Month: April 2016

Book launch for three new books in Disability/Deaf Studies: VALUING DEAF WORLDS IN URBAN INDIA by Michele Friedner, MADE TO HEAR: COCHLEAR IMPLANTS & RAISING DEAF CHILDREN by Laura Mauldin, and DEAFENING MODERNISM: EMBODIED LANGUAGE and VISUAL POETICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE by Rebecca Sanchez

Wednesday, April 27, 6pm: Sneak preview of a documentary by Marco Antonio Gonçalves and Eliska Altmann based on the published diary in 1961 of Carolina Maria de Jesus, a resident of a favela in São Paulo

Thursday, April 21, 5pm: “Women of Color and the Movement for Reproductive Justice” lecture by Patricia Zavella

April 7, 6pm: “Curating Between Hope and Despair: Creating POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews” lecture by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

March 31, 5pm: Two-day symposium featuring photographers JEAN ROBERT DANTOU and RICK GUIDOTTI; scholars FLORENCE WEBER, EVA KITTAY, SHELLEY RICE; and activist LAWRENCE CARTER-LONG exploring disability and the politics of recognition and care.