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Listening with Both Ears: The Irish Origins of the Double Stethoscope 

September 23, 2024

By Dr Anne Mac Lellan  As certain nebulae are resolved into stars by powerful telescopes, so specific chest sounds, obscure from their lowness, may be determined by the double stethoscope. Arthur Leared, 1856. The Great Exhibition, held in London’s Crystal Palace in 1851, displayed the wonderful, the beautiful, the useful and the bizarre inventions of … More Listening with Both Ears: The Irish Origins of the Double Stethoscope 

“Our Kids are a Nation of Fatties”: Discovering Obesity in Celtic Tiger Ireland

September 9, 2024

By Dr Conor Heffernan, Ulster University When is it appropriate to criticise, even mock, someone with a medical condition? Is there a point at which we can insult an individual, or even a group, enough for them to overcome their condition? Better yet, can we shame those around them for ‘allowing’ this to happen? What … More “Our Kids are a Nation of Fatties”: Discovering Obesity in Celtic Tiger Ireland

The Largest Industrial Investment in Ireland’s History: The Aughinish Alumina Refinery in a Globalised Aluminium Economy 

August 29, 2024

by Dr Mauve Carbonell In the early 1970s, driven by an overall increase in needs for raw materials – aluminium in particular – the Alcan company established an alumina production plant in Aughinish near Limerick.[1] But why build a plant costing several hundred million pounds in the middle of the Irish countryside, in Aughinish, on … More The Largest Industrial Investment in Ireland’s History: The Aughinish Alumina Refinery in a Globalised Aluminium Economy 

HSTM Network Ireland online webinar, 7 March 1-2pm Hannah Brown and Rebecca Brown (University of Ulster)

February 19, 2024

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)

History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM) Network Ireland Annual Meeting 2024

January 16, 2024

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

January 16, 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

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’

November 16, 2023

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’

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.

November 1, 2023

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.

HSTM webinar series, 2 Nov. 2023

October 11, 2023

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