NYU Center for Disability Studies The ACLS Scholars & Society Program NYU Big Ideas Series co-sponsors The NYU Office of Global Inclusion/NYU WOMXN 100 Initiative Autistic Self-Advocacy, Neurodiversity, and Disability Culture Lydia X. Z. Brown (Advocate, Scholar-Activist, Lawyer; Georgetown University, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color's Interdependence, […]
Deafness and Hearing in the History of Science Friday, February 12, 12-1:30 p.m. (ET) Reading, discussion, and celebration of two new books: Jaipreet Virdi (University of Delaware), Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History (Chicago, 2020) Viktoria Tkaczyk (Humboldt University of Berlin), Mara Mills (NYU), and Alexandra Hui (Mississippi State), eds. Testing Hearing: The Making of […]
A Screening and Discussion with filmmaker Rodney Evans and performance artist/dancer Kayla Hamilton This feature-length documentary chronicles the creative paths of blind and visually impaired artists -- photographer John Dugdale, dancer Kayla Hamilton, writer Ryan Knighton and the director, award-winning filmmaker Rodney Evans. Co-sponsors: ACLS Scholars & Society Program; Center for Media, Culture & History; […]
*Please note time change* Friday, March 12th, 4-5:30 PM, (ET) A Reading & Conversation with authors/artists/disability activists Riva Lehrer and Sunaura Taylor Riva Lehrer's memoir is a vivid portrait of her life, growing up disabled and Jewish, discovering her sexuality and her place as an artist in the emerging world of Disability Culture. Co-sponsors: ACLS […]
Joseph Grigely “Fourteen Untitled Conversations” 2002 Artist and writer Joseph Grigely and critic and curator Emily Watlington in conversation on art, disability, apologies and other matters. Moderator: Mara Mills (C0-Chair NYU CDS) Joseph Grigely is an artist and writer. He has had solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art; the MCA, Chicago; the Musée […]
How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness & Black Radical Creativity (Duke, 2021) Reading by author LA MARR JURELLE BRUCE (University of Maryland, American Studies) How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness & Black Radical Creativity (Duke, 2021) Followed by a conversation with FRED MOTEN (NYU, Performance Studies) Moderator: MARA MILLS […]
Reading by author KATHERINE STANDEFER Lightning Flowers: My Journey To Uncover The Cost Of Saving A Life (Little, Brown Spark, 2020) Followed by a conversation with NETA ALEXANDER (Colgate University, Film and Media Studies) Friday, October 8. 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Katherine Standefer is the author of Lightning Flowers: My Journey To Uncover the […]
Image Description: A blue postcard with blue, uneven, handwritten capitals spelling, “Artists for Alt-Text.” Disabled Creators BOJANA COKLYAT, SHANNON FINNEGAN and THOMAS REID discuss ALT-TEXT and AUDIO DESCRIPTION Moderator: KEVIN GOTKIN, Disability artist/activist Friday, November 5. 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Alt-text and audio description are part of a suite of access practices that aim […]
Join Us for A Conversation With PATRICK McKELVEY (Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, University of Pittsburgh) Image Description: Patrick McKelvey, a half-smiling scruffy white queer with teal glasses standing before a deep blue background. and ROBERT McRUER (Professor of English, The George Washington University) Image Description: This is an outdoor headshot of Robert McRuer. […]
NYU's Center for Disability Studies and Native Studies Forum invite you to a virtual launch party to celebrate a special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly 41, no. 4 INDIGENEITY & DISABILITY Kinship, Place, and Knowledge-Making Thursday, March 31. 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. This special issue considers reciprocity as a question, practice, and aspiration. What is possible when we […]