Rachael Young
@rachael-young.bsky.social
Modern Irish & British History post-doc at Boston College. Interested in the merging of community art, protest, and policing in marginalized communities. she/her
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. 🤓
There’s nothing more academically invigorating than leaving a conference full of excitement for future work. 🤓
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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. 🤓
There’s nothing more academically invigorating than leaving a conference full of excitement for future work. 🤓
THAT’S MY ADVISOR!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Congratulations to our own Robert Savage on being awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the National University of Ireland!!! 🎓🎓🎓
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
THAT’S MY ADVISOR!!! 🍾🍾🍾
#Comhfhios year 9 is here!!
I cannot wait to see what the fantastic graduate students of Irish Studies will present this year!!
I cannot wait to see what the fantastic graduate students of Irish Studies will present this year!!
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!
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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...
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#Comhfhios year 9 is here!!
I cannot wait to see what the fantastic graduate students of Irish Studies will present this year!!
I cannot wait to see what the fantastic graduate students of Irish Studies will present this year!!
No kings, but yaaas queens. Happy Pride Boston.
🩷🤍🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
🩷🤍🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
June 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
No kings, but yaaas queens. Happy Pride Boston.
🩷🤍🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
🩷🤍🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Trying to motivate your students to hand in that final paper…
May 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trying to motivate your students to hand in that final paper…
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On 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.
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.
April 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On 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.
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.
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It 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 ☘️🇵🇸
March 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It 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
#FreeMahmoudKhalil #freepalestine #bostonPSL
@tiffthompson.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Why attend a parade when you can attend a protest? It’s what St Patrick would have wanted
#FreeMahmoudKhalil #freepalestine #bostonPSL
@tiffthompson.bsky.social
#FreeMahmoudKhalil #freepalestine #bostonPSL
@tiffthompson.bsky.social
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How to celebrate St. Patrick’s weekend as an Irish historian: drink while you make protest signs with your academic bestie @rachael-young.bsky.social ☘️🇵🇸
March 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How to celebrate St. Patrick’s weekend as an Irish historian: drink while you make protest signs with your academic bestie @rachael-young.bsky.social ☘️🇵🇸
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An 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
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
March 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
An 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
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
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
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
March 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
GO BEST FRIEND
GO BEST FRIEND GO
GO BEST FRIEND GO
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…
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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!
I cannot wait to once again be dazzled by the work of Irish Studies grads from the US, Ireland, and the UK!
Join us this Saturday for the 8th annual #Comhfhios conference
An Irish Studies conference for grad students organized by grad students, we're thrilled to host students from New York, Aberdeen, Boston, Belfast, and other locations
Come listen to some fascinating research on Irish environmentalism
An Irish Studies conference for grad students organized by grad students, we're thrilled to host students from New York, Aberdeen, Boston, Belfast, and other locations
Come listen to some fascinating research on Irish environmentalism
February 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#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!
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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🗃️ Historians of migration, empire, and diaspora, and readers of global Irish history in particular, may be interested in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series, a series I edit for @nyupress.bsky.social nyupress.org/search-resul...
November 25, 2024 at 7:12 PM
🗃️ Historians of migration, empire, and diaspora, and readers of global Irish history in particular, may be interested in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series, a series I edit for @nyupress.bsky.social nyupress.org/search-resul...
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Towards the end of the most difficult semester of my entire career, this is how your email finds me
November 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Towards the end of the most difficult semester of my entire career, this is how your email finds me
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Our 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
Irish Studies Sem. Máire McCafferty (UCD), '
www.qub.ac.uk
November 26, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Our 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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"People of northern #Gaza transform the walls of their destroyed homes into murals of resilience, showcasing their strength and hope in the face of adversity."
#Palestine #Nakba2024
#Palestine #Nakba2024
November 1, 2024 at 6:59 AM
"People of northern #Gaza transform the walls of their destroyed homes into murals of resilience, showcasing their strength and hope in the face of adversity."
#Palestine #Nakba2024
#Palestine #Nakba2024
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It seems there has been a new X-odus?
A good time to remind you all of @petergray47.bsky.social ‘s Irish History starter pack:
go.bsky.app/TQ96Hoe
A good time to remind you all of @petergray47.bsky.social ‘s Irish History starter pack:
go.bsky.app/TQ96Hoe
November 8, 2024 at 8:35 AM
It seems there has been a new X-odus?
A good time to remind you all of @petergray47.bsky.social ‘s Irish History starter pack:
go.bsky.app/TQ96Hoe
A good time to remind you all of @petergray47.bsky.social ‘s Irish History starter pack:
go.bsky.app/TQ96Hoe
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Needed 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.
November 20, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Needed 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.
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Was talking with our MA History students about Radden Keefe’s book earlier in the week. Interested to see whether it works as dramatisation.
November 14, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Was talking with our MA History students about Radden Keefe’s book earlier in the week. Interested to see whether it works as dramatisation.
Had a great time at #NACBS2024 in Denver. I always leave this conference amazed by all the great work being done!
Still a little academically star struck at being on a panel with Judy Walkowitz, Kieran Connell, and Stephen Brooke…
Still a little academically star struck at being on a panel with Judy Walkowitz, Kieran Connell, and Stephen Brooke…
November 18, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Had a great time at #NACBS2024 in Denver. I always leave this conference amazed by all the great work being done!
Still a little academically star struck at being on a panel with Judy Walkowitz, Kieran Connell, and Stephen Brooke…
Still a little academically star struck at being on a panel with Judy Walkowitz, Kieran Connell, and Stephen Brooke…