BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14763-ca5571fe47f7a514ee26d66c68ea779d@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260411T155710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200914T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200914T151500 SUMMARY:Disability’s Environments DESCRIPTION:\n\nMonday\, September 14\, 2020***\n\n***Please note that t his event was postponed from its original 3/23/20 date and rescheduled f or 9/14/2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting event cancellati ons.\n\nFocused on how environments—social\, material\, ecological\, and speculative—influence scholarly and popular conceptions of disability\, this year’s spring symposium will showcase nationally prominent scholar s alongside Penn State faculty who will examine the symposium topic from various vantage points. This forum will explore stories of disability in narrative\, text\, and literature.\n\nWelcome: 10:00 AM\n\nI. Disabil ity's Structured Environments\n\nRoundtable One: 10:15—11:00 AM\n\nKathl een Collins\, Associate Professor of Education\, The Pennsylvania State University\nGreg Eghigian\, Professor of History\, The Pennsylvania Stat e University\nAnita Mannur\, Associate Professor of English and Asian/As ian American Studies\, Miami University\n\nRoundtable Two: 11:15 AM—Noon \n\nJanet Lyon\, Associate Professor of English and Women's\, Gender\, a nd Sexuality Studies\, The Pennsylvania State University\nSusan Squier\, Brill Professor Emeritus of English and Women's\, Gender\, and Sexualit y Studies\, The Pennsylvania State University\nBenjamin Reiss\, Samuel C andler Dobbs Professor of English\, Emory University\n\nII. Disability’s Natural Environments\n\nRoundtable Three: 1:15—2:00 PM\n\nChristian Hai nes\, Assistant Professor of English\, The Pennsylvania State University \nMatthew Cella\, Assistant Professor of English\, Shippensburg Universi ty\nMaren Linett\, Professor of English\, Purdue University\n\nRoundtabl e Four: 2:15—2:45 PM\n\nMichael Bérubé\, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English\, The Pennsylvania State University\nKim Hall\, Professor of Phi losophy\, Appalachian State University\n\nWrap-up Session: 2:45—3:15 PM\ n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the symposium.\n\nFor additional information\, please contact Sean X. Goudie\, Director of the Center for American Lit erary Studies (sxgoudie@psu.edu)\n\n \;\n\nFor more details: https:/ /events.la.psu.edu/event/disability2019s-environments-2/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Monday, Septembe r 14, 2020***

***Please note that this event was postpone d from its original 3/23/20 date and rescheduled for 9/14/2020 due to th e COVID-19 pandemic and resulting event cancellations.

Focused on how environments—social, material, ecological, and speculative—influence scholarly and popular conceptions of disability, this year’s spring sym posium will showcase nationally prominent scholars alongside Penn State faculty who will examine the symposium topic from various vantage points . This forum will explore stories of disability in narrative, text, and literature.

Welcome: 10:00 AM

I. D isability's Structured Environments

Roundtable On e: 10:15—11:00 AM

Kathleen Collins, Associate Profes sor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Greg Eghigia n, Professor of History, The Pennsylvania State University
Anita Mannur, Associate Professor of English and Asian/Asian American Studies , Miami University

Roundtable Two: 11:15 AM— Noon

Janet Lyon, Associate Professor of Eng lish and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
Susan Squier, Brill Professor Emeritus of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State Universi ty
Benjamin Reiss, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of English, Em ory University

II. Disability’s Natural Environments

Roundtable Three: 1:15—2:00 PM< /strong>

Christian Haines, Assistant Professor of English, Th e Pennsylvania State University
Matthew Cella, Assistant Profess or of English, Shippensburg University
Maren Linett, Professor o f English, Purdue University

Roundtable Four: 2:15~~—2:45 PM~~

~~Michael Bérubé, Edwin Erle S parks Professor of English, The Pennsylvania State University~~
~~Ki m Hall, Professor of Philosophy, Appalachian State University~~

< p>Wrap-up Session: 2:45—3:15 PM
After registering , you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joi ning the symposium.
For additional information, please contact Sea n X. Goudie, Director of the Center for American Literary Studies ( sxgoudie@psu.edu)

For more details: https://eve nts.la.psu.edu/event/disability2019s-environments-2/
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