FYI
Colin
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From: Domenica Lam [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 26 November 2011 01:05
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS - 8th Annual Critical Disability Studies Graduate Student Conferene (SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 15th, 2012)
Hi all Critical Disability Studies faculty members,
Please kindly distribute the following Call for Papers to anyone who may be interested. Thanks.
Domenica Lam
Graduate Program Assistant
Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies
York University, Toronto, Canada
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8th Annual Critical Disability Studies Students’ Association
York University, Toronto, Canada
Graduate Student Conference
Call for Papers and Registration Information
York University’s Critical Disability Studies Student Association (CDSSA) will be holding its 8th annual graduate student conference April 2012 (date to be confirmed) at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The conference is meant to showcase graduate students across North America and their work relating to themes and issues within the scope of Critical Disability Studies.
The event is interdisciplinary, and so possible topics can include but are not limited to the following:
* Disability advocacy
* Critical theory and disability: feminism, post-modernism, Marxism, etc.
* History of disability: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Victorian Age, Industrial Age, etc.
* Law and public policy, and disability
* Qualitative and quantitative research pertaining to disability
* Education and disability
* Culture: disability-related literature and film analysis
* Employment, market, workforce, and income security in relation to disability
* Disability-related topics in social sciences: psychology, sociology, geography, political science
* Assessment of accessibility accommodations
* Technology and disability
Paper presentations must be no longer than 20 minutes, which equates to approximately 10-15 pages, with 12 point Times New Roman font, double spaced, and 1 inch margins. The CDSSA adjudication committee will review abstracts that are 150-200 words in length. Authors might be asked to present their work as posters instead of as paper presentations. Abstracts must be anonymous. The text of the email must include the author’s name, institutional affiliation, contact information, the title of the work, and preferred presentation format (paper or poster). Applicants must send their abstracts as attachments in Microsoft Word format to the following email address: [log in to unmask] Submission deadline is January 15th, 2012.
Presenters must register for the event. Registration deadline is April 1st, 2012 and is free. For those requiring accommodations registration deadline is March 1st, 2012. In order to register, please send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the following information:
* Name and number of guests
* Contact information
* Dietary restrictions (if applicable)
* Accessibility accommodations (if applicable)
Please note that accommodations will be provided only upon request by the registration deadline.
For more information and updates, the following link will take you to our homepage:
htttp://cdssa.wordpress.com/conference-2/
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