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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.
