Society for Disability Studies
23rd Annual Conference

‘Disability in the Geo-Political Imagination’

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

June 2 - 5, 2010
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Welcome to the 23rd annual Society for Disability Studies conference to be held in Philadelphia from June 2 to June 5. Use the links below to view the Microsoft Word program and the Excel schedule. This online schedule will serve as the definitive source of updates. Corrections have been made to these documents.

Download the two documents below. Read more

4/18/2010

Dear 2010 SDS Conference Participants,

We are pleased to release the preliminary program for this year's conference to be held at Temple University on June 2-5 with many apologies for any delays. Due to the tremendous response to this year's Call for Papers we faced a herculean task of placing more than 400 presentations into three days of meeting space. We want to congratulate you all on the quality of the proposals and look forward to a full and fascinating conference. Read more

The Society for Disability Studies is pleased to award the 2010 Senior Scholar Award to Dr. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson. Read more

THE SOCIETY FOR DISABILITY STUDIES IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF ITS AFFILLIATED SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The Society for Disability Studies is beginning a program that will provide independent (or currently unaffiliated) scholars, artists, and/or activists who are currently members of SDS with access to the Ohio State University (OSU) library for both on-campus and remote access to OSU resources for use in disability studies/SDS related activities.

This is a free program and all SDS members without institutional affiliation and/or existing library access are welcome to apply Read more

The 23rd annual conference for the Society for Disability Studies is anticipated to bring together more than 500 scholars, activists, artists, writers, and others interested in disability studies. Participants come from all across the United States and countries outside the U.S.

Advertising in SDS's conference program presents a prime opportunity to reach unique audiances that are typically not found anywhere else.

• Publishers can reach scholars interested in disability studies.

Read all the information below & register

Welcome to the 2010 SDS conference Registration. Use the information provided on this page to register for the 2010 conference to be held in Philadelphia from June 2 to 5, 2010.
Read the instructions on this page carefully as well as information by following the links provided below. Use the contact page to let us know if you have any trouble.

Earlybird deadline

Use the link below to download the SDS Fall 2009 Newsletter. For questions or comments contact us.

In an effort to further SDS's mission of broadening the teaching of disability studies, SDS presents this collection of syllabi that have been submitted by scholars. The topics on this list range from art to writing. More syllabi will be made available as they are submitted.

We encourage faculty and departments to submit additional material by contacting Society for Disability Studies.

Art

• Ann Millett - Syllabus Art 553: “Visualizing Disability”

The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is an international non-profit organization that promotes the study of disability in social, cultural, and political contexts. Disability Studies recognizes that disability is a key aspect of human experience, and that the study of disability has important political, social, and economic implications for society as a whole, including both disabled and nondisabled people. Read more