What are the radical possibilities of understanding disability as a political identity?

Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) introduces Reimagining Disability, a new series exploring disabled people's agency throughout history.

historyworkshop.org.uk/disability-his…

In November 2023 it was 20 years since the repeal of Section 28 in England and Wales.

To mark this anniversary, researchers Exeter History paired young LGBTQ+ people with older LGBTQ+ people to record how their lives were impacted by this legislation 🧵👇
historyworkshop.org.uk/oral-history/i…

Seeking research assistant for 5 yrs at Swansea University for 'Autism from Menstruation to Menopause' study.

- need the right to work in UK
- carefully check essential criteria and show how you meet them in cover letter

Questions: [email protected]

swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse…

So excited to share that I've won the 2024 Olivette Otele Prize, for an essay titled 'Black Women Radicals and Networks of Transnational Resistance in the Twentieth-Century' ✊🏾🏆

I can't wait to talk more about my work! Please check out the thread below for more details 👇🏾

Join the Disability Action Research Kollective Email 'YES' to Richardamm(at)gmail(dot)com Make disability research and history more accessible Future zines: Disabled Feminists, Activists, Gods, Etc. We need volunteers to write short, 120-word entries. No experience is necessary.

Interested in doing a PhD in disability history? We're advertising a fully funded AHRC CDP PhD Scholarship: Arts, Activisdm, and Accessibility: Disability Arts in Wales, 1980-Present swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/s… based Swansea History and National Library of Wales. #dishist

🚨 Our Call for Presenters closes in 2 weeks! 🚨

Come join us in June ManchesterDeafCentre for a day of talking about, and connecting over, #DisHist .

this is a brilliant thread 👇🧵

'To live in crip time does not insulate us from the real material, political, and social realities of the world we live in. Yet, crip refusal is an important and generative tool in our effort to hack our way to a more just world.'
thepolyphony.org/2024/01/26/med…

💬 We asked 5 disabled women what they wanted people to know this International Women’s Day.

So listen up! Because here's what they had to say 👇

🚨Help save AAT!

We post this with heavy hearts. Our future beyond March hangs in the balance, and we're crowdfunding for our survival.

Please help us keep AAT alive
gofundme.com/f/help-save-ou… #SaveAAT #DisabilityJustice #Disabled

How important was nightlife to trans community building?

In this new article Leila Sellers investigates the history of Northern Concord, a social group run by and for transfeminine people in 1980s Manchester.

historyworkshop.org.uk/queer-history/…

OTD in 1970: the first UK Women's Liberation Conference was held in Oxford.

Chandan Fraser was the only photographer allowed into the plenary sessions. In this piece from the HW archive she shares her memories of this landmark event.
historyworkshop.org.uk/womens-history…

In honour of #LGBTHistoryMonth : Claire has put together some #BSL words you may need to know. Watch and learn! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 💘 ♥️

(ID: In the video: a woman with long dark hair and a black dress using BSL to describe the words for lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual and asexual)

I am hiring a research assistant to help with tasks related to my PhD, specifically collecting basic data about Disabled People's Organizations (DPOs/OPDs) and keeping that data organized in a massive spreadsheet! ♿️🌍
Must have UK Right to Work. Apply: portal.unitemps.com/Search/JobDeta…

A long-forgotten medical thesis from 1938 uncovers the physical and psychic distress of London factory girls.

Sally Alexander explores Dr Garland's remarkable thesis and the lives which it documents.

historyworkshop.org.uk/labour/dr-thom…

For our monthly event on the 28th, we want to discuss disability and #LGBTplusHM ! Would you like to come along and help guide the conversation? Or do you know of somebody who would be great? Let us know! #DisHist

What does the accidental death of an anarchist in London in 1894 tell us about the forgotten histories of direct action?

Megan McInerney and Thomas Jones discuss the 'Greenwich Outrage' in the most recent episode of our podcast.

historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/on-dir…

Are you a disabled woman or disabled non-binary person in the UK? We're reviewing the way we work & we'd love to hear about your needs! Take our short survey here: sisofrida.org/help-us-improv… #disability #feminism #intersectionality #disability twitter