The 6th Deaf History International Conference will be in Berlin, Germany from July 31 through August 4, 2006. It is intended to be dedicated to emphasize legal, political and sociological oppressions & forms of discriminations towards the Deaf Community in the history in order to reflect on the past, to overcome the shady history and to imagine better future. The slogan is to overcome the past and its consequences to present solution for the present.

The Deaf History International Conference will focus on several subjects of Deaf History such as Deaf Women History; Deaf Art/Theater/Movie History; Future and Goal of Deaf History; Deaf History and the sign linguistics; Discrimination a.) of Deaf in School and Education and b.) of Deaf minorities; the status and role and contribution of Deaf History studies and also the role of Deaf History for the Deaf community and Deaf studies/Research fields and other topics. There will be a special topic about the Deaf Community Life in the period from 1933 to 1945 relating to subjects of Deaf Holocaust, Forced Sterilization, Deaf Nazi, Deaf Refugees etc.

For more information, contact Coordinator: Mark Zaurov [email protected] or visit their website for more details at www.igjad.de/dhi2006/en/