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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub
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UKDHHH is a network to allow those interested in Disabled, Neurodiverse, & D/deaf histories, from the ancient world to the modern era, to connect & collaborate. We are open to researchers, archivists, museum professionals, activists & everyone in-between.
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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 17d
For our November monthly event, Jemma Lakmaker will be joining us on 19th November at 5pm to discuss deaf ex-servicemen in post-WW1 Britain. #DisHist #ww1
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A reminder that this is happening on Wednesday!
ukdishisthub.bsky.social UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 17d
For our November monthly event, Jemma Lakmaker will be joining us on 19th November at 5pm to discuss deaf ex-servicemen in post-WW1 Britain. #DisHist #ww1
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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UK Disability History Month 2025 Launch Event
Thursday 20th November Online 18.15 for 18.30 Start until 20.00
ukdhm.org Register TODAY
@disabilityld.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social @rachelcdailey.bsky.social @allfieuk.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @salbrinton.bsky.social
UK Disability History Month – 20 November – 20 December 2025
20 November – 20 December 2025
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November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Please reshare! I'd love to hear from potential candidates with research interests in disability studies and the arts...

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sarahouston.bsky.social Sara Houston @sarahouston.bsky.social · 26d
Delighted to share University of Roehampton and our partners LSE are open to receiving PhD applications to CRICA: Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts. Funded by the AHRC Doctoral Focal Award scheme www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academ...
The Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts (CRICA)
www.roehampton.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
ukdishisthub.bsky.social
For our November monthly event, Jemma Lakmaker will be joining us on 19th November at 5pm to discuss deaf ex-servicemen in post-WW1 Britain. #DisHist #ww1
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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riacheyne.bsky.social
Still time to register for this free online event next week! With fantastic contributions from @nlisn.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social @neurodiversemuseum.bsky.social @owenbarden.bsky.social @louisebell.bsky.social @sambrady.bsky.social and many more!
riacheyne.bsky.social Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · Oct 30
As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
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November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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A reminder that this is happening THIS Wednesday! #DisHist
ukdishisthub.bsky.social UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · Oct 13
We’re excited to announce that we will be joined by @annasusanf.bsky.social for our October monthly event! Join us at 5pm on the 29th October for a discussion on “Disability History Potentials in the Andes: Archives, Archaeology and Indigenous Knowledge” #DisHist
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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We’re excited to announce that we will be joined by @annasusanf.bsky.social for our October monthly event! Join us at 5pm on the 29th October for a discussion on “Disability History Potentials in the Andes: Archives, Archaeology and Indigenous Knowledge” #DisHist
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Thank you very much @authorgabegarcia.bsky.social for my appearance on the Wandering Scribe podcast. It was lovely interview, and is out along with other Wandering Scribe podcasts now at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1VC...
Dr. Alexandra Morris: Egyptologist & Disability Activist
YouTube video by Gabriel Garcia-The Wandering Scribe
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October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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camhistory.bsky.social
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). ⬇️⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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wienerlibrary.bsky.social
📣 Launching next week!

This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 euthanasia programme, featuring previously unseen materials from Schloss Hartheim memorial and The Wiener Holocaust Library
Travelling exhibition - Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life - The Wiener Holocaust Library
This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme. It features previous unseen…
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October 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
ukdishisthub.bsky.social
We’ve had an influx of new followers over the last few days, so welcome everyone! If you want to find out more about what UKDHHH does, and join our mailing lists, please have a look at our website: #DisHist

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October 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Next Saturday 11th October, I'll be travelling up to Barnsley to deliver a lecture for the wonderful Hapy Egyptology Society. This lecture will be an overview to my work on disability in Ancient Egypt, focusing primarily on what we can tell about the ancient Egyptian's attitudes towards disability.
The Hapy Egyptology Society Attitudes to Disability in Ancient Egypt Born with Cerebral Palsy, Kyle Jordan has been passionate about ancient Egypt from an early age. He completed his masters degree at University College London, where his thesis explored the use and significance of disabled bodies within early societies in Egypt. The many lectures he has given have proven to be thought-provoking, occasionally funny and often moving. The Cooper Gallery in Barnsley Saturday 11th October at 4:15pm A buffet is included afterwards with tea or coffee Tickets are £15 (£14 for members) from the Cooper Gallery. They can be reserved by calling the Cooper Gallery on 01226 775678 or by visiting the Hapy Society website at hapysociety dot org. Cash sales only, please
October 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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richamm.bsky.social
The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-launc...
Film Launch: £12.40 an hour for a shower
The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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dismatters.bsky.social
#DisabilityDialogues Esraa Rehan writes about designing for disability and why architecture needs to engage with critical disability studies. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...
Why Does Architecture Need to Engage with Critical Disability Studies?
by Esraa Rehan
sheffield.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Lex Academic scholarships for dyslexic postgraduate students doing groundbreaking research in the humanities!

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Scholarships - Lex Academic®
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October 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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royalhistsoc.org
The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.

We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
Closing dates for next application rounds: Mondays 13 October and 15 December 2025 The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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womenslibrary.bsky.social
GWL is commissioning new works for our #WeMakeMuseums project to be exhibited at Glasgow International 2026.

We’re seeking women artists with socially engaged, intersectional practices informed by environmental, class-aware, & anti-racist approaches.
womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/09/24/a...
A colourful jigsaw puzzle background with words like “Creativity,” “Women,” “Neurodivergent Voices,” “Learning and Healing,” and “Quilting” on the pieces. Overlaid in the centre is a bold green box with large white text that reads: “ARTIST OPEN CALL.” At the bottom are the logos of Glasgow Women’s Library and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open!

Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'.

Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY
September 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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New this week in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'.

"Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography", by Alana Harris and Laura Mitchison bit.ly/4gH9e0f

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First page of new TRHS article: 'Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography' Abstract in full ‘Us and Them’ is a community history project and artistic collaboration exploring physical and intellectual disability and mental illness, in the past and present. It is part of a broader initiative to open out wider conversations about the history of psychiatric care in Epsom (Surrey, UK) and to explore ways in which medical histories, creative engagement strategies and oral history praxis can illuminate the instability of contemporary understandings of ‘healthy minds’ and ‘normative bodies’. This article charts our recent reuse of asylum photography and the restaging of wet-plate collodion portrait making, opening out key ethical questions about our complicity as consumers of historical sources, the role of re-enactment and empathy, and the place of the haptic and the ludic in exposing the porous and precarious boundaries between ableism and disability. Exploring our own vulnerabilities and solidarities in co-producing a public history project with our disabled artist collaborators, it offers insight into our evolving ‘micro ethics’, foregrounds lived experience perspectives, and offers some initial thoughts on ways to rethink critically some core tenets of oral history methodology.
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
ukdishisthub.bsky.social
A reminder that this is happening THIS Friday!
ukdishisthub.bsky.social UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · Sep 11
🚨Our monthly events are back!🚨

Join us and Dr Tobias Teutenberg on the 19th September at 5pm (UK time) for a presentation and discussion on “Tempted to Touch: The History of Tactile Art Galleries for the Blind”! #DisHist
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
ukdishisthub.bsky.social
🚨Our monthly events are back!🚨

Join us and Dr Tobias Teutenberg on the 19th September at 5pm (UK time) for a presentation and discussion on “Tempted to Touch: The History of Tactile Art Galleries for the Blind”! #DisHist
September 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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riacheyne.bsky.social
TWO tenure track jobs in #DisabilityStudies at the University of Buffalo! Teaching and research interests in gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, or Indigenous cultures or methodologies preferred. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/57847
Assistant Professor, Disability Studies
The College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in the humanities and qualitati...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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ashpaley.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Leeds IMC 2026
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities

Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer
Call for papaers poster. Medieval image of Hildegard of Bingen as header. Neurodivergent infinity loop behind text. Text reads: Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress 2026 Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities Over the past decade, critical neurodiversity studies and neuroqueer theory have come to prominence. These new paradigms seek to explore differences in mind through an understanding that there are naturally diverse ways of being rather than through pathologisation. While the paradigms are beginning to be used in other academic disciplines, they are yet to be implemented in a significant way in medieval studies. This panel seeks to change this by encouraging medievalists to see the potentials in neuroqueer and neurodivergent scholarship and prompting discussion in these areas. This panel is requesting proposals for papers which examine aspects of medieval temporalities through a neurodivergent or neuroqueer lens. This includes, but is not limited to: • Application of contemporary neuroqueer or neurodivergent theory to medieval temporal concerns. • Examination of non-normative experiences of time, e.g. in mystical ecstasy. • Exploration of neuroqueer attitudes to normative lifecycles. • Examination of the effects of time and age on the mind in medieval texts. • Neurodivergent readings of medieval material relating to temporalities. Paper proposals should be under 200 words and accompanied by a short bio. Proposals should be sent to A.T.Paley1@leeds.ac.uk for the attention of Ash Paley and Daniel Coultas by 9am on Monday 15th September 2025.
July 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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laurencedubois.bsky.social
Our international conference "Who Cares? Psychiatry in the English-speaking World : Theories and Policies" will be taking place on 19-21 March 2026 at @uparisnanterre.bsky.social, with @creananterre.bsky.social
CFP - ⏰ extended deadline 8 Sept ➡️ whocares.hypotheses.org/call-for-pap...
August 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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coreenanne.bsky.social
New review article, 'disability history gets to work' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Disability History Gets to Work | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Disability History Gets to Work
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August 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM