Med­ical Anthro­pol­o­gy Europe Con­fer­ence 2025 Vien­na: „Rede­f­i­n­i­tions of Health and Well-being
Call for Pan­els and Round­ta­bles is now OPEN

RZ_­MAEC-2025_­Call-for-Papers

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Cen­tre for Dis­abil­i­ty Stud­ies Post­grad­u­ate Con­fer­ence 2025 “Dis­abil­i­ty with­in Envi­ron­ments: dis­abil­i­ty stud­ies perspectives”
17th Sep­tem­ber 2025
hybrid, Cen­tre for Dis­abil­i­ty Stud­ies, Uni­ver­si­ty of Leeds 

We are delight­ed to announce that reg­is­tra­tion for the CDS PGR con­fer­ence 2025 “Dis­abil­i­ty with­in Envi­ron­ments: dis­abil­i­ty stud­ies per­spec­tives” on the 17th Sep­tem­ber is now open. This hybrid one-day con­fer­ence will take place in-per­son at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leeds (UK) and online via Zoom. The con­fer­ence will run from 9:30 to 16:00 BST before con­clud­ing with a post-con­fer­ence social.
This con­fer­ence will address how dis­abil­i­ty oper­ates with­in dif­fer­ent envi­ron­ments, how dis­abled peo­ple are affect­ed in these dif­fer­ent envi­ron­ments and how envi­ron­ments might be reshaped and reimag­ined to cre­ate more sus­tain­able, just, and inclu­sive futures. The four hybrid pan­el ses­sions of the con­fer­ence will focus on envi­ron­ments of 

High­er Education
Urban Spaces
Cre­ative Spaces
Social Care, Health, and Wellbeing

We intend to pro­vide a sup­port­ive space for PGRs to share their work, receive con­struc­tive feed­back, and engage in inter­dis­ci­pli­nary dis­cus­sions. Par­tic­i­pants will ben­e­fit from net­work­ing, skill devel­op­ment, and aca­d­e­m­ic exchange. 

This event is open to all PGRs at any stage of their researchers, post-doc, and ear­ly career researchers, as well as aca­d­e­mics, activists, and stu­dents from across the world.

You can reg­is­ter via the fol­low­ing link:
https://store.leeds.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/essl/conferences/centre-for-disability-studies-postgraduate-conference-2025

For detailed infor­ma­tion on how to book tick­ets, please read the doc­u­ment attached.
For infor­ma­tion on any access and dietary require­ments, please read the infor­ma­tion on the web­site as well as the doc­u­ment attached. https://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/events/pgrconference/
If you have any fur­ther ques­tions, please do not hes­i­tate to con­tact us. Please send any inquiries to CDSpostgraduates@leeds.ac.uk

More infor­ma­tion on the con­fer­ence will be updat­ed reg­u­lar­ly on https://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/events/pgrconference/

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Call for abstracts: Cen­tre for Dis­abil­i­ty Stud­ies Post­grad­u­ate Con­fer­ence 2025 

“Dis­abil­i­ty with­in Envi­ron­ments: dis­abil­i­ty stud­ies perspectives” 

17th Sep­tem­ber 2025 

The Uni­ver­si­ty of Leeds Cen­tre for Dis­abil­i­ty Stud­ies (CDS) Post­grad­u­ate Researchers invite you to sub­mit an abstract for our inter­na­tion­al hybrid con­fer­ence on the 17th Sep­tem­ber 2025. 

This con­fer­ence will focus on how dis­abil­i­ty oper­ates with­in dif­fer­ent envi­ron­ments, for exam­ple envi­ron­ments of acad­e­mia, edu­ca­tion, pol­i­tics, music and arts, green spaces, dis­as­ter and/or war zones. Con­sid­er­ing recent nation­al and inter­na­tion­al back­lash against equal­i­ty, diver­si­ty, and inclu­sion (EDI), mil­i­tary con­flicts, human­i­tar­i­an cri­sis and the glob­al cli­mate cri­sis, it is time­ly to address how dis­abled peo­ple are affect­ed in these dif­fer­ent envi­ron­ments and how envi­ron­ments might be reshaped and reimag­ined to cre­ate more sus­tain­able, just, and inclu­sive futures. The cho­sen breath of the top­ic encom­pass­es all types of envi­ron­ments that exist in our con­tem­po­rary world with the aim to high­light inter­sec­tion­al, inter‑, and trans­dis­ci­pli­nary pos­si­bil­i­ties and challenges.
This inter­na­tion­al hybrid con­fer­ence will offer an oppor­tu­ni­ty for PGRs to share their work, receive con­struc­tive feed­back, and engage in inter­dis­ci­pli­nary dis­cus­sions. Par­tic­i­pants will ben­e­fit from net­work­ing, skill devel­op­ment, and aca­d­e­m­ic exchange. We intend to pro­vide a sup­port­ive space to devel­op com­mu­ni­ty con­nec­tions and learn about the excit­ing work fel­low PGRs are pro­duc­ing. This event is open to all PGRs at any stage of their researchers and post-doc researchers from across the world. 

We wel­come a vari­ety of sub­mis­sion for­mats, includ­ing tra­di­tion­al research papers, cre­ative pre­sen­ta­tions, and prac­tice-based con­tri­bu­tions, embrac­ing diverse method­olog­i­cal approach­es. We encour­age con­tri­bu­tions that engage with empir­i­cal, the­o­ret­i­cal, method­olog­i­cal, or prac­tice-based per­spec­tives not only with­in dis­abil­i­ty stud­ies but from an inter- and trans­dis­ci­pli­nary perspective. 

Some pos­si­ble themes are: 

Inter- and trans­dis­ci­pli­nary approach­es to disability
Dis­abil­i­ty and dis­as­ter management
Dis­abil­i­ty in high­er education
Dis­abil­i­ty and green spaces
Dis­abil­i­ty and cre­ative spaces
Inclu­sive research practices 

We also wel­come any of your own top­ics linked to the broad­er over­all subject! 

Please fill out this form which requires a 300-word abstract, a 150-word bio­graph­i­cal state­ment, your insti­tu­tion­al affil­i­a­tion (if applic­a­ble), your pre­sen­ta­tion pref­er­ence (poster, paper, work­shop etc), pro­vi­sion­al online or in per­son atten­dance, and access needs. Alter­na­tive­ly, if this form is not acces­si­ble, please email this infor­ma­tion to CDSpostgraduates@leeds.ac.uk.

The clos­ing date for sub­mis­sions is 18:00 (GMT) 12th June 2025. 

Pro­vi­sion­al key dates (may be sub­ject to change)
Abstract sub­mis­sion deadline 

12th June 2025
Accep­tances com­mu­ni­cat­ed and reg­is­tra­tion opens 

27th June 2025
Reg­is­tra­tion closes 

15th August 2025
PGR conference 

17th Sep­tem­ber 2025 

More infor­ma­tion on the sub­mis­sion guide­lines and fur­ther details of the con­fer­ence will be updat­ed reg­u­lar­ly on https://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/events/pgrconference/

Please send any inquiries to CDSpostgraduates@leeds.ac.uk

We look for­ward to hear­ing from you! 

Ruby Good­ley (she/her); Johan­na Knebel (she/her)
CDS post­grad­u­ate representatives

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