What use is the Archaeology of Roman Britain to Disability Studies?
Will Southwell-Wright
University of Durham
Date: Wednesday 25 April 2012
Time: 2.15pm–3.45pm
Place: Eden 109, Liverpool Hope University
In recent decades the archaeological study of past human remains has offered unique insights into understanding human interactions with the environment, infectious organisms, and wider processes of socio-cultural change in a variety of historical contexts. However, despite the presence of an increasing body of palaeopathological evidence of impairments, relatively little work has engaged with the concept of disability in a sustained manner. This seminar will consider why archaeology has so far only made a limited contribution to Disability Studies, and how this might change in the future. Drawing on examples from Roman-period Europe, our guest speaker will demonstrate how archaeological evidence of past iconography, medical artefacts, and the skeletal remains of impaired individuals can provide important perspectives for considering differing attitudes toward disability through history.
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.com/content/121628
Lecturer and Recognised Researcher, Education
http://www.hope.ac.uk/boltd
Founder, International Network of Literary & Cultural Disability Scholars
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Network-of-Literary-and-Cultural-Disability-Scholars/174137315933446
http://twitter.com/#!/INLCDS
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Telephone: 0151 291 3346
Office: EDEN 128
Postal address: Graduate School, Faculty of Education, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, L16 9JD.
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