Deaf history – Cultures of Disability

BSL in Museums: Heritage and Storytelling with Sign Language

Ellen Adams discusses BSL in museums

Hearing Happiness

Our celebrations of UK Disability History Month started with an entertaining and informative talk by Professor Jaipreet Virdi, an award winning activist, writer and historian. Professor Virdi presented compelling arguments about ideas of disability, views of deafness in 20th century America and explored the evolution of hearing aids. If you missed the event, for aContinue reading “Hearing Happiness”

Deafness and Salvation in Early Modern Europe

Early Modern Europe was an aural world. Despite the invention of print and the rise in literacy, speech was still the main form of communication: it was at the heart of religious worship and legal practice. In a world based around the spoken word, what about those who struggled to hear or who couldn’t speak?Continue reading “Deafness and Salvation in Early Modern Europe”