University Seminar on Disability Studies

Date:

April 03, 2006 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT

Location:

Broadway Room
Alfred Lerner Hall
Moringside Campus

Contact:

For further information regarding this event, please contact Columbia University Seminar in Disability Studies and Office of Disability Services by sending email to dsseminar@gmail.com or by calling 212 854 2388.

Info:

 
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY in the City of New York

University Seminar on Disability Studies

Spring Seminars 2006

Monday, April 3, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (lunch to follow, see below)
Alfred Lerner Hall, Broadway Room

Presenters:

“From Sick Jokes to John Callahan: The Phases of Disability Humor" Beth A. Haller, Ph.D., Towson University

“The Humorous Construction of Disability: ‘Stand-up’ Comedians in the United States”
D. Kim Reid, Ph. D., Teachers College, Columbia University

“Stuck on Disability: Contradictions in the Films of the Farrelly Brothers” Kathleen LeBesco, Ph.D., Marymount Manhattan College

Moderator:

Lawrence Carter-Long, Network Coordinator, Disabilities Network of NYC

Lectures are free and open to the public.  Please RSVP to dsseminar@gmail.com for event(s)d/or meal(s)

If making requests for parking or other accommodations, please reply two weeks before seminar.  

Parking is available for a fee of $15.

Optional buffet dinner ($22), buffet lunch ($19)

Space is limited; RSVP does not guarantee a place.

Directions to Alfred Lerner Hall: Enter the Columbia Campus at 115th Street and Broadway. Follow path and take the first right to building entrance.

With Support From:

Columbia University Seminar in Disability Studies and Office of Disability Services