To inaugurate the D.G. Ivey Library graphic novel collection, WGSI has invited Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki to come discuss their new graphic novel, This One Summer. To talk about the novel, and other things, we have a panel of University of Toronto faculty members, Judy Han, from Geography, Naomi Morgenstern from English, and Sarah […]
Diasporic Stasis and the Frequency of Black Refusal This talk takes what may seem a counter-intuitive proposition as its primary point of departure – that stasis is neither an absence nor a cessation of motion; it is a continual balancing of multiple forces. It theorizes stasis as motion held in taut suspension in ways that […]
The #BringBackOurGirls hashtag that was popularized by politicians and celebrities in spring 2014 with global attention brought to the 200 school girls kidnapped by Muslim militants, Boko Haram. However, over the past year and a half there have been subsequent attacks killing thousands of victims. The girls are still missing and the mass mobilization around […]