Emma Swain, QUB, will give a talk on Animals, Evolution and the Victorians on Wednesday 3 October at 6.30pm in the Merrion Room. The question, “What makes us human?” has a perennial fascination. This talk will explore how the Victorians, concerned about the impact of evolution on religious beliefs, considered the boundary between humans and other animals. … More Reminder: RDS Library Speaker Series talk tomorrow
Thursday 18th October 2018, 10am-5pm, free, further details and booking on line available here HC Lectures 2018 – Poster
The forthcoming Centenary of Midwives (Ireland) Act 1918 Conference: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, will take place in the Pillar Room, Rotunda Hospital, Parnell Square, Dublin 1, on 1st October 2018. Further details are available here: Conference 100 Years of the Midwives Act in Ireland press release Conference programme is available here: Conference programme_FINAL_url
University College Dublin Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series 2018 – 2019 Semester One Thursday 20 September 2018 Dr Lynsey Black (Maynooth University) ‘Diagnosing Insanity: Women, Murder and Mental Health in Twentieth-Century Ireland’ Thursday 11 October 2018 Dr Alice Mauger (University College Dublin) ‘“The Holy War on Alcohol”?: Alcoholism, Medicine … More CHOMI Seminar Series 2018/2019
The Annual Conference of the HSTM Network Ireland will take place on 26-27th October 2018 at Queen’s University, Belfast. See below for details of the conference programme and list of abstracts: Conference Programme
This one-day conference will be held at the Edward Worth Library in the Boardroom of Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin 8. Date: Friday 23 November 2018. See below for further details: Gardens in Early Modern Ireland programme
‘Science and Satire in Early Modern England’ by Professor Mordechai Feingold (Caltech) This lecture will take place in the Edward Worth Library on Tuesday 3rd July at 3.00pm. All are welcome but as space is limited, seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. More information is available here
HSTM Network Ireland is looking for volunteers to help run a HSTM event at the Dublin Festival of History 2018 It is envisaged that the event would be a type of roadshow where individuals would bring along household HSTM objects. These would then be photographed, placed on the web, information about them crowdsourced, and then a … More Volunteers needed for HSTM event!
Call closing date: 21 June 2018 HSTM 2018 -CfP History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland. Annual conference 2018 26-27 October 2018 Keynote: Professor Nick Hopwood (University of Cambridge) on a visual history of embryos, tentatively titled ‘Why you expect embryos when you’re expecting.’ Hosted at: The School of Natural and Built Environment, … More Reminder: CFP HSTM Network Ireland Annual Conference 2018
Hosted by: The School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast. Date: 26-27 October 2018 Keynote: Professor Nick Hopwood (University of Cambridge) on a visual history of embryos, tentatively titled ‘Why you expect embryos when you’re expecting.’ Call for Papers/Panels: For its upcoming conference, the HSTM Network invites proposals on all topics in the … More CFP: HSTM Network Ireland Annual Conference 2018
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