The Irish Studies program at Boston College offers a richly interdisciplinary study of Irish and Irish-American culture, history and society.

Chestnut Hill, MA
Joined June 2020
We're now accepting applications for the Hachey Professorship of Irish & Irish-American History! This is a tenured position in the History Department and the Irish Studies Program. Apply here apply.interfolio.com/194167 by November 13.
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Applications for our Assistant Professor of the Practice/Assistant Director of Irish Studies position are due October 18th!
We're now accepting applications for the newly created role of Assistant Professor of the Practice / Assistant Director of Irish Studies! Apply here apply.interfolio.com/191724 by October 18.
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Many thanks to program alumna Méabh Ní Fhuartháin for delivering the 2026/2027 Dalsimer Lecture!
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Next Wednesday, October 21, the Irish Institute is hosting an event titled "The Rise of the Far Right in Ireland" Lee McGowan & Eoin O'Malley will provide evidence-based insights & space for informed discussion All may attend, but registration required: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Join us next Thursday, October 15, at 6:30 pm in Connolly House for our first Gaelic Roots concert of the semester! We will be joined by James Kelly on the fiddle! The concert is free and open to the public.
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Applications for our Assistant Professor of the Practice/Assistant Director of Irish Studies position are due October 18th!
We're now accepting applications for the newly created role of Assistant Professor of the Practice / Assistant Director of Irish Studies! Apply here apply.interfolio.com/191724 by October 18.
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Join us next Wednesday, October 14, for our annual Dalsimer Lecture! Program alumna Méabh Ní Fhuartháin will deliver a lecture titled "Political & Cultural Refractions in Music: Moving Hearts, Reflecting Minds, Ireland 1981." Join us at 5:00 pm in Connolly House!
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A full house for Senia Pašeta's Burns Scholar Lecture last night! She discussed how feminist ideas have profoundly shaped the evolution of modern Ireland.
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Next Wednesday, October 7, #BCIrishStudies is co-sponsoring a Journalism/International Studies event featuring award-winning Irish journalist Sally Hayden. The lecture will begin at 5:00 pm in Higgins Hall, Room 225.
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A special conversation @BostonCollege. We were delighted to welcome Mr. Joe Hackett, Secretary General of Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, for a special roundtable discussion with Boston College students. The conversation provided students with a valuable opportunity to engage directly with Ireland’s senior diplomatic leadership and discuss Ireland’s foreign policy and its role in the world. Thank you to @CGBostonIreland for joining us and helping make this meaningful conversation possible. #BostonCollege #IrishInstitute #IrishDiplomacy
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For @UniofOxford Professor Senia Pašeta, this fall's Burns Visiting Scholar in @BCIrishStudies, the role of women in modern Irish political history is a font of scholarship and a source of endless fascination. She will speak on the topic on September 30. on.bc.edu/SPaseta
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Join us next Wednesday, September 30, at the Burns Library to hear Senia Pašeta's Visiting Burns Scholar Lecture, titled "From Suffrage to Sisterhood: A History of Feminism in Modern Ireland."
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"‘From Suffrage to Sisterhood’ Senia Pašeta, BC's new Burns Scholar in Irish Studies, will speak on September 30" See BC News' write-up on this semester's Visiting Burns Scholar bc.edu/content/bc-web/sites/…
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SEPTEMBER 23 FLATLY LECTURE CANCELED Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been canceled. We hope to reschedule at a later date. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Join us next Wednesday, September 23, at 5 PM in Connolly House for our annual Flatley Lecture, delivered this year by Catriona Crowe! The lecture is titled "The Limits of Certainty: Creative Use of Archives in Vona Groarke's Hereafter and Doireann Ní Ghríofa's Said the Dead"
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Join the conversation on far-right movements in Ireland and their impact on democracy. forms.gle/rrfDDTbceVGNM2vN9 #IrishPolitics #FarRight
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Our own Rob Savage will be at the Trinity Long Room Hub on Wednesday, September 30, delivering a lecture titled "The Death of an Informer, London 1974" Find more information here: tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/ev…
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Many thanks to Melatu Okorie for delivering our 3rd annual Irish Studies / AADS collaboration lecture, discussing her writing process, her award-winning book, & themes of race and migration in Ireland.
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A reminder that the next IHS meeting will take place Tuesday, 22 September 2026, at 7:00 p.m. This will be a panel discussion on ‘New Directions in the Study of 19th Century Ireland’, featuring papers from Dr Peter Hession and Dr Sarah Roddy (Chair: Prof Peter Gray)
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Join us next Wednesday, September 23, at 5 PM in Connolly House for our annual Flatley Lecture, delivered this year by Catriona Crowe! The lecture is titled "The Limits of Certainty: Creative Use of Archives in Vona Groarke's Hereafter and Doireann Ní Ghríofa's Said the Dead"
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