Jaipreet Virdi
Award-winning historian #HistSTM & #DisHist. Author of "Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History" (2020) and "Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain." Associate Professor at University of Victoria. Deaf & forever a radical
Learn more: jaivirdi.com
- New update! I'm a #deaf historian of #histSTM and #DisabilityHistory at the University of Victoria. I think & write about disability technologies & medical/scientific authority. Latest book: Echoes of Care (@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social) www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
- We lost our sweet Ben. There are no words to express our heartbreak.
- My sweet, precious Bennie boy, my little deafie shadow...always in my arms. I miss you.
- "Americans are often very well aware of activists such as Fredrick Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr., and Susan B. Anthony, yet one of the most influential and outspoken activists in the last 150 years is largely relegated to being remembered as a ‘miracle’, and recently even as a hoax."
- Lizzie climbed on my lap, forcing me to put my laptop down. Clearly this means no work is allowed, only cuddles.
- I got the flu shot in October but the virus circulating now (in northern DE) is a nasty one. Experiencing the worst case of flu in years, 4 days and counting. Be careful out there.
- 🚨POSTDOC JOB🚨 History of Modern (19th century-present) Medicine or Public Health at University of Wisconsin-Madison #AcademicSky #HistSTM #HistMed mhb.wisc.edu/2025/02/25/p...
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- I don't know what else to say. I've never experienced the level of racism anywhere else as I have in the U.S., where I'm constantly being classed as "the other." It reduces you and chips away at your soul.
- I didn't want to share this at first because it seems tiny compared to everything else in the world... But it's 10:30am on Saturday morning, I couldn't sleep because I had nightmares, and I found myself sobbing over my morning coffee recalling what happened. This is going to stay with me.
- From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain. www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
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- Discount code available for non-North American shipping!! 30% Discount Code: FSS25 Order online at combinedacademic.co.uk (Valid only for orders shipping to the UK, EMEA & APAC)
- From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain. www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
- Folks who have joint issues / frozen shoulder: what bags are you carrying to work? I can't do backpacks (worsens my hip pain) and it's annoying carrying a briefcase in my hand all the time.
- Every morning she brings Lamb from the bedroom, gives me this look, asking for help to carry Lamb to the sofa.
- Oh yes I wanna learn more!
- Watched the new movie MARIA on Netflix. It's beautifully done -- highly recommend if you're browsing for something to watch tonight !
- Gonna say it LOUD: it's ableist if you can't provide paper menus at a restaurant. Fine, have the app and QR code...but you're telling me you can't print a copy of the menu for people who ask for printed one?
- <opens planner> Tuesday's agenda: read for new project & attend a friend's book talk <closes planner> Today's gonna be a niceeeee day
