*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 […]
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; […]
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 […]