Good morning,

Below I have copied the schedule of the Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop on "The Subject of Disability" that will take place at the Emory School of Law and the Emory Conference Centre, March 4-5, 2004, prior to the MLA Convention on Disability Studies and the University (March 5-7, 2004, Emory Conference Centre).  A registration form for the Workshop follows below the schedule.   Please note that the dinner on Thursday evening is free to registered participants of the Workshop.

Best regards,

Dr. Shelley Lynn Tremain



Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop on "The Subject of Disability"

Emory University - March 4 - 5, 2004

Thursday, March 4th -- Emory University School of Law -- Agnor Room- Floor 3rd

3:00 - 4:45 -- Discussion: Theorizing Disability

Ruth O'Brien: Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center, "Bodies in Revolt: Disability and a Critical Care Ethic"

Carlos Ball: Law, Penn State-Dickinson, "Looking for Theory in All the Right Places"

Kathryn Pauly Morgan: Philosophy, University of Toronto, "Theorizing Gender Disabilities/Theorizing Deviant Bodies"

5:00 - 6:45 -- Discussion: The Subject of Disability

Kate Kaul: Social and Political Thought, York University, "Subjects, Objects, and Disability Studies"

Elizabeth Emens: Law, University of Chicago, "Anxieties of Influence: People with Psychiatric Disabilities, Their Discriminators, and the Americans with Disabilities Act"

Shelley Tremain: Philosophy, Wilfrid Laurier University, "Anti-Realism, Bio-Politics, and the Government of Impairment in Pregnancy"

7:00 - 7:30 -- Reception

7:30 - 9:00 - Dinner - for registered participants

* Readings from Voices from the Edge by contributors Stephen Kuusisto and Chloe Atkins.



Friday, March 5th -- Emory Conference Center -- Silverbell Pavilion

9:00 - 9:30 Breakfast in the restaurant for registered participants

9:30 - 11:45 -- Discussion: Feminist Theory and Disability

Anita Silvers: Philosophy, San Francisco State University,  "What Can Feminist Theory and Practice Offer the Developing Disability Studies Movement?"

Eva Kittay: Philosophy, SUNY-Stony Brook, "A Feminist Ethic of Care and the Subject of Disability"

Ann Hubbard: Law, University of North Carolina, "The Major Life Activity of Caring"

Kristin Bumiller: Political Science and Gender Studies, Amherst College, "Feminism Outside the Norm"

12:00 - 1:30 -- Lunch in the restaurant for registered participants

1:45 - 3:30 -- Discussion: Politics and Policy

Gretchen Ritter: Political Science, University of Texas, "Politics and Presence: Notes Toward an Embodied, Public Citizenship"

Felicia Kornbluh: History, Duke University, "Disabled from Working"

Martha McCluskey: Law, SUNY-Buffalo, "Status, Conduct, and Equality Theory"

Jane Cohen: Law, University of Texas, "Tiers of Scrutiny: Can the Promise of Disability Remediation Be Saved?"

SPECIAL EVENT/TRANSITION TO THE MLA DISABILITY STUDIES PROGRAM

4:00 - 5:00 -- Harriet McBryde Johnson - "Telling Our Stories: What Most Shocks the Non-Disabled About Disabled People's Lives"

***********Registration Form for The Subject of Disability Workshop***********

"The Subject of Disability"
Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop
Emory University School of Law

Gambrell Hall and The Emory Conference Center
March 4-5, 2004
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______I will be attending the Workshop. ( $75 registration fee)

______I will be attending the dinner Thursday March 4th at the Law School

______I will not be attending the Workshop but would like to receive the papers ($25.00)


Amount enclosed: $_________________

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Mail to: Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop

c/o James Tobias

Emory University School of Law

1301 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA 30322-2770

Questions? Call or E-mail James Tobias at Emory: 404-712-2420 or [log in to unmask]

READING MATERIALS FOR THE WORKSHOP WILL BE MAILED OUT PRIOR TO THE MARCH EVENT.

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