York Disability Week Lecture The world came together this summer to enjoy the Paralympics in Paris. Audiences cheered on Para athletes competing at the biggest sporting event on the planet, demonstrating their speed, strength and endurance. As well as athletic prowess, the games showcased cutting-edge innovation in specialised assistive technology, such as computer-aided design for…
In the latter half of the sixteenth century, and particularly in its final years, the University of Wittenberg witnessed a surge in disputations concerning ostensibly supernatural mental states, like lycanthropy, ecstasy, and witchcraft. In their analyses, contemporaries attributed such phenomena to the influence of demons, to a disorder of the imaginatio/phantasia, or a combination of…
Call for Papers: Disability Performance Histories A Special Section of Theatre History Studies, Volume 46 (2026) Co-Editors: Patrick McKelvey and Samuel Yates
As part of an ongoing commitment to diversifying our programs, the professoriate, and the research workforce, the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia seeks applications for a Mellon Race, Place, and Equity Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Nursing and Healthcare. This program recruits postdoctoral scholars who have the potential to assume…
Date January 12, 2025 - February 1, 2025 Subject Fields Disability Studies, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology The Disability History Association is seeking applications for our annual Disability History Graduate Writing Workshop (DHGWW). This workshop series is designed to support graduate students working on disability history and foster community in the field. The workshop provides…
Disability has been a central—if unacknowledged—force in the history of science and the scientific disciplines. Across historical epistemology and laboratory research, disability has been “good to think with”: an object of investigation made to yield generalizable truths. Yet disability is rarely imagined to be the source of expertise, especially the kind of expertise that produces…
February 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Clare Griffin will present, “The Soldier’s Body Keeps the Score: Medical Aftermaths of Early Modern Battles” Location: East Baltimore Campus, Welch Library, Room 303
Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions 24–26 June 2025, Durham University, UK Deadline for submissions: 28 February 2025 While traditional theory describes the world, critical theory seeks to radically transform it. This conference seeks to harness the momentum of the new generation of neurodivergent scholar activists working collectively towards a critical turn in neurodiversity theory and research. While…
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…
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…
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…
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…
