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Epidemic Belfast team kicking off the first collaboration between HSTM Network Ireland and Virtual HistSTM

We are delighted that two of the Epidemic Belfast team have been invited to present at a collaborative seminar hosted by Virtual HistSTM and HSTM Network Ireland. Hannah Brown and Rebecca Watterson will be discussing their experiences of Making Public History of Medicine in Northern Ireland as part of the Epidemic Belfast podcast. The seminar

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Life and Death in the Asylum, c.1840-1970, Riverside Theatre, Coleraine

On 27 October 2021, Epidemic Belfast contributors Rebecca Watterson, Ian Miller and Michael Kinsella organised an event entitled ‘Life and Death in the Asylum, c.1840-1970’ at the Riverside Theatre, Coleraine. In the nineteenth century, sufferers of mental illness were treated and managed en masse in the asylum. Across Ireland and Britain, the state funded an expansive system

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