Mary O'Dowd

Personal profile

Interests

Professor O'Dowd's research interests have focussed on early modern Ireland and more recently on women and gender in Irish history. She was a founding member of the Women's History Association of Ireland and served as president of the International Federation for Research in Women's History, 2000-2005. In 2010 she was elected an honorary member of the Federation's Board in recognition of her work for the Federation. Professor O'Dowd is a member of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and a member of the Board of the National Museum of Ireland. She was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2010 and is currently the Secretary for Polite Literature and Antiquities/Humanities in the Academy. Professor O'Dowd's co-authored history of marriage in Ireland, 1660-1925 will be published by Cambridge University Press later this year.

Particulars

Relevant website addresses

International Federation for Research in Women's History

H-Women

Research Statement

Gender and women's history; history of marriage; family history; early modern Ireland; historiography.

Teaching

Professor Mary O'Dowd teaches on the following programmes / modules:

Undergraduate

HIS 2052, Love, Life and Death in England and Ireland, 1350-1650

HIS 2055 History and Society

HIS 3086 Family, Gender and Household, c. 1750-1844

Teaching

MHY7011 Individually Negotiated Topic

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Ireland Arts & Humanities

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Projects 2007 2007

1 Active

R1934HIS: Marriage in Ireland 1660-1925

O'Dowd, M.

01/08/2007 → 21/11/2019

Project: Research

Selected Research Output 2000 2019

7 Book
4 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
3 Chapter
3 Article
5 More
- 3 Web publication/site
- 2 Other contribution

Reading the Irishwoman: Studies in Cultural Encounter and Exchange, 1714-1960

Meaney, G., O'Dowd, M. & Whelan, B., May 2013, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 272 p. (Reappraisals in Irish History)

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Enlightenment

Emigration

Western Societies

Consumer Culture

Discourse

Politics, Patriotism and Women in Ireland, Britain and Colonial America, c.1700-c.1780

O'Dowd, M., Dec 2010, In : Journal of Women's History. 22 , 4, p. 15-38 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

patriotism

Ireland

boycott

politics

seventeenth century

Popular Writers: Women Historians, the Academic Community and National History Writing

O'Dowd, M., Nov 2012, Setting the Standards Institutions, Networks and Communities of National Historiography Comparative Approaches. Porciani, I. & Tollebeek, J. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 351-371 20 p. (Writing the Nation; vol. 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Women Writers

Historian

National History

History Writing

Popular History

2 Citations (Scopus)

Women in Ulster, 1600-1800

O'Dowd, M., 2012, Ulster since 1600: Politics, Economy, and Society. Kennedy, L. & Ollerenshaw, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 43-57 15 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Ulster

Industry

Property Rights

Economic Change

Political Alliances

O'Connell and the Lady Patriots: Women and O'Connellite Politics, 1824-1845

O'Dowd, M., Dec 2007, Politics and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland, 1750-1850: Essays in Tribute to Peter Jupp. Blackstock, A. & Magennis, E. (eds.). Ulster Historical Foundation, p. 283-303 21 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

A History of Women in Ireland, 1500-1800

O'Dowd, M., Jan 2005, Pearson. 334 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Ireland

History

Colonization

Government

Lordship

Field Day Anthology of Irish Literature. Irish Women's Writing and Traditions, Vols 4-5

O'Dowd, M., Kilfeather, S., Bourke, A., Luddy, M., Mac Curtain, M., Meaney, G., Ni Dhonnchadha, M. & Wills, C., Sep 2002, Cork University Press. 3201 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

student

Activities 2007 2018

17 Membership of national or international committees and working groups
8 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
5 Editorial activity
5 Other examination
34 More

Women's History Association of Ireland Conference

Mary O'Dowd (Keynote speaker)

16 Feb 2018

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference

Policy Oversight Group Royal Irish Academy (External organisation)

Mary O'Dowd (Advisor)

30 Mar 2018 → 30 Mar 2021

Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups

National University of Ireland, Galway (External organisation)

Mary O'Dowd (Advisor)

01 Feb 2018 → 01 Sep 2018

Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee

Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)

Mary O'Dowd (Editor), June Purvis (Editor)

10 Apr 2018

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review

Royal Irish Academy Executive (External organisation)

Mary O'Dowd (Member)

30 Mar 2018 → 30 Mar 2022

Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups