Tiffany Thompson

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Tiffany Thompson

M.A., Ph.D. Candidate

Contact

Stokes Hall South 318

Email: tiffany.thompson@bc.edu

Education

  • M.A. Columbia University, 2018
  • B.A. University of California, Irvine, 2016

Courses

Instructor of Record: Modern History I, Modern History II

Teaching Assistant: Europe in the World I, Europe in the World II, Africa in the World I, Asia in the World II

Grader: Globalization II, US Foreign Policy I, US Foreign Policy II

Research Interests

Modern Britain and Ireland

Civil Rights and the Troubles in Northern Ireland

Women and Gender

Protest, Activism and Politics

Migrations and Diasporas

Advisor

Robert Savage

Curriculum Vitae

Department

History

Current Research

Tiffany Thompson (she/her) is a social historian of twentieth century Irish and British history with a focus on Northern Ireland's "Troubles." Her dissertation, "Fleeing the Troubles: Gendering Violence, Displacement, and Migration in Northern Ireland," examines women's unique experiences of violence at the hands of police and paramilitaries, of displacement and life in refugee camps, and of the process of conflict-related migration during the Troubles. Burnt-out homes and barricaded neighborhoods in Belfast often left entire families displaced, but it was overwhelmingly women, often with children in tow, who fled the North to escape the conflict. At best, the refugee crises produced by Troubles’ violence receives a passing reference or a footnote in histories of the conflict. Those who fled literally “disappear” from the narrative once they leave Northern Ireland, yet tens of thousands of women and children sought refuge across Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, and beyond. However, no historical study of displacement and migration during the Troubles has united the stories of those who moved, either temporarily or permanently, across these borders. 


Before joining the history department at Boston College, Tiffany earned a B.A. in history from the University of California, Irvine and an M.A. in European history, politics and society from Columbia University. Her master's thesis "'International Socialist Playgirl of the Year': Bernadette Devlin Between Student Rebellion and Parliamentary Politics in Northern Ireland, 1968-1974." analyzed the intersections of gender, politics, and media through an examination of the Northern Irish civil rights activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey. She's continued this research, further exploring McAliskey's complicated place in the memory of Bloody Sunday. 

Fellowships and Awards

John & Pat Hume Foundation Fellowship, American Conference for Irish Studies, 2023

Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award, Boston College, 2023

Hibernian Research Award, Cushwa Center, University of Notre Dame, 2023

Anne Owen Weekes Prize, American Conference for Irish Studies, 2022

Dean’s Summer Session Teaching Fellowship, Boston College, 2022

Thesis Fieldwork Grant, European Institute, Columbia University, 2018

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Research Award, Columbia University, 2018

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