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SUMMARY:CFP: Special Issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies on the Topic of Jesuits and Disability
DESCRIPTION:In anticipation of a special issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies (expected publication in fall 2027)\, we are seeking proposals for articles that treat the subject of Jesuits and disability. We welcome a range of disciplinary approaches (including history\, art history\, linguistics\, theater\, theology\, philosophy\, literature\, pedagogy\, psychology\, sociology\, musicology\, astronomy\, gender studies\, etc.)\, but all contributions must focus on the subject of disability in the context of the work and legacy of the Society of Jesus. Final contributions will be between 6500 and 7500 words in length and will be due in May\, 2026. Please contact Mary Dunn (mdunn12@slu.edu) for more information. \nContact Information \n\n\n\nMary Dunn\nProfessor\nSaint Louis University \n\n\n\nContact Email\nmdunn12@slu.edu
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/abstract-deadline-special-issue-of-the-journal-of-jesuit-studies-on-the-topic-of-jesuits-and-disability/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers,Early Modern,Long 18th Century
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251203T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251203T190000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Deafness in Early Modern England
DESCRIPTION:Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics\, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome. \nA zoom link will be made available for distance learning PhD students on request. Please contact Dr Purba Hossain (purba.hossain@york.ac.uk) if you have any questions. \nYou can view the full schedule for the semester here: History Research Seminar Schedule Autumn 2025 \nSpeaker: Dr Rosamund Oates\, Reader in Early Modern History\, Manchester Metropolitan University. \nAbstract: \nHistorians have claimed that in pre-modern Europe\, deaf sign language users were treated as ‘infants’ by an oral legal system. This paper questions this\, examining the marriages of deaf men and women\, and addressing ideas of rationality\, speech and what it meant to be human in early modern England.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/lecture-deafness-in-early-modern-england/
LOCATION:University of York
CATEGORIES:Early Modern,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251211T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251211T183000
DTSTAMP:20251030T114205Z
CREATED:20251030T114205Z
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SUMMARY:Online Talk:  Restrictions on a Driver’s License: The Reception of Disabilities in Official Identification from Graeco–Roman Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Talk by Ella Kaver. \nDecember 11th\, 2025\n09:30am local time
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/online-talk-restrictions-on-a-drivers-license-the-reception-of-disabilities-in-official-identification-from-graeco-roman-egypt/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Lecture,Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260125
DTSTAMP:20251030T120111Z
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SUMMARY:Online Conference: Disability and the Archives: Access\, Absences and Action
DESCRIPTION:Join us online for Disability and the Archives: Access\, Absences and Action\, a two-day virtual conference hosted by Shakespeare’s Globe from 23–24 January 2026. \nThis interdisciplinary event will examine how disabled lives have been recorded\, obscured\, or erased across literary\, performance\, and institutional records. The programme includes talks\, panels\, and time for shared reflection\, with a focus on inclusive and ethical approaches to archival practice. \nThe complete programme schedule\, including confirmed speakers and session topics\, will be available online prior to the conference. \nShakespeare’s Globe is a registered charity. Registration fees contribute to operational costs and support our research events. If cost presents a barrier\, please contact research@shakespearesglobe.com. We are committed to ensuring these events remain accessible to all. \nTickets: £5.00 \nPlease purchase one ticket per participant. \n This event takes place online \n Running timeL 10.00am – 5.00pm\, including a 1 hour lunch break
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/online-conference-disability-and-the-archives-access-absences-and-action/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Early Modern,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260227T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260227T193000
DTSTAMP:20260128T175534Z
CREATED:20260128T175534Z
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UID:1941-1772213400-1772220600@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Seminar: Blindness\, Writing and Knowing: Visually Impaired Female Authors in the Netherlands (1770-1840)
DESCRIPTION:Details about how to join the virtual event will be circulated via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance. Please note that registration will therefore close 24 hours in advance. \n\n\nDate: 27 Feb 2026\n\n\nTime: 5:30 pm  to  7:30 pm \n\n\nLocationHybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02\, Basement\, IHR\, Senate House\, Malet Street\, London WC1E 7HU \n\n\n\nInstituteInstitute of Historical Research \n\n\n\nEvent typeSeminar \n\n\n\nEvent seriesLow Countries History \n\n\n\nSpeakersFeike Dietz (Amsterdam) \n\n\n\nContact \n ihr.events@sas.ac.uk \n\nEmail only
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/seminar-blindness-writing-and-knowing-visually-impaired-female-authors-in-the-netherlands-1770-1840/
CATEGORIES:Long 18th Century,Seminar,Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260303
DTSTAMP:20260206T091124Z
CREATED:20260206T091124Z
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SUMMARY:CfP:  Disabilities and Women in Ancient Rome: Legal\, social and cultural perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Disabilities and Women in Ancient Rome: Legal\, social and cultural perspectives. Workshop at the University of Helsinki\, Finland\, May 4\, 2026\n\nCall for papers \nDisabilities and Women in Ancient Rome: Legal\, social and cultural perspectives\nWorkshop at the University of Helsinki\, Finland \nMonday\, May 4\, 2026 \nDeadline for submission: March 2\, 2026 \nIn recent years\, there has been a significant growth in the fields of disability studies in the ancient world\, with interdisciplinary approaches intersecting with gender studies\, social history\, legal history and material culture. These approaches allow a broad understanding of differences and responses to situations of vulnerability\, based not only on individual experiences but also on social structures\, cultural attitudes\, and material conditions. Building on these perspectives\, the workshop explores the intersection of gender and disabilities in ancient Rome\, examining the situation of women with disabilities\, their role as caregivers\, and their position from social\, juridical and economic standpoints. The aim of the workshop is to explore how Roman society addressed issues of care\, protection and inclusion through its legal and cultural frameworks. \nTopics of particular interest include (but not limited to):\n• Legal and social frameworks:\nWomen with disabilities and their social and legal position\nLegal frameworks for guardianship and protection of vulnerable persons \n• Roles and autonomy:\nWomen physicians\nWomen as caregivers \n• Cultural representations and material evidence:\nRepresentations of women and disabilities in art\, literature\, and philosophy\nDisability and gender in material culture (archaeological\, anthropological and funerary evidence) \nWe invite researchers\, PhD students\, postdocs\, and early-career researchers to submit proposals consisting of a one-page CV and a 300-word abstract. The proposals should be sent to: sofia.vierula@helsinki.fi \nThe keynote speaker will be Prof. Christian Laes (University of Manchester) \nWorkshop organizers\n• Sofia Vierula (University of Helsinki): sofia.vierula@helsinki.fi\n• Gaetana Balestra (University of Salento): gaetana.balestra@unisalento.it\n• Kaius Tuori (University of Helsinki): kaius.tuori@helsinki.fi \nAccepted proposals will be communicated on March 10\, 2026. The organisers are unfortunately unable to assist in travel arrangements or accommodation or their costs. \n\n\nContact Information\n\nWorkshop organizers\n• Sofia Vierula (University of Helsinki): sofia.vierula@helsinki.fi\n• Gaetana Balestra (University of Salento): gaetana.balestra@unisalento.it\n• Kaius Tuori (University of Helsinki): kaius.tuori@helsinki.fi \n\n\n\nContact Email\nsofia.vierula@helsinki.fi
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/cfp-disabilities-and-women-in-ancient-rome-legal-social-and-cultural-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers,Classical,Conference,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T183000
DTSTAMP:20251030T114521Z
CREATED:20251030T114521Z
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UID:1916-1773336600-1773340200@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Online talk: Disability in the David Narratives in Light of Armed Conflicts in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Talk by Huli Ramantswana. \nOrganized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. \nMarch 12th\, 2026\n09:30am local time
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/online-talk-disability-in-the-david-narratives-in-light-of-armed-conflicts-in-africa/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Lecture,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260325T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260325T150000
DTSTAMP:20260319T140739Z
CREATED:20260319T140739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T140739Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Ageing and Sexual Dysfunction in Early Modern Literature
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 25 March 2026\, 1.00PM to 3:00 PM \nSpeaker(s): Ezra Horbury\, University of York \n\nIn 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 and medical writings sought objective metrics for measuring penile ‘impotence’\, literary texts instead aimed to regulate the sexual behaviours of ageing men through comic mockery. Such texts imagined ageing sexuality through a wide and colourful range of derogatory metaphors\, transforming a private body part into the subject of public discourse and generator of comic culture. This paper considers early modern literary conceptualisations of ‘impotence’ in ageing men\, as analysed through the framework of disability and transgender theory; such frameworks offer alternative understandings of penile sexuality that deprioritise penetration. In analysing plays and poetry\, this paper tracks strategies that control ageing sexuality through comedy\, their attempts to render the ‘impotent’ penis publicly visible by displacing it onto other visual markers of ageing\, the perceived intersection between sexual dysfunction and disease\, and some of the few alternatives imagined by early modern culture for non-penetrative ageing sexuality. This paper ultimately finds early modern literary culture recurrently derogatory about ageing male sexuality\, but argues that this material offers a greater understanding of early modern attitudes to the intersection of age\, sexuality\, and genital function. \nEzra Horbury is a Lecturer in Renaissance Literature at the University of York. Their research interests span theology and theories of gender and sexuality. They are the author of two monographs\, Prodigality in Early Modern Drama (Boydell and Brewer) and Reading the Margins of the Early Modern Bible (Oxford University Press/Liverpool University Press). Their articles have been published in journals including Shakespeare Quarterly\, Harvard Theological Review\, and Transgender Studies Quarterly. \nBook in-person attendance \nBook online attendance via Zoom \n  \n\nLocation: H/G15\, Heslington Hall and Zoom \nEmail: crems-enquiries@york.ac.uk
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/seminar-ageing-and-sexual-dysfunction-in-early-modern-literature/
CATEGORIES:Early Modern,Lecture,Seminar,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260325T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260325T223000
DTSTAMP:20260128T175101Z
CREATED:20260128T175101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T175101Z
UID:1939-1774467000-1774477800@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Jump Billy!: A Concert Celebrating Billy Waters
DESCRIPTION:A celebration of English folk’s diverse history\, through the life of celebrity Black Regency busker Billy Waters. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nA one-off concert to mark the anniversary of Billy Waters’ death\, with live music from Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne\, Clarke Camilleri\, Hamilton Gross\, and Angeline Morrison\, with Maz O’Connor and Tony Montague and Martin Simpson. There’ll be a mix of solo and band performances with music from the artists’ own repertoires – old and new – as well as trad. \nThe show is arranged and narrated by Mary L. Shannon\, writer and author of Billy Waters Is Dancing\, and co-narrated by Suchitra Chatterjee\, of Brighton & Hove Black History. It draws together researchers and creatives who have worked together on various projects to highlight the life of this Black disabled Regency celebrity. \n\nWednesday 25 Mar 2026   7:30pm-10:30pm\nCecil Sharp House\, London\n£20 | £12 Under 30 | Free Personal Assistant ticket with purchase of Access ticket\n\nProgramme to follow. \nPresented by EFDSS. \nDoors 7pm\, start 7.30pm \nWith support from the Susannah Wesley Foundation and the University of Roehampton.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/jump-billy-a-concert-celebrating-billy-waters/
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Long 18th Century
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260401
DTSTAMP:20260111T123706Z
CREATED:20260111T123706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260111T123706Z
UID:1936-1774915200-1775001599@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Deadline: Society for Disability Studies Award Nominations
DESCRIPTION:Nominations\n\n\nCelebrating Excellence in Disability Studies\nThe Society for Disability Studies (SDS) honors outstanding achievements in scholarship\, mentorship\, creative practice\, and community engagement through its annual SDS Awards. These awards recognize the broad and evolving contributions that advance Disability Studies as an interdisciplinary and activist field. \nEach year\, SDS invites nominations from across our global community. Award recipients receive a certificate and letter of recognition presented at the SDS General Membership Meeting in November 2026. \nNominations are now open! Submit your nomination using the SDS Nominations & Awards Form. \nIf you wish to volunteer as a reviewer on an awards committee\, please visit this page. \n\nAward Categories\n1. Lifetime Achievement Award \nHonors a senior member of the Disability Studies community whose sustained work has shaped the field. \nEligibility: Senior scholars and community leaders whose impact includes scholarship\, theory\, teaching\, or institution-building.\nNominations: Must be made by colleagues (self-nominations are not accepted). Letters (of up to four (4) pages) should describe the nominee’s contributions and influence.\nSubmission: Via the SDS Nominations and Awards Form. Electronic copies of books are required for review. Physical copies of books may be requested for review. \n2. Mentoring Award \nRecognizes exceptional commitment to mentoring students\, activists\, artists\, and practitioners within or beyond academic settings. \nEligibility: Open to any member of the Disability Studies community.\nNominations: Must include at least two nominators. Letters (of up to four (4) pages) should provide examples of the nominee’s mentoring and its outcomes. \n3. Senior Book Award \nHonors an outstanding single-authored scholarly book published in the past two years by an established scholar. \nEligibility: Authors of scholarly monographs.\nNominations: Self-nominations and publisher nominations accepted. Include a letter (up to three (3) pages) describing the book’s contribution to Disability Studies.\nSubmission: Via the SDS Nominations and Awards Form. Electronic copies of books are required for review. Physical copies of books may be requested for review. \n4. First Book Award \nCelebrates an author’s first single-authored book that makes a significant contribution to Disability Studies. \nEligibility: Authors of a debut scholarly monograph published within the last two years.\nNominations: Self-nominations and publisher nominations accepted. Include a 3-page letter describing the book’s innovation and impact.\nSubmission: Via the SDS Nominations and Awards Form. Electronic copies of books are required for review. Physical copies of books may be requested for review. \n5. Edited Collection Award \nRecognizes an edited volume that expands the scope and direction of Disability Studies. \nEligibility: Books published within the past two years\, including co-edited or revised editions.\nNominations: Self-nominations and publisher nominations accepted. Include a letter (up to (3) pages) outlining the collection’s contribution and significance.\nSubmission: Via the SDS Nominations and Awards Form. Electronic copies of books are required for review. Physical copies of books may be requested for review. \n6. Curatorial or Exhibition Award \nHonors curatorial\, artistic\, or exhibition-based work that advances the visibility of Disability Studies in arts\, culture\, or public engagement. \nEligibility: Exhibitions or creative projects featuring multiple works; projects do not need to be institutionally framed as Disability Studies.\nNominations: Self-nominations and nominations by Disability Studies community members accepted. Include a letter (of up to four (4) pages) describing the project’s scope\, accessibility practices\, and impact. \n7. Most Significant Article in Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) \nRecognizes an article published in DSQ during the previous calendar year that makes a substantial scholarly contribution. \nEligibility: All authors published in DSQ during the relevant year are automatically considered.\nReview: A review committee evaluates eligible articles for innovation\, clarity\, and contribution to Disability Studies. \n8. Most Significant Unpublished Doctoral Researcher Manuscript \nRecognizes an exceptional\, unpublished article-length manuscript written by a doctoral researcher. \nEligibility: Doctoral researchers only; manuscripts must not be dissertation chapters.\nNominations: Faculty mentors must submit a three (3) page letter of nomination with the manuscript.\nAward: The recipient receives mentorship toward submission to Disability Studies Quarterly. \n\n9. Irving K. Zola Emerging Scholar Award \nHonors early-career scholars or graduate students whose work reflects the legacy of sociologist Irving K. Zola\, emphasizing disability pride\, identity\, and culture. \nEligibility: Graduate students\, early-career scholars\, or those within three years post-terminal degree.\nNominations: Self- and/or mentor-nominations accepted. Include a letter (up to 3 pages) connecting the nominee’s work to Zola’s values\, contributions\, and vision. \n\nTimeline\n\nNominations Open: December 8\, 2026\nNominations Due: March 31\, 2026\, 11:59pm\, Eastern Time (U.S.)\nAward Review Period: Spring–Summer 2026\nAward Announcements: November 2026 SDS General Membership Meeting\n\n\nHow to Nominate\nSubmit your nomination using the SDS Nominations & Awards Form. \nSelect the award category that best fits your nomination and upload the required materials. \nAll materials\, such as nomination letters\, manuscripts\, or exhibition documentation\, should be submitted electronically unless physical copies are requested for book awards. \nQuestions? Contact the SDS Nominations & Elections Committee at awards@disstudies.org. \n  \n\nSupport the Future of SDS Awards\nThe SDS Awards are currently unfunded. To help sustain and expand these recognitions\, including the potential for named or endowed awards\, please contact us at awards@disstudies.org to learn how you can support or sponsor an award. You can also make a donation via our PayPal account.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/deadline-society-for-disability-studies-award-nominations/
CATEGORIES:Award/Contest
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260401
DTSTAMP:20260129T084121Z
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SUMMARY:Call for Presenters: Early Modern European Neurodivergence
DESCRIPTION:Call for Contributors – Early Modern European Neurodivergence\nAugust 3rd and 4th 2026\, Taliesin Arts Centre\, Swansea University \nWe welcome contributions to a conference on the topic of neurodivergence and early modern Europe. This accessible\, hybrid event will examine neurodivergence in the period 1550-1750\, across languages and cultures\, including cross-cultural encounters between Europe and other continents. Topics might include:\n• Representations of neurodivergence in early modern European writing\n• Neurodivergent ways of engaging early modern texts\, from stimming with books to\nADHDer responses to literature\n• Indigenous neurodiversity studies\n• Intersections between neurodivergence and other aspects of early modern Europe (for example religion\, race\, gender\, social class)\n• Early modern neurotrans studies\n• Interviews with theatre practitioners\nWe welcome proposals (up to 150 words) and biographies of presenters (up to 100 words each) for 5-20 minute talks\, posters\, workshops\, performances\, and practical sessions on these themes. We want the conference to be as accessible as possible\, so are keen to include sessions that might appeal to a variety of ways of engaging with literature. If you are proposing a practical session or performance that requires particular props or materials\, please enquire about what we can provide.\nWe can cover presenters’ travel and accommodation if needed. Breakfast\, lunch\, and dinner will be provided at the conference. We also have a number of bursaries available to cover the cost of travel and accommodation for unwaged or student attendees who wish to come to the conference without presenting.\nPresenters and attendees please fill out this form by 5pm BST 31st March 2026 :\nhttps://forms.office.com/e/L6rnAcaL8F \nIf we receive many proposals we will give preference to those that fit the conference theme (neurodivergence in early modern Europe) and that provide a diversity of languages\, cultures\, and approaches. As we plan to publish a selection of essays from the conference with Bloomsbury publishers\, the conference will include a workshop from Bloomsbury editors about the publishing process. This conference is part of the AMEND – Early Modern European Neurodivergence project at Swansea University\, funded by The Wellcome Trust. \nAny questions\, please contact a member of the project team: Dr Laura Seymour (she/her) laura.seymour@swansea.ac.uk\, Dr Bridget Bartlett (they/them)\nbridget.bartlett@swansea.ac.uk; Vicky Hansly (she/her) victoria.hansly@swansea.ac.uk The medium of the conference will be English. All organisational materials (e.g. conference schedule\, map of the rooms) will be provided in Welsh and English. If you wish to use the spoken Welsh language throughout the conference\, please let us know via the Microsoft Form and we will arrange a Welsh interpreter.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/call-for-presenters-early-modern-european-neurodivergence/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers,Conference,Early Modern,Long 18th Century
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260401T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260401T183000
DTSTAMP:20251030T114811Z
CREATED:20251030T114811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251030T114811Z
UID:1918-1775064600-1775068200@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Online talk: Ableism When Accessing the Past: Studies of Disability in the Ancient World
DESCRIPTION:Talk by Hannah Vogel. \nOrganized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. \nApril 1st\, 2026\n04:30pm local time
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/online-talk-ableism-when-accessing-the-past-studies-of-disability-in-the-ancient-world/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Lecture,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260402T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260402T183000
DTSTAMP:20251030T115033Z
CREATED:20251030T115033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251030T115033Z
UID:1920-1775151000-1775154600@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Online talk: Ableism When Accessing the Past: Studies of Disability in the Ancient World\, 2nd Day
DESCRIPTION:Talk by Hannah Vogel. \nOrganized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. \nApril 2nd\, 2026\n09:30am local time
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/online-talk-ableism-when-accessing-the-past-studies-of-disability-in-the-ancient-world-2nd-day/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Lecture,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260409T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260409T183000
DTSTAMP:20251030T115402Z
CREATED:20251030T115402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251030T115402Z
UID:1922-1775755800-1775759400@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Online talk: Physical Witness – Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Corinna Guerrero will present “Physical Witness: Atrocity x Disability in the Hebrew Bible”\nOrganized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology.\n\nThis lecture series is co-hosted by Pacific School of Religion and the Archaeological Research Facility – Berkeley.\n\n\nApril 9th\, 2026\n09:30am local time
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/online-talk-physical-witness-disability-in-the-ancient-middle-east-and-mediterranean/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Lecture,Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260505
DTSTAMP:20260501T085152Z
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UID:1956-1777852800-1777939199@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Workshop: Disabilities and Women in Ancient Rome: Legal\, social and cultural perspectives
DESCRIPTION:The workshop is held at the University of Helsinki Main Building\, Room U3039 (3rd floor). The address is Unioninkatu 34\, but the building can be easily found from the Senate Square.  The workshop will begin at 10.00 am (EEST) with the keynote. \n  \nThe workshop room is wheelchair accessible through a gateway and an inner courtyard (Yliopistonkatu 2) and the other side of the building (Fabianinkatu). Unfortunately\, there is no induction loop in the room. We recommend that you follow the accessibility guidelines in your presentations\, for example this one: https://a1slides.com/accessible-powerpoint-presentations-wcag-guide/ \nRemote participation is possible; the Zoom link is https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/69089076203Opens in a new tab \nThe registration is for both in-person and remote participation. For in-person participants\, we would like to ask whether you are participating in the lunch (at the expense of participants) and the afternoon coffee. \n  \nPlease register through this form: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/140243/lomake.htmlOpens in a new tab \nWe are looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki! \n  \nOn behalf of the organizing committee\, \nSofia Vierula\, Gaetana Balestra and Kaius Tuori \n**** \nProgram: \n  \n10-11.15 keynote: Prof. Christian Laes: Women and disabilities in Antiquity: between presentism and daily life \n  \n11.30-13.00 session 1: Disabled Women in the Roman Narratives  \nSofia Vierula: The case of Harpaste: Lived experience of disability in Seneca’s letter to Lucilius \nMathilde Chartrand: The Daily Life of a Furiosa: On the Gendered Consequences of Mental Illness \nFran Geldard: Enslavement and Disability in Eusebian Martyr Narrative \nLunch \n  \n14.00-15.30 session 2: Women\, Disability and Roman Law \nArnaud Paturet: Some Reflections on the Status of Deaf People by Roman Jurists \nKaius Tuori: Infirmity and monstrosity: on the legal construction of female disability in law \nJana Mauri Marlborough: Against All Odds: The Legal Position of Wet Nurses in Roman Law \n  \nCoffee \n16.00-17.30 session 3: Intersections of Gender and Disability in Late Antiquity  \nGaetana Balestra: Muta puella fuit: The Mute Woman between tutela mulierum and Justinian’s Legislation. \nElena Pezzato Heck: Mental Illness as Grounds for Repudiation in Late Antiquity and the Justinian Era \nArttu Alaranta: Vulnerable Life-Cycle Moments and Disabilities in Women’s Asceticism during Late Antiquity
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/workshop-disabilities-and-women-in-ancient-rome-legal-social-and-cultural-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Webinar,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T183000
DTSTAMP:20251030T115613Z
CREATED:20251030T115613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251030T115613Z
UID:1924-1778175000-1778178600@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Online talk: God is his Potter – Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Kyle Jordan will present “God is his Potter” – Disability in Ancient Egypt.\nOrganized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology.\n\n\nMay 7th\, 2026\n09:30am local time\n\n\nThis lecture series is co-hosted by Pacific School of Religion and the Archaeological Research Facility – Berkeley.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/online-talk-god-is-his-potter-disability-in-the-ancient-middle-east-and-mediterranean/
CATEGORIES:Classical,Lecture,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260512T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260512T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T100437Z
CREATED:20260507T100437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T100437Z
UID:1961-1778608800-1778608800@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:AMEND Website Launch
DESCRIPTION:We are exciting to announce the Official AMEND Website Launch event! It will be held 12th May 2026 from 6pm to 7pm UK time online via Zoom🎉 Register now using the link to the Microsoft Forms! https://forms.office.com/e/gCANx6v4yj
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/amend-website-launch/
CATEGORIES:Early Modern,Long 18th Century,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTSTAMP:20260507T100141Z
CREATED:20260507T100141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T100141Z
UID:1959-1778803200-1778889599@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Deadline: Disability History Association Publication Awards - Book and Chapter/Article
DESCRIPTION:The Disability History Association is accepting submissions for its 2026 outstanding publication awards! \nThe deadline for the Outstanding Book Award is May 15\, 2026. The DHA welcomes monographs and edited collections with significant historical content\, provided the book is new\, original scholarship and published in English. The award is open to authors writing across all geographic areas and time periods whose book was first published between January 1 and December 31\, 2025. Please visit Book Award – The Disability History Association for more information and instructions for submission. \nThe deadline for the Outstanding Article or Book Chapter Award is May 15\, 2026. The DHA welcomes journal articles and books chapters with significant historical content across all geographic areas and time periods. The publication must be in English\, with first publication taking place between January 1 and December 31\, 2025. Please visit Outstanding Article or Book Chapter Award – The Disability History Association for additional information and instructions for submission. \nCOMING SOON: Submission information for the 2026 Public Disability History Award and 2026 Research for Justice and Equity Award (expect updated information on DHA website for these awards by the end of May!) \n\n\nContact Information\n\nJenifer Barclay\, DHA Director of Awards \nDepartment of History \nUniversity at Buffalo \n\n\n\nContact Email\nbarclay7@buffalo.edu
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/deadline-disability-history-association-publication-awards-book-and-chapter-article/
CATEGORIES:Award/Contest
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270125
DTSTAMP:20260903T063329Z
CREATED:20260903T063329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T063329Z
UID:2094-1782432000-1800835199@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Exhibit: History In Our Bones: Uncovering Stories of Disability Through Time
DESCRIPTION:This display explores disability in the medieval past through history\, archaeology and science. Discover the stories of four people who lived with disabilities in Scotland and England between 500 and 1600 years ago\, presented through immersive display stations. Created in collaboration with University of St Andrews researchers\, History in Our Bones invites visitors to rethink how disability\, community and contribution have always gone hand in hand. \nFri\, 26/06/2026 – Sun\, 24/01/2027 | Free | The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/exhibit-history-in-our-bones-uncovering-stories-of-disability-through-time/
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Medieval
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260702
DTSTAMP:20260616T114154Z
CREATED:20260616T114154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T114154Z
UID:1971-1782864000-1782950399@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Applications/Nominations: 2026 Disability History Association Public History Award now open
DESCRIPTION:2026 Public Disability History Award  \nHow are you making disability history come alive for people? What projects have you been working on? What excites you in this work? Please share with us what you know! \nWe are the Disability History Association and we want to reward your work. The awardee will receive $300 (US) and a one-on-one conversation with a fabulous public historian. We are currently accepting applications for our award that supports public history projects related to disability and disabled people. This award recognizes excellent disability history work intended primarily for broad audiences (not academic audiences). The award is also meant to further the project’s reach and goals. The award may go to an individual or group who has completed a project or to an individual or group who is planning on completing a project. We give this award every two years\, and we encourage you to apply now. \nWhat is public history? It is often community-engaged and is always about sharing stories with larger audiences and everyday people. This award seeks to support people who are passionate about bringing history to life with resources like original documents\, everyday objects\, research by other people or themselves\, and oral history interviews. Public history can take many forms. It can include\, but is not limited to: \n\npublications\,\ndocumentary films\,\ndigital and web projects\,\nexhibitions\, or\npublic programs such as an educational workshop.\n\nQualifications: \n\nAnyone may apply for this award or nominate another person’s or group’s project.\nMembership in DHA is encouraged but not required for consideration.\nCommunity-based and community-led disability history projects from the last two years are especially welcome.\nWe seek applications from individuals\, teams\, organizations and especially projects that meaningfully engage disability and BIPOC communities.\nPartnerships with academic institutions\, such as schools or universities\, are not required.\nProjects may address any and all time periods and geographic regions.\nAll applications must be in English\, including for projects done in another language. If the project is not originally conveyed in written English\, please provide a full translation.\n\nTO APPLY: Submit the following materials by email by July 1\, 2026 to the Award Committee Chair Bess Williamson at sewill32@ncsu.edu. Please submit a written document\, video\, or audio file that answers the below questions to the best of your knowledge. \nQuestions to Address: \n\nWhat do you want people to know about the history you have found?\nWhat did you learn and what is important for people to know?\nIf you are just beginning the project\, how would you use the money? If this is for a completed project\, ignore this question.\nHow have you worked with disability communities to research this topic (whether with documents or living people)? If you are just starting the project\, how do you plan to work with disability communities?\nExplain your access considerations for the project and how you’ve made it physically or programmatically accessible.\nWho helped you on this project? Who did you collaborate with\, if anyone? Please list your primary collaborators and participants\, noting their affiliations (if any) and roles. The DHA is especially seeking applications from individuals and organizations that engage disability and BIPOC communities.\nWhat sources did you find helpful on the project? Share at least five sources.\n\nSupporting Materials: \nPlease submit no more than five supporting materials related to the project that you have. If you do not have any materials\, that is fine. These materials could include: \n1. Drafts\, image files\, pictures\, links\, or documents about the project \n2. Media coverage about the project \n3. Copies of public feedback about the project \n4. Supporting letters from colleagues\, partners\, community members \nSubmission Guidelines:  \nYou may submit your application or nomination in three ways: a written document\, a video\, or an audio file. Applicants can also submit materials in another format if that is more accessible. \n\nWritten Document. Please write 500-1\,500 words and save the document in a Word or a PDF file. Then\, email the document to sewill32@ncsu.edu.\n\nOR \n\nVideo/Audio File. You may create the video/audio however you would like\, but please limit it to 10 minutes. Then\, save the audio/video file to a cloud-based storage folder and send the link to the file to sewill32@ncsu.edu. Please be sure to change the permissions to make the file viewable.\n\nIf you are nominating someone else\, please answer the above questions to the best of your knowledge and provide contact information for the project or the people who worked on the project. \nQuestions? Visit the DHA website for additional details about the DHA. You can also view this call for applications on the award website.  ​​ \n\n\nContact Information\n\nJenifer Barclay\, University at Buffalo \n\n\n\nContact Email\nbarclay7@buffalo.edu
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/applications-nominations-2026-disability-history-association-public-history-award-now-open/
CATEGORIES:Application,Award/Contest
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260702
DTSTAMP:20260616T114713Z
CREATED:20260616T114713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T114713Z
UID:1973-1782864000-1782950399@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Call for Applications: 2026 Disability History Association Research for Justice and Equity Award
DESCRIPTION:2026 Research for Justice and Equity Award \nThe Disability History Association (DHA) is committed to promoting innovative scholarship in disability history\, pursuing justice and equity\, and supporting the disability history community in countering different forms of oppression\, including ableism\, racism\, and colonialism. The DHA is therefore excited to announce our third annual Research for Justice and Equity Award.  \nThis $500 (US) award is intended to support a scholar engaged in disability history research whose work embodies this commitment to justice and equity and strives to engage communities. “Research” is defined broadly. In addition to traditional academic work\, it could also include such activities as blogging\, exhibit curation\, or public presentations. Post-secondary students at all levels of study\, community-based scholars\, and precariously employed researchers are particularly welcome to apply. \nPreference will be given to disability history projects that engage directly and thoughtfully with underrepresented historical topics and/or historically marginalized communities. These may include (but are certainly not limited to) disabled\, Mad\, neurodiverse\, Deaf\, or chronically ill communities\, Black\, Indigenous\, or Global South communities\, and/or LGBTQI2S+ communities. \nIn addition to honoring the awardee’s important presence in the disability history community\, this award is meant to provide support for their research. For example\, the awardee may wish to use the money to travel to archives or conferences\, carry out oral histories\, build a website\, or facilitate public presentations or community-based projects. \nTo apply\, candidates should prepare an application of no more than 1000 words that includes: \n\nan explanation of their research experience and/or personal experience in relation to disability history and the pursuit of justice and equity\,\na project statement that 1) tells us about the project overall\, 2) explains the project plan\, and 3) explains how the project will make a positive impact on the field of disability history and on relevant communities\,\ninformation about any partnerships (if relevant) and access to additional sources of funding\, and\na budget that specifies how the funding will assist the candidate in carrying out their work.\n\nApplicants may also include a resumé or CV\, but it is not required. The resumé/CV will not count toward the 1000-word limit. Recommendation letters or references are not part of this application and will not be considered by the committee. \nPlease send your application materials to the Chair of the Award Committee\, Dr. Keri Watson at Keri.Watson@ucf.edu. Questions can also be directed to DHA Director of Awards Jenifer Barclay at barclay7@buffalo.edu. Applications must be received by July 1\, 2026. \nThe applications will be evaluated by a diverse committee that includes scholars and disability history researchers who are engaged in their communities. Key evaluation criteria will be: \n\nthe applicant’s previous experience\, especially as it relates to their commitment to the project and their preparedness for it\,\nthe feasibility of the project\,\nthe importance of the project\, both for the field of disability history and for the communities involved\,\nthe project’s focus on community engagement and empowerment\, and\nthe applicant’s access to other sources of funding (preference will be given to applicants who do not have ready access to other funding to help them complete the project).\n\nThe award recipient will be celebrated on the DHA’s website\, social media\, and other communication platforms. Recipients should also plan to share information about the outcome of their project within one year of the award; reporting on the project can take many forms\, including a post for DHA’s blog\, All of Us\, or participating in an episode of the DHA podcast. \n\n\nContact Information\n\nJenifer Barclay\, DHA Director of Awards \n\n\n\nContact Email\nbarclay7@buffalo.edu
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/call-for-applications-2026-disability-history-association-research-for-justice-and-equity-award/
CATEGORIES:Application,Award/Contest
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260801
DTSTAMP:20260605T080349Z
CREATED:20260605T080349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T080349Z
UID:1966-1785456000-1785542399@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:CFP: Collections Uncovered: Disability at the British Library
DESCRIPTION:Call for Presenters! \nCollections Uncovered: Disability at the British Library – 27th November 2026 – 10am-4:30pm\nPresentations in-person (at the British Library) and online (via Teams/Zoom)\nThe afternoon session is in-person only. \nJoin the UK Disability History and Heritage Hub and the British Library to explore disability histories. Presentations will highlight disability stories within the British Library collections\, creating space for conversations around access\, history\, and future directions. \n\nIn the afternoon\, you will get hands-on with selected material from the British Library collections in an interactive session! You will be invited to think creatively: making zines or collages\, sharing stories\, and discussing themes that emerge. The focus will be on co-creation and collaboration\, giving everyone the opportunity to reflect on how disability surfaces in the collections. Discussions will hopefully help shape the agenda for a future PhD placement at the British Library\, which will draw focus to disability histories in the collections. Due to the nature of the activity\, the afternoon session will be in-person only. \nWe welcome contributions on topics or projects including (but not limited to): \n\n\nDisability histories in the British Library collections \n\n\nDisability histories in national collections \n\n\nLibrary collections and disability history \n\n\nAccessibility and collections \n\n\nCataloguing and finding disability histories \n\n\nPhysical space/access \n\n\nCareers in the sector \n\n\nConnections between the past and present \n\n\nDisability publications – activist magazines\, community newsletters\, charity periodicals \n\n\nSomething in the British Library collections that has really excited you (relevant to disability and disability histories) \n\n\n\nSubmission deadline\, Friday 31st July 2026\, by email (details below) \n\nWe welcome diverse presentation formats from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.  Academic papers\, conversation or interview styles\, artistic presentations – your imagination is the only limit! Preferred presentation lengths are either 5 minutes or 15 minutes. Please let us know your preferred length\, and if you will be presenting virtually or in-person\, when you submit your proposal. Please note\, if you are attending in-person\, you will need to fund your own travel. \nWe’ll work with you to ensure attending and presenting at the event is accessible\, and to prevent any technical problems arising. We hope to provide both British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation along with Speech-to-Text captioning (STTR) – we currently have funding for one\, and are seeking funding to be able to provide both. Please get in touch to discuss access requests. \n\nPlease submit proposed presentations to ukdishistheritagehub@gmail.com titling the email ‘Collections Uncovered.’ Just send us a short summary (around 200 words) and a bit about you/your organisation (around 100 words). We are also open to video submissions\, covering the same details\, that are no longer than 3 minutes. If there are any accessibility concerns regarding submissions\, please contact us.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/cfp-collections-uncovered-disability-at-the-british-library/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260803
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260805
DTSTAMP:20260507T100710Z
CREATED:20260507T100653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T100710Z
UID:1963-1785715200-1785887999@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Early Modern European Neurodivergence conference
DESCRIPTION:If you missed our initial registration form but would still like to attend Early Modern European Neurodivergence on the 3rd and 4th of August 2026 either in-person at Swansea University or online via Zoom\, please complete the following registration form!📝 https://forms.office.com/e/RDmhiWqpna
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/early-modern-european-neurodivergence-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Early Modern,Long 18th Century,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260816
DTSTAMP:20260616T113910Z
CREATED:20260616T113910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T113910Z
UID:1969-1786752000-1786838399@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:CFP: Disability History and the Life Course
DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers: Disability History and the Life Course\nedited by Chelsea Chamberlain and Caroline Lieffers \nLife stages including the fetal stage\, infancy\, childhood\, adolescence\, “reproductive age\,” adulthood\, retirement\, elderliness\, and death are crucial ways of experiencing and making sense of both the bodymind and temporality\, but they can also be vectors of power. Life stages shape and are shaped by ideas about disability and (ab)normality\, as well as other intersecting systems of power\, such as racism\, colonialism\, and compulsory heterosexuality. Recognizing that disability and the life course are culturally and historically mediated\, this volume aims to explore entanglements of disability and life stages in different historical contexts. In doing so\, we hope that this volume will advance historical and theoretical understandings of both disability and the life course. \nPossible approaches include but are not limited to: \n\nDisability\, (inter)dependency\, and care at different stages of life\nInfantilization or precocious sexualization of people with disabilities\n“Poster children” and the image of the disabled child\nDisability in historical children’s toys\, games\, and media\nUnderstandings of “maturity” and “capacity to consent” in people with disabilities\nQuestions about chronological vs. “mental” or “developmental” age\nThe idea of “school-age” or “college-age” and expectations about education for people with disabilities\nPuberty/adolescence as understood by/in people with disabilities\nDisability and queer temporalities/futurities\n“Aging out” of government programs\, services\, and institutions for disabled people\nAnxieties around “reproductive age\,” criminality\, and disability\nPregnancy and concerns about fetuses with prospective disabilities\nParenting with a disability\nExpectations of productive labor during “working years”\nThe concept of the “health span” vs. life span\nDisabled people growing old vs. aging into disability\n“Grey Power” and disability activism among seniors\nDisability after death\, including commemoration and cemeteries\nChanges in disability and disabled identity/experience over the life course (e.g. post-polio syndrome\, re-evaluation of disabled and/or Deaf identities\, psychiatric conditions re-understood in old age)\n\nWe are interested in diverse geographical\, intersectional\, and chronological areas of focus. Interdisciplinary submissions are welcome\, but abstracts should pay close attention to historical context and take seriously the potential of age\, stage of life\, or the life course as analytics in disability history. Reflective and/or narrative pieces and co-authored pieces are also welcome. \nPlease submit an abstract (300-500 words)\, a CV\, and a short bio to the editors (lieffersc@macewan.ca and chelsea.chamberlain@wilkes.edu) by August 15\, 2026. \nInitial decisions will be issued by approximately October 15\, 2026\, and manuscripts will be due by April 2027. Final manuscripts are expected to be approximately 8000 words\, including citations.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/cfp-disability-history-and-the-life-course/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260902T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260902T180000
DTSTAMP:20260902T101934Z
CREATED:20260902T101934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T101934Z
UID:2079-1788368400-1788372000@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Early Modern Race and Disability: Intersections and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, the study of early modern literature and culture has become increasingly informed by the insights of critical race studies; in a parallel development\, scholars are also showing a growing commitment to exploring disability in the early modern world. This conversation puts premodern critical race studies and early modern disability studies in conversation — to explore not only the specific intersections between race and disability\, but also to theorize how the two fields’ shared commitment to interrogating forms of early modern difference might be mutually-informing more broadly.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/early-modern-race-and-disability-intersections-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:Early Modern,Panel,Roundtable,Roundtable,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260911
DTSTAMP:20260622T132042Z
CREATED:20260622T132042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T132042Z
UID:1982-1788998400-1789084799@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:CFP: Deafness in the Premodern Mediterranean (VivaMente Conference in the History of Ideas)
DESCRIPTION:This VivaMente Conference explores deafness and the figure of the deaf person in the Mediterranean Antiquity and pre-modern ages through historical\, medical\, and socio-cultural perspectives. \n\n\n\n\n\nDespite its historical significance\, this topic remains underexplored within disability history and Deaf culture studies\, although recent scholarly interest in ancient disabilities has expanded to include social and cultural dimensions. In fact\, in recent years\, academic interest in disabilities in the ancient world has undergone a significant renewal\, bringing to light new research perspectives that move beyond the traditional pathology-centered approach to encompass a broader consideration of social and cultural dynamics: see e.g. C. Laes (ed.)\, Disability in Antiquity (London – New York\, 2017); C. Laes\, Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World. A Social and Cultural History (Cambridge\, 2018); C. Laes (ed.)\, A Cultural History of Disability in Antiquity  (London\, 2020); A.F. Morris\, H. Vogel (eds.)\, Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology. All Our Yesterdays (London – New York\, 2025). \n\n\n\n\nThe history of deafness and deaf individuals represents a field of study that requires an interdisciplinary approach\, capable of integrating historical sources with the latest advancements in linguistics\, medical history\, and the sociology of disability. In this framework\, we believe that tracing the historical roots of deafness—both from the objective perspective of medical history and from the subjective viewpoint of social perception—can provide a valuable contribution to contemporary discussions on the topic. The analysis of documentary and literary sources allows us to identify representations and narratives of deafness in various historical and geographical contexts\, highlighting how societies have perceived\, classified\, and interacted with deaf individuals over the centuries. \n\n\n\n\nThe conference is also set within a broader context of increasing recognition of Deaf culture at both public and academic levels. The official recognition of Italian Sign Language (LIS) in 2021 represented a fundamental step in affirming the rights of deaf individuals\, as did the establishment of the degree program in Italian Sign Language Interpreting at the University of Parma in 2023. This program\, one of only three currently active in Italy\, has been founded and chaired for three years by Davide Astori\, co-organiser of this conference. This academic initiative aligns with a broader scholarly trend aimed at enhancing the historical\, cultural\, and communicative aspects of Deaf communities. \n\n\n\n\nAt the same time\, the conference is intended to situate deafness within the broader framework of the history of ideas. Rather than treating deafness only as a social condition or as an object of modern Deaf culture studies\, the conference will examine the changing intellectual categories through which deafness was defined\, explained\, and classified in ancient and medieval societies. Particular attention will be paid to the historical transformation of concepts such as hearing\, speech\, silence\, impairment\, education\, communication\, and disability\, and to the ways in which these categories were shaped by philosophical\, theological\, legal\, linguistic\, and medical discourses. \n\n\n\n\nThe goal of the conference is\, therefore\, to foster dialogue among scholars from different disciplines in order to construct the most comprehensive and multifaceted picture possible of deafness in premodern history. This reflection\, beyond shedding light on specific aspects of ancient and medieval culture\, also aims to encourage a critical debate on the persistence of certain historical conceptions in contemporary perceptions of deafness and disability as a whole. \n\n\n\nOrganisation\n\n\nScholars working on any area relevant to the conference are invited to submit a proposal consisting of a title and an abstract. Proposals should not exceed 250 words and should be accompanied by a short biographical note. Contributions may address any aspect relevant to the conference’s theme (ancient\, medieval\, and early modern)\, as well as broader comparative or methodological approaches. \nThe deadline for submission is 10 September 2026. \nThe organisers will select the proposals with a view to both the conference programme and the publication of the proceedings. Selected speakers will be invited to complete the registration process after acceptance. The conference proceedings will be submitted for peer-reviewed publication in the series Palgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine. \nBursaries to attend the conference are available under the competitive Comel Grant scheme.\n\n\nConference type: Hybrid\nDates: 17-18 November 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProposal Submission: 10 September 2026
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/cfp-deafness-in-the-premodern-mediterranean-vivamente-conference-in-the-history-of-ideas/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers,Classical,Conference,Early Modern,Medieval
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928
DTSTAMP:20260909T123120Z
CREATED:20260909T123120Z
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UID:2103-1789084800-1790553599@premoderndisability.com
SUMMARY:Exhibit: Menaut Waktu. Merekam Jejak. (Threading Time. Archiving Traces.)
DESCRIPTION:From 11 to 27 September 2026\, Framer Framed hosts the presentation Menaut Waktu. Merekam Jejak. (Threading Time. Archiving Traces.)\, displaying the outcome of artist Jay Afrisando’s work as part the Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed residency programme.\nThe presentation presents a growing collaborative archival and counter-archival practice that follows perceptions of disability from pre-colonial\, post-independence and present day Indonesia. It examines the complex factors that have shaped disability discourses through the arts\, archives\, body-minds and collaborative practices between artists\, researchers\, communities and disabled people. It intends to be a meeting site for the past and the present\, for conventional archives and undocumented experiences and for the inter-human. \nMenaut Waktu. Merekam Jejak. (Threading Time. Archiving Traces.) is the outcome of Afrisando’s archival research at KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies) and his field research in Indonesia as part of the Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist in Residence 2025-26. Instead of merely presenting the archival findings\, Afrisando collaborates with Ba(WA)yang Production\, Teater Braille\, SAPDA (Center for Advocacy of Women\, Disabled and Children) and Sedikit Terlibat to curate\, respond to archival findings and create a counter-archive together. \nIn this presentation\, disability is seen from the perspectives of decolonisation\, anti-ableism\, and through inter-paradigm and -disciplinary methods. It invites the public to understand why and how stigma\, medicalisation\, segregation and practices based on pity still exist until now. Doing so also allows visitors to investigate discrimination and inequality that happens even to those who do not identify themselves as disabled\, and open perspectives into various constructions of knowledge and practice full of inequality and partiality. Therefore\, (re)reading disability means not only reading the world\, but imagining and realising a different future. \nPlease join us for the opening on Friday 11 September at 18:00\, during which Afrisando introduces his work. Sign up here. \nDSL interpretation is provided during Afrisando’s speech and exhibition tour on the opening day from 18:00-19:00.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/exhibit-menaut-waktu-merekam-jejak-threading-time-archiving-traces/
LOCATION:Framer Framed\, Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093 KS\, Amsterdam
CATEGORIES:Classical,Early Modern,Exhibit,Long 18th Century,Medieval
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SUMMARY:CFP: Community and the Uncanny: Neurodivergent Inclusion and Exile in the Middle Ages (IMC 2027)
DESCRIPTION:Despite the importance of community for human wellbeing\, the neurodivergent experience of what community has meant throughout history has often differed greatly from that offered by neuronormative societies. Building on the success of our 2026 series\, Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities\, we once again invite scholars working in neurodiversity studies and neuroqueer theory within medieval studies to present papers on the IMC’s 2027 theme\, ‘Communities’.   \n  \nThis series invites proposals for papers that examine aspects of medieval and medievalist communities through a neurodivergent or neuroqueer lens. This includes\, but is not limited to:  \n-Exploration of the social interactions of neurodivergent individuals in medieval communities.  \n-Examination of the relationships between neurodivergent and neurotypical characters in medieval literature.  \n-Discussions of the experiences of neurodivergent scholars in medieval studies.  \n-Exploration of the formation of neurodivergent or neuroqueer communities across time with figures or concepts from the Middle Ages.  \n  \nPaper proposals should be under 200 words and accompanied by a bio of no more than 150 words. Proposals should be sent to D.M.Coultas@leeds.ac.uk for the attention of Dan Coultas and Ash Paley no later than Monday\, 14th September 2026.  \nSuccessful applicants are reminded that they remain responsible for their own conference registration and fees. 
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/cfp-community-and-the-uncanny-neurodivergent-inclusion-and-exile-in-the-middle-ages-imc-2027/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers,Medieval
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
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SUMMARY:CFP: Society for Disability Studies Annual Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Annual Virtual Conference | April 23 and 24\, 2027\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere and There\, Then and Now:\nDisability Studies at the End of the World\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCall for Papers\nNote: A text-only version of the information below is available as a Google Doc at this link. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmidst escalating political repression\, imperialist violence\, climate crisis\, and warfare\, how do we practice disability studies at the end of the world? What can disability studies and the disability community teach us during a time of rampant fascism and global collapse? How might we amplify disabled expertise and crip wisdom – centering ways of living with injury and interdependence – as a way of refusing the ableist nihilism that underwrites apocalypse’s finality and its fixation on healing\, cure\, and redemption? How do we draw on reservoirs of collective crip memory that persist in the face of dispossession\, precarity and debilitation\, that brim with ideas\, dreams\, hopes\, visions\, and critiques that survive even as many of our bodies do not? What might we gain from centering disability as a site of valuable knowledge\, embodied wisdom\, and radical creativity in our current political moment? \nStriking at apocalyptic forecasts that assert “unprecedented times\,” Indigenous\, Black\, postcolonial\, and transnational disability studies challenge this temporality of the world’s seeming end\, reminding us that\, for many\, the world has already ended and begun again many times over. How might the experience and concept of disability help us re-frame what the end of the world means? How have our disabled ancestors accessed the end of the world as the beginning of another? How might radical\, diverse\, and distinct crip knowledges help us attune to possibilities of and for other worlds?  \nFinally\, what is the role of “study” and “studies” in the ending and remaking of worlds? What does a “field” like disability studies need to do in this current political\, environmental\, and affective moment? What shape can world-making projects take in a “field” such as ours\, which coalesces across and through hierarchies of labor\, citizenship\, health\, gender\, sexuality\, race\, mobility\, discipline\, age\, and access? How might we envision community\, care\, and collaboration in a time of stoked division?  \nIn keeping with the legacy of the Society for Disability Studies’ annual conference as a site for gathering\, reckoning\, and pause\, we invite proposals that take up these questions and other related\, novel provocations. We particularly welcome sessions reckoning with the past\, present\, and future of the “field” that broadly address its “state” through unresolved conflicts\, emergent positions\, and methodological commitments in disability studies\, disability justice organizing and advocacy\, and disability art. Proposals that aim to bring new interlocutors into dialogue and foment new coalitional possibilities across academia\, advocacy\, activism and the arts\, are especially encouraged.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/cfp-society-for-disability-studies-annual-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers,Conference,Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923
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SUMMARY:CFPs (deadline extended): Three ICMS Sessions on Monsters and the Monstrous
DESCRIPTION:Session I: Inexplicable\, Indescribable\, Inconceivable MonstersSponsors: MEARCSTAPA\nOrganizers: Mary Leech and Thea Tomaini \nThis session seeks to explore the implied monstrosity of characters through their deeds and/or words with physical features left out or minimally described. Through this approach\, this session will analyze how monstrosity is not just a physical attribute\, but also related to behaviors that threaten to undermine the underlying identity of a community. Other approaches to this topic include implied monsters or monsters within the community that are not initially seen as monsters. Participants should explore what identifies a monster beyond physicality. \n\nSession II: Monsters on the Stage: Interdisciplinary Examinations of Alterity in TheatreSponsors: MEARCSTAPA\nOrganizers: Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan \nTheatrical performances create a space where monsters can directly slither\, breathe\, roar\, live\, die\, and interact with their audiences. This session meditates on how theatre produces or elicits a relationship to monstrosity that might otherwise not be possible through different mediums. This session invites 20-minute papers that consider monstrosity on the stage both hailing from the Middle Ages and its afterlives in medievalism. Far from just fantastical creatures\, “monstrosity” may also refer to racialized\, gendered\, queered or otherwise othered bodies within normative society. \n​ \nSession III: Patris\, Matris\, Monstri: Depictions of Monstrous Parents and Parental MonstersSponsors: MEARCSTAPA\nOrganizers: Cortney Anne Berg \nWhat makes a parent\, what makes a monster\, and what makes a parent monstrous? Can any parents escape the charge? How do these categories intersect in depictions\, and what can the overlap tell us about descent\, human nature\, inheritance of traits\, individual will\, reproductive biology\, and the definition of the human? This session calls for 20-minute papers examining medieval depictions of monstrous parents\, or parental monsters — literal\, behavioral\, or metaphorical. We encourage proposals that crack open essentializing definitions.
URL:https://premoderndisability.com/event/cfps-deadline-extended-three-icms-sessions-on-monsters-and-the-monstrous/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers,Conference,Medieval
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