This lecture is part of the series Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean. This program of public lectures takes place monthly on Thursdays at 9:30 AM Pacific (unless otherwise noted), from September 2025 through May 2026. Watch live on the ARF YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/arf-channel or watch later on the ARF & Badè…
Medieval miracle narratives abound in a variety of sources, and disability studies is a productive lens through which we can examine these events. This paper takes the chronicle of Luca Dominici and his treatment of the Bianchi devotions of 1399 and examines the miracles presented therein. Moved by a threat of plague, participants in the…
This lecture is part of the series Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean. This program of public lectures takes place monthly on Thursdays at 9:30 AM Pacific (unless otherwise noted), from September 2025 through May 2026. Watch live on the ARF YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/arf-channel or watch later on the ARF & Badè…
Online Symposium (via Microsoft Teams) — 5 March 2026 Organized by the Center for Innovation in Ancient Worlds (CIAW), with the support of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). This symposium invites proposals on how neurodiversity (ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other cognitive profiles) can reshape the ways we teach and learn about the Ancient World—through…
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.),…
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. A 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. You…
Talk by Ella Kaver. December 11th, 2025 09:30am local time
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. This 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…
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. Date: 27 Feb 2026 Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm LocationHybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet…
Disabilities and Women in Ancient Rome: Legal, social and cultural perspectives. Workshop at the University of Helsinki, Finland, May 4, 2026 Call for papers Disabilities and Women in Ancient Rome: Legal, social and cultural perspectives Workshop at the University of Helsinki, Finland Monday, May 4, 2026 Deadline for submission: March 2, 2026 In recent years,…
Talk by Huli Ramantswana. Organized by Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology. March 12th, 2026 09:30am local time
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…
