Lucy Delap

@lucydelap.bsky.social

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Historian of feminisms, labour and disability at University of Cambridge. Fellow of Murray Edwards college. Lover of nyckelharpa and uilleann pipes. She/her

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 3h

Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability available at @archivum.org
Great holdings, and they also offer fellowships with stipend. #dishist
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Executive Board Records of FIMITIC Now Open for Research

The first series of the Records of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability (FIMITIC) is now open for research.

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 1d

Great chance to get immersed in these fantastic collections, and have some quiet writing time in a beautiful Cambridge setting.

Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · Sep 18

📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.

🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK

A poster advertising the By-Fellowships and Research Grants offered by Churchill Archives Centre. The text included on this image can be found at the link in the main post.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Every day, 137 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members internationally - one death every 10 minutes, according to the UN, who released their annual femicide report today.
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469

One woman or girl killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members, UN says

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, but according to the UN the number of women and girls killed intentionally remains unchanged.

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 3d

Seeking reading material?

For UK Disability History Month 2025 (20 November to 20 December), staff at LSE recommend eight powerful books about disability and neurodiversity and books sharing the experiences of disabled and neurodiverse people @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Eight books to read for UK Disability History Month - LSE Review of Books

For UK Disability History Month the LSE community recommends eight books about disability & neurodiversity and the experiences of disabled & neurodiverse people

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Erskine @erskinechilders.bsky.social · 12d

On behalf of the family, can I extend our thanks to the Faculty, Trustees and Board of
@camhistory.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social
at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus

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Tánaiste announces endowment of Chair of Irish History at University of Cambridge

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 16d

If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize

Charles Parker Prize | Showcase Your Audio Talent — Charles Parker Archive Trust

Discover top student audio features and enter the Charles Parker Prize for a chance to broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

www.cpatrust.org.uk

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 23d

Great to be at the launch of Desi Queers, new intersectional oral history collection, with legendary founders of queer antiracist organisations Naz & Shakti

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 26d

This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN

Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians

New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS

In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Oct 17

I'll be asking why photography was so important to disabled people, what it meant to control their own images, and have access to their own spaces.

A man wearing a flat cap in a recumbent wheel chair ('spinal carriage') with a dog on his lap, outside a building

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Oct 17

If you're in Cambridge next Wednesday, do join me for the History and Politics seminar, where I'll be talking about the politicisation of disability in early to mid twentieth-century Britain through print culture, marches, charters and defiant visual culture.
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/histo...

History and Politics Seminar Series | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)

Michaelmas Term Seminars All meetings will take place in the Knox Shaw Room at Sidney Sussex College on Wednesdays at 5:30pm, except for the conference on 13 November, which will be held at Churchill ...

www.polis.cam.ac.uk

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Centre for Modern British Studies @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social · Oct 17

We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!

Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.

For any questions please contact [email protected]

Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham

Conference information

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social · Oct 16

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.

www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham

Conference information

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · Oct 13

Join us for 'The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement in historical perspective' a two day conference to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the signing of this momentous document.
🗓️ 13th-14th November
📍 Churchill College
🎫 buff.ly/s3lf071

Collage of documents relating to the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement

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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · Oct 7

PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.

Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Oct 4

This is Trevor Fisher, speaking to @channel4news.bsky.social from Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridgeshire this week.

As a palliative care specialist, Trevor’s interview has devastated me.

His hospice has just been told Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is withdrawing £800k of funding. 🧵

photo of a man, Trevor fisher, in his hospice bed this week, filmed by channel 4 news

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 27

Two days of tributes to @petermandler.bsky.social as he moves on from @camhistory.bsky.social to new vistas. We could scarcely cover all his interests, mentorship and provocations if we had two years

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 26

A dream team of colleagues with which to spend yesterday discussing labour history, disability and the shape of the twentieth century. My book draft will be SO much better for their input. A huge thanks to all

a group of people sitting on stone steps in autumn sunshine

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 19

Come and work with our fab Americanists - a dynamic (and super nice!) group within @camhistory.bsky.social. We're hiring for a permanent position in twentieth century US history.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920

The Faculty of History is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in post-1920 U.S. political history and/or the history of the United States in the World since 1920, beginning 1 October, 2026. The

www.cam.ac.uk

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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · Sep 18

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Sep 9

Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 27

The best news! Congratulations Sadiah

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Aug 27

The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network ‪@womenshistnet.bsky.social‬ annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities
womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...

The Women’s History Network Annual Conference

Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 20

Recording a podcast today with Angela de Souza (Women's Business Club) & @somsproject.bsky.social on disabled women's working lives. I'll be talking about how 'work' spanned paid and unpaid, informal and formal, & included radical commitments to rest & recovery we could learn a lot from today.

A portrait of Martha Lane-Fox a white middle aged woman with swept back hair, wearing a glamorous, off the shoulder dark red wrap dress. Lane-Fox was a wheelchair user whose working life was described in her autobiography and featured both success and harassment

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 4

Makes me wonder what treasures might have survived if the rest of Europe had escaped the damage of twentieth century wars...

Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Aug 4

In its day, the largest organ in Sweden. Built 1728 in Lövstabruk, it still has its original 1500 pipes.

Large north German organ, 1500 pipes, in white painted sunny church

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · Mar 19

The Suffrage Oak on Kelvin Way in Glasgow. This tree was planted in 1918 by Louisa Lumsden on behalf of a number of organisations which campaigned for the right for women to be able to vote.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Jul 20

Can we have a chat about what causes the disruption in Canada & Australia, not ruled by Trump?

That volatility of hypermarketised & underfunded HE is also happening here, and the government may want to think about the need to stabilise in order to remain attractive. www.ft.com/content/c074...

“Despite global uncertainty, the UK is increasingly viewed as the most reliable option compared to the disruption seen in the US, Canada and Australia,” he added.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jul 12

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas"

our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got

dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous

Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · Jul 4

Domestic servant, au pair, char, cleaner, treasure.... Historical change, but similar dynamics of outsourcing dirty work. Good to discuss this with Ros Taylor
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Servants

“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself. You have to seek reliable help.” Those were Margaret Thatcher’s words in...

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