banner. Foundational Presidents FundThis project recognises the achievements of the Scots Irish in building theUnited States of America. From the 18th century onwards they played a majorrole in expanding the frontiers, forging the nation, developing education andbusiness and, perhaps most importantly providing political leadership. TheScots Irish provided up to seventeen Presidents of the USA and had a hugedisproportionate impact on American education, politics, commerce, the military,journalism, the arts and entertainment. The fund aims to commemorate thePresidents through a range of academic research projects and teachingdelivered through an International Research Network of scholars. The Fund willrecover and preserve for posterity the significance of the cultural, political



intellectual legacy of the American Revolution and the key role of the ScotsIrish. The fund will promote awareness and understanding of the foundation ofmodern democratic societies and examine the role of democracy in modernsocieties. Continuing Development of on-line Bibliography of primary andsecondary sources for the study of the Ulster Scots abroad.This project is concerned with the development of primary source literature on-line relating to Ulster Scots history and culture in conjunction with the continuingdevelopment of secondary source literature. The on-line bibliography is animportant and valuable research tool in the study of Ulster Scots' history andculture. It is a unique site as it is the first bibliography of Ulster Scots' primarysource literature to be produced, especially to a wider audience throughout theworld. Atlantic Arc NetworkThe IUSS and senior academics from the University of Ulster has taken part inthe foundation of the Atlantic Arc, a new collaborative research networkstudying the migration of Ulster-Scots, Scots and Irish to Canada and the US. The goal of this project is to explore the Diaspora experience of the Ulster Scotsand their influence on the formation of the modern world. A special event hasbeen organised on 25th-28th June 2008 for the Atlantic Arc Network that will beheld as part of the Ulster American Heritage Symposium. This event is hostedby the IUSS and Four Courts Press and will take place at the conference paneland a plenary session by the New Brunswick partners from the ProvincialArchives and the University of St. Thomas. Monreagh Manse Educational and Heritage CentreThe achievements of two of Donegal's famous sons, Francis Makemie andWilliam Gregg as towering figures in the growth of the Presbyterian Church inthe United States and Canada, will be centre-stage in this educational andinterpretive centre established in the cradle of Irish Presbyterianism - theLaggan district in the north-east of the county. The first Irish Presbytery was founded at Carrickfergus in 1642 in the Scotsarmy. The Presbytery of the Laggan, an area of Scottish and Presbyteriansettlement, was the second formed in Ireland. Founded in 1644, Monreagh isthe oldest of five congregations founded in the Laggan and the oldestPresbyterian community in the Republic of Ireland. Funded by the International Fund for Ireland with assistance from the UlsterScots Agency and the Department of Foreign Affairs the new centre will be aliving attraction which will celebrate an Ulster Scots heritage that will attracttourists and generate income in the north-west. It will be a significant additionto the many reasons for visiting this area. Ulster Scots and their Maritime HeritageThe International 'Ulster Maritime Conference' will take place from 3rd-5thSeptember 2009. It will be hosted jointly with the IUSS and their researchpartnership Atlantic Arc (New Brunswick, Lock Haven, Toronto, Virginia andGuelph). A provisional title for the conference is, 'Ports and Hinterlands inHistory'. The purpose of the project is to create an interactive platformchronicling the Maritime heritage of Derry and the Northwest from 1000BCthrough to 1945 and beyond. There are clear indications that Derry's Maritimehistory is to play a central role in the city's tourist strategy. This resource willallow students, tourists and heritage professionals to explore Derry's long andrich Maritime heritage. Plantation AnniversaryThe IUSS had planned a series of events for the celebrations of the 400thcommemoration Plantation of Ulster. These include the following:

The Hamilton and Montgomery Plantations of 1606 in Counties Antrimand DownThe Flight of the Earls/Imeacht na n -Iarlai of 1607The Ulster Plantation from 1607



The University of Ulster intends that six major events will take place tocommemorate the anniversaries of the heritage of plantation and migration inIreland, in Ulster and between our islands, European continent and theAmericas. These will explore the history and the legacy of plantation betweenBritain and Ireland. Re-visiting and re-interpreting the history, politics andcultural heritages of the plantation goes to the heart of the University'sendeavours to re-define Irish studies and teach history, political and Irishcultural heritages through the ports, towns, farms, bleaching-greens, literatureand printing presses of Ulster. Anthology of Ulster Scots literatureWhile there remains much debate and discussion about the linguistic nature ofUlster Scots in the modern context, the influence of the language the settlersbrought to Ulster is not only still in evidence around us, but is also availabledirectly and indirectly in Ulster Scots influenced writings over the last fewhundred years. This projects brings together these writings, not only as formsof linguistic evidence for the literary heritage of Ulster Scots, but also in relationto the political, religious, and ideological debates of Ulster which wile often inEnglish reflect quite clearly a Scottish and Ulster foundation. * This page is currently being reviewed and updated





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Institute StaffProfessor John WilsonDirector and Professor of CommunicationEmail:[email protected]

Professor Wilson studied at the Ulster Polytechnic, The University ofNottingham, and Queens University Belfast, where he received his PhD in1984. He has held various posts within the University including Dean of theFaculty of Social and Health Sciences of Education and Head of the School ofPsychology and Communication. He has also held a number of visiting positionsoverseas including Professor of Communication at the University of SouthernIllinois. His main research interest is in language in society, in particular politicallanguage. He has published a variety of journal articles in this area and a majortext Political Language (Blackwell:Oxford). Professor Wilsons interests areeclectic, he has published work on a variety of topics including compliments inArabic, discourse markers in education, to the acquisition of Belfast dialect.He was presently co-editor of the journal TEXT, an international journal ofdiscourse. He has recently published two co-edited books, Discourse andIdentity (2006, Ashgate: with Karen Stapleton), and Discourse of Europe (2007,John Benjamins: Sharon Millar). Both books contain original chapters on UlsterScots identity.

Mrs Sally HallidayResearch AssistantEmail: [email protected]

Mrs Sally Halliday has been employed for several years on a part-time basis inthe School of History and International Affairs as a lecturer in history, teachingon the Irish History and Politics degree and the International Relations. Courses taught include 'Irish Communities Aboard', 'Catholic Community in 18thCentury Ireland', 'Irish Government and Politics' and 'Political Theories andIdeologies'. Mrs Halliday has also delivered courses within the History degreeprogramme at Coleraine on 'Study Skills' and the 'Use of Computers in theStudy of History'. Mrs Halliday has also been involved in delivering historycourses to a community group, 'Women into Irish History' a cross communitygroup based in the Waterside area of Londonderry.

Dr Johanne Devlin TrewResearch AssociateEmail:[email protected]

Dr Devlin Trew was a Research Fellow (since 2004) at Queen's UniversityBelfast, School of History and Anthropology, where she was awarded (alongwith Prof. Liam Kennedy) a major research grant by the Arts and HumanitiesResearch Council (AHRC) for her work on contemporary Ulster Migration. From2002-2004 she was a lecturer and Research Fellow at Memorial University ofNewfoundland, Dept. of Folklore, and from 2000-2001 she was invited AssistantProfessor in the programme for Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia Universityin Montreal, Canada. Dr. Devlin Trew has particular interest in twentieth-century migration and the use of qualitative methodologies in migrationresearch.

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Dr Frank Ferguson completed his A.H.R.B. funded doctorate at Queen'sUniversity, Belfast in 2002. His PhD topic was Thomas Percy: LiteraryAntiquarianism as National Aesthetic'. Dr. Ferguson has compilied and editedThe Anthology of Ulster-Scots Literature, published by Four Courts Press(Dublin) in 2006. His research interests include eighteenth and nineteenthcentury British and Irish poetry, particularly the use of literature in theconstruction of national and cultural identity. He is also presented a number ofconference papers, the most recent at the Queen's Centre for EighteenthStudies Archival conference in 2004. Dr. Ferguson is currently developing histhesis and post-doctoral research into a monograph and a series of articles.

Mr Martin HayResearch AssistantEmail:[email protected]

Mr Martin Hay graduated from the University of Ulster in 1998 with an honoursdegree in Sociology and from University College Cork with a MA in sociology in1999. At present, he is completing his doctoral thesis at the University of Ulster.His doctoral topic is an analysis of Ulster Scots ideology and identity. Hiscurrent research is an analysis of media perceptions of the Ulster Scotsmovement. Mr. Hay is currently preparing a paper for publication on the (re)emergence of an Ulster Scots ideology and identity during the Home Rulecrisis.

Mrs Heather WalkerResearch AssistantEmail:[email protected]

Ms Heather Walker studied Linguistic Science at the University of Ulster,Jordanstown, where she obtained a first class honours degree (2000)and recently completed a PhD in Linguistics and Communication, focusing onthe Rhetorical Strategies of Ferdinand de Saussure. Her primary researchinterests are in the areas of discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, the study ofrhetoric and metaphor, and the linguistic construction of culture and identity.She presented a paper based on her doctoral research at an internationalconference in Hangzhou, China in 2004. She currently works part-time as anassistant lecturer in the School of Communication (Jordanstown), and part-timeas a researcher at the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies. At present, she isworking on a study of the linguistic construction of the Ulster-Scot identity atvarious historical moments.

Mrs Sinead GrantSecretaryEmail:[email protected]

Mrs Grant graduated from the University of Ulster, Magee Campus with BA(Hons) Business Studies. She also completed a combined 'A' Level Languageand Secretarial course at the North West Institute of Further and HigherEducation. Sinead has previously worked for Derry Northside DevelopmentTrust, Off the Streets Initiative, Fruit of the Loom and the Northern IrelandHousing Executive.

Adjunct StaffDr W P KellyEmail:[email protected]

Dr Kelly lectures in Ulster and Scottish studies, his primary research interestsare in seventeenth century Irish and British history. His PhD topic was Theearly career of James Butler, twelfth earl and first duke of Ormond, 1610-1688.Publications include articles for History Ireland and Journal of the Butler

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Society, and The Earl of Ormond, the Irish government and the Bishops Wars,1638-40, in Young, J. (ed.) Celtic dimensions of the British Civil Wars,(Glasgow, 1997), 'Colonel John Barry, the Irish Confederacy and the Earl ofOrmond,' in O'Siochru, M., Kingdoms in Crisis: Ireland in the 1640's, (2001). Hehas most recently edited The Sieges of Derry, (Dublin 2001). Dr. Kelly hasrecently published Sir Henry Docwra's Narration of the English expedition toLough Foyle in 1600.

Ms Marie-Claire Peters

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Ms Peters is currently completing a doctoral thesis entitled 'Use and Misuse ofthe 1641 Depositions' which is an analysis of the historical, historiographical andcontemporary use of the deposition evidence. She holds a first class honoursdegree in Irish History and Politics from the University of Ulster, Magee whereshe has also taught undergraduate courses in History and Politics. Shepreviously worked as a research assistant and editor on the CommentariusRinuccinianus project, a joint research venture funded by DAST, the IMC andUU which will be housed on the UU website following online publication. She isalso currently a co-editor, along with Dr Eamonn O'Ciardha (UU) and Dr DavidFinnegan (Goldsmith's, London), of the forthcoming Flight of the Earlspublication produced as a result of the IUSS sponsored Flight of the Earlsconference, August 2007. Her interests include sixteenth and seventeenthcentury Irish and British history, and also contemporary Northern Irish politics.

Professor Richard DavisEmail:[email protected]

Professor Richard P. Davis, a graduate of the Universities of Dublin and Otago,is an Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Tasmania and a Fellowof the Australian Academy of Humanities. He holds a Higher Diploma ofEducation from the University of Dublin (1960), and has over twenty-five yearsteaching experience. He is author of Arthur Griffith and Non-Violent Sinn Fein;Irish Issues in New Zealand Politics, 1868-1920; The Young Ireland Movement;Mirror Hate; the Convergent Ideology of Northern Ireland Paramilitaries; IrishTraces on Tasmania History, 1803-2004; Revolutionary Imperialist: WilliamSmith O'Brien, 1803-1864; (chief editor) 'to Solitude Consigned': The TasmaniaJournal of William Smith O'Brien, 1849-1853; Open to Talent; the CentenaryHistory if the University of Tasmania, 1890-1990; Eighty Years Labour: The ALPin Tasmania, 1902-1983; with Marianne Davis, Ulster Enterprise and PublicService in New Zealand and Victoria: JSM Thompson and GV Shannon: andThe Rebel in his Family: Selected Papers of William Smith O'Brien.

Mr Alister Mc ReynoldsEmail:[email protected]

Mr Alister Mc Reynolds joined the IUSS in 2007 as an Honorary Fellow havingbeen a teacher for over 30 years in the Secondary and further Educationsectors with 14 of those years being spent as a Principal. His immediate targetarea was Educational Outreach on behalf of the IUSS. Mr Mc Reynoldsorganised and taught on the Ulster and Scottish Studies Introductory Course,which ran very successfully in Ballymoney. This was quickly followed by thesame course in Bushmills where it ran in conjunction with Bushmills UlsterScots Heritage Society. In March 2008 Mr Mc Reynolds was Keynote Speakerat the American Conference for Irish Studies in Savannah Georgia. His mostrecent work focussed on the MeLellan family who originated in Ballymoney andbecame Shipbuilders in Maine. This family and others will feature in theaddress, which he is due to give at the XVII Ulster American HeritageSymposium in June 2008 at the Centre for Migration Studies in Omagh. Mr McReynolds is also due to launch a book in Autumn 2008, 'From Generation toGeneration, which looks at the developmental impact of the Scots IrishDiaspora.

Professor Don MacRaildEmail:

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Professor MacRaild is currently with the School of Arts and Social Sciences inNorthumbria University. Prior to this he was Professor of History at theUniversity of Ulster, having previously held the chair of History at VictoriaUniversity of Wellington. He has produced nine books or pamphlets andnumerous articles and chapters. His most recent books are a study ofOrangeism in Victorian England and an Irish Economic and Social HistorySociety pamphlet on the Irish in Britain. Don MacRaild has several overlappingfields of research expertise, including: the Irish in Britain and the wider BritishWorld; the history of the Orange Order outside Ireland; the history of labour andsocial organization; and ethnicity and ethnic conflict in the nineteenth century. His research on Orangeism, migration and Irish communities abroad dovetailsneatly with the wok of IUSS and he is a regular participant in the Institute'sevents. Don is a member of the IUSS management board.

International Research Network StaffDr Lyndon FraserSenior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Canterbury, New ZealandEmail:[email protected]

Lydon Fraser's research interests include the Irish Diaspora, the Irish in NewZealand, ethnicity and international migration. He has recently co-edited twobooks A Distant shore: Irish Migration and New Zealand Settlement (2000) andShifting Centres: Women and Migration in New Zealand history (2002). He wasappointed to the position of Senior Lecturer in 2000.

Professor Richard ElyUlster Scots Research in AustraliaEmail:[email protected]

Professor Richard Ely is involved in a project which inspects and reports ontheses researched in Australian universities on, or relating to, the subject ofUlster Scots in Australia. The situation in respect to Australian historicalresearch on Irish emigration to in Australia is that there is a great deal of it. Inrespect to emigrants from the nine countries of Ulster there isa significantly smaller but still respectable amount published. In respect toUlster Scots emigrants in Australia, designated as such, very little has beenpublished about those who can be described as Ulster Scots, this subject hasnot attracted significant interest. While Scottishness as an ethnic or culturalcategory has commanded fair interest by Australian historians, UlsterScottishness has usually been noticed only as an ethnic-cultural variant orfragment of Scottishness, or a religio-cultural variant of Protestantism. Giventhat overall historiographical situation in the area of published research, themain question to be looked at in this project is: How far and in what terms, inAustralian thesis research, can Ulster Scots emigrants to Australia, who can beidentified as such, be usefully studied by reference to that background.

Dr Kevin JamesUniversity of Guelph OntarioEmail:[email protected]

Dr James is a history lecturer at the University of Guelph. His current researchfocuses on textile labour in Scotland and Ulster, firms that operated in the shirtindustry on both sides of the Irish Sea, and Scottish anti-sweating campaignsaimed at Irish labour. The Strong links that have been forged between theUniversity of Guelph and the University of Ulster have given life to curricularinnovation in the Scottish Studies Programme, and have fostered new researchon historical and contemporary interactions between Scotland, Ulster andCanada. The cluster of researchers studying these themes at the University ofGuelph has benefited from frequent contact with colleagues in Scotland, Ulsterand elsewhere. Dr. James recognises the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies asthe centre of this expanding international research network.

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Professor David A. WilsonCeltic Studies St. Michael's College, University of TorontoEmail: [email protected]

Professor Wilson is the co-ordinator the Celtic Studies programme at St.Michael's College. He is editing a book with Mark G. Spencer UlsterPresbyterianism in the Atlantic World: Religion, Politics and Identity' to bepublished by the Four Courts Press, Dublin in 2005. Professor Wilson organiseda conference on the Orange Order in Canada held in July 2005, theproceedings of which was published by Four Courts Press, Dublin in 2006.Other research interests include Thomas D'Arcy McGee and the Fenians inCanada.

Professor Peter M. TonerEmail:[email protected]

Peter M. Toner is Professor in the Department of History and Politics, Universityof New Brunswick, Saint John, and a participant in the Atlantic ARC partnershipwith the University of Ulster. He is the author of significant work on Irish andUlster settlement in New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada, including An Index toIrish Immigrants in the New Brunswick Census of 1851 and editor of NewIreland Remembered: Historical Essays on the Irish in New Brunswick.

Professor Brad PattersonDirector of the Irish-Scottish Studies Programme Stout Research Centre,Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandEmail: [email protected]

Professor Patterson's research interests are the Irish and Scottish Diasporas.Recent publications include an edited volume Sport, Society and Culture in NewZealand (1999) and The Irish in New Zealand: Historical Contexts andPerspectives (2002). In 2004, he edited From Ulster to New Ulster, a series oflectures given by New Zealand speakers, Professor Malcolm Campbell fromAuckland and Dr Melanie Nolan from Victoria, during the Institute of UlsterScots Studies New Zealand week in Northern Ireland. Future publications in2005 include, Ulster/New Zealand migration and transfers, and on the state ofIrish-Scottish Studies in Australia and New Zealand.

Professor Anita PuckettAssistant Professor of Appalachian Studies Virginia TechEmail: [email protected]

Professor Puckett is director of the Appalachian Studies Programme in theDepartment of Interdisciplinary Studies. In addition, she is director of theCentre for Ulster Migration, Cultures and Societies, a research centre supportedin part by the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies, University of Ulster. ProfessorPuckett is currently researching how ethnonyms, that is, the names for ethnicgroups, can function almost as material objects of exchange and inheritanceamong those identifying as Scots-Irish and Melungeon. She is also conductingan historical ethnography of language project to examine how Ulster Scotsethnicity impacted social stratification among late eighteenth century settlers ofVirginian New River Valley.

Dr Jason C. WhitePhD Postdoctoral Fellow in Scottish and Ulster Studies University ofGuelph

Dr White's research focuses on the impact of the Thirty Year's War on domesticpolitics in the three Stuart Kingdoms. During the early Stuart period theinternational Protestant cause period the international Protestant cause

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periodically interacted with domestic political issues in a cyclical fashion. Dr.White's research places the politics of the Protestant cause in the contexts ofboth late Elizabethan foreign policy and the union of crowns. Dr. White intendsto conduct research on Ireland, especially Ulster, in order to make his workmore thoroughly Archipelago.

Dr John SherryPhD Postdoctoral Fellow in Scottish and Ulster Studies University ofGuelph

As a PhD student within the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies, Dr Sherrysuccessfully completed his doctoral thesis in August 2009 entitled ScottishCommercial and Political Networks in Ulster during the Reigns of King WilliamIII and Queen Anne, 1688-1714. Since September 2009, he has beenemployed jointly by the IUSS and the University of Guelph as a post-doctoralfellow in the history of Ulster and Scotland. Whilst teaching undergraduatecourses such as the Celtic Britain and Ireland since 1600 and the Reformation,he also conducts research into the commercial and migratory links betweenScotland, Ulster and the Atlantic world 1603-1746.

Mr Gerard HornPhD student in Victoria University Wellington, sponsored research by theInstitute of Ulster-Scots Studies

Mr Horn's research focuses on the Folk of enterprise and public service: IrishProtestant Migrants in New Zealand 1850-1930. The primary area ofresearching during the period has been on the economic lives of these migrantsin New Zealand. A second area of research has been the Orange Institution inthe Colony. In an effort to address the role that the Institution played in thedevelopment of an Irish Protestant Diasporic community in New Zealand, MrHorn has complied a database of 200 Orangemen from obituaries, deathnotices, and funeral reports, which have then been matched to a variety of othersources to examine their socio-economic, religious and cultural background.





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The IUSS primary and secondary database provides an index of sources for the study and researchof Ulster Scots history, culture, identity and community. Since its inception in 2001, the IUSS hasbeen actively researching and examining the development and different manifestations of the UlsterScots community both nationally and internationally. Through this work, the IUSS have identifiedthe need to provide access to an index of primary and secondary sources to assist researchers andUlster Scots enthusiasts alike.

The following database provides the basis for continuing research on the Ulster Scots by listingessential sources relating to the Ulster, Scotland, Ireland and International dimensions of thedevelopment of the Ulster Scots. For this reason it is focused primarily on the historical andcontextual aspects of the development of Ulster Scots and what circumstances and environmentshaped this distinctive cultural and social entity. However the research team have also added linksto sources and databases covering politics, social sciences and literature which will demonstrate thedevelopment and growth of the Ulster Scots community in a contemporary sense. The database istherefore aimed as a starting point for researchers, providing access to an index of importantprimary sources, links to migration databases and periodicals along with a comprehensive list ofweb resources for websites, which contain access to many online digitised sources.

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UNITED IRISHMEN AND 17TH CENTURY

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The Plantation of Ulster:A Laboratory for EmpireC/O AICHUniversity of UlsterMagee CampusLondonderryBT48 7JLhttp://www.theplantationofulster.co.uk Four Courts Press7 Malpas StreetDublin 8Irelandhttp://www.fourcourtspress.ie 1641 Depositions ProjectSchool of History & HumanitiesTrinity College DublinDublin 2Irelandhttp://www.tcd.ie/history/1641 Commentarius Rinuccinianus ProjectAcademy for Irish Cultural HeritagesUniversity of UlsterMagee CampusLDerryhttp://www.commentarius.co.uk Digital Humanities Observatory A project of the Royal Irish AcademyPembroke House30 Pembroke Street UpperDublin 2Irelandhttp://www.dho.ie Institution: University of Toronto (St. Michaels College)81 St. Mary St., Toronto,Ontario, Canada M5S 1J4http://www.uotoronto.ca/stmikes

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Ulster Historical FoundationBalmoral Buildings,12 College Square East,Belfast BT1 6DDTelephone: +44(0) 2890332288Fax: +44 (0) 90239885http://www.ancestryireland.com/index.php

The Ulster SocietyBrownlow House,Windsor Avenue,Lurgan, Co Armagh,BT67 9BJNorthern IrelandTelephone: 3832 7677 Email: [email protected]

Forum for Research into the Languages of Scotland and UlsterDepartment of EnglishUniversity of AberdeenKing's CollegeOld Aberdeen AB9 2UBhttp://users.skynet.be/sky77854/frlsu/

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Ulster MuseumBotanic Gardens,Belfast BT9 5ABTelephone: +44 (0) 28 90383000http://www.uftm.org.uk/

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Professor J. Allen,Provost/Pro-ViceChancellor, StudentSupport, University ofUlster, Magee Campus,Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Dr A. Aughey, School ofEconomics and Politics,University of Ulster atJordanstown, Shore Rd.,Newtownabbey, Co.Antrim, BT37 OQB

Mr F. Carey, MonreaghManse Project, Universityof Ulster, Magee Campus,Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Dr F. Ferguson, Instituteof Ulster Scots Studies,University of Ulster, MageeCampus, Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Dr J. Gillespie, School ofLanguage and Literature,University of Ulster atColeraine, Cromore Rd,Coleraine, Co.Londonderry, BT52 1SA

Professor O. Hargie,School of Communication,University of Ulster atJordanstown, Shore Rd.,Newtownabbey, Co.Antrim, BT37 OQB

Dr W.P. Kelly, MI206,University of Ulster, MageeCampus, Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Professor D. Mac Raild,School of Arts & SocialSciences, NorthumbriaUniversity, LipmanBuilding, room 302,Newcastle upon Tyne,NE1 8ST

Professor J. Wilson,School of Communication,University of Ulster atJordanstown, Shore Rd,Newtownabbey, Co.Antrim, BT37 OQB

Dr I. Adamson, UlsterScots Agency, 68-72Great Victoria Street,Belfast, BT2 7GE

Dr J. Mc Kee, School ofLanguages and Literature,University of Ulster, MageeCampus, Northland Rd,Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Mr J. Millar, Ulster ScotsAgency, 68-72 GreatVictoria Street, Belfast,BT2 7GE

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Institute StaffProfessor John WilsonDirector and Professor of CommunicationEmail:[email protected]

Professor Wilson studied at the Ulster Polytechnic, The University ofNottingham, and Queens University Belfast, where he received his PhD in1984. He has held various posts within the University including Dean of theFaculty of Social and Health Sciences of Education and Head of the School ofPsychology and Communication. He has also held a number of visiting positionsoverseas including Professor of Communication at the University of SouthernIllinois. His main research interest is in language in society, in particular politicallanguage. He has published a variety of journal articles in this area and a majortext Political Language (Blackwell:Oxford). Professor Wilsons interests areeclectic, he has published work on a variety of topics including compliments inArabic, discourse markers in education, to the acquisition of Belfast dialect.He was presently co-editor of the journal TEXT, an international journal ofdiscourse. He has recently published two co-edited books, Discourse andIdentity (2006, Ashgate: with Karen Stapleton), and Discourse of Europe (2007,John Benjamins: Sharon Millar). Both books contain original chapters on UlsterScots identity.

Mrs Sally HallidayResearch AssistantEmail: [email protected]

Mrs Sally Halliday has been employed for several years on a part-time basis inthe School of History and International Affairs as a lecturer in history, teachingon the Irish History and Politics degree and the International Relations. Courses taught include 'Irish Communities Aboard', 'Catholic Community in 18thCentury Ireland', 'Irish Government and Politics' and 'Political Theories andIdeologies'. Mrs Halliday has also delivered courses within the History degreeprogramme at Coleraine on 'Study Skills' and the 'Use of Computers in theStudy of History'. Mrs Halliday has also been involved in delivering historycourses to a community group, 'Women into Irish History' a cross communitygroup based in the Waterside area of Londonderry.

Dr Johanne Devlin TrewResearch AssociateEmail:[email protected]

Dr Devlin Trew was a Research Fellow (since 2004) at Queen's UniversityBelfast, School of History and Anthropology, where she was awarded (alongwith Prof. Liam Kennedy) a major research grant by the Arts and HumanitiesResearch Council (AHRC) for her work on contemporary Ulster Migration. From2002-2004 she was a lecturer and Research Fellow at Memorial University ofNewfoundland, Dept. of Folklore, and from 2000-2001 she was invited AssistantProfessor in the programme for Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia Universityin Montreal, Canada. Dr. Devlin Trew has particular interest in twentieth-century migration and the use of qualitative methodologies in migrationresearch.

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Dr Frank Ferguson completed his A.H.R.B. funded doctorate at Queen'sUniversity, Belfast in 2002. His PhD topic was Thomas Percy: LiteraryAntiquarianism as National Aesthetic'. Dr. Ferguson has compilied and editedThe Anthology of Ulster-Scots Literature, published by Four Courts Press(Dublin) in 2006. His research interests include eighteenth and nineteenthcentury British and Irish poetry, particularly the use of literature in theconstruction of national and cultural identity. He is also presented a number ofconference papers, the most recent at the Queen's Centre for EighteenthStudies Archival conference in 2004. Dr. Ferguson is currently developing histhesis and post-doctoral research into a monograph and a series of articles.

Mr Martin HayResearch AssistantEmail:[email protected]

Mr Martin Hay graduated from the University of Ulster in 1998 with an honoursdegree in Sociology and from University College Cork with a MA in sociology in1999. At present, he is completing his doctoral thesis at the University of Ulster.His doctoral topic is an analysis of Ulster Scots ideology and identity. Hiscurrent research is an analysis of media perceptions of the Ulster Scotsmovement. Mr. Hay is currently preparing a paper for publication on the (re)emergence of an Ulster Scots ideology and identity during the Home Rulecrisis.

Mrs Heather WalkerResearch AssistantEmail:[email protected]

Ms Heather Walker studied Linguistic Science at the University of Ulster,Jordanstown, where she obtained a first class honours degree (2000)and recently completed a PhD in Linguistics and Communication, focusing onthe Rhetorical Strategies of Ferdinand de Saussure. Her primary researchinterests are in the areas of discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, the study ofrhetoric and metaphor, and the linguistic construction of culture and identity.She presented a paper based on her doctoral research at an internationalconference in Hangzhou, China in 2004. She currently works part-time as anassistant lecturer in the School of Communication (Jordanstown), and part-timeas a researcher at the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies. At present, she isworking on a study of the linguistic construction of the Ulster-Scot identity atvarious historical moments.

Mrs Sinead GrantSecretaryEmail:[email protected]

Mrs Grant graduated from the University of Ulster, Magee Campus with BA(Hons) Business Studies. She also completed a combined 'A' Level Languageand Secretarial course at the North West Institute of Further and HigherEducation. Sinead has previously worked for Derry Northside DevelopmentTrust, Off the Streets Initiative, Fruit of the Loom and the Northern IrelandHousing Executive.

Adjunct StaffDr W P KellyEmail:[email protected]

Dr Kelly lectures in Ulster and Scottish studies, his primary research interestsare in seventeenth century Irish and British history. His PhD topic was Theearly career of James Butler, twelfth earl and first duke of Ormond, 1610-1688.Publications include articles for History Ireland and Journal of the Butler

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Society, and The Earl of Ormond, the Irish government and the Bishops Wars,1638-40, in Young, J. (ed.) Celtic dimensions of the British Civil Wars,(Glasgow, 1997), 'Colonel John Barry, the Irish Confederacy and the Earl ofOrmond,' in O'Siochru, M., Kingdoms in Crisis: Ireland in the 1640's, (2001). Hehas most recently edited The Sieges of Derry, (Dublin 2001). Dr. Kelly hasrecently published Sir Henry Docwra's Narration of the English expedition toLough Foyle in 1600.

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Ms Peters is currently completing a doctoral thesis entitled 'Use and Misuse ofthe 1641 Depositions

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