Professor William J. Peace will host a day long symposium on disability, bio-ethics, and contemporary medicine. He will deliver a lecture on disability, bio-ethics, and health care. Joining the symposium will be Barbara Farlow and Brenda Brueggemann who will address issues of life, death, and disability. Farlow travels widely and discusses the human rights of children with trisomy 13, the genetic anomaly that took her own daughter’s life. Professor Brueggemann of The University of Louisville will discuss the Nazi “T-4 Project” and its implications for contemporary scholars of disability and medicine. The closing event will be a keynote presentation by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Sheri Fink (MD) who will read from her new book Five Days at Memorial.
If you are interested in attending the symposium, please fill in the information below. We will keep you updated as the event draws near.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. Pay parking is available at the University Garage (University Avenue between Harrison and Adams Street; $5.00). If you require accommodations, or have dietary needs, please contact: Eric Holzwarth (eholzwar@syr.edu; 443-2759) by Friday, March 28.