The VOICES project welcomed two spring interns whose work has strengthened the project’s growing digital and public presence while supporting its ongoing historical research into the lives of ordinary women in early modern Ireland.
Masters students Darcy Rougeaux and Amelia Seepersaud joined the project this spring, bringing expertise in social media engagement and digital humanities research. As Social Media Intern, Darcy Rougeaux led the expansion of VOICES across platforms including Instagram, BlueSky, and LinkedIn, helping to increase visibility and public engagement with the project’s work.
Meanwhile, Digital Humanities Intern Amelia Seepersaud focused on improving the accuracy and accessibility of VOICES data. Drawing on her academic background in Digital Humanities, she contributed to data verification processes and helped develop Controlled Vocabulary terms to support the organisation and discoverability of project materials.
The VOICES project seeks to recover and highlight the lived experiences of non-elite women whose stories have often been overlooked in Irish history. By uncovering records of everyday lives, the project aims to show that ordinary women were never absent from the story of early modern Ireland, but rather “hiding in plain sight.”
Through the contributions of interns and researchers alike, VOICES continues to expand both its historical archive and its public reach, bringing previously underrepresented voices into clearer view.
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