*Disability and Austerity: *A Symposium 8th May 2014 2 - 5pm University of Sheffield Education Building, Room 1.02 http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/maps/education Will include brief presentations to spark debate and conversation: Dan Goodley (University of Sheffield) - defining and contesting austerity: the case of dis/ability Nick Hodge (Sheffield Hallam University) - The Impact of Austerity on the Aspirations of People with Autism Katherine Runswick Cole (Manchester Metropolitan University) - Cruel optimism and disability Susana Rojas Pernia (University of Cantabria) - Disability barriers in Spain Rebecca Lawthom (Manchester Metropolitan University) - Revolting subjects and austerity If you would like to attend please email [log in to unmask] -- Dan Goodley, PhD Professor of Disability Studies and Education Director, MA Psychology and Education University of Sheffield School of Education Room 8.05 388 Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2JA Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 8185 email: [log in to unmask] twitter @disabilityuos web: https://www.shef.ac.uk/education/staff/academic/goodleyd<http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/education> Disability Studies at the University of Sheffield: http://disabilityuos.wordpress.com/ New ESRC funded research project: Big Society? Disabled People with Learning Disabilities and Civil Society' http://bigsocietydis.wordpress.com/ 5th International Conference: Theorising normalcy and the mundane More Questions of the Human 7th - 8th July 2014, University of Sheffield *http://disabilityuos.wordpress.com/normalcy-conference/ <http://disabilityuos.wordpress.com/normalcy-conference/>* Current books Goodley, D. (2011). Disability studies: An inter-disciplinary introduction.London: Sage. Banister, P. Bunn, G. Burman, E. Daniels, J. Duckett, P. Goodley, D. Lawthom, R. Parker, I. Runswick-Cole, K. Sixsmith, J. Smailes, S. Tindall, C. Whelan, P. (2011). Qualitative methods in psychology. A research guide (2 nd Edition). London: McGraw Hill. Goodley, D., Hughes, B. and Davis, L. (Eds). (2012). Disability and Social Theory. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [image: Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CF1CDD.65C4CC20] ________________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.