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Medicine, Health and Irish Experiences of War, 1914-45
The workshop ‘Medicine, Health and Irish Experiences of War, 1914-45’, held in UCD on 6 and 7 September, provided a lively forum for a wide-ranging discussion of the impact of conflict on health, diet, disease and medicine for combatants and civilians. Presentations covered the Great War, the 1916 Rising, the subsequent civil war and World War 2, experienced in Ireland as the Emergency. The workshop was convened by David Durnin and Ian Miller and funded by the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, UCD.
Podcasts from the Healthcare Systems: Regional and Comparative Perspectives in Britain and Ireland, 1850-1960 Conference
Podcasts of papers from this conference, which took place on 8 and 9 June 2012, are now available. Click here to access the recordings. Click here for a full conference programme.
Keynote - Professor John Stewart (Glasgow Caledonian University)
‘Health care systems in Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the international, national and sub-national contexts’
Christopher Hamlin Visit
Professor Christopher Hamlin of Notre Dame University visited UCD for two weeks, beginning 2 April 2012. During this time, he met with staff and postgraduates of CHOMI on a formal and informal basis. A reading lunch provided an opportunity for postgraduate and post-doctoral students to discuss the role of medicine in the decline of illness, using McKeown’s thesis as a point of departure. On 5 April, Prof Hamlin gave a seminar entitled ‘The Concept of “Fever” in Pre-Famine Ireland’ which was well attended. The ensuing lively discussion ranged over the role of institutions, the nature of fevers, the part played by nutrition and the affinity of ‘perfect’ typhus for the upper classes.
Awards for Centre Student
David Durnin, IRCHSS Doctoral Scholar, Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, School of History and Archives, UCD, is the 2012 winner of the Lord Edward Fitzgerald Memorial Fund International Scholarship. This award is made to aid research by enabling overseas study. It was awarded to assist research for David’s project, ‘“The War Away from Home”: Irish Medical Migration during the Great War Era, 1912-1922’. David is also the winner of the Women’s History Association of Ireland Anna Parnell Travel Grant 2012. He is a co-recipient, with Dr Laura Kelly, NUI Galway. The grant was established in 2011 to promote research among early stage scholars in Irishwomen’s and Gender History. Anna Parnell’s life provides a vivid illustration of the immense difficulties faced by intelligent and energetic women in the nineteenth century to find a role and have their voices heard. The travel grant is named in Anna’s honour to reflect her vigorous campaigning which saw her travel widely and her intellectual and political contributions which were largely ignored in her lifetime.
The History of Medicine in Ireland Prize 2011
The presentation of The History of Medicine in Ireland Prize 2011 award took place on 27 March 2012, at the University of Ulster, Belfast.
David Durnin and Anne Mac Lellan of CHOMI, University College Dublin, were the joint winners.
