Research Interests: Minority and marginalised histories and archives, community development, feminist archival praxis, digital archiving and preservation, oral histories, FAIR data, literary archives, digital humanities, data stewardship
Contact: m.obrien@ria.ie
Qualifications: BA (Joint Hons), MLitt, PhD, AFHEA
Profile
Maeve O’Brien is the membership manager at the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI). Her previous work includes postdoctoral posts held at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University College Dublin, and Ulster University – where she worked in the fields of medical humanities, archives and cultural policy, and English Literature respectively.
Maeve has significant experience in both relationship-building and developing policy and ethics frameworks, as well as managing multiple complex and sensitive programmes – in particular working with a variety of stakeholders across areas of high trauma including medical stigma, conflict resolution, and community building in Northern Ireland.
Maeve maintains an active research profile and her first book, an edited collection entitled The Bloomsbury Handbook to Sylvia Plath was published by Bloomsbury: New York in 2022.
Networks
- Europeana Aggregators Forum (2024-present)
- Academics for Reproductive Justice (2021-present)
Conference Committees:
- Organising Committee Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DPASSH) 2024
- Organising Committee Supporting Community Archives into the Future 2023
