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Events

Charlottesville Signing Suppers

Signing suppers usually occur on the third Wednesday of each month at a local restaurant. All are welcome. The next supper will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Golden Corral restaurant on 29 North.

Upcoming ASL/Deaf Culture Lecture Series Events

Benjamin Jarashow
"Live! ASL Storytelling and Poetry"
Wednesday, March 26, 7 p.m.
McLeod Hall Auditorium
University of Virginia

Note: This is an "ASL immersion" event: no English interpretation will be provided.

Free and open to the public.

Past ASL/Deaf Culture Lecture Series Presentations

Carol-lee Aquiline, "Deaf People and Human Rights: Focus on Developing Countries" (11/13/07)
Douglas C. Baynton, Ph.D., “‘The Undesirability of Admitting Deaf Mutes’: Deaf Immigrants and American Immigration Law,
1882-1924” (10/4/07)

Cinnie MacDougall, "Roleshifting: Uses in Signing and ASL Storytelling" (3/27/07)
"Through Deaf Eyes" (preview screening of clips from PBS documentary and discussion with Rachel Bavister, 3/13/07)
Manny Hernandez, "Live! ASL Storytelling" (10/10/06)

Derek Braun, Ph.D., and Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, "Genetics and Deafness: Science and Ethics" (4/11/06)
Deborah Meranski Sonnenstrahl, Ph.D., "Deaf Artists in America: Colonial to Contemporary" (3/25/06)
Trix Bruce, "An Evening of Improv: Whose ASL is It?" (3/14/06)
"Audism Unveiled" (film screening and discussion with H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Ph.D., 2/28/06)

Arkady Belozovsky, "The Emergence of Deaf Mafia in the Former Soviet Union" (4/8/05)
Scott K. Liddell, Ph.D., "Directional Signs and Meaning in American Sign Language" (3/18/05)
Harry G. Lang, Ph.D., "Deaf Heritage: Untold Stories" (11/4/04)
Lori Maynard, "Halloween ASL Storytelling" (10/19/04)

Mike Kemp, Ed.D.: "Travels Abroad: Deaf Communities and Sign Language Teacher Education in other
Countries" (4/7/04)
Thomas K. Holcomb, Ph.D.: "Demystifying Deaf Culture" (3/17/04)
Michelle A. Banks, "Crossing Boundaries: My Journey as a Black Deaf Actress" (11/6/03)

Joseph J. Murray, "Deaf-Deaf Marriages: The Transatlantic Debate 1883-1900" (4/4/03)
John Schuchman, Ph.D.: "Deaf People in Hitler's Europe" (3/22/03)
John Schuchman, Ph.D.: "Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry" (11/15/02)

Cynthia Peters, Ph.D.: "American Deaf Literature: From Carnival to the Canon" (3/23/02)
"Cochlear Implants and Deaf Pride: Possible?!?!?" (Panel discussion with Irene W. Leigh, Ph.D., 2/21/02)
Reginald Redding, Ph.D.: "A Journey through the American Deaf School System" (11/15/01)

Harlan Lane, Ph.D.: "Social Constructions of Deafness" (3/24/01)
Donalda Ammons, Ph.D.: "Deaf Education around the World" (11/9/00)
Lou Fant: "Perspectives of a CODA" (10/17/00)

Brenda Schertz: "Deaf Art: Visualizing Deaf Culture" (4/11/00)
Connie Briscoe: "An Evening of Fiction" (3/25/00)
Katherine Jankowski, Ph.D.: "Deaf Empowerment" (3/24/00)
Ella Mae Lentz: "An Evening of ASL Poetry" (10/18/99)

Betty G. Miller, Ed.D.: "Oppression is Personal: A Deaf Artist's View" (4/27/99)
Bill Ennis: "Live! Deaf Storytelling and Humor" (4/15/99)
Roslyn Rosen, Ph.D.: "Deaf Education: Today and Tomorrow" (3/1/99)

"'I Love You, But...'" (film screening and video introduction by Lawrence Fleischer, Ph.D., 4/16/98)
Dawn Skwersky: "A Deaf Filmmaker's View of Working in the Entertainment Industry" (3/24/98)
Ann Marie "Jade" Bryan: "Using Film to Create Change in Our Community" (3/2/98)
Ted Supalla, Ph.D.: "Historical Films: A Window to Deaf America in the Early 20th Century" (2/6/98)

Bernard Bragg: "Signs on Stage: A Look at Deaf Theatre" (4/22/97)
Betty G. Miller, Ed.D.: "Representing Deaf Experience: Deaf View Image Art" (3/20/97)
Peter Cook: "Avant Garde ASL Poetry: New Dimensions" (2/27/97)

Ben Bahan, Ph.D.: "ASL Literary Traditions" (4/12/96)
Carol Padden, Ph.D.: "How Sign Languages Work" (3/27/96)
Lindsay Dunn: "The Black Deaf Experience" (3/4/96)
Jack Gannon: "A Look at Deaf America" (2/15/96)

Gilbert Eastman: "ASL Storytelling" (4/11/95)
Kubby Rashid: "The International Deaf Community: A Nigerian Perspective" (3/23/95)
M.J. Bienvenu: "Deaf Culture" (3/6/95)
Clayton Valli, Ph.D.: "ASL Linguistics and Poetry" (2/23/95)

Barbara Kannapell, Ph.D.: "Bilingual Education: Good for Deaf Children?" and "Gender and Deaf Culture"
(11/17/93)

Videotapes of many of these lectures are available in the Robertson Media Center, Clemons Library.