Call for Papers - York Critical Disability Studies Conference 2009

Critical Disability Studies Graduate Student Conference
Call for Papers

York University’s Critical Disability Studies Student Association (CDSSA)
will be holding its 5th annual graduate student conference May 9 2009*.
The conference is meant to showcase graduate students across Canada and
their work relating to themes and issues within the scope of Critical
Disability Studies.

The conference is interdisciplinary, and so possible topics can include
but are not limited to the following:

•Critical theory and disability: feminism, post-modernism, Marxism, etc.
•History of disability: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Victorian Age, Industrial
Age, etc.
•Law and public policy, and disability
•Qualitative and quantitative research pertaining to disability
•Education and disability
•Culture: disability-related literature and film analysis
•Employment, market, workforce, and income security in relation to
disability
•Disability-related topics in social sciences: psychology, sociology,
geography, political science
•Assessment of accessibility accommodations
•Technology and disability

Papers should be 10-15 pages long, with 12 point Times New Roman font,
double spaced, and 1 inch margins. The CDSSA adjudication committee will
review abstracts that are 150-200 words in length. Authors might be asked

to present their work as posters instead of as paper presentations.
Abstracts must be anonymous. The text of the email must include the
author’s name, institutional affiliation, contact information, the title
of the work, and preferred presentation format (paper or poster).
Applicants must send their abstracts as attachments in Microsoft Word
format to the following email address: cds_grad@yorku.ca. Submission
deadline is February 1, 2009.



Presenters must register for the event. In order to register, please send
an email to cds_grad@yorku.caand include in the following information:

•Name and number of guests
•Contact information
•Request for billeting (if applicable) **
•Dietary restrictions (if applicable)
•Accessibility accommodations (if applicable)


Due to the CUPE 3903 strike at York University, the date of the conference
may change. We apologize for the inconvenience.
**The homes offered for billeting belong to graduate students enrolled in
the Critical Disability Studies program at York University. They will
hence vary in terms of accessibility. Only a limited number of locations
are available so billeting will be offered on a first come, first serve
basis.