Biography
I became Lecturer in Digital Humanities at UCC in 2019, after having held posts in the Departments of History at the University of Galway and the University of Sheffield.I am a graduate of UCC and, following completion of my PhD in Medieval History, I was Co-ordinator of the Heritage Project at the National Print Museum in Dublin from 2009–2011. I then worked for one year with a religious congregation in London on a major biographical project concerning their nineteenth-century foundress; I have written about this experience in 'Writing history with Female Religious Communities: Medieval and Modern Hagiography' (Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review 111.444, 2022).
In 2012, I was awarded the NUI Dr Garret FitzGerald Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, which I held at the University of Galway. In 2015, I moved to the Department of History at the University of Sheffield. I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2021.
I am Principal Investigator of Time for Women? Gender, Chronology and Historiography before AD 900 (GENCHRON) which runs from 2022–2026.
My book Bede and Time: computus, theology and history in the early medieval world (Routledge: London and New York, 2020) won the Irish Historical Research Prize 2021.
Research Interests
My research interests centre on: Time reckoning (Computus) and Chronology in the Middle Ages; Gender and Women; the writing of History; and Digital approaches to studying the past, especially Network Science and Social Network Analysis.
In 2022, I was awarded an Irish Research Council Consolidator Laureate grant for Time for Women? Gender, Chronology and Historiography before AD 900 (GENCHRON). The project's overarching aim is to integrate gender into a re-evaluation of time and chronology in medieval sources and modern historiography.
From 2018–2021, I was Co-Investigator on the research project Women, Conflict and Peace: Gendered Networks in Early Medieval Narratives funded by the Leverhulme Trust and based at the University of Sheffield. I was Co-Investigator on the Digital Edgeworth Network funded by the 'UK-Ireland Collaboration in Digital Humanities Networking Programme' and jointly based at Cork and Oxford, from 2020–2021.
Research Grants
Project | Funding Body | Start Date | End Date | Award | |
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Bede and the measurement of Time | National University of Ireland (NUI) | 12-NOV-12 | 11-MAY-15 | €130,750.00 | |
IRCLA/2022/2234 GENCHRON | Irish Research Council | 01-SEP-22 | 31-AUG-26 | €596,548.00 | |
Digital Edgeworth Network | Irish Research Council | 01-AUG-20 | 30-NOV-21 | €38,000.00 | |
Women, Conflict and Peace: Gendered Networks in Early Medieval Narratives | Leverhulme Trust | 01-SEP-18 | 31-JAN-21 | €196,000.00 |
Publications
Books
Year | Publication | |
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(2019) | Bede and Time: Computus, Theology and History in the Early Medieval World. Máirín MacCarron (2019) Bede and Time: Computus, Theology and History in the Early Medieval World. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] |
Edited Books
Year | Publication | |
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(2023) | Bede the Scholar Máirín MacCarron and Peter Darby (Ed.). (2023) Bede the Scholar Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
(2019) | History, Hagiography and Biblical Exegesis: Essays on Bede, Adomnán and Thomas Becket by Jennifer O'Reilly Máirín MacCarron; Diarmuid Scully (Ed.). (2019) History, Hagiography and Biblical Exegesis: Essays on Bede, Adomnán and Thomas Becket by Jennifer O'Reilly London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
(2017) | Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives Máirín MacCarron; Ralph Kenna; Pádraig MacCarron (Ed.). (2017) Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives Cham: Springer International Publishing. [DOI] [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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(2022) | 'Review of periodical literature for 2021 (i) 400-1100' MacCarron, M (2022) 'Review of periodical literature for 2021 (i) 400-1100'. Economic History Review, 76 (1) [DOI] [Details] | |
(2022) | 'The Politics of Female Namelessness between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, circa 300 to 750' Máirín MacCarron; Julia Hillner; Ulriika Vihervalli (2022) 'The Politics of Female Namelessness between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, circa 300 to 750'. The Journal of Late Antiquity, 15 (2):367-401 [DOI] [Details] | |
(2020) | 'Gendered networks and communicability in medieval historical narratives' Prado S.D.;Dahmen S.R.;Bazzan A.L.C.;MacCarron M.;Hillner J. (2020) 'Gendered networks and communicability in medieval historical narratives'. Advances In Complex Systems, [DOI] [Details] | |
(2018) | 'Network analysis of the Viking Age in Ireland as portrayed in Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh' Máirín MacCarron; Ralph Kenna; Pádraig MacCarron; Joseph Yose (2018) 'Network analysis of the Viking Age in Ireland as portrayed in Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh'. Royal Society Open Science, 5 (1) [DOI] [Details] | |
(2017) | 'Royal Marriage and Conversion in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum' Máirín MacCarron (2017) 'Royal Marriage and Conversion in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum'. Journal of Theological Studies, 68 (2):650-670 [DOI] [Details] | |
(2015) | 'Bede, Irish Computistica and Annus Mundi' Máirín MacCarron (2015) 'Bede, Irish Computistica and Annus Mundi'. Early Medieval Europe, 23 (3):290-307 [DOI] [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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(2023) | 'The autobiographical statement of Bede the Scholar in Ecclesiastical history 5:24' Máirín MacCarron; Peter Darby (2023) 'The autobiographical statement of Bede the Scholar in Ecclesiastical history 5:24' In: Bede the Scholar. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
(2021) | 'Birth, Miscarriage and Motherhood' Máirín MacCarron (2021) 'Birth, Miscarriage and Motherhood' In: Salvador Ryan (eds). Birth and the Irish: A Miscellany. Dublin: Wordwell. [Details] | |
(2021) | 'Female Networks and Exiled Bishops between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: the cases of Liberius of Rome and Wilfrid of York' Máirín MacCarron; Julia Hillner (2021) 'Female Networks and Exiled Bishops between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: the cases of Liberius of Rome and Wilfrid of York' In: Emma O. Bérat, Rebecca Hardie, Irina Dumitrescu (eds). Relations of Power: Women's Networks in the Middle Ages. Bonn: Bonn University Press. [Details] | |
(2017) | 'The Nagle Family and Penal Ireland: Supporters of a Catholic Faith Under Siege' Máirín MacCarron (2017) 'The Nagle Family and Penal Ireland: Supporters of a Catholic Faith Under Siege' In: Bernadette Flanagan, Mary T. O'Brien, Anne M. O'Leary (eds). Nano Nagle and an Evolving Charism: A Guide for Educators, Leaders and Care Providers. Dublin: Veritas. [Details] | |
(2017) | 'Medieval Historial, Hagiographical and Biographical Networks' Máirín MacCarron; Pádraig MacCarron; Robert Gramsch; Joseph Yose (2017) 'Medieval Historial, Hagiographical and Biographical Networks' In: Máirín MacCarron; Ralph Kenna; Pádraig MacCarron (eds). Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives. Cham: Springer International Publishing. [DOI] [Details] | |
(2014) | 'Christology and the Future in Bede's Annus Domini' Máirín MacCarron (2014) 'Christology and the Future in Bede's Annus Domini' In: Peter Darby; Faith Wallis (eds). Bede and the Future. Farnham: Ashgate. [Details] | |
(2012) | 'Bede, Annus Domini and the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum' Máirín MacCarron (2012) 'Bede, Annus Domini and the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum' In: Janet Rutherford, David Woods (eds). The Mystery of Christ in the Fathers of the Church. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] | |
(2011) | 'The Adornment of Virgins: Aethelthryth and her Necklaces' Máirín MacCarron (2011) 'The Adornment of Virgins: Aethelthryth and her Necklaces' In: Elizabeth Mullins, Diarmuid Scully (eds). Listen, O Isles, Unto Me: Studies in Medieval Word and Image in Honour of Jennifer O'Reilly. Cork: Cork University Press. [Details] |
Other Journals
Year | Publication | |
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(2022) | 'Writing History with Female Religious Communities: Medieval and Modern Hagiography' Máirín MacCarron (2022) 'Writing History with Female Religious Communities: Medieval and Modern Hagiography' Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, 111 (444) :427-433. [Details] |
Book Reviews
Year | Publication | |
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(2021) | Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom: The Golden Age and the Viking Age. MacCarron, M (2021) Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom: The Golden Age and the Viking Age. ABINGDON: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
(2020) | Old Age in Early Medieval England: A Cultural History. Maccarron, M (2020) Old Age in Early Medieval England: A Cultural History. OXFORD: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
(2020) | The Gregorian Mission to Kent in Bede's Ecclesiastical History: Methodology and Sources. MacCarron, M (2020) The Gregorian Mission to Kent in Bede's Ecclesiastical History: Methodology and Sources. HOBOKEN: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
(2018) | The Cult of Relics in Early Medieval Ireland. Maccarron, M (2018) The Cult of Relics in Early Medieval Ireland. OXFORD: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
(2018) | PERCEPTIONS OF FEMININITY IN EARLY IRISH SOCIETY. MacCarron, M (2018) PERCEPTIONS OF FEMININITY IN EARLY IRISH SOCIETY. CAMBRIDGE: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
(2016) | Bede's Temple: An Image and its Interpretation. Maccarron, M (2016) Bede's Temple: An Image and its Interpretation. HOBOKEN: Book Reviews [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2021 | Irish Historical Research Prize | National University of Ireland | |
2018 | Moore Institute Visiting Fellow | Moore Institute, NUI Galway | |
2012 | NUI Dr Garret FitzGerald Postdoctoral Fellow | National University of Ireland |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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The Patristic Symposium, Maynooth | Honorary Secretary | / | |
Royal Historical Society | Fellow | / | |
International Association of Patristic Studies | Irish Corresondent | 01-JAN-13 / 31-DEC-17 |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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(2022) | Models of data extraction and architecture in relational databases of early modern private political archives, Máirín MacCarron (2022) Data models and historical data: lessons learned from the ‘Digital Edgeworth Network’ and ‘Gendered Networks’ projects. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Models of data extraction and architecture in relational databases of early modern private political archives, University Ca' Foscari of Venice , 27-OCT-22 - 28-OCT-22. [Details] | |
(2021) | Where is the Human in the Digital Humanities?, Máirín MacCarron (2021) Social networks and DH projects. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Where is the Human in the Digital Humanities?, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Universität Bonn , 23-NOV-21. [Details] | |
(2021) | Bede and the Continent: the afterlives of Bede’s Chronicles, 8th to 12th centuries, Máirín MacCarron (2021) The key features of Bede’s chronicles. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Bede and the Continent: the afterlives of Bede’s Chronicles, 8th to 12th centuries, University of Vienna , 16-JUN-21. [Details] | |
(2021) | SFB-Kolloquium, Máirín MacCarron (2021) The Venerable Bede and the development of historical chronology. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], SFB-Kolloquium, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen , 03-DEC-21 - 03-DEC-21. [Details] | |
(2021) | Exploring Text: Revealing hidden heritage through online resources. A Digital framework for the medieval Gaelic World, Máirín MacCarron (2021) Digital Approaches for a Divided Archive: the Edgeworth family archive in the National Library of Ireland and the Bodleian Library. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Exploring Text: Revealing hidden heritage through online resources. A Digital framework for the medieval Gaelic World, University College Cork , 25-MAR-21. [Details] | |
(2019) | Medieval History Research Seminar, Máirín MacCarron (2019) Bede, Women and Network Science. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Medieval History Research Seminar, Trinity College Dublin , 19-SEP-19. [Details] | |
(2019) | Decoding the Past. Digital Tools for the Analysis of Historical Data, Máirín MacCarron (2019) Detecting and Analysing Gendered Networks in Early Medieval Narratives. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Decoding the Past. Digital Tools for the Analysis of Historical Data, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London , 21-FEB-19. [Details] | |
(2019) | Mujeres imperials, mujeres reales: representaciones públicas y representaciones del poder, Máirín MacCarron (2019) Queens and Networks in Early Medieval Sources. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Mujeres imperials, mujeres reales: representaciones públicas y representaciones del poder, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain , 28-NOV-19 - 29-NOV-19. [Details] |
Journal Activities
Journal | Role | To / From | |
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Peritia | Editor | - |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
My teaching interests have developed from my research agenda, and I contribute to several of the department's core undergraduate modules and postgraduate programmes. I am committed to embedding digital skills and digital literacy in the classroom, and to integrating questions concerning gender and under-represented groups into the curriculum.
Research Information
Internal Collaborators
Name | Institute | Country | |
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Clíona Ó Gallchoir | School of English and Digital Humanities | IRELAND |
External Collaborators
Name | Organisation / Institute | Country | |
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Julia Hillner | Universität Bonn | GERMANY | |
Peter Darby | University of Nottingham | UNITED KINGDOM | |
Ralph Kenna | Coventry University | UNITED KINGDOM | |
Silvio Dahmen | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | BRAZIL |