H-Dirksen L. Bauman and Joseph J. Murray are soliciting papers for an edited volume. [...] more »

The Towson University Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology & Deaf Studies is sponsoring a Study Abroad Program entitled, "Life in New Zealand as a Signer: Deaf People's Perspective" which will take place in New Zealand from June 13 to 24, 2010 [...] more »

The newly constructed biology research laboratory at Gallaudet University is presently offering four internship positions for deaf or hard-of-hearing undergraduate science majors for summer 2010. The internships will last ten weeks, beginning May 23, 2010 and ending July 30, 2010. [...] more »

The iSLanDS Institute and the Deaf Empowerment Foundation are hosting a one-day workshop entitled "Deaf Community Leadership." The workshop will be held at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, United Kingdom on June 27, 2010. A call for proposals is in effect with a deadline of March 24, 2010. [...] more »

The Department of Deaf Studies at Humboldt University Berlin, in cooperation with European Deaf Research of Sign Language (EDRSL) is organizing an international symposium entitled "Deaf Studies: Strengthening Our Heritage." This will be held September 1st-3rd, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. [...] more »

The WORLDEAF Cinema Festival has been re-scheduled for November 4-7, 2010. The WORLDEAF Cinema Festival will have a full program of speakers, panel discussions and screening of competitive films and vlogs. Marlee Matlin is the honorary chair of the international film festival. [...] more »

The 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED 2010) will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., from July 18 to 22, 2010. [...] more »

Gallaudet University has launched the Deaf Studies Digital Journal (see: http://dsdj.gallaudet.edu/) with its inaugural issue published online this fall 2009. The executive editors for the journal are Ben Bahan and H. Dirksen Bauman. [...] more »

The 5th Deaf Academics Conference is tentatively scheduled for November 21-24, 2010, in Florianopolis, Brazil. A conference web site has been launched at http://www.deafacademics2010. [...] more »

Access to GPs and Hospitals made easy by SignTranslate. SignTranslate GP is a revolutionary web-based computer program to aid communication between Deaf people and healthcare professionals. [...] more »

BSL Clips Give Access to Health Information - An online pilot scheme to improve the health of deaf people has been launched by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. [...] more »

Deaf Child Worldwide Launches Family Friendly Resource. Deaf Child Worldwide is the only UK based international development agency dedicated to enabling deaf children to overcome poverty. [...] more »

The First National Bank of Botswana (FNB) said it has produced a 15 paged Banking Sign Language Booklet aimed at improving the communication. [...] more »

Der Washingtoner Gehörlosenverband kündigt die Rückkehr des "D.C. Deaf Film Festivals" (früher: "D.C. ASL Film Festival") an. Das dritte Festival wird im späten Frühjahr 2010 in Washington, D.C. stattfinden. [...] more »

The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is concerned about steps being taken to unify Sign Languages in the Arab region. There are 22 countries and many more indigenous sign languages in the region. [...] more »