As diplomatic tensions grow between India and Canada after an assassination on Canadian soil, Reeta Tremblay authors an explainer in Conversation Canada detailing the history of the Khalistan movement and the Sikh population in India.
Read more: Reeta Tremblay OpEd: The history of India and the Khalistan movement
“Remembering Japanese-Canadian internment, remembering 9/11" The Japanese-Canadian example showed that, without vigilant awareness of past wrongs, legitimate national security concerns can slide all too easily into authoritarian responses and the demonization of vulnerable groups.
Read more: Matt James has published an op-ed on the demonization of vulnerable groups
Amy Verdun’s insights into the evolving landscape of the European Union (EU) put the study of Europe on the map in Canada. Under Verdun’s leadership, UVic became one of the leading research centres of European integration in North America. Her research embraces three areas: economic and monetary integration of the EU; theorizing the process of European integration and understanding its governance; and researching relationships between the EU and other countries, including Canada. She is currently an elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium of Political Research, the largest professional association of its kind in Europe. Congratulations Amy! The society’s peer-elected recipients are chosen for their academic excellence and their remarkable contributions to the arts, humanities and sciences, and to Canadian public life.
Read more: Congratulations to Amy Verdun on election to Royal Society of Canada!
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POLITICAL SCIENCE WEEKLY DIGEST
Friday, November 3, 2023
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
SESSIONAL POSTING FOR 2024-25
Closing date: 6 November 2023 More info
POLI SPEAKERS SERIES: “Small and Rural Local Government Sustainability Plans, Programs and Policies in Cascadia: A Comparative Analysis”
Brent S. Steel, Oregon State U, Visiting Fulbright CRC, UVic
Tuesday, November 21, 2:30 pm, DTB A357
Small and rural local governments currently face many ongoing and numerous new challenges that complicate their task of sustaining current public services and programs. How government officials adapt to these changes will affect the long-term viability of virtually every local government in both the U.S. and Canadian contexts. Rural areas can be places of opportunity, innovation, and diversification. Unfortunately, many rural areas are not succeeding under the current weight of transformations, especially with the adverse impact of climate change leading to sea level rise for coastal communities, water shortages for agricultural communities, wildfire for communities in the wildland-urban interface, and other climate change-induced threats. New policies are required for the new realities encountered by rural communities across North America. Using surveys and interviews of local government leaders conducted in the Summer and Fall of 2023, this study examines the presence of plans, policies, or programs in small and rural local governments in the “Cascadia” region of Canada and the U.S. (British Columbia, Oregon and Washington) that promote institutional, social, ecological and economic sustainability. Correlates of policy adoption are examined, including cultural, demographic, economic, and political factors. The study also documents community efforts to prepare and plan for climate change effects including sea level rise in coastal communities, wildfire for communities in the wildland-urban interface, and drought in agricultural communities.
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES WEBINAR: “Memory and Justice in the Southern Cone”
Wednesday, November 22, 1:30-3 pm Register here
Join the Latin American Research Group for the upcoming 9th session of Democracy in Latin America. Three panelists will discuss how Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay democracies have confronted the legacies of their military dictatorships. More information can be found here.
SPEAKERS:
Eneá de Stutz e Almeida, University of Brasilia/ Amnesty Commission, Brazil
Hugo Andres Rojas Corral, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile
Guillermina Seri, Union College, US
Chaired and moderated by Michelle Bonner, Director of Latin American Studies, UVic.
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
SOCIOLOGY: LANSDOWNE LECTURE
“Drawing from Indigenous and Western Science: Three Decades of Relationships and Renewal in the Klamath River Dam Removal”
Dr. Kari Norgaard and Co-presenter, Mr. Ron Reed
Monday, November 6, 7 pm, DSB C118
Ron Reed is a traditional Karuk dipnet fisherman, spiritual leader and important public figure for the Karuk Tribe. Ron has collaborated closely with researchers at Stanford, U.C. Berkeley and University of Oregon, has co-authored many articles and book chapters as well as co-supervised graduate and undergraduate theses. Kari Marie Norgaard is Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at University of Oregon. She has served as consultant for the Karuk Tribe and has chaired the Environmental Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Dr. Norgaard is author of Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions and Everyday Life and most recently Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People: Colonialism, Nature and Social Action as well as dozens of other articles.
Ron and Kari have worked closely together since 2003, conducting policy-relevant research on tribal health and social impacts of environmental decline. Their 2019 article “Emotional Impacts of Environmental Decline: What Can Attention to Native Cosmologies Teach Sociology about Emotions and Environmental Justice,” received the Best Article Award from the Sociology of Emotions section of the ASA.
VICTORIA COLLOQUIUM: “A Democracy-Friendly Theory of the Rule of Law”
Jeremy Webber, Law
Friday, November 10, 2:30 pm, Fraser 158
The dominant way of thinking about the rule of law is that it is a constraint, a limit, on government. On this view the limitation applies with equal necessity to all forms of government, democratic and undemocratic, and to both the executive and the legislative branches. The privileged institution for enforcing those limits is the courts. Democracy and the rule of law are, in effect, portrayed as though they were in opposition to one another. That, I claim, is a mistake a) historically (for, in the Anglo-American tradition, the rule of law developed first as a restriction on an undemocratic executive, with a less undemocratic Parliament acting in concert with the courts to institute the rule of law); b) in principle (for there is a strong argument that democracy needs the rule of law for its fullest expression, and the rule of law needs democracy); and c) strategically (because it hinders us from mobilizing our full resources to protect both principles; this paper began its life as a response to populist movements, many of which, wrongly, are conceded to be democratic). In this paper I make that case, especially focusing upon its most controversial claim, namely that the rule of law needs democracy. This paper forms part of a larger project on democratic constitutionalism in which I reconsider key concepts in constitutionalism in a manner that takes democratic decision-making to be fundamental to contemporary constitutionalism.
CSRS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Monday, November 13
The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society (CSRS) welcomes fellowship applications from graduate students and faculty. Research fellows should be working on projects that involve the scholarly study of religion in relation to any aspect of society and culture, both contemporary and historical. This includes, but is not limited to, critical examinations of religious themes in the areas of ethics, health, environment, public policy, gender, sexual identity, technology, human conflict, art, literature, the media, law, and social currents and debates within philosophy and/or the natural sciences. Religion does not need to be the central focus of the student’s research, but it should be a significant consideration. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome.
CFGS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Wednesday, November 15
The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) welcomes applications from qualified UVic faculty and students interested in participating in our dynamic interdisciplinary research community. The CFGS promotes critical citizenship in a complex and rapidly changing global environment including the advancement and understanding of major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions. Topics may include, but are not limited to global governance, international environmental challenges, social and ecological justice issues, and culture and identity. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. Application guidelines. Contact Jodie Walsh, Operations Director, Research Coordinator, with questions: jodie@uvic.ca
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POLITICAL SCIENCE WEEKLY DIGEST
Friday, October 20, 2023
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
SESSIONAL POSTING FOR 2024-25
Closing date: 6 November 2023 More info
CONFERENCE: "The European Central Bank at the Crossroads"
"Central Banking in Comparative Perspective: Dealing with a High Inflation Environment Post-COVID-19”
Wednesday, November 1, ELL 167, 3:30-5 pm. Reception for POLI and ECON faculty and instructors follows from 5-6 pm
Chair: Vasco Gabriel UVic, (Chair of Dept of Economics)
Speakers:
Discussants: Luba Petersen (SFU) and Bernhard Winkler (European Central Bank, Frankfurt)
POLI SPEAKERS SERIES: “Small and Rural Local Government Sustainability Plans, Programs and Policies in Cascadia: A Comparative Analysis”
Brent S. Steel, Oregon State U, Visiting Fulbright CRC, UVic
Tuesday, November 21, 2:30 pm, DTB A357
Small and rural local governments currently face many ongoing and numerous new challenges that complicate their task of sustaining current public services and programs. How government officials adapt to these changes will affect the long-term viability of virtually every local government in both the U.S. and Canadian contexts. Rural areas can be places of opportunity, innovation, and diversification. Unfortunately, many rural areas are not succeeding under the current weight of transformations, especially with the adverse impact of climate change leading to sea level rise for coastal communities, water shortages for agricultural communities, wildfire for communities in the wildland-urban interface, and other climate change-induced threats. New policies are required for the new realities encountered by rural communities across North America.
Using surveys and interviews of local government leaders conducted in the Summer and Fall of 2023, this study examines the presence of plans, policies, or programs in small and rural local governments in the “Cascadia” region of Canada and the U.S. (British Columbia, Oregon and Washington) that promote institutional, social, ecological and economic sustainability. Correlates of policy adoption are examined, including cultural, demographic, economic, and political factors. The study also documents community efforts to prepare and plan for climate change effects including sea level rise in coastal communities, wildfire for communities in the wildland-urban interface, and drought in agricultural communities.
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES WEBINAR: “Memory and Justice in the Southern Cone”
Wednesday, November 22, 1:30-3 pm Register here
Join the Latin American Research Group for the upcoming 9th session of Democracy in Latin America. Three panelists will discuss how Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay democracies have confronted the legacies of their military dictatorships. More information can be found here.
SPEAKERS:
Eneá de Stutz e Almeida, University of Brasilia/ Amnesty Commission, Brazil
Hugo Andres Rojas Corral, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile
Guillermina Seri, Union College, US
Chaired and moderated by Michelle Bonner, Director of Latin American Studies, UVic.
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
VICTORIA COLLOQUIUM "Reasoning in Character: Virtue, Legal Argumentation and Judicial Ethics"
Amalia Amaya Navarro, University of Edinburgh
Friday, October 20, 2:30 pm, FRA 158
This paper develops a virtue-account of legal reasoning which significantly differs from standard, principle-based, theories. A virtue approach to legal reasoning highlights the relevance of the particulars to sound legal decision-making, brings to light the perceptual and affective dimensions of legal judgment, and vindicates the relevance of description and specification to good legal reasoning. After examining the central features of the theory, the paper proposes a taxonomy of the main character traits that legal decision-makers need to possess to successfully engage in legal reasoning. The paper concludes by discussing an array of strategies in legal education, institutional design, and legal culture that can be put in place to work virtue in legal decision-making.
CAPI: "Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps"
Eric Muller, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Wednesday, October 25, 3:30-5 pm, DSB C118
Eric Muller, the Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor in Jurisprudence and Ethics at the U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is one of the nation’s leading scholars of the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II. He has published many articles on the topic and four books.
THE CITY TALKS: "The Latent Aesthetics of the AI City"
Agnieszka Leszczynski, Department of Geography and Environment, Western U
Thursday, October 26, 7:30-9 pm, Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates St (doors open at 7 pm)
In this talk, I engage in speculative conjecture about what the streetscapes of the AI-suffused city in waiting – which I refer to as the latent AI city – might ‘look’ like. I do so by drawing on my work on digital urban platforms in North American cities, which I have identified as driving material transformations in urban aesthetics.
FIVE DAYS OF ACTION: OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 3
Registration is now open for the sixth annual 5 Days of Action: 365 Days of Commitment event from October 30 – November 3. 5 Days of Action is a week-long event to celebrate diversity and work together to create a more inclusive and equitable campus and community throughout the year. The week encourages all of us to join in UVic’s shared commitment to end discrimination, harassment, sexualized violence and oppression of all kinds. Each day will focus on a call to action with a small list of suggested actions to take that day. The five calls to action are: Monday – listen; Tuesday – reflect; Wednesday – dialogue; Thursday – engage; and Friday – take action. If you have questions or would like to volunteer for this event, please contact daysofaction@uvic.ca.
CFGS BIG Talk “The Seascape Unites Us: Tribal Journeys and Coastal Indigenous Relationality”
Dr. Rachel George, Indigenous Studies
Tuesday, October 31, 12 noon - 1:30 pm, SEDG C168
Generations of settler colonial policies have sought to sever Indigenous peoples from each other and their homelands and waters. Despite recent commitments to reconciliation, many of these harmful policies continue and are evidenced in the ongoing removal of Indigenous children, and the pushing through of various extractive industry projects. Drawing on two summers traveling with Kwumut Lelum during Tribal Journeys, this talk centers Indigenous youth experiences and voices on the annual canoe journey bringing together nations along the Pacific. Through their reflections and personal experience, this talk explores how we resist colonial violence and erasure by honouring and renewing our relationality to each other and the water that sustains us.
CSRS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Monday, November 13
The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society (CSRS) welcomes fellowship applications from graduate students and faculty. Research fellows should be working on projects that involve the scholarly study of religion in relation to any aspect of society and culture, both contemporary and historical. This includes, but is not limited to, critical examinations of religious themes in the areas of ethics, health, environment, public policy, gender, sexual identity, technology, human conflict, art, literature, the media, law, and social currents and debates within philosophy and/or the natural sciences. Religion does not need to be the central focus of the student’s research, but it should be a significant consideration. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome.
CFGS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Wednesday, November 15
The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) welcomes applications from qualified UVic faculty and students interested in participating in our dynamic interdisciplinary research community. The CFGS promotes critical citizenship in a complex and rapidly changing global environment including the advancement and understanding of major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions. Topics may include, but are not limited to global governance, international environmental challenges, social and ecological justice issues, and culture and identity. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. Application guidelines. Contact Jodie Walsh, Operations Director, Research Coordinator, with questions: jodie@uvic.ca
The Political Science Weekly Digest is available online. If you have an item for the newsletter, or would like to be on the mailing list, please contact poliao@uvic.ca.
POLITICAL SCIENCE WEEKLY DIGEST
Friday, October 13, 2023
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONFERENCE: "The European Central Bank at the Crossroads"
"Central Banking in Comparative Perspective: Dealing with a High Inflation Environment Post-COVID-19"
Wednesday, November 1, ELL 167, 3:30-5 pm. Reception for POLI and ECON faculty and instructors follows from 5-6 pm
Chair: Vasco Gabriel UVic, (Chair of Dept of Economics)
Speakers:
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CAPI: "Understanding Race beyond the Transatlantic Paradigm: An Alternative Perspective based on East Asian Experiences"
Visiting Scholar: Yasuko Takezawa
Monday, October 16, 10:30-noon, Via Zoom or FRA A168a
Register to attend online, or RSVP to pwfc_office@uvic.ca to attend in person
This talk aims to introduce a new perspective in understanding the idea of "race" by juxtaposing the Transpacific and Transatlantic experiences. While racializations in the Transatlantic historically entailed the contact between different social groups who have obvious and often pronounced visible phenotypical differences, such as those of skin color and cranial shape, there are a variety of racialized groups, including Burakumin, ethnic Koreans, and ethnic Chinese in Japan, and Paekjong in Korea, who have no phenotypical differences from the majority. I will present what I call the three dimensions of race, that is, "race," "Race," and “Race as Resistance,” to challenge the established claim that race is a modern and Western construction and broaden the understanding of the idea beyond the Transatlantic.
SOCIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM: "Roadmaps for Resistance: Using Data Activism to Confront the Neoliberal State"
Chris Hurl, Depts of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia
Thursday, October 19, 3:30-5 pm, CLE A224
Drawing on a case study of Barnet, an outer borough of London (UK), this presentation discusses the challenges that activists face in making sense of the neoliberal restructuring of the state. Inspired by the methodological insights of Institutional Ethnography, I investigate how generating knowledge about such arrangements has posed a problem for local residents and community groups who have sought to understand the relationships under which their services are designed, financed and delivered.
LANSDOWNE LECTURE: "Beyond Kuper Island: A Journalist’s Reflection on Truth and Reconciliation"
Duncan McCue, School of Journalism, Carleton U
Thursday, October 19, 7 pm Online via Zoom. Registration info
Anishinaabe journalist and educator Duncan McCue will draw on his award-winning podcast Kuper Island for a thoughtful reflection on building respectful relationships with Indigenous communities and how Canadians can take meaningful steps toward reconciliation. This event will moderated by Ry Moran, UVic’s Associate University Librarian – Reconciliation.
CAPI: "Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps"
Wednesday, October 25, 3:30-5 pm, DSB C118
Eric Muller, the Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor in Jurisprudence and Ethics at the U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is one of the nation’s leading scholars of the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II. He has published many articles on the topic and four books: Free to Die for their Country: The Story of the Japanese American Draft Resisters in World War II (U of Chicago Press 2001); American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese American Disloyalty in World War II (U of North Carolina Press 2008); Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II (U of North Carolina Press 2012); and Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps (U of North Carolina Press 2023).
FIVE DAYS OF ACTION: OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 3
Registration is now open for the sixth annual 5 Days of Action: 365 Days of Commitment event from October 30 – November 3. 5 Days of Action is a week-long event to celebrate diversity and work together to create a more inclusive and equitable campus and community throughout the year. The week encourages all of us to join in UVic’s shared commitment to end discrimination, harassment, sexualized violence and oppression of all kinds. Each day will focus on a call to action with a small list of suggested actions to take that day. The five calls to action are: Monday – listen; Tuesday – reflect; Wednesday – dialogue; Thursday – engage; and Friday – take action. If you have questions or would like to volunteer for this event, please contact daysofaction@uvic.ca.
CSRS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Monday, November 13
The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society (CSRS) welcomes fellowship applications from graduate students and faculty. Research fellows should be working on projects that involve the scholarly study of religion in relation to any aspect of society and culture, both contemporary and historical. This includes, but is not limited to, critical examinations of religious themes in the areas of ethics, health, environment, public policy, gender, sexual identity, technology, human conflict, art, literature, the media, law, and social currents and debates within philosophy and/or the natural sciences. Religion does not need to be the central focus of the student’s research, but it should be a significant consideration. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome.
CFGS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Wednesday, November 15
The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) welcomes applications from qualified UVic faculty and students interested in participating in our dynamic interdisciplinary research community. The CFGS promotes critical citizenship in a complex and rapidly changing global environment including the advancement and understanding of major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions. Topics may include, but are not limited to global governance, international environmental challenges, social and ecological justice issues, and culture and identity. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. Application guidelines. Contact Jodie Walsh, Operations Director, Research Coordinator, with questions: jodie@uvic.ca
The Political Science Weekly Digest is available online. If you have an item for the newsletter, or would like to be on the mailing list, please contact poliao@uvic.ca.
POLITICAL SCIENCE WEEKLY DIGEST
Friday, October 6, 2023
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONFERENCE: “The European Central Bank at the Crossroads"
"Central Banking in Comparative Perspective: Dealing with a High Inflation Environment Post-COVID-19"
Wednesday, November 1, ELL 167, 3:30-5 pm. Reception for POLI and ECON faculty and instructors follows from 5-6 pm
Chair: Vasco Gabriel UVic, (Chair of Dept of Economics)
Speakers:
Discussants: Luba Petersen (SFU) and Bernhard Winkler (European Central Bank, Frankfurt)
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CAPI BOOK PANEL: "Transpacific Developments: The Politics of Multiple Chinas in Central America"
Thursday, October 12, 4 pm, FRA A168a
Moderator: Feng Xu
Panelists: Angie Chau, PACI, Yifan Lu, MA, POLI, Helen Lansdowne, CAPI
Transpacific Developments intervenes in the debates of China’s growing presence in Latin America with original ethnographic research that challenges conventional thinking about who and what constitutes Chinese development in Central America, how it is perceived locally, and what it portends for the future.
CSPT COLLOQUIUM SERIES: CALL FOR PRESENTERS
Deadline: Thursday, October 12
Event date: Thursday, October 26, 4-5:30 pm, Halpern Centre, Rm 108
The CSPT Colloquium series seeks to nurture and promote a vision of "theory" as a site of intellectual communion between passionate researchers committed to pushing the boundaries of their disciplines and contemporary thought. The colloquium offers a comfortable and informal arena to test new ideas, present ongoing research, or share completed papers and thesis chapters with other graduate students and faculty members at UVic engaged in various forms of critical theory (broadly conceived). Each month two presenters offer their intellectual projects for discussion. E-mail csptcolloquium@gmail.com for more info.
CAPI: "Understanding Race beyond the Transatlantic Paradigm: An Alternative Perspective based on East Asian Experiences"
Visiting Scholar: Yasuko Takezawa
Monday, October 16, 10:30-noon, Via Zoom or FRA A168a
Register to attend online, or RSVP to pwfc_office@uvic.ca to attend in person
This talk aims to introduce a new perspective in understanding the idea of "race" by juxtaposing the Transpacific and Transatlantic experiences.
LANSDOWNE LECTURE: "Beyond Kuper Island: A Journalist’s Reflection on Truth and Reconciliation"
Duncan McCue, School of Journalism, Carleton U
Thursday, October 19, 7 pm Online via Zoom. Registration info
Anishinaabe journalist and educator Duncan McCue will draw on his award-winning podcast Kuper Island for a thoughtful reflection on building respectful relationships with Indigenous communities and how Canadians can take meaningful steps toward reconciliation. This event will moderated by Ry Moran, UVic’s Associate University Librarian – Reconciliation.
CAPI: "Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps"
Wednesday, October 25, 3:30-5 pm, DSB C118
Eric Muller, the Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor in Jurisprudence and Ethics at the U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is one of the nation’s leading scholars of the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II. He has published many articles on the topic and four books: Free to Die for their Country: The Story of the Japanese American Draft Resisters in World War II (U of Chicago Press 2001); American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese American Disloyalty in World War II (U of North Carolina Press 2008); Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II (U of North Carolina Press 2012); and Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps (U of North Carolina Press 2023).
FIVE DAYS OF ACTION: OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 3
Registration is now open for the sixth annual 5 Days of Action: 365 Days of Commitment event from October 30 – November 3. 5 Days of Action is a week-long event to celebrate diversity and work together to create a more inclusive and equitable campus and community throughout the year. The week encourages all of us to join in UVic’s shared commitment to end discrimination, harassment, sexualized violence and oppression of all kinds. Each day will focus on a call to action with a small list of suggested actions to take that day. The five calls to action are: Monday – listen; Tuesday – reflect; Wednesday – dialogue; Thursday – engage; and Friday – take action. If you have questions or would like to volunteer for this event, please contact daysofaction@uvic.ca.
CSRS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Monday, November 13
The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society (CSRS) welcomes fellowship applications from graduate students and faculty. Research fellows should be working on projects that involve the scholarly study of religion in relation to any aspect of society and culture, both contemporary and historical. This includes, but is not limited to, critical examinations of religious themes in the areas of ethics, health, environment, public policy, gender, sexual identity, technology, human conflict, art, literature, the media, law, and social currents and debates within philosophy and/or the natural sciences. Religion does not need to be the central focus of the student’s research, but it should be a significant consideration. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome.
CFGS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Wednesday, November 15
The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) welcomes applications from qualified UVic faculty and students interested in participating in our dynamic interdisciplinary research community. The CFGS promotes critical citizenship in a complex and rapidly changing global environment including the advancement and understanding of major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions. Topics may include, but are not limited to global governance, international environmental challenges, social and ecological justice issues, and culture and identity. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. Application guidelines. Contact Jodie Walsh, Operations Director, Research Coordinator, with questions: jodie@uvic.ca
The Political Science Weekly Digest is available online. If you have an item for the newsletter, or would like to be on the mailing list, please contact poliao@uvic.ca.
POLITICAL SCIENCE WEEKLY DIGEST
Friday, September 29, 2023
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
POLI TENURE TRACK POSTING IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Deadline: October 1, 2023
https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/politicalscience/home/news/current/ipe-10-july-23.php.
CAPI: “Crisis in India-Canada Relations? A Primer on the Historical, Foreign Policy, and Legal Context”
Tuesday, October 3, 4:30-6 pm, FRA 159
Panelists: Nelish Bose, UVic History; Reeta Tremblay, Prof Emerita, UVic POLI; Asad Kiyani, UVic Law
Moderator: Victor Ramraj, CAPI Director
What are the future of India-Canada relations in light of the current diplomatic situation? What is the future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy? This panel will offer an inter-disciplinary perspective from historical, geopolitical and legal angles.
DAVE BARRETT LECTURE: “Innovation in Government”
Wednesday, October 4, 5 pm, Sngequ House
Featuring John Horgan and special guests
Registration: https://www.douglascoldwelllayton.ca/the_Dave_Barrett_Lecture
Sponsored by the Foundation for Social Democracy
PUBLICATION NEWS FROM AMY VERDUN
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
VICTORIA COLLOQUIUM: “Solidarity with the oppressed? Challenges of solidarity in contexts of structural injustice”
Catherine Lu, McGill University
Friday, September 29, 2:30 pm FRA 158
Calls for solidarity with the oppressed are ubiquitous. Institutions have increasingly issued statements of solidarity with the oppressed, and a variety of practices, from signing online petitions to mass social protests, have been characterized as examples of solidarity with the oppressed. This paper has 3 parts, answering the following questions: (1) What does solidarity look like in conditions of structural injustice? Is solidarity in such contexts emancipatory, instrumentally and non-instrumentally valuable? (2) Should we characterize cooperative activity between the privileged and oppressed as solidarity? What are the benefits and pitfalls of doing so? If we try to conceptualize privileged-oppressed cooperation as solidarity, what are the criteria for the privileged to act in solidarity with the oppressed? (3) What makes a solidaristic society? If the correct aim of solidarity is to transform unjust social structures, what makes a solidaristic society distinct from a just society? More info: https://www.uvic.ca/victoria-colloquium/events/index.php
CFGS PROPERTY RIGHTS AND SOCIETY DISCUSSION GROUP
Philippe Sands discusses his new book The Last Colony
Tuesday, October 3, 10-11:30 am, Online event: Register here
Philippe Sands writes of his own journey into international law and that of the World Court in the Hague, and of the extraordinary decades-long quest of Liseby Elyse, and the people of Chagos, in their fight for justice and a free and fair return to the idyllic land of their birth. Philippe Sands is Professor of Law at the University of London, the Samuel Pisar Visiting professor at Harvard Law School and the author of East West Street and The Ratline. He is a frequent commentator on CNN and the BBC World Service and a litigator before international courts. He is the former president of English PEN. In 2003 Sands was appointed a Queen’s Counsel.
CAFÉ HISTORIQUE: “Oil: From Imperial History to Daily Life”
Martin Bunton, History
Wednesday, October 4, Doors: 5:30 pm for 7 pm start, Hermann’s Jazz Club
As the age of oil seemingly (hopefully) comes to an end, this talk will reflect on oil as an important historical force over the course of the 20th century. With a close but not exclusive focus on the Middle East, we look at the relationship between oil and empire (British and American), and the relationship between oil and democracy (or lack thereof). We will also look at how these stories have been told in different ways, and from different points of view. To reserve your seat, click the Eventbrite link here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oil-from-imperial-history-to-daily-life-tickets-719764915237
FIVE DAYS OF ACTION: OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 3
Registration is now open for the sixth annual 5 Days of Action: 365 Days of Commitment event from October 30 – November 3. 5 Days of Action is a week-long event to celebrate diversity and work together to create a more inclusive and equitable campus and community throughout the year. The week encourages all of us to join in UVic’s shared commitment to end discrimination, harassment, sexualized violence and oppression of all kinds. Each day will focus on a call to action with a small list of suggested actions to take that day. The five calls to action are: Monday – listen; Tuesday – reflect; Wednesday – dialogue; Thursday – engage; and Friday – take action.
The programming during 5 Days of Action includes free workshops, lectures, performances, art exhibits and more organized by many units across campus. There are virtual workshops as well as in-person events available. We all have a role to play in creating a more inclusive campus where everyone feels like they belong. Please share this message with your team and encourage them to participate at uvic.ca/5days. If you have questions or would like to volunteer for this event, please contact daysofaction@uvic.ca.
CFGS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2024-25 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: Wednesday, November 15
The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) welcomes applications from qualified UVic faculty and students interested in participating in our dynamic interdisciplinary research community. The CFGS promotes critical citizenship in a complex and rapidly changing global environment including the advancement and understanding of major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions. Topics may include, but are not limited to global governance, international environmental challenges, social and ecological justice issues, and culture and identity. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. Application guidelines. Contact Jodie Walsh, Operations Director, Research Coordinator, with questions: jodie@uvic.ca
The Political Science Weekly Digest is available online. If you have an item for the newsletter, or would like to be on the mailing list, please contact poliao@uvic.ca.
POLITICAL SCIENCE WEEKLY DIGEST
Friday, September 22, 2023
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
MATT JAMES PUBLISHED AN OP-ED IN THE TIMES COLONIST 20-Sept
“Remembering Japanese-Canadian internment, remembering 9/11
The Japanese-Canadian example showed that, without vigilant awareness of past wrongs, legitimate national security concerns can slide all too easily into authoritarian responses and the demonization of vulnerable groups. Read the piece here: https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comment-remembering-japanese-canadian-internment-remembering-911-7572034
POLI TENURE TRACK POSTING IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Deadline: October 1, 2023
https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/politicalscience/home/news/current/ipe-10-july-23.php.
CAPI BOOK PANEL: “The Party Family: Gendered Origins of State Power in China”
Kimberly Ens Manning, Concordia, Political Science and the Simone de Beauvoir Institute
Thursday, September 28, 3:30 pm, Fraser A168a
Discussion Chair: Gillian Calder, UVic Gender Studies and Law
Discussants: Lois Harder, Dean, UVic Social Sciences, Qian Liu, UCalgary, Sociology, Feng Xu, UVic POLI
How did the People’s Republic of China achieve one of the most dramatic declines in infant and maternal mortality in the world, only to have this mid-century success overturned during a politically-induced famine just a few years later? In The Party Family: Revolutionary Attachments and the Gendered Origins of Chinese State Power, Kimberley Ens Manning argues that complex networks of family and social ties contributed to both state capacity and failure in the earliest years of the PRC. Drawing on interviews with 163 participants as well as government documents and elite memoirs, biographies, speeches, and reports, Manning offers a new theoretical lens—attachment politics—to underscore how family and ideology intertwined to create an important building block of the state. More info
CAPI: “Crisis in India-Canada Relations? A Primer on the Historical, Foreign Policy, and Legal Context”
Tuesday, October 3, 4:30-6 pm, FRA 159
Panelists: Nelish Bose, UVic History; Reeta Tremblay, Prof Emerita, UVic POLI; Asad Kiyani, UVic Law
Moderator: Victor Ramraj, CAPI Director
What are the future of India-Canada relations in light of the current diplomatic situation? What is the future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy? This panel will offer an inter-disciplinary perspective from historical, geopolitical and legal angles.
DAVE BARRETT LECTURE: “Innovation in Government”
Wednesday, October 4, 5 pm, Sngequ House
Featuring John Horgan and special guests
Registration: https://www.douglascoldwelllayton.ca/the_Dave_Barrett_Lecture
Sponsored by the Foundation for Social Democracy
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CAPI BOOK LAUNCH: “Transpacific Reform and Revolution: The Chinese in North America, 1898-1918”
Zhongping Chen, History, UVic
Tuesday, September 26, 3:30 pm, COR A120
Transpacific Reform and Revolution: The Chinese in North America, 1898−1918 (Stanford University Press) focuses on Chinese political history in Victoria, Vancouver, and other cities along the Pacific coast of North America. It shows how Chinese migrants broke through racist barriers to identify themselves with Canadian constitutional monarchism, American republicanism, and other Western political cultures in the reformist and revolutionary fights for a modern China. Zhongping Chen is a professor of Chinese history and the history of the global Chinese diaspora. His publications include four books, two co-edited bibliographies, more than sixty journal articles in English and Chinese, as well as works on two websites, Victoria’s Chinatown: A Gateway to the Past and Present of Chinese Canadians and the Chinese Canadian Artifacts Project. He has just finished a new book manuscript, “The Transpacific Chinese Diaspora in Canada: From Origins to Rise and Reform, 1788-1898“.
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMN: “Indigenous Relations Inside and Outside the BC Public Service”
Tuesday, September 26, 4 pm, First People’s House or online at 4:30 pm
Registration required
A panel of four senior Indigenous public servants in the Government of the Province of British Columbia will provide reflections on their work in the BC Public Service. They will discuss the status of the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), reconciliation in action and their experiences as Indigenous persons working in the BC Government. A key event for students, faculty and anyone interested in Indigenous relations. More info
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: “Conversation with Bev Sellars BA ‘97”
Tuesday, September 26, 7 pm, Virtual via Zoom
Register for the first event of this year's Alumni Guest Speaker Series - a conversation with award-winning author, activist and Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Bev Sellars (BA ’97). Bev is author of the acclaimed book They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School, a former chief of the Xat’sull First Nation, and speaker on subjects including Indigenous rights and the impacts of residential schools. In this talk, Sellars will offer insights into how cultural upbringing impacts the ways we relate to one another and how improved understanding can lead to stronger relationships.
CFGS-CIC FILM SCREENING: “Central America and the Migrant Crisis”
Thursday, September 28, 3-5 pm, HHB Lecture Theatre,
Join CFGS and award-winning film maker Judy Jackson on September 28 for a screening of Judy's film “Central America and the Migrant Crisis - Where Can We Live in Peace”. The film discusses the story of the ABBA house in Mexico. Founded by Pastor Ignacio Ramirez in Celaya, Mexico, this sanctuary helps tens of thousands of migrants who are fleeing violence, crime, climate change and corruption in Central America. She has won more than 60 international awards. Click here for more information. This event is sponsored by the Centre for Global Studies, the Canadian International Council.
THE CITY TALKS: “AI and Cities: From Social to Spatial Inclusion”
Shin Koseki, School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, U of Montreal
Thursday, September 28, 7:30-9 pm, Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates St. Doors open at 7pm
Cities are where most artificial intelligence systems are deployed and where they are most likely to impact people, especially marginalized groups and individuals. Yet, not much has been done to improve the governance of AI in cities. So, what can we, as researchers, designers, and planners do to make both AI and cities more inclusive? “AI & Cities” is a framework developed with Mila and UN Habitat to reduce the risks posed by AI onto city dwellers by making AI development more responsible. It leads to conceiving AI locally with “citizens” through a co-design and interactive process. We then apply this process in the framework of our research project aimed at making Montreal's public space more inclusive of everyone and more adapted to the diversity of the city's population.
VICTORIA COLLOQUIUM: “Solidarity with the oppressed? Challenges of solidarity in contexts of structural injustice”
Catherine Lu, McGill University
Friday, September 29, 2:30 pm FRA 158
Calls for solidarity with the oppressed are ubiquitous. Institutions have increasingly issued statements of solidarity with the oppressed, and a variety of practices, from signing online petitions to mass social protests, have been characterized as examples of solidarity with the oppressed. This paper has 3 parts, answering the following questions: (1) What does solidarity look like in conditions of structural injustice? Is solidarity in such contexts emancipatory, instrumentally and non-instrumentally valuable? (2) Should we characterize cooperative activity between the privileged and oppressed as solidarity? What are the benefits and pitfalls of doing so? If we try to conceptualize privileged-oppressed cooperation as solidarity, what are the criteria for the privileged to act in solidarity with the oppressed? (3) What makes a solidaristic society? If the correct aim of solidarity is to transform unjust social structures, what makes a solidaristic society distinct from a just society? More info: https://www.uvic.ca/victoria-colloquium/events/index.php
CAFÉ HISTORIQUE: “Oil: From Imperial History to Daily Life”
Martin Bunton, History
Wednesday, October 4, Doors: 5:30 pm for 7 pm start, Hermann’s Jazz Club
As the age of oil seemingly (hopefully) comes to an end, this talk will reflect on oil as an important historical force over the course of the 20th century. With a close but not exclusive focus on the Middle East, we look at the relationship between oil and empire (British and American), and the relationship between oil and democracy (or lack thereof). We will also look at how these stories have been told in different ways, and from different points of view. To reserve your seat, click the Eventbrite link here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oil-from-imperial-history-to-daily-life-tickets-719764915237
The Political Science Weekly Digest is available online. If you have an item for the newsletter or would like to be on the mailing list, please contact poliao@uvic.ca.
POLITICAL SCIENCE WEEKLY DIGEST
Friday, September 15, 2023
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
POLI TENURE TRACK POSTING IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Deadline: October 1, 2023
https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/politicalscience/home/news/current/ipe-10-july-23.php.
POLI UNDERGRAD MEET & GREET: Wednesday, September 20, 4:30-6 pm, DTB A110.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023-24 JCURA STUDENTS!
Saiyah Aujla (Xu)
Emma-Jane Burian (Xu)
Jarica Gooding (Lawson)
Jenna Inch (Leifso)
Megan Ryan-Lloyd (James)
Jasper van Weelderen (Verdun) **nominated through EUS
CAPI BOOK PANEL: "The Party Family: Gendered Origins of State Power in China"
Kimberly Ens Manning, Concordia, Political Science and the Simone de Beauvoir Institute
Thursday, September 28, 3:30 pm, Fraser A168a
Discussion Chair: Gillian Calder, UVic Gender Studies and Law
Discussants:
Lois Harder, Dean, UVic Social Sciences
Qian Liu, UCalgary, Sociology
Feng Xu, UVic Political Science
How did the People’s Republic of China achieve one of the most dramatic declines in infant and maternal mortality in the world, only to have this mid-century success overturned during a politically-induced famine just a few years later? In The Party Family: Revolutionary Attachments and the Gendered Origins of Chinese State Power, Kimberley Ens Manning argues that complex networks of family and social ties contributed to both state capacity and failure in the earliest years of the PRC. Drawing on interviews with 163 participants as well as government documents and elite memoirs, biographies, speeches, and reports, Manning offers a new theoretical lens—attachment politics—to underscore how family and ideology intertwined to create an important building block of the state. Kimberley Ens Manning is Principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute and Professor of Political Science at Concordia University. Her research focuses on mid-century women’s leadership in the People’s Republic of China and the advocacy of parents of transgender children and youth in contemporary Canada.
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CAPI BOOK LAUNCH: "Transpacific Reform and Revolution: The Chinese in North America, 1898-1918"
Zhongping Chen, History, UVic
Tuesday, September 26, 3:30 pm, COR A120
Transpacific Reform and Revolution: The Chinese in North America, 1898−1918 (Stanford University Press) focuses on Chinese political history in Victoria, Vancouver, and other cities along the Pacific coast of North America. It shows how Chinese migrants broke through racist barriers to identify themselves with Canadian constitutional monarchism, American republicanism, and other Western political cultures in the reformist and revolutionary fights for a modern China. Zhongping Chen is a professor of Chinese history and the history of the global Chinese diaspora. His publications include four books, two co-edited bibliographies, more than sixty journal articles in English and Chinese, as well as works on two websites, Victoria’s Chinatown: A Gateway to the Past and Present of Chinese Canadians and the Chinese Canadian Artifacts Project. He has just finished a new book manuscript, “The Transpacific Chinese Diaspora in Canada: From Origins to Rise and Reform, 1788-1898“.s
CFGS-CIC FILM SCREENING: "Central America and the Migrant Crisis"
Thursday, September 28, 3-5 pm, HHB Lecture Theatre,
Join CFGS and award-winning film maker Judy Jackson on September 28 for a screening of Judy's film "Central America and the Migrant Crisis - Where Can We Live in Peace". The film discusses the story of the ABBA house in Mexico. Founded by Pastor Ignacio Ramirez in Celaya, Mexico, this sanctuary helps tens of thousands of migrants who are fleeing violence, crime, climate change and corruption in Central America. Judy Jackson was the first woman Director/Producer hired by “The Fifth Estate”. Since that time, she has made over 100 documentaries about human rights and social justice which have been broadcast by the CBC, CTV, TVO, Vision TV, and Knowledge in Canada; by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in England; and on the Discovery Channel and A&E in the U.S. She has won more than 60 international awards. Click here for more information. This event is sponsored by the Centre for Global Studies, the Canadian International Council.
VICTORIA COLLOQUIUM: "Solidarity with the oppressed? Challenges of solidarity in contexts of structural injustice"
Catherine Lu, McGill University
Friday, September 29, 2:30 pm FRA 158
Calls for solidarity with the oppressed are ubiquitous. Institutions have increasingly issued statements of solidarity with the oppressed, and a variety of practices, from signing online petitions to mass social protests, have been characterized as examples of solidarity with the oppressed. This paper has 3 parts, answering the following questions: (1) What does solidarity look like in conditions of structural injustice? Is solidarity in such contexts emancipatory, instrumentally and non-instrumentally valuable? (2) Should we characterize cooperative activity between the privileged and oppressed as solidarity? What are the benefits and pitfalls of doing so? If we try to conceptualize privileged-oppressed cooperation as solidarity, what are the criteria for the privileged to act in solidarity with the oppressed? (3) What makes a solidaristic society? If the correct aim of solidarity is to transform unjust social structures, what makes a solidaristic society distinct from a just society? More info: https://www.uvic.ca/victoria-colloquium/events/index.php
CAFÉ HISTORIQUE: "Oil: From Imperial History to Daily Life"
Martin Bunton, History
Wednesday, October 4, Doors: 5:30 pm for 7 pm start, Hermann’s Jazz Club
As the age of oil seemingly (hopefully) comes to an end, this talk will reflect on oil as an important historical force over the course of the 20th century. With a close but not exclusive focus on the Middle East, we look at the relationship between oil and empire (British and American), and the relationship between oil and democracy (or lack thereof). We will also look at how these stories have been told in different ways, and from different points of view. To reserve your seat, click the Eventbrite link here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oil-from-imperial-history-to-daily-life-tickets-719764915237
The Political Science Weekly Digest is available online.
If you have an item for the newsletter or would like to be on the mailing list, please contact poliao@uvic.ca.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONGRATULATIONS TO AMY VERDUN ON HER ELECTION TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA!
The abstract reads: "Amy Verdun’s insights into the evolving landscape of the European Union (EU) put the study of Europe on the map in Canada. Under Verdun’s leadership, UVic became one of the leading research centres of European integration in North America. Her research embraces three areas: economic and monetary integration of the EU; theorizing the process of European integration and understanding its governance; and researching relationships between the EU and other countries, including Canada. She is currently an elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium of Political Research, the largest professional association of its kind in Europe." The society’s peer-elected recipients are chosen for their academic excellence and their remarkable contributions to the arts, humanities and sciences, and to Canadian public life. Congratulations Amy!
PUBLICATION NEWS FROM CLAIRE CUTLER
A. Claire Cutler (2023) “Blind spots in IPE: contract law and the structural embedding of transnational capitalism,” Review of International Political Economy, DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2023.2250349.
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WVNMYXV9HMBKSK2DXYCK/full?target=10.1080/09692290.2023.2250349
POLI TENURE TRACK POSTING IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Deadline: October 1, 2023
https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/politicalscience/home/news/current/ipe-10-july-23.php.
POLI UGRAD MEET & GREET: Wednesday, September 20, 4:30-6 pm, DTB A110.
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
UVic STRATEGIC PLAN LAUNCH: DISTINCTLY UVic!
Tuesday, September 12, 1:30-2:30 pm
Hybrid event – join in person at Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ | Sngequ House OR online (Zoom)
Registration: https://launch-uvic-strat-plan.eventbrite.ca
Please join us to learn about the plan so many of you contributed to over the past 18 months. We’ll hear from colleagues about how their daily work is influenced by and exemplifies the priorities the UVic community developed together. Distinctly UVic will guide our decision-making and point us toward where we are heading, now, and for years to come. It asks us to focus on the strengths and priorities that make UVic distinct. We want to welcome and accommodate all — please register early and let us know about any accessibility needs
CAPI TALKS:
Thursday, September 14, FRA A168a (within Law Library) (in person)
Guneet Kaur, Humboldt University, Berlin
Resisting Political Violence: Legality and Illegality in Punjab/Panjab
VICTORIA COLLOQUIUM
"Solidarity with the oppressed? Challenges of solidarity in contexts of structural injustice"
Catherine Lu, McGill University
Friday, September 29, 2:30 pm FRA 158
Calls for solidarity with the oppressed are ubiquitous. Institutions have increasingly issued statements of solidarity with the oppressed, and a variety of practices, from signing online petitions to mass social protests, have been characterized as examples of solidarity with the oppressed. This paper has 3 parts, answering the following questions: (1) What does solidarity look like in conditions of structural injustice? Is solidarity in such contexts emancipatory, instrumentally and non-instrumentally valuable? (2) Should we characterize cooperative activity between the privileged and oppressed as solidarity? What are the benefits and pitfalls of doing so? If we try to conceptualize privileged-oppressed cooperation as solidarity, what are the criteria for the privileged to act in solidarity with the oppressed? (3) What makes a solidaristic society? If the correct aim of solidarity is to transform unjust social structures, what makes a solidaristic society distinct from a just society? More info: https://www.uvic.ca/victoria-colloquium/events/index.php
POLITICAL SCIENCE WEEKLY DIGEST
Friday, September 1, 2023
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES FOR FALL TERM 2023 – Wednesday, September 6. WELCOME BACK!!
POLI TENURE TRACK POSTING IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Deadline: October 1, 2023
https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/politicalscience/home/news/current/ipe-10-july-23.php.
READ ABOUT THE 2023 INAUGURAL THAI FIELD SCHOOL
Ring Story: https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2023+field-school-thailand+news
POLI GRAD WELCOME RECEPTION: Tuesday, September 5, 4-6 pm, Turpin courtyard
POLI UGRAD MEET & GREET: Wednesday, September 20, 4:30-6 pm, DTB A110
CONGRATS TO OUR GRAD STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR DEGREES!
Chelsea Dunn, MA (Cutler) “Death by Markets: The World Bank’s Laissez-Faire Governance of Internal Climate Migration”. Chelsea is starting a PhD at Queen’s in September.
Mustafa Majidi, MA (Bonner) “ICT Censorship in Modern Iran: Mechanisms and Obstacles to a Potential Democratic Transition”. Mustafa is starting a PhD at the University of Calgary.
Morgan Mowatt, PhD (Stark) “Authority-Making on the River of Mist: Reframing the Indigenous Sovereignty Impasse”. Morgan has a postdoc position on campus and will be teaching POLI 363 this Fall.
Sarah Stilwell, MA (Glezos) “Addressing Atrocity in the Canadian State: The Discourse of 'Legacy' and the Comprehension of Historical Injustices”. Sarah is starting her PhD in POLI this Fall.
UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
UVic STRATEGIC PLAN LAUNCH: DISTINCTLY UVic!
Tuesday, September 12, 1:30-2:30 pm
Hybrid event – join in person at Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ | Sngequ House OR online (Zoom)
Registration: https://launch-uvic-strat-plan.eventbrite.ca
Please join us to learn about the plan so many of you contributed to over the past 18 months. We’ll hear from colleagues about how their daily work is influenced by and exemplifies the priorities the UVic community developed together. Distinctly UVic will guide our decision-making and point us toward where we are heading, now, and for years to come. It asks us to focus on the strengths and priorities that make UVic distinct. We want to welcome and accommodate all — please register early and let us know about any accessibility needs
CAPI TALKS:
Thursday, September 7, 3:30 pm, COR B145 (in person)
Ikuya Sato, Doshisha University
KPIs and PDCA? Management Speak in Japan’s Higher Education Reform
Thursday, September 14, FRA A168a (within Law Library) (in person)
Guneet Kaur, Humboldt University, Berlin
Resisting Political Violence: Legality and Illegality in Punjab/Panjab
VICTORIA COLLOQUIUM
Solidarity with the oppressed? Challenges of solidarity in contexts of structural injustice"
Catherine Lu, McGill University
Friday, September 29, 2:30 pm FRA 158
Calls for solidarity with the oppressed are ubiquitous. Institutions have increasingly issued statements of solidarity with the oppressed, and a variety of practices, from signing online petitions to mass social protests, have been characterized as examples of solidarity with the oppressed. This paper has 3 parts, answering the following questions: (1) What does solidarity look like in conditions of structural injustice? Is solidarity in such contexts emancipatory, instrumentally and non-instrumentally valuable? (2) Should we characterize cooperative activity between the privileged and oppressed as solidarity? What are the benefits and pitfalls of doing so? If we try to conceptualize privileged-oppressed cooperation as solidarity, what are the criteria for the privileged to act in solidarity with the oppressed? (3) What makes a solidaristic society? If the correct aim of solidarity is to transform unjust social structures, what makes a solidaristic society distinct from a just society? More info: https://www.uvic.ca/victoria-colloquium/events/index.php
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES FOR FALL TERM 2023 – Wednesday, September 6. WELCOME BACK!!
POLI TENURE TRACK POSTING IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Deadline: October 1, 2023 More information.
POLI GRAD WELCOME RECEPTION: Tuesday, September 5, 4-6 pm, Turpin courtyard
POLI UGRAD MEET & GREET: Wednesday, September 20, 4:30-6 pm, DTB A110
UVic STRATEGIC PLAN LAUNCH: DISTINCTLY UVic!
Tuesday, September 12, 1:30-2:30 pm
Hybrid event – join in person at Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ | Sngequ House OR online (Zoom)
Registration: https://launch-uvic-strat-plan.eventbrite.ca
Please join us to learn about the plan so many of you contributed to over the past 18 months. We’ll hear from colleagues about how their daily work is influenced by and exemplifies the priorities the UVic community developed together. Distinctly UVic will guide our decision-making and point us toward where we are heading, now, and for years to come. It asks us to focus on the strengths and priorities that make UVic distinct. We want to welcome and accommodate all — please register early and let us know about any accessibility needs
CAPI TALKS:
Thursday, September 7, 3:30 pm, COR B145 (in person)
Ikuya Sato, Doshisha University
“KPIs and PDCA? Management Speak in Japan’s Higher Education Reform”
Thursday, September 14, FRA A168a (within Law Library) (in person)
Guneet Kaur, Humboldt University, Berlin
Resisting Political Violence: Legality and Illegality in Punjab/Panjab
CFGS EVENTS:
Monday, August 28, 3 pm, HHB 105
Film Screening: Central America and the Migrant Crisis–Where Can We Live in Peace?
Award winning film maker Judy Jackson brings to North American audiences the story of ABBA House in the award winning film: “Where Can We Live In Peace.” Founded by Pastor Ignacio Ramirez in Celaya, Mexico, this shelter helps tens of thousands of migrants who are fleeing violence, crime, climate change and corruption in Central America.
