UK Disability History and Heritage Hub
@ukdishisthub.bsky.social
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.
We are pleased to announce that booking is now open for our event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social on the 27th November! You can book to attend in-person (limited space) or virtually and all information can be found on the Eventbrite: #DisHist www.eventbrite.com/e/collection...
Collections Uncovered: Disability at the British Library
Join the UK Disability History and Heritage Hub to explore disability stories in the collections of the British Library.
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Back from limbo! the relaunch of Hosprec, the Hospital Records Database, with which I was involved for so many years www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional... 1/2
Re-launching HOSPREC, the Hospital Records database
Researchers Giorgia Tolfo and Laura Robson-Mainwaring reflect on the usefulness of the Hospital Records database and how we are making it more accessible.
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Closing next Friday (16th): 'History and Archives in Practice' 2027. Calls for panels invited for our annual meeting of historians and archivists, with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27 focuses on connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy & applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians
'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - Royal Historical Society
History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...
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After three brilliant years, @beckierutherford.bsky.social's fellowship is coming to an end. A historian of health, gender, and activism in modern Britain, Beckie has edited a selection of incredible articles focused on the experiences and ideas of disabled people.
Radical Object: The Radar Key
The Radar Key is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object.
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📣Latest blog📣 @ukdishisthub.bsky.social reflect on two SSHM/@wellcometrust.bsky.social Networks Grant funded networking events to connect academics, researchers, heritage professionals, artists, activists, and others interested in histories of disabled, neurodiverse, and D/deaf people.
UK Disability History and Heritage Hub 2024 and 2025 Connecting + Sharing events.
By Samuel Goldstone-Brady, Alexandra F Morris, Louise Bell, Kirstie Stage, and Alice Conibere. Across 2024 and 2025, the UK Disability History and Heritage Hub (UKDHHH) organised two networking eve…
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I'll be discussing Disability a History of Resistance with Robin Ince at the British Library on 23 November. Come and join us for this Disability History Month event! events.bl.uk/events/resis...
Our monthly events are back after a summer break! Joining us tomorrow (30th September) will be @meg-sch.bsky.social, who will be talking to us about her work on the history of museum access in the UK for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) #DisHist
Oct 1st, Save the date! Rosamund Oates will be talking about ‘Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England' at @ihrscb.bsky.social in-person @ihr.bsky.social & online. #EarlyModern 🗃️ Booking details will soon be on: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/ihr-seminars/society-culture-belief-1500-1800
Ongoing Call for Contributors Via @ukdishisthub.bsky.social The Disability Action Research Kollective (DARK) is always seeking contributors for zines on disability history and perspectives. Find DARK zines: libcom.org/tags/disabil... More info: linktr.ee/disabilityark
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Disabled-led group that makes zines on disability history and perspectives
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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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Audiobooks. A whole day dedicated to discussing their history, creativity, retail, and accessibility. If this sounds like your bag, come along to 'Literature Out Loud' @universityofleeds.bsky.social and online, 7th September. #BookHistory #Audiobooks sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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REGISTER NOW! https://forms.gle/ZGWeR5LtKHRPy7v1A
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... and secondly, an article developed from @lucyanne.bsky.social's wonderful PhD research on technology and disabled expertise! #DisHist
A Tale of Two Signals
Lucy Jameson explores technological collaboration and disabled expertise in the General Post Office in early twentieth-century Britain.
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My time at History Workshop is sadly coming to an end but it's been a huge joy to publish two final additions to Reimagining Disability (the series I launched in 2024 which now has 11 articles/podcasts in total) Firstly @hspandler.bsky.social's brilliant piece on the politics of madzines...
From the Personal to the Political and Back Again?
Hel Spandler explores the evolution of madzines and considers why they should be recognised as a form of activism.
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Braille people! The Global Braille Survey is well underway. If you have anything to do with #Braille either for personal use or professionally, please help the International Council (ICEVI) gather some solid statistics for future Braille researchers (and historians...) tiny.cc/braillesurvey
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Want to put your skills to work for a future where disabled people can travel with freedom and dignity? Join Transport for All’s Board of Trustees and help guide our work for transport justice. Apply by 5pm, 18 September: https://ow.ly/U56u50ZFfI7
Please circulate! Calling all PhDs and ECRs working on themes related to health, welfare, and community in the early modern maritime world: submit abstracts by 30 September to join this one-day workshop at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on 14 January 2027. www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...
Call for Papers: Health, Welfare, and Mutual Support in Maritime Communities, 1550 – 1850
A one-day workshop/symposium on 14 January 2027 at the National Maritime Museum, focusing on the disciplinary crossroads between medical, social, and maritime history
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Here is one from one of the Network's members. It will br of great interest to other members and followers #milwelfhist
Oksana Vynnyk@xena-v.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy open access article "War Disability and Welfare State in the Eastern Polish Borderlands (1918–1939)" was published in the European History Quarterly. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....
My first academic journal publication : Richard Amm (2026) Development of the People or Props Tool: Integrating Prejudice Reduction Psychology Insights to Improve Representations of Disability on Screen International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 6: 2 DOI: doi.org/10.13169/int...
Development of the People or Props Tool: Integrating Prejudice Reduction Psychology Insights to Improve Representations of Disability on Screen
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d9732759e94">Representations of disability in media often perpetuate stereotypes that reinforce prejudice and lead to the marginalisation and oppression of disabled people. Many conventions for representing disabled people in film have not changed since the dawn of cinema, which was also a time of mainstream popularisation of the eugenics movement. Several approaches are necessary to dismantle and replace these problematic conventions, and this paper develops a research-based tool to help achieve that goal. A disabled psychologist utilised the Delphi method and incorporated feedback from 30 disability and media experts as well as insights from prejudice reduction psychological research to develop a new media analysis tool. The proposed People or Props Tool contains two parts: the People or Props Quickscore, which allows for quick assessment of the quality of representation and generates a score, and the People or Props Recommendations, which offer detailed advice for improved representation. This tool could be especially useful for sensitivity readers, writers, and funding decision makers within the media industry, encouraging feedback and revisions during the development process rather than serving as a rigid, prescriptive list. This approach allows for flexibility in storytelling while providing guidelines for improved representation. The tool can also be easily adapted to improve representations of other minority groups.</p>
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Remember @hbuxton.bsky.social new book 'Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in Girst World War Britain' has dropped with Uni of Chicago Press. You can get 30% off the book through the end of the year with the code UCPNEW press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #milwelfhist #histmed #disabilityhist
Disabled Empire
Explores the minute interactions between military servicemen and medical caregivers during World War I to tell a broader story about race, colonialism, labor, and global health. Disabled Empire exami...
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TOMORROW is the last day to submit your proposals for our November event! #DisHist
UK Disability History and Heritage Hub@ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 5mo agoCFP alert: We are thrilled to announce the Call for Presenters for a hybrid event in collaboration with @britishlibrary.bsky.social! This will be taking place on 27th November 2026, with presentations happening both in-person and online. Deadline to submit your ideas is: 31st July 2026! #DisHist
There’s just two more days to get your abstracts in for @ukdishisthub.bsky.social’s November event! #CFP #DisHist
UK Disability History and Heritage Hub@ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 5mo agoCFP alert: We are thrilled to announce the Call for Presenters for a hybrid event in collaboration with @britishlibrary.bsky.social! This will be taking place on 27th November 2026, with presentations happening both in-person and online. Deadline to submit your ideas is: 31st July 2026! #DisHist
We are looking forward to hosting a training session about making events and projects more accessible on Tuesday afternoon!
British Association for Local History@balhnews.bsky.social · 3mo agoA new programme of free training from The National Archives is available now! Learn more about the training, in collaboration with the Community Archives and Heritage Group, here: www.balh.org.uk/news-free-co... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
PAID submissions to Disability & Horror zine www.instagram.com/p/DbJXwLPCnS...
LookDeeper Zine on Instagram: "Submissions and pitches are open for issue 05!!🖤 Send us your work on the horrors disabled people live through that non-disabled people couldn’t begin to comprehend. In...
238 likes, 6 comments - lookdeeperzine on July 23, 2026: "Submissions and pitches are open for issue 05!!🖤 Send us your work on the horrors disabled people live through that non-disabled people could...
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🚨 Our #CFP is open for ONE MORE WEEK! 🚨 Please do consider submitting a proposal, or getting in touch if you want to discuss your ideas! #DisHist
UK Disability History and Heritage Hub@ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 5mo agoCFP alert: We are thrilled to announce the Call for Presenters for a hybrid event in collaboration with @britishlibrary.bsky.social! This will be taking place on 27th November 2026, with presentations happening both in-person and online. Deadline to submit your ideas is: 31st July 2026! #DisHist
Congratulations to Kirstie Stage awarded a Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) PhD Student Award For Applied Research 👏👏 The award recognises outstanding research with real world application - Kirstie explores the Labour and Livelihoods of Deaf and Disabled People, 1970-2010.
If you're in the Scottish central belt, come join us on 29 July on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh for a practical workshop on how to build inclusive workplaces, supporting disabled and neurodivergent employees. 29 July 10:30-13:00. Refreshments provided. Register: bit.ly/4xIPh0Y #HR #Inclusion #EDI
Attendees at #SSHM2026 might also be interested in our #CFP for an event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social in November! You have until the end of the month to submit your ideas to us! #DisHist
UK Disability History and Heritage Hub@ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 5mo agoCFP alert: We are thrilled to announce the Call for Presenters for a hybrid event in collaboration with @britishlibrary.bsky.social! This will be taking place on 27th November 2026, with presentations happening both in-person and online. Deadline to submit your ideas is: 31st July 2026! #DisHist
Had a lovely, albeit very brief, time at #SSHM2026 this afternoon! It was great to be able to talk about the work we’ve been doing with @ukdishisthub.bsky.social with @sambrady.bsky.social, @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social and Rosemary Cresswell! #DisHist
We were really pleased to get to lead this session at #SSHM2026 this afternoon! Our audience was very engaged and we had some very insightful conversations! Big thanks to Rosie Cresswell and @sshmedicine.bsky.social for all of the support we have received over the past few years and today!
