To be a part of this online event, please email Dr Maren Elfert to receive the link.

Dyslexia is one of the most common specific learning difficulties, affecting up to 10% of people. Contemporary perspectives on dyslexia from neuroscience, psychology and education are myriad. However, the history of dyslexia is little-known.

In this CPPR lunchtime seminar, Dr Philip Kirby provides an overview of dyslexia’s social, cultural, and political emergence. The talk focuses on Britain, but knits this into dyslexia’s international story, showing how dyslexia went from a niche concern of Victorian physicians to its current global prominence. It shows how dyslexia’s past continues to influence policy debates around dyslexia.

About the speaker

Dr Philip Kirby is Lecturer in Social Justice in the School of Education, Communication and Society at King’s College London.

To be a part of this online event, please email Dr Maren Elfert to receive the link.