November Seminar Series: Critical Disability Studies Research Network

The Donald Beasley Institute is supporting the CDSRN to host a second seminar series every Friday in November. This year’s seminar series theme is “Hope in Surviving Neoliberalism.” The series brings together researchers and disability activists from across Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond. Together, we explore the challenges facing the disability community, as well as the theories and practices that support the community in navigating these challenges.

The first session: Holding onto hope in neoliberal times

Where: Zoom and E-Conferencing Suite Room AVC1 at University of Otago (Dunedin Campus).

Seminar Two: Policy and practice in a neoliberal context
Date and time: Friday, 14th of November 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speakers: Associate Professor Heather Felder (University of Washington), Dr Rachelle Martin (University of Otago Wellington), Third speaker to be confirmed

Seminar Three: Hope is not a strategy: Getting on with things in challenging times 
Date and time: Friday, 21st of November 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speakers: Dr. Rebekah Graham, Carolyn O’Neill, Nic McKenzie and Hamish Taverner

Seminar Four: Philosophical and creative ways to hold hope in neoliberal times 
Date and time: Friday 28th of November 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speakers: Dr Sandra Yellowhorse (University of Auckland), Frankie Karetai Wood-Bodley, Andi Buchanan

NZSL interpreters and captioners are available at each session. 

If you are interested, please RSVP from here! A Zoom link will be sent to you upon registration.