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Iran war escalates as energy markets react Podcast Episode · The Jas Johal Show · March 5 · Bonus · 19m

@jhorncastle.bsky.social, McWhinney Professor in International Relations, talks to @globalnews.ca's 730 CKNW The Jas Johal Show about how the escalating Iran war affects global energy markets: ow.ly/Kg5U50YqyQl

12.03.2026 18:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Learn more about Archaeology at the Burnaby Village Museum this Spring Break with SFU Professors Dr. Cara Tremain and Dr. Sabrina Higgins! March 18, 20, 25, 27 from 11am to 3:30pm. Please see the link for details. buff.ly/WnkLrzS
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11.03.2026 17:31 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The class of HUM 204 (Great Religious Texts) during an on-campus, Japanese calligraphy workshop, which was meant to introduce students to the art of writing by taking them beyond the text itself and into the history and technique of text-making.

More about Jason and his courses: ow.ly/m4jT50YrB3U

11.03.2026 17:41 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social talks to Gloria Macarenko of @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social's On The Coast about the political and historical context of the current situation in the Middle East: ow.ly/vXBa50YqyJ1

10.03.2026 16:40 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Our HUM representatives at this year's Multilingual Week tabling event, which showcased our Humanities Student Union and the languages (Latin and ancient and modern Greek) of the department. Thank you to all those who stopped by to embrace multilingualism and explore a new or different language!

06.03.2026 19:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran may succeed on a military basis, but at what cost? Even if the U.S. and Israel succeed in bringing about regime change in Iran, they may create an even worse geopolitical situation.

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social on U.S.‑Israeli air campaign against Iran’s military bases and command structure, its air defences and strategic missile sites, and its leadership: ow.ly/23LF50YobN2

@ca.theconversation.com @sfuhellenic.bsky.social

06.03.2026 01:02 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Thanks to those who attended & performed (Nigerian-Ukrainian choirmaster Oleksiy Hrynyshyn and the Kolo Choir) at our book launch/panel discussion.

The book is now fully open access thanks to McGill-Queen’s University Press and the Olga M. Ciupka Memorial Fund.

See full text: ow.ly/Sgzu50YoV95

04.03.2026 20:25 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Trump's Attack on Iran About to Light the Middle East on Fire
Trump's Attack on Iran About to Light the Middle East on Fire YouTube video by Energi Media

@jhorncastle.bsky.social, Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, talks to @energimedia.bsky.social about how taking out Iran's leadership could lead to rule by the Revolutionary Guard, who are actually far more radical than the clerics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYm1...

03.03.2026 16:50 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Summer enrollment has begun! From how films can be interpreted as humanistic texts to the interrelationships between love and catastrophe, we offer courses under a number of different designations. Explore the richness of the humanities by taking a course this summer!

Outlines: ow.ly/GS2l50YnlsH

02.03.2026 17:39 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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How did JFK define political courage—and what can his presidency teach us about democratic leadership today?

Mar 5 | 6–8 PM PST | SFU Vancouver

Limited seating - Register now!
jfk-and-democracy.eventbrite.ca

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19.02.2026 00:43 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us on March 15–16 for this year's ASE on “Overcoming Caste Barriers for Social and Economic Equality," which brings together international scholars, activists, and policymakers to enhance awareness of caste-based discrimination in Canada and beyond.

Details: ow.ly/oPCu50YmLcp

27.02.2026 19:58 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Students of HUM 204 during recent field trips to special collections, a book art studio, and the Akali Singh Sikh Society Gurdwara. With enrollments just around the corner, be on the lookout for other Global Humanities courses that also utilize experiential learning: ow.ly/Fly050Yme5A

26.02.2026 23:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us on Mar 3 @ 12PM for the next session of our webinar series featuring a panel of Ukrainian authors/scholars who will speak on the rise of authoritarianism and neo-imperialism and connections between the Russo-Ukrainian war and other world events.

Details and registration: ow.ly/5etW50YlGY9

25.02.2026 17:13 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Day 3 of MLW!

Check out today's activities:

🌎 Multilingual Engagement Table
❤️ Multilingualism Across SFU
🦹 Embrace Your Linguistic Superpowers!
🎪 Language & Culture Expo

www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw.html

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25.02.2026 17:37 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social talks to FairchildTV about Mark Carney's "Defence Industrial Strategy" announcement and Canada's defence spending and procurement: ow.ly/imIG50YiuhK

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20.02.2026 21:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thousands gather at Vancouver rally as part of global protests against Iranian government | CBC News Tens of thousands of people filled David Lam Park in Vancouver on Saturday afternoon, calling for regime change in Iran as part of a series of protests taking place around the world. The rally is one ...

@jhorncastle.bsky.social, McWhinney Professor in International Relations, on how the rallies in Vancouver on Saturday reflect growing international concerns with events in Iran: ow.ly/IgeT50YhUm1

@sfuhellenic.bsky.social

19.02.2026 18:41 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

SFU Multilingual week begins on Monday! There are many talks, panels, and tables from various FASS departments to check out so have a look at the schedule and get ready to join this annual event.

www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw.html

@sfu.ca @sfugsws.bsky.social @sfulinguistics.bsky.social @sfuurb.bsky.social

18.02.2026 21:01 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Join Emily O'Brien on Feb 28th @ 10AM PST, for a taste of what GLS has to offer. RSVP to glsp@sfu.ca to participate in a lively discussion of Machiavelli’s satirical play, “La Mandragola," a hit comedy from the Italian Renaissance that still speaks to us today!

Details: ow.ly/w9VS50XX2aw

10.02.2026 21:28 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Canada should be wary of embracing ‘total national defence’ to ward off an American invasion Total national defence seeks to force an adversary to weigh the long-term costs of invasion and occupation.

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social examines Canada's defence policy amidst US threats to Canadian sovereignty and the Canadian government's plan to significantly increase defence spending: ow.ly/J2Fp50Y7QWn

@ca.theconversation.com @sfuhellenic.bsky.social

03.02.2026 17:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us on Feb 26 @ 1PM for an in-depth panel discussion about the current uprising and incredibly complicated situation in Iran. Panelists include Mojtaba Mahdavi, Sara Naderi, Kevin Anderson, Janet Afary, and Peyman Vahabzadeh. Registration required for webinar access.

Details: ow.ly/UEJZ50Y53vc

02.02.2026 23:51 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us on Feb 8 @ 3PM for a book launch and discussion of "Terra Invicta: Ukrainian Wartime Reimaginings for a Habitable Earth." The event will include musical performances by Oleksiy Hrynyshyn and Vancouver’s Kolo Choir, followed by a reception with food and drink.

Learn more: ow.ly/8jbt50XVIps

14.01.2026 17:31 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Join GLS Program Director Sasha Colby in the virtual classroom on Jan 31st, 10AM–12PM PST, for a lively discussion of Euripides’ "The Bacchae," a classic Greek tragedy exploring themes of reason and passion! Please RSVP to glsp@sfu.ca.

Learn more: ow.ly/eO1c50XSbTG

12.01.2026 17:15 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us on Jan 24 @ 10AM PST for the next installment of our Babcock Lecture Series! This year’s Babcock Lecture will be by the multi-award-winning author, Jeanette Winterson, who will discuss the nature and craft of her life-writing with Professor Jane Shaw.

Details and RSVP: ow.ly/jOhj50XRfnS

05.01.2026 17:16 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us virtually on January 23 @ 6PM PST for a book launch and panel discussion of "After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization." Registration required for Zoom Webinar access.

Details and registration: ow.ly/7hZs50XIIyP

02.01.2026 17:09 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy holidays from the Department of Global Humanities! Thanks to all those who attended our holiday party as we wrap up the year and look forward to 2026!

22.12.2025 22:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you missed our screening of Director Fred Kuwornu's "We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe," the documentary is now a part of SFU's library catalogue and available for free to all SFU students, faculty, and staff!

Watch now: ow.ly/rkV850XIJJE

22.12.2025 22:09 👍 36 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace deal would leave the country vulnerable to future Russian attacks The Ukraine peace plan negotiated between the U.S. and Russia is a non-starter for Ukraine, and also puts the country in the unenviable position of saying no to a mercurial American president.

McWhinney Professor in International Relations @jhorncastle.bsky.social on the U.S. and Russia's recent 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine: ow.ly/I7n950XG42F

@sfuhellenic.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social @ca.theconversation.com

09.12.2025 17:38 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Possible ancient artifacts are found in a B.C. thrift shop — and archeology scholars are on the case By working closely with the objects, students will learn how to become archeological detectives and engage with the process of museum research from start to finish.

Hellenic Studies Prof in Aegean and Mediterranean Societies and Cultures @sabrinahiggins.bsky.social on possible ancient artifacts found in BC thrift shop & new @sfu.ca course designed to examine the items: ow.ly/vu5L50XFRvh

@sfuhellenic.bsky.social @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social @sfufass.bsky.social

08.12.2025 20:22 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Challenge Before Us: Moving From a Politics of Identity to a Politics of Solidarity Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

The recording of our 4th Annual Professor Chinmoy Banerjee Memorial Lecture in Anti-Racism by Pragna Patel, titled "The Challenge Before Us: Moving From a Politics of Identity to a Politics of Solidarity," is live on YouTube!

Watch now: ow.ly/ccU950XB5lz

03.12.2025 16:59 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Join GLS' graduate chair Emily O'Brien on Dec 11th @ 6:30pm for a talk on "The Renaissance of Roman Ruins and Their Lessons for Today." Registration required. Reception to follow.

See details and RSVP instructions: ow.ly/IzjW50XtIYy

21.11.2025 21:37 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0