Philosophical Perspectives on Disability: A Postgraduate Conference
Programme
Programme
08:30 – 09:00 – Coffee & Tea
09:00: Opening Remarks
09:10 - 10:05: The Social Model’s Concept of Disability in View of Rights - Adi Goldiner (King’s College London)
10:15 - 11:10: Disability and a Capability-Account of Individual Well-Being - Stephanie Elsen (Humboldt University)
11:20 - 12:15: Epistemic Justice as a Virtue of Psychiatric Institutions - Alexander Miller Tate (University of Birmingham)
12:15 - 13:30: Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:25: Enabling Technologies: Between the Needs for Assistance and Acceptance - Alexandra Kapeller (University of Twente)
14:35 - 15:30: The Picture Theory of Disability – Steve Firth (Helsinki University)
15:30 - 16:00: Afternoon Tea Break
16:00 - 17:30: Keynote Talk: "They Would Say That, Wouldn't They?" Disability and Epistemic Injustice - Professor Jackie Leach Scully (Newcastle University)
17:30-18:30: Wine & Soft Drinks Reception
19:30: Conference Dinner (http://www.thaiedgeleeds.co.uk/ - further information about the venue is available here)