The Department of Global Development Studies congratulates Dr. Reena Kukreja on the publication of her book “Why Would I Be Married Here” published by Cornell University Press.

“This will let the people learn how we live our lives here.” These words, spoken by an undocumented Bangladeshi worker, sum up the motivation behind a multi-country exhibition that highlights the experiences and voices of undocumented migrant workers across Greece. 

The Department of Global Development Studies congratulates Dr. Rebecca Hall on the publication of her first book “Refracted Economies: Diamond Mining and Social Reproduction in the North” published by University of Toronto Press.

Congratulations to Dr. Scott Rutheford for winning the 2020-21 OHS J.J. Talman Award for "Canada’s Other Red Scare: Indigenous Protest and Colonial Encounters during the Global Sixties".  The J.J. Talman Award recognizes the best book on Ontario’s social, economic, political, or cultural history published in the past three years.

Olga (Olguita) Rodríquez Pedroso was a teacher.  A historian who taught at the University of Havana for most of her life, she began her career as a volunteer literacy teacher in rural Cuba in 1961.  She never stopped teaching.  She was a popular member of the Havana teaching team for the Queen’s University Cuban Culture and Society course.  She, along with her beloved sister Ines, and colleague Ramon Torriera, spoke annually to Queen's students about their experiences teaching literacy.

Congratulations to Dr. Susanne Soederberg on being awarded the International Political Economy (IPEG) Book Prize for her book Urban Displacements (published by Routledge).