School of Social and Political Science

The Politics of Self-Determination

Yves-François Blanchet, Member of Parliament (Canada) and leader of the Bloc Québécois

Disenfranchised Grief in the Disenfranchised

This seminar will highlight how the drivers of disenfranchised grief for young people in prison are located across multiple systems.

Meet the Research Training Centre team

Come and meet the Research Training Centre team

Politics in Contested Times: Rwanda Before the Genocide

Please join us for the first lecture of the Politics in Contested Time Lecture series where Associate Professor Marie-Eve Desrosiers joins us from the Graduate School in Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa for a talk titled, "Rwanda Before the Genocide The Ordinary and Bottom-Up Building and Unravelling of Authoritarian Regimes".

Rüpü: the long road of the Mapuche Movement, 1910-2020

In this talk, we’ll be exploring the history of the Mapuche movement’s efforts and strategies over many decades to reverse colonialism and empower itself.

The Mapuche Movement and Chile’s Constitutional Reform

This talk will address the impact of Chile’s recent “estallido social”, a social uprising which in ways took the form of an anti-colonial revolt, with the toppling of monuments that recall the violence of colonialism on the Mapuche.

Breastfeeding endeavours in socio-experiential context

First CAS Seminar 23-24: Land in South Africa: Beyond Statutory and Customary

This is the first CAS Seminar for 2023-2024.

Book launch: The Future of EU Constitutionalism

Europa Institute and Edinburgh Law School event:

Book launch: The The Future of EU Constitutionalism, edited by Dr Matej Avbelj

Racism and the Republic: Understanding the Uprisings in France

Online panel event organized by Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power and co-hosted with RACE.ED

The Police killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, joins a long established pattern of racialized police violence in France. The uprisings it sparked, too, are connected with continued mobilizations against state sanctioned racial discrimination, and cannot be understood apart from these encounters. Meanwhile, in speeches, newsrooms and social media posts, the language of ‘riots’ and ‘integration’ obscure these racialized social dynamics, in ways that portray the Republic as a victim of France’s hospitality. How has this come to pass and in what ways can be better understand current and unfolding developments? Join us for this specially convened panel of speakers who can help us to do just this.

Opening Hegel's Autological Circle: Irigaray & Sexual Difference

Join us for the final event of the Luce Irigaray Deep Dive, a seminar delivered by Professor Mary Rawlinson.

Principles for Decolonial Education in Social Work

Seminar with Professor Shahana Rasool, University of Johannesburg. This seminar explores some principles that emerged in a participatory action research process of working towards decoloniality in the social work program with staff and students at the University of Johannesburg.