David Turner
@profdavidturner.bsky.social
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.
30 years ago today the Disability Discrimination Act became law in the UK. We're at Insole Court, Cardiff today for #BeingHumanFestival25 reflecting on it's legacy
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
30 years ago today the Disability Discrimination Act became law in the UK. We're at Insole Court, Cardiff today for #BeingHumanFestival25 reflecting on it's legacy
Great to be at the Being Human Festival launch at the BFI, showcasing our event on disability activism and the Disability Discrimination Act #disabiliyhistory #publichumanities
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Great to be at the Being Human Festival launch at the BFI, showcasing our event on disability activism and the Disability Discrimination Act #disabiliyhistory #publichumanities
Excited to be giving the keynote at #BSECS2025. Looking forward to meeting everyone and catching up with some old friends.
January 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Excited to be giving the keynote at #BSECS2025. Looking forward to meeting everyone and catching up with some old friends.
New publication: The Material Body, Ed. Lizzy Craig-Atkins and Karen Harvey. Great to contribute a chapter, co-written with archaeologist Sophie Newman, on using skeletal and documentary evidence to research embodied experiences of disability and old age in the Industrial Revolution.
February 20, 2024 at 3:24 PM
New publication: The Material Body, Ed. Lizzy Craig-Atkins and Karen Harvey. Great to contribute a chapter, co-written with archaeologist Sophie Newman, on using skeletal and documentary evidence to research embodied experiences of disability and old age in the Industrial Revolution.
Proud of my former PhD student Gemma Almond-Brown on the publication of her book, Spectacles and the Victorians, which examines how new technologies of measuring and correcting vision created categories of 'normal' eyesight and sight impairment in 19thc Britain #skystorians #disabilityhistory
January 10, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Proud of my former PhD student Gemma Almond-Brown on the publication of her book, Spectacles and the Victorians, which examines how new technologies of measuring and correcting vision created categories of 'normal' eyesight and sight impairment in 19thc Britain #skystorians #disabilityhistory