IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1005: Social Experiences of Disability

Organisers:	Ninon Dubourg, Laboratoire Identités Cultures et Territoires (ICT), Université Diderot Paris 7 Adelheid Russenberger, School of History, Queen Mary, University London
Moderator/Chair:	Ninon Dubourg, Laboratoire Identités Cultures et Territoires (ICT), Université Diderot Paris 7
Paper 1005-a	Dante's City: Unjust Exile and Disabled Life beyond the Border (Language: English) Catherine Bloomer, Department of Italian / Institute for Comparative Literature & Society, Columbia University Index terms: Language and Literature - Italian, Medicine
Paper 1005-b	The Borders of Disability and Ability, Ill Health and Health in Medieval Poland (Language: English) Magdalena Matczak, Department of Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology, University of Liverpool Index terms: Medicine, Social History
Paper 1005-c	Ill Health as a Space of Communication between Man and God in Ancient Rus' (Language: English) Natalia Pelezneva Index terms: Hagiography, Medicine, Mentalities
Abstract	Disablility and impairment were experienced in, and created by, an individual's social context. These three papers consider how Disability was constructed and used in three diverse contexts - Dante's Florence, medieval Poland, and the medieval Rus'. Despite the geographical range, all three papers demonstrate how the experience of Disability was informed as much by an individual's social position as much as the nature of their impairment.