Student Reading Group: For the Sun After Long Nights
DATE: Oct 27, 2025 TIME: 12:00pm – 2:00pm UBC students are invited to a reading group on For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran’s Women-led Uprising by Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour. Join Nilo Tabrizy for a discussion on the themes of the book, her writing process, and Iran’s Women, Life, Freedom uprising. Only a […]
The Day Iceland Stood Still (2024): A screening and discussion
DATE: October 24, 2025 TIME: 6:30pm – 9:00pm VENUE: The Norm Theatre, 6138 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver On October 24, 1975, ninety percent of women in Iceland walked off the job and out of their homes––refusing to work, cook, or take care of the children–– bringing the country to a standstill. On the 50th anniversary […]
“Occupying Selves” or “How to be an Indian via Unciteable Pain”
DATE: October 14, 2025 TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm VENUE: Franklin Lew Forum, Allard Hall, 1822 East Mall, Vancouver How has trauma come to operate as a claim in the making of oneself? How is this element of one’s familial past been operationalized by now exposed “ethnic frauds” or so-called “pretendians”? What is the narrational and […]