Research Output per year
Personal profile
Teaching
Undergraduate
ARP1013 Introduction to World Archaeology (Module Coordinator)
ARP3053 Society, Death and Disease (Module Co-ordinator)
Postgraduate
AHS7031 Research Preparation Portfolio I
AHS7032 Research Preparation Portfolio II
Current Administrative Roles:
Head of Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Co-Director of the Centre for Community Archaeology
Assistant Leader of the Belfast Branch of the Young Archaeologists’ Club
Chair of the University's Scholarships and Awards Group
Research Interests
Current Research:
Culture and Society Research Cluster
Key words - Biocultural studies of Irish and Russian archaeological populations; deviant and minority burial practices; children’s burial grounds; Irish diaspora; community archaeology
Ballyhanna Research Project
Further information about this project can be found in volumes 1 and 4 of Seanda, the National Road Authority’s archaeology magazine.
INSTAR: The People of Prehistoric Ireland
The Cross and the Shamrock: Symbolism and Cultural Identity among the Irish Immigrants of Early Nineteenth-Century Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Ranelagh Osteoarchaeological Project
Health and Disease in Prehistoric Russia and Ukraine
Current PhD Students (Primary Supervisor):
Filippo Bertozzo - Palaeopathology of Ornithopod Dinosaurs
Jess White - Biomechanics of Physically Impaired Individuals from Medieval Ireland
Courtney Mundt - Mapping the Physical and Religious Influences behind Cillíní Distribution on the Island of Ireland
Completed PhD Students (Primary Supervisor):
Svetlana Svyatko (2009) - Palaeodietary analysis of prehistoric populations from the Minusinsk Khakass Basin, South Siberia
Lynne McKerr (2010) - The archaeology of children and childhood in Early Modern Ireland
Catriona McKenzie (2010) - Biocultural analysis of Ballyhanna Medieval human remains
Rebecca Crozier (2012) - Taphonomic study of Neolithic human remains from Orkney
Jonny Geber (2012) - Biocultural and palaeopathological analysis of Great Famine burials from the Kilkenny Workhouse
Deirdre Drain (2017) - A Comparative Osteoarchaeological Analysis of Health Status in the Urban vs. Rural Populations of Late Medieval Irelan
Roisin O'Reilly (2017) - Musculoskeletal stress markers associated with the activities of past Irish populations
Cormac McSparron (2018) - The Early Bronze Age Single Burial Tradition in Ireland
Jeanna Loyer (2019) - Bioarchaeology, Archaeothanatology and Social Dimensions of Bronze Age and Iron Age Eurasian Steppe Populations
Research Interests
Additional Information:
- Editor of Childhood in the Past, the journal for the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past and member of the Society's Committee.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Archaeology.
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Member of the Membership Committee of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland.
- Member of the Archaeology Standing Committee of the Royal Irish Academy.
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Research Output
A dynastic elite in monumental Neolithic society
Cassidy, L., Dublin, T., Kador, T., Lynch, A., Jones, C., Woodman, P. C., Murphy, E., Ramsey, G., Dowd, M., Dublin, T., Campbell, C., Jones, E. R., Dublin, T. & Bradley, D. G., 18 Jun 2020, In : Nature. 582, p. 384 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Editorial
Murphy, E., 15 May 2020, In : Childhood in the Past. 13, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Foreword
Murphy, E., 30 Jan 2020, The Odd, The Unusual and the Strange: Bioarchaeological Explorations of Atypical Burials. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. xv-xix 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
Migration,Group Agency, and Archaeology: A New Theoretical Model
McSparron, C., Donnelly, C., Murphy, E. & Geber, J., 24 May 2020, In : International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 24, 2, p. 219-232 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Migration and Memorials: Irish Cultural Identity in Early Nineteenth-Century Lowell, Massachusetts
Donnelly, C., Murphy, E., McKean, D. & McKerr, L., 24 May 2020, In : International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 24, p. 318-341 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Prizes
British Archaeological Award - Best Scholarly Archaeological Book Award (contributor)
Murphy, Eileen (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
QUB Students' Union Education Awards - Most Involved Teaching Staff Member
Murphy, Eileen (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Visit Belfast Ambassador of the Year Award 2019
Murphy, Eileen (Recipient), 15 Dec 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
CPD Course - Scientific Analysis of Archaeological Human Skeletal Remains for Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Eileen Murphy (Advisor)
06 Feb 2018
Activity: Consultancy types › CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind)
A Social Bioarchaeological Study of Maternal Death in Medieval Ireland
Eileen Murphy (Lecturer)
13 Feb 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
External Examiner PhD Thesis, University of Exeter
Eileen Murphy (Examiner)
2017
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Conference - Discovery 2017!
Eileen Murphy (Organiser)
20 Oct 2017 → 21 Oct 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
‘The cherub hastened to its native home’ – Memorials for an Irish immigrant Community in Early Nineteenth-century Lowell, Massachusetts
Eileen Murphy (Lecturer)
2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
Media interest in research publication (132+ outlets) - Dental Markers of Poverty: Biocultural Deliberations on Tooth Decay of the Poor in mid-nineteenth Century Ireland
25/10/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Guest blog for the British Museum - Mummies and Log Houses of the Dead: Scythians in Life and Death
02/12/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Media interest in research publication (200+ outlets) - Neolithic and Bronze Age migration to Ireland and establishment of the insular Atlantic genome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
28/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
BBC Northern Ireland Irish language tv programme - Taisce Shean Uladh (Treasures of Ancient Ulster)
13/03/2014
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
BBC Northern Ireland tv programme - Show Me the Mummy
09/09/2010
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research