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Does your research explore the physically disabled body in culture / literature?

I am running a public engagement project on the representation of physical disability in culture and literature. I am seeking speakers whose research is in this area to contribute to a series of public discussion group events which will take place in May & June 2011 in London. The speakers would need to speak for about 5 or 10 minutes on an aspect of their research.

The project is part of the Train & Engage scheme, which helps students develop activities which open up their research to an audience outside of the academy. Train & Engage is managed by the UCL Public Engagement Unit.

Interested? Find out more at http://physicaldisabilityinculture.blogspot.com/ or contact me on Dandelion.

Thanks,

Harriet

Tags: cultural, disability, physical, speakers, studies

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Permalink Reply by Anna Stothers on April 26, 2011 at 2:13pm

Hi Harriett,
'Physical Disability in Culture and Literature' sounds really interesting. Would there be any scope for a short paper entitled 'Disability and the Artist in Mina Loy's "Lunar Baedeker" (1923)'?
Best,
Anna

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Permalink Reply by Harriet Cooper on April 26, 2011 at 5:09pm

Hi Anna,

Thanks very much for your message, your paper sounds extremely interesting and relevant to the project I'm running. It also sounds as though we have quite a lot in common in terms of what we're researching. Let's discuss further by email - I think we can send emails to each other via Dandelion if we are 'friends' so I have sent you a friend request.