‘Prisons, Asylums, Workhouses: Institutions in Irish History’. The call for papers closes on 31st March 2019. Abstracts not exceeding 250 words in length, together with a short biography should be sent to Dr Gillian Allmond at irishinstitutions@gmail.com The conference will take place over two days, 13th to 14 June 2019 at the Public Record Office … More CFP: PRONI Conference on Institutions in Irish History
Our next seminar will take place on Thursday 21 February 2019, at 5 pm in Room K114, School of History, UCD Dr Isabella Jackson (Assistant Professor in Chinese History at Trinity College Dublin) will deliver a paper entitled ‘Child slavery and changing conceptions of girlhood in modern Chinese history’. More details available here: CHOMI seminar (Dr Isabella Jackson) … More CHOMI Seminar Series
The 2019 Scientiae conference will be held at Queen’s University, Belfast from June 12th-15th. Based on proposals already accepted, we anticipate a conference of approximately 175 scholars, most of them at mid- or senior-career. However, to encourage local participation, we are pleased to invite further proposals from researchers on the island of Ireland only, with … More 2019 Scientiae Conference
The First Robert Boyle Winter School is taking place in Dr. Steevens’ Hospital on Friday 7 December 2018. This is a joint initiative of the Robert Boyle Summer School and the Edward Worth Library. Places can be booked on ‘eventbrite’ Robert Boyle Winter School. Details of the programme are available here: Robert Boyle Winter School programme
Reminder: The next paper in the UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland seminar series will be at 5pm on Thursday 8 November 2018. Dr Leanne McCormick (Ulster University) and Dr Elaine Farrell (Queen’s University Belfast) will deliver a paper entitled ‘Bad Bridget, the Unfit Mother: Irish Women in North America, 1838-1918’. The venue will … More CHOMI Seminar Series
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
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