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The Irish Studies program at Boston College offers a richly interdisciplinary study of Irish and Irish-American culture, history, and society. https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/sites/irish.html
Visiting post-doc Zoë Van Cauwengerg aided students from Prof. Jim Smith's class in a visit to the Burns Library, where they examined early 19th-century Irish books (by Edgeworth, Owenson, Young, Brooke, etc.) as part of a class discussion on Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent.
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Next Thursday, March 5, Marcus Breen will discuss how Kneecap and Sinners illustrate how cultural texts use language and history to shape the meaning of Irishness
The seminar is hybrid and in person at QUB
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
#BCIrishStudies Professor Richard Kearney will give a lecture titled "Who Was St. Patricks, and Should Brigid of Kildare Regain Her Saintly Status?" at the Charlestown Branch Library on Thursday, March 5.
Symposium contributors and attendees touring the Burns Library and the exhibit at the McMullen Museum
We celebrated the "Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family & The Public Arts" exhibition today!
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog featuring essays by various scholars that offer new insights & interpretive frameworks for studying the Yeatses.
Inspired and thrilled, in equal measure, by the visit to the McMullen @bostoncollege.bsky.social this afternoon to see their exclusive exhibition:
Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts.
#mustsee
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Next Thursday, February 26, Brendan O'Leary will be joining us on campus to discuss 'The US, Irish America, & the Irish Peace Process.'
Next week, #BCIrishStudies will host a symposium highlighting the 15 interdisciplinary essays in the fully illustrated catalog (edited by Marjorie Howes) accompanying the 'Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family & The Public Arts' exhibition currently at the McMullen Museum
Join us next Thursday, February 19, in Connolly House at 6:30 pm for our first Gaelic Roots concert of the semester!
We're hosting Gerry O'Connor and Kevin McElroy!
Another successful QUB faculty exchange!
Thanks to Ronit Berger Hobson for discussing her recent work on the Troubles & for presenting her 3-level framework to better understand the process of leadership during conflict transformation
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Tomorrow night in Connolly House at 5:00 pm, Ronit Berger Hobson joins us to discuss her recent work on the Troubles
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Thanks for having me! It was great to hear so many different perspectives on violence from graduate students.
A huge thank you to Jay Roszman (UCC), who delivered the keynote at this year's #Comhfhios, titled "The Problem of Meaning: 'Outrages' & Violence in Pre-Famine Ireland"
An amazing lecture to end a captivating day of research on violence and its legacies in Ireland!
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Our last panel on contemporary Irish fiction had papers from Nora Kirkham (University of Aberdeen), Kathy Ngo (NYU), Jessica Oyler (BC), Abigail Collopy (University of Denver), and Emil Trahan (University of Limerick)
Our 6th panel on 'music and sound' had papers from Evan Haney (BC), Max Huibregtse (NYU), and Katherine Scarborough (NYU)
Katrina Rowe (BC), Morgan Mayo (University of Galway), Greta Gaffin (BU), & Abigail McCabe (UMass Boston) discussed violence beyond Ireland's borders
Sara Wallscetti (UMass Boston), Tess Koetting (BC), Stephanie Roberts (UMass Boston), & Robert Baskin (BC) discussed violence and the Gothic
Joyshri Pathak (Gauhati University), Conor McMahon (UMass Boston), Rachael Healy (Stanford University), & Tailor Dolgin (BC) discussing the theme of childhood, trauma, and violence on panel #3
Chere Edwards (QUB), Thomas Cipro (SUNY Binghamton), Rachel Tuttle (BC), Cian Dunne (QUB), & Sarah Jones (UMass Boston) on the 'Narrative & Representation' panel
Rachel Pasternack (SUNY Binghamton) & Julia Smith (McGill University) on the 'Colonialism & Violence' Panel
Even with the snow, we welcomed 30 scholars from around the world to Connolly House for the 9th #Comhfhios conference this past weekend!
Congratulations to all the students who joined us to share their work and to our graduate students for organizing another fantastic conference!
Two boxes of Barry’s Tea.
The good people at Connolly House @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social made the right choice.
Next Wednesday, Feb 11, #BCIrishStudies continues our annual faculty exchange with QUB as political scientist Ronit Berger Hobson discusses "Transforming Conflicts: Leading Northern Ireland 'Trobles' From Contention to Cooperation."
Join us in Connolly House at 5 pm!
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Portrait of Constance Markievicz dressed as Joan of Arc
Happy Birthday to suffragist and Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, depicted on this postcard as Joan of Arc. Did you know we have two collections with records documenting Markievicz?'s life?
See more here: findingaids.bc.edu/agents/peopl...
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From colleges across the US, to multiple universities in Ireland & the UK, all the way to Gauhati University in India, #Comhfhios brings Irish Studies grads together to discuss their promising research on the legacies of conflict in Ireland
Join us Saturday at Connolly House!
Many thanks to the board of @theMcMullen & @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social for the lovely invitation to yesterday’s launch of “ Collaborating In Conflict “.
Without question the largest Yeats collection of work in New England ever assembled. WB, Georgie, Jack B, Lily, Anne, Cuala all there..and many
Connolly House was full of Irish this weekend, as we held another successful Lá Gaeilge (Irish Language Day), featuring language classes, Irish trivia, and a bilingual lecture on Irish speakers in America.
Go raibh maith agaibh to all those who joined us!
Next Saturday, February 7, #BCIrishStudies is thrilled to host the 9th #Comhfhios conference - an event for grads, run by grads
This year's theme, "Violence: Legacies of Conflict in Ireland," has drawn grads from around the globe & we cannot wait to hear what they're working on!
Next Tuesday, February 3, Burns Librarian Christian Dupont will be at the Trinity Long Room Hub to discuss Trinity's collaboration with BC's McMullen Museum of Art for the 2026 exhibition "Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family & the Public Arts."
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We're thrilled to host our fourth annual Lá Gaeilge, or Irish Language Day!
The day will include Irish language classes for all levels, Irish language trivia, and a talk by Ciara Ní Riain from Harvard University.
This event is co-sponsored by Cumann na Gaeilge in Boston.
We've got another packed semester of events planned for #BCIrishStudies!
You can find more information on these events on our online calendar:
www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...