Lucy Delap

@lucydelap.bsky.social

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Historian of feminisms, labour and disability at University of Cambridge. Fellow of Murray Edwards college. Lover of nyckelharpa and uilleann pipes. She/her

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 2h

If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize

Charles Parker Prize | Showcase Your Audio Talent — Charles Parker Archive Trust

Discover top student audio features and enter the Charles Parker Prize for a chance to broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

www.cpatrust.org.uk

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 7d

Great to be at the launch of Desi Queers, new intersectional oral history collection, with legendary founders of queer antiracist organisations Naz & Shakti

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Lucy Delap

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 9d

This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN

Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians

New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS

In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 24d

I'll be asking why photography was so important to disabled people, what it meant to control their own images, and have access to their own spaces.

A man wearing a flat cap in a recumbent wheel chair ('spinal carriage') with a dog on his lap, outside a building

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 24d

If you're in Cambridge next Wednesday, do join me for the History and Politics seminar, where I'll be talking about the politicisation of disability in early to mid twentieth-century Britain through print culture, marches, charters and defiant visual culture.
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/histo...

History and Politics Seminar Series | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)

Michaelmas Term Seminars All meetings will take place in the Knox Shaw Room at Sidney Sussex College on Wednesdays at 5:30pm, except for the conference on 13 November, which will be held at Churchill ...

www.polis.cam.ac.uk

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Lesley A. Hall, Kevin O’Sullivan , and 1 more Dave O’Brien, Lesley A. Hall, Kevin O’Sullivan, Lucy Delap

Centre for Modern British Studies @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social · 25d

We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!

Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.

For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham

Conference information

www.birmingham.ac.uk

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, David Edgerton, Lucy Delap , and 1 more Dave O’Brien, David Edgerton, Lucy Delap, Kate Bradley

Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · 25d

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.

www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham

Conference information

www.birmingham.ac.uk

Reposted by Lucy Delap

Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 28d

Join us for 'The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement in historical perspective' a two day conference to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the signing of this momentous document.
🗓️ 13th-14th November
📍 Churchill College
🎫 buff.ly/s3lf071

Collage of documents relating to the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement

Reposted by Tom Shakespeare, Lucy Delap

Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · Oct 7

PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.

Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️

Reposted by Lucy Delap

Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Oct 4

This is Trevor Fisher, speaking to @channel4news.bsky.social from Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridgeshire this week.

As a palliative care specialist, Trevor’s interview has devastated me.

His hospice has just been told Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is withdrawing £800k of funding. 🧵

photo of a man, Trevor fisher, in his hospice bed this week, filmed by channel 4 news

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 27

Two days of tributes to @petermandler.bsky.social as he moves on from @camhistory.bsky.social to new vistas. We could scarcely cover all his interests, mentorship and provocations if we had two years

Two panelists view a PowerPoint slide in a lecture theatre

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 26

A dream team of colleagues with which to spend yesterday discussing labour history, disability and the shape of the twentieth century. My book draft will be SO much better for their input. A huge thanks to all

a group of people sitting on stone steps in autumn sunshine

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Nancy M. Wingfield, Aviel Roshwald

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 19

Come and work with our fab Americanists - a dynamic (and super nice!) group within @camhistory.bsky.social. We're hiring for a permanent position in twentieth century US history.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920

The Faculty of History is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in post-1920 U.S. political history and/or the history of the United States in the World since 1920, beginning 1 October, 2026. The

www.cam.ac.uk

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 9

Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 27

The best news! Congratulations Sadiah

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Lucy Delap

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Aug 27

The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Juan Cole

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network ‪@womenshistnet.bsky.social‬ annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...

The Women’s History Network Annual Conference

Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…

womenshistorynetwork.org

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 20

Recording a podcast today with Angela de Souza (Women's Business Club) & @somsproject.bsky.social on disabled women's working lives. I'll be talking about how 'work' spanned paid and unpaid, informal and formal, & included radical commitments to rest & recovery we could learn a lot from today.

A portrait of Martha Lane-Fox a white middle aged woman with swept back hair, wearing a glamorous, off the shoulder dark red wrap dress. Lane-Fox was a wheelchair user whose working life was described in her autobiography and featured both success and harassment

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 4

Makes me wonder what treasures might have survived if the rest of Europe had escaped the damage of twentieth century wars...

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 4

In its day, the largest organ in Sweden. Built 1728 in Lövstabruk, it still has its original 1500 pipes.

Large north German organ, 1500 pipes, in white painted sunny church

Reposted by Susan J. Smith, Lucy Delap

This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · Mar 19

The Suffrage Oak on Kelvin Way in Glasgow. This tree was planted in 1918 by Louisa Lumsden on behalf of a number of organisations which campaigned for the right for women to be able to vote.

Reposted by Lucy Delap

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Jul 20

Can we have a chat about what causes the disruption in Canada & Australia, not ruled by Trump?

That volatility of hypermarketised & underfunded HE is also happening here, and the government may want to think about the need to stabilise in order to remain attractive. www.ft.com/content/c074...

“Despite global uncertainty, the UK is increasingly viewed as the most reliable option compared to the disruption seen in the US, Canada and Australia,” he added.

Reposted by Robert W. Wallace, Brian Weatherson, Thomas D. Carroll , and 3 more Robert W. Wallace, Brian Weatherson, Thomas D. Carroll, Lucy Delap, Dana Howard, Justin C. Luong

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jul 12

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"

our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got

dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous

Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 4

Domestic servant, au pair, char, cleaner, treasure.... Historical change, but similar dynamics of outsourcing dirty work. Good to discuss this with Ros Taylor
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/serv...

Servants

“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself. You have to seek reliable help.” Those were Margaret Thatcher’s words in...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 2

...and pastel phones in the command room used to coordinate South Vietnam's military operations until its defeat 1975.

Seven rotary dial phones in colours from black to light pink, close to a world map.

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 2

You'd love these bunkers under Vietnam's Independence Palace for office heritage.

A bank of grey telex machines in an underground room, with grey office chairs and brown walls.

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 2

Does your toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, dish washer products have dangerous PFA levels? Check here. If governments won't ban them, we can at least stop buying these toxic items.
www.ewg.org/skindeep/

www.ewg.org

Reposted by Charles Musselwhite, Lucy Delap

Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · Jun 21

Would more people get to enjoying active travel and time outdoors if they had better route information?

Do you use a wheelchair, scooter or pushchair and feel limited by a lack of good information on accessible paths?

We've got a plan. Please look and share!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways ⭐🐌

Calling everybody who walks, runs or rides!

Now’s the time - back our project to develop the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling & horse riding network for Britain and Ireland

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations Holly!! Fantastic achievement and super innovative work

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camaderrygirl.bsky.social @camaderrygirl.bsky.social · Jun 1

Moyne Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 Ireland - Madeline Ffrench-Mullen

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