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David Turner

@profdavidturner.bsky.social

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Disability historian, Director of the Research Institute in Culture and Communities, Swansea University. Vice Chair Disability Arts Cymru. Writing Disability: A History of Resistance for The Bodley Head / Vintage.

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Aug 27

Out now! William Dodd Fights the Factories - me discussing the Industrial Revolution, factory reform and the history of Victorian disability activism www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

History's Heroes - William Dodd Fights the Factories - BBC Sounds

A worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you Clare, that means a lot. It's a privilege to have a platform to tell these stories, so it's lovely to hear that they resonate.

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Aug 27

Out now! William Dodd Fights the Factories - me discussing the Industrial Revolution, factory reform and the history of Victorian disability activism www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

History's Heroes - William Dodd Fights the Factories - BBC Sounds

A worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Aug 27

Out now! William Dodd Fights the Factories - me discussing the Industrial Revolution, factory reform and the history of Victorian disability activism www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

History's Heroes - William Dodd Fights the Factories - BBC Sounds

A worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Ellis @hjellis.bsky.social · Jun 11

Request for help from the autistic community! 💜♾️

I'm writing a book about autistic people's relationships with food & drink, and I want to include more personal examples/stories than just my own

If anyone is interested in contributing, this survey link has more info:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGCYTJP

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jul 24

It might be beyond the scope of the book, but thanks for sharing!

David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you so much I look forward to reading!

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jul 23

I didn't know about that. Yes, I'd love to learn more

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks! I write a bit about how disabled people in the past responded to tech and innovated their own. Mental health is there in the book but it's not something I look at in great detail. It's a big time period I'm covering so inevitably there are some gaps, but also lots that's new hopefully!

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thank you!

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jul 22

My talk on 18th century histories of disability and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research is now available as a podcast

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century

British History in the Long 18th Century Semianr

www.history.ac.uk

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Lysistrata’s Stone Phallus @lubottom.bsky.social · Jul 18

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

Daniel Lawson @DanielLaw1998: Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.

I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times.

Jennifer Lee Rosman @JenLRossman:
We’re disabled, Daniel, we’re not werewolves

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 17

How do history undergraduates routinely use generative AI in the classroom?

In a new post on the RHS blog, David Clayton, Henrice Altink & Esther Wilson review their recent project: 'Piloting the responsible and effective use of generative AI in undergraduate History Teaching' bit.ly/40loJUG 1/2

Screen with text for RHS blog post: ‘Piloting the responsible and effective use of generative AI in undergraduate History Teaching’.

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jul 13

This week! Creative consultation event on Welsh Government's Disabled People's Action Plan organised by Autistic UK and Disability Arts Cymru www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-life-my...

My Life My Voice Creative Consultation

Eventbrite - Autistic UK presents My Life My Voice Creative Consultation - Thursday, July 17, 2025 | Friday, July 18, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jul 13

This week! Creative consultation event on Welsh Government's Disabled People's Action Plan organised by Autistic UK and Disability Arts Cymru www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-life-my...

My Life My Voice Creative Consultation

Eventbrite - Autistic UK presents My Life My Voice Creative Consultation - Thursday, July 17, 2025 | Friday, July 18, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · Jul 5

OUT FOR ONE MONTH!

The updated Railway Work, Life & Death project database of accidents to British & Irish railway staff, 1855-1939.

Exactly a month ago we added 69,000 records - & 2000 of you have downloaded, with 14.6k views: thank you!

See:

69,000 railway company records released! - Railway Work, Life & Death

An introduction to our new data release - railway staff accident records produced by English & Welsh railway companies, 1855-1929.

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jun 25

Today! 👇

History at Swansea University @swanseahistory.bsky.social · Jun 24

A great opportunity to hear @profdavidturner.bsky.social, one of @swanseahistory.bsky.social, speak on disability in the eighteenth century!

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 24

And a reminder that our final seminar for 2024-25 is on 25 June at 5:30pm (at the IHR in London and online), with David Turner speaking on 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long 18th Century'. Like all @ihrlibrary.bsky.social seminars, it's free and open to the public.

David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jun 16

Next week I'll be speaking on the long history of disabled people's agency and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research. Everyone welcome! www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...

Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century

www.history.ac.uk

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · May 30

Welsh Government's Disabled People's Rights plan is now open for consultation. Follow the link to read the recommendations and have your say: www.gov.wales/draft-disabl...

Draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan | GOV.WALES

We want your views on the draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan.

www.gov.wales

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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · May 7

Here we go folks:
hitchcockian.medium.com/this-is-the-...

This is the paper I gave to historians about “AI” last week.

I was at Queen Mary University in London last week at a charming conference that turned out to be mainly about modern British history. I…

hitchcockian.medium.com

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · Apr 25

Monday is International Workers Memorial Day - #IWMD #IWMD25

This is a really important day for the Railway Work, Life & Death project, given our focus.

On Monday, every hour for 24 hours, we'll post details of past UK railway staff hurt by their work: follow #IWMDHourByHour

Line drawn image showing around 250 railwaymen, with a caption 'One hundred times as many railway men as are here shown were injured - 471 of them fatally - through accidents on the railways in the United Kingdom last year' for 1915.

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Mar 19

We're hiring! Postdoctoral researcher post on the AMEND project exploring early modern neurodivergence, working with Dr Laura Seymour www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI655/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Swansea University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Postdoctoral Research Associate opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Feb 26

ICYMI: the many-headed monster has just launched a new mini-series on Visual Culture in #EarlyModern England.

Over the next month we celebrating the relaunch of British Printed Image to 1700 by publishing guest posts on the theme.

1st post tomorrow (Thurs)!🗃️

manyheadedmonster.com/2025/02/24/a...

A new life for ‘British Printed Images to 1700’

Laura Sangha This post introduces our new mini-series Visual Culture in early modern England. Guest posts in the mini-series will be published over the course of the next month – we will add links …

manyheadedmonster.com

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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · Feb 25

Check out this blog post by Jess Gregory, my PhD student, on indecent advertisements in public toilets in the late c19th/early 20th:
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-history-...

The history of ‘indecent advertisements’ in public toilets - The National Archives blog

PhD student Jessica Gregory examines illicit advertising in the early 20th century.

blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thanks for sharing, I'm learning a lot from this series!

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Am @ambobdim.bsky.social · Jan 14

Artist y Mis Disability Arts Cymru Artist of the Month: Rightkeysonly 🎶

An EDM artist, known for bringing experimental beats and heavy baselines to the music sector of Wales.

Dysgwch fwy am ei sengl newydd 'dRip' nawr:

amam.cymru/disability-a...

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