Gaby Admon-Rick

gaby_rick[at]hotmail.com

Personal Details                                         

Gaby Admon-Rick

e-mail: gaby_rick@hotmail.com

Married + 2 children

Academic

Doctoral Student in Science, Technology and Society, 2007-  , Bar-Ilan University.

MA, 2005, Cohen Institute for History and Philosophy of Science, Tel Aviv University

BA, 1995, Psychology and History, Jerusalem Hebrew Univesity.

MA Thesis Topic

 “Childbirth, Social Surveillance and the Female Body: The Medicalization of Childbirth  during the British Mandate Period 1918-1948”.

Research Interests

STS and Disability
Disability Studies and Disability History

Social construction of the Body.
Israel History in the 20'th Century  

Academic Presentations

Haddassah Tel Aviv Maternity Ward 1921-1948. Paper presented at the Annual conference of the History and Philosophy of Science Society, Van Leer Institute, 2004

2007- Childbirth, Social Surveillance and the Female Body: The Medicalization of Childbirth - Palestine 1918-1948. Birth: The Cultural Politics of Reproduction, Lancaster University, Post Graduate Forum.

2009 -Bio-power Technologies and Zionist Ideology: The MEdicalization of Childbirth in Tel AViv 1918-1948 , 4S Anual Conference, Washington DC.

2010 - Disabling States: the Case of Polio Rehabilitation, Israel 1949-1955, 4S Annual Conference, STS and Disability Pannel, Tokyo.

2010- Disability and state formation: the case of polio rehabilitation, Israel 1950-55, Disability History Association Conference, UCLAN.

2010 - How Much is an Eye Worth: Disability Classifications and numerical representations, Israeli Society for the History and Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, Jerusalem.