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".
As a South Asian, it is no surprise that Bollywood has been an integral part of my upbringing. From vibrant musicals to emotionally charged dramas, Bollywood films have been a source of joy and a bridge to my cultural roots. As one of the largest and most influential film industries in the world, it continues to shape the identities and experiences of millions.
The lack of South Asian representation, be it in media or growing up in the UK, was not obvious to me until I moved to Canada when I was 10 years old. I lived in a suburban area in the UK near London, where culture was not something that was talked about very often.
International Conference on Democracy and Its Undoing: South Asia and Its Polities
March 20-21, 2025 | Organised by the Department of Political Science, Easwari School of Liberal Arts, SRM University- AP (Andhra Pradesh) | More information here
Dr. Kurt Annen, Professor of Economics at University of Guelph, will be delivering a keynote address titled, "Democracies over time: A global perspective".
Please see the attached file for the conference schedule.
The first Global Inequality Research Award was awarded to Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, University of Manchester, for her work on gender inequalities, environmental governance, feminist environmentalism, and environmental inequalities.
Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Finnis for her new appointment as One Health Institute Director. Dr. Finnis is an active CIRCLE Member and Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph. Dr. Finnis succeeds Dr. Cate Dewey, who was appointed in 2019 as the Institute’s founding Director. Dr. Finnis will begin her appointment in May 2025.
Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan (Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras) is the editor of Women in Contemporary Indian Films and Media: Representations and Responses (Routledge India).
Masters Student Research Funding
CIRCLE offers two awards each of up to $2,500 annually.
Eligibility
Garima Sarkar successfully defended her PhD dissertation, "Barriers to Women in Politics: Candidate Selection and Informal Party Politics in India" on September 20, 2024. Garima is graduating from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, at McMaster University. She successfully defended her dissertation in the presence of her examining committee chaired by Dr.
CIRCLE is seeking two (2) graduate student representatives to join its Steering Committee for a duration of 2 years, with the possibility of renewal for an additional term. The Steering Committee advises and oversees the programmatic aspects of CIRCLE (more details below) and meets once in a term. Being part of the SC requires a commitment of about 3-4 hours in a term involving attending meetings and providing input via emails. Visit our website to learn more about CIRCLE.