Past Events

Negotiating Identity and Belonging: A Study of Second-Generation South Asian Immigrant Experience in Derek Mascarenhas’ Coconut Dreams

Wednesday, September 17th, 2025 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Meher Afroz Fiha MA graduate in English, University of Guelph Recipient, CIRCLE Masters Research Fund Wednesday 17 September l 10:00-11:00am (ET)

Land and Indigeneity at Risk: The Case of Mru Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh

Tuesday, July 8th, 2025 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Yamin Rahman Graduate, Public Issues in Anthropology, University of Guelph Tuesday, 8 July 2025 l 10.30-11.30a.m. ET l 8:00-9:00p.m. IST

Voices from the Margins: A Multidimensional Reading of Dalit Masculinities in Contemporary Telugu Cinema

Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Bhagya Shree Nadamala UGC-Senior Research Fellow (PhD), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna Wednesday, 11 June 2025 l 10.30-11.30a.m. ET l 8:00-9:00p.m. IST

Domesticating Wildness: Snow Leopard Tourism and Evolving Multispecies Relationships in the Indian Himalayas

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Karine Gagné Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph Wednesday, 7 May 2025 l l 10.30-11.30a.m. ET l 8:00-9:00p.m. IST

PhD Thesis Defense: Dilshan Fernando

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

The doctoral defence for Dilshan Fernando, PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 at 8:00am ET. It will take place remotely, please email Dr. Ryan Broll (rbroll@uoguelph.ca) by 5:00pm on May 2nd to receive the link to attend. Dilshan's PhD work is titled "Future Life How? Charting the Destigmatization of Disability at Titan, India".

One Health Policy & Practice: What can Canada and India learn from each other?

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Speakers from India and Canada will draw from their expertise and experience to reflect upon lessons for One Health Policy and Practice.The event is for 90 minutes on Tuesday 8 April 2025, 10:30AM - 12:00PM ET l 7:30AM - 9:00AM PT | 8:00PM - 9:30PM IST. This event is the first in a series of events to be organized by the MSSRF- UofG working group and hosted by CIRCLE. Speakers

"Future Life How?": Destigmatization of Disability at Titan, India

Monday, February 24th, 2025 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Dilshan Fernando PhD Candidate in Sociology and International Development, University of Guelph 24 February 2025 l 10:30-11:30a.m. ET l 9:00-10:00p.m. IST

Pioneering Integrated Biorefinery Approaches for Converting Agro-Food Waste into Food Industry Additives

Thursday, January 30th, 2025 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Winny Routray Assistant Professor, Department of Food Process Engineering, NIT Rourkela, India 30 January 2025 l 10:30-11:30a.m. ET l 9:00-10:00p.m. IST

December Get Together

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM

Join CIRCLE in celebrating the end of the fall semester with a casual get together. Drop in to enjoy some drinks and snacks while connecting with fellow students, faculty, and staff! Please register and RSVP by November 27, 2024 to help reduce food waste.

Graduate South Asia Conference

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 8:00 AM to Thursday, November 14th, 2024 12:30 PM

Graduate South Asia Conference 2024 | November 13 and 14, 2024 Conference Format This conference will be delivered virtually over the course of two, days, synchronously in Eastern (EDT) and Indian (IST) time zones. Information regarding the schedule, themes and length of each session will be provided after accepted papers/sessions have been confirmed. There is no fee to participate in this conference. The program for this conference will be available shortly.