The wonderful Braillists Foundation let me chat to them about my research for a whole 45mins, and you can eavesdrop on it here #DisHist #Braille #BookHistory pca.st/episode/8f51...

A History of Tactile Literacy: In Conversation with Tilly Guthrie

Victorian Britain was a heavily visual era. Sighted people gained access to the Penny Post, and the ability to communicate with friends across the nation with relative ease in an alphabet which was…

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Finally got my hands on this #DisHist nugget from @profdavidturner.bsky.social. Congratulations, David - smashing to see it out in the wild!

Here it is! You can order the book for example from: press.syr.edu/supressbooks... Thank you so much everyone, and especially @stevekuusisto.bsky.social, @ninemilemag.bsky.social, @syracuseup.bsky.social 😘😘😘

#DisHist FREE to read publication alert! Nice to notice this OA offering from my super colleague, @hexhistory.bsky.social's Riikka Miettinen, is now out in the wild. Definitely one for anyone into disability history or #EarlyModern Europe! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Work Activities of People with Physical and Mental Disabilities in Early Modern Rural Sweden

The chapter examines the conditions of agrarian working life and the work activities and opportunities available to individuals with mobility, visual, or other sensory and mental impairments in early ...

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A smashing opportunity if you're looking for funding to do a doctorate and into #DisHist! 👇👇

Paul van Trigt @paulvt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For the project DisFriend, I am looking for two PhD candidates: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3610...

Big day in Finnish #DisabilityStudies on Friday @helsinki.fi as @pekkakoskinen.bsky.social publicly defends his doctoral thesis on disabled people's activism in Finland. More info, here (inc. a download link for the thesis!): tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6... Go Pekka!

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Smashing! I notice that @claireljones.bsky.social's intro to her soon-to-be released #DisHist source collection is now available online as a 'preview pdf' via the publisher's site. Definitely going on my must-read list! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Physical Disability and Deformity in Nineteenth-Century Britain | Clai

Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but

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It is surprising how so few of the many histories of eugenics centre the voices of disabled people. Uncovering these perspectives contradicts all previous narratives of eugenics in interwar Britain

Why did disabled people support eugenics in the 1930s? | Aeon Essays

In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. But for some it seemed an opportunity

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YAY! Brilliant to see Nina Geerdink & Victoria Nyst's article about a deaf woman in the #EarlyModern #LowCountries out in BMGN! This is really SUCH cool research, making you think about what it is we study when we study #DisabilityHistory -- plus introducing an intriguing figure to me at least.

Been dipping into this thought-provoking chap by Dijkstra, @singingarchives.bsky.social & Hofman in Hung & @willemijnruberg.bsky.social's edited vol recently: www.google.fi/books/editio... Lots to chew over & well worth a read, #DisHist, #EmoHist & @hexhistory.bsky.social folks!

Cultural History for a Changing World

This volume explores the changing field of cultural history to map out its new developments and future directions, covering major themes such as environment, (de)colonization, digitization, knowledge,...

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SJDR continues to foster greater global exchange of critical ideas as we are now Diamond Open Access. This means authors pay no fees. We're happy to discuss paper ideas and editorial process, more information here: sjdr.se. Come greet us at Leeds Disability Studies Conference in April! 💎

This #DisabilityHistory event @eui-history.bsky.social is TOMORROW, Folks! 👇👇👇👇👇👇

Daniel Blackie@danielblackie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Lovely! Seems there's some #DisHist on the menu over at @eui-history.bsky.social next week (25 March). Monika Baár on 'Disability Beyond the "from Isolation to Integration Narrative"': www.eui.eu/events?id=58... It's hybrid too, apparently. Hooray!

Lovely! Seems there's some #DisHist on the menu over at @eui-history.bsky.social next week (25 March). Monika Baár on 'Disability Beyond the "from Isolation to Integration Narrative"': www.eui.eu/events?id=58... It's hybrid too, apparently. Hooray!

Please help spread the word #medievalsky! Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...

PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y...

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After a smashing first day, the #ELBOW conference continues this morning with another enticing keynote. @oulu.fi's Markku Hokkanen on 'experimentation & cross-cultural medical encounters in South-Central Africa, c. 1850s-1900s'. elbowresearch.com/programme/ Time to grab a coffee & get going!

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The international conference Between Marginal and Mainstream is held at the University of Helsinki on 11–13 March 2026. You can upload the conference programme as PDF here: ELBOW Con…

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Off to the #ELBOW 'Between Marginal & Mainstream' conference this morning @helsinki.fi. Lots of fab-sounding presentations on the prog, starting with @laurenkassell.bsky.social's keynote on 'Bedside Medicine in #EarlyModern England'. Can't wait to get started! #HistSci elbowresearch.com/programme/

Programme

The international conference Between Marginal and Mainstream is held at the University of Helsinki on 11–13 March 2026. You can upload the conference programme as PDF here: ELBOW Con…

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I have an edited primary source collection coming out on disability and deformity in c19th Britain. My hope is that you find it useful for teaching (apologies for the abstract, I did not write it! and the cost) #histmed #dishist www.routledge.com/Physical-Dis...

Physical Disability and Deformity in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports re...

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A couple of months ago, I was a guest on the Global Health Histories podcast series, talking about the history of medical care provision for disabled ex-servicemen in Britain after the First World War. The episode is now available and can be found here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/directories1... #ww1 #histmed

#CFP for a special issue on 'Historical Erasure in the Context of Religion' that might be of interest to #DisHist folks. The editors are esp interested in receiving proposals that foreground premodern perspectives. #Skystorians Deadline for proposals: 31 May 2026 www.mdpi.com/journal/reli...

Friday Feb 27 5:30 pm London time: Feike Dietz will speak on “Blindness, Writing and Knowing: Visually Impaired Female Authors in the Netherlands (1770-1840)” to the IHR Low Countries Seminar, in person at IHR Wolfson Rm 2 and online. Register here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Blindness, Writing and Knowing: Visually Impaired Female Authors in the Netherlands (1770-1840)

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If ancient Rome's your thing, #DisHist folks, there's still time to submit a proposal to this workshop @helsinki.fi.

Daniel Blackie@danielblackie.bsky.social · 6mo ago

‪Ahoy there, #DisHist crew! Interesting #CFP alert! Some fab folks @helsinki.fi are organising a workshop on ancient Rome and they're after proposals: antiikintutkimus.fi/call-for-pap... DL for submissions: 2 March!

Nice to notice some #DisHist on the programme this week at the IHR. Online participation possible too!

Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Come & learn all things #LowCountries @ihr.bsky.social this term! We've got lace! We've got the future! We've got disability history! We've got divergence! We've got museums! Everything happens in the #LowCountries! Fridays, 17:30, in person & on zoom: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians

‪Ahoy there, #DisHist crew! Interesting #CFP alert! Some fab folks @helsinki.fi are organising a workshop on ancient Rome and they're after proposals: antiikintutkimus.fi/call-for-pap... DL for submissions: 2 March!

Arkkitehti, väitöskirjatutkija Marja Rautaharju kirjoittaa parhaillaan historian alan väitöskirjaa esteettömyysasiantuntijuuden muotoutumisesta Suomessa arkkitehti Maija Könkkölän (1947–2012) varhaisen uran limittyneissä konteksteissa. kynnys.fi/verkkolehti/...

"Hyvin suunniteltu ja muotoiltu kynnys" - Kynnys verkkolehti

”[…] Kynnys voi olla myös ovella, joka vie kohti parempaa tulevaisuutta. Kynnyksen ei tarvitse olla korkea eikä sen tarvitse estää meitä kulkemasta. Päinvastoin se voi olla hyvin suunniteltu ja muotoi...

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Nice to learn about @elisaheinrich.bsky.social's research @eui-history.bsky.social in this: www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=... Will surely be of interest to @beckierutherford.bsky.social + other #DisHist folks working on activism.

Excited to see the new volume Early Modern Bodies edited by Sarah Toulalan (2026, but already out)! Also happy that my book History of the Body is mentioned in the Introduction as "an excellent survey of the field published in 2019". www.routledge.com/Early-Modern...

Early Modern Bodies

Early Modern Bodies is a wide-ranging and detailed introduction to a variety of different approaches to and perspectives on bodies in the early modern period, circa 1500–1750. The collection guides re...

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As a disabled historian I am so pleased that History UK (co-funded with @royalhistsoc.org) have published their report on disabled student & staff experiences of #highereducation & history. It makes for a difficult reading at times, but none of it is surprising. www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...

History UK Disability and History Project

The History UK Disability and History Project was launched in November 2023 in response to the History UK EDI report which identified disability as an important aspect of EDI work worthy of further…

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We are starting to plan our monthly events schedule for next year and we would love your input! Would you like to lead one of our sessions? Or do you have any ideas for speakers/themes that you would like to see explored? Please do get in touch! #DisHist

Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability available at @archivum.org Great holdings, and they also offer fellowships with stipend. #dishist archivum.org/news/executi...

Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research

The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.

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#DisabilityHistoryMonth starts today! The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways. Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability