Life Writing & Disability: A Conference (Virtual)

The Graduate Center’s M.A. Program in Biography and Memoir is one of the only programs in the world to offer a uniquely rich series of courses to students who wish to study biography and memoir, or to become biographers and memoirs writers themselves. Our affordable program offers academic excellence and serves as an intellectual and cultural hub of activities, talks, and opportunities for mentorship.

M.A. Program in Biography & Memoir, CUNY GC

A one-day conference devoted to disability and all forms of life writing, featuring two roundtables and a conversation with Joshua Miele.

All are welcome to attend this first-of-its-kind event on April 4, 2025, to be held at the Martin E. Segal Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Center and via Zoom.La Marr Jurelle Bruce writes of his own disability exploration as “a procession without end, without rest, without closure,” as “always in process, always awake, always open.” In addition to an efflorescence of recent scholarship on disability studies, life writing has been central to this “procession” with works addressing issues related to disability justice, intersectional experience, destabilizing stigma, and expanding popular conversations about disability and chronic illness.This interdisciplinary and hybrid one-day conference will be devoted to addressing individual lives, lived experiences, and the social experiences of disability and chronic illness through all forms of life expressions. With two roundtables and a conversation with renowned research scientist and MacArthur fellow Joshua Miele, the conference will address the subjective experience of disability, matters of social vulnerability and equality, and possibilities of social change affected by life writing.Event is free and open to the public but requires registration (either to attend on zoom or in person). Please refrain from wearing perfume, cologne, aftershave, or other fragranced personal care products. ASL interpretation and automated captioning will be provided.For the agenda and all conference details, visit: <a href="https://disabilitylifewriting25.commons.gc.cuny.edu/" title="https://disabilitylifewriting25.commons.gc.cuny.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://disabilitylifewriting25.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a>

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