David Bolt

David Bolt

@davidbolt13.bsky.social

Professor of Disability Studies and Interdisciplinarity at Liverpool Hope University. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies. Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies. #MoreThanNeeds

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David Bolt
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Cultural Disability Studies in Education: Interdisciplinary Navigations of the Normative Divide, Second Edition by David Bolt. For 20% discount please use the code: 26AFLY3 To order and/or find further information about the book: www.routledge.com/Cultural-Dis...

routledge.comCultural Disability Studies in Education: Interdisciplinary Navigations of the Normative DivideCultural Disability Studies in Education unites cultural disability studies and disability studies in education in recognising education as a discourse between educators and students who examine how d...
David Bolt
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Sight Loss and the Tethered Self in 21st Century Novels Authored by Bethan Jones New monograph in the Literary Disability Studies book series The Literary Disability Studies book series is edited by David Bolt, Elizabeth J. Donaldson and Julia Miele Rodas. For more: link.springer.com/series/14821

link.springer.comLiterary Disability StudiesLiterary Disability Studies is the first book series dedicated to the exploration of literature and literary topics from a disability studies perspective. ...
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Shakespeare and Early Modern Madness Edited by Leslie C. Dunn and Avi Mendelson New volume in the Literary Disability Studies book series The Literary Disability Studies book series is edited by David Bolt, Elizabeth J. Donaldson, and Julia Miele Rodas. For more: link.springer.com/series/14821

link.springer.comLiterary Disability StudiesLiterary Disability Studies is the first book series dedicated to the exploration of literature and literary topics from a disability studies perspective. ...
David Bolt
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Great news about a couple of monographs in the Autocritical Disability Studies Series.. Ella Houston's Adverting Disability and Yoon-Joo Lee's Stories on Disability Through Our Voices: Born This Way will be republished in softback editions on the 22nd of June: www.routledge.com/Autocritical...

routledge.comAutocritical Disability Studies - Book Series - Routledge & CRC PressRoutledge & CRC Press Series: This new book series represents both a contribution to, and a departure from, the academic field of critical disability studies. According to some concerns abou
David Bolt
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#DisabilityStudiesAtHope #MoreThanNeeds #OxfordResearchEncyclopediaOfDisabilityStudies As Editor-in-Chief, I am pleased to announce that the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies now has 65 articles live, some of which are open access: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

academic.oup.comOxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability StudiesAbstract. Disability can be thought of as the most universal of all identities. Whatever our gender, race, religion, nationality, class, or sexuality, we m
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies: Now Live This encyclopedia provides current, peer-reviewed, trustworthy articles. It opens with 60 extended articles, including 5 that are Open Access. Access the content here: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

academic.oup.comOxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability StudiesAbstract. Disability can be thought of as the most universal of all identities. Whatever our gender, race, religion, nationality, class, or sexuality, we m
David Bolt
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New Beginnings in Culture and Disability Studies: A Multiple Launch Event 5 June, 2026, Liverpool Hope University 10am-4.30pm, EDEN Arbour Room, EDEN Building, Childwall Campus To attend the free event it is necessary to book via our online store: store.hope.ac.uk/product-cata...

store.hope.ac.ukNew Beginnings in Culture and Disability Studies: A Multiple Launch Event | Liverpool Hope University Online StoreHost: Centre for Culture and Disability Studies, Liverpool Hope UniversityVenue: EDEN Arbour Room/Lounge, EDEN Building, Childwall Campus, L16 9JDDate: 5th
David Bolt
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Cultural Stations of Disability: A Moment in Discourse Edited by David Bolt, now available in hardback, softback, and electronic formats. Valid until the end of the year, the 30% Routledge discount code is: ADC25. For more information and to order a copy: www.routledge.com/Cultural-Sta...

routledge.comCultural Stations of Disability: A Moment in DiscourseIn the disability community, which can have multiple meanings in itself, we often experience poignant moments in sociocultural discourse. Our pathways to knowledge and understanding of identity are de...

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Liverpool University Press
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To celebrate #DisabilityHistoryMonth, browse the LUP reading list and enjoy free access to selected disability studies journal articles across the next month. bit.ly/DisHisMonth25 📖 @davidbolt13.bsky.social

liverpooluniversitypress.blogCelebrating Disability History Month 2025To mark Disability History Month in the UK, we’ve collated a reading list from our books and journals that engage with ideas and narratives of disability, particularly our leading journal, Th…
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Cultural Stations of Disability: A Moment in Discourse Now available to pre-order, new book edited by David Bolt, including an afterword by Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, and Georgina Kleege. Valid until the end of the year, the 30% Routledge discount code is: ADC25

routledge.comCultural Stations of Disability: A Moment in DiscourseIn the disability community, which can have multiple meanings in itself, we often experience poignant moments in sociocultural discourse. Our pathways to knowledge and understanding of identity are de...
David Bolt
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I am delighted to be under contract to write a second edition of my 2019 book, Cultural Disability Studies in Education: Interdisciplinary Navigations of the Normative Divide. #MoreThanNeeds

David Bolt
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The Playground Model of Disability: Dis/honesty Tropes in Contemporary British Sociocultural Representation New book by David Bolt – available with introductory discount For more information: www.routledge.com/The-Playgrou... For 20% discount use this code: 25AFLY3

routledge.comThe Playground Model of Disability: Dis/honesty Tropes in Contemporary British Sociocultural RepresentationMore than being counter to what we must surely endeavour to consider the status quo of honesty, not to mention the pursuit of truth that should still be fundamental in academia and education more broa...
David Bolt
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Cultural Stations of Disability: A Moment in Discourse New book edited by David Bolt, with an afterword by Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, and Georgina Kleege: www.routledge.com/Cultural-Sta... @drerinpritchard.bsky.social @emmajoyswai.bsky.social @franzerva.bsky.social

routledge.comCultural Stations of Disability: A Moment in DiscourseIn the disability community, which can have multiple meanings in itself, we often experience poignant moments in sociocultural discourse. Our pathways to knowledge and understanding of identity are de...

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Fran Zerva
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Brilliant afternoon yesterday celebrating 15 years of #CCDS with powerful talks from some very important disability studies figures from Liverpool Hope! Thank you for all that you for disability studies - you are the reason we keep fighting ✊ #KnowledgeNotNeeds

David Bolt
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Learning with Learning Disability: What Learning Disability Can Teach Us About Being Human by Owen Barden is now available to pre-order here: www.routledge.com/Learning-wit... @owenbarden.bsky.social

routledge.comLearning with Learning Disability: What Learning Disability Can Teach Us About Being HumanThis book uses the concept of “learning disability” to explore what it means to be human. It argues that we need to learn with rather than from or about learning disability. This crucial distinction m...
David Bolt
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The Playground Model of Disability shows how dis/honesty tropes serve the normative social order; how the playground model can be used to critique instances in which disablement emanates from interactions more than institutions, people more than places: www.routledge.com/The-Playgrou...

routledge.comThe Playground Model of Disability: Dis/honesty Tropes in Contemporary British Sociocultural RepresentationMore than being counter to what we must surely endeavour to consider the status quo of honesty, not to mention the pursuit of truth that should still be fundamental in academia and education more broa...
David Bolt
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As the CCDS has recently passed its 15th anniversary, not to mention the 60th issue of JLCDS and the 15th book in the Literary Disability Studies series, an event will be hosted at Hope Park, 1.30-4.30, 30th May, full details of which can be found: store.hope.ac.uk/product-cata...

store.hope.ac.ukCCDS: 15th Anniversary Symposium | Liverpool Hope University Online StoreCentre for Culture and Disability Studies, Liverpool Hope University1.30-4.30, 30th May, 2025Hope Park, Conference Seminar Room 1 and 2
David Bolt
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New Work in Literary Disability Studies Literary Neurodiversity Studies: Current and Future Directions Bradley J. Irish This is the 16th title in the series edited by David Bolt, Elizabeth J. Donaldson, and Julia Miele Rodas. For more on the series: link.springer.com/series/14821

link.springer.comLiterary Disability StudiesLiterary Disability Studies is the first book series dedicated to the exploration of literature and literary topics from a disability studies perspective. ...
David Bolt
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The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies has published its 60th issue. Published by Liverpool University Press, an open access article from the issue can be found here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

liverpooluniversitypress.co.ukInterdisciplinarity and Stages in a Process of Engagement with Theatre Practice and Disability | Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability StudiesNavigating recent shifts in diversity agenda in the theatre industry and ensuring continued moves towards the accurate representation, equal participation, and valued contribution of disabled people o...
David Bolt
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Literary Disability Studies book series We are pleased to announce publication of the 15th volume… Neo-Victorian Cultural Collections of Disability: Interdisciplinary Navigations by Louise Logan-Smith For more information about this book and the series: link.springer.com/series/14821

link.springer.comLiterary Disability StudiesLiterary Disability Studies is the first book series dedicated to the exploration of literature and literary topics from a disability studies perspective. ...

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Liverpool University Press
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To celebrate our 125th anniversary, @clarehooper.bsky.social reflected on @davidbolt13.bsky.social's contribution to the field of Disability Studies, alongside many other achievements in his academic career. Read more here ⬇️ liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2024/12/02/i...

liverpooluniversitypress.blogIn Praise of… David BoltTo celebrate our 125th anniversary this year, we have been taking the opportunity to highlight and thank a selection of key figures in LUP’s recent history. Our final post in this series has been w…