Distinguished Disability Scholar is Guest Professor at Umeå University
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Between November 11 and December 10, 2019, Catherine J. Kudlick is Visiting Guest Professor at Umeå University, hosted by the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies. She is an internationally recognized scholar and key influencer in the cross-disciplinary field of disability studies. Kudlick is Professor of History at the Department of History, San Francisco State University, USA, where she is also Director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability.
Text: Sandra Olsson
Professor Catherine J. Kudlick, USA.
ImageLotta Vikström
Researches representations of disability in history and actively engaged in rights for people with disabilities
Professor Catherine J. Kudlick researches representations of disability in history and has an expertise in the building of bridges between academy and community. She is leading a Disability Film Festival in the USA and recently turned her research into fiction.
Teaches, gives lectures and participates in seminars, a workshop and a film festival during her visit
During her Umeå visit, Kudlick will participate in seminars on Disability Activism and on Fictionary Writing and collaborate with Lotta Vikström, Professor of History at Umeå University. Kudlick will contribute to Umeå European Film Festival and meet Disability Organizations in the town.
At Umeå University, Kudlick will also teach students at the course “The Image of the Other” and interact with scholars in seminars/workshops organized by Lotta Vikström and her team within the ERC-funded DISLIFE project, and the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Department of Culture and Media Studies, Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR), Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS) and Umeå Centre for Disability Research (UCFF).
Program with Kudlick
Kudlick participates at the Research Seminar in History and History of Ideas, where Oana Cojocaru, Postdoc in History, presents a paper ‘Childhood and Experiences of Disability in Byzantium’. Friday 15 November at 10:15-12:00, Humanities building, room HD108.
Kudlick featuring UMEÅ EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL Wednesday 27 November at 17:00-19:30. Place: Väven, Umeå City Centre
Interactive Show Case Evening with Kudlick showing films and telling about her Disability Film Festival in the USA Tuesday 3 December at 18:00-21:00. Place: Funktionsrätt Västerbotten, Mariehem, Mariehemsvägen 7 N, Umeå
Following-up Workshop of above Activism seminar with Master and PhD students and senior scholars Wednesday 4 December at 10:15-12:00. Place: Humanities building, room HC202
Kudlick contributes to the Seminar “When Academics find New Voices: Turning Scholarly Research into Fiction” Friday 6 December at 13:15-16:00, Place: Humanities building, room HB207