This seminar seeks to establish a community of neurodiverse (inclusive of all neurotypes), neuroqueering researchers/educators/activists and their allies in order to discuss and theorize what a neurodiverse, neuroqueering German Studies can be and do. We aim to open a discussion space where colleagues can become more familiar with the range of Neurodiversity Studies-related discourses and…
What forms of generative pressure does disability exert on the body of lyric? How does "lyric"--as term and practice--accommodate physical and intellectual difference? 250 word abstract and CV.
An interdisciplinary conference examining disability across medieval, early modern, and eighteenth century literature. UCSB Early Modern Center This event has in-person and virtual attendance. This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars studying a variety “body matters,” including representations of disability or ability in premodern literature, the continuum of embodiment explored by premodern authors, and the relation…
An interdisciplinary conference examining disability across medieval, early modern, and eighteenth century literature. By UCSB Early Modern Center UC Santa Barbara and livestreamed
This conference aims to open up a space for critically engaging with the field of Disability Studies and the notion of disability. We hope that the ideas and discussions from this conference will work towards recasting dominant and popular perceptions of disability as pathology and inferiority, and generate new counter hegemonic discourses of disability that…
Proposals exploring power, racial, and gender asymmetries in the cultural construction of beliefs and practices related to health and medicine in colonial Latin America. Send one-page abstract & short bio by March 15 to kstolle@emory.edu Deadline for submissions: Friday, 15 March 2024
deadline for submissions: April 15, 2024 full name / name of organization: Midwest Modern Language Association contact email: goddardj@trine.edu In keeping with the conference theme “Health in/of the Humanities” the permanent session of the Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism panel is soliciting presentations that address illness and health in the work, criticism, or teaching of Shakespeare.…
Call for Presenters! UKDHHH Connecting + Sharing Event, Thursday 6th June 2024 @ Manchester Deaf Centre Presentations in person (in an accessible environment) - we'll have some additional in-person spaces and a remote access option to expand the event to our wider home + international community! The UK Disability History and Heritage Hub (UKDHHH) links…
deadline for submissions: April 30, 2024 full name / name of organization: Allie Wood Reichert / PAMLA contact email: areic004@ucr.edu The representation of traumatic experience is a fraught conversation in literary and media studies. Cathy Caruth famously argued for the “unspeakability” of trauma; other scholars such as Naomi Mandel argue that emphasizing the limits of…
Hosted by Division of Literature and Languages, Religion Programme, The University of Stirling. Event to be held at: The University of Stirling Campus. Symposium Outline: Organisers of this interdisciplinary symposium are inviting speakers from organisations such as National Autistic Society, Scottish Women’s Autism Network, and those who work to support people with autism, students/researchers who…
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH STUDIES FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD is happy to announce THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ANGLOPHONE LITERATURES TODAY (ELALT 7) Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad and of the English Department October 26-27, 2024 The conference will be held ONLINE and…
Narratio in Medicine and the Law: Interpretative and Scientific Knowledge in Medical and Medico-Legal Case Histories from Antiquity to the Renaissance This VivaMente conference explores the intersections of narrative, rhetorical persuasion, and factual evidence in medical and medico-legal case histories from Antiquity to the Renaissance focusing on the longue durée development of medical and medico-legal…
