Deaf Studies Events

Speaker Seminar: Status of Deaf Jews in Deaf Studies

By Mark Zaurov, Ph.D. candidate Universitat Hamburg.

• Thursday, May 5, 2011
• 1:00pm
• Room 7101, Building 7, first floor, Fremont campus

• Traditional Deaf Studies research usually approaches Deaf Jews as a religious group.
• New research now considers cultural traditions without stressing Jewish religious rituals and observances.
• Using the Deafhood approach this researcher looks at Deaf Jews as Deaf citizens and as participants of the Jewish community.

Download Status of Deaf Jews in Deaf Studies event flyer (PDF).

Sponsored by Ohlone College, Deaf Studies Division and the Gallaudet University Regional Center at Ohlone College.

Community Events for the Deaf

• D.C.A.R.A. (Deaf Counseling Advocacy and Referral Agency), Deaf Community Center, San Leandro, CA
  
• California School for the Deaf, Fremont, CA