Invitation
for Faculty Applicants:
Interdisciplinary Summer Seminar on Disability Studies and the Legacies
of Eugenics
Einstein Forum, Potsdam
July 5th – July 30th, 2004
The purpose of the summer seminar
is to promote the interdisciplinary study of historical, political, social,
and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs and to
advance their understanding among scholars in the United States and Canada.
The program is open to faculty members and recent PhDs from the social
sciences, disability studies, and cultural studies fields.
The topic of the 2004 seminar,
" Disability Studies and the Legacies of Eugenics,” seeks 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 will contemplate 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 includes visits to contemporary memorial sites, archives,
and former T-4 locations. In addition to seminar sessions, four public
lectures by contemporary scholars in German disability studies will be
offered as featured events, and open to the public, as a part of the Einstein
Forum lecture series.
The seminar organizers are
Professor David Mitchell and Professor Sharon Snyder.
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For further information about
seminar content and organization, please contact the PhD program in Disability
Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Deadline: January 15, 2003
Eligibility Requirements
1. Faculty members and recent
PhDs at universities and colleges in the United States and Canada from
various fields in the humanities and social sciences may apply. Graduate
students and Ph.D. candidates are not eligible.
2. Applicants must be citizens
or permanent residents of the United States or Canada.
3. Participants are expected
to have an active interest in German intellectual and cultural history.
Tuition and Associated Costs:
There is a $50 course fee and a $175 surcharge for roundtrip accessible
bus transport to Bernberg and Hadamar from Potsdam.
Housing: Nearby accessible
housing will be available at the University of Potsdam.
Scholarships: A limited number
of scholarships are available. The scholarship amounts to $3,200 and is
intended to defray in whole or in part the cost of travel to and from
Potsdam, room and board, books, and other research expenses incurred in
connection with the seminar.
Seminar Requirements: Participants
are required to attend all sessions and to participate actively in the
work of the seminar. A written report is expected within four weeks of
the end of the seminar.
Application Guidelines: All parts of the application must be typed and
submitted in duplicate (original and one copy). Please do not staple materials.
A complete application
consists of the following parts:
1. DAAD application form entitled
"Interdisciplinary Summer Seminar in German Studies.” Please
answer all questions on the form, even if you refer to additional material.
Forms are available from the directors.
2. Curriculum vitae and complete
list of publications.
3. A detailed statement explaining
why the applicant wants to attend the seminar.
4. One letter of recommendation,
to be sent directly to the University of Illinois at Chicago, PhD Program
in Disability Studies.
Applications postmarked 15
January or earlier will be accepted. Those with later postmarks cannot
be processed. Applicants will be notified about the results of the competition
by February 15, 2003.
Ph.D. Program in Disability
Studies Tel: (312) 996-1508
University of Illinois at Chicago Fax: (312) 996-0885
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd. (M/C 526) Email: ds_uic@uic.edu
Chicago, IL 60608
Sponsored by:
*DAAD (the German Academic Exchange Service) http://www.daad.org/
*UIC’s Humanities Laboratory http://www.uic.edu/las/humlab/
*Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/einsteinforum/
*UIC’s PhD Program in Disability Studies http://www.ahs.uic.edu/ahs/php/index.php?sitename=dis
*UIC’s Dept of Disability and Human Development http://www.ahs.uic.edu/ahs/php/?sitename=dhd
In partnership with: The Society
for Disability Studies and the German Disability Studies Network.
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