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A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts with Dr Ian Miller


DateSaturday October 19th
Time 4:30pm
Admission€5
Ages Age 16 +
VenueRua Red

Skulls, heads, hands, legs, sex organs, blood, brains, stomachs, ears and corpses - discover Irish history through the unique lens of body parts. Join Dr Ian Miller as he tells us about the history of Ireland in ten body parts.

 


Dr Ian Miller is a senior Lecturer in Medical History at Ulster University, Northern Ireland. Ian is author of seven medical history books on topics including the force-feeding of hunger strikers, how the Irish diet changed (mostly for the worse) after the Famine and the surprisingly interesting history of the Victorian stomach. His work has featured in several BBC, RTÉ and Disney Plus shows and in The Guardian, Independent, London Review of Books, New Yorker, Sunday Times and Times Literary Supplement among many others.