An Interview with Dr James O’Neill, Curator at Northern Ireland War Memorial
Preparing for Gas Attacks in Second World War Belfast Read More »
Robyn Atcheson, who lectures at Queen’s University Belfast, discusses health and medical conditions in Belfast’s workhouse system.
Health, Medical Care and the Victorian Workhouse Read More »
Megan Kelly, Associate Lecturer at Open University discusses the emotional labour of nursing during the Troubles.
Nursing, Emotional Labour and the Troubles Read More »
Laura Newman (KCL) discusses using post office data to understand health in Northern Irish history and William Orr, a Ballymoney postman who managed to deliver his post despite his blindness.
Health and the Postal Service Read More »
Caitlin Smith, PhD researcher at Ulster University, talks about historical experiences of midwifery and childbirth in 20th-Century Belfast.
Midwifery and Childbirth in Twentieth-Century Belfast Read More »
Lauren Young, PhD researcher at QUB, and former UU History Master’s student, explores patient experiences of diabetes in 20th-century Northern Ireland.
Experiencing Diabetes in 20th-Century Northern Ireland Read More »
Richard O’Leary, Visiting Scholar at Queens University Belfast and Rebecca Watterson (PhD candidate, Ulster University) talks to Ian Miller (Ulster University) about attempts to ‘cure’ homosexuality in Belfast and Northern Ireland in the late 20th Century. (With voiceover provided by Ross Lindsay).
‘Curing’ Homosexuality in Late 20th Century Belfast Read More »
Professor Louise Dubras, GP and Foundation Dean of the School of Medicine at Ulster University, reflects on her experience as a doctor during the recent COVID pandemic.
COVID in Northern Ireland, 2020-21 Read More »
Rebecca Brown, MA student at Ulster University and Eugenie Scott, PhD candidate at Ulster University discuss the AIDS crisis and interview Greg Owen about his experience as a gay man living with HIV in Belfast.
Living with HIV in Belfast Read More »
Eugenie Scott, PhD researcher at Ulster University, interviews Séanna Walsh, a former Republican prisoner, who discusses his negative experience of prison medical services during the Troubles.
Prison Doctors and the Troubles Read More »
Dr Ruth Coon (Researcher QUB) and Patrick Garland, a former staff member at the Royal Victoria Hospital, discuss how working life and wellbeing of healthcare workers were affected by the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Injury, Hospital staff and the Troubles Read More »
Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, talks about how psychological trauma caused by the Troubles became a campaigning issue for feminist activism and asks whether psychologists at the time responded effectively to the problem.
The Troubles, Psychological Trauma and Feminism Read More »
Michael Kinsella, PhD researcher at Ulster University, and Hannah Brown, MA student at Ulster University discuss the thalidomide tragedy of the late 1950s and early 1960s and interviews survivor Jacqueline Fleming.
The Thalidomide Tragedy in Belfast Read More »
Hannah Brown, MA student at Ulster University, interviews polio survivors Jim Bailey and Eddie McCrory from the Northern Ireland Polio Fellowship, about their experience living with disability caused by the polio epidemic of the 1950s.
Rebecca Watterson, PhD candidate at Ulster University, discusses psychosurgery in Northern Ireland in the 20th century, and its harmful impacts on mental health patients.
Lobotomies in 20th-Century Belfast Asylums Read More »
Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, talks about the therapeutic revolution in medicine between the 1910s and 1960s.
The Therapeutic Revolution, 1910s to 1960s Read More »
Dr Ida Milne, Lecturer at Carlow College, and Dr Patricia Walsh, Curator at the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland, hold a round table discussion on the 1918-19 Spanish Influenza epidemic and its effect in Ireland in the early 20th century.
The Spanish Flu in Ireland, 1918-19 Read More »
Dr Michael Robinson, Leverhulme Trust Funded Early Career Researcher at the University of Liverpool, discusses his research into the health, treatment and care of shell-shocked Irish veterans returning from the First World War.
The Care of Shell-shocked Veterans after the First World War Read More »
Dr Tom Thorpe (independent scholar), talks about the role health and health protection played in Belfast schools during the Edwardian period and how Campbell College Belfast was used as a military hospital during the Second World War.
Schools and Health in Edwardian Belfast, and Campbell College as a WW2 Military Hospital Read More »
Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, discusses why Belfast was considered the unhealthiest city in Britain and Ireland at the turn of the 20th century and the inefficacy of Belfast Corporation in safeguarding the city’s health.
Belfast, c.1900. ‘The Unhealthiest City in the Kingdom’? Read More »
Dr Rhianne Morgan, Queens University Belfast, discusses health, leisure and the Templemore Public Baths in East Belfast.
The Templemore Public Baths in East Belfast Read More »
Mark Doherty, tour guide and local historian, discusses the role of Clifton House poor house in protecting the health of its residents and securing its graveyard.
Clifton House, Disease and Graverobbers in 19th-century Belfast Read More »
Dr Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University, explores why an anti-smallpox vaccination movement emerged in Victorian Belfast.
Anti-Vaxxers in Victorian Belfast Read More »
Prof Greta Jones discusses her research into the outbreak of tuberculosis in 19th and 20th century Belfast.
Tuberculosis in Victorian Belfast Read More »
Dr Nigel Farrell, Associate Lecturer in history at Ulster University, discusses the horrifying cholera epidemics that occurred in 19th-century Belfast.
Cholera in Victorian Belfast Read More »
