1. Place :: Magee Date11.05.07 NorthBound Dr. Maria Angela Ferrario Research Associate Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages Exploring Cultural Heritages at the Migration Interface Research Symposia Series

2. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 Presentation Overview (A) Two words about AICH Overview Sample activity: SIEF2008 (B) Northbound in brief What is It? Who is it About? What is For? Topics (C) Northbound Two: Baltic Neighbours

3. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 The Academy @ University of Ulster One of five Research Institutes based in the UU Faculty of Arts. 30+ staff from a wide range of subject backgrounds 3 University campuses Associate members + a large & growing postgraduate community.

4. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 Coleraine Jordanstown AICH and UU Campuses Derry

5. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 The Academy - Aim Centre of excellence for Interdisciplinary research on Cultural Heritages (tangible & non-tangible) In an international context Emphasis on cultural heritages connected with the island of Ireland. AICH Humanities Art & Design Media Celtic Studies

6. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 Forthcoming Event – June’08

7. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 SIEF2008:: When & Where 16 th -20 th June 2008 Magee Campus, Derry Call for papers – Second Round: end of May 07 http://www.ulster.ac.uk/sief2008/

8. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 NorthBound:: What is It? Lives, facts and stories of people who left their countries to live their cultures in Northern Ireland… and vice versa 4 Research Symposia organised by the Academy Four events over a two-year period (Nov'06–May'08) Focus: both the established and the emerging European cultural landscapes in today’s N.I.

9. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 NorthBound:: What is For [Aim] To promote the culture, support the presence & provide networking opportunities to people & communities who, from Europe, have come to Northern Ireland to live, work & study.

10. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 NorthBound:: Topics mobileSociety: migrations, barriers to mobiliy footPrints: poetry, literature, journalism changingWords: language learning process and challenges visualArts: painting, sculpture, film, photography, new media design&technology:fashion, design, architecture performingArts: theatre, comedy, dance, music, magic livingMemories: history & stories through the eyes of people within&Beyond: mind, spirit, philosophy, religion, rituals

11. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 NorthBound:: Who is it About? Each symposium -> a specific European community in Northern Ireland including: Italy [17 Nov 06] The Baltic Neighbours [11 May 07] France & Germany [Nov 07] The Balkans [May 08]

12. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 General Facts & Figures UK – Almost 600,000 people from ‘Eastern’ Europe have registered to work in the UK since May 2004, Home Office figures (27.02.06). Polish - 65% of the total (390,000)- followed Lithuanians -11% (66,000) NI – 60,000 estimated Poles: 35,000/45,000 Lithuanians: 3,500/4,000* * Official 4,000 est 15,000 – Lithuanian Ambassador in Šilutés Magazine 8th March 07

13. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 The Neighbour, the Similar & the Other The idea of "neighbourliness" is a double- edged one … It implies openness to neighbouring cultures but also provincial mistrust* * Orhan Pamuk (2006 Nobel Prize for Literature on the European Neighbouring Policy)

14. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 Neighbours a slide on history Russia Turkey UK, NI, IE PL, LT, …

15. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 Old Neighbours Regina Europa Cosmographia Universalis, Basel 1550-4

16. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 New Neighbours – News To Wear (Saloje)

17. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 New Neighbours – Polish Picnic (Glosik)

18. Place :: Magee Date 11.05.07 NorthBound 2# Contacts Maria Angela Ferrario t:: 00-44-28-71-37-5304 (direct) e:: ma.ferrario@ulster.ac.uk w: http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/aich/nbsymposia