UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland: Talks and Events

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Academic papers on the history of medicine and medical humanities from the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland (CHOMI). The Centre, founded in 2006, is based in the School of History, University College Dublin. CHOMI seeks to promote the study of the social and cultural history of medicine…

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    Belfast Corporation and the regulation of midwives 1911-1918

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 46:59


    Speaker Dr Phil Gorey (University College Dublin) Chair Dr Ciaran McCabe (Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University College Dublin) Title Municipal Gospel or necessity? Belfast Corporation and the regulation of midwives 1911-1918 Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 31 January 2019 Summary In 1911, Belfast Corporation sought and was granted powers to […] The post Belfast Corporation and the regulation of midwives 1911-1918 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Diagnosing Insanity: Women, Murder and Mental Health in 20th-century Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2018 41:02


    Speaker Dr Lynsey Black (Maynooth University) Chair Associate Professor Catherine Cox (University College Dublin) Title Diagnosing Insanity: Women, Murder and Mental Health in 20th-century Ireland Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 20 September 2018 Summary Mad, bad, sad – the familiar tropes deployed to explain women who kill. This paper explores the […] The post Diagnosing Insanity: Women, Murder and Mental Health in 20th-century Ireland appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Irish Nurses and the Great War 1914-1918

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 38:06


    Speaker Dr Fionnuala Walsh (University College Dublin) Chair Associate Professor Catherine Cox (University College Dublin) Title ‘You will feel that that you are being of some use’: Irish nurses and the Great War 1914-1918 Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 19 April 2018 Summary The First World War resulted […] The post Irish Nurses and the Great War 1914-1918 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Health on the High Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 48:48


    Speaker Dr Jane Hand (Department of History, University of Warwick) Chair Associate Professor Catherine Cox (Director, UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland & School of History, University College Dublin Title Health on the High Street: Consumerism, the NHS and Low-Fat Diets in Britain since the 1970s Event UCD Centre for the History […] The post Health on the High Street appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Patrick Browne (c. 1720 – 1790)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 44:40


    Speaker Associate Professor Marc Caball (School of History, University College Dublin) Chair Associate Professor Catherine Cox (Director, UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland & School of History, University College Title Patrick Browne (c. 1720 – 1790), an Irish botanist and physician in the West Indies Event UCD Centre for the History of […] The post Patrick Browne (c. 1720 – 1790) appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Food Matters: Inside and Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 22:09


    Speaker Victora Williams (Director Food Matters) Title Food Matters Inside & Out Event Inside Reform: Prison Healthcare Campaigns, Past and Present. Inside Reform was a policy workshop co-convened by Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD) and Professor Hilary Marland(Warwick), as part of their Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award Project, ‘Prisoners, Medical Care and Entitlement to Health in England and Ireland, […] The post Food Matters: Inside and Out appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The Case of Prisoner Alpha

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 14:46


    Speaker Dr Holly Dunbar (UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland) Title The Case of Prisoner Alpha: Hearing Prisoners’ Voices, Advocating for Health Reform Event Inside Reform: Prison Healthcare Campaigns, Past and Present. Inside Reform was a policy workshop co-convened by Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD) and Professor Hilary Marland(Warwick), as part of their Wellcome Trust […] The post The Case of Prisoner Alpha appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    1919 Committee of Enquiry into Medical Care in Holloway Prison

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 18:50


    Speaker Dr Rachel Bennett (University of Warwick) Title Identifying and Advocating for Women’s Health: The Duchess of Bedford’s 1919 Committee of Enquiry into Medical Care in Holloway Prison Event Inside Reform: Prison Healthcare Campaigns, Past and Present. Inside Reform was a policy workshop co-convened by Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD) and Professor Hilary Marland(Warwick), as part of their […] The post 1919 Committee of Enquiry into Medical Care in Holloway Prison appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    New Media, Old News: Strategies for Getting Penal Issues into Popular Discourse

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 29:52


    Speaker Anita Dockley (Research Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform) Title New Media, Old News: Strategies for Getting Penal Issues into Popular Discourse Event Inside Reform: Prison Healthcare Campaigns, Past and Present. Inside Reform was a policy workshop co-convened by Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD) and Professor Hilary Marland(Warwick), as part of their Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award […] The post New Media, Old News: Strategies for Getting Penal Issues into Popular Discourse appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Improving Prison Health: Using Advocacy Tools to Affect Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 23:19


    Speaker Fíona Ní Chinnéide (Acting Executive Director, Irish Penal Reform Trust) Title Improving Prison Health: Using Advocacy Tools to Affect Change Event Inside Reform: Prison Healthcare Campaigns, Past and Present. Inside Reform was a policy workshop co-convened by Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD) and Professor Hilary Marland(Warwick), as part of their Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award Project, ‘Prisoners, Medical […] The post Improving Prison Health: Using Advocacy Tools to Affect Change appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Reforming Prisons in the 1980s: The Impact of AIDS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 23:04


    Speaker Dr Janet Weston (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Title Reforming Prisons in the 1980s: The Impact of AIDS Event Inside Reform: Prison Healthcare Campaigns, Past and Present. Inside Reform was a policy workshop co-convened by Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD) and Professor Hilary Marland(Warwick), as part of their Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award Project, ‘Prisoners, Medical […] The post Reforming Prisons in the 1980s: The Impact of AIDS appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Inside Reform Policy Workshop: Opening Address by Associate Professor Catherine Cox

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 10:25


    Speaker Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland) Title Opening Address at the Inside Reform Policy Workshop Event Inside Reform: Prison Healthcare Campaigns, Past and Present. Inside Reform was a policy workshop co-convened by Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD) and Professor Hilary Marland (Warwick), as part of their Wellcome […] The post Inside Reform Policy Workshop: Opening Address by Associate Professor Catherine Cox appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Anatomy’s Photography [Video]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 74:40


    This is the video version of this talk by Dr Michael Sappol and includes slides of the images discussed. To listen to an audio only version of this talk please go to our previous podcast episode. Speaker Dr Michael Sappol (EURIAS Senior Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala) Chair Associate Professor Catherine Cox (Director, […] The post Anatomy’s Photography [Video] appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Anatomy’s Photography [Audio Only]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 74:18


    This is the audio only version of this talk by Dr Michael Sappol. To see a video version of this talk – which includes the images discussed – please go to our next podcast episode. Speaker Dr Michael Sappol (EURIAS Senior Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala) Chair Associate Professor Catherine Cox (Director, UCD […] The post Anatomy’s Photography [Audio Only] appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Medical Provision and the Irish Experience of the First World War

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2017 43:37


    Speaker Dr David Durnin (UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University College Dublin) Chair Associate Professor Catherine Cox (Director of the UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University College Dublin) Title ‘It is our Duty’: Medical Provision and the Irish Experience of the First World War Event UCD Centre […] The post Medical Provision and the Irish Experience of the First World War appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Becoming Sir William Wilde

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2016 56:04


    Speaker Dr James McGeachie (Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University of Ulster) Chair Dr Fiachra Byrne (UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland) Title A Network of Enterprises and a Centre of Calculation: Becoming Sir William Wilde Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 6 […] The post Becoming Sir William Wilde appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The British Red Cross in 1916

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2016 48:07


    Speaker Dr Rosemary Wall (University of Hull) Chair Dr David Durnin (UCD Centre for the History Medicine) Title The British Red Cross in 1916: Conscription, the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 6 October 2016 Summary This paper looks at the […] The post The British Red Cross in 1916 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Gender Health and Work in Britain and America, 1860–1960

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2016 47:18


    Speaker Dr Janet Greenlees (Glasgow Caledonian University) Chair Dr Fiachra Byrne (UCD Centre for the History of Medicine) Title The Tenuous Relationship Between Gender Health and Work in Britain and America, c.1860–1960 Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 3 March 2016 Summary This paper looks at the intersection of public health […] The post Gender Health and Work in Britain and America, 1860–1960 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The Cost of Insanity: Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2016 37:04


    Speaker Dr Alice Mauger Chair Dr Catherine Cox (Director, UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland) Title The Cost of Insanity: Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 4 February 2016 Summary How did Irish medical practitioners and lay people […] The post The Cost of Insanity: Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care in Nineteenth-Century Ireland appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Writing Health in Irish Charity Letters, 1922-1940

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016 56:10


    Speaker Dr Lindsey Earner-Byrne (University College Dublin) Chair Dr Catherine Cox (Director, UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland) Title ‘Dear Father my health is broken down’: Writing health in Irish charity letters, 1922-1940 Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 18 September 2014 Summary This paper focuses […] The post Writing Health in Irish Charity Letters, 1922-1940 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Developing Bodies and Minds: Children’s Experiences of Pre-School Childcare, Britain c. 1939-1979

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2016 42:24


    Speaker Dr Angela Davis (University of Warwick) Chair Dr Lindsey Earner Byrne (University College Dublin) Title Developing Bodies and Minds: Children’s Experiences of Pre-school Childcare, Britain c. 1939-1979 Event Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 29 January 2015 Summary Dr Angela Davis, author of Preschool Childcare in England, 1939-2010: Theory, Practice […] The post Developing Bodies and Minds: Children’s Experiences of Pre-School Childcare, Britain c. 1939-1979 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Student Work: Collective Identity, Belonging, and the American Medical School

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2014 53:49


    Speaker Professor John Harley Warner (Yale) Title Student Work: Collective Identity, Belonging, and the American Medical School Event Keynote paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary Professor John Harley Warner’s paper examines identity and identity formation among American […] The post Student Work: Collective Identity, Belonging, and the American Medical School appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Teaching Compassion – Surgical Education and the Inculcation of Moral Values in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 21:15


    Speaker Dr Michael Brown (Roehampton University) Title Teaching Compassion – Surgical Education and the Inculcation of Moral Values in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary It is often generally assumed that the practice […] The post Teaching Compassion – Surgical Education and the Inculcation of Moral Values in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Midwives’ and Medical Students’ Clinical Obstetric Training in Nineteenth-Century France

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 20:02


    Speaker Nathalie Sage Pranchere (Paris-Sorbonne University) Title Midwives’ and Medical Students’ Clinical Obstetric Training in Nineteenth-Century France Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary This paper intends to shed some light on the forms of midwives’ and […] The post Midwives’ and Medical Students’ Clinical Obstetric Training in Nineteenth-Century France appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Hygiene, Antiseptic and Aseptic Pedagogy and Practice in British Nursing, c. 1870 – 1900.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 24:32


    Speaker Dr Claire Jones (King’s College London) Title Hygiene, Antiseptic and Aseptic Pedagogy and Practice in British Nursing, c. 1870 – 1900 Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary The introduction of sanitary standards, antisepsis and asepsis […] The post Hygiene, Antiseptic and Aseptic Pedagogy and Practice in British Nursing, c. 1870 – 1900. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Portrait of the medical student as a young man – caricatures, realism and airbrushed history, c.1825-1939.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 31:33


    Speaker Professor Jonathan Reinarz (University of Birmingham) Title Portrait of the medical student as a young man – caricatures, realism and airbrushed history, c.1825-1939 Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary The focus of historians of education […] The post Portrait of the medical student as a young man – caricatures, realism and airbrushed history, c.1825-1939. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The French med student ‘carabin’ is no longer what he used to be.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 20:08


    Speaker Alain Caubet (University of Rennes) Title The French med student ‘carabin’ is no longer what he used to be Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’ hosted by CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary The resounding folklore surrounding the French study of medicine was established after the […] The post The French med student ‘carabin’ is no longer what he used to be. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Students at the Cork University Dental School and Hospital, 1913-1990.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 21:36


    Speaker John Borgonovo (University College Cork) Title Students at the Cork University Dental School and Hospital, 1913-1990. Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary While medical education has attracted the attention of historians, less work been done […] The post Students at the Cork University Dental School and Hospital, 1913-1990. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The G.I. Bill and American Medical Students at University College Galway, 1946–1966

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 26:37


    Speaker Jackie Uí Chionna (NUI Galway) Title The G.I. Bill and American Medical Students at University College Galway, 1946–1966 Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary Acknowledged as one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever […] The post The G.I. Bill and American Medical Students at University College Galway, 1946–1966 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Mutual Instruction Among Morbid Anatomy Students – The First Société Anatomique de Paris (1803-1809)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 27:12


    Speaker Florent Palluault (Poitiers City Library) Title Mutual Instruction Among Morbid Anatomy Students – The First Société Anatomique de Paris (1803-1809) Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary On 12 Frimaire Year XII of the French Republican […] The post Mutual Instruction Among Morbid Anatomy Students – The First Société Anatomique de Paris (1803-1809) appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The Creation and Evolution of the Educational Role of the Cambridge Anatomical Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 21:45


    Speaker Jenna M. Dittmar (University of Cambridge) Title The creation and evolution of the educational role of the Cambridge Anatomical Museum. Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary Anatomical  museums  were  integral  to  medical education from  the […] The post The Creation and Evolution of the Educational Role of the Cambridge Anatomical Museum appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Botanic Gardens as Spaces and Places of Medical Teaching – The Example of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Botanic Gardens.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 25:44


    Speaker Clare Hickman (King’s College London) Title Botanic Gardens as Spaces and Places of Medical Teaching – The example of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Botanic Gardens. Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary This paper will explore […] The post Botanic Gardens as Spaces and Places of Medical Teaching – The Example of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Botanic Gardens. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Medical Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 22:26


    Speaker Dr Laurence Geary (University College Cork) Title Medical Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary For the first three-quarters of a century of white occupation of Australia, residents who wished to pursue […] The post Medical Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The Dual Training of Medical Missionaries, 1940-1960

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 19:24


    Speaker Ailish Veale (Trinity College Dublin) Title The dual training of medical missionaries, 1940-1960 Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary Prior to 1936 Catholic nuns were forbidden by Canon law from practicing medicine or midwifery, as […] The post The Dual Training of Medical Missionaries, 1940-1960 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Lady Dufferin’s Fund and Medical Training for Women Educated in Colonial India 1885-1920

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 20:48


    Speaker Gillian McClelland (Queen’s University Belfast) Title Lady Dufferin’s Fund and Medical Training for Women Educated in Colonial India 1885-1920 Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary The vicereine of India, Harriot Dufferin’s Fund for Providing Medical […] The post Lady Dufferin’s Fund and Medical Training for Women Educated in Colonial India 1885-1920 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Venereology at the Polyclinic: Postgraduate Study Among GPs in England 1899-1914

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 21:04


    Speaker Anne Hanley (University of Cambridge) Title Venereology at the Polyclinic – Postgraduate study among general practitioners in England, 1899-1914 Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary In 1899, the British Medical Journal enthusiastically announced that a […] The post Venereology at the Polyclinic: Postgraduate Study Among GPs in England 1899-1914 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The Irish Response to Flexner and the Transformation of American Medical Education in the Twentieth Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 26:51


    Speaker Professor Greta Jones (University of Ulster) Title The Irish Response to Flexner and the Transformation of American Medical Education in the Twentieth Century Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary Following the Second World War North […] The post The Irish Response to Flexner and the Transformation of American Medical Education in the Twentieth Century appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Alternative Visions of Scientific Medicine – Homeopathic Medical Education in the Post Flexner Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014 25:18


    Speaker Professor Nadav Davidovitch (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Title Alternative Visions of Scientific Medicine – Homeopathic Medical Education in the Post Flexner Era Event Paper given at the symposium, ‘Medical training, student experience and the transmission of knowledge, c.1800-2014’, organised by Laura Kelly, at CHOMI, UCD, October 2014 Summary In an editorial published on September […] The post Alternative Visions of Scientific Medicine – Homeopathic Medical Education in the Post Flexner Era appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    A Malady of Migration

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2014 46:42


    A theatrical examination of diaspora, displacement and mental disorders in the 19th century At a time when the issues of migration and mental health are seldom out of the news, CHOMI has worked with the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick (CHM) and Talking Birds to develop a new theatre […] The post A Malady of Migration appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    A Malady of Migration Expert Panel Discussion, Dublin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2014 41:03


    Event ‘A Malady of Migration’, Expert Panel Discussion, filmed Thursday 3 July 2014 at the New Theatre, Dublin Panel Members Dr Catherine Cox (Director, CHOMI, University College Dublin), Professor Hilary Marland (University of Warwick), Peter Cann (Writer and Director, Talking Birds) and Laura Kelly (CHOMI, University College Dublin), Professor Brendan Kelly (University College Dublin) Institutions Commissioned […] The post A Malady of Migration Expert Panel Discussion, Dublin appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    A Malady of Migration Expert Panel Discussion, Coventry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2014 39:01


    Event ‘A Malady of Migration’, Expert Panel Discussion, filmed Thursday 26 June 2014 at the Shop Front Theatre, Coventry. Panel Members Panel Members: Professor Hilary Marland (University of Warwick), Dr Catherine Cox (University College Dublin), Peter Cann (writer and director, Talking Birds) and Vivan Joseph (University of Warwick). Institutions Commissioned by the Centres for the […] The post A Malady of Migration Expert Panel Discussion, Coventry appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The Adelaide Hospital and Upholding Protestant Healthcare in Ireland 1950-1972

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2014 50:35


    Speaker Robbie Roulston (University College Dublin) Title The Adelaide Hospital and Upholding Protestant Healthcare in Ireland 1950-1972 Event Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 3 April 2014 Summary This paper has emerged out of research into the the Church of Ireland’s approach, during the 1950s and 1960s, to medicine, medical ethics and healthcare. As […] The post The Adelaide Hospital and Upholding Protestant Healthcare in Ireland 1950-1972 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Rhythm and Blues – Natural Family Planning in Ireland, 1930s-1980s

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2014 68:52


    Speaker Professor Mary Daly (University College Dublin Title Rhythm and Blues – Natural Family Planning in Ireland, 1930s-1980s Event Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 6 February 2014 Summary The typical historiography of contraception in Ireland focuses on well-known landmarks such as the 1935 Criminal Law Amendment Act, the Mary Robinson bills, […] The post Rhythm and Blues – Natural Family Planning in Ireland, 1930s-1980s appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Irish Medical Student Culture, Gentility and Professional Identity, c.1830-1900

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2013 37:49


    Speaker Dr Laura Kelly (CHOMI, UCD). Title “Some of these Gentlemen may be a little Wild”: Irish Medical Student Culture, Gentility and Professional Identity, c.1830-1900 Event Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 7 November 2013 Summary In 1831, sixteen-year-old Robert Thompson from Kilkenny began his medical studies at Dr Steeven’s Hospital, […] The post Irish Medical Student Culture, Gentility and Professional Identity, c.1830-1900 appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Maternity and Child Welfare in Inter-War Belfast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2013 38:35


    Speaker Dr Sean Lucey (Queen’s University Belfast) Title Municipal Health Care and Maternity and Child Welfare in Inter-War Belfast Event Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 17 October 2013 Summary: Maternity and Child Welfare in Inter-War Belfast In 1935 the Medical Officer for Health for Belfast, Charles Thompson, wrote in his […] The post Maternity and Child Welfare in Inter-War Belfast appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Cows, Contagion and Sanitation in Victorian Dublin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2013 42:56


    Speaker Dr Juliana Adelman (St Patrick’s College Drumcondra) Title Cows, Contagion and Sanitation in Victorian Dublin Event Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 26 September 2013 Summary This paper examines the relationship between humans and animals and specifically how the animal economy of the city of Dublin in the nineteenth century effected public […] The post Cows, Contagion and Sanitation in Victorian Dublin appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Illegal Abortion Cases in Twentieth-Century Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2013 45:54


    Speaker Professor Cara Delay (College of Charleston and Fulbright Scholar at UCD Humanities Institute) Title Illegal Abortion Cases in Twentieth-Century Ireland. The post Illegal Abortion Cases in Twentieth-Century Ireland appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Physiognomy and the Rise of Scientific Observation c. 1500. Professor Joseph Ziegler.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2013 52:04


    Speaker Professor Joseph Ziegler (University of Haifa) Title Physiognomy and the Rise of Scientific Observation c. 1500 Event UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland Seminar Series, 28 February 2013 Summary This paper explores physiognomy during the Middle Ages. Physiognomy belongs to a group of practices, including medicine, that revolve around the semiotics of […] The post Physiognomy and the Rise of Scientific Observation c. 1500. Professor Joseph Ziegler. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Caring Communists? The Development of Early Soviet Nursing, 1917-1941. Dr Susan Grant.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2013 28:19


    Dr Susan Grant (UCD). The Development of Early Soviet Nursing, 1917-1941. The post Caring Communists? The Development of Early Soviet Nursing, 1917-1941. Dr Susan Grant. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    The Border in Irish Medicine. Prof Greta Jones.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2012 45:34


    Prof Greta Jones (UU). The Border in Irish Medicine. The post The Border in Irish Medicine. Prof Greta Jones. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

    Patient Subjects, Medical Objects. Encounters in the Irish Mental Hospital 1900-58. Dr Fiachra Byrne.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2012 31:46


    Dr Fiachra Byrne (UCD). Patient Subjects, Medical Objects. Encounters in the Irish Mental Hospital 1900-58. The post Patient Subjects, Medical Objects. Encounters in the Irish Mental Hospital 1900-58. Dr Fiachra Byrne. appeared first on CHOMI MEDIA.

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