Fabiola Bazo Organizes First International Congress on Peruvian Rock Studies
GRSJ PhD student Fabiola Bazo has organized the inaugural International Congress on Peruvian Rock Studies happening in Lima, Peru on December 5 -6, 2024. Academics, researchers and rock music enthusiasts will all come together to present original research that provides a critical perspective about the trajectory of Peruvian rock as an aesthetic manifestation, consumer product, […]
Christina Lennox presents at Indigenous Wellbeing Gathering Conference
GRSJ Grad Student Christina Lennox presented at the Indigenous Wellbeing Gathering Conference in Kelowna, BC (Syilx Territory) earlier this month. The three-day Indigenous Wellbeing Gathering Conference is a multidisciplinary event dedicated to fostering collaborations and knowledge sharing that prioritize the wellbeing of Indigenous Communities. Lennox’s presentation was titled Beading as Part of the Research Ceremony. […]
Don Shafer presents at Communicating Climate Hope Conference
GRSJ PhD candidate Don Shafer presented at the recent Communicating Climate Hope Conference (August 14 -16, 2024) a hybrid event co-organized by UBC and Tilberg University. His paper, “What is Hope? Or do you need a little Darkness to Get You Going” explored the concept of hope within the context of our current global challenges, […]
Call for Applications: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
The UBC Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice invites applications from interested parties to be considered for the Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program. Procedure: Applicants identify and contact a potential supervisor in the department, complete the application package in consultation with supervisor, and submit the application package to GRSJ (grsj.programsassistant@ubc.ca). An internal adjudication […]
Jasbir Puar Leads Queer and Trans Anti-Fascisms Research Cluster
Congratulations to GRSJ’s Dr. Jasbir Puar and their interdisciplinary research team on being awarded funding for their Queer and Trans Anti-Fascisms Research Cluster. Abstract: With fascism on the rise globally, we propose a research cluster exploring the intersection of global fascism and queer and trans resistance, with a focus on anti-gender ideology movements in Canada, […]
Nora Angeles, JP Catungal, and Team Receive Public Humanities Research Incubator Grant
Congratulations to GRSJ Director Dr. Nora Angeles and GRSJ faculty Dr. John Paul Catungal and their research team on being awarded a 2024 Priority Thematic Public Humanities Research Incubator Grant for the project: Diaspora Theatre as Affective and Performative Archives on Transnational Migration Abstract: A Public Humanities project about art, theatre, diaspora & migration seems […]
2024 Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
These fellowships “are awarded to the very best postdoctoral researchers, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to Canada’s economic, social and research-based growth.” The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia invites applications from interested researchers and supervisors to be considered for the premier Banting […]
Visiting International Research Scholar Sandra Bomfim de Queiroz
GRSJ is pleased to welcome Sandra Bomfim de Queiroz, VIRS Fellow, under the supervision of Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva. Sandra is a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Public Health at the University of São Paulo-USP. Sandra is a professor at the University of Health Sciences of Brazil and works with curricular Decoloniality, and […]
Speaking Our Mother Tongue Makes Us Stronger
UBC University-Community Support Funding has been secured for a new project and partnership with the National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre (NPC3) Society. Speaking our Mother Tongue Makes Us Stronger: Empowering Heritage Language Teaching and Learning Through the Cultural-Creative Performative Arts is co-led by GRSJ Director, Dr. Nora Angeles and NPC3’s Erie Maestro. This project leverages […]
Isabel Machado Receives Fellowships to Explore History of Drag Pageants in Alabama
Since the publication of her first book Carnival in Alabama: Marked Bodies and Invented Traditions in Mobile early last year, GRSW’s Dr. Isabel Machado has been busy expanding her specialized research in the fields of Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Festive Studies. In 2023-24 she’s been the recipient of 2 fellowships that support her documentation […]