SYMPOSIUM ON DISABILITY DOWN UNDER
at
The University of Sydney
The Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM), The Unit for
History and Philosophy of Science (HPS), and the Sydney Bioethics Program
invite you to an afternoon of presentations on disability by leading
scholars in the fields of disability studies, philosophy of disability, and
anti-discrimination law.
Location: Auditorium, Medical Foundation Building (K25), 92-94 Parramatta
Road, University of Sydney
Date: Tuesday, 17 April, 2007, 2:00pm - 5:30pm
Schedule of Events:
2:00: Welcome and Introduction
TBA
2:10 - 2:50 "Ways of Staring"
Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Associate Professor and Graduate Director of
Women's Studies, Emory University
2:50 - 3:30: "Disability, Cancer, and the Law"
Catherine McGrath, Lawyer and graduate student, Centre for Value, Ethics and
the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney
3:30 - 3:50: Break
Refreshments served in the lobby outside the auditorium
3:50 - 4:30: "Recent Work on Impairment"
Shelley Tremain, Sesqui Centenary Lecturer in Bioethics, Sydney Bioethics
Program, University of Sydney
4:30 - 5:10: "Postmodern Deafness: Identity and Its Other"
Lennard Davis, Professor of Disability Studies, Medicine, and English
Literature, University of Chicago at Illinois
5:10 - 5:30: Closing Plenary
Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Catherine McGrath, Shelley Tremain, Lennard Davis
Admission to this event is free. All are welcome. A book table has been
arranged for this symposium. The event is wheelchair accessible. AUSLAN
interpretation will be provided. For more information, contact Shelley
Tremain at [log in to unmask]
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Dr Shelley Tremain
Sesqui Centenary Lecturer in Bioethics
Associate Editor, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Sydney Bioethics Program
Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM)
and
Unit for History and Philosophy of Science (HPS)
Rm 167, Level 1, Medical Foundation Bldg (K25)
92-94 Parramatta Rd.
University of Sydney
NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA
Tel.: +61 2 9036 3410 (direct)
+61 2 9036 3405 (Lindy Gaze, admin asst)
Fax: +61 2 9036 3436 (VELiM office)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Sydney Bioethics Program: www.usyd.edu.au/bioethics/
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