Associate Professor
Cross- appointed with Sociology and Global Development Studies
Classical and contemporary social, political, and cultural theory, Globalization, anti-globalization, post-development studies, Radical social movements, Multiculturalism, (post)colonialism, anarcha-indigenism
Email: dayr@queensu.ca
Office: Mac-Corry D413
Phone: (613) 533-6000 ext 77965
Office hours: TBA
Education
Ph. D. in Sociology, Simon Fraser University, 1998
M. A. in Sociology, York University, Toronto, 1989
B. A. Sc. University of British Columbia, 1983
About
Professor Day's Ph.D. thesis is a study of ethnic identity and state regulation in Canada since the arrival of the Europeans. It uses Lacanian and Foucaultian theory to analyze and critique the Canadian discourse on 'ethnic and racial diversity' as a public problem requiring rational-bureaucratic solutions. It was published in 2000 by University of Toronto Press as Multiculturalism and the History of Canadian Diversity.
His current work focuses on the broader question of the articulation of social subjects with group identities such as those offered up by nations, states, and capitalist corporations. He is particularly interested in the possibilities for radical social change via the construction of alternative communities and polities. This has led to research into theoretical and practical models derived from western anarchism, Native American political theory, the anti-globalization movement, as well as feminist, postcolonial, and queer theories.
His recent published books include: Utopian Pedagogy: Radical Experiments against Neoliberal Globalization. (coedited with Mark Coté and Greig dePeuter). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007; Gramsci is Dead: Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements. Pluto Press (UK) / Between the Lines (Canada) / University of Michigan Press (US), 2005; Multiculturalism and the History of Canadian Diversity, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
In addition to his academic work, Professor Day maintains a commitment to strengthening co-operative (non-coercive, non-corporate, non-state) forms of social organization wherever and whenever possible, and is involved in various local and global activist projects.
Teaching
In 2015-2016, Professor Day will be teaching following course:
LLCU 495: Settler Indigenous Relations: Canadian Contexts (Fall)