Dr. Ida Milne will speak on “An Earlier Pandemic: the “Spanish Flu” of 1918-1919 and how it Shaped Public Policy and Healthcare in Ireland”.

Ida lectures in European History at Carlow College. She was a frequent commentator on Irish and international media during Covid-19 and chairs the History of Medicine, Science and Technology Network Ireland. She is also co-chair of the European Social Science History Conference (Health and Environment Strand) and is Irish editor of the Irish Literary Supplement.