Studies in National and International Development Podcast Series

Contextualizing Waterloo: Gender-Based Violence and White Supremacy on Campus and Beyond (October 5th, 2023)

A Studies in National and International Development presentation by Dr. Barbara Perry and Dr. Shana MacDonald The stabbing of a faculty member and two students in a gender issues class at the University of Waterloo in the summer of 2023 has brought renewed urgency to anti-violence work on campus. This panel brings together experts in […]

Book launch: Marriage Migration and Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Neoliberal India (26.01.2023) with Dr Reena Kukreja

Drawing from her recent book, “Why Would I Be Married Here? Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India” (Cornell University Press 2022), Dr. Kukreja examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India who seek brides from outside their customary marriage pools such as from development peripheries of India. She connects the macro-political violent […]

Reduce, Re-Use, Re-Ride: Bicycle waste and the possibilities of the circular economy (January 19th 2023)

“Revolutions” is a short documentary that asks sports enthusiasts, brands, and manufacturers to think differently about environmental sustainability by putting sporting goods at the center of the conversation. The film uses the bike as a storytelling device to ask some important questions about sustainability such as: What happens to our “toys” when we’re done with […]

Global Wars and Solidarities December 1st

Join us for the second panel discussion of the mini-series “Legacies of War. Imperialisms, Racisms and Transnational Feminist Solidarities”, co-organized Vanessa Thompson and Katherine Mazurok. This series aims to interrogate, from a transnational feminist perspective, articulations and politics of war, in their many forms and on a global scale. We ask how we can challenge […]

War(s) in Europe. The Invasion of Ukraine, Racism and Resistance Nov 17

Join us for the second panel discussion of the mini-series “Legacies of War. Imperialisms, Racisms and Transnational Feminist Solidarities”, co-organized Vanessa Thompson and Katherine Mazurok. This series aims to interrogate, from a transnational feminist perspective, articulations and politics of war, in their many forms and on a global scale. We ask how we can challenge […]