Auditory History Meets Deaf Studies: Sensory Disabilities Workshop

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This afternoon workshop investigates historical auditory experiences of those with varied degrees of hearing loss in the wide context of hearing as a multisensorial experience. The event will feature a keynote lecture by Rosamund Oates (Manchester) and five presentations by registered active participants, followed by a lengthy discussion. The participation at the event is mandatory: […]

Free

Colloquium: Laudan Nooshin (London)

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Listening to Tehran: Sonic Palimpsests and Affective Historical Imaginaries Through the more-than-sounds of sirens, bombs and other sonic experiences during the missile strikes on Tehran in the later stages of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) in Azar Nafisi’s 2003 book, Laudan Nooshin will investigate a profound entanglement of sound, affect, and memory, and the intense somatic […]

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