Department of English
- Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 4:00pm to Friday, March 31, 2017 - 6:00pm
Arch 208 on Thursday and Stitler Hall [Silverstein Fourm] on Friday
Disability Studies: A History
University of Pennsylvania, March 30th-31st
disabilitystudiesahistory.org<http://disabilitystudiesahistory.org/>
THURSDAY, MARCH 30th
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. -- Introductory Remarks
* Clare Mullaney (University of Pennsylvania)
[Arch 208]
Part I: Then and Now
3:45 - 5:15 p.m. -- From Activism to the Academy:
* Liat Ben-Moshe (University of Toledo)
* Emily Ladau (Concepts, Inc.)
* Sunaura Taylor (New York University)
* Respondent Lance Wahlert (University of Pennsylvania)
6 p.m. -- Dinner for Speakers/Organizers
FRIDAY, MARCH 30th
8:15 a.m. -- Light Breakfast
[Stiteler Hall, Silverstein Forum]
8:45 a.m. -- Brief Discussion of Life as Jamie Knows It (2016), Jamie and Michael Bérubé
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. -- From Social Sciences to the Humanities:
* Mara Mills (New York University)
* David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder (George Washington University)
* Respondent Heather Love (University of Pennsylvania)
Part II: Disability and Its Intersections
11 - 12:30 p.m. -- Disability and Feminist/Queer Studies:
* Robert McRuer (George Washington University)
* Aimi Hamraie (Vanderbilt University)
* Respondent Leon Hilton (University of Pennsylvania)
12:30 - 2 p.m. -- Lunch
2 - 3:30 p.m. -- Disability and Race
* Hentyle Yapp (New York University)
* Therí Pickens (Bates College)
* Dennis Tyler (Fordham University)
* Respondent Sami Schalk (Rutgers University)
4 - 5:30 p.m. -- Disability and Internal Politics: Deafness and Intellectual Disability
* Michele Friedner (SUNY Stonybrook/University of Chicago)
* Michael Bérubé (Pennsylvania State University)
* Respondents Joe Valente (University of Buffalo) & Jami Fisher (University of Pennsylvania)
5:30 - 6 p.m. -- Concluding Remarks:
Where is Disability Studies Now? (Communal Roundtable)
* Respondent Chelsea Chamberlain (University of Pennsylvania)
8 p.m. -- Dance
Featuring Clare Mullaney