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H-Disability is a scholarly network that explores the multitude of historical issues surrounding the experience and phenomenon of 'disability.' H-Disability was established in response to the growing academic interest and expanding scholarly literature on issues of disability throughout the world.

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CFP: Disability and the Arthurian World (MLA, Vancouver, January 2015)

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Submitted by Penny Richards on Saturday, March 8, 2014

From Alex Mueller:

CFP for 2015 MLA "Disability and the Arthurian World" [DEADLINE EXTENDED].
Please consider submitting an abstract. We need more!

From the maimed king to the leprous beggar to the blind queen to dwarves and giants, Arthurian characters exhibit a wide variety of disabilities and modes of embodiment that offer insights into social and cultural understandings of health, identity, sexuality, and language, among other subjects. The Arthurian Literature Discussion Group will explore diverse approaches to disability, deformity, or monstrosity within Arthurian texts. Send 300-500 word abstracts to Alex Mueller at alex.mueller@umb.edu by March 15.

Thanks!
Alex

WEB: Reading Blindness in the 19th and early 20th Century Archive

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Submitted by Penny Richards on Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Birkbeck Forum for Nineteenth-Century Studies

Reading Blindness in the Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth-Century Archive: Roundtable with Hannah Thompson (RHUL), Heather Tilley (Birkbeck), and Matthew Rubery (QMUL), Tuesday 8 October 2013

CFP: Journal of Civil and Human Rights

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Submitted by Penny Richards on Wednesday, March 5, 2014

CFP: Journal of Civil and Human Rights

The University of Illinois Press will publish the new Journal of Civil and Human Rights, beginning in 2015. The mission statement for the Journal of Civil and Human Rights is: "Founded in 2014, the Journal of Civil and Human Rights is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, academic journal dedicated to preserving the histories of modern U.S.-based social justice movements and freedom struggles, including transnational ones, and their antecedents, influence, and legacies. The journal features research-based articles, interviews, editorials, and reviews of books, films, museum exhibits, and Web sites."

Current Journal Articles (#154)

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Submitted by Penny Richards on Saturday, March 1, 2014

Introduction: About once a month (supply allowing), we post a listing of recently published historical articles about disability (somewhat broadly defined). These articles are usually found on the "current periodicals" shelves at a university library, from the most recent two calendar years (right now, 2013-2014). Most of them are culled from online Table of Contents sites maintained by journal publishers. We also include book chapters in new collections, cites for new books, and cites for review articles, new books, and new dissertations. Contributions are always welcomed offlist and are compiled into subsequent postings by the editor.

The usual caveats:

Query: Personal historical records

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Submitted by Penny Richards on Wednesday, February 26, 2014

From: Bill Gaventa, bill.gaventa@gmail.com

See the email below from a Mennonite colleague of mine. Does anyone know any person or organization that might be interested in these? If so, please respond directly to Christine Guth.

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