Working Group

Christina Cleary holds an O’Donovan Scholarship at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Her current project is a diachronic study of the Middle Irish scholia on the Amrae Coluimb Chille ‘The Eulogy of Columb Cille’. Christina has worked with Léamh on a new palaeography tab since 2020 and became a member of the working group in 2021. 

Is scoláire í Christina Cleary in Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath. Tá sí i mbun taighde faoi láthair ar staidéar diacronach ar thráchtaireacht na Meán-Ghaeilge in Amrae Coluimb Chille ‘Amhra Cholm Chille’. Thosaigh Christina ag obair le Léamh ar táb nua a bhaineann leis an bpailéagrafaíocht sa bhliain 2020 agus tá sí ina ball d’fhoireann Léamh ó bhí 2021 ann. 

Emmet de Barra is a Government of Ireland/Irish Research Council postgraduate scholar in the Department of Irish and Celtic Studies at Trinity College Dublin. For his doctorate he is preparing editions of bardic caithréimeanna or battle rolls of the Uí Néill of Tír Eoghain from 1540-1660, and situating the poems within their historical context. His main research interests are Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland, Classical Irish Poetry, Irish Language sources in early modern Ireland, and Irish manuscript production. He has been a member of the Léamh.org working group since 2019. 

Is scoláire iarchéime Rialtas na hÉireann de chuid na Comhairle um Thaighde in Éirinn é Emmet de Barra i Roinn na Gaeilge agus an Léinn Cheiltigh i gColáiste na Tríonóide. Tá sé ag cur eagar ar Chaithréimeanna Uí Néill 1540-1660 dá dhochtúireacht. ‘S é an gort taighde tá aige ná Éire Ghaelach is Ghaelaithe, foinsí Gaeilge sa Nua-Aois Luath, agus filíocht na Scol. Tá spéis aige chomh maith sa bpailéagrafaíocht is déantús na lámhscríbhinn. Is ball é de fhoireann oibre Léamh ó 2019.

Tom Lee is a Design Technologist at Greenhouse Studios. In this role he contributes to the development of novel technologically-inclined scholarly projects by participating in collaborative design, problem solving, and prototyping. Tom draws from a breadth of experience in multiple fields including the performing arts, engineering and digital media. He has been a member of the Léamh working group since 2018.

Is Teicneolaí Dearaidh ag Greenhouse Studios é Tom Lee. Sa ról seo, cuireann sé le forbairt thionscadal léannta nua-theicneolaíochta, agus dlúthpháirt aige i gcomhdhearadh, i réiteach fadhbanna, is i bhfréamhshamhlú. Tá taithí leathan ó réimsí éagsúla ag Tom, na taibhealaíona, an innealtóireacht is na meáin dhigiteacha, ina measc.  Tá sé ina bhall d’fhoireann Léamh ó bhí 2018 ann.

 

Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh is a lecturer in the Department of Irish and Celtic Studies in Trinity College Dublin. Her research interests include Early Modern Irish prose, Bardic Poetry, and the transmission of texts in the post-classical period. She previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the MACMORRIS project in Maynooth University, and she held an O’Donovan Scholarship and a Bergin Fellowship at the School of Celtic Studies in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. She has been a member of the Léamh working group since 2018.

Is léachtóir í Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh i Roinn na Gaeilge i gColáiste na Tríonóide. Tá spéis aici i bprós na Nua-Ghaeilge Moiche, san fhilíocht chlasaiceach agus i seachadadh téacsanna sa tréimhse iarchlasaiceach. Bhí sí ina ball de mheitheal oibre an tionscnaimh MACMORRIS in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, agus bhí sí ina scoláire agus ina comhalta taighde i Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath. Tá sí ina ball de mheitheal Léamh ó bhí 2018 ann.

Hilary Bogert-Winkler specializes in the political and religious history of early modern Britain and Ireland. She received her PhD in history from the University of Connecticut, and is currently the Director of Pastoral Studies at Montreal Diocesan Theological College, and an affiliate faculty member of the School of Religious Studies at McGill University. She has been a member of the Léamh working group since 2015.

Stair pholaitiúil agus reiligiúnach na hÉireann agus na Breataine sa Nua-aois Luath an príomhghort taighde atá ag Hilary Bogert-Winkler. Bhain sí céim dhochtúireachta amach sa stair in Ollscoil Connecticut agus tá sí ina stiúrthóir anois ar an Léann Téadach i gColáiste Diagachta Dheoise Montreal. Tá sí ina ball de Scoil an Léinn Reiligiúnaigh in Ollscoil McGillchomh maith. Thosaigh sí ag obair le meitheal Léamh sa bhliain 2015.

Eoin Mac Cárthaigh is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Irish in Trinity College Dublin, where he teaches Irish and Scottish Gaelic language and literature. He researches Classical Modern Irish and is the author of The Art of Bardic Poetry (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2014), an edition of one of the most interesting and challenging texts from the period. He has been a member of the Léamh working group since 2015.

Ollamh Comhlach agus Ceann Roinne, Roinn na Gaeilge, Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath, áit a dtugann sé cúrsaí faoi theanga agus faoi litríocht Ghaeilge na hÉireann agus na hAlban. An dán díreach a phríomhghort taighde agus is é a scríobh The Art of Bardic Poetry (Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, 2014), eagrán de cheann de na téacsanna is spéisiúla agus is dúshlánaí sa Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach. Thosaigh sé ag obair le meitheal Léamh in 2015.

Wes Hamrick is a postdoctoral fellow at Greenhouse Studios at the University of Connecticut,where he serves as project manager on a number of digital humanities projects, including an AR (augmented reality) experience, the document delivery app Sourcery, and a digital game for learning Early Modern Irish. He specialises in British and Irish literature of the long eighteenth century. He has been a member of the Léamh working group since 2014.

Comhalta iardhochtúireachta ag Greenhouse Studios in Ollscoil Connecticut é Wes Hamick, mar a bhfuil sé ina bhainisteoir ar thionscnaimh éagsúla sna daonnachtaí digiteacha. I measc na dtionscnamh sin tá eispéireas AR (réaltacht bhreisithe), aip sheachadadh doiciméad Sourcery, agus cluiche digiteach le foghlaim na Nua-Ghaeilge Moiche a chur chun cinn. Litríocht na Breataine agus na hÉireann san ochtú haois déag an príomhábhar taighde atá aige.Tá sé ag obair le foireann Léamh ón mbliain 2014.

Tom Scheinfeldt is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department Digital Media and Design and the Department of History. He is also Director of Greenhouse Studios: Scholarly Communications Design at UConn. He has been a member of the Léamh working group since 2014.

Is Ollamh Comhlach leis na Daonnachtaí Digiteacha ag Ollscoil Connecticut é Tom Scheinfeldt. Tá comhcheapachán aige ó Roinn na Meán Digiteach is Dearaidh agus Roinn na Staire. Tá sé ina stiurthóir ar Greenhouse Studios: Scholarly Communications Design ag Ollscoil Connecticut. Tá sé ina bhall d’fhoireann Léamh ó 2014.

Brendan Kane is Associate Professor of History and of Literatures, Cultures and Languages at UConn. His research interests include early modern Ireland and England, with particular attention to colonialism and encounter. He is founding co-director of the Encounters Series, a program for public dialogue that links scholarly research with community concerns. He has been a member of the Léamh working group since 2014.

Is Ollamh Comhlach le Stair is le Litríochtaí, Cultúir is na Teangacha é Brendan Kane ag Ollscoil Connecticut. Is é a phríomhghort taighde ná Éire is Sasana sa Nua-Aois Luath, le spéis ar leith aige sa choilíneachas is chéad-teagmháil. Is duine de bhunaitheoirí is stiúrthóirí an Encounters Series é, clár dioscúrsa poiblí a cheanglaíonn taighde acadúla le cúraimí an phobail. Is ball é de fhoireann oibre Léamh ó 2014.