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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 17h

We’re baaaaaaaaack!!

The set list is coming together and I am so ready to compere. We’ve got dance, poetry, music and a special commission from New Writing North all confirmed.

Red dress is in the post and my Kate Bush impersonation/research just needs an audience! Get your tickets below

Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 19h

Join us on 6th November for our annual Research Cabaret! An evening of live music 🎶 poetry 💬 dance 🕺💃 and chaos 🎉 exploring what it means to live between the lines. Featuring Durham IMH researchers and local performers!

Reserve your FREE ticket here 🎟️👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-th...

A flyer for the 'Between the Lines' event for a research cabaret, featuring the name in theatre lights and the curtains seen on a theatre stage. The descriptive text says: "How do we communicate that which cannot be categorized? Experiences from the margins and/or the marginalized? When medical language excludes, are there other ways to engage with health?

Join us for an evening of live music, poetry, dance, and chaos to explore what it means to live between the lines – with researchers from Durham University’s Institute for Medical Humanities and the best local performers. Featuring a specially commissioned response from New Writing North." The location is at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Durham, DH1 5TA and the event takes place from 7pm-10pm on 6th November 2025.

Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 17h

My 2yo refers to milk as ‘babyccino’. We did this.

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Aug 20

Another shout out for @bloomsburylit.bsky.social 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies' in our med hums series, from @louisecreechan.bsky.social , Jenny Bergenmar and Anna Stenning. It's a foundational collection and one that will be very, very important for the field.
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Critical Neurodiversity Studies

This landmark volume for neurodiversity studies introduces a new, more inclusive field of scholarship for literary and cultural studies. Bringing together schol…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Aug 13

😬😬😬😬😬

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Aug 13

I am very scholar.

A reference list citing Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s ‘conscious uncoupling’ post on Goop

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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · Aug 7

Highly recommend this landmark book:

Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Aug 7

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO US!! So excited for this to be out in the world!

@annastenning.bsky.social @bergenmar.bsky.social @ainokash.bsky.social @alicehagopian.bsky.social and everyone not on BSky!

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy publication day indeed, for what is a field-defining volume and a huge contribution to knowledge. Thanks to all involved for their hard work on this. I'm so proud to have published it on the list here!

Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Aug 7

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO US!! So excited for this to be out in the world!

@annastenning.bsky.social @bergenmar.bsky.social @ainokash.bsky.social @alicehagopian.bsky.social and everyone not on BSky!

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Aug 7

Part of the Bloomsbury Critical Interventions in Medical and Health Humanities series! Many thanks to @bendoyle.bsky.social, series editors @literarti.bsky.social, and @durhamimh.bsky.social for supporting the initial workshop!

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Aug 7

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO US!! So excited for this to be out in the world!

@annastenning.bsky.social @bergenmar.bsky.social @ainokash.bsky.social @alicehagopian.bsky.social and everyone not on BSky!

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Aug 1

Ooh yes. I've gotten a bit silly and used 'conscious uncoupling' ref Paltrow as a term - I really need this chapter out of my life!

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 31

Asking for a friend...Is it acceptable to write 'is for the director's cut' rather than 'is beyond the scope of this chapter'?

Because, honestly, I'd prefer it

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Abs Ashley @ainokash.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congrats @annastenning.bsky.social, @louisecreechan.bsky.social and @bergenmar.bsky.social!! This book is the future of neurodiversity & literary studies. Beyond 'representation', it thinks in new expansive ways about nd minds, storyings & practices. It was the biggest honour to contribute to it.

Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 28

HUGE DAY

My editor copies of 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Divergent Textualities in Literature and Culture' arrived!! I'm so excited for this to be out in the world (officially 7th Aug)

The volume asks 'what would a neurodivergent framework for literary studies look like'?

Three copies of Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Divergent Textualities in Literature and Culture edited by Jenny Bergenmar, Louise Creechan, and Anna Stenning with a colourful abstract cover

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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · Jul 28

I have read this and it is a landmark book. Essential reading for anyone interested in the intersections between neurodiversity, literature, and literary studies - but also a really engaging, thought-provoking read!

Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 28

HUGE DAY

My editor copies of 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Divergent Textualities in Literature and Culture' arrived!! I'm so excited for this to be out in the world (officially 7th Aug)

The volume asks 'what would a neurodivergent framework for literary studies look like'?

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The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · Jul 28

"itinerancy has become a way to craft an alternative to standardised work opportunities... largely engineered according to neurotypical models... which do not allow my neurodivergences to breathe within my professional identity." - @thewelcomehut.bsky.social

thepolyphony.org/2025/07/28/i...

Itinerant Relationality and Neurodivergent Community Praxis: Exploring Vagabond Belongings

Christian Hanser describes relating via the traditional dwelling of the shepherd’s hut to spheres once inaccessible to him due to neuronormative standards in career development.

thepolyphony.org

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 28

I cannot wait to share all these incredible contributions with the wider research community! This volume aims to move literary scholarship on neurodiversity beyond discussions of representation and mimesis to identifying how neurodivergence operates at the level of text and/or praxis. SO EXCITED.

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 28

HUGE DAY

My editor copies of 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Divergent Textualities in Literature and Culture' arrived!! I'm so excited for this to be out in the world (officially 7th Aug)

The volume asks 'what would a neurodivergent framework for literary studies look like'?

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 26

Aw thank you! Chapter coming out imminently!

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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · Jul 25

Now @louisecreechan.bsky.social gives #BAVS2025 a truly fantastic paper arguing for critical neurodiversity studies to arrive in Victorian Studies.
L reads "The Lifted Veil" as neurodivergent: her voice recording of ideas echoes Latimer's self-conscious omniscient address to a future reader...

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 25

🥰🥰🥰

Maria Damkjær @mdamkjaer.bsky.social · Jul 25

I truly feel that @louisecreechan.bsky.social gave my favourite paper at #BAVS2025 - everyone go seek out her publications, which are contributing immensely to the study of literature, reading, and writing

Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · Jul 25

Now @louisecreechan.bsky.social gives #BAVS2025 a truly fantastic paper arguing for critical neurodiversity studies to arrive in Victorian Studies.
L reads "The Lifted Veil" as neurodivergent: her voice recording of ideas echoes Latimer's self-conscious omniscient address to a future reader...

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 25

Oh you guys!!! 🥺

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 23

I’m at BAVS 2025 - lovely to be donning my Victorian Studies hat (bonnet) after some time only sporting my critical neurodiversity studies one!

a woman wearing a white hat and a dress is standing next to a tree .

ALT: a woman wearing a white hat and a dress is standing next to a tree .

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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · Jul 3

I’ll be there on Saturday!

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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · Jun 27

Still a few spaces in our Liverpool 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' workshop on 14th August! If you're neurodivergent and could share your experiences of using archives, or a professional who wants to make archives more accessible, apply by 30th June. (UK-based; we can pay travel.)

Microsoft Forms

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Lloyd Meadhbh Houston @lejhouston.bsky.social · Jun 27

Had a truly amazing time at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference at @durhamimh.bsky.social!

Huge congratulations to @louisecreechan.bsky.social, Robert Chapman, @ndhumanities.bsky.social, and everyone involved in facilitating such a generative, galvanizing, and accessible event.

A smiling group of neurodivergent and mad scholars and activists in the atrium of the Palatine Centre at Durham University.

Nat, Prerna, Tasha, and Lloyd Meadhbh smiling after their panel.

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Abs Ashley @ainokash.bsky.social · Jun 26

The Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference has been so great. Thanks so much @durhamimh.bsky.social, and everyone who worked on it, came, contributed, asked me difficult questions, told me about their special things. Here's me and Producer Haf, screaming.

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