Check out our #BCIrishStudies courses for next semester!!
#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.
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
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!
@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
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!
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...
The #BCIrishStudies graduate students are proud to announce the CFP for #Comhfhios2026!
A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year!
Applications are due by January 5
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A #BCIrishStudies alumnus and 35-year faculty member, Savage received the Doctor of Literature Degree from QUB Professor Peter Gray.
#BCIrishStudies graduate students presenting at regional #ACIS at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts!
Congrats to Tess Keotting, Quinn Fisher, and Jessica Oyler on their fantastic presentations!!
#BCIrishStudies courses for next semester!!
The #BCIrishStudies graduate students are proud to announce the CFP for #Comhfhios2026!
A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year!
Applications are due by December 15!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We were thrilled to have so many former #BCIrishStudies Eagles back in Connolly House for such an important discussion!!
A timely and informative discussion on rituals created by migrants and their descendants, as well as those who regulated, excluded, and deported these migrants
Thanks to Kevin Kenny and #BCIrishStudies alumni Jill Bender, Hidetaka Hirota, and Gráinne McEvoy for returning to BC
Join us tomorrow at 5 pm in Connolly House as former #BCIrishStudies faculty and graduates discuss the newly published Rituals of Migration (NYU Press)
Rituals of Migration offers snapshots of Irish migrants on the move in the 19th and 20th centuries
On October 16, we will host a panel with the book's co-editor, Kevin Kenny, and 3 #BCIRishStudies alumni in the publication: Jill Bender, Hidetaka Hirota, & Gráinne McEvoy
Next Thursday, October 2, #BCIrishStudies welcomes Andy Irvine to campus for a Gaelic Roots concert!
Join us in Connolly House at 6:30 pm for a great evening of music!!
#BCIrishStudies invites applications for visiting summer Burns fellowships in 2026, 2027, & 2028
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
Next Wednesday, September 17, we will host our 2025 Dalsimer Lecture!
#BCIrishStudies alumna Kelly Sullivan (NYU) will discuss the censorship of Harry Clarke's 1926 stained glass window, which scandalously depicted 15 works of Irish literature
Join us in Connolly House at 5 PM!
We're planning a busy semester here at #BCIrishStudies!
Check out our online events calendar for more information on our fall line-up!
bc.edu/content/bc-w...
We've got a busy semester planned at #BCIrishStudies!
Check out our events page for information about lectures, panels, conferences, and more!
www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...
Many of our #BCIrishStudies faculty spent today in Dublin preparing for some very interesting 2025/2026 events!
Colleen Taylor will deliver the Annual Boston College Irish Studies Lecture at the Trinity Long Room Hub tomorrow at 4 pm!
Register for the event here: eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual...
#BCIrishStudies #TLRH
My Irish romanticism class in #BostonCollege yesterday heard harp historian Nancy Hurrell play some of Moore's Melodies on her own 1823 Egan harp - thanks to the Irish Music Librarian Beth Sweeney and Burns colleagues for arranging this fab event #specialcollections #BurnsLibrary #BCIrishStudies