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The PSGSA will host their Graduate Confe rence on Friday\, May 6\, 2022\, in Room 130 - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many T rees) at the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, 6476 NW Marine Dr (UBC Campu s). A Zoom link will be provided for those who wish to attend remotely. The keynote address will be delivered by UBC Political Science Professor Genev ieve Bates.
There is no doubt that we a re in a period of transition on a global scale. The Russian invasion of Ukr aine and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan seem to be but symptoms of a sh ift in the larger international system. The continuation of the COVID-19 pa ndemic has pushed many societies\, including communities in Canada\, to the ir breaking point\, with continued lockdowns and things like vaccine mandat es causing mass protests and general unrest. And the existential threat pos ed by climate change has much of humanity inching closer to the brink of de vastation. This keynote will explore how times of transition\, and the uphe aval that often accompanies them\, can also be periods of growth and reflec tion. Using insights from work on racial justice and policing in the United States\, I will show that at least for some people\, moments of transition can provide space for reimagining the power relationship between the state and society.
Our first panel (Sovereignty\, Settler-C olonialism\, and Challenges to Western Hegemony) is comprised primarily of political theorists and includes discussions of deliberative democracy\, st atist-Kantian sovereignty and climate change\, the psychopathological aspec ts of settler-colonialism\, and migrant home-making in settler-colonial sta tes. This panel is currently scheduled for 11:00 on May 6th with our discus sant Dr. Bruce Baum.
Our second panel (Democracy\, Citizenship\, and Representation) includes scholars from across sub-disciplines and is compri sed entirely of MA students\, including a guest presenter from SFU. This pa nel will explore immigration rhetoric in US congressional elections\, Briti sh National Overseas (BNOs) and citizenship\, partisanship and Canadian civ ic autonomy\, and (non)belonging in the west. This panel is currently sched uled for 2:00 on May 6th with our discussant Dr. Carey Doberstein.
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9-9:30 am Opening Session and Land Acknowledgement
9:30-10:45 am Keynote Address "Transitions as periods of re flection: reevaluating the role of the state" by Dr. Genevieve Bates UBC
10:45-11 am Break
11 am - 12:30 pm Panel I: Sovereignty\, Settler-Colonialism\, and Challenges to Western Hegemony< /strong>
Chair: Katelynn Kowalchuk UBC
Discussant: Dr. Bruce Ba um UBC
Panelists:
12:3 0-2 pm Lunch Break
2-3:30 pm Panel II: Democracy\, C itizenship\, and Representation
Chair: Talia Holy UBC
Discussant: Dr. Carey Doberstein UBC
Panelists:
< ul>3:30-3:45 C losing Session
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