While many #EarlyCareerScholars enter #Academia with research training, few receive training on #Pedagogy and #Teaching. Join us for an interactive series of workshops on #Peace and #Conflict studies in the #Classroom. Register for session one: buff.ly/pKJQKBA. Check out the series: buff.ly/weKFtFk

New term! New days for coffee hour! (please note the room change). We look forward to connecting with you soon! #westernu

The HGSA is extending conference submissions to January 16th, 2026. Submissions should be sent to [email protected]

Wishing everyone a lovely Happy New Year! Cheers to 2026! #westernu

As we are fast approaching the holidays, a quick note to let you know about two updates to our IR website: 1. It now features a career opportunities guide prepared by IR student Tessa McDermid during the fall semester. internationalrelations.uwo.ca/resources/ca...

Join us Thursday, January 8th 2026 at 12:30 to hear Shaun Hislop, PhD candidate speak on, From Winnetou to Windhoek? Discourses about Settler/Colonialism, Genocide, and Reconciliation in Germany, Namibia, and the Northeastern Woodlands of North America. RSVP to [email protected]

Wishing you a joyful holiday season from all of us at #WesternU! ✨ Our #PurpleAndProud community continues to use their talents to make the world a better place. Thank you for being part of it. 💜

On December 9, 2025 capstone seminar students in the International Relations Program presented their group project on youth engagement in international politics, called: Youth of Today for the Youth of Tomorrow: Accountability, participation and Transparency in Canadian Foreign Policy.

We want to extend an invitation to submit a proposal to the upcoming HGSA Graduate Conference on March 6, 2026. The submission date is January 4, 2026. We look forward to seeing all the research that you're working on. Please feel free to email Rose Giles if you have any questions. [email protected]

Congratulations to IR students Helen Li and Sophia Malamoud who received awards at the 14th Annual Department of History Undergraduate Awards Ceremony, November 27, 2025.

Last IR Coffee Hour of the semester! See you next year and good luck everyone with wrapping-up the term! #westernu

On November 18, 2025 we held our 3rd Annual IR/AIR Research Symposium. Generously funded by the Student Donation Fund this luncheon event explored echoes of World War Two whose global legacies reverberate until today.

Join us on Thursday, November 20th at 12:30pm as we welcome Prof. Adam Ali to our Research Seminar Series. "We will make refugees proud around the world, and we will make them smile': Necropolitics, post-colonialism, and the rise of the Olympic Refugee Team" All are welcome!

The International Relations and AIR welcomed Mr. Rudy Zimmer to the symposium today. His first book, published in 2015, this book is a biography of pacifist Martin J. Zimmer and is based on letters from the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Be sure to see all 3 of his publications.

Did you know we have an International Relations display case on the second floor of Lawson Hall? Come visit to learn more about the program at Western. #westernu

It's a great day for a symposium featuring four outstanding Western University academics - Prof. Oleksa Drachewych, Prof. James Flath, Prof. Francine McKenzie and Prof. Erika Simpson. #westernu

IR at Fall Preview Day 2025: thank you very much for a great student panel which inspired many future program students. From left to right: Helen Li, Leo Thomas Wiebe, Holly Storey, Prof. Schumacher, Ranka Kyriakidou Vuckovic, Beck McManus, Tessa Cairns McDermid. #westernu

It was a great day to welcome prospective students to Western University. Fall Preview Day was a fantastic day! #westernu @westernuir.bsky.social @westernupubhist.bsky.social

Prof. Oleksa Drachewych's forthcoming book - Replaying the Second World War: Soviet Parallels and Inspirations for Russian Atrocities in the Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-25, coming out with ibidem press and distributed by Columbia University Press in February 2026. cup.columbia.edu/book/replayi...

Each year, we come together to honour all who have served our country in times of war, conflict, and peace. #WesternU has been associated with Canada's armed forces throughout our shared history, and many of our members serve in the Canadian Armed Forces. #LestWeForget #LdnOnt

Join us on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 12:30pm as we welcome Prof. Klaus Meyer, Ivey Business School, Western University to our Research Seminar Series. Prof. Meyer will be speaking on, "National Socialists infiltrating a University: A Micro Historical Investigation." #westernu

The 50th anniversary of the Joanne Goodman Lectures. westerngazette.ca/culture/from...

It's a fabulous day to welcome over 300 high school students and teachers to Western University for High School History Day! #westernu history.uwo.ca/about_us/eve...

Introducing International Relations and AIR's 3rd Annual Symposium. Join us for this event, discussion and networking opportunity to gain insights from academics. Lunch provided. Please RSVP. #westernu

Today, Sept. 30, we observe National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR). This day is dedicated to honouring the children who never made it home and the Survivors of residential schools. It also serves to raise awareness about the intergenerational impacts of these experiences.

Are you #AllinWesternU? Join us to build a better future for Canada and the world. Learn more: allin.westernu.ca?utm_medium=s...

For those interested, here is the link to the CBC Radio London Morning with Andrew Brown interview with the Goodman Lecturers on Tuesday. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

History. Never Stop Learning. Period.

Day two of the Joanne Goodman Lectures features Prof. Dennis Pilon, York University. Thank you to our guests, Dellelce Bookstore and Great Hall Catering. #westernu

Thank you to everyone who attended "A Conversation with Diane Goodman." Thank you to moderator Prof. Neville Thompson, Great Hall Catering and Western International. #westernu

Day one of the Joanne Goodman Lectures was a wonderful success. Thank you to everyone who attended. Thank you to Great Hall Catering and the Dellelce Bookstore. Stay tuned for day two tomorrow. #westernu

Today we welcome Prof. Martha S. Jones, Prof. Dennis M. Pilon and Prof. Jan-Werner Müller to the Joanne Goodman Lectures at Western University. #westernu #ldnont

Tune in to the CBC Radio London Morning show Tuesday, September 23rd at 7:35am. Host Andrew Brown will be interviewing the Goodman Lecturers: Martha Jones, Dennis Pilon and Jan-Werner Müller. #ldnont #westernu

Our first undergraduate International Relations coffee hour is a hit! Thank you to everyone who joined for a coffee/tea and a great conversation. See you next time. #westernu

The Western Lecture in International Relations welcomes Sabine Nölke, Former Ambassador of Canada to the Netherlands and Former Director-General of the Non-Proliferation & Security Threat Reduction Bureau at Global Affairs Canada. October 1, 2025 @ 5:30pm RSVP to [email protected]

Possibilities for Peace in the Twenty-First Century October 2-3, 2025 - 8:30-5:00pm - Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, Room 3000. uwo.ca/academy/even...

Join us on Thursday, August 28th at 10:00am (EST) to support Sara Khorshid, PhD candidate at her public lecture. Sara will be speaking on, "Good Guys, Good Girls, and Villains in Nasserist Cinema: Egyptians’ Decolonial Images of the Other, 1952-1971." RSVP to [email protected] for the zoom link.

Save the following dates for the 2025 Joanne Goodman Lectures!     Tuesday, September 23, 2025     Wednesday, September 24, 2025     Thursday, September 25, 2025 All sessions will take place from 2:30 to 4:30 pm ET at Great Hall, Sommerville House, Rm 3326.

#WesternU is tied for 3rd in Canada and 14th overall in the 2025 @timeshighered.bsky.social Impact Rankings, which measure progress on the UN #SDGs. From peace to economic growth to global health, Western's work on #sustainability is standing out. #THEGlobalImpact

Wishing our graduates and everyone receiving their degrees an amazing day! Congratulations! #purpleandproud @westernu.bsky.social 💜🐎 #westernu

It’s your time, #WesternClassof2025! 🎓💜 Convocation week is here and we can't wait to celebrate with you. As you cross the stage, you'll become part of a group of more than 372,000 Western alumni making an impact around the world. For everything you need to know, visit convocation.uwo.ca

Today marks four years since the horrific act of terrorism that took the lives of four members of a beloved Muslim family here in London. Our hearts are with the grieving families, friends and the Muslim community in London and beyond.

Happy #PrideMonth, #WesternU! 🏳️‍🌈 Join us in celebrating #Pride2025 with events that honour and uplift the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We see you, we stand with you, and we celebrate your strength and joy. 🌈 Details: www.uwo.ca/faculty_staf...

Historian and Professor Oleksa Drachewych joined London Morning to share his take on what happens now. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Truth. #honesty

Study History. 100%. Absolutely. Study History.

Shout out to Western Sustainability and the NEW Free Store at Western! It is an amazing endeavor to support our Western community and the environment. #westernu #sustainability

Today we held our IR Essay Prize Luncheon at The Green Leaf Cafe. Congratulations to Annie Budden, Beck McManus, and Paul de Moras on your excellent contributions to our 1st Annual IR Essay Prize Competition! Congratulations and well done!

Monday, April 7 at 11:00am, Department of History's Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Tadek Wojtych will be presenting at the Possibilities for Peace Research Spotlight Series by Western's Academy for Advanced Research in the Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB), Room 6111. @wojtych.bsky.social

On April 1, 2025 capstone seminar students in the International Relations program presented their policy paper on Canadian foreign policy in a potentially multipolar world to three experts