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Join us for a free public lecture on October 11 by Dr. Benita Bunjun as she examines coloniality and institutional power relations in academia. Register now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transgressing-white-academic-entitlement-tickets-420597537557

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Join us for our third annual Sonja Luehrmann Memorial Lecture on September 21 at SFU Harbour Centre. Register now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/explosions-of-culture-ukrainian-creativity-resilience-in-the-face-of-war-tickets-401400919957

The full-scale invasion launched by Russia on February 24, 2022 brought terror, death, and destruction to Ukraine. But against the odds, Ukrainians have resisted not only militarily, but also on the cultural front, with an explosion of creativity. Social media have made this burgeoning cultural resistance a powerful force in Ukrainian society. This lecture delves into wartime songs, sayings, art, jokes, and memes, unpacking what they tell us about contemporary Ukrainian identity.

Dr. Rian Thum and Dr. Laura Murphy will be hosting a two session workshop on August 10th focused on the history and politics of the Uyghur region as well as the contemporary economy of the region.

Session 1: "Where is 'East Turkistan'?: the global origins of an Uyghur nationalist geography" led by Dr. Rian Thum

Session 2: “State-Sponsored Forced Labor in the Uyghur Region” led by Dr. Laura Murphy.

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3vfDkBd

SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
SFU School for International Studies
Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies - SFU
UBC Asian Studies

On August 9th panelists Dr. Darren Byler, Dr. Rian Thum, Dr. Laura Murphy, and Kabir Qurban discuss the Muslim diaspora’s efforts related to social movements and the revitalization of Indigenous cultural heritage from Northwest China.

The goal of this event is to bring the Uyghur and Central Asian community into the space that the David Lam Centre and Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies has built to nurture relationships across the diverse Asian world as well as invite the broader community who are interested in supporting this effort.

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3RXCBP1

SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
SFU School for International Studies
Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies - SFU
UBC Asian Studies

The next instalment of our spring colloquium series is on April 20 at 1:00pm (PDT)! Join us for an insightful talk by Danielle Dinovelli-Lang of Carleton University:

The (C)law of Value: Managing Subsistence and Marketing Brown Bears in Coastal Alaska

The event is free but registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/314957013907

Dr. Anthony Ocampo: Brown and Gay in LA: Q***r Sons of Immigrants Coming of Age - Department of Sociology UBC Sociology's Distinguished Speaker Series hosts Dr. Anthony Ocampo for a talk titled, " Brown and Gay in LA: Q***r Sons of Immigrants Coming of Age."

We're excited to announce the next instalment of our spring colloquium series, featuring guest speaker Angie Willey of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

"Theorizing Eros: Q***r Genealogies of Critical Materialism"

Tuesday, March 29 at 1pm. Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/theorizing-eros-queer-genealogies-of-critical-materialism-tickets-298734842957

Assistant Professor of Sociology Kyle Willmott's research was featured in Law & Society Review.

Read the full article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lasr.12587

Featured in the first #2022 LSR issue 📚!

The study shows how , as a political and legal strategy against Indigenous nations, is taken up at the level of everyday political vernacular by subjects.

“In short, I show how tax has come to be seen as a form of white property, undergirded by white possessive anti-Indigenous racial logics. This in turn helps to constitute fiscalized racism—how racist ideas and practices are articulated through seemingly objective and benign fiscal concerns.” - Kyle Willmott (SFU Sociology & Anthropology)

Tax Justice Network

Full Release📰: https://bit.ly/LSRTTSC

Join us on March 9 at 10am for the annual Sonja Luehrmann Memorial Lecture, and part one of our Spring 2022 Colloquium Series.

We are excited to host Justin Haruyama of UC Davis as our next speaker.

Learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/267932291697

On Nov 16 we'll be hosting the next instalment of our fall colloquium series with guest speaker Debra Mackinnon of the University of Windsor.

Register and learn more here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/203940771337