Jessica Secmezsoy-Urquhart reflects on how personal experiences of disability can galvanise historical research. Continue Reading Why I do disability history: a disabled historian’s perspective
Tag: Mental illness
Curating Medieval Mental Disability
During my sabbatical in the spring of 2019, I visited the Hayward Gallery in London. At that time, they were hosting Kader Attia’s exhibit “The Museum of Emotion.” I was drawn to this particular exhibit because of its dual description of engaging with how Western cultures continue to view non-Western cultures through the lens of… Continue Reading Curating Medieval Mental Disability