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October 2023
A Discussion with Andrew Leland
A discussion with Andrew Leland on his book about going blind, The Country of the Blind. Moderated by Gideon Lewis-Kraus, a staff writer at The New Yorker. Co-sponsored by the NYU Center for Disability Studies. Non-NYU-affiliated must RSVP in advance! Register here
Find out more »September 2023
Other-Worlding: Artist Talk by Emilie L. Gossiaux, in Conversation with Georgina Kleege
The Center for Disability Studies and NYU's Grey Art Gallery invite you to join Emilie L. Gossiaux for an artist talk in advance of her debut museum solo exhibition, Other-Worlding, at the Queens Museum in New York City. Gossiaux will be in conversation with Georgina Kleege, author of More than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art. Gossiaux and Kleege will preview Gossiaux's exhibit, discuss her artistic practice, and consider the ways a disabled artist's experience can inform how museums provide…
Find out more »June 2023
Carolyn Lazard and Jerron Herman: Long Take
Please note that this event has been rescheduled and will now take place in June Carolyn Lazard and Jerron Herman: Long Take Thursday, June 8 at 4:00-5:30pm (ET) Join us for A virtual celebration of Carolyn Lazard's debut US institutional solo exhibition, Long Take, at ICA (Philadelphia). Lazard will be in conversation with dancer and artist Jerron Herman, whose audio recorded and described performance anchors the exhibition. Lazard and Herman will discuss their ongoing collaboration as artists and curators, experimentation…
Find out more »May 2023
Book Presentation, Crip Authorship: Disability As Method
Crip Authorship: Disability as Method A book presentation with the International Center for Finer Arts Kampnagel Friday, 12th May at 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (ET) / 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm (CET) From Thursday to Sunday this week, the International Center for Finer Arts Kampnagel, in Hamburg (Germany) is presenting the first Performative Book Fair ever! The event is questioning exclusionary mechanisms of the literary production in a capitalist and violent system, and exploring aesthetics and political potential of…
Find out more »April 2023
Crip Genealogies Virtual Book Launch
Crip Genealogies Virtual Book Launch Friday, April 14 at 4:00 - 5:30pm (ET) on Zoom Join us as we celebrate the publication of Crip Genealogies, a new volume that seeks to reorient the field of disability studies by centering the work of transnational feminism, queer of color critique, and trans scholarship and activism. The co-editors -- Mel Y. Chen, Alison Kafer, Eunjung Kim, and Julie Avril Minich -- will briefly introduce the volume, followed by comments from eight contributors…
Find out more »March 2023
NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication presents: Trans Lineages Symposium
NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication presents: Trans Lineages Symposium Friday, March 3, 2023 239 Greene Street, Floor 8 2-7 PM ET REGISTER HERE The Trans Lineages Symposium is a one-day event centering the trans thinkers who came before us and the trans lineages we extend through our own work, activism, and research. In this symposium we honor and turn back to those who made our work possible, focusing on the importance and necessity of honoring…
Find out more »February 2023
Webinar: The New Disability Media, Feb 10 & Feb 24
Image Description: A light-skinned African-American man sits on the New York subway with his eyes closed. He wears a blue denim jacket and grips a white cane with both hands. Join us for Film Quarterly Webinar: The New Disability Media Film Quarterly explores new directions in disability film and media in a two-part webinar discussing its special dossier "The New Disability Media" (Winter 2022) co-presented with NYU’s Center for Disability Studies and Center for Media, Culture & History. On February 10th and February 24th at 1pm ET, dossier co-editors B. Ruby Rich (Film…
Find out more »December 2022
A Discussion and Reading of Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the Present
Image Description: The book cover of Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the Present by Dennis Tyler . The book's title and author's name are typed on the top of the cover, above a black and brown mosaic silhouette against a lighter mosaic background. Join us for A Reading of Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the Present (2022) with Author Dennis Tyler smiles at the camera. He is wearing…
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A Discussion and Reading of Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation
Join us for A Discussion and Reading of Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation (2022) with Editor AMANDA CACHIA and contributors SANDY GUTTMAN, MOLLY JOYCE, LYZA SYLVESTRE Moderated by Mara Mills Thursday, November 17, 2022. 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. EST. Image Description: The book cover of CURATING ACCESS: DISABILITY ART ACTIVISM AND CREATIVE ACCOMMODATION. The book title and editor’s name are typed across a white block with a purple border in the…
Find out more »NYU IDM FALL 2022 GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM SPEAKER SERIES: MIYUKI TANAKA
NYU IDM Fall 2022 Graduate Colloquium Speaker Series Featuring NYU CDS Visiting Scholar MIYUKI TANAKA Wednesday, November 9, 2022. 5:00 - 5:50 p.m. EST. Auditorium 202 at 370 Jay St. and Zoom Miyuki Tanaka is a Curator and Producer who works on projects that defy categorization under the theme of “disability as a perspective that redefines the world.” She’ll be showing a portion of her latest film “Night Cruising” and answering questions. She'll also talk…
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