Mary McGlynn, Professor and Chair of the English Department, together with a board including Associate Professor of English Matthew Eatough, organized the 2024 ACIS Mid Atlantic & New England Regional Conference held at Baruch on October 4th and 5th, 2024. The conference focused on the theme of risk in contemporary Irish culture, exploring topics such as environmental hazards, economic precarity, and access to reproductive healthcare. This interdisciplinary event brought together scholars from literary studies, geography, history, and the social sciences to discuss how risk has shaped Irish culture, both historically and in modernity.
