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sambrady.bsky.social
Dr Samuel Goldstone-Brady
@sambrady.bsky.social
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Collections Engagement Officer for @paraheritage.bsky.social

Previous PhD in the history of sport wheelchair technology @ Uni of Glasgow

Check out the @ukdishisthub.bsky.social

SSF nerd / ✡️ & proud.

www.samuelbrady.wordpress.com
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Sometimes with work events it’s just about the view! 🤩🤩🤩

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October 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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had a great time at the Divergent Minds in the Archive Workshop today at Liverpool Central Library. Some really productive conversations about barriers for neurodiversity in using or working with archives - and conversations with really lovely people as well!

#neurodiveristy #archives #inclusion
Picture of a conference or event room, with a projector screen in the centre of the picture. The screen content reads Divergent Minds in the Archive Workshop. There are tables and chairs in the foreground. On the tables are available variety of pens.
August 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Look what arrived! @astrosnat.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter ‘The Spoken Word is Not Neutral’ in the ‘Cripping the Archive’ collection edited by @jenbarclay.bsky.social and @stefhuntkennedy.bsky.social that was just published by @illinoispress.bsky.social!

#Dishist #Neurodiveristy #OralHistory
Photograph of a book, being held up for a picture. The big is titled: Cripping the Archive. Disability, History and Power. The image on the book showcases a waterfall. This image shows the inside of the book - open on the start of Chapter 14. This is titled The Spoken Word Is Not Neutral: Oral History, Disability, and Nonverbal Communication. By OSNAT KATZ AND SAMUEL GOLDSTONE-BRADY This is an image of Sam holding the book up for a selfie. The background of the image is a bookcase filled with different colourful books. Sam is a white presenting man in his late 20s, with black head hair, facial hair and glasses. He is wearing a brown T-shirt. He is smiling widely and holding the book up. A purple image with the Cripping the Archive book to the right. The text on the image reads: Cutting-edge methods for unearthing disability history Get 30% OFF using promo code F25UIP at www.press.uillinois.edu (Offer good until June 30, 2027)
August 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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I was absolutely delighted to be awarded the Paula Cox Public History Award at the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference a few weeks ago. I received this award for my work on @paraheritage.bsky.social ‘Story of the Games’ exhibition.

Read more here: lnkd.in/eDC_Zm9g
July 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Had a great day running tech for the @ukdishisthub.bsky.social 2025 Connecting and Sharing event today.

I feel very lucky to be able to learn about so many great projects, research and people working in this field - the Hub is a small part of a rich landscape of exciting work.

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June 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Great day at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for the @museumsassociation.org communities and collections network.

Great to connect with colleagues and share @paraheritage.bsky.social’s work.

Really enjoyed the Made in Birmingham and Elephant in the Room displays - worth a visit!

#museums
May 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Had a great time at the @museumsassociation.org Designing Great Exhibitions conference today.

These events are important opportunities to network and learn from the amazing exhibitions being put on from other museums.

#musuems #heritage #GLAM
A colour image of conference stage. In the focus of the image, there is a large screen on a wall with a presentation, reading ‘Show Time: Designing Great Exhibitions. 12th March 2025. Barbican.’ There is also a QR code on the screen, and the logo of the Museums Association. Around the screen is a black wall and black curtains. In below the screen are three blue chairs, and a table. There are glasses and a water jug on the table, and microphones on the chairs. To the right of the screen are two women, standing by a podium. The podium has vertical text on the front, which reads ‘Barbican.’ The women are wearing grey shirts and black trousers. In the foreground of the image, there are rows of plush dark grey seats. To the left, we can see a man who has his back to the camera. He is wearing a black baseball cap, glass, and black shirt. We cannot see his face.
March 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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That feeling when your wedding photos drop
Signing of a Ketubah (Jewish wedding document). The bride (Susy) and groom (sam) are sat at a table, facing a group of people. Sam makes the devil horn hand sign (pointer and pinky finger pointed out, other fingers and thumb folded in) and has a smile on his face. He is wearing a green suit, orange tie, and a white and black Tallis (Jewish ceremonial clothing). To his left is Susy, in a white bridal dress. She is reaching over the table, laughing.
February 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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It was a pleasure to present on a panel with Hannah Zaves-Greene and Marco Di Guilo at the @jewishstudies.bsky.social conference this evening. Wonderful to be having conversations about disability in the Jewish Studies space!

#JewishStudies #DisHist #Disability
December 16, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Like that, the Glasgow chapter of my life has ended! Graduated today, a year after I handed in my thesis, and just over 5 years since the PhD started.

Couldn’t have done it without my wonderful wife, family, friends, supervisors, colleagues, and interviewees.

#PhDone @uofglasgow.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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Wonderful to attend the opening of ‘Invisible Cabaret’ at Aylesbury Waterside.

This gallery brings together 5
disabled artists who drew on the collections of the National Disability Arts Collection & Archive, and the National Paralympic Heritage Trust.

#Disability #Art #DisHist #GLAM #Aylesbury
An object sits on a table. It is wooden block with gears and cranks, which are attached to a head and a foot. When the handle is turned, the gear moves, causing the head to spin and the leg to move. The object is made of wood. Above the object are information boards about the gallery, artists, partners and more. These boards are titled ‘Archive Stories Collective Exhibition - Invisible Cabaret. 18th to 30 Nov.’ Piece of artwork, made of a green fabric. The top of the fabric has a yellow speech bubble, with jagged edges, which contains black writing. The writing states “The problem with normal people is that they don’t exist”. Below this is a hand giving a thumbs up. The skin of the hand is pink. An image of 5 people sitting in front of a stage in seats, looking at each other and listening. They are placed in front of a stage, which has a screen. Across the screen is written ‘Invisible Cabaret’. To the side of the stage is a BSL interpret, mid movement. In the foreground. There is a man sat in an orange chair watching the five people speak. A zoomed out picture showing multiple parts of the exhibition. From right to left is, two information boards on the wall about the exhibition, and a wooden object. It is wooden block with gears and cranks, which are attached to a head and a foot. When the handle is turned, the gear moves, causing the head to spin and the leg to move. The object is made of wood. To the right are some headphones, text on the wall, and flowers. The flowers have yellow petals, and besides them are white phamplets. To the right are three silver cans, and more text and artworks on the wall. These artworks are too far away to make out in detail, but are yellow and pink in colour. To the right, towards the end of the table, are more frammed images on the wall, and two TV screens.
November 17, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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Do I have any contacts attending #Limmud this year? I’ll be giving a (sightly half-baked) talk!! #JewishStudies #JewishHistory #DistHist #Disability #ECR
November 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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Time for the Sensational Museum session! #Museum2024 @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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I’m delighted to say I passed my viva yesterday afternoon with minor corrections!

Thanks to my internal examiner Phillippa Wiseman and external Brett Smith for a thought provoking and challenging conversation!

#phdone #phd
March 13, 2024 at 7:25 AM