Despite the importance of community for human wellbeing, the neurodivergent experience of what community has meant throughout history has often differed greatly from that offered by neuronormative societies. Building on the success of our 2026 series, Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities, we once again invite scholars working in neurodiversity studies and neuroqueer theory within medieval studies…
Early Modern European Neurodivergence conference
If you missed our initial registration form but would still like to attend Early Modern European Neurodivergence on the 3rd and 4th of August 2026 either in-person at Swansea University or online via Zoom, please complete the following registration form!đź“ť https://forms.office.com/e/RDmhiWqpna
AMEND Website Launch
We are exciting to announce the Official AMEND Website Launch event! It will be held 12th May 2026 from 6pm to 7pm UK time online via Zoom🎉 Register now using the link to the Microsoft Forms! https://forms.office.com/e/gCANx6v4yj
Call for Presenters: Early Modern European Neurodivergence
Call for Contributors – Early Modern European Neurodivergence August 3rd and 4th 2026, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University We welcome contributions to a conference on the topic of neurodivergence and early modern Europe. This accessible, hybrid event will examine neurodivergence in the period 1550-1750, across languages and cultures, including cross-cultural encounters between Europe and other…
CFP Deadline: Neurodivergent Perspectives in Teaching Ancient History: Innovation, Empathy, and Access Online Symposium
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…
Premodern Neurodiversity Symposium
Premodern Neurodiversity is a two-day symposium that explores the literary and cultural history of human neurological diversity: the fact that our minds naturally vary in how they work. Speakers will trace how different forms of cognitive, emotional, and sensory experience have manifested throughout history, prior to the formal development of neurodiversity theory in the late…
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: Autism and the Arts & Humanities Symposium
Hosted by Division of Literature and Languages, Religion Programme, The University of Stirling. Event to be held at: The University of Stirling Campus. Symposium Outline: Organisers of this interdisciplinary symposium are inviting speakers from organisations such as National Autistic Society, Scottish Women’s Autism Network, and those who work to support people with autism, students/researchers who…
Open Doors in the Labyrinth: Autism and the Minotaur
In popular culture, autism is frequently visualised as a maze. The maze represents confusion, detachment and fear, and there is often a monster within it. Sometimes the Minotaur in the maze is the autistic person, monstrously part-human, unable to communicate, cut off from family and community. Sometimes Autism itself is the monster, stalking its prey…
CFP: Neurodiverse German Studies
This seminar seeks to establish a community of neurodiverse (inclusive of all neurotypes), neuroqueering researchers/educators/activists and their allies in order to discuss and theorize what a neurodiverse, neuroqueering German Studies can be and do. We aim to open a discussion space where colleagues can become more familiar with the range of Neurodiversity Studies-related discourses and…
