The #WeMakeOurOwnHistories exhibition opens today at NMI- Decorative Arts & History where Artist in Residence anthony haughey asks the question- What does Irish culture & identity look like 100 years after the formation of the state? museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/…

"Congratulations to Dr Steffen Rimner on joining the Department of History at Harvard University Harvard History as Visiting Scholar. Stay tuned for his second monograph for Harvard University Press! Harvard University Press. UCD Arts&Humanities Orla Feely"

Ar an Aoine, d’eagraigh UCD History cóisir ceiliúrtha tar eis bronnadh duaiseanna ⁊ gradaim ag searmanas @UCDdublin a aithníonn na mhic léinn a bhain barr feabhais amach anuraidh. Fair play daoibh go léir ⁊ sár-obair. 📕🎓

⚡️-speed publication🚨 391 days ago, Charlotte Brives & I organised an intense 2day workshop on the past & future of #bacteriophage research University College Dublin. Our special interdisciplinary issue on #phagetherapy, #ecology, #diagnostics & more is now out in PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research 👉content🧵

UCD History's Assoc. Prof. Marc Caball invites you to a lecture in the Worth Library on 27 March at 3.00pm: ‘Writing medieval Irish history in early modern Ireland: aims, annals and antiquities’. edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-event…

I never thought I'd co-write a graphic novel - but here we are!!! Fear & Fever - 14 Days of #Typhoid in Edwardian Dublin Written with @typhoidland's Carly Collier, illustrated by Clare Foley & coming to Dublin very soon! UCD History IrishResearch @typhoidland UCD Research

UCD History's Dr. Elizabeth Mullins and the team from the Irish Community for Trauma Informed Archival Practice recently launched the first meeting of this project on the 24th May. For further info see the website here: ictiap.ie

@typhoidland's "Typhoid, Cockles & Terrorism: How a Disease Shaped Dublin" opened Sunday! Join me on a curator tour of one of our 3 exhibitions: "Contours of a Taboo" an exploration in seven scenes of the history of #bioweapons & the '1920 Sinn Féin #Typhoid Plot' (1/10)

But are all #microbiologists wielding these awesome powers trustworthy? Scene 2 takes you to legendary #scifi author H.G. Wells' study & explores dark early fantasies of #bioterrorism & #biowarfare. Is all #bioviolence taboo? Or are some uses OK? Be prepared to be troubled. 4/10

The 1st country to probe the contours of the #biovioence taboo was Imperial Germany: #WWI German agents used #biosabotage to disrupt Allied animal & agricultural supply chains with glanders, anthrax, etc. Scene 3 takes you to agent Anton Dilger's secret lab in Washington DC 5/10

The reputational fallout for Germany was huge- but #biosabotage had proven viable. Between 1918-1921, IRA planners considered bioweapons use against British forces ca. 4 times. Scene 4 explores the plans & joins IRA Dir. of Chemicals O'Donovan in UCD's Earlsfort Terrace Labs 6/10

The 1925 Protocol was patchy. Scene 7 ends the exhibit by exploring how #ColdWar super powers tried to close gaps with the 1972 #BiologicalWeaponsConvention - & why international adherence continues to rely on the moral taboo on #bioviolence that emerged between 1900 & 1920. 9/9

As always, all content is available online #openaccess on typhoidland.org. Special thanks to UCD Archives, Katie Drake, Madeline Hadd, Ben Leighton & Discover E Learning for helping us to devise this exhibition. UCD Research UCD History Samantha Vanderslott Oxford Vaccine Group 10/10

Delighted that my article on the tontine's contribution to the public sphere in Ireland & Scotland has been published in the Geneva Risk Insurance review. Available on open access here: rb.gy/5krr9k The Geneva Association research funded by IrishResearch & Science Foundation Ireland

UCD Centre for War Studies has released its Seminar Series Schedule for Autumn 2024/25.

The Parish of the Travelling People (ptrav.ie) was established in 1980 by Archbishop Dermot Ryan. The parish’s work has created a valuable archive, including administrative records, scrapbooks, parish newsletters, audio recordings, and a large quantity of photos.