About the 2023 Tobin Siebers Prize Submissions are now open for the 2023 Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities. The prize is awarded in memory of disability studies pioneer Tobin Siebers, Professor of English at the University of Michigan and author of many influential books and articles in the field of Disability Studies. The prize is awarded yearly for the best proposed book-length manuscript on a topic of pressing urgency in the field (with the exception of 2020, due to the challenges presented by COVID-19). Reflecting on the work of the scholar the prize commemorates, the competition […]
![Hypothesis annotation by leahhardy, (edited 21 hours ago), March 6, Public. Quoted Text: The uncertain shifting between clear and less clearly defined “cases” suggests a combined approach in which the “undesirable” elements are by turns hidden beneath layers of hereditary possibility and exposed as irrevocable fact. Moreover, specific use of the term “seres indeseables” [undesirable beings] underscores the notion that eugenics can work to shape a purportedly better future society by literally preventing the existence of certain types of people. Annotation: This meditation on heredity makes me think about carrier screening and prenatal genetic testing as utilized in reproductive medicine today. These technologies are promoted as empowering reproductive freedom, but to what extent could eugenic forces underlie the push to make carrier screening and prenatal genetic screening/testing standard of care? #UMPAnnotates #DisabilityStudies](https://blog.press.umich.edu/files/2022/03/leahhardy-screenshot.png)
