Join us on Feb 26 @ 1PM for an in-depth panel discussion about the current uprising and incredibly complicated situation in Iran. Panelists include Mojtaba Mahdavi, Sara Naderi, Kevin Anderson, Janet Afary, and Peyman Vahabzadeh. Registration required for webinar access. Details: ow.ly/UEJZ50Y53vc

SFU GSWS invites you to attend the Spring 2026 Margaret Lowe Benston Lecture Series on Social Justice. Nada Elia | Feb 13 Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago | Feb 27 Nayla Vacarezza | March 10 Learn more and register: www.sfu.ca/gsws/news-ev...

Join us on Feb 8 @ 3PM for a book launch and discussion of "Terra Invicta: Ukrainian Wartime Reimaginings for a Habitable Earth." The event will include musical performances by Oleksiy Hrynyshyn and Vancouver’s Kolo Choir, followed by a reception with food and drink. Learn more: ow.ly/8jbt50XVIps

Join us virtually on January 23 @ 6PM PST for a book launch and panel discussion of "After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization." Registration required for Zoom Webinar access. Details and registration: ow.ly/7hZs50XIIyP

If you missed our screening of Director Fred Kuwornu's "We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe," the documentary is now a part of SFU's library catalogue and available for free to all SFU students, faculty, and staff! Watch now: ow.ly/rkV850XIJJE

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social on the U.S. and Russia's recent 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine: ow.ly/I7n950XG42F @sfuhellenic.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social @ca.theconversation.com

The recording of our 4th Annual Professor Chinmoy Banerjee Memorial Lecture in Anti-Racism by Pragna Patel, titled "The Challenge Before Us: Moving From a Politics of Identity to a Politics of Solidarity," is live on YouTube! Watch now: ow.ly/ccU950XB5lz

Join GLS' graduate chair Emily O'Brien on Dec 11th @ 6:30pm for a talk on "The Renaissance of Roman Ruins and Their Lessons for Today." Registration required. Reception to follow. See details and RSVP instructions: ow.ly/IzjW50XtIYy

A full house at our 4th Annual Professor Chinmoy Banerjee Memorial Lecture in Anti-Racism with Pragna Patel, who gave an engaging talk about the shift from a progressive to a regressive politics. The event was recorded and will be available soon. Subscribe now for notifications: ow.ly/2gO150XoMrI

Join us on November 20th @ 6PM for a book launch for and discussion of "The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds" with author @eevakheev.bsky.social and respondent @amjohal.bsky.social! Learn more: ow.ly/m0j750X7vvv

Join us on November 13th @ 6:30PM for a screening of "We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe," followed by Q&A with director Fred Kudjo Kuwornu! Please RSVP to [email protected]. Learn more: ow.ly/iXQo50X7qur

Join us on Nov 5th @ 6PM for our Annual Professor Chinmoy Banerjee Memorial Lecture in Anti-Racism by Pragna Patel, the co-founder and co-director of Project Resist, an organization focused on work with marginalized and vulnerable women and girls throughout the UK. Details: ow.ly/MsMG50X7qe9

Join us on Oct 7 (Indigenous Survivance, Traditional Knowledge, and the Arts) and Nov 4 (How Another World Might Be Possible) for the first two sessions of our J. S. Woodsworth Chair's hybrid webinar series on “Radical Hope in Feverish Times”! RSVP required for Zoom. Learn more: ow.ly/Pg5f50X2pKg

@jhorncastle.bsky.social, McWhinney Professor in International Relations, speaks to @ctvyourmorning.bsky.social about Canada's, UK's, and Australia's Palestinian state recognition. @sfufass.bsky.social Watch now: ow.ly/xpFE50X1CZe

Join us on October 5th at SFU Surrey Campus for a free film screening of "Farming the Revolution," which is followed by a Q&A with director Nishtha Jain! Sussanne Skidmore, President of the @bcfed.bsky.social will make the concluding remarks after the Q&A session. Learn more: ow.ly/Un8z50WZO03

The institute's director, Samir Gandesha, speaks to @cjsfradio.bsky.social's Kseniya on "Speak Up!" about Fascism, Populism, and Zionism. @sfufass.bsky.social Listen now: www.cjsf.ca/contents/spe...

@jhorncastle.bsky.social , Global Humanities' McWhinney Professor in International Relations, on Trump's separate meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy and now his "balanced approach" have mostly benefited Russia. @ca.theconversation.com @sfufass.bsky.social Read now: ow.ly/9xfO50WItlk

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social returns to 880 CHED's @ShayeGanam Podcast to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war after Russia launched waves of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv. @sfufass.bsky.social Listen now: ow.ly/zVVk50WyMi8

Israel’s aggressive revisionism seeks to violently reshape the Middle East. This is my second piece in The Conversation on its escalating strikes in Syria, its claim to protect the Druze, and the broader fallout in the Middle East. 🔗 theconversation.com/israels-atta...

@jhorncastle.bsky.social, McWhinney Professor in International Relations, on Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine amid Trump's recent threats: ow.ly/Oqy050Wx4Sa @ca.theconversation.com @sfufass.bsky.social

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social on how the Russia-Ukraine war affected Iran's air defences, leaving it vulnerable to the Israeli and U.S. strikes. @ca.theconversation.com @sfufass.bsky.social Read now: ow.ly/e6cX50Wh25i

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social's new journal article on how Ukraine's Special Operation Forces in Africa represents part of its efforts to defeat Russia. @tandfresearch.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social Read now: ow.ly/fioz50Wk0Tl

Join us on July 26, from 2:30–4:30PM, for a private screening of “I Am Gitxsan,” followed by a discussion with Director Hossein Martin Fazeli! Event is open to @sfu.ca's students/faculty, associates of the Institute for the Humanities, and those who self-identify as Indigenous. @sfufass.bsky.social

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social on the Israel-Iran conflict and Israel's calls for the United States' support. @ca.theconversation.com @sfufass.bsky.social Read now: ow.ly/InUf50WczRe

Today on TheConversation Canada my two cents on the convergence of a domestic political crisis & a profound strategic shift as Israel evolves into a more unchecked aggressive actor in a fragmented international order @sfuhumanities.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-israels-...

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social addresses Trump's comments on Israel & Iran's ceasefire violations on CTV Morning Live. @sfufass.bsky.social Watch now: ow.ly/6OUA50WfFU1

McWhinney Professor in International Relation @jhorncastle.bsky.social speaks to 880 CHED's Shaye Ganam podcast about the United States bombing Iran. Timestamp: 46:20–56:32. @sfufass.bsky.social Listen now: ow.ly/eNQX50WfatB

Recording of our cosponsored lecture by @azadessa.bsky.social is now live on YouTube. The talk examines how India became a strategic partner with Israel in the ongoing colonization of Kashmir, the ethnic cleansing of Indian Muslims, and the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. youtu.be/sHgbu99qRW8

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social speaks to 730 CKNW's Mornings with Simi about Israel's recent airstrikes on Iran's nuclear and missile sites. @sfufass.bsky.social Listen now: ow.ly/1VA550W9bcf

The "Media+Environment" journal, co-edited by our Woodsworth Chair @eevakheev.bsky.social, launched a new stream (the open-access, continuously-published version of an ‘issue’) on the Wind Humanities: "Wind as Model, Media, and Experience." @sfufass.bsky.social Explore now: ow.ly/Ts4X50W8JvV

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social talks about Canada’s international affairs and defence spending on Fairchild TV's Canada West-Political Segment. @sfufass.bsky.social Watch now: ow.ly/fiKS50W8Hwv

J. S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities Adrian Ivakhiv (@eevakheev.bsky.social) reflects on his travels to Ukraine and Poland amidst the Russia-Ukraine war, specifically his stay in Kyïv just before the recent bombings. @sfufass.bsky.social Read now: blog.uvm.edu/aivakhiv-ukr...