“Erving Goffman: Social Stigma and Disability Studies” – Presented by Dr. Heather Love, Associate Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Love will speak on the utility of Erving Goffman’s foundational work on social stigma for the field of disability studies. Goffman’s 1963 book Stigma: On the Management of Spoiled Identity is both loved and hated by disability scholars. Dr. Love will consider the benefits and drawbacks of Goffman’s approach to stigma. 

Dr. Love authored Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History (Harvard, 2007), edited a special issue of GLQ, and co-edited a special issue of New Literary History. Gender studies/queer theory, modernism/modernity, disability studies, and film /visual culture are among her research interests.

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http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/miniseries/ 

The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University hosts guest speakers and lecturers several times each year for its Mini Course/Lecture Series on Disabilities. Experts in a wide variety of fields including Disability Studies, Assistive Technology, Leadership Development, and Social Policy present lectures and programs to students, parents, teachers and other professionals in the field of disabilities.

A program of the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University. Co-sponsors: United Way of Allegheny County, PA Developmental Disabilities Council, Vision For Equality. Additional support: PEAL Center, Achieva, CLASS

* On-Site Registration begins at 9:00 AM on the day of the lecture