animawiki

19 March 2021, 01:00 PM ET, free webinar

https://virginia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VKhMywQrSyWgyJpuTzY0YA?fbclid=IwAR27eyA-cuvkdU8fYPmLBCKn-HbEye2qBsaJPjCkc6XZFQg_LMT_Q6x0uwE

Join special issue editor Michael Lundblad of the University of Oslo and several contributors for a webinar marking the publication of New Literary History 51.4, “Animality/Posthumanism/Disability”. Participants will focus on several keywords arising from the special issue and discuss its interventions within the fields of disability studies, posthumanism, and animal studies.

Participants:

Rachel Adams, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Nirmala Erevelles, Professor of Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of Alabama
Michael Lundblad, Professor of English-Language Literature, University of Oslo. Leader of BIODIAL Project.
David Mitchell, Professor of English and Cultural Studies, George Washington University
Christopher Krentz, Professor of English and Director, Disability Studies Initiative, University of Virginia
Sara Orning, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo

We will be providing live ASL interpretation as well as captions using the built-in automatic speech recognition software (ASR) feature on Zoom. Please let us know by March 16 if you would like to request other accommodation services for your full participation in our event. Contact Caroline Whitcomb at cw2db@virginia.edu to request these accommodations.