Disorder Contained: Theatre Performances, Coventry, Dublin, Belfast

A Theatrical Examination of Madness, Prison and Solitary Confinement

Disorder Contained: A theatrical examination of madness, prison and solitary confinement is a major public engagement activity for the Wellcome Trust funded project Prisoners, Medical Care and Entitlement to Health in England and Ireland 1850-2000. It draws on the work of Associate Professor Catherine Cox (UCD) and Professor Hilary Marland (Warwick) and forms the final part of The Asylum Trilogy exploring various aspects of the history of mental health.

The production, created with Talking Birds and to be performed in Coventry, Dublin, Belfast, and London during 2017, will be accompanied by Expert Panel Discussions as well as Post-show Artistic Conversations which will be recorded along with the performance.

Book Tickets

• Coventry from 29 June - 1 July: Book tickets
• Dublin from 12 - 14 July: Book tickets
• Belfast on 15 July: Book tickets
• London from 9 October - 10 October: Book Tickets

See Also

• Show announcement
• Press release
• Theatre dates and tickets
• Audio flyer
• Reflective blogs (on translating historical research into accessible theatre)
• Disorder Contained: Reading

Public Engagement Officer Posts

Two new Public Engagement Officer positions have been announced on the Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award Project, 'Prisoners, Medical Care and Entitlement to Health in England and Ireland, 1850–2000', led by Principal Investigators Dr Catherine Cox (UCD CHOMI) and Professor Hilary Marland (CHM, University of Warwick).

Role

The successful applicants will act as key intermediaries between the project and relevant partners in the arts and policy, play a lead role in promoting the project through various media outlets and in the planning, organisation and promotion events. They are seeking applicants with previous experience of working in public or policy engagement.

Public Engagement Officer, CHOMI, University College Dublin

This Public Engagement post will be based at the UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, School of History, University College Dublin. This part-time position will last for 24 months commencing from shortly after 9 January 2017. 

Salary: €33,900 per annum pro-rata (40% pro-rata, i.e. €13,560 per annum part-time)

Those interested should contact Dr Catherine Cox prior to making an application.

Closing Date: 4 December 2016

Reference Number: 008854

For further details and to apply, please see: Public Engagement Officer, UCD

Public Engagement Officer, CHM, University of Warwick

This Public Engagement post will be based at the Centre for the History of Medicine, Department of History, University of Warwick. This part-time position will last for 24 months commencing from shortly after 9 January 2017.

Salary: £29,301 – £38,183 per annum pro-rata (0.4 FTE).

Closing Date: 1 December 2016

For further details and to apply, please see: Public Engagement Officer (78714-106)