[csaa-forum] DISABILITY STUDIES MASTERCLASS

[Samantha Murray]

Dear all,

Please find information about an exciting upcoming masterclass below. If you
have relevant listsevs or email lists you could post this message to, I
would be most grateful.

Many thanks,

Dr Samantha Murray
on behalf of the Somatechnics Research Centre
Macquarie University


MASTERCLASS WITH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ROSEMARIE GARLAND-THOMSON

Title: OPENING DIALOGUES IN DISABILITY STUDIES

hosted by the Somatechnics Research Centre,
Division of Society, Media, Culture and Philosophy,
Macquarie University


About Associate Professor Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Emory
University, is the author of Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical
Disability in American Literature and Culture (1997), editor of Freakery:
Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body (1996), and co-editor (with
Brenda Brueggemann and Sharon Snyder) of Disability Studies: Enabling the
Humanities (2002).


Masterclass for academics, PhD students, community activists and
professionals.

The Masterclass will involve some pre-reading in preparation for discussion
of the work of Associate Professor Rosemarie Garland-Thomson.

Date: Friday 6 April
Time: 10am - 4pm (a light lunch will be provided)
Venue: W6A 107
(On-campus parking available on a 'pay and display' basis - please bring
loose change to purchase tickets from ticketing machines. $4 for 1-3 hours,
$7 for 4 hours or more. Disabled parking spaces are available close to the
building.)


IMPORTANT: Please note that bookings for this event are essential. There are
limited places in the class so those wishing to participate should register
as early as possible by email. To receive the preparatory readings, please
RSVP to:

Associate Professor Nikki Sullivan
Email: nikki.sullivan at scmp.mq.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9850 8760

We strongly invite community participation, and hope to see you there


Regards
Nikki Sullivan
Director
Somatechnics Research Centre