The History of Knowledge in Ireland: Where do we Stand Today?
Annual Meeting of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland
April 24th 2026 University of Limerick
The annual meeting of the HSTM Network Ireland will be held this year, in person, at the University of Limerick. We welcome the submission of organised panels as well as individual papers on any topic related to the history of science, medicine, and technology. We encourage scholars at any stage of their career from inside and outside of academic institutions.
We encourage papers and panels on themes, such as:
· The past and future of the HSTM of Ireland
· Decolonise HSTM and/or decolonial research in HSTM
· STM between the local and the global, the small and the large, the celebrated and invisible
· Feminist and gender-critical approaches to HSTM
· Research and engineering for social equality and equity
· HSTM in the classroom, at the desk, and in public
· Disability between science, technology, and medicine
Submissions of papers on any HSTM related topic, which need not be focused on Ireland are welcome.
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words and are to be submitted no later than January 15th, 2026 using this Google Form.
We will notify all prospective speakers by February 15th, 2026, at the latest.
The conference fee will not exceed 15€ per person to include tea/coffee/lunch. Unfortunately, we are a small organisation and cannot support speaker travel expenses.
Please note that there are small grants for conference travel for postgraduate students available through, for example, the Society for the Social History of Medicine (https://sshm.org/bursaries/).
Please direct any queries to josemaria.morenomadrid@ul.ie.
HSTM Network Ireland 