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Second Call for Papers - Disability & the Victorians: Confronting Legacies Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:51 AM PDT Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies; Disability & the Victorians: The nineteenth century was the period during which disability was conceptualised, categorised, and defined. The industrial revolution, advances in medicine, the emergence of philanthropy and the growth of asylums all played their part in creating what today's society describes as the medical model of disability. Disability can be traced through many forms: in material culture and literary genres; scientific, medical and official inquiries; art; architecture; the history of disabled charities; disabled people's experiences; the legacy inherited by disabled people today of the taxonomies and categories of disability - the 'handicapped'; the 'deaf and dumb'; the 'feeble minded'; the blind; the 'imbecile' the 'idiot' and the 'cretin' -- the legacy of the relationship between the body, the visual, the scientific and the literary text; the intersection of disability, theories of evolution, the emergence of the disciplines of statistics, social sciences and anthropology, eugenics and degeneration. This conference seeks to address conceptualisations of disability in the Victorian period and their legacy(ies); the ways in which we can draw disabled voices and testimonies together to construct 'the long view', the intersection of disability studies and Victorian studies, and the conceptual, disciplinary, and pedagogical issues that arise as a consequence of this research. Proposals for papers, panels, posters and other forms of presentation (e.g. creative writing and performance) are invited that open up new lines of research and inquiry relating to any aspect of Disability in the Victorian period. Possible themes might include: * Resistance/conformity: subversion, transgression, agency and Those with an involvement in disability, either through direct experience, or work, teaching etc., and papers that adopt an interdisciplinary or comparative frame, shifting across the normal boundaries of history, literary studies, the history of medicine, the history and philosophy of science, art history, etc. are especially sought, but studies with a narrower focus seeking to challenge Victorian legacies in this field are also welcome. Panels will consist of 20-minute presentations grounded in work submitted electronically in advance of the event. These pieces will be made available in advance, on a website dedicated to the event. Work may subsequently be considered for publication. Please send a short biographical note together with your proposal. Proposals, or enquiries relating to these, should be sent to Prof Karen Sayer k.sayer@leedstrinity.ac.uk<mailto:k.sayer@leedstrinity.ac.uk> The deadline for the submission of proposals for individual 20-minute papers or presentations (200-250 words), and proposals for panel sessions (no longer than 500 words), is 31st August, 2011. Confirmed Speakers include: Mat Fraser, Actor, writer, MC, and Disability Artist, 'Freak to Clique' Participants also already include independent researchers in the field, charities including coHearentVision, and those working with heritage providers/within public history, as well as those holding academic posts. General enquiries to: ______________________ (h/t H-SCI-MED-TECH listserv) |
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