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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 GuthrieVictorian 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…pca.st

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 😘😘😘

Not EM, but if you you wanna part with some of your $$$, this is def well worth a read and chimes with a lot of the themes you dig (I think): www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

Colonising DisabilityCambridge Core - British History after 1450 - Colonising Disabilitywww.cambridge.org

#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 SwedenThe 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 ...link.springer.com

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

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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I'm looking fwd to reading it when I have a mo and dipping into the vol as a whole when it's out. Reckon it'll be a useful teaching resource having so many C19 British disability history sources in one place. Congrats on its publication (looks like it's released tomorrow- hope you get to celebrate!)

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 | ClaiOffering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned butwww.taylorfrancis.com

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

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 WorldThis 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,...www.google.fi

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! 👇👇👇👇👇👇

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 DISMANTLELeiden 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...www.academictransfer.com

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!

ProgrammeThe 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…elbowresearch.com

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/

ProgrammeThe 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…elbowresearch.com

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 BritainOffering 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...www.routledge.com

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