The Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity Presents the Contemporary Antisemitism Lecture Series

featuring Dr. Magda Teter

Professor of History and the Shvidler Chair of Judaic Studies,

Fordham University

"Antisemitism and Racism: A Shared History" 

Monday, March 4, 2024

2:30-4:00 PM

Online via Zoom - Register here

Abstract:

In 2017 in Charlottesville, antisemitism and anti-Black racism converged as white supremacists, in a highly choreographed and violent protest against the removal of a statue honoring a Confederate general, carried Confederate flags and chanted “Jews will not replace us.” This convergence is not just a product of American history, its roots go far deeper.  In this talk, Magda Teter, the author of Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism, will explore the interplay between Christian theology and law to demonstrate how the theological framework of Christian supersessionism articulated in antiquity and its subsequent application in law led to the creation of social hierarchies, legal exclusion of and a denial of equality to Jews and Black people also in modern times.

Biography: 

Magda Teter is a Professor of History and the Shvidler Chair of Judaic Studies at Fordham University. She is the author of Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland (2005), Sinners on Trial: Jews and Sacrilege after the Reformation (2011), Blood Libel: On the Trail of An Antisemitic Myth (2020), Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism (2023), and of dozens of articles in English, Hebrew, Italian, and Polish. Her book Blood Libel won the 2020 National Jewish Book Award, The George L. Mosse Prize from the American Historical Association, and the Ronald Bainton Prize from the Sixteenth Century Society. Teter has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, HF Guggenheim Foundation, Radcliffe Institute at Harvard, the Cullman Center at the NYPL, the NEH, and others. Teter is currently the President of the American Academy of Jewish Research. (Photo credit: Chuck Fishman)

The Department of Political Studies Presents The Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory Inaugural Lecture

Colin Farrelly - Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory, Queen's Department of Political Studies 

Geroscience and Political Imagination: The Science of Healthy Aging

Friday, March 8, 2024 

12:00-1:30 PM

Mackintosh-Corry Hall | Room D216

Light lunch served - registration is encouraged, but not required:

Click here to register for this event.

Biography: 

Dr. Farrelly is the Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. He is cross-appointed with the Department of Philosophy and occasionally teaches in the School of Policy Studies.

Over his 20+ year academic career, Dr. Farrelly has held academic appointments in 10 different departments in Political Science, Philosophy, and Public Policy in England, Scotland, the United States, and Canada. Previous appointments include Visiting Professor in UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the University of Manoa in Hawaii, Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, Visitor in Oxford’s Program on Ethics and the New Biosciences, as well as permanent academic appointments at Waterloo University, Manchester University and the University of Birmingham.  

The author and editor of 6 books and approximately 50 journal articles, Colin’s publications include articles in journals in political science, philosophy, feminism, law, science, and medicine. He has published on a diverse array of topics, including the health challenges posed by population aging, the creation and evolution of patriarchy, virtue ethics, virtue epistemology, virtue jurisprudence, play and politics, freedom of expression, judicial review, non-ideal theory, gene patents, deliberative democracy, nanotechnology, sex selection, toleration, a citizen’s basic income, enhancing soldiers and economic incentives.

Dr. Farrelly believes science and science policy constitute the most significant areas of knowledge and public policy in the 21st century, and for the past 20+ years much of his research has focused on the ethical and social implications of advances in the biomedical sciences, especially human genetics and “geroscience”.  The latter aspires to increase the human health span by altering the rate of biological aging.

The Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity Research Fellows Present:

Fan Lu - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies 

"Coalitions, Conflicts, and the Space in Between: Political Relations Between Asians, Blacks, and Latinos in the U.S." 

Monday, February 26, 2024 

2:30-3:30 PM

Mackintosh-Corry Hall | Room E202

The Corry Colloquium Speaker Series of the Department of Political Studies presents:

Tracey Raney - Toronto Metropolitan University 

"Gender-based Violence in Canadian Politics: Public Opinion, Legislative Accountability, and Actions Needed" 

Friday, March 22, 2024 

12:00-1:30 PM

Mackintosh-Corry Hall | Room D214

Light lunch served

Abstract:

Gender-based violence in the public sphere poses a significant threat to political equality and democratic governance globally. Since the #MeToo movement, several countries in the global North have taken some steps to address this problem, including Canada. Yet little is known about what the public thinks of these steps or their expectations of what should happen when an elected official engages in this unethical behaviour. In this talk I will present public opinion data on what Canadians believe should happen when an MP engages in one type of gender-based violence: sexual harassment. The findings have relevance for lawmakers in Canada and elsewhere, revealing the importance of transparent, independent processes to improve legislative accountability on this issue. The talk will conclude with some reflections on future actions needed to address this growing threat to Canada’s democracy.

Biography: 

Dr. Tracey Raney (she/her) is Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at Toronto Metropolitan University. She previously served as the Graduate Program Director of the MA in Public Policy and Administration. 

In addition to holding a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Calgary, she holds a Masters Degree in Canadian Studies (with a specialization in Women’s Studies) from Carleton University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Studies from Queen’s University.

Dr. Raney’s broad research interests are in the areas of Canadian politics and women and politics. Her work focuses mainly on questions of identity, representation and leadership on topics including Canadian national identity, sub-national political identities in Canada, women’s political representation (Canada and Ontario), gender-based violence in politics, and sexual misconduct in legislatures. You can read more about her externally-funded projects on violence and harassment against women in Canadian politics in this Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council feature (external link)  on her research.

The Corry Colloquium Speaker Series of the Department of Political Studies presents:

Daniel Voth - University of Calgary

"Overcoming Origins: Métis-First Nations Tensions and the Project of Red Unity" 

Friday, March 1, 2024 

12:00-1:30 PM

Robert Sutherland Hall | Room 334

Light lunch served

Biography: 

Daniel Voth is an Associate Professor of Political Studies at the University of Calgary. He is Métis, from the Métis Nation of the Red River Valley.  He completed his undergraduate degree in Politics at the University of Winnipeg and a PhD at the University of British Columbia.  His doctoral research examined the political and decolonizing relationships between Métis and other Indigenous peoples in Manitoba.  To learn more about Daniel Voth, see his faculty profile at the University of Calgary.

The Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA), the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity (CSDD), and the Department of Political Studies present:

"The Gender, Sexuality, and Political Power Research Showcase"

Featuring:  

Panel 1: Gender and Governance, Foreign Policy, and Migration

Surulola Eke - “Rethinking the Power Concept in Gendered Migration Research: Agential Constructivism and the (Re)making of Gender Norms”

Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant - “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Hybridization of Parliament in Canada”

Michael Murphy - “Canada’s Approach to Quantum in Security and Economics: Feminist Foreign Policy or Tokenizing #WomenInSTEM?”

Panel 2: Gender, Sexuality, and Representation

Elizabeth Baisley and Quinn M. Albaugh - “Gender Attributions and Gender Stereotyping of Transgender and Nonbinary Politicians”

Kate Burke Pellizzari - “Are LGBTQ+ Candidates at a Disadvantage: An Examination of Political Finance in the 2015-2021 Canadian Federal Elections"

Fan Lu - “Gender Disparities in Asian American and Canadian Politics”

Details:

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

1:00-4:00PM

Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202