VIRTUAL EVENT: Ableism in Academia book symposium

Rather than embracing difference as a reflection of wider society, academic communities seek to normalise and homogenise ways of working and of being a researcher. 

As a consequence, ableism in academia is endemic. However, to date, no attempt has been made to theorise experiences of ableism in academia.

Ableism in Academia provides an interdisciplinary outlook on ableism that is currently missing. Through reporting research data and exploring personal experiences, the contributors theorise and conceptualise what it means to be/work outside the stereotypical norm. The volume brings together a range of perspectives and draws on the width and breadth of a number of related disciplines.

This webinar will be of interest to researchers in disability studies, higher education studies and sociology, and to those researching the relationship between theory and personal experience across the social sciences.

Speakers

• Dr Gregor Wolbring, University of Calgary 
• Dr Nicole Brown, UCL Institute of Education

Links

• Ableism in Academia: Theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education
• Centre for Global Higher Education
• Education, Practice and Society

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