Sound & Heritage 6th Dec
Public Discussion
A public discussion exploring how we can use sound technology to access heritage to celebrate Disability History Month.
Panellists from Disabled People’s Archives, Vocal Eyes, Archives + and the Universities of York and Liverpool. Performance by leading Drum & Base artist ARTILECT.
DATE: Manchester Poetry Library 3-6 pm Wednesday 6 December.
Tickets are free and open to everyone.
Please register your interest here @ bit.ly/soundheritage.
For more information, contact Mohammed.Khan@mmu.ac.uk
SUZANNE.CLOVES@stu.mmu.ac.uk or r.oates@mmu.ac.uk.
With the support of Past & Present, Leverhulme Trust, Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage.



Disability History Month 4th Dec
Dr Rosamund Oates will be giving an online public lecture to celebrate UK Disability History Month
Members of the Culture of Disability research cluster Rosamund Oates and Nadia Tira will be part of GMCDP and Manchester City Council’s celebration of International Day of Disabled People at Manchester Central Library, 4 December.
DATE: 04 December




Deafness in Renaissance Europe
Dr Rosamund Oates will give an online public lecture to celebrate UK Disability History Month.
A public online history lecture by Dr Rosamund Oates, Reader in Early Modern History, FRHistS. Manchester Metropolitan University.
Dr Oates is an expert in Early Modern England (c. 1450-1750), working on the cultural and religious history of the past. She is currently working on a history of deafness in Early Modern England, supported by a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship and a Research Fellowship from Leverhulme. She has published on deafness in Past and Present, BBC History Magazine, and History Today and can be heard discussing deaf history on Radio 4.
Dr Oates also leads the Cultures of Disability Research Cluster at MMU exploring past and present experiences of disability with academics from English, History, Art, Philosophy and Politics. You can find out more about their work at www.culturesofdisability.com.
Offered by MCPHH (Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage) as their public lecture for UK Disability History Month. Funded by the British Academy.
DATE: 22 November 2023


