I was a guest on Social Justice Radio Feb 3, 2022 to talk about the so-called “Freedom” Convoy, and the ongoing strike action at Acadia University
Author Archives: Ajay Parasram
Honours Information Session
In this Info Session, I walk students through the pros and cons of pursuing an Honours degree of various formats. This video is especially useful for IDS-majors at Dalhousie who are thinking about applying to the Honours program.
Teach Talk
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Professor Anke Schwittay (Sussex) on the subject of creative university teaching.
Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism on Stolen Land
I am excited to be part of this important collaboration, led by Kate Schick and Claire Timperley. My chapter describes the anxieties and obligations of being an early career teacher who takes land acknowledgements seriously. It includes very honest personal reflections in the form of “external” and “internal” diaries over the course of the WinterContinue reading “Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism on Stolen Land”
Mining The Archive of the Present: ATI/FOI for Undergraduate Research
Authors of Policing Indigenous Movements (Fernwood, 2018) Andrew Crosby and Jeffrey Monaghan sit down with Ajay Parasram to answer questions about how to use ATI/FOI Requests as part of a mixed methodology approach to quality undergraduate research. The conversation was for INTD 4401: Honours Thesis Workshop, at Dalhousie University, unceded Mi’kma’ki and was recorded onContinue reading “Mining The Archive of the Present: ATI/FOI for Undergraduate Research”
Seeing Whiteness In The Margins
My first publication with the Journal of Narrative Politics, which demanded that I put away my footnotes and get into the evocative work of story telling. This article is part of a special issue arising from ongoing conversations themed “International Relations As if People Matter” over a couple meetings of the International Studies Association.
The Anti-Colonial Revolution of the 2020s
Ajay Parasram, 2021. “The Anti Colonial Revolution of the 2020s” in Letters From New Brunswick’s Future edited by Daniel Tubb, Abram Lutes, and Susan O’Donnell. Woodstock: Chapel Street Editions.
Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India
Ajay Parasram and Nissim Mannathukkaren, 2021. “Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India” Citizenship Studies online in advance, Oct. 8. This paper looks to the historical imbrication of racial and caste supremacy with citizenship, drawing attention to the inherent coloniality of citizenship in post-imperial Canada and India. We examine the transition from explicit toContinue reading “Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India”
Safe Space for White Questions
Hosted by Fernwood Publishing, this is a series of free, public, monthly drop-in sessions that are open to all but aimed at people who identify as white and are interested in working toward collective liberation. Come ask the questions about race, racism, social change, and social justice you always wonder about but feel nervous asking.Continue reading “Safe Space for White Questions”
Decolonial Jam Session
In this Keynote workshop with Dr. Jon Langdon (St. FX) delivered to the Tobias Centre For Innovation in International Development, we explore the value of radical music for the method and teaching of international development studies.
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