School of Social and Political Science

Commoning the Social, Enacting Communality in Bosnia and Herzegovina: On Methods and Forms of Emancipatory Political Action

Visioning Healthy More-Than-Human Cities

A talk by Prof. Alice J. Hovorka, York University, co-organised by ROH-Indies and GENDER.ED.

"I mean, let’s be honest. The European Union was formed to screw the United States" - Trump and the relevance of truth in world politics

Join Ben O’Loughlin to examine Trump, the ‘narrative turn’ of International Relations, and the relevance of truth in world politics.

EdCMA Annual Lecture 2025

Our Annual Lecture on April 28th will feature Bharat Venkat, a leading scholar in the anthropology of climate change and environmental health, at UCLA. Bharat will be speaking about his new research examining the intersections of heat, vulnerability, and the social dimensions of climate crises, with insights into how environmental change reshapes everyday experience and health outcomes.

From Black Lives Matter to the War on Woke: The (Homegrown) Politics of Backlash in Canada

Professor Debra Thompson's lecture, marking the start of the Canadian Studies 50th anniversary conference. All welcome!

The Politics of the Iraqi Personal Status Law

In this talk, we will explore the politics and implications behind proposed amendments to the Iraqi Personal Status Law.

The Terms of Belonging in Minority Nations: Markers of National Identity in Quebec and Scotland and Attitudes toward Minority Groups

Join the Citizenship and Migration Research Network (CMRN) and the Centre for Constitutional Change (CCC) for a lunchtime talk with Professor Antoine Bilodeau.

World of the Right

The global radical right is ascendant. How did it happen, and what can be done to understand and resist this world historical force?

Screening and Discussion of Small Axe: Education

The Social Work Race, Racism and Anti-Racism Group invites you to join them for this film screening event, followed by a panel discussion.

Whose Knowledge? Patterns of Committee Witnesses in Spain's Congress of Deputies

An important way of understanding the role of parliaments in democratic governance is as 'knowledge institutions'. But whose knowledge is being heard in parliaments, particularly in policy areas critical to societal wellbeing? And why might this matter?

The inequality/unsustainability nexus in agri-food transitions and transformations: a conceptual review

Social relations of inequality, produced and reproduced by capitalism, are central to the continued production of unsustainability.

Developing a Critical Pedagogy of Migration Studies by Teresa Piacentini

This talk introduces Dr Piacentini’s book, Developing a Critical Pedagogy of Migration, which grapples with the ethical and political dilemmas of teaching migration in polarized, politically charged times.