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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The Age of Enlightenment Revisited
The Fifth Volume in the Gallaudet Classics in
Deaf Studies Series
Presents Essays from the Golden Era in the Education of the Deaf
The Deaf
Experience: Classics in Language and Education, the fifth volume in the
Gallaudet Classics
in Deaf Studies series, is now back in print. In it, renowned scholar Harlan
Lane presents essays from Pierrre Desloges, who penned the first book ever to be
published by a deaf man; prominent deaf leaders Saboureux de Fontenay and Jean
Massieu; and other members of the nascent French Deaf community during the
Enlightenment, a rich period of education for deaf people. Once again, Deaf
studies scholars and students alike can read these seminal works, translated
from the French, that have shaped the lives of Western deaf people down to the
present.
Order
The Deaf Experience online now and take advantage of your exclusive
subscriber 20% discount. Simply type “JAN0620%” in the box marked “Comments or
Special Instructions” below your credit card information, or order by
mail.
 And
the Journey Begins is the powerful story of Father Cyril Axelrod, née
Sheftil ben Avram Abba, who, to this day, uses his deaf-blindness to empower and
encourage people of all faiths, color, and creeds. The only child of Orthodox
Jewish parents, Cyril Axelrod was diagnosed as congenitally profoundly deaf at
age 3. Fearing the worse, his parents placed him in a Catholic residential
school for the deaf. Despite his parents’ desire that he be taught Judaism,
Axelrod found himself drawn to the Catholic religion and later became one of
the first deaf people in the world to train for the Catholic priesthood.
Although his native South Africa was in the throes of apartheid, Axelrod
continued to reach deaf people during this tumultuous time. However, in his 30s,
he confronted another challenge, Usher syndrome, which would cause him to go
blind. Without missing a step, Axelrod continued working with deaf people. His
resolve to follow his calling became clearest during the 2001 graduation
ceremony at Gallaudet University where he was bestowed the Honorary Doctorate of
Laws.
Order And the Journey Begins, and begin a journey of your own.
 In
its most recent issue, the Review of Disability Studies, An International
Journal published a glowing
review of
Deaf People in
Hitler’s Europe, edited by Donna F. Ryan and John S. Schuchman stating, “[T]his
book is a good source of information about disability and the Holocaust. Anyone
who is interested in Deaf Studies, eugenics, Holocaust Studies, the treatment of
minority groups, in general, or in disability as a category of Otherness will
find this a worthwhile addition to their library.” Published in
association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Deaf People in
Hitler’s Europe is a collection of essays that were inspired by the Deaf People in
Hitler’s Europe, 1933-1945, Conference staged at Gallaudet University in 1998. Read more
on the topic of the Holocaust and deaf experiences in
Part III from
Deaf People in Hitler’s Europe,
chapter eight of
Surviving in Silence, and from Horst Biesold’s
Crying Hands, chapter
one. Also, order a copy of each --
Deaf People,
Surviving in Silence,
Crying Hands -- today.
 Dan Slobin,
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of California,
Berkeley, CA; Ben Bahan, Professor, Department of ASL and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet
University, Washington, DC; and Marlon Kuntze, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University
of California, Berkeley, CA, will be the keynote presenters at Gallaudet University
Press Institute’s fifth international conference, Revolutions in Sign Language
Studies: Linguistics, Literature, Literacy. To be held on March 22-24, 2006,
at the Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, this
conference will feature an assembly of international scholars renowned for their
research on linguistics, sociolinguistics, literature, literacy and Deaf people,
and all other aspects of the study of sign languages. If you haven’t registered
to attend the conference, there’s still time. Go online to
http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/gupiconference/index.html for more information.
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