Join us for a Reception and Discussion with Disability Studies Scholars Jeff Brune and Liat Ben-Moshe!

When: Friday, February 27, 2015, 11:00am - 12:30pm

Where: The D Center (Mary Gates Hall 024), University of Washington

Refreshments will be provided!

Come meet & greet Jeff Brune, Associate Professor of History at Gallaudet University, and Liat Ben-Moshe, Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Toledo.

Accessibility information:

We will have ASL interpretation at this event.

The room is wheelchair accessible.

Please refrain from wearing fragrance/scents. For more info: http://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/PDF/How-to-Be-Fragrance-Free-.pdf.

Description:

The Disability Studies Program, Sociology Department, and D Center are co-hosting this reception. We look forward to seeing everyone there on Friday morning to welcome Liat Ben-Moshe and Jeff Brune, and to take part in informal discussion about the field of disability studies and its connections to sociology and history.

Jeff Brune is the co-editor, with Daniel J. Wilson, of the book Disability and Passing: Blurring the Lines of Identity (Temple University Press, 2013), and he is currently working on a monograph Disability Stigma and the Modern American State. Jeff's visit to UW is sponsored by the Sociology Department’s Stice Lectureship, and he will participate in these events:

  • Discussion at UW Bothell on Wed., Feb. 25, 4:30-6:00pm, UW1-280, on disability and passing.
  • Joint lecture with Heather Evans (UW Sociology) on Thurs., Feb. 26, 3:30-5:00pm, Gowen 1A, on Fear of Fakery: Disability Stigma in the Past and Present.

Liat Ben-Moshe is the co-editor of the book Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada (Palgrave, 2014), as well as special issues of the journal Women, Gender and Families of Color on disability (Spring 2014). Liat's visit to UW is sponsored by the D Center, and she will participate in these events:

  • Lecture on Thurs., Feb. 26, 6:30-8:00pm, HUB 250, on Disability Incarcerated.
  • Workshop on Fri., Feb 27, 7:00-8:30pm, Alder 107, on disability justice and building coalitions across movements.

Meet & greet event website: https://depts.washington.edu/disstud/reception-Brune-Ben-Moshe_Feb27-2015

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/775561315872279/

Questions? Contact Joanne Woiak, Disability Studies, jwoiak@uw.edu

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