SHUM 3520

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SHUM 3520
(Dis)ability Studies: A Brief History

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course will offer an overview of theoretical and historical responses to bodily and cognitive difference. What was the status of people with (dis)abilities in the past, when they were called monsters, freaks, abnormal? How are all of these concepts related, and how have they changed over time? How have we moved from isolation and institutionalization towards universal design and accessibility as the dominant concepts relative to (dis)ability? Why is this shift from focusing on individual differences as a negative attribute to reshaping our architectural and more broadly social constructions important to everyone? Authors to be studied include: Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, Lennard Davis, Tobin Siebers, David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder, and Jasbir Puar.


Distribution Requirements (D-AG), (SCD-AS)

Last 1 Terms Offered 2023FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3520, FREN 3520

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3707 SHUM 3520   SEM 101

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    • MW Clark Hall 294G
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person