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Maxim Fomin

Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-6438

  • Northlands Road, Magee Campus

    BT48 7JL Londonderry

    United Kingdom

20032026

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Biography

Professor Maxim Fomin completed his doctoral thesis on the topic of righteous kingship in Early Ireland and Ancient India having graduated with PhD in Early and Medieval Irish from University College Cork. He then moved on to Ulster University working initially as Assitant Editor of the eDIL: Digitisation of the Dictionary of the Irish Language project (2003-2007), then as Lecturer in Humanities (2007-2013), Senior Lecturer (2013-2017) and Reader (2017-2024).

Appointed as Research Director in Modern Languages and Linguistics between 2017-2023, he led Ulster University's UoA 26 to being recognised as joint first among the top 10 UK HEIs for Impact in the latest REF2021. In 2023, Modern Languages at Ulster achieved 96% satisfaction rate in the PRES survey, the highest across the University and 11% than the national average.

He was promoted to Professor in Celtic Studies, Digitial Humanities and Irish Folklore in 2024.

Prof. Fomin's specialisms fall under 3 groupings:

Irish folklore and oral culture, comparative studies of folk beliefs and cultural practices in European and Oriental traditions, Irish oral narrative, international folktales and migratory legends, public celebrations and calendar festivals,

Celto-Slavic, Celto-Indic and Celto-Armenian parallels in language and culture, Irish medieval narrative literature, adaptation of foreign sources in Ireland, Arthurian tales in Early Modern Irish written tradition, Indo-European comparative linguistics.

Digitisation and linguistic computing in Celtic Studies, history of Celtic studies in the 19th and early 20th cc.; climate change, sustainability and oral history; application of AR/VR formats to the conservation of tangible and intangible heritage.

Affiliations: Secretary, Equality and Diversity Officer of the Learned Association Societas Celto-Slavica, Founding Member, General Editor of Studia Celto-Slavica series.

He is Expert Reviewer and Alumnus of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung network, supported by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, having spent periods of research at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen in 2016-7 and University of Leipzig in 2022-3.

He is Member of the Editorial Board of Centre for Research in Breton and Celtic (CRBC) at the University of Western Brittany, Brest (UBO) in 2019 and has been Visiting Professor in Celtic Studies at CRBC between 2021-2024.

He is member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UKRI) Peer-Review College since 2018 and Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (UK) since 2023.

He was member of the Executive Board, Vice Chair and Chair of the Irish Humanities Alliance (RIA, Dublin) between 2017-2023. He serves on Outer International Assessment board for the Government of Ireland programmes as an expert assessor led by Research Ireland - Taighde Éireann from 2025.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Secular and Clerical Images of Kingship in Early Irish and Ancient Indian Wisdom Texts, University College Cork

19 Mar 2000 → 2 Jun 2003

Award Date: 19 Dec 2003

External positions

External assessor, Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland

15 Dec 2025 → …

External Assessor, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung

31 May 2024 → …

Fellow (Experienced Researcher), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

25 Oct 2022 → 31 Jan 2023

Chair, Irish Humanities Alliance

1 Oct 2022 → 30 Sept 2023

Vice-Chair, Irish Humanities Alliance

1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sept 2022

Visiting Professor, Centre de recherche bretonne et celtique (UBO, Brest)

1 Sept 2021 → 31 Jan 2024

Editorial Board Member, Centre de recherche bretonne et celtique (UBO, Brest)

30 Nov 2019 → …

Reviewer (Languages and Linguistics; Interdisciplinary Specialisms), Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership

1 Sept 2019 → 30 Sept 2023

Reviewer, AHRC Peer Review College member

1 Oct 2018 → …

Executive Board Member (CLARSACH)

1 Aug 2017 → 31 Jul 2024

Fellow (Experienced Researcher), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

1 Feb 2016 → 31 Oct 2017

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  4. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  6. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  7. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  8. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  9. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  10. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land
  11. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  12. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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