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Abstract Submission for the NNDR 2011 Conference – December 1st Dear Colleagues, A reminder to submit your abstract for the11th NNDR Research Conference in Reykjavík, Iceland (May 27-28, 2011). Abstracts are submitted on-line on the conference home page: www.yourhost.is/nndr2011 Remember, the deadline for submissions is December 1st. More information below. _____ NNDR 2011 Conference Call for Papers May 27 – 28, 2011, Reykjavík, Iceland www.yourhost.is/images/stories/NNDR/pdfemail_es01.pdf NNDR, Nordic Network on Disability Research, is pleased to announce a call for papers for its 11th Research Conference NNDR (www.nndr.no <http://www.nndr.no/> ) is a multidisciplinary network of researchers. The NNDR conferences bring together researchers, policy makers, activists and practitioners to share scholarship and ideas, and provides a forum for Nordic and international collaboration in disability studies. We invite submissions of abstracts for symposium, paper or poster presentations and welcome a wide range of contributions applying social, cultural, historical and philosophical perspectives to the study of disability. In particular we welcome papers focusing on the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and how the Convention is implemented to promote and protect the human rights of disabled people. The NNDR conferences have been particularly welcoming and supportive of research students and young scholars who are presenting for the first time at an international conference. Keynote speakers include Steven J. Taylor, Professor of Disability Studies and Director of the Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University, USA Anna Lawson, PhD, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, University of Leeds, UK Adolf Ratzka, PhD, Co-Director of the Institute on Independent Living, Stockholm, Sweden Important dates December 1, 2010 Abstract submission deadline February 1, 2011 Abstract acceptance information February 10, 2010 Early registration deadline Conference homepage: www.yourhost.is/nndr2011 For more information please contact Rannveig Traustadóttir Professor, University of Iceland [log in to unmask] Snæfridur Th. Egilson, Professor, University of Akureyri [log in to unmask] ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.