Events, Presentations, Etc...

UPCOMING  EVENTS, ETC

2012



RECENT EVENTS & PRESENTATIONS

2012

Tuesday October 2 2012
Reading from Idiocy: A Cultural History
An Evening of Poetry and Prose
Visual Arts Centre, McClure Gallery
Westmount, Quebec.

Wednesday 11 July 2012
Presentation: "Autism in the Age of Empathy"
Session: "Does Autism Exist"
International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID) 14th World Congress
Halifax, Nova Scotia

2011

Thursday 24 November 2011
Symposium on Chris Goodey's History of Intelligence and "Intellectual Disability"
VU University
Amsterdam, Netherlands



2010


Tuesday, 5 October 2010, 12:30-2:00
"The Age of Empathy & the Exile of Autism"
Colloquium for the Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship
University of British Columbia-Okanagan
Kelowna, BC, Canada

1 October 2010
Celebrating Stories of Community Living
A day-long event sponsored by Spectrum Society for Community Living, Vela Microboard Society, and 101 Friends Personal Support Networks Project
Patrick will be speaking for an hour as a part of the event, along with a roster of other speakers.
Vancouver Unitarian Church,
949 W 49th Avenue
Vancouver BC Canada


Friday, 30 September 2010, 12:30-2:00
"The Age of Empathy & the Exile of Autism"
Colloquium for the Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship
Room 200, Jack Bell Building
2080 West Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada

24-25 September 2010
Critical Studies of Autism Workshop
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON, Canada


2009

7 November 2009
Presentation on Lars von Trier's film The Idiots
South Atlantic Modern Language Association conference
Atlanta, GA, USA

3 November 2009
Book reading from Idiocy: A Cultural History
(sponsored by Quebec Writers' Federation)
Paragraphe Books
Montreal, QC, Canada

26 May 2009
Presentation on the plays Toronto Mississippi and The Crackwalker
Canadian Disability Studies Association conference
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON, Canada

18 May 2009
Constructing Intellectual Disability: A Symposium on the History of a Concept
Centre for Disability Studies, University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia

14 May 2009
Becoming Citizens: The Historical Construction of Intellectual Disability Symposium
Griffiths University
Brisbane, Australia

2008

26 August 2008
Presentation: "Innocence and Economics: changing ideas of idiocy in the 1840s"
International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability conference
Cape Town, South Africa

1 August 2008
Presentation: "What are we talking about when we talk about the history of intellectual disability?"
Disability History: Theory & Practice conference
San Francisco, CA, USA


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