This is the official page for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Network of Ireland.
Knowing the prostate, knowing the man: the
creation of a surgical specialty, 1895-1920
by Kieran Fitzpatrick BA, MA, DPhil. NUI Research Fellow in the Humanities, Moore Institute at NUI Galway
Wednesday 13th November 2019 at 6.15 pm
Conor Ward Room, First Floor, Setanta House
Setanta Place, Dublin 2
More details here: RAMIFitzpatrickFLYER
The next CHOMI seminar is being held this coming Thursday (24 Oct 2019).
Professor Khaled Fahmy (University of Cambridge) will speak on ‘Opening up a few corpses: Islam, dissection and modernity’. The seminar is being organised in partnership with UCD Global History Seminar Series and will be held at 5pm in K114, School of History, Newman Building, UCD. See poster attached.
CHOMI seminar 24 Oct 2019 (Khaled Fahmy) (1)
18-19 October 2019
Ulster University, Belfast Campus, York Street, Belfast BT15 1ED
The conference organisers invite you to register for the HSTM Network Ireland’s annual conference taking place at Ulster University, Belfast Campus on 18-19 October 2019. The event will showcase innovative, original research currently being pursued by established and early-career researchers working in HSTM in Ireland and abroad.
Conference registration will cost £20 (coffee breaks and lunches are included in this price).
An optional conference dinner will take place on Friday, 18 October, at Made in Belfast, 23 Talbot Street, Belfast BT1 2LD.
There will be an additional charge of £30 for the conference dinner (which must be paid for in advance via the conference registration system).
Conference Keynote
‘Life begins at 40: biological and cultural perspectives on middle age’
Professor Mark Jackson Professor of the History of Medicine and Research Theme Leader for Medical Humanities, University of Exeter
Conference Programme available here: HSTM 2019 Conference – Final Programme
Conference Registration link here
Wednesday 16th October 2019 at 6.15 pm
Geoffrey Bourke Room, First Floor, Setanta House
Setanta Place, Dublin 2
Winston Churchill’s Medical Men
David J Eedy MD, FRCP (Lond)
Consultant Dermatologist, Craigavon Area Hospital, Co Armagh
More details here RAMIEedyFLYER_16Oct2019
HSTM Network Ireland in association with the Dublin Festival of History
celebrates the role of ‘Women in the History of Science’
Join us on October 2nd at the City Hall, Dublin, for this exciting lunchtime event
Details available here
All welcome
No booking necessary
Note: The CFP has been extended to August 15th
HSTM Annual Conference at Ulster University (Belfast campus), 18-20 October 2019
For its upcoming conference, the HSTM Network invites proposals on any topics in the history of science, technology and medicine. Topics do not necessarily have to relate to Ireland. Paper submissions should include a 250-word abstract including five key words and mention the name and affiliation (unless independent) of the speaker. Individual presentations should be no more than 20 minutes, with 10 minutes afterwards for questions. Panel submissions should include three papers (each with a 250-word abstract including five key words), a chair if possible, and a 100-word panel abstract. In both cases, please have ‘Abstract 2019 conference’ as your email subject. Confirmation of acceptance should be within a month following the closing date.
Contact: Hstmconference2019@gmail.com
Further details available here: hstm call for papers 2019 (1)
Registration for the Conference (on August 1st and 2nd) has been extended to Tuesday the 16th of July at 5pm GMT, and you can register through the conference website here
Note: The CFP closes on July 10th.
HSTM Annual Conference at Ulster University (Belfast campus), 18-20 October 2019
For its upcoming conference, the HSTM Network invites proposals on any topics in the history of science, technology and medicine. Topics do not necessarily have to relate to Ireland. Paper submissions should include a 250-word abstract including five key words and mention the name and affiliation (unless independent) of the speaker. Individual presentations should be no more than 20 minutes, with 10 minutes afterwards for questions. Panel submissions should include three papers (each with a 250-word abstract including five key words), a chair if possible, and a 100-word panel abstract. In both cases, please have ‘Abstract 2019 conference’ as your email subject. Confirmation of acceptance should be within a month following the closing date.
Contact: Hstmconference2019@gmail.com
Further details available here: hstm call for papers 2019
The History of Medicine Section of RAMI invite you to attend “Women on Walls” on Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Free Admission
This is an invitation to ALL RAMI Sections not just History of Medicine. The meeting has been kindly organised by Ms. Mary O’Doherty (Assistant Librarian, Special Collections, RCSI Heritage Collections) who has been a loyal and true member of the History of Medicine Section for many years.
Time: 17.00 – 19.00 in the Board Room of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
The event will commence at 17.00 with a brief account of the newly commissioned portraits of eight medical women, followed by shared reminiscences among those attending of the women they knew.
Please register here
