This online seminar brings together ongoing research in the field of Deaf History, focusing on the effects of medicine, welfare state development and rights movements, in the lives of d/Deaf people and the formation of
d/Deaf communities in the 19th and 20th centuries. With examples from Central and Northern Europe, the participants will discuss local and national histories of d/Deaf people, and how major developments in policy,
ideology, and medicine shaped minority identities and collective experiences.
Presentations by Clara-Maria Kutsch, Maija Koivisto, Hanna Lindberg, Sonja Matter and Vera Blaser, with comments by Claire L. Shawand Anja Werner.
Seminar languages: English, International Sign, Austrian Sign Language.
Registration until November 24:
https://www.lyyti.in/exploringdeafhistories