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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 B... more
FAQs about Epidemic Belfast:How many episodes does Epidemic Belfast have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.
January 08, 2024Preparing for Gas Attacks in Second World War BelfastAn Interview with Dr James O’Neill, Curator at Northern Ireland War Memorial...more26minPlay
November 10, 2022Health, Medical Care and the Victorian WorkhouseRobyn Atcheson, who lectures at Queen’s University Belfast, discusses health and medical conditions in Belfast’s workhouse system....more30minPlay
July 04, 2022Nursing, Emotional Labour and the TroublesMegan Kelly, Associate Lecturer at Open University discusses the emotional labour of nursing during the Troubles....more31minPlay
June 22, 2022Health and the Postal ServiceLaura 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....more26minPlay
June 06, 2022Midwifery and Childbirth in Twentieth-Century BelfastCaitlin Smith, PhD researcher at Ulster University, talks about historical experiences of midwifery and childbirth in 20th-Century Belfast....more16minPlay
May 19, 2022Experiencing Diabetes in 20th-Century Northern IrelandLauren Young, PhD researcher at QUB, and former UU History Master’s student, explores patient experiences of diabetes in 20th-century Northern Ireland....more30minPlay
November 07, 2021‘Curing’ Homosexuality in Late 20th Century BelfastRichard 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)....more34minPlay
November 04, 2021COVID in Northern Ireland, 2020-21Professor 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....more25minPlay
November 04, 2021Living with HIV in BelfastRebecca 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....more25minPlay
November 04, 2021‘Curing’ Homosexuality in Late 20th Century BelfastRichard O’Leary, Visiting Scholar at Queens University Belfast talks to Ian Miller, Lecturer at Ulster University and Rebecca Watterson, PhD candidate at Ulster University, about attempts to ‘cure’ homosexuality in Belfast and Northern Ireland in the late 20th Century....more34minPlay
FAQs about Epidemic Belfast:How many episodes does Epidemic Belfast have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.