My review of @paulvt.bsky.social's new and important book on disability and human rights (Progress from the Margins. Human Rights and Disability Internationalism Since the 1960s) has been published in the International Review of Social History. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

𝑳𝒆𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 👋 Tijdens deze stadswandeling @unileiden.bsky.social ontdek je hoe de geschiedenis van dove Leidenaren verweven is met de stad. Op 9 juli verzorgt een dove gids de tour in Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT) & International Sign @sleutelstad.bsky.social

Universiteit Leiden organiseert eerste Leiden Deaf History Tour

De Universiteit Leiden organiseert volgende week de allereerste editie van de 'Leiden Deaf History Tour'. Een rondwandeling door de stad die is bedoeld om de dovengeschiedenis van Leiden te laten zien...

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Get conference-ready for #SHAFR2026! Preview our new and forthcoming books in history today! buff.ly/hKCu7k4 #History #HistoryBooks #ReadUP @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring

ALT: Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring

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

Two PhD Positions (0.9 FTE) in the transnational history of friendship and disability

2 PhD Positions in the transnational history of friendship and disability The Institute for History at the University of Leiden invites applications for: Two PhD Positions (0.9 FTE) in the transnation...

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Looking forward to discussing my new book today at EUI in Florence (www.eui.eu/events?id=58...) and to present new research at the Pierre du Bois conference in Geneva (www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...).

(New Issue) (Re)thinking the history of mental disorder and psychiatry: an approach through the South(s) histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/04/repe... #histpsych

And nice to see the cover and ToC of a new edited volume on disability in the Bloomsbury Writing History Series, to be published later this year: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-t...

Happy to see my entry on the global history of disability rights in the new Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... (send me an email if you are interested and have no access)

Global History of Disability Rights and the United Nations

Abstract. The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the United Nations in 2006 is a remarkable moment in the global hist

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Hello! Join us next week @unileiden.bsky.social to learn more about histories of ‘Human Development and Its Outliers’. Topics range from histories of ageing, disability and gender to activism AND CATS! All are welcome! email b.m.wesolowski@hum.leidenuniv.nl with any questions/alt text of the program

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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#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...

CFP: 16th European Social Science History Conference https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-160834 6900, 01.03.2026-15.04.2026, International Institute of Social History, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.04.2026 16th European Social Science History Conference

3. And on 19 March, the amazing Sandrine Kott will give the @rshc.bsky.social lecture on “Anti-Fascist Internationalism & the United Nations: A Better World for All?”, sign up via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci...

Anti-Fascist Internationalism & the United Nations: A Better World for All

Sandrine Kott (University of Geneva) delivers the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026

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Join us for the 4th Rethinking Internationalisms conference, 19-20 March, the line up is brilliant. The @rshc.bsky.social memorial lecture will be delivered as part of the proceedings by Prof. Sandrine Kott (link in thread) and there will be an ECR event on 18 (1/3) www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

We are so excited to issue this CFP! If the topic resonates with you, please consider submitting a proposal! More details here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

Call for applications | Visiting fellowships 2025-2026 | Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden 🇳🇱 Deadline: 21 March 2025 www.kitlv.nl/news/call-fo...

Interview DisFriend: www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Vriendschap tussen mensen met en zonder beperking: ‘Vaak waardevol voor beide partijen’

Ondanks een toenemende aandacht voor inclusie, worden de eenzaamheidsstatistieken er niet beter op voor mensen met een verstandelijke beperking. Universitair docent Paul van Trigt gaat met een ERC Con...

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Heel mooi nieuws! Alicia Schrikker benoemd tot hoogleraar Geschiedenis van Nederland in de Wereld www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Alicia Schrikker benoemd tot hoogleraar Geschiedenis van Nederland in de Wereld

Het College van Bestuur van de Universiteit Leiden heeft dr. Alicia Schrikker per 1 januari 2026 benoemd tot hoogleraar Geschiedenis van Nederland in de Wereld. De leerstoel is gevestigd aan het Insti...

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Now available! PROGRESS FROM THE MARGINS is an international history of the struggle for recognition of disability rights at the global level. buff.ly/OFPTdZ8 @paulvt.bsky.social #ProgressMargins #DisabilityInternationalism

#AHA26 is in full swing. Stop by booth 213 to browse our books and take advantage of the conference discount. Can’t attend in person? Visit us online to explore our featured titles. buff.ly/8qZraYQ

Announcing our new books in History for the 2026-2027 season! #AHA26 attendees, conference -ready by previewing our books today! buff.ly/Tn8pYmO #History #HistoryBooks #USHistory #USAndTheWorld #ReadUP

New year, new book - great to receive the printed version!

Amazing news... for a short summary of my new project see: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Leiden historian and Arabist awarded ERC Consolidator Grants

Historian Paul van Trigt and Arabist Peter Webb have been awarded Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two million euros will allow them to consolidate their...

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European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 8mo ago

The results of the ERC Consolidator Grant call have been announced! 📣 349 researchers have been selected for funding. Congratulations to all! #ERCCogG! 👉 buff.ly/uu62uFV #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

My latest for National Geographic on the pervasive myth that everyone in the ancient world was ableist and eugenist. Featuring the work of @debscavator.bsky.social www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Did the ancient Romans really abandon people with disabilities?

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

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Great news!

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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...

My book on human rights and disability internationalism since the 1960s is available for preorder (discount code: CUP20), for more info and kind words of Dagmar Herzog and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social see: cup.columbia.edu/book/progres...

Progress from the Margins | Columbia University Press

The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities differs markedly from other forms of international human rights law: it not onl... | CUP

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Happy Reformation Day! Time for one of my favourite Luther quotes (from the Wartburg era): “Almost every night when I wake up the devil is there, itching to argue with me…when the argument that the Christian is without the law and above the law doesn’t help, I chase him away with a fart.”

Wonderfull essay on the Brothers Karamazov, with some helpful clues for Knausgard recent books www.newyorker.com/books/second...