We invite submissions for a peer-reviewed, English-language edited volume on disability and art history. Art history and disability studies share foundational terms, concepts, and interests, but rarely explicitly exchange methodological reflection. This edited volume asks both fields to invest in their shared potential and productive tensions, creating experimental dialogs between art historical case studies and…
This talk will be live-streamed globally, and archived on NLM's YouTube Channel and NIH VideoCasting. Join Dr. Rachael Gillibrand as she explores the connections between eye impairments and the creation of eyeglasses, using the collections of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The talk will highlight items from her 'ocular impairment' resource collection, accessible through…
In association with the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies and the University of Virginia, we invite abstracts for a conference on “Black Disability Studies” to be hosted at the Carter G. Woodson Institute on the grounds of the University of Virginia. The event will be fully hybrid. Conference papers have…
deadline for submissions: November 11, 2024 University of California, Irvine contact email: chelsml3@uci.edu UCI Premodern Graduate Humanities Conference 2025: February 14, 2025 “By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world.” - Portia, Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice The concept of embodiment was central to the way in which early cultures…
The Asia Research Institute at The University at Buffalo, State University of New York, invites scholars who work on medical ideas and practices in Asia to submit an application to participate in a conference on April 11-12, 2025. Background The Asia Research Institute at The University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY-Buffalo) invites…
In Conversation on Laura Seymour’s Book, Shakespeare and Neurodiversity Tuesday 26 November 2024, 12.30pm Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities All welcome Join Laura Seymour and Gillian Woods in conversation on Laura’s new book, Shakespeare and Neurodiversity, which is part of the series Elements in Shakespeare and Pedagogy edited by Gillian Woods and Liam E. Semler Content Listing (cambridge.org). It…
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…
