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Dr Louise Creechan

@louisecreechan.bsky.social
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Wellcome Early Career Fellow, Durham University. BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Ginger. Dyslexic. ADHD. She/her 🏳️‍🌈 Neurodiversity. Victorians. Musicals. Interrupting people.

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Grant Macaskill @grantmacaskill.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The capacity for this event has been increased (again!), so do register to join tomorrow if you are able. The Neurodivergent Humanities network includes strong representation from @durham.ac.uk, particularly through @louisecreechan.bsky.social
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This is going to be awesome - so excited to share this free online symposium!!
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Juliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Why is an early-modernist downloading my thesis??
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
📅 Join us on Monday 24 November for an online interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome, featuring Bridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social. Find out more & register here 👇 medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Tickets for this year's Research Cabaret #BetweentheLines are selling fast! 🎶 💃 Feat. performances from @louisecreechan.bsky.social, Ruben Verwaal, @danielpjones.bsky.social, Emily Davis & @georgiapunton.bsky.social Get your tickets while you still can! @beinghumanfest.bsky.social
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Between the Lines: A Research Cabaret
Join us on Thursday 6 November at 7pm for an evening of live music, poetry, dance, and chaos to explore what it means to live between the lines – with researchers from the Durham Institute for Medical...
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New publication! Our v. own @beccajackson.bsky.social discusses the racial history of the Apgar Score – a score assigned to infants one minute after birth. Find out more: medhumsplatform.org/the-apgar-sc...
1960s clipboard with Apgar Timer and paper showing Apgar measures.
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
6th November and my Kate Bush impersonation is ready!!
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We’re baaaaaaaaack!! The set list is coming together and I am so ready to compere. We’ve got dance, poetry, music and a special commission from New Writing North all confirmed. Red dress is in the post and my Kate Bush impersonation/research just needs an audience! Get your tickets below
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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Another shout out for @bloomsburylit.bsky.social 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies' in our med hums series, from @louisecreechan.bsky.social , Jenny Bergenmar and Anna Stenning. It's a foundational collection and one that will be very, very important for the field. www.bloomsbury.com/critical-neu...
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Critical Neurodiversity Studies
This landmark volume for neurodiversity studies introduces a new, more inclusive field of scholarship for literary and cultural studies. Bringing together schol…
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I am very scholar.
A reference list citing Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s ‘conscious uncoupling’ post on Goop
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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Highly recommend this landmark book:
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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Happy publication day indeed, for what is a field-defining volume and a huge contribution to knowledge. Thanks to all involved for their hard work on this. I'm so proud to have published it on the list here!
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO US!! So excited for this to be out in the world! @annastenning.bsky.social @bergenmar.bsky.social @ainokash.bsky.social @alicehagopian.bsky.social and everyone not on BSky!
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Asking for a friend...Is it acceptable to write 'is for the director's cut' rather than 'is beyond the scope of this chapter'? Because, honestly, I'd prefer it
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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I have read this and it is a landmark book. Essential reading for anyone interested in the intersections between neurodiversity, literature, and literary studies - but also a really engaging, thought-provoking read!
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The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
"itinerancy has become a way to craft an alternative to standardised work opportunities... largely engineered according to neurotypical models... which do not allow my neurodivergences to breathe within my professional identity." - @thewelcomehut.bsky.social thepolyphony.org/2025/07/28/i...
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Itinerant Relationality and Neurodivergent Community Praxis: Exploring Vagabond Belongings
Christian Hanser describes relating via the traditional dwelling of the shepherd’s hut to spheres once inaccessible to him due to neuronormative standards in career development.
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
HUGE DAY My editor copies of 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Divergent Textualities in Literature and Culture' arrived!! I'm so excited for this to be out in the world (officially 7th Aug) The volume asks 'what would a neurodivergent framework for literary studies look like'?
Three copies of Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Divergent Textualities in Literature and Culture edited by Jenny Bergenmar, Louise Creechan, and Anna Stenning with a colourful abstract cover
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Helen Kingstone @helenkingstone.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Now @louisecreechan.bsky.social gives #BAVS2025 a truly fantastic paper arguing for critical neurodiversity studies to arrive in Victorian Studies. L reads "The Lifted Veil" as neurodivergent: her voice recording of ideas echoes Latimer's self-conscious omniscient address to a future reader...
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🥰🥰🥰
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I’m at BAVS 2025 - lovely to be donning my Victorian Studies hat (bonnet) after some time only sporting my critical neurodiversity studies one!
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a woman wearing a white hat and a dress is standing next to a tree .
ALT: a woman wearing a white hat and a dress is standing next to a tree .
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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Still a few spaces in our Liverpool 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' workshop on 14th August! If you're neurodivergent and could share your experiences of using archives, or a professional who wants to make archives more accessible, apply by 30th June. (UK-based; we can pay travel.)
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Lloyd Meadhbh Houston @lejhouston.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Had a truly amazing time at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference at @durhamimh.bsky.social! Huge congratulations to @louisecreechan.bsky.social, Robert Chapman, @ndhumanities.bsky.social, and everyone involved in facilitating such a generative, galvanizing, and accessible event.
A smiling group of neurodivergent and mad scholars and activists in the atrium of the Palatine Centre at Durham University.Nat, Prerna, Tasha, and Lloyd Meadhbh smiling after their panel.
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🎬 And it's a wrap! Day 3 of our Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference ends with Daniel Oliver's keynote 'Performance Dork' and closing remarks from our Fellows. Huge thanks to everyone, especially our fab events co-ordinators @aryaray.bsky.social & Haf Serajee.
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Dr. Daniel P. Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Day 3 of the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference at @durhamimh.bsky.social is underway! We’ve got a call for papers (+ more) open at the moment for a special issue on critical ND studies, why not check it out? 👏 💫 @ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social @ndhumanities.bsky.social
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
What a great first day!!!
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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
It was a pleasure this morning to welcome all participants at the hybrid @durhamimh.bsky.social Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference. There is so much energy, investment, creativity & criticality in this field 🤩 ndhumanities.com/critical-neu...
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A warm welcome to everyone joining us today in Durham for Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions! ndhumanities.com/wp-content/u...
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The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Welcome to the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference's takeover of the Polyphony site, from today until Tuesday next week. Here co-organiser @louisecreechan.bsky.social kicks us off by asking: 'What is critical neurodiversity studies'? thepolyphony.org/2025/06/23/c...
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Welcome to the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference Takeover
What is ‘critical neurodiversity studies’? Louise Creechan introduces the conference aiming to answer this question, and its Polyphony takeover.
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Aaaaaaaaaah!! We start TOMORROW and I am so so excited
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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
News of more workshops incoming for our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded project on neurodivergent archive accessibility, 'Divergent Minds in the Archive'! Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know: forms.office.com/e/MDNma65e53
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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
135ish signatures from the international #DisabilityStudies community on Jill Pluquailec's open letter on proposed redundancies including the entire DS team at Liverpool Hope! Thank you all - things are tough for my former colleagues and they really appreciate the support #SaveHopeDisabilityStudies
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Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A fantastic opportunity for neurodivergent researchers who work with archives!
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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Now recruiting for the first workshop for our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded project on neurodivergent archive accessibility!
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Please sign and share widely - Liverpool Hope is one of *the* centres for cultural Disability Studies research. This threat is a threat to the field itself and to its important commitment to challenging societal prejudices and advocating for social justice through cultural analysis.
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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Devastated to learn that EVERY SINGLE ONE of my former #DisabilityStudies colleagues at Liverpool Hope are at risk of redundancy. Lovely people and a brilliant team that has transformed the lives of so many students. If you know them please do reach out - things are very tough right now.
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Union vows to fight cuts at Liverpool Hope
Liverpool Hope University intends to axe 39 staff before the end of the year, announced the University and College Union (UCU) today
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Dr. Daniel P. Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I’m so excited to share that our call for papers for a special issue of ‘ #Neurodiversity’ is now live! We’re looking for papers, podcasts, videos (and more) that align with the critical turn in #ND studies! 🤩 @ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Delighted this is now LIVE! CFP for a Special Issue of ‘Neurodiversity’ - towards a critical turn in neurodiversity studies via arts/humanities/social sciences - we want to hear from you!!
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Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
When the Cass Report was published members of our community expressed concerns about the use of neurodivergence as a means of discrediting trans youth (see link). We want to extend our support and solidarity to those impacted by recent news. ndconnection.co.uk/blog/cass-re...
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The Cass Review’s final report: The implications at the intersection of trans and neurodivergence  — Neurodiverse Connection
Neurodivergent academic Abs S. Ashley critiques the ‘insidious mobilisation’ of neurodivergence to undermine the agency of transgender people in the UK’s recently published Independent review of gende...
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Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Applications are open for the next round of our mentorship scheme! We’re looking for both mentors/mentees who are looking to connect over ND research methods and modes of being ND in the academy. You could get saddled with your own @danielpjones.bsky.social! [jokes, it’s been a pleasure xoxo]
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts to our Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference. Here we reflect on the process of abstract selection and how we made difficult decisions: ndhumanities.com/2025/04/16/c...
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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
so much gender critical hysteria derives from a complete inability to bear the idea that people will judge you for being a dickhead. yesterday just makes me think you’re a bigger dickhead than ever. if you ever lock eyes with me, I hope you can see YOU’RE A DICKHEAD shining out and haunting you
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Come and work with us! We're seeking 2 x Postdoctoral Research Associates in Visual and Material Medical Humanities. Applications close: 28 April 2025. The 36 month full-time posts will be based in The Visual & Material Lab led by @drfijohnstone.bsky.social Find out more about & apply!
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We're hiring! Two Postdoctoral Research Associates in Visual & Material Medical Humanities
We're seeking two Postdoctoral Research Associates in Visual Medical Humanities. Closing date: 28 April 2025.
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🌍 👀 An interactive map of global medical & health humanities institutes, centres & networks! We are excited to launch this new resource to help raise the visibility & connectivity of researchers in the field. medhumsplatform.org/global-medic...
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Global Medical Humanities Map
An accessible database of the world’s medical and health humanities research organisations, institutions, and centres.
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