Roger Casement in Argentina

Authors

  • Angus Mitchell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v21i2.3813

Keywords:

Roger Casement; Argentina; Fianna; R.B. Cunninghame Graham; Irish Diplomacy; Balder Olden. Resumo, Roger

Abstract

Roger Casement made two journeys to Argentina: the first was in 1907 and the second was in 1910. Little is known about either trip beyond a few fragmentary references in letters and some encrypted entries in the contested Black Diaries. Nonetheless, these traces would suggest that Casement was connected into a vibrant Irish-Argentinian network that played a vital role in the independence struggle before and after 1916. Through reconstructing evidence of these visits and locating his friendships within Ireland’s broader transnational struggle, this essay excavates a dimension of informal diplomacy that prepared the ground for the  emergence of Irish foreign policy after 1919.

Author Biography

  • Angus Mitchell

    Angus Mitchell is a historian and publisher. His work on Roger Casement has contributed to a critical re-evaluation of Casement’s centrality to the intellectual history of the pre-1916 world and to the history of human rights. Mitchell’s published editions of Casement’s writings include: The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement (1997) Sir Roger Casement’s Heart of Darkness: The 1911 Documents (2003) and One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement (2016). In recent years, Mitchell’s interests have gravitated towards consideration of broader networks of anti-imperial activism. He is presently working on the retrieval of other activists connected with the Irish revolution such as Alice Stopford Green, Bulmer Hobson and Nannie Dryhurst.

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Published

2020-05-13

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2019): ABEI Journal 21.2

Section

Travel Writing

How to Cite

Mitchell, A. (2020). Roger Casement in Argentina. ABEI Journal, 21(2), 37-49. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v21i2.3813