Disability Studies: Putting Theory Into Practice

Lancaster, July 2004


Programme

All events take place in the George Fox Conference Centre unless specified otherwise.

Monday 26th July

12.30 onwards Registration - foyer
   
12.30-2.00 Lunch - Foyer
   
2.00-3.00 Welcome - Bob Sapey, Applied Social Science, Lancaster University
  Plenary & Discussion - Chaired by Colin Barnes
  Speaker: Vic Finkelstein, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds
  Title: Phase 3: Conceptualising New Services
   
3.00-3.30 Paper Session A
   
3.30-4.00 Coffee - Foyer
   
4.00-5.00 Paper Session B
   
6.30-7.30 Poster Reception
   
8.00-9.30 Dinner - Cartmel Restaurant

 

Tuesday 27th July

8.00 Breakfast - Cartmel Restaurant or Penn's Restaurant
   
9.30-10.30 Plenary & Discussion - Chaired by Jennifer Harris
  Speaker: Lennard Davis, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Title: Disability Studies: The Second Wave
   
10.30-11.00 Paper Session C
   
11.00-11.30 Coffee - Foyer
   
11.30-12.30 Paper Session D
   
12.30-1.30 Lunch - Foyer
   
1.30-2.45 Round Table Discussion - Chaired by Carol Thomas
  Speakers: Peter Beresford, Sally French, John Swain and Danny Goodley
  Title: The Utility of the Social Model
   
2.45-3.15 Paper Session E
   
3.15-3.45 Coffee - Foyer
   
3.45-4.45 Paper Session F

 

 

6.00-7.00 Tribute to Mairian Scott-Hill and Paul Abberley - Chaired by Len Barton
  Speaker: Colin Barnes, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds
   
7.30 Dinner - Cartmel Restaurant
   
9.30 Entertainment: Laurence Clark, comedian

 

Wednesday 28th July

8.00 Breakfast - Cartmel Restaurant or Penn's Restaurant
   
9.30-11.00 Paper Session G
   
11.00-11.30 Coffee - Foyer
   
11.30-12.30 Plenary & Discussion - Chaired by John Stewart
  Speaker: Rannveig Traustadottir, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Iceland
  Title: Disability Studies: A Nordic Perspective
   
12.30 Close
Packed lunch available

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