Symposium Opening Session: Welcome by Suzanne Bailey (TCAS) and Linda Hess (NANAS) – Keynote by Stephen Katz and Kirsten Ellison
Session 2: Speakers: Corinne Field and June Oh
Session 3: Speakers: Birte Bös & Carolin Schneider, and Gustavo Padilla
Session 4: Speakers: Zuzanna Sanches and Ruth Gehrmann
Roundtable on Contested Terms: Speakers: Kate de Medeiros, Julia Henderson, Ulla Kriebernegg, Aagje Swinnen
Online-Symposium-Program:
| Thursday November 18, 2021 | ||
| Time | Event/Presentation | Speakers |
| OPENING SESSION 11:30 am to 1:00 pm EST | • • • Welcome from Trent, NANAS “Is it time to get rid of ‘population’ in aging research?” “Metaphors of aging and anti-aging in popular science | Elizabeth Russell, Director, Trent Centre for Aging and Society Kate de Medeiros, NANAS Governing Council Chair Stephen Katz Kirsten Ellison |
1-1:30pm EST Virtual Meet and Greet
| Time | Event /Presentation | Speakers |
| SESSION 2 2:30pm to 3:30 pm EST | “Do We Need a New Language to Name the Intersections of Ageism, Racism, and Misogyny? “A Literary History of “Decaying” Bodymind and the Question of Racist Aging” | Corinne Fields June Oh |
| 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm EST | NANAS Anti- racism/Anti- discrimination Task Force (brief presentation) Wrap up comments for the day | June Oh Nicole Dalmer Linda Hess Julia Henderson |
| Friday November 19, 2021 | ||
| Time | Event/Presentation | Speakers |
| SESSION 3 10:00 am to 11:30 am EST | “A diachronic perspective on referencing practices in dementia-related academic discourse” ““Abuelos” , “viejos” y “personas de edad” among other ways of naming older adults in Spanish. Implications for addressing ageism in everyday life, research, and public policy.” | Birte Bös and Carolin Schneider Gustavo Padilla |
| SESSION 4 12pm To 1pm EST | ““Never Use the “a” word’: Eilis Ni Dhuibhne’s Little Red and Other Stories and the new narratives of ageing.” (Revised) ““Tomorrow’s Best Agers: Superheroes and Successful Aging.” | Zuzanna Sanches Ruth. Gehrmann |
1-1:30pm Virtual Meet and Greet
| Time | Event/Presentation | Speakers |
| SESSION 5 1:30pm To 2:45pm | Roundtable regarding contested terms. Closing Remarks | Kate de Medeiros Julia Henderson Aage Swinnen Ulla Kriebernegg |
| 4:00 pm to 5:30pm EST | Theatre Research in Canada/ Recherches théâtrales au Canada Launch of Special Issue on “Age and Performance: Expanding Intersectionality” edited by Julia Henderson, Benjimin Gillespie, and Núria Casado Gual | Julia Henderson Ben Gillespie Núria Casado Gual (and TRIC Sp Iss Contributors) (event will be organized by University of Toronto Press and will be open to anyone) |
Please note that the Launch of the Special Issue on “Age and Performance: Expanding Intersectionality” requires spearate registration: to register, click here!
