IMC Leeds 2020 - Dis/ability in the medieval North

Call for papers: IMC Leeds 20206–9 July, 2020Dis/ability in the medieval NorthOrganizers: Christopher Crocker andYoav Tirosh (University of Iceland) In line with the now commonly accepted premise that disability is a multi-factorial phenomenon, scholars have come to realise that there can be no fixe...

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Main Author: Dubourg (sharing info), Ninon
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:French
Published: Histoire du handicap dans l'Europe médiévale 2019
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Online Access:http://dishist.hypotheses.org/1409
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Summary:Call for papers: IMC Leeds 20206–9 July, 2020Dis/ability in the medieval NorthOrganizers: Christopher Crocker andYoav Tirosh (University of Iceland) In line with the now commonly accepted premise that disability is a multi-factorial phenomenon, scholars have come to realise that there can be no fixed, acultural and/or atemporal definition of disability. Scholars today commonly make use of the concepts of ‘embodied difference’ and ‘marked or unusual bodies’ as they do not imply pre-define.