Research

Research

"Close-Up of the Human Eye - Primer plano del ojo humano".
By Hugo Quintero.
Licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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    Motherhood Project

    The Maynooth University Motherhood Project is leading the way in examining cultural representations of motherhood and the way that mothers are depicted in popular culture, film, literature and the media. Maynooth University researchers are particularly interested in accounts that depart from the traditional, idealised images of motherhood that we are used to seeing and that…

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    HIDDEN: The history of identity documentation in European nations (2022-2026)

    Identity documentation has come to feature in every part of modern life. The History of Identity Documentation in European Nations (HIDDEN) network unites scholars in history, migration studies, geography, sociology, law, linguistics, postcolonial studies, human rights and more to look at the history of ID regimes in Europe and beyond, drawing connections between the past and…

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    New Collection in DRI – Full Stack Feminism in Digital Humanities

    The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce that a new collection – Full Stack Feminism in Digital Humanities – has been published in the Repository through the Irish Qualitative Data Archive. Full Stack Feminism in Digital Humanities was a two year project jointly funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) and the Irish Research Council and is…

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    Full Stack Feminism

    Full Stack Feminism in Digital Humanities is jointly funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Irish Research Council (2021-24). It is a trans and inter disciplinary research project tasked with developing an intersectional feminist framework for digital arts and humanities (DH) practice and research. FSF evolved from a number of initiatives and networks, including FACT/// (Feminist…

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    Gender equality in media representation of sport in Ireland

    The Federation of Irish Sport & Dr Anne O’ Brien, Maynooth University. Sport is a powerful tool for social inclusion and the creation of community, but research shows that women are systematically excluded from sports coverage in the media. While certain individual sportswomen or some teams are acknowledged for their achievements, as a cohort, women…

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    Faith stories

    Sustaining meaning and community in troubling times Editor: Anna Hickey-Moody This book explores the contention that religious and non-religious people have more in common than we might expect. Anna Hickey-Moody argues that everyone has faith in something and faith is what makes us human. People are both brought together and driven apart by their orientations towards…