Category Archives: settler-colonial studies

A Gift of a Samosa

Yesterday, I was identified by a worker at one of my fav Indian take-out places here in Halifax as having a Hindu name, which shouldn’t be a very surprising thing given that I have one of the most common Hindu names imaginable. (If you ask a Hindu if their name is Ajay, if they sayContinue reading “A Gift of a Samosa”

Decolonising Palestine Book Talk with Dr. Somdeep Sen

I had the great privilege to sit down with Dr. Somdeep Sen, author of Decolonising Palestine: Hamas between the anticolonial and the postcolonial for the purposes of posing some questions to him that emerged from seminar discussions with my students in INTD 4005: The Praxis of Encampment: Settler Colonialisms in Turtle Island and Palestine. ThisContinue reading “Decolonising Palestine Book Talk with Dr. Somdeep Sen”

Faculty members strongly condemn the forced removal of the Al Zeitoun University encampment

In the early hours of the morning on Monday, July 29, university security moved to destroy the camp that has peacefully used the space outside the Henry Hicks building at Dalhousie University for nearly three months. After months of communications re-iterating the rights of students under the code of conduct to engage in peaceful demonstrationContinue reading “Faculty members strongly condemn the forced removal of the Al Zeitoun University encampment”

DFA Motions on Gaza, including BDS

I’m happy to share and enter into the public record that the Dalhousie Faculty Association has now passed all three motions my colleagues and I (many many more than who are listed as movers and seconders in the motions). Here is the text of the three motions, for any other organizations that would like toContinue reading “DFA Motions on Gaza, including BDS”

Convocation Address, Dal Faculty of Arts & Social Science May 28, 2024

I was honoured to be invited to address the graduating class of 2024, including bringing greetings from the student encampment of Al Zeitoun University on the Dalhousie quad. Below I post the text of my speech, and a link to the YouTube recording of the full convocation. The address falls between time 2:20 – 2:32,Continue reading “Convocation Address, Dal Faculty of Arts & Social Science May 28, 2024”

Safe Space For White Questions Season 3 Launch

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.

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?”

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”