[csaa-forum] DATE CHANGE - DISABILITY STUDIES MASTERCLASS

[Samantha Murray]

Dear all,
Please note change of date for Disability Studies Masterclass


MASTERCLASS WITH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ROSEMARIE GARLAND-THOMSON

Title: OPENING DIALOGUES IN DISABILITY STUDIES

hosted by the Somatechnics Project/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: Thursday 5th 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. Parking costs $7
for up to 3 hours on campus, and $10 for more than 4 hours. 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