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New ISID Policy Brief: Climate Resilience in Small Island States: Realizing the Major Macroeconomic Benefits from Adaptation Investments

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:51:01 +0000

ISID welcomes the publication of a new policy brief by Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir and his colleague Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez. In this brief, Saghir and Ijjasz-Vasquez examine how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are increasingly affected by the growing impacts of climate hazards, including tropical cyclones, storm surges, increases in temperature, heatwaves, droughts, coastal and riverine flooding, changing precipitation patterns, and sea level rise, among others.

Welcoming Eduardo Romero Dianderas

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:35:54 +0000

The Institute for the Study of International Development is pleased to welcome Eduardo Romero Dianderas to its full time academic staff.

Eduardo Romero Dianderas is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of International Development, 51�Թ��. He holds a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from Columbia University (2022) and specializes in the study of media technologies, technical infrastructures, and global environmental governance in Latin America.

Salisbury Memorial Lecture with Anna Tsing

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:24:01 +0000

Fish that Empty the Water: Co-Species Invasion as Occupation

A discussion of Unstable Ground with Rosalind Morris.

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:30:33 +0000

"A discussion of Unstable Ground with Rosalind Morris"
Co-Presented by the Department of Anthropology and the Critical Media Lab
Wednesday November 26th, 12:30pm-2:15pm, Peterson Hall 116

The Department of Anthropology congratulates its fellowship recipients for Fall 2025!

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:58:28 +0000

Doctoral
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship: Camilo Mireles Salcedo
Canada Graduate Scholarship: Anna Horton, Lynn Jacobs, and Sabine Plummer
FRQSC Doctoral Scholarship: Sara Hosseini, Lynn Jacobs, Wenrui Li, Camilo Mireles, Enke Tuyaa Montgomery
SECIHTI (Mexico): Alondra Pérez Rojas
Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship: Alondra Pérez Rojas

Planetary Health as Atmospheric Cultivation: Lessons from Nicaragua's Sugarcane Zone

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:10:58 +0000

A guest lecture by Professor Alex Nading of Cornell University.

Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of International Development.

Performance and Place-Making: Collaborative Media Production with Displaced Youth in Iran

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:33:48 +0000

A guest lecture by Professor Nat Nesvanderani of Laval University.

Speaker Series

shameem.mooradun@mcgill.ca — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:14:52 +0000

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CANCELLED - Anthropology Speaker Series - Marta-Laura Haynes

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:20:25 +0000

Please note this talk has been cancelled and will not take place on March 27, 2025. We hope to reschedule for the Fall semester, and an update will be provided in due course. &��;��&��;��&��;/��&��;

'Old Woman of Nishapur' series - Marie Odgaard (University of Toronto)

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:35:02 +0000

Marie Odgaard (University of Toronto)

When She Arrives: On friendship, singular encounters, and being an anthropologist like a friend

Anthropology Speaker Series - Nicolas Delsol

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:15:35 +0000

Please join us for a talk by Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Nicolas Delsol (Université Laval): https://celat.ca/liste-des-membres/delsol-nicolas/.

Anthropology Speaker Series - Nisrin Elamin

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:22:37 +0000

Nisrin Elamin
Dept. of Anthropology, University of Toronto

Co-sponsored with ISID, the 51�Թ��Refugee Research Group, and the African Studies program.

More details to follow.

Samar Zora Memorial Event

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:13:09 +0000

Roundtable discussion: The Difficulty of Reality

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Roundtable - Indigenous land rights and conservation in East Africa: Aspirations and Contradictions

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:21:34 +0000

“Indigenous Land Rights and Conservation in East Africa: Aspirations and Contradictions”

A roundtable discussion with:

Discussion seminar with Mana Kia (Columbia University)

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:58:57 +0000

THE OLD WOMEN OF NISHAPUR INITIATIVE: GENDER, KNOWLEDGE, RELIGION

FALL 2024