Thursday, 7 January

120. Disability, Contingency, Neoliberalism

3:30–4:45 p.m.

Program arranged by the Forum TC Disability Studies

Presiding: Susan Antebi, Univ. of Toronto

1. “The Biopolitics of Disability,” David Mitchell, George Washington Univ.; Sharon Snyder, George Washington Univ.

2. “Crip Figures: Disability, Austerity, and As…[Read more]

Friday, 8 January

325. Disability and Interdependence

1:45–3:00 p.m.

Program arranged by the Forum TC Disability Studies

Presiding: Elizabeth Bearden, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

1. “Disforming Cure,” Katherine Schaap Williams, New York Univ., Abu Dhabi

2. “‘The Servant . . . Formed Himself into a Sort of Crutch’: Disability, Dependency, an…[Read more]

Saturday, 9 January

619. Queer Crips across Time

3:30–4:45 p.m.

Program arranged by the Forum TC Disability Studies and the Forum TC Sexuality Studies

Presiding: Allison Hobgood, Willamette Univ.

Presiding: Martha Nell Smith, Univ. of Maryland, College Park

Speakers: Cam Awkward-Rich, Stanford Univ.; Simone Chess, Wayne State Univ.; Petr…[Read more]

Panel for the Latin American Studies Association, XXXIV International Congress
New York City, May 27-30, 2016

Title of panel: Disability Studies Pedagogies and the Global South
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, LASA is organizing its annual congress around broad themes of the “evolution of Latin American studies,” the “challenges of cr…[Read more]