Today we launched the third season of SSFWQ – the first episode since Frequently Asked White Questions was published last fall. Lots of great questions – the recording is available on the Fernwood Publishing YouTube channel here.
Author Archives: Ajay Parasram
Are Universities Doing Enough to Support Outspoken Racialized Faculty?
This panel conversation was organized by Max Haiven and Sarah Olutola from Lakehead University. It was a very frank and direct discussion drawing on experience from “outspoken” racialized faculty members in Canadian universities, including Dean Lily Cho (York), Dr. El Jones (MSVU), Dr. Lana Ray (Lakehead), and myself, moderated by Dr. Olutola. The panel discussionContinue reading “Are Universities Doing Enough to Support Outspoken Racialized Faculty?”
What If?
I sat down with Lori and Stephenie, hosts of the awesome Community Radio program “What If” in Nelson BC to talk about race, racism, white supremacy, and having difficult and important conversations about race. It was centred around Frequently Asked White Questions, but we covered a lot of ground. The interview aired Jan 22, 2023Continue reading “What If?”
Colouring In “The Pearl Fishers”
I’ve been working with a small group of people trying to workshop the problematic aspects Bizet’s “other” opera, “The Pearl Fishers” for the last couple of months. I’ll be giving some pre-show lectures ahead of the Vancouver Opera’s presentation this month (Oct. 2022) of the piece, and wrote this short essay for their website. CheckContinue reading “Colouring In “The Pearl Fishers””
Sovereignty Beyond Eurocentricity
I wrote a short chapter of this name for the Open Source book, edited by P. Ballamingie & D. Szanto ,Showing Theory to Know Theory Understanding Social Science Concepts through Illustrative Vignettes. Showing Theory Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.22215/sktk/pa45 The purpose of the book is to take complex ideas in social science theory and make it accessibleContinue reading “Sovereignty Beyond Eurocentricity”
Racial Fragility: A Problem of White Supremacy
I wrote a short chapter for the Open Source book, edited by P. Ballamingie & D. Szanto ,Showing Theory to Know Theory Understanding Social Science Concepts through Illustrative Vignettes. Showing Theory Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.22215/sktk/pa45 The purpose of the book is to take complex ideas in social science theory and make it accessible in creative ways.Continue reading “Racial Fragility: A Problem of White Supremacy”
Why Islamophobia is Normalized
I was asked by the Sinai Health Authority to answer this question as part of their “Systemic Bias and Racism” Speaker Series. This is a recording of my answer, with sincere thanks and to Tina Changoor, for the initiative and many generative exchanges leading up to the talk on April 12th.
Faculty of Medicine Invites Visiting Scholars To Guide Anti‑Oppressive Practice
I was interviewed recently alongside my wonderful colleagues Eli Manning and Gaynor Watson-Creed about our anti-oppression work in the Faculty of Medicine. You can read the copy here.
The Refrain of Territory: Archiving in Relief and the Politics of Post/Settler Land
I was invited by Graduate Students in the Department of History to be their keynote lecturer for an international conference entitled, “Encountering Colonialism: Land, Lives, Legacies.” It was great to be able to switch gears from what I’ve been working on of late and return to my deep love of land, sovereignty, and 19th centuryContinue reading “The Refrain of Territory: Archiving in Relief and the Politics of Post/Settler Land”
LSE Review of Books
Subversive Pedagogies was reviewed by Judith Leijdekkers and Sander Hölsgens in the LSE Review of Books Blog. I feel happy that they found value in my broadcasting of personal insecurities in my chapter, “Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism on Stolen Land.” Check out their review of the book, edited by the wonderful KateContinue reading “LSE Review of Books”
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