Event Tag Archives: In-Person Events

Exodus: Russian Repression and Social ‘Movement’ with Lisa Sundstrom

CMS Borders Research Group is thrilled to present a talk by Lisa Dr. Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom titled Exodus: Russian Repression and Social ‘Movement’.  RSVP below for this event.  Abstract What does it mean when a social movement has to physically relocate to continue its advocacy? This “movement” of movements has been underway since Russia’s invasion […]

Professional Development Event | A Conversation with Olga Stachova

CMS is extremely excited to announce the another instalment of our Professional Development Event series. Join us for a conversation with Olga Stachova.  RSVP below for this event. Light Refreshments will be served. Olga Stachova is the CEO of MOSAIC: a registered charity serving immigrant, refugee, and migrant communities in Metro Vancouver. Its broad range […]

Speaker Series | “Migrant Occupations: Practices of Freedom?” with Miriam Ticktin

Please join us for the fourth and final event of our 2023/24 CMS Speaker Series, Integration Reimagined. Please RSVP below for talk or talk+lunch. Abstract In a global political context which favors practices of containment – from border walls to prisons –this talk traces a series of political experiments, or what Miriam Ticktin is calling […]

Creative Resistance Against Australian Border Violence: The Politics of Shared Philosophical Activity with Omid Tofighian and Elahe Zivardar

CMS Borders Research Group is thrilled to host Omid Tofighian and Elahe Zivardar for a talk titled “Creative Resistance Against Australian Border Violence: The Politics of Shared Philosophical Activity“. This talk is co-sponsored by Green College and Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies RSVP for this talk below. Abstract This talk introduces the […]

Community Luncheon

Come and join us at the CK Choi Building for lunch and captivating conversations among CMS affiliates, both familiar and new faces! Whether you’re a CMS faculty member, student, staff, visiting scholar, community partner, or simply intrigued by what we do, we extend a warm invitation for you to join us. It’s an opportunity to […]

Weaving Belonging: Stories from Unceded Territories

We are delighted to invite you to a series of events with artist Aaniya Asrani, focusing on understanding our relationship to belonging on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples as part of the Belonging in Unceded Territory project. Workshop – July 22, 2024, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Storytelling Session: The […]

Anjali Arondekar Workshop – Educate, Agitate, Organize: Trans/Queer/Caste

Can an anti-caste movement politics found trans/queer histories? Using the framework of caste abolition and queer/trans legal struggles in South Asia, our workshop will offer some potential pathways for radical trans/queer/caste futurites. Two (rather ambitious!) questions will animate our gathering: How has the escalation of authoritarianism and religious violence in South Asia impacted queer/trans/caste projects […]

Community Luncheon

CMS is thrilled to invite you to the first Community Luncheon of the 2024-25 academic year! Come and join us on September 24, 2024, 1-2 PM, at the C.K. Choi building for lunch and captivating conversations among CMS affiliates, both familiar and new faces.

The Connected Past: A Workshop in Network Science for Humanities Students

Join the CMS Mobilities Research Group for a two-day training session in network science aimed at humanities graduate students. Run by members of The Connected Past (TCP), an international research community dedicated to the study of network science and theory in archaeology and history, the workshop will offer: An introduction to network research and how […]