• CFP: Disability Performance Histories

    Call for Papers: Disability Performance Histories A Special Section of Theatre History Studies, Volume 46 (2026) Co-Editors: Patrick McKelvey and Samuel Yates

  • Application Deadline: Mellon Race, Place, and Equity Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Nursing and Healthcare

    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…

  • Call for Applications: Disability History Association Graduate Writing Workshop – Spring 2025

    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…

  • Celebrating Osiris 39: Disability and the History of Science

    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…

  • CFP: Critical Neurodiversity Studies

    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…

  • 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…

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