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Augmented Selves: Disability, Care and the Posthuman (Workshop, Leeds, 13 June 2017)

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Research Summary: Augmented Selves Workshop

Event Type: Academic Workshop on Disability, Care, and Posthuman Studies
Date & Location: Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 12-5pm, School of English, University of Leeds
Key Topics: Microchimerism and temporality, transplantation and disability, psychostimulants and work
Featured Speakers: Margrit Shildrick; panel with Donna McCormack and Sophie A. Jones
Registration Deadline: June 8, 2017; free attendance with limited places
Funding: Wellcome Trust Seed Award and University of Leeds Sadler Seminar grant
Intellectual Framework: Examines bodily augmentation through interdisciplinary lenses of disability studies, care ethics, and posthuman theory
Contact & Information: Email Sophie Jones; follow @augmentedbodies on Twitter

An afternoon workshop
Tuesday June 13th, 12-5pm, Alumni Room, School of English, University of Leeds

Join the Augmenting the Body project team for our final event of the 2016-2017 academic year: a half-day workshop featuring papers on microchimerism and temporality, transplantation and disability, psychostimulants and work.

Programme:

  • 12 noon-1pm: Lunch
  • 1-2pm: Margrit Shildrick
  • 2.15-3.45pm: Panel with Donna McCormack and Sophie A. Jones
  • 4-5pm: Roundtable discussion

Especially relevant details for the event and registration are available online, click here. Additionally, you can find directions to the School of English online.

While attendance is free places are limited, so we kindly request that you please register by 8th June so we can ensure there is enough food and drink for all. Lunch, coffee and tea are provided.

For more information, please email Sophie Jones. Furthermore, you can follow the project on Twitter with the handle @augmentedbodies.

This event is funded jointly by a Wellcome Trust Seed Award and a University of Leeds Sadler Seminar grant.