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Dr. Immo Warntjes is the Ussher Associate Professor in Early Medieval Irish History at Trinity College Dublin's Department of History. His research focuses on early medieval scientific thought, particularly computus (time-reckoning), the transition from Latin to Arabic science, and the role of vernacular languages in monastic education. He also examines Irish kingship, hagiography, and medieval burial practices, including the separate burial of organs in European nobility. Warntjes has held academic positions at the University of Greifswald (2007–2013) and Queen’s University Belfast. He teaches courses on early Irish Christian history, medieval chronology, and palaeography. His edited volumes include key works on computus scholarship and medieval burial practices. His research outputs include monographs and articles analyzing manuscripts like the Munich Computus and Computus Einsidlensis, exploring their impact on Carolingian science and Irish-Frankish intellectual exchanges. He emphasizes the continuity of late antique learning into the early medieval period, particularly through Irish scholarly milieus influencing Bede and the Carolingian Renaissance. Warntjes' work bridges multiple disciplines: history of science, cultural history, and textual analysis. His studies on Visigothic scientifica and the transmission of Easter tables reveal cross-cultural knowledge transfer mechanisms in pre-modern Europe.

• Early Medieval Scientific Thought
• Medieval Time-Reckoning (Computus)
• Irish Intellectual History
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Jacopo Bisagni is a Lecturer at the School of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, University of Galway. He specializes in Celtic and Indo-European linguistics, with a focus on medieval manuscript transmission and bilingualism. His academic profile includes extensive teaching in Latin, historical linguistics, and Hiberno-Latin studies. Education: PhD from NUI Galway (2008), Classics and Celtic Linguistics from University of Pisa (2004) His research explores early medieval Irish religious literature , manuscript transmission across Ireland, Brittany, and Francia, and computus (medieval time-reckoning systems). Additional interests include medieval martial culture , historical bilingualism, and the study of musical terminology in early Irish sources. Recent publications focus on early medieval scientific traditions, Breton manuscripts, and multilingualism in computistical texts. He has secured significant funding including the Irish Research Council Laureate Award and Marie Curie supervisory grants. Key Awards: Irish Research Council Laureate Award (2018) Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (Supervisor, 2023) Lady Gregory Fellowship (2005) Italian Ministry Student Mobility Grant (2004) Bisagni leads the Lutegerus Project on late medieval combat manuals and supervises postgraduate research including Dr Colleen Curran's Breton Palaeography project (2023-2025). His work bridges linguistic analysis, manuscript studies, and cultural history across early medieval Europe.

• Historical Linguistics
• Indo-European Linguistics
• Celtic Linguistics
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Máirín MacCarron is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities at University College Cork (UCC), appointed in 2019. Previously, she held academic positions at the University of Galway and the University of Sheffield. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2020, she leads the GENCHRON project (2022–2026) on gender and chronology in medieval historiography. Her research bridges medieval studies and digital methodologies. Education: PhD in Medieval History, University College Cork (2008) Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University College Cork (2009) Research Focus: MacCarron's work integrates time reckoning (computus), gender studies, and digital approaches like network science. She investigates how medieval sources conceptualized time, power, and social structures, with emphasis on underrepresented female voices. Her projects include quantitative analysis of gendered networks in historical narratives and re-evaluations of chronology in pre-900 CE texts. Publication Trends: Her articles emphasize network analysis of medieval texts, gender politics in late antiquity, and Bede's computistical scholarship. Recurring themes include social connectivity, female agency in historical narratives, and interdisciplinary digital methodologies applied to pre-modern sources. Awards and Honors: Irish Historical Research Prize (2021) Royal Historical Society Fellowship (2020) Multiple NUI publication awards (2019, 2022) Moore Institute Visiting Fellowship (2018) Grants and Projects: GENCHRON (2022–2026): €596,548 from Irish Research Council Women, Conflict and Peace (2018–2021): €196,000 from Leverhulme Trust Digital Edgeworth Network (2020–2021): €38,000 from Irish Research Council Collaborations: Directs labs/networks including GENCHRON and Digital Edgeworth Network. Collaborates internationally with researchers in Germany (Universität Bonn), UK (Nottingham, Leicester), and Brazil. Internal UCC partnerships span Digital Humanities, English, and INFANT Research Centre.

• Medieval Chronology
• Gender Studies
• Digital Humanities
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