daniel.blackie@helsinki.fi

Daniel is a doctoral student at the Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki and a member of the Finnish Graduate School for North and Latin American Studies. His doctoral thesis looks at the experiences of disabled Revolutionary War veterans in the early United States, c. 1776-1840. Topics studied in the project include the wartime survival strategies of injured American soldiers, the early American definition of disability, and the everyday work and family lives of disabled veterans. In addition to survey courses in North American history, Daniel has also taught a course on The Changing Imagery of Disabled People in Film in which he has been able to combine his interest in disability history with his love of the cinema.

Key Interests: Disability Theory, Disabled Veterans, Social History of the Early United States, Disability Cinema, The Legal Construction of the Disability Category
See:
www.helsinki.fi/hum/renvall/pam/blackie/