McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social talks to FairchildTV about Mark Carney's "Defence Industrial Strategy" announcement and Canada's defence spending and procurement: ow.ly/imIG50YiuhK @sfuhellenic.bsky.social

@jhorncastle.bsky.social, McWhinney Professor in International Relations, on how the rallies in Vancouver on Saturday reflect growing international concerns with events in Iran: ow.ly/IgeT50YhUm1 @sfuhellenic.bsky.social

SFU Multilingual week begins on Monday! There are many talks, panels, and tables from various FASS departments to check out so have a look at the schedule and get ready to join this annual event. www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw.html @sfu.ca @sfugsws.bsky.social @sfulinguistics.bsky.social @sfuurb.bsky.social

Join Emily O'Brien on Feb 28th @ 10AM PST, for a taste of what GLS has to offer. RSVP to [email protected] to participate in a lively discussion of Machiavelli’s satirical play, “La Mandragola," a hit comedy from the Italian Renaissance that still speaks to us today! Details: ow.ly/w9VS50XX2aw

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social examines Canada's defence policy amidst US threats to Canadian sovereignty and the Canadian government's plan to significantly increase defence spending: ow.ly/J2Fp50Y7QWn @ca.theconversation.com @sfuhellenic.bsky.social

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

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 GLS Program Director Sasha Colby in the virtual classroom on Jan 31st, 10AM–12PM PST, for a lively discussion of Euripides’ "The Bacchae," a classic Greek tragedy exploring themes of reason and passion! Please RSVP to [email protected]. Learn more: ow.ly/eO1c50XSbTG

Join us on Jan 24 @ 10AM PST for the next installment of our Babcock Lecture Series! This year’s Babcock Lecture will be by the multi-award-winning author, Jeanette Winterson, who will discuss the nature and craft of her life-writing with Professor Jane Shaw. Details and RSVP: ow.ly/jOhj50XRfnS

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

Happy holidays from the Department of Global Humanities! Thanks to all those who attended our holiday party as we wrap up the year and look forward to 2026!

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

Hellenic Studies Prof in Aegean and Mediterranean Societies and Cultures @sabrinahiggins.bsky.social on possible ancient artifacts found in BC thrift shop & new @sfu.ca course designed to examine the items: ow.ly/vu5L50XFRvh @sfuhellenic.bsky.social @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social

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

Spring 2026 enrollment has begun! From phenomenology and existentialism to the great city of Damascus, we offer courses under a number of designations, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the humanities. Explore the richness by taking a course this spring! Course outlines: ow.ly/8Elj50XlxRI

Congrats to Global Humanities' Jason Brown for receiving this year's Cormack Teaching Award, which recognizes faculty who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to student learning, pedagogical engagement, and teaching innovation throughout their career at FASS!

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

In an age of rising misinformation, credible analysis matters. @sfuhumanities.bsky.social's James Horncastle is helping shape public understanding of complex geopolitical events through his 45 published articles in @ca.theconversation.com, regular media commentary and interdisciplinary research.

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

SNF Centre Director, Dr. Sabrina Higgins, is in the news with an amazing artifact find found in a BC Thrift store! Learn more! www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor... vancouversun.com/news/extraor...

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

Thank you to Julia Nijjar for this amazing review of HUM 102W in @sfu.ca's The Peak: ". . . I sincerely hope other students at SFU can take a meaningful course that will alter the way they think. My only regret is that I hadn’t taken HUM 102 sooner." Read more: ow.ly/2w8O50WZzo8

@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

McWhinney Prof in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social (w/ Royal Danish Defence College's Samuel Zilincik) on "how Ukraine’s struggle over the last three years has yielded valuable lessons for Europe’s defence." @sfufass.bsky.social @ca.theconversation.com Read now: ow.ly/RzKc50WYoAW

It was a pleasure to meet and chat with future Global Humanities students at this year's @sfufass.bsky.social Department Fair! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth to learn more about the department and Humanities Student Union—we are excited for you to join us!

Faculty member @sasofos.bsky.social's new @ca.theconversation.com article on Israel's attack on Qatar and how it affects international relations. @sfufass.bsky.social Read now: ow.ly/BjPh50WUV0V

Evan Freeman, Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC Chair in Hellenic Studies, publishes new journal article on the relationship between Florovsky's neo-patristic synthesis and Ouspensky's icon theology. @sfufass.bsky.social Read now: ow.ly/seep50WOgXc

Global Humanities' Assistant Professor @sasofos.bsky.social on how Israel and Turkey "are pursuing a vision of Syria as a weak, fragmented state": ow.ly/9F0C50WN5LQ @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social

McWhinney Professor in International Relation @jhorncastle.bsky.social speaks to 880 CHED's @ShayeGanam Podcast about how Trump’s separate meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy have advanced Russian interests. Timestamp: 0:52:03–1:00:48. @sfufass.bsky.social Listen now: ow.ly/hXPn50WJaQj

@jhorncastle.bsky.social on Fairchild TV's Canada West-Political Segment to talk about Trump’s involvement in foreign conflicts despite his campaign to do otherwise and Carney’s response amidst Canada-US trade negotiations. @sfufass.bsky.social Watch now: www.fairchildtv.com/en/news.php?...

Honouring innovation, impact, and dedication: Congratulations to our FASS Research Excellence Award recipients in the humanities & social sciences! Learn more about our winners: www.sfu.ca/fass/news/2025/08/research-excellence-award.html

French translation now out: theconversation.com/reunions-sep...

@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

Jason Brown, our Lecturer in Religious Studies, on contemplative and somatic approaches to healing: ow.ly/xs3I50WAqM6 @sfufass.bsky.social

@jhorncastle.bsky.social, McWhinney Professor in International Relations, talks to Fairchild TV about the Battle River by-election (timestamp: 1:04–2:09): ow.ly/yy1i50WAesZ @sfufass.bsky.social

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

Fall 2025 enrollment has begun! From the heart of human existence to the socio-cultural context of myths, we offer courses under a number of different designations. Explore the richness of the humanities by taking a course this fall! @sfufass.bsky.social See course outlines: ow.ly/cUTP50Wl8Ur

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

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social on the Cypriot War Of Independence and how it can be a study in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism measures. @sfufass.bsky.social Read now: ow.ly/XFQ650WbZZp

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-...