Epidemic Belfast

Ulster University
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Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID. In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.

  1. Preparing for Gas Attacks in Second World War Belfast

    01/08/2024

    Preparing for Gas Attacks in Second World War Belfast

    An Interview with Dr James O’Neill, Curator at Northern Ireland War Memorial

    25 min

  2. 11/10/2022

    Health, Medical Care and the Victorian Workhouse

    Robyn Atcheson, who lectures at Queen’s University Belfast, discusses health and medical conditions in Belfast’s workhouse system.

  3. 07/04/2022

    Nursing, Emotional Labour and the Troubles

    Megan Kelly, Associate Lecturer at Open University discusses the emotional labour of nursing during the Troubles.

  4. 06/22/2022

    Health and the Postal Service

    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.

  5. 06/06/2022

    Midwifery and Childbirth in Twentieth-Century Belfast

    Caitlin Smith, PhD researcher at Ulster University, talks about historical experiences of midwifery and childbirth in 20th-Century Belfast.

  6. Diabetes in 20th-Century Northern Ireland

    05/19/2022

    Diabetes in 20th-Century Northern Ireland

    Lauren Young, PhD researcher at QUB, and former UU History Master’s student, explores patient experiences of diabetes in 20th-century Northern Ireland.

  7. 11/07/2021

    'Curing' Homosexuality in Late 20th Century Belfast

    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).

    33 min

  8. 11/04/2021

    COVID in Northern Ireland, 2020-21

    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.

    25 min
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Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID. In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.

Information

  • Creator
    Ulster University
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2021 Epidemic Belfast
  • Show Website
    Epidemic Belfast