Blind Spot

This blog maps my place as a partially-blind academic in a resolutely sighted world. It looks at blindness in history, literature, art, film and society through my out-of-focus gaze.

Thursday, 18 September 2014

New Term; New Techniques

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This academic year I am teaching two new courses which I have specifically designed to include Critical Disability Studies content. My new f...
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Monday, 1 September 2014

Blind Creations conference - CFP issued

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I am very excited to be co-organising the Blind Creations conference  with Vanessa Warne (University of Manitoba, Canada). This three-day in...
Thursday, 14 August 2014

Outdoor Shakespeare or the Unexpected Drawbacks of Technology

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One of the lovely things about living in Oxford in the summer is the quirky British traditional of outdoor Shakespeare. Every year, several ...
Sunday, 6 July 2014

Fiction Featuring Blind Protagonists: A Bibliography

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My academic research focuses on depictions of blindness in French literature. But I am also collecting examples of contemporary (ie post-200...
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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Smart Glasses Phase Two: Adding Detail

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This image shows me shopping at the Oxford Cheese Shop in the indoor market. I am in the middle of the picture, gazing down at a mouth...
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Sunday, 22 June 2014

My SDS Conference Experience

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The image shows my official 'SDS Summer Camp Minneapolis 2014'  T-shirt (by Teddy's T's ) and my (stylish yet practical)...
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Friday, 13 June 2014

Sustaining Disability: Lessons from French History

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This week I am honoured to be speaking at the Society for Disability Studies annual conference in Minneapolis. Below is a transcription of ...
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Hannah Thompson
I am a Professor of French and Critical Disability Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. I am interested in representations of the body, more specifically disability. I am particularly interested in blindness and how the sighted and partially sighted and the blind and partially blind relate to each other. Follow me on Twitter @BlindSpotHannah
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