Amorphous Bodies: Lecture-Praxis Series in Critical Posthumanist Dis/ability Studies

Amorphous Bodies is a lecture-praxis series designed to create a space where the critiques of critical disability studies and critical posthuman studies converge. Through lectures, workshops, research clinics, and networking receptions, the series attempts to foster a critical space for co-learning, guided by scholars, artists, practitioners, and activists in the field. With this lecture-praxis series, we wish to break away from the humanist traditions that project the human body as anchored in self-autonomy and sufficiency. Rather, we seek to foreground rhizomatic processes of becoming, reconfigure bodily difference as integral to posthuman existence, and rethink dis/ability within communal contexts, involving multiple agencies and shared embodiments. 

A central feature of our programme is our ‘Research Clinic,’ which invites students and staff of the University to share their research on Critical Posthumanism, Critical Dis/ability Studies, and allied disciplines. This colloquium-style clinic encourages constructive feedback, helping participants refine their ideas and methodologies in a supportive environment. Following the clinic, a light reception will provide an informal setting for participants to engage in meaningful discussions and build connections beyond the event. The clinic will be held on the 13th of December, 2024, commencing at 14:00 CET at ES203, Englisches Seminar, Johannisstraße 12-20, 48143 Münster.

If you are interested in presenting at the Research Clinic, please submit a 150-300 word abstract for a presentation of up to 15 minutes via the registration form by the 30th of November, 2024: https://forms.gle/8oTSatm8aSVeubE57

Further information about the lecture-praxis series can be found here.