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
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
‘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
To mark International Women’s Day, PRONI will host a half day conference exploring the role of female medical and nursing staff during the First World War. This event will be held on Tuesday 6 March 2018, 10.00 am – 1.15 pm. Admission to the Women in Medicine during the First World War conference is FREE, but booking is essential. … More International Women’s Day: Women and Medicine during the First World War
Sir Hans Sloane MD: the Irishman who collected the World by Dr Robert G W Anderson, President of the Science History Institute, Philadelphia Wednesday 14th March 2018 at 6.30pm. Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin Further information is available here: RAMIFlyerAnderson Sir Hans Sloane the Irishman who collected the World
The Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland is pleased to announce our seminar schedule for the semester. We very much hope you can attend them. Thursday 8 February 2018 Dr Jane Hand (University of Warwick) ‘Health on the High Street: Consumerism, the NHS and Low-Fat Diets in Britain since the 1970s’ Thursday 12 … More CHOMI Seminars
On Wednesday 19th July 2017 there will be an Open Day to mark the launch of an exhibition on ‘Early Modern Obstetrics at the Edward Worth Library’. All are welcome. For further information click here On Friday 17th November 2017 there will be a Joint Workshop of the Dublin Naturalists’ Field Club and the Edward Worth Library … More Upcoming Events at the Worth Library
‘The Birth of the Irish Enlightenment’ by Professor Michael Brown (University of Aberdeen) This lecture will take place on April 6th, 2017 at 2.00pm in the Edward Worth Library and marks the launch of Dr Brendan Power’s exhibition ‘Deism and the Early Enlightenment at the Worth Library’. Please note that seating is … More Worth Library Seminar Series
HSTM Network Ireland 