Professor Alex Lubet, from the University of Minnesota
@ the University of Malta
Dear Colleagues,
I have the pleasure of informing you that a colandrew.azzleague of mine,
Professor Alex Lubet from the University of Minnesota (USA), is currently in
Malta. Professor Lubet will giving a Lecture and Interactive Public Seminar
which you are more than welcome to attend.
However, I would appreciate if you would inform me if you plan on attending:
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Esteemed regards,
Andrew
Dr Andrew Azzopardi
Lecturer
Department of Youth & Community Studies, Faculty of Education,
University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Msida - MSD 2080, MALTA (Europe).
T: (+00356)23402918
Lecture:
Date:
Friday, November 6, 2009
Time:
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Gateway Building, University of Malta
Theme: Theorising Disability & Minority Issues
Interactive Public Seminar:
Date:
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time:
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, University of Malta
Theme: Making Music Inclusive
Profile: Professor Alex Lubet
Alex Lubet is Morse Alumni/Graduate & Professional Distinguished Teaching
Professor of Music and American and Jewish Studies at the University of
Minnesota (USA). He also heads his university's Disability Issues Committee
and Interdisciplinary Graduate Group in Disability Studies. Widely credited
with having introduced music into the field of disability studies, his
articles appear in such publications as Disability Studies Quarterly, Review
of Disability Studies, International Journal of Inclusive Education,
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Encyclopedia of
Disability, and Medical Problems of Performing Artists. His Disability
Studies in Music (forthcoming, Temple University Press) will be the first
sole-authored monograph on disability studies in music. Lubet is also a
prolific composer, whose works have received over 400 performances on six
continents. A multi-instrumentalist, he performs solo, for theatre and dance
productions, and in the duo Far East/Lower East, with his wife Iris
Shiraishi. His album Just Guitar will be released shortly on the MMC (Music
Masters Collective) label.
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