Dr Simon Hayhoe takes us through a journey on arts, culture and blindness, drawing on the theory of inclusive capital. The seminar series was sponsored by the IAS Octagon Small Grants Fund and was organised by Dr Rafie Cecilia (UCL Institute of Archaeology and Centre for Critical Heritage Studies).

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10/5/2022

This second talk of the 'Disability and the Cultural Sector' seminar series will be given by Prof. Hannah Thompson, who will explore what happens when audio description moves from access provision to artistic intervention and asks who has the right to describe or be described.

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5/27/2022

Creating Equalities - Heumann and Disability Rights In the lead up to International Day of Disabled Persons and as part of UK Disability History Month, UCL is hosting a 'fireside chat' with legendary disability rights activist, Judy Heumann, about her book ‘Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist’. Chaired by Pro-Provost (Equity & Inclusion) Professor Sasha Roseneil, Judy will also be joined by Dr Sarabajaya Kumar, UCL lecturer, 2021 UCL's Sir Stephen Wall Inclusion Award winner (Inspiring Role Model) and a disabled equality activist in her own right. In addition to Judy’s world-renowned work as a disability rights leader, she is also the creator of the podcast The Heumann Perspective, a subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp and served under both the Obama and Clinton administrations.

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12/20/2021