The course Disability Studies aims to inspire you to reflect on and learn more about pressing concerns about disability. Inclusive participation in research, education, and society is key, and will be addressed through discussions about inclusive research methods, disability in a global perspective, different imaginaries and framings of disability, differences and interferences between disabilities, intersectionality, and trying out different techniques for analysing representation of disability in various media.

In collaboration with teachers, guest lecturers, and experiential experts, you will explore relations between disability and society from different perspectives. During the elective, there will be plenty of space for your own and each other’s experiences along with deepening your knowledge through historical and theoretical disability literature. We will alternatingly discuss topics in class and organise guest seminars. Moreover, we use creative methods to accommodate different ways of exploring Disability Studies.

Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Alice Schippers

Timetable

You can find the timetable on Datanose.

Entry requirements

Open to second-year and third-year Bachelor's and Master’s students and other interested parties, such as contract students or students from other Dutch higher education institutions. 

Registration

UvA Bachelor's students can register from 2 to 9 December 2024 in the GLASS registration rounds. Master’s students can send a short motivation to keuzeonderwijs-iis@uva.nl.

‘Bijvak’ students and contract students can register from 2 December 2024 until one week prior to the start of the course, by completing the online registration form.

If you have any trouble while registering, please contact us at keuzeonderwijs-iis@uva.nl.

Please note: as a contract student you can choose to participate either including or excluding assessment. If you choose the latter, you only have access to the seven lectures of the course. If you also wish to attend the seminars, please choose 'including assessment'. 

Costs

Prices can be found on the IIS website.