Silhouette of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu with dark purple framing at the upper left and lower right corners.

Legality and Impunity in Times of Crisis – Symposium

May 28-30, 2026 | This symposium gathers critical legal scholars, psychoanalysts, artists and political theorists from around the world to discuss legality, impunity and crisis in historical and contemporary forms, drawing on a wide range of contexts, methods and approaches.

Oral Histories in the Archive: Stories from Turtle Island and Rwanda

Oral Histories in the Archive: Stories from Turtle Island and Rwanda

May 5, 2026 | Join us online for a presentation and discussion with Duncan McCue and Elizabeth Nijdam from SCVN’s Turtle Island Research Cluster as well as and Erin Jessee and Fransiska Louwagie from the Rwanda Research Cluster, as they discuss the different approaches to archiving with oral histories.

Headshots of Heidi Tworek (white woman smiling into the camera with pearl earrings and blonde hair in a long, wavy bob) and Max Cameron (white man smiling into the camera with white hair and white facial hair, wearing a polka dotted neck-scarf and beret), set against PHH black and white textured design.

Let’s Talk Humanities: A New International Order?

DATE: Monday, May 4, 2026 TIME: 7:00-8:00 PM VENUE: Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver At Davos in January 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney famously declared that we are experiencing a rupture in the international order. But what exactly did he mean? American threats to Canadian sovereignty alongside […]