Justin Arbuthnott Lecture 2025: 'Women and work in modern Ireland' This year’s Justin Arbuthnott Lecture on ‘Women and Work in Modern Ireland’ will be delivered by Professor Ciara Breathnach, Professor of Irish Gender History, at University College Cork. Professor Breathnach is one of Ireland’s leading historians and has published prize-winning studies on Irish gender and social history. In this lecture she will explore the fascinating history of Irish women through the lens of work. This lecture is an annual event hosted by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, and funded by the Justin Arbuthnott Trust. This event is generously supported by the Consulate General of Ireland as part of the celebration of St Brigid’s Day.Justin Arbuthnott TrustThe Justin Arbuthnott Trust was founded by friends and family of Justin Arbuthnott, a University of Edinburgh History student who was drowned along with three friends one night in July 1989 when their boat capsized off the coast near County Donegal in Ireland. It provides a PhD scholarship and this lecture, both of which are designed to promote the better understanding of Ireland and various complex relationships which link Ireland and Britain.Professor Ciara BreathnachCiara Breathnach is Professor of Irish Gender History at University College Cork. She has published widely on Irish socio-economic, gender, cultural and health history. Her last monograph is Ordinary lives, death and social class: Dublin City Coroner’s Court, 1876-1902 (Oxford University Press, 2022) won the American Conference of Irish Studies, James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences in 2023. She is Vice Chair of a European funded COST Action CA22116 The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Health Inequalities, 1800-2022. Breathnach has held 10 international fellowships including a Fulbright at New York University (2022), at Harvard University (2014, and more recently at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford (2023/24). She has served as a member of Heritage Council (2012-2016), the Board of the National Library (2015-2020), the Irish Manuscripts Commission (2017-2027), National Archives Advisory Council (2017-2022), and the Dictionary of Irish Biography (2020-). Feb 04 2025 17.00 - 18.30 Justin Arbuthnott Lecture 2025: 'Women and work in modern Ireland' This year's Justin Arbuthnott Lecture will be given by Professor Ciara Breathnach, Professor of Irish Gender History, University College Cork. Meadows Lecture Theatre, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Old Medical School - Doorway 4, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG Find the venue Tickets (free)
Justin Arbuthnott Lecture 2025: 'Women and work in modern Ireland' This year’s Justin Arbuthnott Lecture on ‘Women and Work in Modern Ireland’ will be delivered by Professor Ciara Breathnach, Professor of Irish Gender History, at University College Cork. Professor Breathnach is one of Ireland’s leading historians and has published prize-winning studies on Irish gender and social history. In this lecture she will explore the fascinating history of Irish women through the lens of work. This lecture is an annual event hosted by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, and funded by the Justin Arbuthnott Trust. This event is generously supported by the Consulate General of Ireland as part of the celebration of St Brigid’s Day.Justin Arbuthnott TrustThe Justin Arbuthnott Trust was founded by friends and family of Justin Arbuthnott, a University of Edinburgh History student who was drowned along with three friends one night in July 1989 when their boat capsized off the coast near County Donegal in Ireland. It provides a PhD scholarship and this lecture, both of which are designed to promote the better understanding of Ireland and various complex relationships which link Ireland and Britain.Professor Ciara BreathnachCiara Breathnach is Professor of Irish Gender History at University College Cork. She has published widely on Irish socio-economic, gender, cultural and health history. Her last monograph is Ordinary lives, death and social class: Dublin City Coroner’s Court, 1876-1902 (Oxford University Press, 2022) won the American Conference of Irish Studies, James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences in 2023. She is Vice Chair of a European funded COST Action CA22116 The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Health Inequalities, 1800-2022. Breathnach has held 10 international fellowships including a Fulbright at New York University (2022), at Harvard University (2014, and more recently at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford (2023/24). She has served as a member of Heritage Council (2012-2016), the Board of the National Library (2015-2020), the Irish Manuscripts Commission (2017-2027), National Archives Advisory Council (2017-2022), and the Dictionary of Irish Biography (2020-). Feb 04 2025 17.00 - 18.30 Justin Arbuthnott Lecture 2025: 'Women and work in modern Ireland' This year's Justin Arbuthnott Lecture will be given by Professor Ciara Breathnach, Professor of Irish Gender History, University College Cork. Meadows Lecture Theatre, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Old Medical School - Doorway 4, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG Find the venue Tickets (free)
Feb 04 2025 17.00 - 18.30 Justin Arbuthnott Lecture 2025: 'Women and work in modern Ireland' This year's Justin Arbuthnott Lecture will be given by Professor Ciara Breathnach, Professor of Irish Gender History, University College Cork.
