HSTM Network Ireland online webinar, 7 March Work-in-progress Hannah Brown (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of Ulster, ‘Polio Survivors Experiences of Treatment in Belfast, c. 1947-1982’ Abstract: A browse through the polio records held at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) tells little of the Belfast polio survivor experience. This lack of … More HSTM Network Ireland online webinar, 7 March 1-2pm Hannah Brown and Rebecca Brown (University of Ulster)

Date:Date: 26/27 April 2024 Location: Carlow College Call for papers: The annual meeting of the HSTM Network Ireland will be held this year, in person, at Carlow College. 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 … More History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland Annual Meeting 2024

Thursday, 1 Feb. 2024, 1-2pm (GMT) Speaker: Dr Carly Collier (UCD) Title: A Lady Sanitary Sub-Officer if active could do great good’: Dublin Corporation and the first women sanitary inspectors in Ireland Abstract: This paper explores the introduction of women Sanitary Sub-Officers (hereafter SSOs) to Dublin’s public health infrastructure at the turn of the twentieth century. The figure of Charles … More

7 December, 1-2pm Dr Elizabeth Burton (UCD) and Rachael Boon (Science Museum, London), ‘COVID-19 telecommunications collecting at the Science Museum, London’ Abstract: Through its rapid spread, global reach and capacity to overwhelm healthcare systems, the COVID-19 pandemic created a public health crisis that impacts on all our lives. The pandemic brought with it enormous social … More HSTM Network Ireland webinar, Thurs, 7 Dec. Dr Elizabeth Burton (UCD) and Dr Rachael Boon (Science Museum, London), ‘COVID-19 telecommunications collecting at the Science Museum, London’

Organised by the QUB Science and Culture Research Group  Speakers:   Professor Karen Till, University of Maynooth (Geography)  Dr Leonie Hannan (HAPP)   Professor Nuala Johnson (NBE)   Dr Caroline Sumpter (AEL)   Join us for an interdisciplinary panel discussion about researching science and material and spatial histories, inspired by two new books by members … More Material and Spatial Histories of Science: Seminar and Book Launch, 2nd November, 3-5pm, Queen’s University Belfast, 27 University Square/01/003 Material and Spatial Histories of Science: Seminar and Book Launch.

Thursday, 2 November, 1-2pm Speaker: Dr Carly Collier (UCD) Title: A Lady Sanitary Sub-Officer if active could do great good’: Dublin Corporation and the first women sanitary inspectors in Ireland Abstract: This paper explores the introduction of women Sanitary Sub-Officers (hereafter SSOs) to Dublin’s public health infrastructure at the turn of the twentieth century. The … More HSTM webinar series, 2 Nov. 2023