Disability History Month

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Disability History Month is an annual event that endeavours to document the history of inequality experienced by people with disabilities. The purpose of which, as stated by the official Disability History Month organisation, is to encourage for greater social change and human rights protections to improve the lives of those at present and in the future. It will be running from the 14th of November until the 20th of December.

This year, the official theme is “Employment and Livelihood,” which examines the factors that impact the employment of disabled people and how they have made a living throughout history, as well as in the present day. This will hopefully create a better understanding of these issues, so that a fair and just future might develop.

From our collections in the History Faculty Library, we have selected five books to work in accordance with this theme, as well as a further eight e-books which will be linked below. The remainder of the display commemorates the lives, accomplishments of people with disabilities as well as studying the challenges and attitudes they have faced throughout the world and over millennia.

Photograph of the Disability History Month display in the Gladstone Link of the Radcliffe Camera, 12 books and 3 posters.

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To view the SOLO catalogue record for each of these online resources, please click on the front cover pictures! Please note that you will need to log in to SOLO with your Oxford University Single-Sign-On in order to access the full text. External readers will be able to access these resources by using the Bodleian Wi-fi network within the library or by using our reader PCS with their Bodleian Log-in details.

  Work requirements : race, disability, and the print culture of social welfare by Todd CarmodyNo Right to Be Idle : The Invention of Disability, 1840's to 1930's by Sarah F. Rose

 Global histories of disability, 1700-2015 : power, place and people by Esmee Cleall Blind in early modern Japan : disability, medicine, and identity by Wei Yu Wayne Tan

 Black disability politics by Sami Schalk Curating access : disability art activism and creative accommodation by Amanda Cachia

 Out of the Horrors of War : Disability Politics in World War II America by Audra Jennings Disability and labour in the twentieth century historical and comparative perspectives by Radu Harald Dinu and Staffan Bengtsson

On the 22nd of December, the History Faculty at Lincoln College will be hosting a Disability Month Workshop which you can find out more about by clicking here.

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Black History Month

As of the start of October, we at the Radcliffe Camera History Faculty Library are celebrating Black History Month! The theme for this year is “Reclaiming Narratives,” which aims to highlight underexplored aspects of black history and experience, as well as encouraging aspects of global history to be examined and told by members of the black community through their perspectives. Another goal of this theme, as mentioned by the official UK Black History Month organisation, is to honour the work of black people throughout history with accomplishments in fields such as the arts, sciences, law, and of everyday life, the “unsung heroes.”  In accordance with this, we have curated a collection of History Faculty Library material in the Gladstone Link to suit this theme, as well as an array of online material which will be linked below.

Our online collections can be accessed via SOLO with a Single-Sign-On Oxford University Login, as well as from our reader PCs and Bodleian WIFI network within the library for Bodleian card holders. If you are a member of the university and would like to access our online collections remotely, then please check out our remote access service (note that this service is not available to external readers.)

Click on the images to be directed to the SOLO record for each resource!

Oxford University will be running a series of events and lectures during this month, which you can find through this link. In addition to this list, Kellogg College will be hosting its annual Black History Month lecture on the 15th of October, which you can find details for here. 

History of Sport

With the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics having drawn to a close and the 17th Summer Paralympic Games beginning on 26th August, there is still time to check out our History of Sport display in the Upper Gladstone Link. 

A book display on the history of sport. Titles displayed (left to right): Laduma! : soccer, politics and society in South Africa; Sports in American life : a history; City games : the evolution of American society and the rise of sports; Women, sport and modernity in interwar Britain; The FIFA World Cup, 1930-2010; The game of our lives; Marrow of the nation : a history of sport and physical culture in Republican China; Scoring for Britain; The changing politics of sport; And the sun shines now; Sports in world history; Sport and politics in modern Britain; A social history of English rowing; Sport under Communism

As well as the physical books on our display, the Bodleian Libraries have a number of e-books and e-resources covering sporting history. Oxford University members can access all e-books remotely by signing into SOLO with their ‘Single Sign On.’ Click on the book covers below to access the record.

The international journal of the history of sportSwimming against the tide : true story of para swimmer Madhavi Latha by Madhavi Latha PrathigudupuRoutledge handbook of sport history The History of Women's Football by Jean Williams Athlete first : a history of the paralympic movement by Steve BaileyHow Football Began by Tony Collins  Games people played : a global history of sport by Wray VamplewMore than medals : a history of the Paralympics and disability sports in postwar Japan by Dennis J. Frost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more e-resources, including the Paralympic Archive, check out our Disability History LibGuide under the heading ‘Sport’. The Bodleian also holds the archive of athlete and neurologist Sir Roger Bannister (1929-2018), and you can view the catalogue online at Bodleian Archives and Manuscripts.

Pride Month 2024

Happy Pride Month from the HFL! To celebrate, we put together a display of physical and e-books showcasing the history and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community around the world from Roman London to modern Jamaica. Be sure to take a look at the display when you’re in the Camera, or check out some of our e-books and e-journals below.

Oxford University members can access all e-books remotely by signing into SOLO with their ‘Single Sign On.’ Click on the book covers below to view the SOLO records for some of the featured texts.

 Fractal Repair : Queer Histories of Modern Jamaica by Matthew ChinJournal of the History of SexualityLong Live Queer Nightlife : How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution by Amin Ghaziani Matchmaking in the archive by E. G. CrichtonA pill for promiscuity : gay sex in an age of pharmaceuticals by Andrew R. SpieldennerSuffering Sappho! : Lesbian Camp in American Popular Culture by Barbara Jane BrickmanQueer Newark : Stories of Resistance, Love, and Community by Whitney StrubThe Two Revolutions : A History of the Transgender Internet by Avery Dame-Griff