A colourful digital flyer for the event with a QR code. Text reads: By UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. Humour, Disability and Public Engagement. 30 April. 14.00. The Bartlett School of Architecture.

This month! An afternoon bringing together perspectives from architecture, neuroscience, public engagement, planning studies, art and art history. Join us at UCL Bartlett 30th April www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/humour-dis...

Working with medical and mental health records This session will explore the complexities of working with records related to medical scandals, terrorism, and personal trauma.

Wednesday 15 April, 13:00 | online
Working with medical and mental health records

▶️ Laura Robson-Mainwaring, The National Archives
▶️ Jenny Marsden, Manchester Together Archive
▶️ Kate Jarman @ermerlindaj.bsky.social, Barts Health NHS Trust

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Ancient Greece and Disability

Our new free zine Ancient Greece and Disability is out now : files.libcom.org/files/2026-0...

We are very excited that we will have a stall at this event, so please do come say hi to us if you’re attending!

Public History Prize Open We are delighted to announce that nominations have reopened for our annual Public History Prize. The prize is awarded to a postgraduate student or an early career researcher who can demonstrate exc…

📣Public history prize now open!

👉Read here for more information: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/03/13/p...

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Are you a museum, library, gallery, archive or heritage organisation looking to fund a substantial, collaborative project with at least one community group?

Apply for a Spaces, Places & Belonging Community Hub Project Grant by 12 June 2026: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/3)

Call for Applications: Assistant Editor of Disability Studies Quarterly. Deadline for application: April 15, 2026, disstudies.org

Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ, dsq-sds.org) is seeking an Assistant Editor. This position is best suited for a graduate student who is interested in writing and editorial work in disability studies or a related field.

Deadline: 15th April 2026

More info here: disstudies.org/call-for-app...

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...

Injury Studies: Setting the Agenda for a Critical Medical Humanities Approach to the Control, Perception, Representation, and Experience of Injuries - Journal of Medical Humanities This article describes a new and expanding field in the health humanities: injury studies. Following a recent international conference sponsored by the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities, the ...

Our ✨open access✨ research agenda essay for injury studies is now out!

We argue that injuries are pivotal events deserving sustained attention within the critical medical humanities. And we have provided a ✨large✨ bibliography to give folks a place to start.

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An image of a cloud. It is an artwork with the cloud-like substance suspended between sheets of glass. The photograph is taken so that my legs poke out of the bottom. A textbook overlay says ‘Air 1’

I’ve set up a new Instagram @painly_speaking where I discuss what it’s like living with chronic illness - to raise awareness and share solidarity. Follow if interested and please share

I’m currently doing an ‘elements’ theme…

17 March 13:00-14:00 GMT online, free.
Neurodiversity and Disability: Designing Inclusion That Works for Everyone.

from U of East London and Office for Institutional Equity.

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Both at an earlier time of the day and earlier in the month, our March event is happening TOMORROW afternoon! #DisHist

Our March event is fast approaching! On 11th March at 3:30pm Simon McKeown and Kathryn Barnett will be joining us for an exclusive look at the Hanz Würtz collection and of the upcoming Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art exhibition “Images of Disability” #DisHist

(Please note the earlier time!)

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 reminder that this is happening THIS WEDNESDAY! #DisHist

This looks like an interesting talk, convened by @ukdishisthub.bsky.social:

Weds 25 Feb, 5pm UK, Zoom
Emma Koprena, discussing @transportforall.org.uk's archive

Contact via social media or email (ukdishistheritagehub [at] gmail [dot] com) for the link!

#DisHist #TransportHistory

Jump Billy! A celebration of English folk's diverse history, through the life of celebrity Black Regency busker Billy Waters.

Delighted to share that more tickets released for Jump Billy! 25.03.26 🎻🪗🪕🎶

@bars.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @royalhistsoc.org @societyofauthors.bsky.social @natecommunity.bsky.social @efdss.bsky.social

www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...

Thanks for sharing! ☺️

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Speaking of our monthly events, we would love to hear from you about how to shape them going forward! Do you have an idea for a topic that you would like to see discussed? Can you recommend speakers or projects? Or do you want to present yourself? Please do get in touch! #DisHist

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If you’re already on the mailing list, then you will have already received information and the Zoom link for this event!

After a little bit of a break, our monthly events are back! Join us on 25th February at 5pm (UK time) where Emma Koprena from Transport For All will be with us to talk about their archive and showcase some objects from it! #DisHist

Early Modern European Neurodivergence: Call for Papers is now live! August 3rd and 4th 2026 at Swansea University. See the link in our bio for the submission form or scan the QR code in this post🤩🎉

Annual lecture | The Centre for Victorian Studies | University of Leicester Find out more about our latest annual public lecture, hosted by the Centre for Victorian Studies at the University of Leicester

I'm giving the Leicester Victorian Studies Annual Lecture next week!
Come along and explore fame, race, and disability in the 19th c
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social

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Wellcome-funded Conference Series Thanks to the generous funding of the Wellcome Trust, through the Society for the Social History of Medicine, in 2025-26 the MWHN will run a three-part series of events. Two fo these will be in-per…

Please join the friends and members of the Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social
#online
Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time)
The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants
For programme see 👇 & for Zoom link contact militarywelfarehistory@gmail.com
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‪Ahoy there, #DisHist crew! Interesting #CFP alert!

Some fab folks @helsinki.fi are organising a workshop on ancient Rome and they're after proposals:

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DL for submissions: 2 March!

DPO Development Officer - Job page - Disability Rights UK We actively welcome and value lived experience! This role is part of a movement for Disability Justice and work ‘Led by those most affected’. We’re a Disabled People’s Org...

💼 Join us as a DPO Development Officer at Disability Rights UK

Your role would help us build the capacity of Disabled People's Organisations!

Permanent contract, 35 hours a week
Closing date: 9th February
Salary: £32,749 - £36,749

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Pitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHS Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the...

Applications are now invited for a new RHS programme for 2026, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and @chalkefestival.bsky.social

'Pitch my Project' is for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in June bit.ly/44kfUMM. Closing date: 6 February. #Skystorians

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

Neurodiversity is More Than... A symposium organised by Abs S. Ashley and Ombre Tarragnat

🚨 NEURODIVERSITY IS MORE THAN... symposium 📅 4 March 2026, 9-5pm GMT, online. Free to attend, all welcome! Sign up below:

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