SYMPOSIUM ON DISABILITY DOWN UNDER
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The University of Sydney
The Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM), The Unit for History and Philosophy of Science (HPS), and the Sydney Bioethics Program invite you to an afternoon of presentations on disability by leading scholars in the fields of disability studies, philosophy of disability, and anti-discrimination law.
Location: Auditorium, Medical Foundation Building (K25), 92-94 Parramatta Road, University of Sydney
Date: Tuesday, 17 April, 2007, 2:00pm - 5:30pm
Schedule of Events:
2:00: Welcome and Introduction
Rannveig Traustadottir, Professor and Director, Center for Disability Studies, University of Iceland
2:10 - 2:50 "Ways of Staring"
Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Associate Professor and Graduate Director of Women's Studies, Emory University
2:50 - 3:30: "Disability, Cancer, and the Law"
Catherine McGrath, Lawyer and graduate student, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney
3:30 - 3:50: Break
Refreshments served in the lobby outside the auditorium
3:50 - 4:30: "Recent Work on Impairment"
Shelley Tremain, Sesqui Centenary Lecturer in Bioethics, Sydney Bioethics Program, University of Sydney
4:30 - 5:10: "Postmodern Deafness: Identity and Its Other"
Lennard Davis, Professor of Disability Studies, Medicine, and English Literature, University of Chicago at Illinois
5:10 - 5:30: Closing Plenary
Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Catherine McGrath, Shelley Tremain, Lennard Davis
Admission to this event is free. All are welcome. A book table has been arranged for this symposium. The event is wheelchair accessible. AUSLAN interpretation will be provided. For more information, contact Shelley Tremain at [log in to unmask]
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Dr Shelley Tremain
Sesqui Centenary Lecturer in Bioethics
Associate Editor, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Sydney Bioethics Program
Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM)
and
Unit for History and Philosophy of Science (HPS)
Rm 167, Level 1, Medical Foundation Bldg (K25)
92-94 Parramatta Rd.
University of Sydney
NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA
Tel.: +61 2 9036 3410 (direct)
+61 2 9036 3405 (Lindy Gaze, admin asst)
Fax: +61 2 9036 3436 (VELiM office)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Sydney Bioethics Program: www.usyd.edu.au/bioethics/
