Please join us for a presentation and Q&A on Dr. Sona Kazemi's forthcoming book, Disabling Relations. In this book, drawing upon interviews, extensive research, and lived experience, Kazemi focuses on disabled dissidents, resisters, and ordinary citizens in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution in Iran. Her evidence focuses on multiple sites and people: disabled dissidents incarcerated and tortured by the Islamic regime; veterans and civilians during and after the Iran–Iraq War; survivors of state-sanctioned punitive limb amputation; and survivors of gender-based violence. Kazemi uses the theoretical concept of “wounding” as a historical process of becoming and remaining disabled mediated by unequal power relations and “disability consciousness” to show how these survivors come to terms with their disability. Those who worked with Dr. Kazemi at OSU will remember her passionate and engaging style of conversation. This event is free and open to the public.
This event is wheels accessible. To request interpreting, captioning, or other access moves, please contact Margaret Price at price.1225@osu.edu.
This event is sposored by the Disability Studies Program, Graduate Association of Mental Health Action & Advocacy (GAMHAA), Disability Studies Graduate Student Association (DSGSA), and the Global Arts and Humanities Cross-disciplinary Research Exchange.