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NYU Center for Disability Studies is honored to co-present a screening of the Sundance-award winning documentary LIFE AFTER at NYC’s Film Forum on July 23 at 7:10pm introduced by Mara Mills. Join us and stay for a talkback with director Reid Davenport, disability activist & author Emily Ladau and comedian Maysoon Zayid.   If you …

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Authors' Roundtable: ‘How To Be Disabled In A Pandemic’ Wed, September 03 10:40 AM - 12:30 PM Second Floor: Cedar B Sheraton Grand, Space Tower Roundtable   Chair, Harris Kornstein, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona Presenter,  Marika Cifor, PhD, The University of Washington Presenter, Nadia Naomi Mbonde, Doctoral Candidate, NYU Presenter, Mara Mills, Professor, New …

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  How can feminist-of-color disability politics help us navigate contemporary crises of care and decimated social safety nets? Join Sami Schalk and Jina B. Kim for a discussion of Jina's new book, Care at the End of the World: Dreaming of Infrastructure in Crip-of-Color Writing (Duke UP, 2025), which examines the imaginative work of disabled, queer, …

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BOOK LAUNCH EVENT Friday, September 19, 6:00–7:30 PM ET Michelson Theater, 721 Broadway,  6th floor Also available via Zoom How does listening in documentary become a proxy for justice—and what other kinds of listening might be possible? In The Documentary Audit: Listening and the Limits of Accountability (Columbia University Press, 2025), Pooja Rangan examines how documentary listening—through habits …

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