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AMEND's postdoctoral researcher Bridger Bartlett will be delivering the keynote talk at the University of Cologne's upcoming workshop Neurodiversity in German-speaking countries on 12th November 2026🤩🥳 To register for the workshop or submit an abstract, see the link here: https://auerbach-institut.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/institut/nachrichten-und-aktuelles/workshop-neurodiversitaet-im-deutschsprachigen-raum

AMEND's postdoctoral researcher Bridger Bartlett will be delivering the keynote talk at the University of Cologne's upcoming workshop Neurodiversity in German-speaking countries on 12th November 2026🤩🥳 To register for the workshop or submit an abstract, see the link here: https://auerbach-institut.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/institut/nachrichten-und-aktuelles/workshop-neurodiversitaet-im-deutschsprachigen-raum

For everyone attending the AMEND conference in just a few weeks, this blog post by Cressida Ryan may be helpful! Tips for attending a conference for neurodivergent people: https://cressidaryan.wordpress.com/2024/07/08/neurodivergent-conference-management/

For everyone attending the AMEND conference in just a few weeks, this blog post by Cressida Ryan may be helpful! Tips for attending a conference for neurodivergent people: https://cressidaryan.wordpress.com/2024/07/08/neurodivergent-conference-management/

The AMEND blog has officially launched!🥳 See our first post here: https://www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/blog

Check back regularly for updates on the project, new research, opportunities to get involved with AMEND, and more🤩🎉

The AMEND blog has officially launched!🥳 See our first post here: https://www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/blog

Check back regularly for updates on the project, new research, opportunities to get involved with AMEND, and more🤩🎉

AMEND's Laura and Vicky went to see "A Midsummer Ice Cream" by The Rising Stars Theatre Company at Swansea's Grand Theatre! Such a fun show @swanseagrandinsta 🤩🎶

AMEND's Laura and Vicky went to see "A Midsummer Ice Cream" by The Rising Stars Theatre Company at Swansea's Grand Theatre! Such a fun show @swanseagrandinsta 🤩🎶

Book reviewers wanted!📚💫 If you are interested in reviewing any of these books or have any questions please send us a message🤩

Book reviewers wanted!📚💫 If you are interested in reviewing any of these books or have any questions please send us a message🤩

AMEND's PI Laura has written a new article published on The Conversation, ‘What Early Modern Literature Can Teach Us About Neurodivergence’🤩 Read it here!: https://theconversation.com/what-early-modern-literature-can-teach-us-about-neurodivergence-283852

AMEND's PI Laura has written a new article published on The Conversation, ‘What Early Modern Literature Can Teach Us About Neurodivergence’🤩 Read it here!: https://theconversation.com/what-early-modern-literature-can-teach-us-about-neurodivergence-283852

The toolkit on neurodivergence-inclusive teaching by AMEND's PI Laura, and Oxford researchers Xin Xu, Cressida Ryan, Siân Grønlie, and Georgia Lin, illustrated by postgraduate Intern Hanrui Li was highly commended in the 2026 Oxford University Vice Chancellor’s Awards🎉👏 and some of this research has also been accepted by the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee as written evidence for a consultation on disability and flexible working! Amazing job to everyone involved😊

The toolkit on neurodivergence-inclusive teaching by AMEND's PI Laura, and Oxford researchers Xin Xu, Cressida Ryan, Siân Grønlie, and Georgia Lin, illustrated by postgraduate Intern Hanrui Li was highly commended in the 2026 Oxford University Vice Chancellor’s Awards🎉👏 and some of this research has also been accepted by the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee as written evidence for a consultation on disability and flexible working! Amazing job to everyone involved😊

We are very excited to announce we have been awarded funding to participate in this years Being Human Festival! We will be working with the Volcano Theatre to organise "Brains! Dancing the Neurodivergent Past", where we will be holding fun and interactive dance workshops with Swansea Primary Schools, and will be holding a dance performance at Volcano Theatre! 🤩🎶 @volcanotheatreuk #BeingHuman2026

See the Being Human Festival programme here!: https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/news/being-human-festival-2026-programme-preview

We are very excited to announce we have been awarded funding to participate in this years Being Human Festival! We will be working with the Volcano Theatre to organise "Brains! Dancing the Neurodivergent Past", where we will be holding fun and interactive dance workshops with Swansea Primary Schools, and will be holding a dance performance at Volcano Theatre! 🤩🎶 @volcanotheatreuk #BeingHuman2026

See the Being Human Festival programme here!: https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/news/being-human-festival-2026-programme-preview

We're so excited about these amazing new books! Coming soon to a library or bookstore near you!🤩📚

We're so excited about these amazing new books! Coming soon to a library or bookstore near you!🤩📚

EOI Announcement for Neurodiversity and Materiality. Communication – Transmission – Touch! Laura Basten (Berlin/ Cologne) & Dr Laura Seymour (Swansea University) welcome ideas for contributions in English and/ or German to a bilingual collection on neurodiversity and materiality/mediality – deadline for any kind of expressions of interest is June 15. See the CfP in slides 2-5 for more info😄

EOI Announcement for Neurodiversity and Materiality. Communication – Transmission – Touch! Laura Basten (Berlin/ Cologne) & Dr Laura Seymour (Swansea University) welcome ideas for contributions in English and/ or German to a bilingual collection on neurodiversity and materiality/mediality – deadline for any kind of expressions of interest is June 15. See the CfP in slides 2-5 for more info😄

AMEND's website is officially live!🎉 We hosted our website launch over Zoom last week where the AMEND team presented some of their research, and our amazing website designer AJ gave a tour of the website🤩 have a look at our website here!: https://www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/

AMEND's website is officially live!🎉 We hosted our website launch over Zoom last week where the AMEND team presented some of their research, and our amazing website designer AJ gave a tour of the website🤩 have a look at our website here!: https://www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/

AMEND's PI Dr. Laura Seymour has been attending the Welsh Crucible leadership course, pictured here with other Swansea University researchers Yang Liu, Maria Cheshire-Allen, Charlotte Jones, and Tom Avery, learning about how to impact government policy with our research, communicate with the media and more!🎉👏

AMEND's PI Dr. Laura Seymour has been attending the Welsh Crucible leadership course, pictured here with other Swansea University researchers Yang Liu, Maria Cheshire-Allen, Charlotte Jones, and Tom Avery, learning about how to impact government policy with our research, communicate with the media and more!🎉👏

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For everyone attending the AMEND conference in just a few weeks, this blog post by Cressida Ryan may be helpful! Tips for attending a conference for neurodivergent people: https://cressidaryan.wordpress.com/2024/07/08/neurodivergent-conference-management/

For everyone attending the AMEND conference in just a few weeks, this blog post by Cressida Ryan may be helpful! Tips for attending a conference for neurodivergent people: https://cressidaryan.wordpress.com/2024/07/08/neurodivergent-conference-management/

The AMEND blog has officially launched!🥳 See our first post here: https://www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/blog

Check back regularly for updates on the project, new research, opportunities to get involved with AMEND, and more🤩🎉

The AMEND blog has officially launched!🥳 See our first post here: https://www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/blog

Check back regularly for updates on the project, new research, opportunities to get involved with AMEND, and more🤩🎉

AMEND's Laura and Vicky went to see "A Midsummer Ice Cream" by The Rising Stars Theatre Company at Swansea's Grand Theatre! Such a fun show @swanseagrandinsta 🤩🎶

AMEND's Laura and Vicky went to see "A Midsummer Ice Cream" by The Rising Stars Theatre Company at Swansea's Grand Theatre! Such a fun show @swanseagrandinsta 🤩🎶

Book reviewers wanted!📚💫 If you are interested in reviewing any of these books or have any questions please send us a message🤩

Book reviewers wanted!📚💫 If you are interested in reviewing any of these books or have any questions please send us a message🤩

AMEND's PI Laura has written a new article published on The Conversation, ‘What Early Modern Literature Can Teach Us About Neurodivergence’🤩 Read it here!: https://theconversation.com/what-early-modern-literature-can-teach-us-about-neurodivergence-283852

AMEND's PI Laura has written a new article published on The Conversation, ‘What Early Modern Literature Can Teach Us About Neurodivergence’🤩 Read it here!: https://theconversation.com/what-early-modern-literature-can-teach-us-about-neurodivergence-283852

The toolkit on neurodivergence-inclusive teaching by AMEND's PI Laura, and Oxford researchers Xin Xu, Cressida Ryan, Siân Grønlie, and Georgia Lin, illustrated by postgraduate Intern Hanrui Li was highly commended in the 2026 Oxford University Vice Chancellor’s Awards🎉👏 and some of this research has also been accepted by the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee as written evidence for a consultation on disability and flexible working! Amazing job to everyone involved😊

The toolkit on neurodivergence-inclusive teaching by AMEND's PI Laura, and Oxford researchers Xin Xu, Cressida Ryan, Siân Grønlie, and Georgia Lin, illustrated by postgraduate Intern Hanrui Li was highly commended in the 2026 Oxford University Vice Chancellor’s Awards🎉👏 and some of this research has also been accepted by the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee as written evidence for a consultation on disability and flexible working! Amazing job to everyone involved😊

We are very excited to announce we have been awarded funding to participate in this years Being Human Festival! We will be working with the Volcano Theatre to organise "Brains! Dancing the Neurodivergent Past", where we will be holding fun and interactive dance workshops with Swansea Primary Schools, and will be holding a dance performance at Volcano Theatre! 🤩🎶 @volcanotheatreuk #BeingHuman2026

See the Being Human Festival programme here!: https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/news/being-human-festival-2026-programme-preview

We are very excited to announce we have been awarded funding to participate in this years Being Human Festival! We will be working with the Volcano Theatre to organise "Brains! Dancing the Neurodivergent Past", where we will be holding fun and interactive dance workshops with Swansea Primary Schools, and will be holding a dance performance at Volcano Theatre! 🤩🎶 @volcanotheatreuk #BeingHuman2026

See the Being Human Festival programme here!: https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/news/being-human-festival-2026-programme-preview

We're so excited about these amazing new books! Coming soon to a library or bookstore near you!🤩��📚

We're so excited about these amazing new books! Coming soon to a library or bookstore near you!🤩📚

EOI Announcement for Neurodiversity and Materiality. Communication – Transmission – Touch! Laura Basten (Berlin/ Cologne) & Dr Laura Seymour (Swansea University) welcome ideas for contributions in English and/ or German to a bilingual collection on neurodiversity and materiality/mediality – deadline for any kind of expressions of interest is June 15. See the CfP in slides 2-5 for more info😄

EOI Announcement for Neurodiversity and Materiality. Communication – Transmission – Touch! Laura Basten (Berlin/ Cologne) & Dr Laura Seymour (Swansea University) welcome ideas for contributions in English and/ or German to a bilingual collection on neurodiversity and materiality/mediality – deadline for any kind of expressions of interest is June 15. See the CfP in slides 2-5 for more info😄

AMEND's website is officially live!🎉 We hosted our website launch over Zoom last week where the AMEND team presented some of their research, and our amazing website designer AJ gave a tour of the website🤩 have a look at our website here!: https://www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/

AMEND's website is officially live!🎉 We hosted our website launch over Zoom last week where the AMEND team presented some of their research, and our amazing website designer AJ gave a tour of the website🤩 have a look at our website here!: https://www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/

AMEND's PI Dr. Laura Seymour has been attending the Welsh Crucible leadership course, pictured here with other Swansea University researchers Yang Liu, Maria Cheshire-Allen, Charlotte Jones, and Tom Avery, learning about how to impact government policy with our research, communicate with the media and more!🎉👏

AMEND's PI Dr. Laura Seymour has been attending the Welsh Crucible leadership course, pictured here with other Swansea University researchers Yang Liu, Maria Cheshire-Allen, Charlotte Jones, and Tom Avery, learning about how to impact government policy with our research, communicate with the media and more!🎉👏

Lots of exciting research on early modern neurodivergence being published recently! Have a look at these very exciting new chapters, articles, and presentations🤩🎉

Lots of exciting research on early modern neurodivergence being published recently! Have a look at these very exciting new chapters, articles, and presentations🤩🎉

We are exciting to announce the Official AMEND Website Launch event! It will be held 12th May 2026 from 6pm to 7pm UK time online via Zoom🎉 Register now using the link to the Microsoft Forms or scan the QR Code! https://forms.office.com/e/gCANx6v4yj

We are exciting to announce the Official AMEND Website Launch event! It will be held 12th May 2026 from 6pm to 7pm UK time online via Zoom🎉 Register now using the link to the Microsoft Forms or scan the QR Code! https://forms.office.com/e/gCANx6v4yj

We have a mystery abstract submitted to Early Modern European Neurodivergence🔍 If you submitted an abstract on The Anatomy of Melancholy please contact a member of the AMEND team, as we do not have a name or contact info attached to your abstract!

We have a mystery abstract submitted to Early Modern European Neurodivergence🔍 If you submitted an abstract on The Anatomy of Melancholy please contact a member of the AMEND team, as we do not have a name or contact info attached to your abstract!

The AMEND team had a great time at the Wales Neurodiversity Show last week in Cardiff! We had lots of interesting conversations about neurodivergence in the early modern period and today, and got lots of opinions on the very controversial autistic barbie (who came to the conference in her best early modern dress)!

The AMEND team had a great time at the Wales Neurodiversity Show last week in Cardiff! We had lots of interesting conversations about neurodivergence in the early modern period and today, and got lots of opinions on the very controversial autistic barbie (who came to the conference in her best early modern dress)!

The AMEND team is very excited to announce the amazing keynote speakers for our upcoming conference Early Modern European Neurodivergence: Kai Syng Tan and Aby Watson!🎉👏

The AMEND team is very excited to announce the amazing keynote speakers for our upcoming conference Early Modern European Neurodivergence: Kai Syng Tan and Aby Watson!🎉👏

If you missed our initial registration form but would still like to attend Early Modern European Neurodivergence on the 3rd and 4th of August 2026 either in-person at Swansea University or online via Zoom, please complete the following registration form!📝 https://forms.office.com/e/RDmhiWqpna

If you missed our initial registration form but would still like to attend Early Modern European Neurodivergence on the 3rd and 4th of August 2026 either in-person at Swansea University or online via Zoom, please complete the following registration form!📝 https://forms.office.com/e/RDmhiWqpna

Xin Xu, Laura Seymour, Georgia Lin, Cressida Ryan, and Siân Grønlie wrote in Times Higher Education about their toolkit for neurodivergence-inclusive teaching! These fantastic researchers (as well as Hanrui Li pictured on the far right) are the team behind the THE article🤩✨ Read the article here!: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/practical-toolkit-supporting-neurodivergent-learners

Xin Xu, Laura Seymour, Georgia Lin, Cressida Ryan, and Siân Grønlie wrote in Times Higher Education about their toolkit for neurodivergence-inclusive teaching! These fantastic researchers (as well as Hanrui Li pictured on the far right) are the team behind the THE article🤩✨ Read the article here!: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/practical-toolkit-supporting-neurodivergent-learners

If you're interested in AMEND's research, check out this episode of @bbcsounds History's Heroes with @alexvontunzelmann and Professor Keith Allen on Margaret Cavendish's neurodivergence!: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n44j0q

If you're interested in AMEND's research, check out this episode of @bbcsounds History's Heroes with @alexvontunzelmann and Professor Keith Allen on Margaret Cavendish's neurodivergence!: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n44j0q

Our Call for Papers for Early Modern Neurodivergence in Mandarin! Please share with your Mandarin-speaking friends and colleagues😊

Our Call for Papers for Early Modern Neurodivergence in Mandarin! Please share with your Mandarin-speaking friends and colleagues😊

Job Opportunity Announcement! Research Fellow role at the University of Birmingham, applications close 22nd March 2026. Link to the full posting here: https://tinyurl.com/FrenchLangPrintResearchFellow

Job Opportunity Announcement! Research Fellow role at the University of Birmingham, applications close 22nd March 2026. Link to the full posting here: https://tinyurl.com/FrenchLangPrintResearchFellow

Exciting Webinar Announcement! This free event by The Arden Shakespeare will take place on 19th March 2026, where Dr. Lauara Seymour will be giving a talk on neurodivergence inclusive teaching. Speakers are: General Editors Peter Holland, Tiffany Stern, and Zachary Lesser Fellows Varsha Panjwani, Laura Seymour, Anita Raychawdhuri, and Vanessa Lim

Register via the Everbrite link here: https://tinyurl.com/ArdenShakespeareEvent

Exciting Webinar Announcement! This free event by The Arden Shakespeare will take place on 19th March 2026, where Dr. Lauara Seymour will be giving a talk on neurodivergence inclusive teaching. Speakers are: General Editors Peter Holland, Tiffany Stern, and Zachary Lesser Fellows Varsha Panjwani, Laura Seymour, Anita Raychawdhuri, and Vanessa Lim

Register via the Everbrite link here: https://tinyurl.com/ArdenShakespeareEvent

*CALL FOR PAPERS NOW CLOSED*

Our Call for Papers for Early Modern Neurodivergence in Welsh! Please share with your Welsh-speaking friends and colleagues😊

*CALL FOR PAPERS NOW CLOSED*

Our Call for Papers for Early Modern Neurodivergence in Welsh! Please share with your Welsh-speaking friends and colleagues😊

*CALL FOR PAPERS NOW CLOSED*

Our Call for Papers for Early Modern Neurodivergence in Spanish! Please share with your Spanish-speaking friends and colleagues😊

*CALL FOR PAPERS NOW CLOSED*

Our Call for Papers for Early Modern Neurodivergence in Spanish! Please share with your Spanish-speaking friends and colleagues😊

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