Disability Histories of Britain and the Atlantic World, 5 op

This course examines evidence and examples from Britain and the wider Atlantic world to illuminate major themes, trends, perspectives, and approaches in disability history. Focusing in particular, but not exclusively, on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it explores the relevance of this period to the emergence of modern understandings and experiences of bodily and cognitive difference. Examples of topics addressed include the impact of the Industrial Revolution, European colonialism and imperial expansion, and the participation of ‘disabled’ people in these processes.