Alumni /isid/taxonomy/term/477/all en Land at the centre: perspectives on land and development /isid/channels/event/land-centre-perspectives-land-and-development-363468 <p>A day-long conference hosted by the Institute for the Study of International Development, and organized by Professor Yann le Polain de Waroux.  Register online <strong><a href="/isid/events/land-centre-march-2025/registration"></a></strong></p> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:06:30 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1574 at /isid The participation of internally displaced persons: a conservative revolution? /isid/channels/event/participation-internally-displaced-persons-conservative-revolution-363736 <p><strong>Abstract:</strong> IDP participation is widely promoted as central to manage and end displacement. However, there appears to be no consensus on what IDP participation exactly means and entails, particularly when practiced at local level.</p> Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:14:29 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1578 at /isid CANCELLED. Bridgebuilding in a time of bridge breaking: the role the UN can play. /isid/channels/event/cancelled-bridgebuilding-time-bridge-breaking-role-un-can-play-362085 <p>CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW CONDITIONS</p> <p>A guest lecture by Neil Buhne, Professor of Practice, ISID.</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:31:34 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1570 at /isid The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China /isid/channels/event/authoritarian-commons-neighborhood-democratization-urban-china-362779 <p>A guest lecture by Professor Shitong Qiao of Duke University.</p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:17:25 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1573 at /isid Milei’s Argentina: Understanding the Present and Shaping the Future /isid/channels/event/mileis-argentina-understanding-present-and-shaping-future-362668 <p>A McDonald, Currie lecture.  Further details to come</p> Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:39:46 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1572 at /isid The Art of Living as Surplus – Subversive lessons from Life Work in the Caribbean /isid/channels/event/art-living-surplus-subversive-lessons-life-work-caribbean-362084 <p>A guest lecture by Beverly Mullings of the University of Toronto.</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:29:59 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1569 at /isid Beyond the National Frame: Scenes from the Indo-Pak Border /isid/channels/event/beyond-national-frame-scenes-indo-pak-border-362086 <p>A guest lecture by Professor Natasha Reheja of Cornell University.  Co-sponsored with the Department of Anthropology.</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:33:19 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1571 at /isid Fearing the Mangue: Contaminated Landscapes and Politics of Trust in Recife /isid/channels/event/fearing-mangue-contaminated-landscapes-and-politics-trust-recife-362068 <p>A guest lecture by Professor Marta-Laura Haynes.</p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:49:09 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1567 at /isid Book Launch. Laura Madokro and Sanctuary in Pieces /isid/channels/event/book-launch-laura-madokro-and-sanctuary-pieces-361102 <p>The 91ÉçÇø Refugee Research Group and the 91ÉçÇø Institute for the Study of Canada co-sponsor the launch of Professor Laura Madokoro's new book, "Sanctuary in Pieces:  Two Centuries of Flight, Fugitivity, and Resistance in a North American City".</p> Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:41:17 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1565 at /isid Waiting for Progress: Promises of Privatization and Conservation on an African Indigenous Frontier in southern Kenya /isid/channels/event/waiting-progress-promises-privatization-and-conservation-african-indigenous-frontier-southern-kenya-360762 <p>A guest lecture by Professor Kariuki Kirigia of the School of Environment, University of Toronto.</p> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:13:38 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1564 at /isid Heterogeneous welcome: Exploring the settlement of displaced Ukrainians in Canada /isid/channels/event/heterogeneous-welcome-exploring-settlement-displaced-ukrainians-canada-358429 <p>A guest lecture by Professor Adèle Garnier of Laval University.</p> Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:16:38 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1561 at /isid Discretion or discrimination? Social age and family status in Canadian temporary public policies to respond to mass displacement /isid/channels/event/discretion-or-discrimination-social-age-and-family-status-canadian-temporary-public-policies-respond-358385 <p>A guest lecture by Christina Clark-Kazak of Laval University.</p> <p>Co-sponsored with the 91ÉçÇø Refugee Research Group.</p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:58:20 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1559 at /isid Ukraine War as Russia's Attempt to Revise the Global Order: Is Russia's Invasion of Ukraine the End of the Liberal Order? /isid/channels/event/ukraine-war-russias-attempt-revise-global-order-russias-invasion-ukraine-end-liberal-order-358384 <p>A guest lecture by Jozef Hrabina from GeoPoLytics.</p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:54:21 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1558 at /isid 16 International Development Studies students receive 2024 Faculty of Arts Internship Awards /isid/channels/news/16-international-development-studies-students-receive-2024-faculty-arts-internship-awards-358774 <p>Please join us in congratulating 16 International Development Studies students -recipients of the 2024 Faculty of Arts Internship Awards.</p> <p><b>Simone Poku, U0, International Development Studies</b></p> Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:14:46 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1562 at /isid ISID congratulates Professor Jacob Blanc on his new book, "The Prestes Column" /isid/channels/news/isid-congratulates-professor-jacob-blanc-his-new-book-prestes-column-355449 <p>Professor Jacob Blanc of the Institute for the Study of International Development and the Department of History has had a new book published with Duke University Press.  In <i>The Prestes Column</i>, Jacob Blanc offers a new interpretation of the legendary rebellion, in which a band of rebel officers and soldiers marched fifteen thousand miles through the vast interior regions of Brazil between 1924 and 1927.</p> Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:42:54 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1539 at /isid