Transformation - The Role of a University
Tackling Avoidance in the Academy
Date: May 2, 2012
Time: 1-2pm
Place: EDEN 130, Liverpool Hope University
Dr. David Bolt
Centre for Culture & Disability Studies
What is the role of a university? That is the question set for us by the
Dean of education and this paper ventures a short answer. The role of a
university is to bring together people and disciplines in the common goal
of learning, with mutual respect and a deliberate shift away from all forms
of prejudice. Positing an academic exemplar, the disciplines on which the
paper focuses are disability studies and cultural studies, and the form of
prejudice to which it refers is ableism – that is, prejudice specifically
aimed at people who are disabled. All are welcome to attend this
Foundation Hour that sketches out a way forward for the academy that is
fully appreciative of disability.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. David Bolt
Director, Centre for Culture & Disability Studies
ccds.hope.ac.uk
Editor, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
http://liverpool.metapress.
Lecturer and Recognised Researcher, Education
http://www.hope.ac.uk/boltd
Founder, International Network of Literary & Cultural Disability Scholars
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Cultural-Disability-Scholars/
http://twitter.com/#!/INLCDS
Email: boltd@hope.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 291 3346
Office: EDEN 128
Postal address: Graduate School, Faculty of Education, Liverpool Hope
University, Liverpool, L16 9JD.
