Epidemic Belfast

About Epidemic Belfast

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.

Publisher

Ulster University

Category

education · health & fitness · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Nov 2021

Latest episode

8 Jan 2024

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Jan 2024

   Preparing for Gas Attacks in Second World War Belfast

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

2. 

   10 Nov 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. 

   4 Jul 2022

   Nursing, Emotional Labour and the Troubles

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