Event
Dr. Jaipreet Virdi on Deaf Futurity (Virtual Event)
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 18:00to19:30
Everyone who signs up via eventbrite will also be emailed the zoom link 3 days before the event, again 1 day before the event, and 15 minutes before the event. You need to register on eventbrite to get the zoom link.
As with every virtual and hybrid event, we will provide professional captioning done by human captioners. For this event we will also provide ASL interpretation.
Dr. Jaipreet Virdi will speak about her work on Deaf Futurity. This will be followed by an audience Q and A session.
This event is also part of the , organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum. Our series was made possible thanks to our sponsors: SSHRC, Digital Citizen Research, the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF), the DIGS Lab, Milieux, Initiative for Indigenous Futures, ReQEF, and more.
There is no fee required to attend this event. It will be professionally live captioned. We will also provide ASL.
Dr. Jaipreet Virdi
Dr. Jaipreet Virdi is an award-winning historian whose research focuses on the ways medicine and technology impact the lived experiences of disabled people. Her first book, Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History (University of Chicago Press, 2020) raises pivotal questions about deafness in American society and the endless quest for a cure. She has published articles on diagnostic technologies, audiometry, hearing aids, and the medicalization of deafness.
As an educator, Dr. Virdi has taught at Ryerson University, the University of Toronto, and Brock University.
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