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How medieval disability studies can help us approach modern social issues

The Radar Key is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object.

This article will discuss the ways in which disability history can promote educational inclusion through learning about African disability history. This will include a discussion of the need to re-orient disabled people’s history away from narratives dominated by white northern, especially Anglo-American narratives and raising awareness of, and appreciation for, histories of disabled people in a field that is developing at a rapid pace. The following is therefore a reflection by a non-expert on disability historians whose work on varied African historical and cultural contexts is essential to underlining how disability history is global. It can be taught as such, thanks to the work of scholars and activists like those cited in this article.

A one-day workshop/symposium on 14 January 2027 at the National Maritime Museum, focusing on the disciplinary crossroads between medical, social, and maritime history

This open access book explores what kinds of sources and methodologies are needed for a history of experience.

Lucy Jameson explores technological collaboration and disabled expertise in the General Post Office in early twentieth-century Britain.

Victorian Britain was a heavily visual era. Sighted people gained access to the Penny Post, and the ability to communicate with friends across the nation with relative ease in an alphabet which was…

The chapter examines the conditions of agrarian working life and the work activities and opportunities available to individuals with mobility, visual, or other sensory and mental impairments in early ...

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Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but

In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. But for some it seemed an opportunity

BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review is the leading academic journal for the history of the Low Countries

This volume explores the changing field of cultural history to map out its new developments and future directions, covering major themes such as environment, (de)colonization, digitization, knowledge,...

EUI Professor Monika Baár will give a talk in the framework of the History Department Monthly Research Meetings.

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y...

The international conference Between Marginal and Mainstream is held at the University of Helsinki on 11–13 March 2026. You can upload the conference programme as PDF here: ELBOW Con…

The international conference Between Marginal and Mainstream is held at the University of Helsinki on 11–13 March 2026. You can upload the conference programme as PDF here: ELBOW Con…