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Science and technology in Ireland, 1780-1920: historical and cultural perspecti ves Thursday, 23 June 2005 Registration by 23 May http://www.bshs.org.uk/conf Contact: Juliana Adelman ([log in to unmask]) 10-11:30 am Science and Irish Culture Chair: Patrick Wyse Jackson Political Science: time in Yeats an d Beckett Nicholas Allen University of North Carolina Isaac Butt, Zoology and Civilisation Eve Patten Trinity College, Dublin Irish Catholicism, Science and the Conflict Hypothesis, Don O’Leary University College, Cork 12-1 pm Applying Science Chair: Elizabeth Neswald The Irish Seaweed Industry 1700-2005: an indig enous science-based industry Peter Childs University of Limerick Belfast: Desir e for Water Michael Reinsborough Queen’s University of Belfast 1-2 pm Lunch 2 -3:30 pm Museums and Science Education Chair: Peter Bowler Sir Robert Kane (180 9-1890): an innovative educator in Victorian Ireland Clara Cullen University Col lege, Dublin Showcasing science in London and Dublin Alison Boyle Science Museu m, London Serene Temple of Knowledge: the Museum of Irish Industry, 1845-1867 E nda Leaney National University of Ireland, Galway 4-5 pm Scientific Exploration s Chair: Juliana Adelman Irish Explorers of the Jordan Rift and the Euphrates V alley in the 1830's: Science, Adventure and Imperialism Haim Goren Tel-Hai Acade mic College, Israel Early Marine Surveys off the West of Ireland, 1858-1914 Tim othy Collins National University of Ireland, Galway 5:15-6pm Plenary An Experim ental Nation? Innovating in Science and Civic Society in Nineteenth-Century Irel and Jim Livesey University of Sussex Juliana Adelman Department of History N ational University of Ireland, Galway Ireland