Biography

Dr Catherine Porter is Head of Subject and Associate Professor in Geography.

Catherine was awarded a PhD in Geography from Queen's University Belfast. Prior to working at the University of Limerick, she held research and lecturing roles at Lancaster University, the University of Hull, and Queen's University Belfast. She is also a serving member of the Royal Irish Academy Historical Studies Multidisciplinary Committee, holds the honorary title of Visiting Scholar at Queen's University Belfast and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Catherine is currently PI on:
- The IRC / AHRC funded project, 'OS200: Digitally remapping Ireland's Ordnance Survey Heritage'.
- The Royal Irish Academy (R.J. Hunter Bursary) funded project, 'From the plat to the field: a new view on the escheated maps of Ulster'
- The Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences funded, 'The Looney Map of Tipperary'.

Catherine is a historical geographer with research interests in geospatial technologies and mixed method approaches for the analysis and interpretation of early source material. She specialises in the narratives of early cartography, with a focus on maps of Ireland from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. She has worked on projects funded by the European Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the University of Limerick Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and the J B Harley Trust for which she was awarded the J. B. Harley Research Fellowship in the History of Cartography.

Research Interests

Human Geography; Historical Geography; Digital and Spatial Humanities; Geographic Information Systems; History of Cartography; Early Modern Britain and Ireland; Health and Place.

Professional Activities

Award

  • 2019 - J B Harley Research Fellowship in the History of Cartography
  • 2015 - British Library Labs Awards (2015): Research category Award winning project

Peer Reviewed Journals

2022

'Placing the archive: a WebGIS approach to sharing library collections

Porter, C., Garrett, Z., Milligan, R., Derven, C. and Bergin, K. (2022) 'Placing the archive: a WebGIS approach to sharing library collections. Europe E-Perimetron :161-180

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2021

The parambulatyon of thys lordshype is not traveled': 450 years on, a digital re-evaluation of Robert Lythe's survey of Ireland

Porter, C. (2021) The parambulatyon of thys lordshype is not traveled': 450 years on, a digital re-evaluation of Robert Lythe's survey of Ireland. Ireland Irish Geography :63-88

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2020

Hidden geographies and digital humanities: analysing and visualising the literary corpus of Humphrey Llwyd

Porter, C.;Milligan, R.;Lilley, K. (2020) Hidden geographies and digital humanities: analysing and visualising the literary corpus of Humphrey Llwyd. UK Literary Geographies :96-118

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2019

Cartographic connections - the digital analysis and curation of sixteenth-century maps of Great Britain and Ireland

Porter, C.;Lilley, K.;Lloyd, C.;McDermott, S.;Milligan, R. (2019) Cartographic connections - the digital analysis and curation of sixteenth-century maps of Great Britain and Ireland. E-Perimetron :97-109

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2018

Space and time in 100 million words: health and disease in a nineteenth-century newspaper

Porter, C.;Atkinson, P.;Gregory, I. N. (2018) Space and time in 100 million words: health and disease in a nineteenth-century newspaper. International Journal Of Humanities And Arts Computing :196-216

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2018

Guest editor's introduction: The importance of place and openness in spatial humanities research

Porter C. (2018) Guest editor's introduction: The importance of place and openness in spatial humanities research. International Journal Of Humanities And Arts Computing :91-101

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2017

Patterns of infant mortality in rural England and Wales, 1850¿1910¿

Atkinson, P.;Francis, B. J.;Gregory, I. N.;Porter, C. (2017) Patterns of infant mortality in rural England and Wales, 1850¿1910¿. Economic History Review :1268-1290

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2017

Spatial modelling of rural infant mortality and occupation in 19<sup>th</sup> century Britain

Atkinson P.;Francis B.;Gregory I.;Porter C. (2017) Spatial modelling of rural infant mortality and occupation in 19<sup>th</sup> century Britain. Demographic Research :1337-1360

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2016

From digital resources to historical scholarship with the British Library 19th Century Newspaper Collection

Gregory, I. N.;Atkinson, P.;Hardie, A.;Joulain-Jay, A.;Kershaw, D.;Porter, C.;Rayson, P.;Rupp, C. (2016) From digital resources to historical scholarship with the British Library 19th Century Newspaper Collection. Journal Of Siberian Federal University: Humanities And Social Sciences :994-1006

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2015

Geographical Text Analysis: A new approach to understanding nineteenth-century mortality.

Porter C;Atkinson P;Gregory I.N. (2015) Geographical Text Analysis: A new approach to understanding nineteenth-century mortality.. Health & Place :25-34

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2013

Quantifying Irish cartographic histories

Porter, C. (2013) Quantifying Irish cartographic histories. Imago Mundi :135-136

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2013

Mapping worlds? Excavating cartographic encounters in Plantation Ireland through GIS

Lilley, K.;Porter, C. (2013) Mapping worlds? Excavating cartographic encounters in Plantation Ireland through GIS. Journal Of Historical Geography :35-38

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Books

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Book Chapters

2019

Scholarship in a Digital Environment: Geographies of the Republic of Letters

Gregory, I. N;Tessier, A.;Urbanek, V.;Whelan, R.;Grover, C.;Martins, B.;Moreau;Y.;Murrieta-Flores, P;Porter, C. (2019) Scholarship in a Digital Environment: Geographies of the Republic of Letters. Gottingen, Germany : Gottingen University Press Reassembling the Republic of Letters in the Digital Age :315-332

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2016

GIS, spatial technologies and digital mapping

Lilley, K.D.;Porter, C. (2016) GIS, spatial technologies and digital mapping. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Research methods for history :125-146

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Edited Books

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Other Journals

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Conference Publications

2018

Proceedings 13th ICA Conference Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage International Cartographic Association, Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital

Porter, C.;Lilley, K.;Lloyd, C.;McDermott, S.;Milligan, R. (2018) Proceedings 13th ICA Conference Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage International Cartographic Association, Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital.

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2015

GISRUK 2015 Conference Proceedings

Porter, C.;Atkinson, P.;Gregory, I. N. (2015) GISRUK 2015 Conference Proceedings. :492-499

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Conference Contributions

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Published Reports

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Editorials

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Book Reviews

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Other Publications

2023

Connecting cartographic collections through place and time

Porter, C. (2023) Connecting cartographic collections through place and time. Ireland : Special Collections and Archives, University of Limerick

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2022

GeoNews (66), Geographical Society of Ireland

Porter, C. (2022) GeoNews (66), Geographical Society of Ireland. Ireland : Geographical Society of Ireland

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2021

GeoNews (65), Geographical Society of Ireland

Porter, C. (2021) GeoNews (65), Geographical Society of Ireland. Ireland : Geographical Society of Ireland

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2016

British Library Digital Scholarship Blog: A temporal & spatial investigation of disease in 19th century British newspapers

Porter, C. (2016) British Library Digital Scholarship Blog: A temporal & spatial investigation of disease in 19th century British newspapers. : British Library

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