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. The workshop room is wheelchair accessible through a gateway and an inner courtyard (Yliopistonkatu 2)…
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.
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
The Disability History Association is accepting submissions for its 2026 outstanding publication awards! The 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 The DHA welcomes monographs and edited collections with significant historical content, provided the book is new, original scholarship and published in English.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…
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…
2026 Public Disability History Award How 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! We are the Disability History Association and we want to reward your work. The awardee will receive $300 (US) and…
2026 Research for Justice and Equity Award The 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…
Call for Presenters! Collections Uncovered: Disability at the British Library – 27th November 2026 – 10am-4:30pm Presentations in-person (at the British Library) and online (via Teams/Zoom) The afternoon session is in-person only. Join the UK Disability History and Heritage Hub and the British Library to explore disability histories. Presentations will highlight disability stories within the…
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
Call for Papers: Disability History and the Life Course edited by Chelsea Chamberlain and Caroline Lieffers Life 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…
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…
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. Despite 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.…
