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!)

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

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...

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

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

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.

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,...

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!

A hand holds two-sided flyers in front of a bookshelf. One side of the flyers has the information about Diamond Open Access, the other has the graphics of the journal.

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!

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...

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...

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…

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!

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…

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/

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...

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...

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...

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

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/...

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

Nice to notice some #DisHist on the programme this week at the IHR.

Online participation possible too!

Walking Alone: Aiding the War and Civilian Blind in the Inter-war Period This article explores changing attitudes towards types of aids for blind people in the interwar period. The authors focus particularly on the dispute over the relative value of the guide dog, as a...

2) Julie Anderson & Neil Pemberton, doi.org/10.1080/1350...

“My Eyes and My Friend” : The Mobilities and Immobilities of Guide Dogs in the Twentieth Century: Osiris: Vol 40 Abstract This article examines the global (im)mobilities of guide dogs beyond Europe and North America, and how they have been shaped by space, cultural norms, and legal vagaries. Tracing the historie...

+ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

“The Joy of My Life”: Seeing-Eye Dogs, Disabled Veterans/Civilians and WWI On December 13, 1933, Captain A. J. C. Sington, then Chairman of the British Guide Dogs for the Blind, read a letter from an unnamed veteran of the Great War to the Northern Counties Association fo…

As other replies indicate, dogs are def the best covered animals in the lit on this topic. Other disability historians who have written some smashing pieces on them, inc. 1) @disabilitystor1.bsky.social - e.g. this paywall-free offering @nursingclio.bsky.social: nursingclio.org/2018/11/15/t... ...

‪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!

"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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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Fantastic news, Paul. Congratulations! What a way to start the festive season. Hope you get to celebrate in style. Here's something to help get you in the mood: youtu.be/3GwjfUFyY6M?... (as if you'd need it!) Such a great achievement. Well done!

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…

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...

Thought you might be given your work on emotions & smashing-sounding @victorianhand.bsky.social project. As a disability historian, I honed in straight on Gagné's ch. Didn't realise @jbhist.bsky.social had contributed something too. I def need to explore the vol more. Thanks for the heads up!

Emotional Attachments: Iron Hands, their Makers, and their Wearers, 1450–1600 Abstract. This study of iron hands situates prosthetics at the nexus of several confluent craft fields in the late Middle Ages. In particular, it shows the

Don't know if you're aware of this fab chapter (which includes consideration of Götz von Berlichingen's iron hand), but perhaps it's of interest:
academic.oup.com/book/6801/ch...

Black text on a white background, reading: UKDHHH NEEDS YOU! Do you want to present at our monthly events? or Do you have suggestions for people/things you would like to see at them? Get in touch on social media. Or email: UKDisHistHeritageHub@gmail.com The UK Disability History and Heritage Hub logo is in the bottom left. This is made up of a red rectangular speech bubble, a blue speech bubble and an orange thought bubble, with our name in black letters on a green background in the centre of the three.

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

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.

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...