• Application Deadline: Bioethics and Health Humanities Research Fellow

    Research Fellow Bioethics and Health Humanities The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX The Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities (IBHH) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) invites applications for two Research Fellows. This mentored fellowship program is intended for scholars who have recently completed their PhD or other terminal degree or…

  • Nomination Deadline: Heidi Marx Prize

    The Heidi Marx Prize for outstanding contribution in the field of medicine, health, and healing in the ancient Mediterranean Dr. Heidi Marx has carved new paths in the study of ancient Mediterranean philosophy, medicine, botany, and religion. Dr. Marx’s work is recognizable in its clarity, intellectual insight, and generous engagement with other scholars’ work, combining…

  • CFP: “Beyond Labels”: International Conference on Disability, Different Ability and Neurodiversity

    deadline for submissions: March 31, 2025 full name / name of organization: London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research contact email: diversity@lcir.co.uk “Beyond Labels”: International Conference on Disability, Different Ability and Neurodiversity London/Online: 13-14 September 2025 Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2025 Conference website: https://diversity.lcir.co.uk Disability, different ability and neurodiversity are concepts that traverse boundaries, challenging disciplines…

  • CFP: Histories of Disabilities and Living Spaces from Ancient to Modern Worlds

    Royal Holloway’s Bodies and Material Culture Research Group invites papers for a one-day workshop in Central London on histories of disabilities and living spaces from the ancient to the modern world. The relationship between historical actors with physical and mental disabilities and the places they live is complex, with embodied experiences and the material world offering scope…

  • Application Deadline: Postdoctoral Research Associate – Early Modern European Neurodivergence

    Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life. Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around…

  • CFP: Disabilities and American Art Histories

    American Art, the peer-reviewed journal co-published by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the University of Chicago Press, seeks to publish papers that explore the intersections of disability studies and the histories of American art, architecture, and design. What perspectives, insights, and forms of redress does disability studies bring to American art history? Where does…

  • CFP: Disability in German and English Narratives

    CFP: „DISABILITY IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH NARRATIVES“ IN: JAHRBUCH FÜR INTERNATIONALE GERMANISTIK (PETER LANG VERLAG) The Jahrbuch für internationale Germanistik, published by Peter Lang and indexed by the Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Index – AHCI) and Book Citation Index (BKCI), invites scholarly contributions for a special issue on Disability in German and English…

  • CFP: Discourses on Illness: Ancient Ways of Coping with Ill-health

    Discourses on Illness: Ancient Ways of Coping with Ill-health Call for papers  Dates: 6-7 October 2025 This conference, organized by the Department of Classics and Archaeology (University of Malta) in collaboration with the University of Durham, the University of Newcastle and Humboldt University of Berlin, to be held in Malta between 6 and 7 October…

  • Hybrid Seminar: Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century

    Event type Seminar Series British History in the Long 18th Century Address Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Speakers David Turner (Swansea University) Event dates 25 June 2025, 5:30PM - 7:30PM Add to calendar Contact ihr.events@sas.ac.uk Email only Disabled people’s political activism is…

  • Application Deadline: Research Scholar, Disability History (Historic New England)

    Historic New England (HNE) seeks applicants for a part-time researcher specializing in Disability history in New England in New England to support our Recovering New England’s Voices initiative. This 12 month term-limited position will begin in September 2025, offering up to 20 work hours per week with schedule flexibility. Ideal candidates are scholars who work with…

  • Teaching Disability History Conference

    July 8, 2025 - Teach Disability History Conference - Keene State College - Keene, New Hampshire - 9:00am - 4:00pm K-12 teachers, instructors of pre-service teachers, disability historians, disability studies educators, and disability rights advocates from across the U.S. will share resources and discuss ways to expand and strengthen the teaching of stories of disability history…

  • CFP: Disability and the Archives: Access, Absences and Action

    Shakespeare’s Globe is inviting proposals for an interdisciplinary conference bringing together literary and performance scholars, historians, archivists, and disability scholars and activists around the theme ‘Disability and the Archives’. This two-day hybrid event will be held in London on 23 - 24 January 2026 and will explore how disabled lives have been - and continue…

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