News and Events

International Disability Studies Conference

The 6th Lancaster Disability Studies conference is taking place 11-13th September 2012. Full details can be found on the conference home page.

Details on previous conferences (2003; 2004; 2006; 2008) can be found at the conference archive

The next Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR) conference will take place in Finland in May 2013.

More information is available on the NNDR Conference webpage.

CeDR Research Seminars

For more details see our forthcoming events page

ESRC Seminar Series 2011-2013 (in association with the School of Health & Medicine, Lancaster University).

Opportunities, challenges & tensions: linking the ageing and disability rights agendas
Ageing and disability: ’writing in’ gender and sexuality
Thursday 25th April 2013

More information can be found on the series website.

Calls for Papers

29th Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disability and Diversity, 2013: Being in Community,

April 29th & 30th, 2013 Honolulu, USA.

The Call for Proposals will be open from August 1, 2012 through December 14, 2012. We want your proposals! We are looking for your creative ideas to build the just, sustainable and inclusive future we all want! To learn more visit: www.pacrim.hawaii.edu, email prinfo@hawaii.edu

Please send details of calls for papers to cedr@lancaster.ac.uk

External events of interest

DaDaFest - a Disability and Deaf Arts Festival - is taking place in Liverpool between 13th July and 2nd September 2012