Rachael Young
Modern Irish & British History post-doc at Boston College. Interested in the merging of community art, protest, and policing in marginalized communities. she/her
- #Comhfhios year 9! I’m so excited to hear what amazing projects the Irish studies grad students are currently working on.
- 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!
- Reposted by Rachael YoungNext 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!
- I had a great time hearing really amazing work at #NACBS2025 in Montreal, especially regarding Balck British history. There’s nothing more academically invigorating than leaving a conference full of excitement for future work. 🤓
- THAT’S MY ADVISOR!!! 🍾🍾🍾
- No kings, but yaaas queens. Happy Pride Boston. 🩷🤍🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
- Trying to motivate your students to hand in that final paper…
- Reposted by Rachael YoungOn April 23, award-winning broadcaster & author Emma Dabiri will deliver the 2025 Flatly Lecture Her talk compares Yourba and Irish ontologies to discuss the Irish language conceptualization of duine gorm - 'blue person' - a term used to describe people racialized as Black individuals as Gaeilge.
- Reposted by Rachael YoungIt was an honor & a pleasure to be invited by the MIT Coalition for Palestine to speak about the historic connections and continued solidarity between Ireland and Palestine alongside @rachael-young.bsky.social Perfect way to end the long St. Patrick’s weekend ☘️🇵🇸
- Why attend a parade when you can attend a protest? It’s what St Patrick would have wanted #FreeMahmoudKhalil #freepalestine #bostonPSL @tiffthompson.bsky.social
- Reposted by Rachael YoungHow to celebrate St. Patrick’s weekend as an Irish historian: drink while you make protest signs with your academic bestie @rachael-young.bsky.social ☘️🇵🇸
- Reposted by Rachael YoungAn insightful and thought provoking discussion on the gendered nature and impact of violence and forced displacement from Tiffany Thompson at a packed @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social seminar. @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social
- GO BEST FRIEND GO BEST FRIEND GO
- Tiffany Thompson delivered a seminar in Belfast today as part of our first BC/QUB graduate student exchange! We're looking forward to future exchanges, where both our campuses get the chance to hear about new & exciting research being done! @tiffthompson.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social l
- Had a really great time at #ACIS2025 in Savannah, but I was so distracted by the sunshine I didn’t take any photos inside at the actual conference…
- #Comhfhios year 8 is here! I cannot wait to once again be dazzled by the work of Irish Studies grads from the US, Ireland, and the UK!
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- Reposted by Rachael YoungOur next #IrishStudies seminar will be Máire McCafferty (UCD), on '"The flower of the Gaelic League endeavour"? The Irish language summer colleges, 1904-1940'. Mon 2 Dec at 4.30pm (in-person and online). All welcome. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris... #IrishHistory #Gaeilge
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- Reposted by Rachael YoungNeeded to rethink a lecture on race in modern Ireland this term and these are some of the books that helped me enormously. It’s a really vibrant area at the moment.
- Reposted by Rachael YoungWas talking with our MA History students about Radden Keefe’s book earlier in the week. Interested to see whether it works as dramatisation.
