Dr Catherine Cox BA MA PhD
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Biography:
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Following completion of my PhD in 2004, I was appointed lecturer at the Department of History at the University of Warwick. I returned to University College Dublin in
2006. My publications include Negotiating
insanity in the southeast of Ireland, 1820-1900 (Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 2012); with Maria Luddy, Cultures of Care in Irish Medical History 1750-1970 (Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and numerous articles. From 2006 I have been UCD Director of the Centre for the History of Medicine of Ireland (CHOMI). I currently serve on numerous academic
committees and advisory boards including the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Library and
Archive Committee, the Royal Irish Academy Executive Committee for Historical
Sciences, the Royal Irish Academy History of Science and Medicine Subcommittee
and the Economic and Social History Society for Ireland. I am also membership
Secretary of the Society for the Social History of Medicine and member of the
American Association for the History of Medicine. |
Research Interests
| My own research has focused on three themes: the history of insanity in the nineteenth century, medical practice and the medical marketplace in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the regional impact of the Great Famine in Ireland. I am currently working on two research projects: In July 2009, with Professor Hilary Marland, University of Warwick, I was awarded a Wellcome Trust Project Grant 'Madness, Migration and the Irish in Lancashire, c.1850-1921'. This project takes the particular case study of migration to Lancashire from the final years of the Great Famine to Irish Independence to explore the relationship between Irish migration and mental disorder. I have also published on the inherent difficulties in 'making a medical living' in nineteenth-century Ireland. This project examines the importance of medical dispensaries and doctors in Ireland and the factors influencing the cultural acceptance of medical science in Irish communities. |
Research Projects
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Visualising Surgical Innovation: Early-Nineteenth Century Medical Drawings Start Date / End Date : 01-MAY-12 / 31-OCT-13 |
| Sponsor : The Wellcome Trust (WT) Title : Madness, Migration and the Irish in Lancashire, c. 1850-1921 Start Date / End Date : 01-SEP-09 / 31-AUG-13 |
| Sponsor : Wellcome Trust, UK Title : History of Medicine in Ireland Start Date / End Date : 01-OCT-06 / 31-AUG-12 |
| Sponsor : The Wellcome Trust (WT) Title : Health, illness and ethnicity: migration, discrimination and social dislocation Start Date / End Date : 01-MAY-11 / 01-SEP-11 |
| Sponsor : The Wellcome Trust (WT) Title : Assessment of the conservation, storage and cataloguing requirements of the library of the Royal College of Science for Ireland Start Date / End Date : 01-FEB-10 / 31-DEC-10 |
| Sponsor : The Wellcome Trust (WT) Title : Medicine and Healthcare: History and Context Start Date / End Date : 01-NOV-08 / 31-OCT-09 |
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Recent Postgraduates
| Recent completed PhD students: |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Alice Mauger, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| David Durnin, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Donal Murray, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
Books
| Catherine Cox (2012) Negotiating Insanity in the Southeast of Ireland, 1820-1900. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland (Ed.). (2013) Migration, Health and Ethnicity in the Modern World. Houndmills: PalgraveMacmillan. [Details] |
| Catherine Cox and Susannah Riordan (Ed.). (2013) Adolescence in Modern Irish History:Innocence and Experience. Houndmills: PalgraveMacmillan. [Details] |
| Catherine Cox and Maria Luddy (Ed.). (2010) Cultures of Care in Irish Medical History. Houndmills: PalgraveMacmillan. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Catherine Cox, Hilary Marland and Sarah York (2013) 'Itineraries and Experiences of Insanity: Irish Migration and the Management of Mental Illness in Nineteenth-Century Lancashire' In: Migration, Health and Ethnicity in the Modern World. Houndmills: PalgraveMacmillan. [Details] |
| Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland (2013) 'Introduction: Migration, Health and Illness in the Modern World' In: Migration, Health and Illness in the Modern World. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details] |
| Cox, C ; (2010) 'Access and engagement: the medical dispensary service in post-Famine Ireland' In: Catherine Cox and Maria Luddy (eds). Cultures of Care in Irish Medical History, 1750-1970. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details] |
| Cox, C.; (2010) ''The Medical Marketplace and Medical Tradition in Nineteenth Century Ireland'' In: Ronnie Moore and Stuart McClean (eds). Folk Healing And Health Care Practices In Britain and Ireland: Stethoscopes, wands and crystals. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Press. [Details] |
| Catherine Cox; (2010) 'Health and Welfare in Enniscorthy, 1850 to 1920' In: Colm Toibin (eds). Enniscorthy: A History. Wexford: Wexford County Library. [Details] |
| Catherine Cox and Maria Luddy; (2010) 'Introduction' In: Cultures of Care in Irish Medical History, 1750-1970. Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan. [Details] | |||||||||
| Cox, C.; (2009) 'Institutionalization in Irish History and Society, 1650-2000' In: Leeann Lane, Katherine O'Donnell and Mary McAuliffe (eds). Palgrave Guide to Irish History. London: Palgrave. [Details] | |||||||||
| Cox, C.; (2000) 'Women and business in eighteenth-century Dublin: a case study, 1750-1800' In: Bernadette Whelan (eds). Women and Paid Work 1500-1930. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] | |||||||||
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Peer Reviewed Journals
| Catherine Cox (2013) 'Medical History and Humanities in Ireland'. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY SECTION C-ARCHAEOLOGY CELTIC STUDIES HISTORY LINGUISTICS LITERATURE, . [Details] |
| Catherine Cox, Hilary Marland and Sarah York (2012) 'Emaciated, Exhausted and Excited: The Bodies and Minds of the Irish in Nineteenth-Century Lancashire Asylyms'. Journal of Social History, 46 (2). [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Catherine Cox; (2008) Resources in Irish Medical History Irish Archives [Details] |
Electronic Publication
Maria Luddy, Catherine Cox, Orla Fitzpatrick and Leeann Lane; (2001) A Directory of Sources for Twentieth Century Women: files of the Department of the Taoiseach, 1922-1966. Electronic Publication  [Details] |
Reviews
| Cox, C.; (2005) Review - Leslie A. Clarkson and E. Margaret Crawford (eds), Famine and Disease in Ireland (London, Pickering and Chatto). Social History of Medicine. Reviews [Details] |
CD-ROM
| Maria Luddy, Catherine Cox and Leeann Lane; (1999) A Directory of Sources for Women's History in Ireland (Women's History Project/Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin: CD-ROM [Details] |
Review Articles
| Cox, C.; (2005) Review - Laurence M. Geary, Medicine and Charity in Ireland 1718-1851. Dublin: Review Articles [Details] |
Invited Review Articles
| J. McGuire (Managing Editor); (2008) Dictionary of Irish Biography. Invited Review Articles [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2002. Title: Socrates Exchange Programme, European University Institute, Florence |
| Year: 1999. Title: Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 1999-2002 PhD Scholarship |
Associations
| Association: Royal Irish Academy Committee for Historical Sciences , Function/Role: Representative for the Irish Economic & Social History Society |
| Association: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Archive and Library Committees, Function/Role: n/a |
| Association: Society for the Social History of Medicine, Function/Role: Membership Secretary and member of Executive Committee |
| Association: Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, Function/Role: Member of Executive Committee |
Conference Contributions
| Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland (2011) International conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Health, Illness and Ethnicity¿: Migration, Discrimination and Social Dislocation, University College Dublin , 10-JUN-11 - 11-JUN-11. |
| Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland (2012) Seminar Series. [Invited Oral Presentation], Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester , 13-MAR-12 - 13-MAR-12. |
| Catherine Cox and Hailry Marland; (2011) Getting into and out of the asylum: Admissions, discharges and the impact of treatments on the mentally ill, 1850-2000. [Invited Oral Presentation], Wellcome Trust Mental Health Workshop, University of Exeter , 15-SEP-11 - 16-SEP-11. |
| Catherine Cox, Hilary Marland and Sarah York; (2011) Annual International Meeting. [International Refereed Conference], American Association of the History of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA , 28-APR-11 - 01-MAY-11. |
| Catherine Cox, Hilary Marland and Sarah York; (2011) Body and Mind in the History of Medicine and Health. [International Refereed Conference], Biennial Conference of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, Utrecht, Netherlands , 01-SEP-11 - 04-SEP-11. |
| Catherine Cox and Susannah Riordan; (2010) Workshop brought together scholars working on different aspects of the history of adolescence in modern Ireland. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Adolescence in Modern Irish History, University College Dublin , 30-JAN-10 - 30-JAN-10. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland; (2010) The Transmission and Communication of Medical Knowledge and Services 1750-1900: The Medical Marketplace in the Modern Period. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Collaborative Network with University of Warwick and University of Maastricht, Venice , 05-MAR-10 - 06-MAR-10. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland; (2010) Conference part of Wellcome Trust Funded Project: 'Madness Migration and the Irish, 1850-1921'. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Migration, Mental Illness and the Management of Asylum Populations, University of Warwick , 24-SEP-10 - 25-SEP-10. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox; (2010) 'A Valuable and Vulnerable Resource: medical records and the historian'. [Invited Lecture], Archives Awareness Campaign, Trinity College Dublin , 15-SEP-10 - 15-SEP-10. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox, Hilary Marland and Sarah York; (2010) ¿Itineraries of the Insane: Irish Migration and Mental Illness in Nineteenth-Century Lancashire¿. [Oral Presentation], Migration, Mental Illness and the Management of Asylum Populations, University of Warwick , 24-SEP-10 - 25-SEP-10. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox and Ian Miller; (2010) one-day international workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], History, Digestion and Society: New Perspectives, UCD , 30-APR-10 - 01-MAY-10. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox; (2009) 'Accessing Healthcare: the Medical Dispensary Service in Late Nineteenth Century Ireland'. [Invited Lecture], Irish Society for Nursing and Midwifery History, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland , 21-MAY-09 - 21-MAY-09. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox; (2009) International Postgraduate Conference, Society for the Social History of Medicine. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Medicine and Healthcare: History and Context, University College Dublin , 16-APR-09 - 18-APR-09. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox and Tom Feaney; (2009) One-day workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Psychiatry, Politics and Society in Twentieth Century Ireland and Britain, University College Dublin , 04-DEC-09 - 04-DEC-09. | |||||||||
| Cox, C; (2008) The 1911 Census and Teaching Irish Medical History. [Invited Lecture], Irish Studies Symposium, Ottawa, Canada , 03-NOV-08 - 04-NOV-08. | |||||||||
| Cox, C.; (2008) 'The Sick are left to the Mercy of the Winds and the Waves': Medical Relief and Dispensary Doctors in Nineteenth Century Ireland. [International Refereed Conference], Society for the Social History of Medicine Annual Conference, Glasgow , 03-SEP-08 - 05-SEP-08. | |||||||||
| Cox, C; (2008) 'Everyone who knows anything, knows ...'. [Invited Lecture], History of Psychiatry and Psychology, University College London , 19-FEB-08 - 19-FEB-08. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox; (2008) The Medical Marketplace and Medical Tradition: Interfaces between Orthodox, Alternative and Folk Practice in the 19th and 20th Centuries. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Collaborative Network with University of Warwick and University of Maastricht, University College Dublin , 01-FEB-08 - 01-FEB-08. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox; (2008) 'The Medical Marketplace and Medical Tradition: Towards an understanding of Patient Behaviour in 19th century Ireland'. [Oral Presentation], The Medical Marketplace and Medical Tradition: Interfaces between Orthodox, Alternative and Folk Practice in the 19th and 20th Centuries, University College Dublin , 01-FEB-08 - 01-FEB-08. | |||||||||
| Cox, C.; (2007) Madness, Knowledge and Community in Nineteenth Century Ireland. [Invited Lecture], History of Psychiatry (Ireland), School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast , 30-AUG-07 - 31-AUG-07. | |||||||||
| Catherine Cox; (2007) Workshop on Resources for Irish Medical History. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Resources in Medical History Workshop, University College Dublin , 21-SEP-07 - 21-SEP-07. | |||||||||
| Cox, C.; (2006) History of Nutrition. [Invited Oral Presentation], Sixth European Social Science History Conference, Amsterdam , 22-MAR-06 - 25-MAR-06. | |||||||||
| Cox, C.; (2005) Following Foucault to Ireland: Admissions to Irish Asylums in the 19th Century. [N/A], Liminal Identities Conference, University College Dublin , 01-MAR-05. | |||||||||
| Cox, C.; (2005) Institutional Intersections and the Management of Insanity in Nineteenth Century Ireland. [International Refereed Conference], Cultural History of Health and Beyond, Joint Conference of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health and the Society for the Social History of Medicine, Ministere de al Recherche and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris , 07-SEP-05 - 10-SEP-05. | |||||||||
| Cox, C.; (2003) 'Women, the Family and Confinement in south-east Ireland, 1832-1922'. [National Refereed Conference Paper], International Federation for Research in Women's History, Belfast , 11-AUG-03 - 14-AUG-03. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Centre for the History of Medicine |
| Committee : Advisory Board, UCD Special Collections Library |
| Committee : Ethics Committee, University College Dublin |
| Committee : Advisory Board, Irish Centre for Nursing and Midwifery History |
| Committee : Advisory Board, Archive Steering Group, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland |
Consultancy
| Client: : National College of Art and Design |
Outreach Activities
| Invitation to present to the National Library of Ireland Public Lectures Series, 7 March 2012 |
Other Activities
| Peer Reviewer of Application to Wellcome Trust |
| Peer Review, UCD Press |
| Peer Reviewer of Application to Arts and Humanities Research Council |
| Peer Reviewer, Social History of Medicine |
| Peer Reviewer, Irish Journal of Medical Science |
External Collaborators
| Professor Greta Jones, School of History and International Affairs, University of Ulster Professor Hilary Marland, Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick |