The topic of the 2004 seminar, "Disability Studies and the Legacies of Eugenics,” sought to understand the contemporary situation of disabled people in Germany today through an assessment of the historical facts surrounding the killing of more than 240,000 disabled people during World War II. To assess this legacy, the seminar contemplated the development of German Disability Studies and its critique of practices in modern day disability arenas such as education, medicine, rehabilitation, genetics, and bio-ethics. The program included visits to contemporary memorial sites, archives, and former T-4 locations. In addition to seminar sessions, public lectures by contemporary scholars in German disability studies were offered as featured events, and open to the public, as a part of the Einstein Forum lecture series.

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Lecture by Volker van der Locht: Victims of Sterilization and Euthanasia

Sharon L. Snyder, Ph. D.,
Director, "Legacies of Eugenics" Summer Institute, Einstein Forum
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Ph. D. Program in Disability Studies
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 626)
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd. #207
Chicago IL 60608-6904 U.S.A.
E-mail: ssnyder@uic.edu Phone: (312) 413-1975 (Voice) Fax: (312) 996-0885

Web site coordinator: Pam Wheelock, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Disability Studies at University of Illinois, Chicago