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Ohlmeyer was the founding Head of the School of Histories and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin, Trinity's first vice-president for Global Relations (2011–14), and Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute (2015–20).<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|date=2020|title=Professor Jane Ohlmeyer Erasmus Smith's Chair of Modern History, History|url=https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=ohlmeyej}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2016|title=In Focus: Professor Jane Ohlmeyer on How to Get to the Top of your Research Career|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/media/news/articles/2016-10-14janeohlmeyer_qa.php}}</ref>
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In addition to historical research, Ohlmeyer regularly speaks on topics that relate more generally to the importance of the arts and humanities,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Carl|title=Analysis: What's the point of an arts degree?|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/analysis-what-s-the-point-of-an-arts-degree-1.3014518|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Ohlmeyer|first=Jane|title=The Stem obsession does a disservice to arts and humanities|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-stem-obsession-does-a-disservice-to-arts-and-humanities-1.2548342|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Carl|title=Are arts degrees past their sell-by date?|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/are-arts-degrees-past-their-sell-by-date-1.3360465|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> the value of inter- and trans-disciplinarity,<ref name=":3">{{cite web|date=2016|title=Interdisciplinarity for Impact|website=[[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix2kFb1Kado}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=European Union Research & Innovation Days, Brussels, 24-26 September 2019: "Me and My Society – Integration of Social Sciences and Humanities" – SHAPE-ID: Shaping Interdisciplinary Practices in Europe|date=30 September 2019 |url=https://www.shapeid.eu/european-union-research-innovation-days-brussels-24-26-september-2019-me-and-my-society-integration-of-social-sciences-and-humanities/|access-date=2020-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref> educational policy,<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=McGuire|first=Peter|title=How to future-proof your child|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/how-to-future-proof-your-child-1.3612827|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> and digital humanities.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|title=Jane Ohlmeyer presents a case of successful interdisciplinary research in the digital humanities — en|url=http://www.iea.usp.br/en/news/jane-ohlmeyer-presents-case-of-successful-interdisciplinary-research-in-the-digital-humanities|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.iea.usp.br}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite web|date=2016|title=Trinity Centre for Digital Humanities|website=[[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuLmqyHAemc}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{cite web|last=Douglas|first=Blaise|title=Digital Humanities: an Historical Perspective Jane Ohlmeyer Trinity College Dublin|url=https://slideplayer.com/slide/6066458/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=slideplayer.com}}</ref> She has commented on the barriers facing women in the university sector<ref>{{cite web|title=It's the don of a new age|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12162735.its-the-don-of-a-new-age/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=HeraldScotland|date=13 December 2000 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Carl|title=Mediocre men outperform outstanding women|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/mediocre-men-outperform-outstanding-women-1.3160597|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{cite web|title=Irish Research Council welcomes establishment of gender equality task force for higher education sector|url=http://research.ie/2017/11/06/irish-research-council-welcomes-establishment-of-gender-equality-task-force-for-higher-education-sector/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Irish Research Council|language=en}}</ref> and launched a free Democracy Curriculum in 2020.<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|title=Democracy curriculum|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/democracy-curriculum-1.4221302|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> She is a committed advocate of the public humanities and policy engagement and is a notable public commentator on contemporary issues, including [[Brexit]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|last=Ohlmeyer|first=Jane|title=Brexit presents major opportunities for researchers – but are we ready to grasp them?|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/brexit-presents-major-opportunities-for-researchers-but-are-we-ready-to-grasp-them-1.2810244|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{cite web|date=2018-11-01|title=Trinity voices Brexit fears with Financial Times open letter|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30882402.html|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Irish Examiner|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{cite web|date=2017-03-21|title=NI students face huge rise in fees for Republic courses|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2017/0321/861413-brexit-higher-education/|language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, Ohlmeyer delivered the [[Ford Lectures]] on 'Ireland, Empire and the Early Modern World' at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Thinking on Arts and Humanities: A Conversation with Sara Guyer and Jane Ohlmeyer {{!}} Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes|url=https://chcinetwork.org/ideas/global-thinking-on-arts-and-humanities-a-conversation-with-sara-guyer-and-jane-ohlmeyer|access-date=2020-11-21|website=chcinetwork.org|language=en}}</ref> She was the eleventh women to deliver the prestigious lectures since they were founded in 1896. Ohlmeyer was the first person from a university in Ireland to since [[F. S. L. Lyons|F.S.L Lyons]] in 1977. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], this was the first time the lectures were delivered online. The lectures are now available on the [[RTÉ]] website.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ohlmeyer|first=Jane|date=2021-03-04|title=Ireland, Empire, and the Early Modern World: watch the lectures|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/history/2021/0304/1201023-ireland-empire-and-the-early-modern-world-watch-the-lectures/|language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Ohlmeyer was born in [[Zambia]] to a Northern Irish mother and a South African father, moving to Belfast in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-womens-podcast/ep-467-professor-jane-ohlmeyer-NBzarGK2soi/|title=Ep 467 Professor Jane Ohlmeyer - The Women's Podcast|website=Listen Notes|date=19 January 2021 }}</ref>
== Career ==
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Ohlmeyer has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students at [[Trinity College Dublin]], at [[Yale University|Yale]], the [[University of Aberdeen]], [[New York University]] and [[Ashoka University]] in New Delhi. At Trinity, she has supervised 11 [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] students and mentored eight [[postdoctoral]] fellows and nine Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund Fellows. She has served as an external examiner for theses in the English and History Faculties at the Universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], [[University of New South Wales|New South Wales]], [[NUI Galway|Galway]], [[University College Dublin|UCD]] and [[Maynooth University|Maynooth]].<ref name="tcd.ie"/>
In 2015 Ohlmeyer was appointed Chair of the [[Irish Research Council]]. The Irish Research Council (IRC) awards competitive funding on the basis of research excellence. The council also advises the government on research
From 2015 to 2020 Ohlmeyer was Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, having previously worked with colleagues to develop the concept and secure funding (2008).<ref>{{cite web|date=2020|title=Celebration Showcase {{!}} 10 years of the Trinity Long Room Hub|website=[[Facebook]]|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=612104309629149&ref=watch_permalink}}</ref> The Trinity Long Room Hub advances research excellence in the arts and humanities; fosters innovation in research, including interdisciplinarity, and draws attention to issues of national and international importance through an extensive public humanities initiative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/alumni/inspiring-generations/long-room-hub/|title=Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute - Trinity Development & Alumni - Trinity College Dublin|website=www.tcd.ie}}</ref> In 2020 Ohlmeyer led the institute's 10th
In 2011 Ohlmeyer was appointed Trinity's first Vice President for Global relations, a post she held until 2014.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Ohlmeyer designed and implemented Trinity's "Global Relations Strategy".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/handle/2262/71407/GRS_Update_Web2013.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Ohlmeyer has held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford,<ref>{{cite web|date=2020|title=All Souls College Visiting Fellows 2020 - 2021|url=https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/news/visiting-fellows-2020-2021}}</ref> Ashoka University,<ref>{{Cite tweet|title= Teaching a course on
She is member of the [[Royal Irish Academy]],<ref name="Jane Helen Ohlmeyer">{{cite web|date=2015-10-19|title=Jane Helen Ohlmeyer|url=https://www.ria.ie/jane-helen-ohlmeyer|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Royal Irish Academy|language=en}}</ref> the [[Irish Manuscripts Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|date=8 August 2017|title=Minister Humphreys announces appointments to the Irish Manuscripts Commission|url=https://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/Releases/Minister_Humphreys_announces_appointments_to_the_Irish_Manuscripts_Commission.html}}</ref> and of a number of editorial and advisory boards including the [[Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chcinetwork.org/assets/misc/PDFs/CHCI-Board-Committees-2020.pdf|title=CHCI Board Committees 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2019|title=Global Thinking on Arts and Humanities: A Conversation with Sara Guyer and Jane Ohlmeyer|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/media/news/articles/2019-07-01-CHCI-Interview.php}}</ref>
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Ohlmeyer is the author or editor of numerous articles and 13 books, including Volume 2 of ''The Cambridge History of Ireland'', published in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ferriter|first=Diarmaid|title=The Cambridge History of Ireland: A mammoth, inspiring work|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-cambridge-history-of-ireland-a-mammoth-inspiring-work-1.3505790|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Irish history, hot off the press|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/irish-history-hot-off-the-press-1.3480247|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> ''The Cambridge History of Ireland'' was launched in Dublin by President [[Michael D. Higgins]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=McGreevy|first=Ronan|title=President voices fears about teaching of history in schools at book launch|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/president-voices-fears-about-teaching-of-history-in-schools-at-book-launch-1.3479586|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> in London by former UK Prime Minister [[John Major]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Department of Foreign Affairs|title=LCambridge History of Ireland launch 10 May 2018|url=https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/great-britain/news-and-events/latest-news/cambridge-history-of-ireland-launch-10-may-2018.html|access-date=2020-11-21|language=en}}</ref> and in Washington DC by President-elect Joe Biden.<ref>{{cite web|last=Department of Foreign Affairs|title=Blog on the American launch of the Cambridge History of Ireland|url=https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/usa/about-us/ambassador/ambassadors-blog/launch-of-cambridge-history-of-ireland/|access-date=2020-11-21|website= Department of Foreign Affairs |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=O'Donovan|first=Brian|date=2018-09-18|title=Biden says treatment of immigrants in US 'disgraceful'|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2018/0918/994450-joe-biden-immigration/|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lynch |first=Suzanne |title=Joe Biden says immigration key in emergence of modern US|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/joe-biden-says-immigration-key-in-emergence-of-modern-us-1.3632981|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref>
In 2023 she published ''Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism and the Early Modern World'', based on James Ford Lectures given at the University of Oxford in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-12-23 |title=Making Empire |website=Jane Ohlmeyer |url=https://www.janeohlmeyer.ie/making-empire/ |access-date=2024-02-21}}</ref>
To date, Ohlmeyer has been the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI for 25 research and research infrastructure projects, with awards totalling €22 million including:<ref>{{cite web|date=2020|title=Professor Jane Ohlmeyer Erasmus Smith's Chair of Modern History|url=https://www.tcd.ie/history/staff/ohlmeyej.php}}</ref>''' '''
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* Human+ (2020–25), a ground-breaking project co-funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and undertaken in partnership with the Adapt Centre which places the human at the centre of technology innovation to serve the long-term and collective needs of society.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity launches EU-backed fellowship Human+ for technological innovation|url=https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/trinity-launches-eu-backed-fellowship-human-technological-innovation|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Science{{!}}Business|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=9 Jun 2020|title=Where technology meets the human being: Trinity launches Human+|url=https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/where-technology-meets-the-human-being-trinity-launches-human/}}</ref>
* The Global Humanities Institute on the 'Crises of Democracy' (2017–19), funded by the [[Mellon Foundation]], brought together a consortium of humanities scholars spanning four continents to explore the various threats to democracy through the lens of cultural trauma.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 August 2019|title=International Scholars Ask if Democracy is at Risk|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/media/news/articles/2019-08-08-Democracy-GHI.php}}</ref>
* 1641 Deposition Project (2007-10), a flagship technology project which digitised 8,000 witness accounts from the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641|1641 rebellion]], making these controversial documents available online in a fully Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) compliant format. The website was launched in 2010<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-10-23|title=Bloody history of the 1641 rebellion is published online|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-11605241|access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bowcott|first=Owen|date=2010-03-07|title=Witness statements from Irish rebellion and massacres of 1641 go online|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/07/irish-rebellion-archive-online|access-date=2020-11-21|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> by President [[Mary McAleese]] and [[Ian Paisley]], Lord Bannside<ref>{{cite web|title=McAleese and Paisley launch transcripts of 1641 horrors|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mcaleese-and-paisley-launch-transcripts-of-1641-horrors-26692370.html|access-date=2020-11-21|website=independent|date=23 October 2010 |language=en}}</ref> and a Research Impact Showcase was held to mark the tenth anniversary of the project on 22 October 2020.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 Oct 2020|title=Heritage, History and Memory Celebrating the Legacy of the 1641 Depositions|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/media/news/articles/2020-10-23-1641-Depositions.php}}</ref> Ian Adamson, the once Honorary Historian of the Ulster Unionist party also accompanied Ian paisley and Jane to the symposium.
== Public engagement and advocacy ==
Ohlmeyer was closely involved in the development and launch of ''History Scotland'', an illustrated and interdisciplinary quarterly magazine that is aimed at members of the general public. She has contributed to a number of television ([[BBC]],<ref>{{Citation|title=Charles I: Downfall of a King (TV Mini-Series 2019) - IMDb|date=9 July 2019|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10667304/|access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref> [[RTÉ]], TV3,<ref>{{Citation|title=Tales of Irish Castles (TV Series 2014) - IMDb|date=22 June 2014|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5909184/|access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref> [[Channel 4]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Rigby|first=Jennifer|date=2011-05-17|title=Queen's visit to Ireland: 'We are ready now to move on'|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/queens-visit-to-ireland-we-are-ready-now-to-move-on|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Channel 4 News|language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]) and radio programmes ([[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[In Our Time (radio series)|In
As Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub, she developed the "Behind the Headlines" discussion series and hosted 25 discussions on pressing and complex issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/whats-on/details/behind-the-headlines.php|title=Behind the Headlines - Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute - Trinity College Dublin|website=www.tcd.ie}}</ref>
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* {{cite book |last1=Ohlmeyer |first1=Jane |title=Making Ireland English: the Irish aristocracy in the seventeenth century |date=2012 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=978-0300118346}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Ohlmeyer |editor1-first=Jane |title=The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 2, 1550–1730 |date=2018 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-1107117631}}
* Ohlmeyer, Jane, ed. (2020). ''A Short View of the State and Condition of the Kingdom of Ireland.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|9780198791072}}.
* {{cite book |last=Ohlmeyer |first=Jane |title=Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism and the Early Modern World |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2023}}
Ohlmeyer has published 13 academic books (2 monographs and 11 edited or co-edited),<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Jane Ohlmeyer Erasmus Smith's Chair of Modern History, History|url=https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=ohlmeyej}}</ref> over forty articles<ref>{{cite web|title=Publications|url=https://www.janeohlmeyer.ie/publications/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Jane Ohlmeyer|date=12 November 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> and was one of the four co-editors of the Irish Manuscripts Commission The 1641 Depositions in 12 volumes (2014–20).<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-09-01|title=1641 Depositions series|url=https://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/1641-depositions-series/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Irish Manuscripts|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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