‘Uncorking Old Sherry’: Alcohol, the body, & political decline in visual culture.The case of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Upcoming talk by Dr Callum D. Smith: 17 April, 4pm Location: Rm C217, John Henry Newman Building, University College Dublin Fig. 1. […]
International Medical Humanities Conference 2025
The “Drinking Cultures” project team spoke at the International Conference on Medical Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London, 7-8 March as part […]
Registration now open for “Women and Alcohol: Dangerous Pleasures?”
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the “Dangerous Pleasures” interdisciplinary conference presented by the “Drinking Cultures” project […]
Talk at the University of Aberdeen
As PI of the Drinking Cultures project, Lucy Cogan was delighted to be invited to speak to the University of Aberdeen’s Research […]
The “Drinking Cultures” Project (Wellcome Trust) Seminar Series continues with:
James Morris (LSBU), “Understandings of Alcohol Problems in Contemporary Society: Implications for Public Health & ‘Recovery’” Weds 5 February, 4.30pm, The Humanities Institute, UCD […]
CFP: “Women and Alcohol: Dangerous Pleasures?”University College Dublin, Ireland – 19-20 June 2025
Deadline: 13 January 2025 Women’s pleasure has traditionally been treated as something to be contained orsubjugated to responsibilities within the home and […]
15 October 4pm: “Drinking Cultures” Research Seminar with Dr Douglas Small (online – register for tickets with Eventbrite)
“Coca Wine to White Powder: Cocaine Addiction and Enhancement at the Fin-de-Siècle” In the last decades of the nineteenth century, cocaine and […]