News And Events
EVENT: “A Tunnel to a Sacred Place: Resistance to the Carceral Geographies of Militarism in Hawai’i.” with Dr. Laurel Mei Singh
Please consider attending this upcoming talk, which is co-sponsored by the Ecologies of Social Difference Network! “A Tunnel to a Sacred Place: Resistance to the Carceral Geographies of Militarism in Hawai’i.” with Dr. Laurel Mei Singh will be held virtually on Zoom Wednesday, March 9th from […]
CANCELLED – Upcoming Event: Dr. Sharlene Mollett March 25
Ecologies of Social Difference presents: Dr. Sharlene Mollett “Land, servitude and embodied histories-of-the-present: Troubling residential tourism space-making on Panamanian Caribbean” When: March 25, 12:00pm Where: Buchanan Tower, Room 1099 PLEASE NOTE: Regretfully this event has been cancelled due to the University’ closure amid the ongoing Covid-19 situation. Please return to the ESD website soon for […]
Past Event: Dr. Pronoy Rai February 26
Ecologies of Social Difference presents: Dr. Pronoy Rai “Seasonal masculinities: seasonal labor migration, masculinities, and gender relations in rural Western India” When: February 26th, 12:00pm Where: Buchanan Tower, Room 1099 Abstract: In this talk, I examine seasonal labor migration in rural western India to understand gender negotiations in the course of labor migration. Based on […]
Past Event: Dr. Malini Ranganathan November 2nd
Ecologies of Social Difference and the Social Justice Institute present: Dr. Malini Ranganathan Racial Liberalism and the Coloniality of Urban Ecologies When: Thursday November 2nd, 12-1pm Where: Rm 1099, Buchanan Tower 1873 East Mall, UBC Lunch Provided Synopsis: How do we understand lead poisoning in water pipes, land dispossession and evictions, and real estate speculation on […]
Past Event: Dr. Kim TallBear February 24th
Ecologies of Social Difference and the Social Justice Institute present: Dr. Kim TallBear, University of Alberta. Making Love and Relations Beyond Settler Sexualities When: Wednesday February 24th, noon Where: Jack Bell Room 028 This talk—a developing theoretical intervention—will serve as a provocation to think through the entangled politics of ethical non-monogamy, nurturing extended family and […]
Upcoming Event: Dr. Katie Gillespie March 3rd
Ecologies of Social Difference and the Social Justice Institute present: Dr. Katie Gillespie Placing Angola: Race, coloniality and human-animal encounters at the Louisiana State Penitentiary When: Mar 3, 11am – 12pm Where:Room 028, Jack Bell Building 2080 West Mall The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is a site embedded with historical U.S. legacies of plantation […]
Rituals of Ethnicity: Thangmi Identities Between Nepal and India
Dear colleagues, Please join me to celebrate the publication of my new book, Rituals of Ethnicity: Thangmi Identities Between Nepal and India (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015). The UBC book launch will take place on Thursday, October 1 at 5pm at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, followed by a reception. Afterwards, from 7pm […]