International Health Humanities Network Membership

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Curriculum vitae: Irene Rogers

 

Irene Rogers completed an Honours Degree in History and Philosophy of Science (History of Medicine) at the University of Wollongong and a Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Technology in Sydney.  She is currently in her third year of PhD candidacy at Central Queensland University writing a Group Biography of the Australian ‘Bluebird’ nurses of WW1.  This interest arose from her personal experience as a Registered Nurse working in many areas of conflict and post conflict with International Non-Governmental Organisations.  This included nursing and management positions in Timor Leste, West Papua, Sri Lanka, India, Kosovo, Pakistan and Afghanistan.  In Australia she has worked extensively in remote Aboriginal communities and with asylum seekers arriving by boat.  She is passionate about nurses developing a strong sense of identity through understanding their history.

 

Publications

 

1.     Irene Rogers, WW1 International Conference at University of London Conference report published in Oral History of Queensland Journal (Aug 2014).

2.     Irene Rogers and Margaret McAllister, “Ghosts in the archives: exploring the challenge of reusing memories”.  Journal of Oral History in New Zealand (Dec 2014). 

3.     Margaret McAllister, Irene Rogers, Donna Lee Brien (2015), “Illuminating and inspiring: using television historical drama to cultivate contemporary nursing values and critical thinking”, Contemporary Nurse, published online 10 Jun 2015.

4.   Margaret McAllister, Susan Davis, Donna Lee Brien, Irene Rogers, Wendy Flanagan, Virginia Howie, Jo Dargusch (2016). "The Courage to Care - An innovative arts-based event to engage students and the local community to reflect on Australian nurses' roles in the First World War and after", Nurse Education Today (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.10.009
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Conference Papers

 

1.     Paper co-authored with Margaret McAllister at 40^th Annual Australasian Mental Health Nurses Conference (11/2014 Melbourne).  “What can mental health nursing learn about courage and humanity from the ‘angels of mercy’ of WW1?

2.     Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine Conference 1-4 July, 1915, ACU, North Sydney.  Paper presented “The Meaning of the Crosses: an object biography of a newspaper clipping collected by an Australian nursing sister in France during World War 1”.  Awarded Travel Grant and paper “Highly Commended” by Committee.

3.     Australian Death Studies Network (Title: Facts, truths and memories of truth: writing Sister Annie Jamieson’s early death and buried life). 12 October 2015, Noosa, Qld.

4.     Narrative, Health and Wellbeing Research Conference (Title: The “Sugarbird Lady”: using historical narrative to inspire nurses to make a difference.) 8 Feb, 2016, Noosa, Qld.

 

 

Projects:

1.     Participation in planning, writing, research and performance for a Readers Theatre Event about Australian nurses of WW1. (May 2015).

 

2.     Volunteer researcher with the Adopt a Digger Project.  Creation of a database to record details and stories of WW1 Queensland soldiers and nurses.

 

3.     Volunteer researcher Diggers to Veterans. Risk, resilience and recovery in the First AIF – University of Melbourne and Queensland University joint project to explore in detail the health and social implications of WW1 on Australian soldiers.