Tag Archives: Ireland
Evangelicalism & Ulster literature
Boston College Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Terence Brown will present “Amazing Grace: Evangelicalism & Ulster Literature” on Apr. 3 at 4:30 p.m. in the Thompson Room of Burns Library. Brown will talk about some significant conversion narratives, such as … Continue reading
Digital Dubliners
Joseph Nugent of BC’s English Department will talk about his digital humanities project, Digital Dubliners, at an A&S Dean’s Colloquium on Feb. 24 starting at 4:30 p.m. in the O’Neill Library Reading Room. Designed and created by students in Nugent’s … Continue reading
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Tagged English Department, Ireland, James Joyce, joycean
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What the letters reveal
The Center for Irish Programs at Boston College will host a book event for His Grace is Displeased, Selected Correspondence of John Charles McQuaid. One of the book’s editors, Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh, will speak at the event, which will held … Continue reading
Pennsylvania mines
History Professor Kevin Kenny, author of the book Making Sense of the Molly Maguires, took part in Mining History Week in Pennsylvania last week. The week’s events focused on the victims of the Knox Mine Disaster of January 22, 1959, as … Continue reading
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Tagged History Department, Ireland, Irish, mining, Pennsylvania
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Discovering Joyce’s Dublin
The Dublin of 1904, explored by Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s Ulysses, is now accessible to the tech-savvy inhabitants of the 21st century thanks to JoyceWays, a multimedia virtual tour created by Boston College undergraduates with the help of BC … Continue reading
Rural Ireland
Claudia Kinmonth, whose book Irish Rural Interiors in Art, was the inspiration of the current exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art, will discuss how contrary to earlier assumptions, artists working in Ireland turned to the lives of the country’s … Continue reading
Irish sporting life
With two new books to join his previous title, Mike Cronin, academic director of Boston College – Ireland, now has “three entries in the top ten of Best Irish Sports Books Ever,” according to a reviewer for the Irish Independent. One … Continue reading
Doesn’t time fly?
Doesn’t Time Fly?, charts the history of Aer Lingus, the Irish state airline, on its 75th anniversary. Written by BC-Ireland Academic Director Mike Cronin, the book draws heavily on the company’s extensive archive of photographs, posters and advertisements, as well … Continue reading
Irish author Angela Bourke
Angela Bourke, author of The Burning of Bridget Cleary and Maeve Brennan: Homesick at the New Yorker, will discuss her research with an undergraduate class that is opening up the presentation to the public. The “Irish Material Culture” class will … Continue reading
Catholic Church & abuse crisis: a view from Ireland
The Irish Times Religious Affairs correspondent Patsy McGarry will discuss child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church on Mar. 24 at 4 p.m. in Devlin Hall 101. McGarry’s work has been recognized with a National Media Award and the Templeton … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Center for Irish Programs, English Dept., Ireland
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