2018 saw several Bad Bridget public talks and academic papers in Ireland, UK, Finland and India!
On 21 February, Leanne spoke at the Trinity College Dublin as part of the Contemporary Irish History seminar series in the Long Room Hub
Dr Leanne McCormack of UU brings her and Dr Elaine Farrell’s exciting Bad Bridget research to TCD Centre for Contemporary Irish History pic.twitter.com/GfjktopOmy
— Ida Milne (@milnem) February 21, 2018
Absolutely fascinating talk @Leannemcck @UUHistory @BadBridget @TLRHub on Irish women&crime in 19th/early 20th c New York. Perfect4 @GIHNYU pic.twitter.com/QufnuPvddN
— Colm Mac Gearailt (@macgearc) February 21, 2018
For a week in March, Leanne took Bad Bridget to Jawaharlal Nehry University, India
Dr Leanne McCormick taking a class of master’s students at Centre for Historical Studies @JNU_IN @Leannemcck wonderful lecture on Magdalene Laundries pic.twitter.com/IrqTEGuirn
— JYOTI ATWAL (@jyotiatwal1) March 28, 2018
On 27 March, Elaine presented at ‘Hela’s Gender Workshop’, at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
On 28 June, Leanne delivered a keynote presentation at Ulster 1718: culture, family, and space at Ulster University
On 8 November, Leanne and Elaine spoke about: ‘Bad Bridget, the Unfit Mother: Irish Women in North America, 1838-1918’ as part of the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University College Dublin
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