New Directions in Disability
Seminar Series
Dear all
The Centre for Disability Studies (formerly the
Disability Research Unit) at Leeds is pleased to
announce these forthcoming events.
7th February, 1–2.30pm, Vic Finkelstein (Centre for
Disability Studies) ‘A Personal Journey into
Disability Politics’
14thMarch, 2–4pm, Mairian Corker (Kings College
London) ‘Thinking Difference’
March,date tba, Robert Evans (Manchester
Metropolitan University). ‘Deconstructing Tourette’s
Syndrome’
‘New Directions in Disability’ is a series of guest
lectures by disability activists and academics
commencing October 2000. Themes include:
The interdisciplinary future of disability studies;
The implications of research concerning disabled
children and young people;
The relationship between activism and the academy
The psycho-emotional dimensions of disability
Developingthe social model of disability’.
Other speakers include Mike Oliver, Mairian Corker,
Carol Thomas, Jenny Morris, Colin Barnes. The DRU at
Leeds is currently working on ways of re-presenting
these sessions on its homepage – see, for example, a
transcription of the seminar presented by Rachel Hurst
at:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-
studies/archiveuk/archframe.htm.
Sessions will be held at the University of Leeds, Room
11.20, Economic and Social Studies building.
For campus map see
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campus/campusmap.html
For further details please contact:
Dr Dan Goodley
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Tel: +44 113 233 4618
Dr Dan Goodley
Lecturer in Sociology
Centre for Disability Studies
University of Leeds
School of Sociology and Social Policy
Leeds, LS2 9JT, England
Tel: +44 113 233 4618
Fax: +44 113 233 4415
NEW BOOK! 'Self-advocacy in the lives of people
with learning difficulties: The politics of resilience'
Goodley, 2000, Open University Press
see http://195.89.185.89/bd.cgi/openup/isb?0335205267
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