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Friday, October 21, 2011

Event : The Future of Disability Studies (Columbia University)

THE FUTURE OF DISABILITY STUDIES
> a project of the Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference
> at Columbia University
> presents
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> “Disability Studies and Medical Humanities”
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> Thursday, October 27, 6-8pm
> Jed D. Satow Conference Room (5th floor), Lerner Hall, Columbia University
> *If you are not a Columbia ID-holder, use campus entrance (see map below) and check in with security guard at desk*
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> > Working group meeting and lunch with panelists Friday, October 28, 12-2pm
> 101 Barnard Hall, Barnard College
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> This panel will explore the the conflicts and common ground between two fields that have often been in tension with one another.  Speakers with expertise in disability studies and medical humanities will be asked to share their insights, identifying spaces of possibility where the two might intersect, collaborate, and learn from one another.
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> Scheduled speakers include Rita Charon (Director of Narrative Medicine Program, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons), Sayantani DasGupta (Narrative Medicine Program, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons), Rebecca Garden (Bioethics and Humanities, Syracuse University), and G. Thomas Couser (English, Hofstra University)
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> Sponsored by the Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference, the Office of Disability Services, the Center for American Studies, and the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
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> ACCOMMODATIONS: Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate
> individuals with disabilities. If you require disability
> accommodations to attend an event at Columbia University, please
> contact Disability Services at 212-854-2388 at least 5 days in advance
> of the event. A sign language interpreter will be provided at this
> event, and a closed-captioned videorecording will be posted at:
> http://www.socialdifference.org/projects/future-disability-studies.
> Campus access maps are available online at:
> http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/AccessibilityMap.pdf. If
> you have questions about campus accessibility, please contact
> Disability Services.
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