Science and technology in Ireland, 1780-1920: historical and cultural perspectives

National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin

Thursday 23 June 2005

Organised in association with the Royal Irish Academy's committee on the History of Irish Science, this conference brought together historians of science and historians of Ireland to investigate the role of science and technology in Irish society and culture in the long nineteenth century.

Questions addressed include:

What roles have science and technology played in Ireland's past?
What roles have scientific institutions and men and women of science played in Ireland's past?
How has science shaped or been shaped by Irish intellectual and public culture in the past?
What connections have there been between Irish and British or continental science?

The meeting featured a keynote address from Dr Jim Livesey of the University of Sussex, and was organised by Juliana Adelman of the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Poster including full programme details (pdf)