Lancaster University’s Centre for Disability Research is delighted to announce our 8th Disability Studies conference will take place 6th-8th September 2016.

The conference has a rich history of bringing together international researchers, practitioners, policy makers and activists from around the world, to share and debate research, ideas and developments in disability studies.
Call for papers are now open, the deadline for submissions is 31st March 2016 and you can find out more here: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/disabilityconference/call.htm

Our keynotes this year are Susie Balderstone, Lucy Costa, Don Kulick, Sara Ryan and Jijian Voronka. In addition to the main conference, we have our second Mad Studies stream convened by Peter Beresford and Brigit McWade. We also have an inaugural Sexuality stream convened by Tom Shakespeare and Kirsty Liddiard.
Brigit McWade and Hannah Morgan
Lancaster Disability Studies conference committee