In Brief

Religion and disability discussed

Nancy L. Eiesland, assistant professor of sociology of religion at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University, will speak on "Cultures of Piety and the Moral Meaning of Disability in the United States" from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, February 1, in the Gamble Room of Rush Rhees Library on the River Campus.

Eiesland explores the social and historical sources of relationships between religious groups and people with disabilities.

Eiesland earned her doctorate from the Department of Ethics and Society at Emory University and her master's of divinity degree from Emory's Candler School of Theology.

She is the author of A Particular Place: Urban Restructuring and Religious Ecology in a Southern Exurb and The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability. In 1998, she was a Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in New Zealand on disability studies in religion. She has also lectured widely in the United States and Europe.

The lecture, which is free, is one in a series sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-sponsored by the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, and the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies. The purpose of the series is to consider the development of a humanities-based disability studies curriculum in high schools and colleges.

Light refreshments will be available. For more information, contact Linda Ware at x5-3010.

Winter/Spring vacation camp set

University employees looking for care for school-age children during winter/spring break are reminded that the Family Care Program is sponsoring Vacation Club for children ages 5-12 years.

The program, operated by Camp Fire Boys and Girls, is open to University employees and will be held from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. February 19-23, and April 16-20, on the River Campus.

There is a $100 weekly program fee and $25 weekly registration fee.

Contact Family Care at x3-4644 for additional information and registration forms.

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