Book talk: Evan Sullivan, Constructing Disability after the Great War

Name: Book talk: Evan Sullivan, Constructing Disability after the Great War
Start: 2024-10-17T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Science Library, SL 320 | University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States, New York 12222

Schedule

Thu Oct 17 2024 at 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Science Library, SL 320 | University at Albany, Albany, NY, United States, New York 12222 | Albany, NY

Evan P. Sullivan's forthcoming book Constructing Disability after the Great War investigates the rich lives of blind soldiers and veterans and their families to reveal how they confronted barriers, gained an education, earned a living, and managed their self-image while continually exposed to the public’s scrutiny of their success and failures. It offers an exploration of how Americans -- both civilians and veterans -- worked to determine the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World War I.
Sullivan's talk will draws on research from his book to highlight the experiences of a select group of blind veterans and what those veterans can tell us about the broader culture of American rehabilitation after World War I.
Evan P. Sullivan
4 p.m. Thursday, October 17, 2024
University at Albany
Standish Room, Science Library (3rd Floor)
University at Albany Uptown Campus
1400 Washington Avenue Albany NY 12222
Free and open to the public.
This event was made possible by the University Libraries' M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, UAlbany Department of History, and the NYS Writers Institute.