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., 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
February 4: Elizabeth Bearden, “Crip Touches Across Time or Getting in Touch with Disability in the Renaissance”
February 25: Nicole Ineese-Nash, “Decolonizing Disability: Indigenous Perspectives on Children with Disabilities and the Colonial Construction of Disability”
March 11: A screening of the film Our Hearts are not Disabled and a Q&A with the director, Josh Dunn, at the KTS lecture hall
March 18: Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture featuring Mara Mills, “Vent: Disability Distributive Justice and the History of Ventilator Allocation Protocols”
April 1: Art showcase and celebration with presentations by artists from L’Arche Communities
Banner Image: Jean-Baptiste Grueze’s The Paralytic, 1763, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
File: Jean-Baptiste Greuze – Filial Piety – WGA10664.jpg – Wikimedia Commons
