Online talk: Disability in the David Narratives in Light of Armed Conflicts in Africa
Talk by Huli Ramantswana. Organized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. March 12th, 2026 09:30am local time
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Seminar: Ageing and Sexual Dysfunction in Early Modern Literature
Wednesday 25 March 2026, 1.00PM to 3:00 PM Speaker(s): Ezra Horbury, University of York In early modern culture, old age was commonly associated with a loss of sexual function. Building on attitudes stretching back to classical texts, early modern culture understood ageing sexuality as comically inappropriate and the ageing body as sexually dysfunctional. While legal…
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Online talk: Ableism When Accessing the Past: Studies of Disability in the Ancient World
Talk by Hannah Vogel. Organized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. April 1st, 2026 04:30pm local time
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Online talk: Ableism When Accessing the Past: Studies of Disability in the Ancient World, 2nd Day
Talk by Hannah Vogel. Organized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. April 2nd, 2026 09:30am local time
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Online talk: Physical Witness – Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean
Corinna Guerrero will present “Physical Witness: Atrocity x Disability in the Hebrew Bible” Organized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. This lecture series is co-hosted by Pacific School of Religion and the Archaeological Research Facility – Berkeley. April 9th, 2026 09:30am local time
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Online talk: God is his Potter – Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean
Kyle Jordan will present “God is his Potter” – Disability in Ancient Egypt. Organized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. May 7th, 2026 09:30am local time This lecture series is co-hosted by Pacific School of Religion and the Archaeological Research Facility – Berkeley.
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Beyond Contagion: Rethinking the History of Leprosy in the Medieval Mediterranean
nna Gili 22 September 2026 – 5 PM (CEST) Given the variety of its pathological manifestations, leprosy was difficult for physicians in the past to recognise. They attempted to provide different pathological descriptions, distinct aetiologies, and varied clinical portraits to grasp its nature. Even the proposed treatments, although often influenced by the Galenic discovery of…
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Talk: Reading Neurodivergence in Old Norse Literature
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of neurodivergent representation in all forms of media, including literature. Realistic representation is vital to providing relatable content for neurodivergent readers as well as challenging harmful stereotypes. Whilst authors today can continue to improve neurodivergent representation in their work, it is also important…
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Stimmy Herbert – talk by Amrita Dhar
Where: In-person on Swansea University Singleton Campus, Talbot Building, Room 980 (1st floor, accessible from the Faraday Building main entrance) When: 8th October 2026 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm This seminar will consider George Herbert's collection The Temple (1633) as a neurodivergent work. I don’t at all propose to be diagnostic about it (and I am not interested in contemporary…
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Research Talk: Eccentric Lives and Neurodivergent Histories in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century England
Research talk by David Turner of Swansea University. Part of the PG-led Speaker Series with the University of Warwick Centre for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology. Tuesday, 8 December, 15:00-17:00 Hybrid: online and FAB 5.0 at the University of Warwick
