Tag: nineteenth-century Ireland

Crowdfunding Project Cityscapes & Earth Debates

January 20, 2017

As part of a Cartography and Mapping Grants Challenge, HSTM Network Ireland member Tanya O’Sullivan has launched a crowdfunding project to raise 500 dollars in 30 days to help start a research project on: Cityscapes and Earth Debates: Fashioning the Geosphere in Nineteenth-Century Ireland. This project maps the course of scientific ideas as they navigate the cultural … More Crowdfunding Project Cityscapes & Earth Debates

CFP: 19th Century Ireland

November 1, 2016

The following may be of interest to Historians of STEM subjects. The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland (SSNCI) fosters an inter-disciplinary approach to Nineteenth-Century Irish studies. Figures of Authority in 19th-Century Ireland. The 19th century is often seen as a period when age-old sources of social, political, spiritual and cultural authority were eroded … More CFP: 19th Century Ireland

‘The cost of insanity’

January 29, 2016

The next seminar in the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series takes place on Thursday, 4 February: Dr Alice Mauger (University College Dublin) ‘The cost of insanity: public, voluntary and private asylum care in nineteenth-century Ireland’ 5 pm, K114, UCD School of History.

RAMI Lecture: Medicine and Pharmacy in the 19th Century

November 11, 2015

Medicine and Pharmacy In 19th Century Ireland by Brian Cleary, PhD Chief Pharmacist, Rotunda Hospital, Hon. Associate Professor, RCSI Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (RAMI), History of Medicine Lecture Wednesday 18th November 2015 at 6.15pm Setanta House, (First Floor) Setanta Place, Dublin 2  This lecture will trace the progress of medicine from ‘doctoring in … More RAMI Lecture: Medicine and Pharmacy in the 19th Century