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2016 Composing Disability Symposium and “Digital Amphibians” Roundtable

ByAlexa Alice Joubin April 6, 2016July 29, 2021

Mark your calendars! “COMPOSING DISABILITY: Crip Ecologies” is coming: this week, Thursday, April 7th to Friday, April 8th, here at GW! This interdisciplinary symposium conclude with a Digital Humanities (DH) roundtable entitled “Digital Amphibians: Parallel Lives and Media Publics” on Friday, April 8th, from 5:15-6:30 P.M in Jack Morton Auditorium. “Digital Amphibians” will feature Alexis Lothian (UMD), Women’s Studies scholar focusing on fandom studies, speculative…

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Composing Disability: Crip Ecologies, April 7-8, 2016

ByAlexa Alice Joubin August 21, 2015July 29, 2021

[Cross-posted from the GW English blog] George Washington University’s biennial Composing Disability Conference returns in Spring 2016 with the theme of “Crip Ecologies.” The event will be held April 7-8, 2016; featured speakers include Sunaura Taylor and Riva Lehrer, with others to be announced soon. Crip Ecologies is sponsored by the Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion,…

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Private Bodies/Public Encounters: Disability Comes of Age at GWU

ByAlexa Alice Joubin October 31, 2014December 1, 2021

Throughout the month of October, the Digital Humanities Institute was proud to co-sponsor a series entitled “Private Bodies/Public Encounters: Disability Comes of Age at GWU” [access the series flyer here and more info on our Facebook page]. This series featured award-winning novelist/playwright Susan R. Nussbaum, Krip Hop artist/activist/scholar Leroy F. Moore, Jr., and filmmaker Patricia Berne. Pushed…