Institutional experience of the “Spanish” flu and COVID-19 in Ireland
When
Friday, October 2, 2020, 18:00Where
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Join Grangegorman Histories for this fascinating discussion on institutional experiences of pandemics with Catriona Crowe, MRIA. Dr Cillian de Gascun, Dr Ida Milne, Luke O'Neill, MRIA and Fintan O'Toole, MRIA.
The Grangegorman Histories Project presents a discussion on institutional experiences of pandemics. This will focus primarily on the "Spanish" Flu of 1918 – 20 and on nursing homes, direct provision centres and prisons during the current crisis.
The event will be moderated by Catriona Crowe, MRIA. Dr Cillian de Gascun, Dr Ida Milne, Luke O'Neill, MRIA and Fintan O'Toole, MRIA will participate.
The Grangegorman Histories Project seeks, among other things, to collaborate with the Health Service Executive to open up historic health records for academic scholarship and for family research.
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