Posthumanism Research Institute

Posthumanism Research Institute Researchers affiliated with the PRI investigate the manifold relations in which we live and develop

The institute seeks to investigate the status and limits of the “human” in an era in which multiple crises — global warming, superintelligent computers, genetic engineering, and massive species extinction, to name but a few — mark the precariousness of exclusively human-centred practice and thought.

This is a friendly reminder that our online panel, “(Un)Designing Posthuman Futures of AI,” will take place tomorrow, Se...
09/28/2026

This is a friendly reminder that our online panel, “(Un)Designing Posthuman Futures of AI,” will take place tomorrow, September 29, from 1:00–2:00 PM EST.

🎬  A reminder that this movie screening is happening this Monday, September 28! Join us if you’re in the Niagara area!
09/25/2026

🎬 A reminder that this movie screening is happening this Monday, September 28! Join us if you’re in the Niagara area!

🍿Join us for a movie screening if you are in the Niagara area!

🎬“Ghost in the Machine,” dir. Valerie Veatch
Monday, September 28, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
Marilyn I. Walker Theatre, downtown St. Catharines, Ontario

“Ghost in the Machine delivers a thought-provoking takedown of Techno-Fascism. Valerie Veatch’s exploration of the eugenicist roots and colonial and anti-environmental reality of the A.I. arms race…tells the tale of a society that has lost its moral and humanitarian bearing at the behest of techno-oligarchs, amalgamating our own labor to keep us divided.” (Oliver Jones, The Observer)

Co-sponsored by the Social Justice Research Institute, History Department, and PACHRED

Free entry. No on-site parking.

Watch the trailer: https://notaidoc.com/trailer

Call For Papers:  Futures of Memory Conference 2027 "Performing the Past, Witnessing (for) the Future: Memory in the Pos...
09/21/2026

Call For Papers: Futures of Memory Conference 2027

"Performing the Past, Witnessing (for) the Future: Memory in the Posthumanist Era" is a 3-day in-person conference happening May 03-05, 2027, at downtown Waterloo’s Balsillie School of International Affairs (ON/Canada).

Follow the link to see the details and don't forget to submit your abstract by December 15, 2026.

Call For Papers Futures of Memory Conference 2027 Performing the Past, Witnessing (for) the Future: Memory in the Posthumanist Era The early 21st-century understanding of memory as fundamentally ‘performed’ was predicated on the role of the body, or embodiment per se. Other theorists in this per...

🍿Join us for a movie screening if you are in the Niagara area!🎬“Ghost in the Machine,” dir. Valerie VeatchMonday, Septem...
09/16/2026

🍿Join us for a movie screening if you are in the Niagara area!

🎬“Ghost in the Machine,” dir. Valerie Veatch
Monday, September 28, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
Marilyn I. Walker Theatre, downtown St. Catharines, Ontario

“Ghost in the Machine delivers a thought-provoking takedown of Techno-Fascism. Valerie Veatch’s exploration of the eugenicist roots and colonial and anti-environmental reality of the A.I. arms race…tells the tale of a society that has lost its moral and humanitarian bearing at the behest of techno-oligarchs, amalgamating our own labor to keep us divided.” (Oliver Jones, The Observer)

Co-sponsored by the Social Justice Research Institute, History Department, and PACHRED

Free entry. No on-site parking.

Watch the trailer: https://notaidoc.com/trailer

📢 Call for Papers | Futures of Memory Conference 2027Performing the Past, Witnessing (for) the Future: Memory in the Pos...
09/04/2026

📢 Call for Papers | Futures of Memory Conference 2027

Performing the Past, Witnessing (for) the Future: Memory in the Posthumanist Era

📍 Balsillie School of International Affairs, downtown Waterloo

Submission requirements:
• Title and abstract (max. 500 words)
• Short bio (max. 250 words)

Deadline: December 15, 2026
Submit to Russell Kilbourn ([email protected]) and Stephanie Lewis ([email protected])

📢 Results will be communicated by mid-January 2027.

For full details, please see the attached Call for Papers and the website.
https://specialprojects.wlu.ca/futures-of-memory/

We’re pleased to collaborate on this upcoming panel exploring the intersections of AI, posthumanism, and sustainability....
09/01/2026

We’re pleased to collaborate on this upcoming panel exploring the intersections of AI, posthumanism, and sustainability. Join us online on September 29!

🎥 Live Talk Recording Now Available!The recording of our recent live stream talk has been uploaded to YouTube.If you mis...
06/18/2026

🎥 Live Talk Recording Now Available!
The recording of our recent live stream talk has been uploaded to YouTube.
If you missed it or want to rewatch, check it out here 👇

Dark Green Religion Meets the Posthuman: Post-Islamic EcoSpirituali...

⚠️ URGENT UPDATE: LIVESTREAM LINK CHANGED ⚠️Please note that today’s livestream will now take place on YouTube instead o...
05/25/2026

⚠️ URGENT UPDATE: LIVESTREAM LINK CHANGED ⚠️

Please note that today’s livestream will now take place on YouTube instead of the previous platform.

New livestream link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/nQcunXpBH2k

If you would like to ask the presenter a question during the event, please send your questions directly to PRI Director Trevor Norris at:
[email protected]

As the YouTube comments section can be difficult to navigate during the livestream, emailing questions will help us ensure they are received and addressed.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you online!

Join our livestream talk on Monday, May 25!
Çağdaş Dedeoğlu, the founding director of The Posthuman Lab, will present "Dark Green Religion Meets the Posthuman: Post-Islamic EcoSpirituality under the Neoliberal Anthropocene” from 11:00am to 12:30pm EST.
For more details and the livestream link, visit: https://brocku.ca/pri/2026/05/11/livestream-talk-by-cagdas-dedeoglu-dark-green-religion-meets-the-posthuman/

We look forward to welcoming everyone next Monday for our talk!Please note that the QR code on the poster has been updat...
05/22/2026

We look forward to welcoming everyone next Monday for our talk!
Please note that the QR code on the poster has been updated. Alternatively, you can access the livestream using this link: https://live.lifesizecloud.com/extension/22457413?token=5df9d097-7f00-4593-9853-ecdb12159657&name=Trevor+Norris&meeting=Norris+PRI+Meeting+Room&locale=en

Join our livestream talk on Monday, May 25!
Çağdaş Dedeoğlu, the founding director of The Posthuman Lab, will present "Dark Green Religion Meets the Posthuman: Post-Islamic EcoSpirituality under the Neoliberal Anthropocene” from 11:00am to 12:30pm EST.
For more details and the livestream link, visit: https://brocku.ca/pri/2026/05/11/livestream-talk-by-cagdas-dedeoglu-dark-green-religion-meets-the-posthuman/

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