I feel this so deeply, for myself and for so many others. The cumulative effect on this nation and its communities is staggering and completely unaccounted for by anyone in power.

Very much this. The IHR really is open to everyone and this includes our common room and our library as well as our wonderful seminars. All free, all welcome!

If you read one more article this week I would urge it to be this one! Thank you @echomikeromeo.bsky.social for writing such an important and insightful piece.

We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference! 📍Online via Zoom 🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026 ⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025 See our website for full details 👇 voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project

It's a huge honour for this piece by Lola and Agnes to be the final addition to the From Place to Place series. As my HW Fellowship draws to a close, I can't think of a more helpful reminder to keep finding new intimacies and continue feeling through my practice. I hope you've enjoyed the series!

An article that I wrote years ago for the @britishlibrary.bsky.social was sadly lost in the 2023 cyber attack but I've just stumbled across the beautiful illustration that was commissioned for the piece!

Can anyone recommend readings on *premodern* disability and sexuality, and/or disability and queerness? #disabilitystudies #history #queerhistory #lgbthistory #earlymodern

“What would it mean to disabled women if they could read about others navigating the same things they were? What would it feel like if those experiences weren’t hidden but celebrated?” For September’s British Vogue, I wrote about my new book, health and body image. www.vogue.co.uk/article/vogu...

Today is the last day of carnival weekend in Notting Hill! What can this radical tradition of costume and performance tell us about decolonised approaches to teaching history? Ife Thompson explores in this piece from the HW archive.

Two days left to apply for these roles!

I've just re-read every piece in Reimagining Disability to help develop ideas for an article I'm writing on public #DisHist I feel very lucky to have worked with such an amazing range of authors - helping them develop their pieces for this @historyworkshop.org.uk series has been truly inspiring!

it was a pleasure to publish Maisie's brilliant research on craftivism and Greenham women!

We know that Covid-19 hasn’t gone away — & we want everyone, including immunocompromised visitors, to feel safe and welcome at GWL. That’s why every Friday we kindly ask all visitors to wear a mask & observe social distancing. Our staff & volunteers do the same (unless exempt).

The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-2025 academic year. Find out more! womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergra... #GenderHist #WomensHistory

Applying for this job was one of the best decisions I've ever made! Drop me a message if you're interested and want to learn more about our current team and how it all works.

If your MP is vocal on women’s rights but less so on disability, send them today’s Guardian story. Tell them charities have warned the disability cuts will have a “devastating” impact on women and could even breach the Equality Act.

Are you autistic? Have you just finished your GCSEs? And do you have views on exams and school support? You might be interested in taking part in this master's research project led by former CRAE placement student Aaron: 🔗 qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/...

Feminist liberation and trans liberation are fundamentally intertwined, as are trans justice and reproductive justice. When people seek to restrict trans people’s rights, we cannot take seriously their claim to advocate for women’s rights.

Please share this far and wide - we're working on something special!

Are you a neurodivergent researcher who uses archives? We want to hear from you! We will be running our 1st Divergent Minds in the Archive workshop at Imperial War Museum on 4th July, 10-4.15. More info👇🏻. Sign up here lnkd.in/eUFBQg3p. Closing date for applications June 4th #skyhistorians

Please share this far and wide - we're working on something special!

It's a privilege to work alongside Mary and I'm very excited for her new @historyworkshop.org.uk series!

"We are not victims. We welcome trans people. We demand that trans people are able to live their lives safely and with dignity." Please read, sign and share widely.

Exciting news! 🎉 The Women's History Network is now accepting submissions for the WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2024-2025. 🏆 Learn more about the submission guidelines and apply here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergra... #WomensHistory #UndergraduateResearch #History #ResearchPrize

"We are not victims. We welcome trans people. We demand that trans people are able to live their lives safely and with dignity." Please read, sign and share widely.

It was such a pleasure publishing these two new pieces for our Reimagining Disability @historyworkshop.org.uk series!

In response to today's supreme court ruling, we want to urge any researcher in Trans Histories to consider a proposal to our new Queer & Trans Histories series - because research into Trans histories will help to shape Trans futures: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer... #TransRights

Another brilliant article I would add to this list is this collaborative piece on oral history and Section 28 - several of its contributors highlight the parallels between the demonisation of LGBTQ+ people in the 1980s and 90s and the relentless persecution of the trans community today.

Our archive contains over a hundred articles and podcasts related to women’s history! To celebrate Women’s History Month we asked our editors to pick some of their current favourites ✊🗃️

CFP alert: Continuing on from the success of our 2024 in-person event, we are thrilled to announce that we are running a virtual event for 2025! This will be taking place on the 25th June 2025, on Zoom. Deadline to submit your ideas is: 11th April 2025! #DisHist #CFP

Today we are launching the first in our women’s grassroots activism podcast series, covering women’s organisations in England & Ireland. There’s more episodes to come over the next week or so.

We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians

Delighted to see the Hub is now on Bluesky! Last year I recorded a podcast with @sambrady.bsky.social @louisebell.bsky.social and @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social where we talked about why the Hub's work championing Disability History and Heritage is so important. Have a listen below!

What can we learn from the lives and legacies of Black radical women? Tionne Alliyah Parris considers how the transnational activism of Claudia Jones, Vicki Garvin and Louise Thompson Patterson offers us a guide to action now.

Our brilliant editorial fellow and historian of gender, disability and sexuality Beckie has published her first book chapter! Check out her important research on Gemma, a support group and friendship network for disabled lesbians 👇

I'm very late sharing this but last year I published my first book chapter! The title is ‘I started a new life when I joined Gemma’ Disability, community, and sexuality in Gemma newsletters, 1978–2000 ✊👩‍🦽 Happy to share a copy with anyone who's interested!

🎉A little Monday PSA, we have now officially left X 🥳🎉 For all the latest, keep in touch with us right here on Bluesky.

My brilliant colleague Viv (@inoutofpractice.bsky.social) has just launched a new History Workshop series! Watch this space 👀

Do you have a proposal for an innovative new seminar to join the IHR Research Seminar programme? We are looking for 3 fresh seminar series to launch in 2025-26. Applications are open now - deadline of 31 March. Full details of what we are looking for and how to apply here:

thank you so much Laura - it was my pleasure!

We are deeply concerned to hear about proposed cuts and programme closures at the University of Northampton and the University of Sheffield. In solidarity with our colleagues, please join us and sign and share the two petitions below requesting URGENT action. 🚨 1/3

Here we are - the Disability History Association has officially moved to Bluesky! Please follow & share as we get ourselves acclimated ✨🗃️#dishist

Currently looking for contributors for the following upcoming zines : Deaf History, Disability in Ancient Greece, Disabled Leaders, Disabiltiy and Horror movies, Disability and Star Trek part 2, Radical Disability Readers Digest, Sexism and Ableism Intersection. Usually only 120 words per entry!

Today, 29th November, is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. One from the archive: Akram Salhab and Sorcha Thomson on transnational solidarity and Palestinian struggles at the UN. www.historyworkshop....

Long before the modern disabled people’s movement, people with impairments were claiming disability as a social and political identity. @profdavidturner.bsky.social investigates the development of disabled people’s activism in Victorian Britain.

What happens when we challenge the Eurocentric narrative that has dominated Chinese Deaf history? Shu Wan considers the early history of the Deaf community in China.

How did people with learning disabilities live before the asylum? Simon Jarrett explores the assumption that this community has always been hidden from mainstream society.

In ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ Kirstie Stage considers how ‘oral’ history can be used to capture Deaf and disabled people’s history and experiences.

How do we investigate disability history and heritage? What changes and challenges have there been within this landscape over the past few years? In this podcast @beckierutherford.bsky.social spoke to founding members of the UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdhh.bsky.social

In this piece @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social reflects on the presence of disability in Ancient Egypt and just how much can be identified by the lived expertise of disabled researchers.