Gender, Migration & Madness Project

SSHRC-funded research project examining the treatment of Irish men and women in Canadian colonial lunatic asylums in the era of the Great Irish Famine.

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

This week's #ResearchRadar is with John Brady, a #PhD candidate @IrishStudiesGal working on #Irish #Literature. He was interviewed by @GabrielleKathl8 It definitely looks like morning workers are winning so far this season! Read all John's answers here: https://t.co/DmKvJJbObl

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

This week's #ResearchRadar is a redux with J. Marie Perkins, who we first profiled back in 2021. Her interview was conducted by @GabrielleKathl8 #academia #STEM #phdlife #phdchat #research #conferences

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

This week's #ResearchRadar is a redux interview with Dr. @KeelanHarkin, Asst. Prof. of #Irish #Literature at @canadian_irish -- a lot has changed since we first spoke to him in the summer of 2021! @GabrielleKathl8 @BCIrishStudies #academia #guiltypleasure #conferences

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

Today's #ResearchRadar is with, Lily MacLean, a new RA @GMMProject but a longtime friend and student @canadian_irish. She's also a brilliant singer with the Montreal-Irish band Graínne. Read Lily's answers here: https://t.co/FRqKnTQ56R @gissyggarcia @VickiKelly22 @BCIrishStudies

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

This week's blog is a focus on Den(n)is McNamara, a frequent patient in and out of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in the mid-1840s. One of the things distressing this Irishman the most was how to provide for his family after their arrival in Toronto. https://t.co/tNAAWIrxPd

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

This week's #ResearchRadar features the @GMMProject's Research Associate, @GabrielleKathl8 "Do you use Twitter?" "Yes, but admittedly, not with great success." We disagree! 🤓 https://t.co/DGu0965Lji @NUIGIrishStu @canadian_irish @gissyggarcia #academiaquestions

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

@JaneGVMcGaughey wrote this week's #blog for the GMM Project: "There's Something About Mary" https://t.co/cnVhWrT0KE @BL_EcclesCentre @CanUKFoundation @canadian_irish @Leannemcck @BadBridget @IrishCanadaPod @BCIrishStudies @CAIS_Irish

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

This week's #ResearchRadar is a bit of a #redux - @JaneGVMcGaughey is revisiting her answers from 2021 and adding a few new ones. Don't say we didn't warn you! 😜 https://t.co/pSe1hCeGWM @canadian_irish @IrishCanadaPod #academia #twitterstorians #snark

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

Patient Profiles are a new feature for the website this summer. Our first is Letitia Stephens, a woman who made a habit of escaping from the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in #Toronto as often as she could: https://t.co/5sQqJV2W4u Photo: Archives of Ontario, RG10-20-B-4, Vol.1

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

This week's #blog post is from @GabrielleKathl8, "Collaborative #Writing." An excerpt: "I was reminded of how a #feminist methodology to the work that happens behind the scenes is just as important as that which informs the type of data collected..." https://t.co/RTRHdOOUSV

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

The @GMMProject has been officially relaunched! Tune in every week this summer for brand new content, interviews, blog posts, and information about how Irish men and women were treated in Canadian colonial lunatic asylums https://t.co/hgbi9OlOpn @GabrielleKathl8 @gissyggarcia 🤗

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

155 years ago today, Mary Boyd attempted suicide for the second time. By nightfall, she was at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in Toronto. From her admission record, one would never know this was really all about sex, abortion, and medical experimentation. https://t.co/tKA1LWHcnh

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

Mary Boyd is just one of the many women of Irish-birth and -heritage confined to the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in #Toronto because of "derangement in her female condition." Listen to hear more about this @GMMProject discovery: https://t.co/0zD5Il2kpx #irishincanada #podcast

[Jane G. V. McGaughey @JaneGVMcGaughey]

Had a great time giving the Eccles Lecture at the British Association for Canadian Studies yesterday about Mary Boyd. 🇬🇧🍁And I'm v. glad I got to do it yesterday when my voice was normal, because today I have definitely caught a cold! 🤧#londonweather #argh #senatehouse #nurofen

[Jane G. V. McGaughey @JaneGVMcGaughey]

At last!!! Cannot WAIT to dive deep into this one. 😊🤓 ⁦@BadBridget⁩

[Jane G. V. McGaughey @JaneGVMcGaughey]

In London🇬🇧to give the @BL_EcclesCentre lecture at the BACS conference: "The Secrets of Mary Boyd: Sex, Scandal, and the Control of Women's Bodies in #Toronto, 1868."
And, true to form, another piece of Mary's puzzle just fell into place last night.
https://t.co/ZDZ1nzfNCm

[Dianne Hall @HistoryDH]

This is a great place to begin publishing. Some wonderful past winners showcase the talent in Irish Studies globally. Pass on to any graduate students @SophcoCooper @CianTMcMahon

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

There's a reason the @GMMProject chose to use the real names of asylum patients from the mid-19th century. You can read about our decision here: https://t.co/YN9fnyqXp5

[The Irish in Canada Podcast @IrishCanadaPod]

Did you hear yesterday's episode? If not, here's a little taster about the kind of #gendered historical research featured in the @GMMProject. @IrlAmbCanada @BCIrishStudies @cityofkingston @TomHulme87 @sarahemilyduff @spsmtl @GUGlobalIrish @canadian_irish #podcast #mentalhealth

[Jane G. V. McGaughey @JaneGVMcGaughey]

In case Twitter fully implodes over the weekend, I wanted to make my first (and only?) call to please subscribe, rate & review the @IrishCanadaPod wherever you listen. We've had a lot of amazing support for it on this platform -- thank you so much! #Twittershutdown #irishcanada

[The Irish in Canada Podcast @IrishCanadaPod]

We're holding an exclusive listening party this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. for Irish Studies students @ the @canadian_irish Tea Salon! Jane will talk about the podcast & then give an early preview of tomorrow's episode about the @GMMProject. @gissyggarcia @GabrielleKathl8 @Concordia

[Gender, Migration & Madness Project @GMMProject]

It's so exciting to have this kind of spotlight put on the project! 🤓

[The Irish in Canada Podcast @IrishCanadaPod]

Did you hear yesterday's episode? If not, here's a little taster about the kind of #gendered historical research featured in the @GMMProject. @IrlAmbCanada @BCIrishStudies @cityofkingston @TomHulme87 @sarahemilyduff @spsmtl @GUGlobalIrish @canadian_irish #podcast #mentalhealth