The public is invited to this public lecture series beginning in January 2025 “Representations of Disability in Historical, Scientific and Artistic Perspectives.”
The series adopts social models to examine how ideas of “disability” and “normality” take shape in different cultures and contexts. The bi-weekly lectures by internationally-renowned disability scholars led by disability researchers, writers, artists and activists, explore historical and contemporary representations of disability in arts, science, philosophy and activism. This series aims to expand the vocabulary available to us to think beyond ableist understandings about bodies and minds. More details soon, but save the date!
This series is offered jointly by Contemporary Studies, The History of Science and Technology, and The Early Modern Studies Programs in collaboration with the Office of Accessibility at the University of King’s College. It is also part of the Contemporary Studies course 2011.03.
Scheduled Public Lectures
Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 7 p.m. AST, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College
“Stumbling over History: Disability and the Holocaust”
Kenny Fries, author, poet and Disability Futures Fellow of the Ford Foundation/Mellon Foundation/USA Artists
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 7 p.m. AST, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College
“Crip Touches Across Time or Getting in Touch with Disability in the Renaissance”
Elizabeth Bearden, professor of English, University of Madison-Wisconsin whose interests include early modern prose and poetry, Reception of Antiquity, Comparative Literature, formal and philosophical approaches to literary study, Disability Studies
Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 7 p.m. AST, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College
“Decolonizing Disability: Indigenous Perspectives on Children with Disabilities and the Colonial Construction of Disability”
Nicole Ineese-Nash, Assistant Professor, School of Child and Youth Care and School of Early Childhood Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 7 p.m. ADT, KTS Lecture Hall, University of King’s College
A screening of the film Our Hearts are not Disabled followed by Q&A with the film’s director at the KTS lecture hall
Josh Dunn, BA’05, film director and multi-disciplinary artist, features as both subject and interviewer as he endeavors to shed light on the difficulties he and others face.
More to come…
Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 7 p.m. ADT, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College
“Vent: Disability Distributive Justice and the History of Ventilator Allocation Protocols”–Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture
Mara Mills, Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University and co-founding Director of the NYU Center for Disability Studies.
This event is also the Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture and is presented by the University of King’s College in partnership with the Shaar Shalom Synagogue.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, New Academic Building, 2nd floor, University of King’s College
Art showcase and celebration with presentations by artists from L’Arche Communities
