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POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

POLI Alumni Pub Night: “2024 – The Year of Elections”: A Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 17, 5:30-7:30 pm
| 919 Douglas St,
Ticket Cost: $10 in advance| Includes one drink ticket and entry to prize draws
Moderator: Dr. Justin Leifso
Panelists: Dr. Amy Verdun, Dr. Andrew Wender, Dr. Michael Prince
The year 2024 has been characterised as the ‘year of elections’. There are a number of important elections in the world biggest democracies, as well as a few important ones closer to home. In this event, prominent political scientists discuss the various issues facing democracies in the relevant elections that took place (India, the European Union, France and UK) or will soon be taking place, for instance in BC, and the Presidential elections in the USA. Join fellow UVic alumni and friends for light refreshments, networking and thought-provoking dialogue. Everyone welcome!

CFGS GLOBAL TALK: “Religion’s Revenge: ‘Super, Natural BC’ and Indigenous Discourses on Religion and Spirituality in the Supreme Court”
Stacie Swain, POLI PhD candidate and CFGS graduate fellow
Wednesday, September 25, 10:30 am – noon, SEDG C168
CFGS Graduate Fellow Stacie Swain will present her dissertation research on two Indigenous religious freedom cases in the Supreme Court of Canada. Stacie examines legal documents, including affidavits and witness testimony, to consider how Indigenous nations use and refuse discourses on religion and spirituality, while emphasizing matters of identity, law, land, and governance—the latter of which rarely appear in the judgements themselves. Notably, both cases involve Indigenous nations whose homelands were overlain by colonial boundaries. Paraphrasing Audra Simpson, Stacie uses the notion of “religion’s revenge” to highlight how these nations challenge the conceptual and political containments of a province that markets its own identity in relation to land and spirituality.

ORANGE SHIRT DAY – Friday, September 27
Faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members are invited to attend campus Orange Shirt Day events on Sept. 27, 2024. The university will be closed on Sept. 30, 2024 to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday to honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. More information 

UVIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

LATIN AMERICAN AND SPANISH FILM WEEK
SEPTEMBER 19-22
One week to go! The 14th Latin American and Spanish Film Week begins next week with a public chat with five Latin American artists who will share their experiences as migrants to Victoria. Come and join the conversation with Pablo Cárdenas, Cuban jazz piano player, Pablo Diemecke, Mexican classical violin player, and Mercedes Bátiz-Benét, Mexican writer, theatre director and producer (first session from 6 to 6.55 PM) and Miguelito Valdés, Cuban trumpet player, and Lina de Guevara, Chilean actress and theatre producer (second session from 7.05 to 8PM). The event will take place on Wednesday Sept 18 at Cafe Fantastico (965 Kings Rd. and Quadra). It is free of charge. Drinks and food for purchase.

From Thursday Sept 19 to Sunday 22 we have four films in store, featuring recent productions from Mexico, Argentina and Spain at our usual venue, Cinecenta. All films are subtitled in English. One screening only at 7 PM. Regular prizes apply.  Check out descriptions and trailers on our website:

CFGS: Property & Society Discussion Group
“Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America”
Peter Radan, Honorary Prof of Law, Macquarie University, Australia and fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
Tuesday, October 1, 3-4:30 pm (PDT) Online via Zoom. In one of the most important cases in American history, Texas V. White (1869) the Supreme Court ruled that unilateral secession from the Union was unconstitutional because the Constitution created “an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States”. Author Peter Radan argues that the Court’s ruling was wrong and why, on the basis of American constitutional law in 1860-1861, the unilateral secessions were lawful on the grounds that the United States was forged as a “slaveholder’s Union”. Prof Radan is the author of The Breakup of Yugoslavia and International Law and co-author of Creating New States: Theory and Practice of Secession.

CAFÉ HISTORIQUE: “Russia’s War on Ukraine: The First Ten Years”
Serhy Yekelchyk
Wednesday, October 2, Doors 5:30 pm, Talk begins at 7 pm
Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Contrary to common belief in the West, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine did not begin with the full-scale invasion in 2022. The annexation of the Crimea and the fighting in the Donbas started in 2014. A full decade of warfare in the heart of Europe has transformed both Ukrainian and Russian societies, as well as the global security landscape. A longer perspective on the war offers a clearer understanding of when and how peace may be possible.