UCD History Archives

Gregory of Tours described a tsunami very precisely in the Histories; but now we have "evidence"... nyti.ms/103BMVF

@CHOMIreland paper: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart (UCD/Tasmania), 'Convict Health on the Voyage to Australia', K114, Thursday 27 September 5pm

First ever Latin American conference in Ireland, to be held 23-24 May 2013 in UCD's School of Sociology: ucd.ie/t4cms/CALL%20F…

Courtesy of @RIAdawson: Negotiating Crisis in Irish History conference, 13-14 September ria.ie/events/events-…

From History Today's archives: How Pakistan came into being... tinyurl.com/crgxxb7

Head to rcpilibrary.blogspot.ie for interesting upcoming events during Heritage Week at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

A conference on Irishness being hosted by our friends in Sociology at UCD, September 20-21. Looks interesting: tinyurl.com/c8mbmuo

"Digging at the roots of the world economy": the discovery of Sliastorp. bit.ly/Nivo6f

Prof. John Stewart (Glasgow Caledonian University) podcast on 'Health care systems in Britain and Ireland' available at tinyurl.com/cejfaah

Upcoming Conference: 'Colonialism within Europe: Fact or fancy?', NUI Galway, 22-23 June. nuigalway.ie/humboldt-kolle…

Queen Victoria's journals are now available to read online: tinyurl.com/czzkd6v

Conference alert: 'Healthcare systems, regional and comparative perspectives in Britain & Ireland, 1850-1960' 8-9 June tinyurl.com/btfe3hd

Laura Rowe (University of Exeter) will be talking on 'Bolshevism and the British fleet 1917-20', in K115, Thursday 26 April, 4.30pm

Eamon O'Flaherty (UCD), 'Irish boroughs, c.1660-1800: urban community or oligarchy?', Tuesday 17 April, K114, 4pm. All welcome.

Dr Louise McHugh (School of Psychology) will deliver a short seminar on managing stress during exams; Thursday April 12, 1.10-1.50pm, C110

William Sumner, the GOP and the history of inequality, courtesy of @Slate tinyurl.com/d33tnzh

Next History seminar: Edward Coleman (UCD), 'The last journey of the Magi: A medieval odyssey from Milan to Cologne', K114, 3 April 4pm

50 years on, Edmund Wilson's 'Patriotic Gore' still confounds: tinyurl.com/6nakhwu

First Year UCD Arts Students! See here for what support UCD can offer in the lead-up to exams: ucd.ie/balinkedup/bas…

Trends in drug use since the nineteenth century: Fashion as the driving force? tinyurl.com/76f8nvg