"Empires II – Empire and its Subjects" happens on Thursday, Feb. 3, from 2:30 to 4:30pm in the History Common Room, 2183 Vari Hall. This session examines the ways in which the three different departments define and approach the concept of empire as it relates to its subjects. Thursday's talk will highlight points of commonality and differences between these different disciplines.

Sociology Professor Lesley Wood will present the first portion of this three-part talk with "Policing Protest in an Age of Empire".

Left: Lesley Wood

, an anthropology professor who also teaches in the Faculty of Education, will deliver the next section of the talk with "Unsettling Racial Landscapes: 'One Hundred Men', Colonial Agricultural Workers in Post-war Rural England".

Right: Dan Yon

The talk will wrap with Daniel Bullard, a PhD student in history in 91ÑÇÉ«'s Faculty of Graduate Studies. Bullard's talk is titled "Finding the Subjects of Post-Empire: One Case Study".

The goal of the talk is to help build intellectual bridges among professors and graduate students in history, anthropology and sociology, and to enrich conversations between their disciplines. All members of the University community are also invited to attend the event.

Light refreshments will be served.

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McMurtry, former attorney general of Ontario, will open with remarks on social justice in Canada. Each panelist will speak about a different aspect of the theme, followed by a question and answer period. Robert Latham, director of 91ÑÇɫ’s Centre for International & Security Studies, will talk about rights to mobility and citizenship; sociologist Lesley Wood, about social movement, globalization and policing; and Sara Horowitz, director of 91ÑÇɫ’s Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies, about gender, genocide and Jewish memory.

The two-hour event starts at 1pm in 280N 91ÑÇÉ« Lanes.

Research Matters is an annual lecture series showcasing 91ÑÇÉ« research and sponsored by the associate dean of research in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). Dean Martin Singer and Barbara Crow, associate dean of research, will introduce the Jan. 12 panel discussion.

Previous panels have discussed issues such as scholarship and policy development, internationalization and global health, the north, China, knowledge mobilization, pandemic planning and interdisciplinary research. To view videos of the panel discussions, visit the LA&PS website.

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, a sociology professor in 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies who specializes in social movements, says dissent has trended toward creativity and away from aggression in recent years, a phenomenon she attributes to heightened security measures in the past decade.

"I think overall, post-9-11, you're seeing people saying, 'What can we get our message out doing that isn't quite as risky?' Protesters are a little bit scared," Wood said. A total of 12,000 police officers have been assigned to the summit.

"Protesters always have to find a balance between getting noticed and being legitimate, and there's a risk if you start being too theatrical because you get written off as not serious," Wood said.

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