Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies at Boston College Senia Pašeta studies the intersection of Irish women’s political and social activism with the Irish nationalism that took root in the late 19th century, and ultimately sparked Irish independence from Great Britain in 1922. A professor of modern history at the University of Oxford, Pašeta is the author of Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction, Irish Nationalist Women 1900-1918, and Before the Revolution: Nationalism, Social Change and Ireland’s Catholic Elite, 1879-1922. Her current book project scheduled for release next year, Political Women in Ireland, 1880-1918, is a more expansive survey of women’s multifaceted political activism, its historical foundations, and adaptation to wider political challenges. Pašeta will discuss her research on the continuity and transformation in Irish feminism at the Burns Scholar Lecture on September 30 in the Burns Library Thompson Room at 6 p.m. (preceded by a 5 p.m. reception). Her lecture, “From Suffrage to Sisterhood: A History of Feminism in Modern Ireland,” is free and open to the public. Learn more at BC News.